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Xylanosomes produced by Cellulosimicrobium cellulans F16 were diverse in size, but resembled in subunit composition
Tong-Yi Dou1, Jing Chen2, Yi-Fu Hao2
1School of Life Science and Medicine, Dalian University of Technology, Dagong Road No. 2, LiaoDongWan New District, Panjin, 124221, China. douty@dlut.edu.cn.
Abstract:
The hemicellulolytic enzyme system produced by Cellulosimicrobium cellulans strain F16 was resolved by ultracentrifugation and size exclusion chromatography. The particle size and molecular weight were determined by both dynamic light scattering and negative stain electron microscopy. The results showed that xylanosomes produced by strain F16 were found to have an apparent sedimentation coefficient of 28 S, were diverse in size (18-70 nm), molecular weight (11-78 MDa) and morphology, but resembled in subunit composition (SDS-PAGE and proteomic results). It is proposed that particles of 22 nm may be the basic unit, while 43 nm and 60 nm particles observed may be dimer and trimer of the basic unit, or xylanosomes with smaller size might be degradation products of larger size xylanosomes. Moreover, such xylanosomes are also found to have strong binding affinity toward water-insoluble substrates such as Avicel, birchwood xylan, and corn cob.
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