Skip to main content
. 2002 Feb;68(2):545–554. doi: 10.1128/AEM.68.2.545-554.2002

TABLE 1.

Hyperthermophilic glycosyl hydrolases

Type of glycosidase Protein(s) in:
P. furiosus P. horikoshii T. maritima Aquifex aeolicus Methanococcus jannaschii
Cellulase Cel1, Cel12 Cel1, Cel5 Cel3, Cel5A, Cel5B, Cel12A, Cel12B, Cel74 Cel8
Xylanase Xyl3, Xyl10A, Xyl10B, Xyl31
Mannanase Man1 Man1, Man38 Man2, Man5, Man38A, Man38B
Laminarinase Lam16 Lam16
Chitinase Chi18A, Chi18B
Amylase Amy13, Amy57A, Amy57B Amy57 Amy4A, Amy4B, Amy4C, Amy4D, Amy13A, Amy13B Amy57 Amy15, Amy57
Pullulanase Pul57 (Amy57B) Pul13
Galactosidase GH35, Gal57 Gal35, Gal57 Gal2, Gal36, Gal42A, Gal42B, Gal53
Others GH65 GH2, GH3, GH4, GH23A, GH23B, GH28, GH29, GH32, GH51, GH67, GH73 GH23A, GH23B, GH77
a

The following proteins are putative proteins: GH35 in P. furiosus; Cel1, Cel5, Man1, Man38, Amy57, Gal35, and Gal57 in P. horikoshii; Cel5B, Xyl3, Man38A, Man38B, Lam16, Amy4B, Amy4C, Amy4D, Amy13B, Gal42B, Gal53, GH2, GH23A, GH23B, GH28, GH29, GH51, and GH73 in T. maritima; Cel8, Amy57, GH23A, GH23B, and GH77 in A. aeolicus; and Amy15 in M. jannaschii. No hyperthermophilic glycosyl hydrolases have been found in A. fulgidus.