Analysis of variously pretreated corn stover samples showed neutral to mildly acidic pretreatments were more effective at removing xylan from corn stover and more likely to maintain the acetyl to xylopyranosyl ratios present in untreated material than were alkaline treatments. Retention of acetyl groups in the residual solids resulted ...

Xylans and mannans contain different esterified substituents such as acetyl, feruloyl and p-coumaroyl side groups. The properties and function of hemicellulose-acting esterases of Trichoderma reesei and Aspergillus oryzae were studied in this work. Both f...

Recombinant acetyl xylan esterase (rAXE) of Aspergillus ficcum catalyzed the synthesis of peracetic acid (PAA) from ethyl acetate and hydrogen peroxide. Ten micrograms of rAXE catalyzed the synthesis of 1.34mM of PAA, which can be used for the pretreatment of cellulosic biomass in situ. PMID:21824816

The genes encoding acetyl xylan esterase 1 (axe1) and a {beta}-xylosidase (xylB) have been cloned and sequenced from Thermoanaerobacterium sp. strain JW/SL YS485. axe1 is located 22 nucleotides 3{prime} of the xylB sequence. The identity of axe1 was confirmed by comparison of the deduced amino acid sequence to peptide sequence analysis ...

An esterase which is encoded within a Thermotoga maritima chromosomal gene cluster for xylan degradation and utilization was characterized after heterologous expression of the corresponding gene in Escherichia coli and purification of the enzyme. The enzyme, designated AxeA, shares amino acid sequence similarity and its broad substrate specificity with the ...

Acetyl xylan esterase (EC 3.1.1.72) is a member of a set of enzymes required to depolymerize hemicellulose, especially xylan that is composed of a main chain of ?-1,4-linked xylopyranoside residues decorated with acetyl side groups. Fibrobacter succinogenes S85 Axe6B (FSUAxe6B) is an ...

A 1,067-bp cDNA, designated axeA, coding for an acetyl xylan esterase (AxeA) was cloned from the anaerobic rumen fungus Orpinomyces sp. strain PC-2. The gene had an open reading frame of 939 bp encoding a polypeptide of 313 amino acid residues with a calculated mass of 34,845 Da. An active esterase using the ...

A new Volvariella volvacea gene encoding an acetyl xylan esterase (designated as Vvaxe1) was cloned and expressed in Pichia pastoris. The cDNA contained an ORF of 1047 bp encoding 349 amino acids with a calculated mass of 39 990 Da. VvAXE1 is a modular enzyme consisting of an N-terminal signal peptide, a catalytic domain, and a ...

The thermophilic actinomycete Thermomonospora fusca produced endoxylanase, ?-arabinofuranosidase, ?-xylosidase, and acetyl esterase activities maximally during growth on xylan. Growth yields on glucose, xylose, or arabinose were comparable, but production of endoxylanase and ?-xylosidase was not induced on these substrates. The crude ...

Extracellular enzyme preparations from Streptomyces flavorgriseus and Streptomyces olivochromogenes cultures grown on cellulose contained primarily cellulase activities, but similar preparations from cultures grown on xylan-containing materials possessed high levels of both cellulase and xylanase activities. Growth conditions that gave high endoxylanase levels also resulted in ...

BH1115 is a gene from Bacillus halodurans strain C-125 that hypothetically encodes a rhamnogalacturonan acetyl esterase (RGAE) of the CE-12 family. As confirmation, this gene was cloned, and the product was expressed in Escherichia coli strain Rosetta (DE3) cells and purified. The enzyme obtained was monomeric, with a molecular mass of 45 kDa, and ...

In the present work enzymatic hydrolysis of arabinoxylan from pretreated corn bran (190 degrees C, 10 min) was evaluated by measuring the release of xylose and arabinose after treatment with a designed minimal mixture of monocomponent enzymes consisting of alpha-L-arabinofuranosidases, an endoxylanase, and a beta-xylosidase. The pretreatment divided the corn bran material approximately 50:50 into ...

