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. 2012 Dec 6;4(5):292–304. doi: 10.4161/bioe.23114

Table 1. Common lignocellulose degrading enzymes expressed in non-cellulolytic or weak-cellulolytic microorganisms.

Enzyme or gene
Source-species
Receiver-species
Cellulose degradation:
endoglucanase (EG)
EGI
Trichoderma reesei
Saccharomyces cerevisiae,143Yarrowia lipolytica,144 Ashbya gossypii145
EGII
T. reesei
S. cerevisiae,124Y. lipolytica,146Pichia pastoris,147Kluyveromyces marxianus148
EG(CelE)
Clostridium thermocellum
S. cerevisiae,149Escherichia coli150
EG (CelA)
C. thermocellum
Bacillus subtilis,151Lactobacillus gasseri,152Lactobacillus johnsoni152
EG (Cel9A)
Thermobifida fusca
S. cerevisiae 153
EGIII Trichoderma harzianum P. pastoris 154
Cellobiohydrolase (CBH)
CBHI
T. reesei
S.cerevisiae,153P. pastoris155
CBHII
T. reesei
S. cerevisiae156,Y. lipolytica,146P.pastoris,146Aspergillus oryzae156
CBHII
Magnaporthe oryzae
A. oryzae 156
CBHI
Talaromyces emersonii
S. cerevisiae 157
CBH (Cel48) Clostridium phytofermentans E. col,158B. subtilis158
β-Glucosidase (BGL)
BGL1
Saccharomycopsis
fibuligera
S.cerevisiae 149
BGL1
Aspergillus aculeatus
S. cerevisiae,148K. marxianus,147T. reesei,159Issatchenkia orientalis160
BGL1
A. oryzae
S.cerevisiae 125
BGL Penicillium brasilianum A. oryzae 161
Hemicellulose degradation:
β-Xylanase(Xyn2)
T. reesei
E. coli,162P. pastoris,163S. cerevisiae164
β-Xylanase (xynA)
Penicillium citrinum
P. pastoris 165
β-Xylosidase
T. reesei
S. cerevisiae 166
β-Mannanase
A. aculeatus
Y. lipolytica,167S. cerevisiae,168Aspergillus niger169
endo-β-1,4-Glucanase A. aculeatus A. oryzae 170