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BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 28, Issue 6, Pages 365-371Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-005-6179-7
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beta-1,3-glucanase; glycoside hydrolase family 55; laminarin; Phanerochaete chrysosporium
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The basidiomycete Phanerochaete chrysosporium produces several beta-1,3-glucanases when grown on laminarin, a beta-1,3/1,6-glucan, as the sole carbon source. To characterize one of the major unknown beta-1, 3-glucanases with a molecular mass of 83 kDa, identification, cloning, and heterologous over-expression were carried out using the total genomic information of P. chrysosporium. The cDNA encoding this enzyme included an ORF of 2337 bp and the deduced amino acid sequence contains a predicted signal peptide of 26 amino acids and the mature protein of 752 amino acids. The amino acid sequence showed a significant similarity with glycoside hydrolase family 55 enzymes from filamentous fungi and was named Lam55A. Since the recombinant Lam55A expressed in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris degraded branched beta-1,3/1,6-glucan as well as linear beta-1,3-glucan, the kinetic features of the enzyme were compared with those of other beta-1,3-glucanases.
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