Promotion of Efficient Saccharification of Crystalline Cellulose by Aspergillus Fumigatus Swo1

Overview

Journal Appl Environ Microbiol

Specialties Environmental Health
Microbiology

Date 2010 Feb 23

PMID 20173066

Citations 30

Authors

Xin-Ai Chen

Nobuhiro Ishida

Nemuri Todaka

Risa Nakamura

Jun-Ichi Maruyama

Haruo Takahashi

Katsuhiko Kitamoto

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Abstract

Swollenin is a protein from Trichoderma reesei that has a unique activity for disrupting cellulosic materials, and it has sequence similarity to expansins, plant cell wall proteins that have a loosening effect that leads to cell wall enlargement. In this study we cloned a gene encoding a swollenin-like protein, Swo1, from the filamentous fungus Aspergillus fumigatus, and designated the gene Afswo1. AfSwo1 has a bimodular structure composed of a carbohydrate-binding module family 1 (CBM1) domain and a plant expansin-like domain. AfSwo1 was produced using Aspergillus oryzae for heterologous expression and was easily isolated by cellulose-affinity chromatography. AfSwo1 exhibited weak endoglucanase activity toward carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and bound not only to crystalline cellulose Avicel but also to chitin, while showing no detectable affinity to xylan. Treatment by AfSwo1 caused disruption of Avicel into smaller particles without any detectable reducing sugar. Furthermore, simultaneous incubation of AfSwo1 with a cellulase mixture facilitated saccharification of Avicel. Our results provide a novel approach for efficient bioconversion of crystalline cellulose into glucose by use of the cellulose-disrupting protein AfSwo1.

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