Purification and characterization of a GH43 β-xylosidase from Enterobacter sp. identified and cloned from forest soil bacteria

The use of lignocellulosic biomass for second generation biofuels requires optimization of enzymatic breakdown of plant cell walls. In this work, cellulolytic bacteria were isolated from a native and two cultivated forest soil samples. Amplification of glycosyl hydrolases was attempted by using a lo...

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Autores: Campos, Eleonora, Negro Alvarez, María José, Sabarís Di Lorenzo, Gonzalo Julián, González, Sergio Alberto, Rorig, Marcela, Talia, Paola, Grasso, Daniel Hector, Sáez, Felicia, Manzanares Secades, Paloma, Ballesteros Perdices, Mercedes, Cataldi, Ángel Adrián
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/85402
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/85402
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:BETA-XYLOSIDASE
ENTEROBACTER
GH43
LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOFUELS
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.9
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2
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Sumario:The use of lignocellulosic biomass for second generation biofuels requires optimization of enzymatic breakdown of plant cell walls. In this work, cellulolytic bacteria were isolated from a native and two cultivated forest soil samples. Amplification of glycosyl hydrolases was attempted by using a low stringency-degenerate primer PCR strategy, using total soil DNA and bulk DNA pooled from positive colonies as template. A set of primers was designed based on Acidothermus cellulolyticus genome, by search of conserved domains of glycosyl hydrolases (GH) families of interest. Using this approach, a fragment containing an open reading frame (ORF) with 98% identity to a putative GH43 beta-xylosidase coding gene from Enterobacter cloacae was amplified and cloned. The full protein was expressed in Escherichia coli as N-terminal or C-terminal His-tagged fusions and purified under native conditions. Only N-terminal fusion protein, His-Xyl43, presented beta-xylosidase activity. On pNPX, optimal activity was achieved at pH 6 and 40°C and Km and Kcat values were 2.92mM and 1.32seg-1, respectively. Activity was also demonstrated on xylobiose (X2), with Km 17.8mM and Kcat 380s-1. These results demonstrated that Xyl43 is a functional beta-xylosidase and it is the first evidence of this activity for Enterobacter sp.