A new Volvariella volvacea gene encoding a carbohydrate esterase (CE) family 4 acetyl xylan esterase (AXE) (designated as VvaxeII) was cloned and characterized. The coded polypeptide had 253 amino acid residues, with the first 19 serving as a secretion signal peptide. The VvaxeII transcript levels were high when ...

An alkaliphilic bacterium, Bacillus sp. strain K-1, produces extracellular xylanolytic enzymes such as xylanases, ?-xylosidase, arabinofuranosidase, and acetyl esterase when grown in xylan medium. One of the extracellular xylanases that is stable in an alkaline state was purified to homogeneity by affinity adsorption-desorption on ...

YesT, a putative protein from Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633 that has been provisionally classified as a rhamnogalacturonan acetyl esterase (RGAE) in CE-12 family, was cloned, expressed in Escherichiacoli Rosetta (DE3), and purified. The enzyme is monomeric with a molecular mass of 37 kDa and presents thermophilic properties similar to RGAE from Aspergillus ...

The longterm goal of this research effort is to obtain an anaerobic thermophilic bacterium that efficiently converts various hemicellulose-containing biomass to ethanol over a broad pH range. The strategy is to modify the outfit and regulation of the rate-limiting xylanases, glycosidases and xylan esterases in the ethanologenic, anaerobic thermophile ...

Significant increases in the depolymerization of corn stover cellulose by cellobiohydrolase I (Cel7A) from Trichoderma reesei were observed using small quantities of non-cellulolytic cell wall-degrading enzymes. Purified endoxylanase (XynA), ferulic acid esterase (FaeA), and acetyl xylan esterase (Axe1) all ...

During growth on xylan and xylose Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum B6A-RI produced endoxylanase, ?-xylosidase, arabinofuranosidase, and acetyl esterase, and the first three activities appeared to be produced coordinately. During nonlimiting growth on xylan, these enzyme activities were predominantly cell ...

We measured expression and used biochemical characterization of multiple carbohydrate esterases by the xylanolytic rumen bacterium Prevotella ruminicola 23 grown on an ester-enriched substrate to gain insight into the carbohydrate esterase activities of this hemicellulolytic rumen bacterium. The P. ruminicola 23 genome contains 16 genes predicted to encode ...

Plant cell walls have been shown to contain acetyl groups in hemicelluloses and pectin. The gene aes1, encoding the acetyl esterase (Aes1) of Hypocrea jecorina, was identified by amino-terminal sequencing, peptide mass spectrometry, and genomic sequence analyses. The coded polypeptide had 348 amino acid residues with the first 19 ...

The enzymatic degradation of plant cell wall xylan requires the concerted action of a diverse enzymatic syndicate. Among these enzymes are xylan esterases, which hydrolyze the O-acetyl substituents, primarily at the O-2 position of the xylan backbone. All acetylxylan ...

Batch hydrolysis kinetics of paper birch (Betula papyrifera) xylan and its associated acetyl groups in dilute sulfuric acid have been measured for acid concentrations of between 0.04 and 0.18M and temperatures of between 100 and 170 degrees C. Only 5% of the cellulose was hydrolyzed for up to 85% xylan removal. Rate data were ...

Jun 16, 2011 ... Description: Batch hydrolysis kinetics of paper birch (Betula papyrifera) xylan and its associated acetyl groups in dilute sulfuric acid ...

Organophosphorus insecticides and nerve agents irreversibly inhibit serine hydrolase superfamily enzymes. One enzyme of this superfamily, the industrially important (for ?-lactam antibiotic synthesis) AXE/CAH (acetyl xylan esterase/cephalosporin acetyl hydrolase) from the biotechnologically valuable organism ...

Chitosan oligosaccharides (oligomers of (GlcNAc)(x)(GlcN)(y)) are used in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industries and are reported to have therapeutic benefits. However, it is unknown whether their biological activity depends on the degree of deacetylation or the sequence of residues within the oligomer. We report here the development of a random mutagenesis method for directed evolution ...

A novel hemicellulase-producing fungal strain was isolated from a local soil sample. The organism is identified as Aspergillus fumigatus based on ribosomal RNA analyses. The Aspergillus strain, designated as 2NB, produces both enzymes acting on xylan backbone (xylanase and ?-xylosidase), and those acting on side chains (or accessory enzymes) notably ?-arabinofuranosidase and ...

