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. 1990 Aug 15;270(1):251–256. doi: 10.1042/bj2700251

Studies of the cellulolytic system of the filamentous fungus Trichoderma reesei QM 9414. Substrate specificity and transfer activity of endoglucanase I.

M Claeyssens 1, H van Tilbeurgh 1, J P Kamerling 1, J Berg 1, M Vrsanska 1, P Biely 1
PMCID: PMC1131706  PMID: 2396985

Abstract

Endoglucanase I from the filamentous fungus Trichoderma reesei catalyses hydrolysis and glycosyl-transfer reactions of cello-oligosaccharides. Initial bond-cleaving frequencies determined with 1-3H-labelled cello-oligosaccharides proved to be substrate-concentration-dependent. Using chromophoric glycosides and analysing the reaction products by h.p.l.c., kinetic data are obtained and, as typical for an endo-type depolymerase, apparent hydrolytic parameters (kcat., kcat./Km) increase steadily as a function of the number of glucose residues. At high substrate concentrations, and for both free cellodextrins and their aromatic glycosides, complex patterns (transfer reactions) are, however, evident. In contrast with the corresponding lactosides and 1-thiocellobiosides, and in conflict with the expected specificity, aromatic 1-O-beta-cellobiosides are apparently hydrolysed at both scissile bonds, yielding the glucoside as one of the main reaction products. Its formation rate is clearly non-hyperbolically related to the substrate concentration and, since the rate of D-glucose formation is substantially lower, strong indications for dismutation reactions (self-transfer) are again obtained. Evidence for transfer reactions catalysed by endoglucanase I further results from experiments using different acceptor and donor substrates. A main transfer product accumulating in a digest containing a chromophoric 1-thioxyloside was isolated and its structure elucidated by proton n.m.r. spectrometry (500 MHz). The beta 1-4 configuration of the newly formed bond was proved.

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