Journal
APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 177, Issue 7, Pages 1424-1436Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12010-015-1823-8
Keywords
Rumen; Xylanase; Enzyme properties; Hydrolysis; Xylooligosaccharide
Funding
- Innovation Team Program of Zhejiang province [2011R50025]
- Importation and Development of High-Caliber Talents Project of Beijing Municipal Institutions [CITCD20130324]
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A novel xylanase gene, xyn-lxy, was cloned from a metagenomic fosmid library, which was previously constructed from the rumen contents of Hu sheep and was functionally characterized in Escherichia coli. The open reading frame was composed of 1923 bp and encoded for 640 amino acids, including a catalytic domain of glycosyl hydrolase family 10 and carbohydrate-binding module 9. The gene showed 97 % identity with uncultured bacterium Contig1552 but low similarity with xylanases from known cellulolytic-degrading microorganisms in the rumen. The recombinant XYN-LXY showed a specific activity of 664.7 U mg(-1). The optimal temperature and pH of the enzyme were 50 A degrees C and 6.0, respectively. Specifically, XYN-LXY was exclusively activated by Mn2+ among all of the cations and reducing agents tested in this study. An enzymatic hydrolysis assay revealed that XYN-LXY degraded birchwood xylan into xylooligosaccharide with a low degree of polymerization. After incubation for 4 h, the concentration of the dominant product, xylobiose, was 2.297 A +/- 0.175 mg ml(-1) (74.07 % of total product) followed by xylose with a concentration of 0.656 A +/- 0.010 mg ml(-1) (21.14 % of total product). The XYN-LXY exhibited deep degradation effects on the xylan substrate, which were rarely observed with endo-xylanase, making it a promising candidate for industrial application, especially in biofuel production.
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