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PubMed1997

Competition for cellobiose among three predominant ruminal cellulolytic bacteria under substrate-excess and substrate-limited conditions.

The ruminal cellulolytic bacteria Ruminococcus flavefaciens FD-1 and Fibrobacter succinogenes S85 coexisted in substrate-excess coculture with about equal population size, but R. flavefaciens outcompeted F. succinogenes for cellobiose in the substrate-limited cocultures whether the two strains were coinoculated or a steady-state culture of F. succinogenes was challenged by R. flavefaciens. This outcome of competition between these two strains is due to a classical pure and simple competition mechanism based on affinity for cellobiose. Although the population size of F. succinogenes was much higher (> 70%) than that of another cellulolytic species, Ruminococcus albus 7 in substrate-excess coculture, F. succinogenes was replaced by a population of R. albus in the substrate-limited coculture in both coinoculation and challenge experiments. R albus outcompeted F. succinogenes, apparently due to selection in the chemostat of a population of R. albus with a higher affinity for cellobiose. R. albus also outcompeted R. flavefaciens under substrate-limited conditions.

Animals↗
PubMed1998

Improved isolation of Vibrio vulnificus from seawater and sediment with cellobiose-colistin agar.

An improved selective medium, cellobiose-colistin (CC) agar, gave a significantly higher (P < 0.05) isolation rate of Vibrio vulnificus from water and sediment samples than did modified cellobiose-polymyxin B-colistin (mCPC) agar. In a total of 446 alkaline peptone water preenrichments amended with polymyxin B, V. vulnificus was isolated from 154 preenrichments (35%) with mCPC agar and from 179 preenrichments (40%) with CC agar. CC agar gave a higher plating efficiency of V. vulnificus cells than did cellobiose-polymyxin B-colistin (CPC) agar, mCPC agar, or thiosulfate-citrate-bile salts-sucrose (TCBS) agar; the only significant difference was observed with TCBS agar, which gave much lower plating efficiencies than the other selective media. Determination of MICs demonstrated that the concentrations of colistin and polymyxin B in CPC agar inhibit growth of a proportion of V. vulnificus strains.

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PubMed1989

Thermodynamics of hydrolysis of disaccharides. Cellobiose, gentiobiose, isomaltose, and maltose.

The thermodynamics of the enzymatic hydrolysis of cellobiose, gentiobiose, isomaltose, and maltose have been studied using both high pressure liquid chromatography and microcalorimetry. The hydrolysis reactions were carried out in aqueous sodium acetate buffer at a pH of 5.65 and over the temperature range of 286 to 316 K using the enzymes beta-glucosidase, isomaltase, and maltase. The thermodynamic parameters obtained for the hydrolysis reactions, disaccharide(aq) + H2O(liq) = 2 glucose(aq), at 298.15 K are: K greater than or equal to 155, delta G0 less than or equal to -12.5 kJ mol-1, and delta H0 = -2.43 +/- 0.31 kJ mol-1 for cellobiose; K = 17.9 +/- 0.7, delta G0 = -7.15 +/- 0.10 kJ mol-1 and delta H0 = 2.26 +/- 0.48 kJ mol-1 for gentiobiose; K = 17.25 +/- 0.7, delta G0 = -7.06 +/- 0.10 kJ mol-1, and delta H0 = 5.86 +/- 0.54 kJ mol-1 for isomaltose; and K greater than or equal to 513, delta G0 less than or equal to -15.5 kJ mol-1, and delta H0 = -4.02 +/- 0.15 kJ mol-1 for maltose. The standard state is the hypothetical ideal solution of unit molality. Due to enzymatic inhibition by glucose, it was not possible to obtain reliable values for the equilibrium constants for the hydrolysis of either cellobiose or maltose. The entropy changes for the hydrolysis reactions are in the range 32 to 43 J mol-1 K-1; the heat capacity changes are approximately equal to zero J mol-1 K-1. Additional pathways for calculating thermodynamic parameters for these hydrolysis reactions are discussed.

Calorimetry↗
PubMed1997

Resonance Raman spectroscopic studies of cellobiose dehydrogenase from Phanerochaete chrysosporium.