Proteins secreted by filamentous fungi play key roles in different aspects of their biology. The fungus Penicillium purpurogenum, used as a model organism, is able to degrade hemicelluloses and pectins by secreting a variety of enzymes to the culture medium. This work shows that these enzymes interact with each other to form high molecular weight, catalytically active complexes. By using a ...

It is apparent that the PMN contains two esterases. One, with the characteristics similar to an acetyl esterase, exists in or on the cell in an active form. The other esterase, with some features suggestive of a chymotrypsin-like enzyme, exists in or on t...

Purified T. reesei RUT C-30 acetyl esterase catalyzes acetyl transfer to a variety of carbohydrates in water in the presence of vinyl acetate as the acetyl group donor. The degree of conversion and the number of formed acetates depended on the acceptor used. With some acceptors, such as methyl or ...

Plant cell walls have been shown to contain acetyl groups in hemicelluloses and pectin. The gene, ae1, encoding the acetyl esterase (Ae1) of Hypocrea jecorina was identified by amino terminal sequencing, peptide mass spectrometry, and genomic sequence analyses. The coded polypeptide had 348 amino ...

Five mutants of Bacillus subtilis 168 defective in an intracellular esterase activity were identified. By polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, four of the mutants were shown to lack esterase B activity, and the fifth lacked esterase A activity. All of the back-crossed esterase mutants were able to sporulate at ...

Xylan is one of the major polysaccharides in cellulosic biomass, and understanding the mechanisms underlying xylan biosynthesis will potentially help us design strategies to produce cellulosic biomass better suited for biofuel production. Although a number of genes have been shown to be essential for xylan biosynthesis, genes involved ...

The aspirin esterase activity of human plasma is due to butyrylcholinesterase and albumin. Our goal was to identify the amino acid residues involved in the aspirin esterase activity of albumin. Fatty acid free human albumin and human plasma were treated with aspirin for 5 min to 24 h. Acetylated residues were identified by LC/MS/MS and ...

Lignocellulosic biomass contains cellulose and xylan as major structural components, and starch as a storage polysaccharide. In the present study, we have used comparative secretomic analysis to examine the effects of xylan and starch on the expression level of proteins secreted by the basidiomycete Phanerochaete chrysosporium grown on cellulose,. ...

Xylans in hardwoods and grasses are extensively acetylated. This study attempts to isolate and quantify the effect that these acetyl esters have in the resistance of plant cell wall polysaccharides to cellulolytic enzymes. First, the in vitro deacetylation using mild aqueous hydroxylamine followed by characterization and enzyme ...

Previously, we had only obtained extremely low xylanase activity in cultures of {ital Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus} strain JW200, despite demonstrated xylan hydrolysis. We were not able to increase the enzyme activity or concentrate it in solution. Therefore, we decided to isolate new strains of thermophilic anaerobes with higher xylanase activity as a future source for ...

A high-throughput sequencing approach was utilized to carry out a comparative transcriptome analysis of Trichoderma atroviride IMI206040 during mycoparasitic interactions with the plant-pathogenic fungus Rhizoctonia solani. In this study, transcript fragments of 7,797 Trichoderma genes were sequenced, 175 of which were host responsive. According to the functional annotation of these genes by KOG ...

A high-throughput sequencing approach was utilized to carry out a comparative transcriptome analysis of Trichoderma atroviride IMI206040 during mycoparasitic interactions with the plant-pathogenic fungus Rhizoctonia solani. In this study, transcript fragments of 7,797 Trichoderma genes were sequenced, 175 of which were host responsive. According to the functional annotation of these genes by KOG ...

The short term goals of this application were to characterize hemicellulases from anaerobic thermophiles on the biochemical and molecular level to extend the presently limited knowledge of hemicellulases in anaerobic thermophilic bacteria. This objective includes the following tasks: (1) Traditional purification and biochemical/biophysical characterization of xylanases from the newly isolated, ...

