A xylanase produced by the rumen anaerobic protozoan Polyplastron multivesiculatum shows close sequence similarity to family 11 xylanases from gram-positive bacteria.

Abstract:

:We report for the first time the cloning and characterisation of a protozoal enzyme involved in plant cell wall polysaccharide degradation. A cDNA library was constructed from the ruminal protozoan Polyplastron multivesiculatum and a stable clone expressing xylanase activity was isolated. The encoded enzyme belongs to the glycoside hydrolase family 11, and phylogenetic analysis indicates a closer relationship with catalytic domains from Gram-positive bacteria than the other fibrolytic eukaryotes from the rumen, the anaerobic fungi.

journal_name

FEMS Microbiol Lett

authors

Devillard E,Newbold CJ,Scott KP,Forano E,Wallace RJ,Jouany JP,Flint HJ

doi

10.1111/j.1574-6968.1999.tb08837.x

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subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1999-12-01 00:00:00

pages

145-52

issue

1

eissn

0378-1097

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1574-6968

pii

S0378-1097(99)00525-X

journal_volume

181

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