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. 2012 Dec 14;11:159. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-11-159

Table 2.

Repartition of enzymatic activities produced by T. xylanilyticus grown on various substrates

Xylanase (IU/mg)a
Xylosidase (mIU/mg)a
Localization Extracellular Cytoplasmic Membrane associated Extracellular Cytoplasmic Membrane associated
glucose
nd
nd
nd
2.2 ± 0.6
11.4 ± 3.8
nd
xylan
21.4 ± 1.6
4.7 ± 0.1
1.6 ± 0.1
4.7 ± 0.6
62.7 ± 5.0
nd
wheat bran
25.9 ± 3.5
4.9 ± 0.8
0.6 ± 0.0
3.1 ± 0.3
96.6 ± 2.5
nd
wheat straw
5.8 ± 0.3
1.7 ±0.2
0.5 ± 0.0
4.2 ± 0.3
18.9 ± 1.0
nd
Feruloyl-esterase (mIU/mg)a
Acetyl-esterase (mIU/mg)a
Localization
Extracellular
Cytoplasmic
Membrane associated
Extracellular
Cytoplasmic
Membrane associated
glucose
12.0 ± 0.8
27.4 ± 1.0
1.5 ± 0.7
109.6 ± 4.6
174.7 ± 13.3
26.6 ± 1.9
xylan
5.8 ± 0.6
23.9 ± 1.1
23.8 ± 2.9
76.2 ± 8.0
289.5 ± 13.0
nd
wheat bran
15.9 ± 2.2
14.3 ± 1.4
43.09 ± 0.7
64.2 ± 5.8
288.8 ± 35.3
nd
wheat straw
15.9 ± 2.7
146.4 ± 2.8
73.1 ± 4.3
130.0 ± 0.7
93.0 ± 14.5
nd
Arabinofuranosidase (mIU/mg)a
 
Localization
Extracellular
Cytoplasmic
Membrane associated
glucose
6.7 ± 0.3
32.2 ± 2.7
1.0 ± 0.0
xylan
16.0 ± 1.0
230.8 ± 2.2
23.9 ± 3.5
wheat bran
17.5 ± 0.2
399.1 ± 27.5
3.51 ± 0.6
wheat straw 0.6 ± 0.0 64.3 ± 1.2 0.7 ± 0.1

a Activities are given in IU per mg of protein for xylanase and in mIU per mg of protein for arabinofuranosidase, feruloyl, acetyl-esterase and xylosidase activities nd: not detected.