Cellobiose dehydrogenase (CDH), an extracellular hemoflavoenzyme produced by cellulose-degrading cultures of Phanerochaete chrysosporium, oxidizes cellobiose to cellobionolactone. The enzyme contains one 6-coordinate, low-spin b-type heme and one FAD cofactor per monomeric protein. In this work, resonance Raman (RR) spectra are reported for the oxidized, reduced, and deflavo forms of CDH as well as the individual flavin and heme domains of the enzyme obtained by peptide proteolysis. The RR spectra of the flavin and heme groups of CDH were assigned by comparison to the spectra of other hemoflavoenzymes and model compounds. Proteolytic cleavage of the CDH domains had only a minimal spectroscopic effect on the vibrational modes of the heme and FAD cofactors. Excitation of the oxidized CDH holoenzyme at 413 or 442 nm resulted in photoreduction of the heme. However, the same excitation wavelength used on the deflavo form of the enzyme or on the heme domain alone did not cause photoreduction, indicating that photoinitiated electron transfer requires the FAD cofactor. These observations suggest an enzymatic mechanism whereby reducing equivalents obtained from the oxidation of cellobiose are transferred from the FAD to the heme. A similar mechanism has been proposed for flavocytochrome b2 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae which oxidizes lactate to pyruvate (A. Desbois et al., 1989, Biochemistry 28, 8011-8022).

Basidiomycota↗
PubMed1998

Cellobiose dehydrogenase from Schizophyllum commune: purification and study of some catalytic, inactivation, and cellulose-binding properties.

Cellobiose dehydrogenase (CDH) of Schizophyllum commune was purified to homogeneity. It is a glycoprotein with a molecular mass of 102, 000. Cellulosic substrates can serve as substrates for CDH. Cytochrome c, dichlorophenol-indophenol, ferricyanide, and oxygen can be reduced by the enzyme. CDH is stable in the pH range of 4-11 and up to 35 degrees C. The enzyme keeps active at high concentrations of H2O2. In the presence of cellobiose and Fe3+, incubation of CDH resulted in its inactivation and the degree of the inactivation was dependent mainly on the amount of CDH and cellobiose present. CDH has a distinct and specific affinity to cellulose and showed the strongest binding to acid-treated cellulose. The adsorption isotherm data fitted the Langmuir-type equation. The uv-visible spectra of the oxidized and reduced states of CDH showed a typical cytochrome b-type pattern. Addition of dithionite eliminated the adsorption between 440 and 500 nm, which indicates the presence of a flavin group in CDH.

Carbohydrate Dehydrogenases↗
PubMed2001

Site-directed mutagenesis of the heme axial ligands in the hemoflavoenzyme cellobiose dehydrogenase.

Cellobiose dehydrogenase (CDH) from Phanerochaete chrysosporium is an extracellular 90-kDa hemoflavoenzyme, organized into an N-terminal heme domain and a C-terminal flavin domain. The amino acid residues Met65 and His114 or His163 were suggested to be heme iron ligands. Mutations of these residues were made and mutant proteins were characterized. H114A mutant cultures produce a stable hemoflavoenzyme with spectral and kinetic characteristics similar to those of wild-type CDH. The M65A and H163A transformants secrete a 90-kDa hemoflavoenzyme, which oxidizes cellobiose in the presence of 2,6-dichlorophenol-indophenol (DCPIP), but is unable to reduce cytochrome c. The heme domains of the M65A and H163A CDH variants are, however, unstable and susceptible to degradation, both yielding a 70-kDa cellobiose-oxidizing flavoenzyme. The spectral and kinetic characteristics of these truncated variants suggest that they contain only their respective flavin domains. The yield of the 90-kDa proteins was low and the proteins could not be purified to homogeneity; however, absorption spectra indicate that the 90-kDa proteins do contain the heme domain. Like the truncated flavoenzymes, the 90-kDa variants reduce DCPIP but are unable to transfer electrons to cytochrome c, in contrast to wild-type CDH. These findings suggest that H163 and M65 are the axial heme ligands and that both ligands are required for the reactivity and structural integrity of the heme domain.

Amino Acid Substitution↗
PubMed2006

Biosynthesis of radiolabeled cellodextrins by the Clostridium thermocellum cellobiose and cellodextrin phosphorylases for measurement of intracellular sugars.

