A novel thermostable multidomain 1,4-beta-xylanase from 'Caldibacillus cellulovorans' and effect of its xylan-binding domain on enzyme activity

Sunna, A; Gibbs, MD; Bergquist, Peter

A novel thermostable multidomain 1,4-beta-xylanase from 'Caldibacillus cellulovorans' and effect of its xylan-binding domain on enzyme activity

Sunna, A

Gibbs, MD

Bergquist, Peter

Reference

MICROBIOL-SGM 146:2947-2955 Nov 2000

Abstract

The nucleotide sequence of the complete xynA gene, encoding a novel multidomain xylanase XynA of 'Caldibacillus cellulovorans', was determined by genomic-walking PCR. The putative XynA comprises an N-terminal domain (D1), recently identified las a xy

Keywords

thermophilic bacteria, thermostabilizing domain, xynA, hemicellulose degradation, DICTYOGLOMUS-THERMOPHILUM RT46B.1, CELLULOSE-BINDING, ESCHERICHIA-COLI, RUMINOCOCCUS-FLAVEFACIENS, GENE-PRODUCT, KRAFT PULP, BACTERIA, SEQUENCE, ENDO-BETA-1,4-GLUCANASE, CALDICELLULOSIRUPTOR