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. 1992 Mar;58(3):815–820. doi: 10.1128/aem.58.3.815-820.1992

Purification and characterization of an endoglucanase from Streptomyces lividans 66 and DNA sequence of the gene.

M Théberge 1, P Lacaze 1, F Shareck 1, R Morosoli 1, D Kluepfel 1
PMCID: PMC195339  PMID: 1575483

Abstract

The endoglucanase isolated from culture filtrates of Streptomyces lividans IAF74 was shown to have an Mr of 46,000 and a pI of 3.3. The specific enzyme activity of 539 IU/mg, determined by the reducing assay method on carboxymethyl cellulose, is among the highest reported in the literature. The cellulase showed typical endo-type activity when reacting on oligocellodextrins. Optimal enzyme activity was obtained at 50 degrees C and pH 5.5. The kinetic constants for this endoglucanase, determined with carboxymethyl cellulose as the substrate, were a Vmax of 24.9 IU/mg of enzyme and a Km of 4.2 mg/ml. Activity was found against neither methylumbelliferyl- nor p-nitrophenyl-cellobiopyranoside nor with xylan. The DNA sequence contains one possible reading frame validated by the N terminus of the mature purified protein. However, neither ATG nor GTG starting codons were identified near the ribosome-binding site. A putative TTG codon was found as a good candidate for the start codon. Comparison of the primary amino acid sequence of the endoglucanase of S. lividans revealed that the N terminus contains a bacterial cellulose-binding domain. The catalytic domain at the C terminus showed similarity to endoglucanases from a Bacillus sp. Thus, the endoglucanase CelA belongs to family A of cellulases as described before (N. R. Gilkes, B. Henrissat, D. G. Kilburn, R. C. Miller, Jr., and R. A. J. Warren, Microbiol. Rev. 55:303-315, 1991.

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