The Clostridium thermocellum cellobiose and cellodextrin phosphorylases (glucosyl transferases) in the cell extract were used to synthesize radiolabeled cellodextrins with a degree of polymerization (DP=2-6) from nonradioactive glucose-1-phosphate and radioactive glucose. Chain lengths of synthesized cellodextrin were controlled by the absence or presence of dithiothreitol and by reaction conditions. All cellodextrins have the sole radioactive glucose unit located at the reducing ends. Mixed cellodextrins (G2-G6) were separated efficiently by size-exclusion chromatography or less efficiently by thin-layer chromatography. A new rapid sampling device was developed using disposable syringes containing an ultracold methanol-quenching buffer. It was simple, less costly, and especially convenient for anaerobic fermentation. After an impulse feed of radiolabeled cellobiose, the intracellular sugar levels were measured after a series of operations-sampling, extracting, concentrating, separating, and reading. Results showed that the largest amount of radioactivity was cellobiose with lesser amounts of glucose, cellotriose, and cellotetraose, and an average DP of intracellular cellodextrins was ca. 2.

Anaerobiosis↗
PubMed2005

Electrochemical oxidation of water by a cellobiose dehydrogenase from Phanerochaete chrysosporium.

Cellobiose dehydrogenase (CDH) is a redox protein containing two electron transfer centers; a flavin coenzyme performing a two-electron transfer reaction and an iron-heme coenzyme facilitating single-electron transfer. Purified CDH from Phanerochaete chrysosporium was immobilized on a pyrolytic graphite electrode and electron transfer from cellobiose to the electrode was generated. With cellobiose present during cyclic voltammetry, this novel enzyme/electrode system exhibited sharp, stable oxidation peaks with slower, though equivalent, reduction peaks. During cyclic voltammetry without substrate, the enzyme was rapidly oxidized during the initial scan, with no corresponding enzyme reduction during the reducing half of the cycle. After resting for several hours in aqueous buffer, the full oxidation current appeared again. These results suggest that the CDH is reduced by water splitting, albeit at a slow rate.

Carbohydrate Dehydrogenases↗
PubMed1993

Is cellobiose oxidase from Phanerochaete chrysosporium a one-electron reductase?

The heme domain of cellobiose oxidase (CBO) from Phanerochaete chrysosporium increases the rate of electron transfer to one-electron acceptors. This conclusion was drawn from comparisons of the rates of reduction of 3,5-t-butyl-o-benzoquinone, triiodide ion, cytochrome c and ferricyanide by intact CBO, FAD fragment and CBO with the heme inactivated by cyanide. The oxidation of cellobiose produced hydrogen peroxide, but the enzyme disturbs peroxidase-based assays by reduction of the product or by direct interaction with the peroxidase. CBO can also degrade hydrogen peroxide in the presence of cellobiose. The 1,2,4,5-tetramethoxybenzene cation radical was rapidly reduced by CBO.

Carbohydrate Dehydrogenases↗
PubMed1991

Mechanisms of redox interactions between lignin peroxidase and cellobiose:quinone oxidoreductase.

The mechanism of redox interactions between the heme-enzyme, lignin peroxidase (LiP), and the FAD-enzyme, cellobiose:quinone oxidoreductase (CBQ) (EC 1.1.5.1), was investigated under various conditions. Veratryl alcohol oxidation by LiP was inhibited by CBQ in the presence of cellobiose. Lineweaver-Burk plots at various CBQ concentrations suggest that this inhibition is non-competitive. The oxidation rate of the reduced CBQ (FADH2) by LiP plus H2O2 increased significantly only in the presence of veratryl alcohol. Furthermore, the cation radical derived from 1,2,4,5-tetramethoxybenzene was reduced by CBQ in the presence of cellobiose. It is concluded from these results that CBQ can reduce aromatic cation radicals and that veratryl alcohol acts as a radical mediator of the redox interactions between LiP and CBQ.

Carbohydrate Dehydrogenases↗
PubMed1992

Cellobiose oxidase of Phanerochaete chrysosporium enhances crystalline cellulose degradation by cellulases.

The effect of Phanerochaete chrysosporium cellobiose oxidase (CBO) on microcrystalline cellulose hydrolysis by Trichoderma cellulases was determined. Addition of 10 micrograms.ml-1 CBO to a reaction mixture containing T. viride cellulase increased glucose and cellobiose production by 10% and 48%, respectively. Cellulose weight loss was also enhanced by 19%. At higher concentrations (20-80 micrograms.ml-1), CBO decreased glucose and cellobiose production. Cellulose weight loss at 60 micrograms.ml-1 CBO was 76% compared to control cellulase reactions. This decrease appears to be due to inactivation of cellulase by H2O2 produced via CBO reaction, because addition of catalase enhances sugar production and cellulose weight loss. These findings suggest that at low, perhaps physiologically relevant concentrations, CBO enhances crystalline cellulose degradation by cellulases.

