• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
• /
• 제49권1호
• /
• pp.101-104
• /
• 2011

Hemoflavoenzyme으로서 cellobiose dehydrogenase(CDH)는 셀룰로오스를 분해하는 과정에서 세포 외부로 분비되는 효소로서 amorphous cellulose와 강하게 결합하여 셀룰라아제(cellulase)에 의해 microcrystalline cellulose의 가수분해를 증가시킨다. 따라서 CDH는 바이오 에탄올 생산의 당화공정에서 중요한 역할을 할 것으로 예상된다. 여러 백색부후균으로부터 CDH 생산이 높은 Phanerochaete chrysosporium ATCC 32629 균주를 선정하였으며, 균주로부터 생산된 CDH 효소활성의 최적 온도와 pH는 각각 ${55^{\circ}C}$와 4이었다. CDH 활성을 증가시키기 위하여 P. chrysosporium ATCC 32629 균주를 돌연변이시켰다. 돌연변이는 새로운 시도로써 국부적으로 큰 에너지를 줄 수 있는 특징을 가진 양성자 빔을 이용하였다. 양성자 빔 조사 후 사멸율이 약 99.9%인 1.2 kGy에서 CDH 활성이 증가된 변이주를 얻었다. 선별된 변이주와 모균주를 액체배양했을 때 변이주가 모균주보다 CDH와 $\beta$-glucosidase 활성이 각각 약 1.4배와 20배 증가하였다. 따라서, CDH 뿐만 아니라 $\beta$-glucosidase 활성이 높은 P. chrysosporium 변이주를 확보하였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
• /
• 제34권2호
• /
• pp.457-466
• /
• 2024

Cellobiose dehydrogenases (CDHs) are a group of enzymes belonging to the hemoflavoenzyme group, which are mostly found in fungi. They play an important role in the production of acid sugar. In this research, CDH annotated from the actinobacterium Cellulomonas palmilytica EW123 (CpCDH) was cloned and characterized. The CpCDH exhibited a domain architecture resembling class-I CDH found in Basidiomycota. The cytochrome c and flavin-containing dehydrogenase domains in CpCDH showed an extra-long evolutionary distance compared to fungal CDH. The amino acid sequence of CpCDH revealed conservative catalytic amino acids and a distinct flavin adenine dinucleotide region specific to CDH, setting it apart from closely related sequences. The physicochemical properties of CpCDH displayed optimal pH conditions similar to those of CDHs but differed in terms of optimal temperature. The CpCDH displayed excellent enzymatic activity at low temperatures (below 30℃), unlike other CDHs. Moreover, CpCDH showed the highest substrate specificity for disaccharides such as cellobiose and lactose, which contain a glucose molecule at the non-reducing end. The catalytic efficiency of CpCDH for cellobiose and lactose were 2.05 × 10⁵ and 9.06 × 10⁴ (M^-1 s^-1), respectively. The result from the Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) spectra confirmed the presence of cellobionic and lactobionic acids as the oxidative products of CpCDH. This study establishes CpCDH as a novel and attractive bacterial CDH, representing the first report of its kind in the Cellulomonas genus.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
• /
• 제27권4호
• /
• pp.1-14
• /
• 1999

As the biodegradation of wood constituents has been understood as a multi-basidiomycetes and enzymatic processes, this review will focus on the roles of low molecular compounds and radicals working in harmony with fungal enzymes. Wood rotting basidiomycete fungi penetrate wood, and lead to more easily metabolize carbohydrates of the wood complex. The white-rot fungi, having versatile enzymes, are able to attack directly the "lignin barrier". They also use a multi-enzyme system including so-called "feedback" type enzymes allowing for simultaneous degradation of lignin and carbohydrates. The multi-enzymes including laccase support the proposed route by explaining how the high molecular weight enzymes can function in the wood complex. These enzymes may function separately or cooperate each other. In addition, veratryl alcohol oxidase, cellobiose dehydrogenase, arylalcohol dehydrogenase, and particularly low molecular mediators and radicals have an important role in wood biodegradation. However, the possibility of other mechanism as well as other enzymes, as operating as feedback systems in the process of wood degradation, could not be excluded.