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JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY
Volume 185, Issue 3, Pages 1092-1096Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.3.1092-1096.2003
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The cipA gene encoding the Clostridium acetobutylicum scaffolding protein CipA was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. CipA contains an N-terminal signal peptide, a family 3a cellulose-binding domain (CBD), five type I cohesin domains, and six hydrophilic domains. The uniqueness of CipA lies in the enchainment of cohesin domains that are all separated by a hydrophilic domain. Affinity-purified CipA was used in equilibrium-binding experiments to characterize the interaction of CipA with crystalline cellulose. A K-d of 0.038 muM and a [C](max) of 0.43 mumol of CipA bound per g of Avicel were determined. A mini-CipA polypeptide consisting of a CBD3a and two cohesin domains was overexpressed in C. acetobutylicum, yielding the in vivo formation of a minicellulosome. This is to our knowledge the first demonstration of the in vivo assembly of a recombinant minicellulosome.
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