Basidiomycota↗
PubMed1992

Cellobiose oxidase from Phanerochaete chrysosporium. Stopped-flow spectrophotometric analysis of pH-dependent reduction.

Cellobiose oxidase (CBO) from Phanerochaete chrysosporium can utilize dichlorphenol-indophenol (Cl2Ind) and cytochrome c as effective electron acceptors for the oxidation of cellobiose. However, the pH dependencies of activity for these electron acceptors are significantly different. Both compounds act as effective electron acceptors at pH 4.2, whereas only dichlorophenol-indophenol is active at pH 5.9. To explain this discrepancy, the pH dependencies of the reduction rates of FAD and heme, respectively, in CBO by cellobiose have been investigated by stopped-flow spectrophotometry. Both FAD and heme are reduced with a high rate constant at pH 4.2. In contrast, at pH 5.9, only FAD reduction is fast, while the reduction of the heme is extremely slow. As a conclusion, the reduction of cytochrome c by CBO is dependent on heme, which functions at a lower pH range compared to reduction of FAD.

Carbohydrate Dehydrogenases↗
PubMed1998

Acceptor specificity of cellobiose phosphorylase from Cellvibrio gilvus: synthesis of three branched trisaccharides.

Cellobiose phosphorylase from Cellvibrio gilvus was examined for its acceptor specificity in the synthetic reaction with glucose-1-phosphate, using substrates in which the C-6 substituent of D-Glc had been altered. A range of disaccharides were also tested for acceptor specificity but only those with (1-->6)-linkages were successful acceptors. Melibiose, gentiobiose, isomaltose and also the monosaccharide glucuronamide were found to react with cellobiose phosphorylase and glucose-1-phosphate giving beta-D-Glcp-(1-->4)-[alpha-D-Galp-(1-->6)]-D-Glcp, beta-D-Glcp-(1-->4)-[beta-D-Glcp-(1-->6)]-D-Glcp, beta-D-Glcp-(1-->4)-[alpha-D-Glcp-(1-->6)]-D-Glcp and beta-D-Glcp-(1-->4)-D-GlcUNp, respectively. These products were purified using a range of chromatographic methods and characterised by NMR and FAB-MS. This is the first time cellobiose phosphorylase has been shown to synthesise trisaccharides.

Carbohydrate Sequence↗
PubMed2000

Do the extracellular enzymes cellobiose dehydrogenase and manganese peroxidase form a pathway in lignin biodegradation?

The extracellular enzyme manganese peroxidase is believed to degrade lignin by a hydrogen peroxide-dependent oxidation of Mn(II) to the reactive species Mn(III) that attacks the lignin. However, Mn(III) is not able to directly oxidise the non-phenolic lignin structures that predominate in native lignin. We show here that pretreatment of a non-phenolic lignin model compound with another extracellular fungal enzyme, cellobiose dehydrogenase, allows the manganese peroxidase system to oxidise this molecule. The mechanism behind this effect is demethoxylation and/or hydroxylation, i.e. conversion of a non-phenolic structure to a phenolic one, mediated by hydroxyl radicals generated by cellobiose dehydrogenase. This suggests that cellobiose dehydrogenase and manganese peroxidase may act in an extracellular pathway in fungal lignin biodegradation. Analytical techniques used in this paper are reverse-phase high-pressure liquid chromatography, gas chromatography connected to mass spectroscopy and UV-visible spectroscopy.

Anisoles↗
PubMed1999

Cogeneration of cellobiose and glucose from pretreated wood and bioconversion to lactic acid: a kinetic study.

Samples of Eucalyptus globulus wood were subjected to sequential treatments of delignification and swelling, and the solid residues were hydrolysed with a cellulase complex deficient in beta-glucosidase activity. In experiments carried out at 45 degrees C, the highest cellulose conversion (61.9%) was achieved in media containing 28 filter paper units/g using a liquor/solid ratio of 30 g/g. Models for the generation of cellobiose and glucose were developed assuming two sequential reactions (conversion of cellulose into cellobiose and hydrolysis of cellobiose to glucose) with end-product that results in competitive inhibition. Selected regression parameters were correlated with the operational conditions by means of empirical models (including linear and interaction terms) and a generalized calculation procedure that allows a close reproduction of data and shows a satisfactory ability for quantitative predictions was developed. Further experiments were carried out to study the bioconversion of hydrolysates by Lactobacillus delbrueckii into lactic acid. The kinetic modelling of the fermentation stage allowed a close interpretation of the experimental data.

