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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 1999, p. 4099-4107, Vol. 65, No. 9
0099-2240/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Molecular and Biochemical Characterization of Two Xylanase-Encoding Genes from Cellulomonas pachnodae

Anne E. Cazemier,1 Jan C. Verdoes,2 Albert J. J. van Ooyen,2 and Huub J. M. Op den Camp1,*

Department of Microbiology and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Nijmegen, NL-6525 ED Nijmegen,1 and Division of Industrial Microbiology, Department of Food Technology and Nutritional Sciences, Wageningen University and Research Centre, NL-6700 EV Wageningen,2 The Netherlands

Received 18 March 1999/Accepted 15 July 1999

Two xylanase-encoding genes, named xyn11A and xyn10B, were isolated from a genomic library of Cellulomonas pachnodae by expression in Escherichia coli. The deduced polypeptide, Xyn11A, consists of 335 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 34,383 Da. Different domains could be identified in the Xyn11A protein on the basis of homology searches. Xyn11A contains a catalytic domain belonging to family 11 glycosyl hydrolases and a C-terminal xylan binding domain, which are separated from the catalytic domain by a typical linker sequence. Binding studies with native Xyn11A and a truncated derivative of Xyn11A, lacking the putative binding domain, confirmed the function of the two domains. The second xylanase, designated Xyn10B, consists of 1,183 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 124,136 Da. Xyn10B also appears to be a modular protein, but typical linker sequences that separate the different domains were not identified. It comprises a N-terminal signal peptide followed by a stretch of amino acids that shows homology to thermostabilizing domains. Downstream of the latter domain, a catalytic domain specific for family 10 glycosyl hydrolases was identified. A truncated derivative of Xyn10B bound tightly to Avicel, which was in accordance with the identified cellulose binding domain at the C terminus of Xyn10B on the basis of homology. C. pachnodae, a (hemi)cellulolytic bacterium that was isolated from the hindgut of herbivorous Pachnoda marginata larvae, secretes at least two xylanases in the culture fluid. Although both Xyn11A and Xyn10B had the highest homology to xylanases from Cellulomonas fimi, distinct differences in the molecular organizations of the xylanases from the two Cellulomonas species were identified.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, NL-6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Phone: 31 (0)24 3652657. Fax: 31 (0)24 3652830. E-mail: huubcamp{at}sci.kun.nl.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 1999, p. 4099-4107, Vol. 65, No. 9
0099-2240/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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