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Ocean Genome Legacy, Center for Marine Genomic Research and Conservation, 240 County Rd., Ipswich, Massachusetts 01938,1 Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology, University of Maine, 5735 Hitchner Hall, Orono, Maine 044692
Received 18 April 2007/ Accepted 1 October 2007
We characterized a multifunctional cellulase (CelAB) encoded by the endosymbiont Teredinibacter turnerae T7902T. CelAB contains two catalytic and two carbohydrate-binding domains, each separated by polyserine linker regions. CelAB binds cellulose and chitin, degrades multiple complex polysaccharides, and displays two catalytic activities, cellobiohydrolase (EC 3.2.1.91) and ß-1,4(3) endoglucanase (EC 3.2.1.4).
Published ahead of print on 12 October 2007.
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