Journal Article↗
PubMed2004

Biosensor based on cellobiose dehydrogenase for detection of catecholamines.

A cellobiose dehydrogenase (CDH)-modified graphite electrode was designed for amperometric detection of catecholamines in the flow injection mode, by their recycling between the graphite electrode (+300 mV vs Ag|AgCl) and the reduced FAD cofactor of adsorbed CDH, resulting in an amplified response signal. The high efficiency of the enzyme-catecholamine reaction leads to a detection limit below 1 nM and a sensitivity of 15.8 A.M(-1) x cm(-2) (approximately 1150 nA/microM) for noradrenaline, with a coverage of less than 2.5 microg of CDH adsorbed on the electrode surface (0.073 cm(2)). Working parameters such as pH, cellobiose concentration, carrier buffer, and applied potential were optimized, using hydroquinone as a model analyte. The sensitivity, linear range, and amplification factor can be modulated by the steady-state concentration of cellobiose in the flow buffer. The response of the sensor decreases only 2% when run continuously for 4 h in the flow injection mode. The response peak maximum is obtained within 6 s at a flow rate of 0.5 mL/min, representing the time of the entire sample segment to pass the electrode. CDH enzymes from Phanerochaete chrysosporium and Sclerotium rolfsii were investigated, providing different characteristics of the sensor, with sensors made with CDH from P. chrysosporium being the better ones.

Biosensing Techniques↗
PubMed2002

Kinetic studies of a recombinant cellobiose phosphorylase (CBP) of the Clostridium thermocellum YM4 strain expressed in Escherichia coli.

A cellobiose phosphorylase (CBP) cloned from the Clostridium thermocellum YM4 strain was purified to homogeneity, and the reaction mechanisms of both the phosphorolytic and synthetic reactions were studied in detail. The enzyme reaction proceeded via an ordered bi bi mechanism, in which P(i) bound to the enzyme prior to D-cellobiose and then G 1-P was released after D-glucose. The order of substrate binding was different from that of CBP from Cellvibrio gilvus, which bound to cellobiose prior to P(i). In the synthetic reaction, the enzyme showed three times higher activity with beta-D-glucose than with alpha-D-glucose, and also showed weak activity with 1,5-anhydro-D-glucitol, indicating that the beta-anomeric hydroxyl group of D-glucose is highly required. However, even when it is removed enzyme activity remains. The substrate specificity and kinetic studies revealed that the configurations of the C3 and C4 hydroxyl groups were strictly required for the enzyme activity, whereas those of C2 and C6 could be substituted or deleted. The mechanism of substrate inhibition by D-glucose was studied in detail and it was concluded that D-glucose competed with G 1-P for its binding site in the synthetic reaction.

Binding Sites↗
PubMed1991

Cellobiose dehydrogenases of Sporotrichum (Chrysosporium) thermophile.

Both cellobiose dehydrogenases of Sporotrichum (Chrysosporium) thermophile, ATCC 42464, obtained after fractionation with DEAE-Trisacryl chromatography and named cellobiose dehydrogenase I and II have been purified to homogeneity by different chromatographic techniques. Both enzymes are slightly glycosylated flavocytochrome-b proteins with similar catalytic properties but with distinct molecular masses (91 kDa and 192 kDa for enzymes I and II, respectively) and isoelectric point (4.1 versus 3.45). Examination by SDS/PAGE clearly showed that the larger enzyme II is a homodimer, whose subunit is close to, but different from dehydrogenase I which is homogeneous by this technique. After limited digestion of both enzymes with papain, two main fractions with residual activity are formed, one carrying the heme, the other being the flavin component; each fraction is characterized by its particular chromatographic behaviour. The flavin carrying component shows an atypical (for flavoprotein) three-banded spectrum indicative of the presence of a flavin derivative. Both enzymes react very slowly with oxygen clearly forming some superoxide radicals and possibly hydrogen peroxide. Cellobiose and other cellodextrins are oxidized at their reducing glycosyl moiety to the corresponding aldonic acid. With the use of the autooxidable phenazinemethosulphate, cellulose (either in a hydrated form or crystalline) is also oxidized at free reducing ends so that appreciable amounts of cellobionic acid are released upon enzymatic hydrolysis.

Amino Acids↗