The SHORT TERM GOALS of this application were to characterize hemicellulases from anaerobic thermophiles on the biochemical and molecular level to extend the presently limited knowledge of hemicellulases in anaerobic thermophilic bacteria. This objective includes the following TASKS: (1) Traditional purification and biochemical/biophysical characterization of xylanases from the newly isolated, ...

Previous published work led to the hypothesis that the activatable esterase of chemotaxis is a serine esterase of the rabbit polymorphonuclear leukocyte existing in an inert, phosphonate insusceptible form, which after activation is capable of hydrolyzing...

Acetic acid esterase (EC 3.1.1.6) cleaves the acetyl groups substituted at O-2/O-3 of the xylan backbone of arabinoxylans and is known to modulate their functional properties. To date, this enzyme from cereals has not received much attention. In the present study, acetic acid esterase from 72 h ragi malt was ...

... pectinase (pectin methyl esterase and polygalactouranase) and α-amylase were assayed by measuring the amount of reducing ... from the digestive tract of Bombyx mori. For amylase activity The substrat...

BackgroundAcetyl-xylan esterase (AXE, EC 3.1.1.72) hydrolyses acetate group from the linear chain of xylopyranose residues bound by ?-1,4-linkage. The enzyme finds commercial applications in bio-bleaching of wood pulp, treating animal feed to increase digestibility, processing food to increase clarification and converting lignocellulosics to feedstock and ...

1. O-Acetylated polysaccharides were obtained from green wood of both sweet chestnut and wych elm by treatment of the residue remaining after dimethyl sulphoxide extraction with water at 98�. This gives a mixture of polysaccharides containing xylose, galactose, glucose and uronic acids. Analysis of these and their fractionated products suggest that only ...

Cleavage of plant cell wall arabinoxylans occurs by the action of ferulic acid esterase (FAE) and acetyl esterase (AE), which cleave feruloyl groups substituted at the 5'-OH group of arabinosyl residues and acetyl groups substituted at O-2/O-3 of the xylan backbone, respectively. In this study, ...

The axe gene which encodes an acetylxylan esterase from Thermobifida fusca NTU22, was cloned, sequenced and expressed in Escherichia coli. The gene consists of 786 base pairs and encodes a protein of 262 amino acids. The deduced amino acid sequence of the acetylxylan esterase axe exhibited a high degree of similarity with BTA-hydrolase from T. fusca ...

Three acetyl esterases (AcEs) from the saprophytic bacteria Cellvibrio japonicus and Clostridium thermocellum, members of the carbohydrate esterase (CE) family 2, were tested for their activity against a series of model substrates including partially acetylated gluco-, manno- and xylopyranosides. All three enzymes ...

Both, the influenza C (INF-C) virus haemagglutinin esterase fusion and bovine coronavirus (BCoV) haemagglutinin esterase surface glycoproteins exhibit a lectin binding capability and a receptor-destroying 9-O-acetyl esterase activity that recognise 9-O-acetyl-N-acetylneuraminic acid ...

Recent genome sequencing of Cellvibrio japonicas revealed the presence of two highly homologous ferulic acid esterases (FAEs), encoded by fee1A and fee1B. In this work, the putative FAE, Fee1B, was successfully cloned and expressed in an E. coli system and the purified enzyme was characterized as a type-D FAE with a pH and temperature optima of 6.5 and 35-40�C, respectively. ...

We show that the enzymatic acetylation and deacetylation of a cell surface carbohydrate controls B cell development, signaling, and immunological tolerance. Mice with a mutation in sialate:O-acetyl esterase, an enzyme that specifically removes acetyl moieties from the 9-OH position of alpha2-6-linked sialic acid, ...

We show that the enzymatic acetylation and deacetylation of a cell surface carbohydrate controls B cell development, signaling, and immunological tolerance. Mice with a mutation in sialate:O-acetyl esterase, an enzyme that specifically removes acetyl moieties from the 9-OH position of ?2�6-linked sialic acid, ...

Feruloyl esterases can remove aromatic residues (e.g., ferulic acid) from plant cell wall polysaccharides (xylan, pectin) and are essential for complete degradation of these polysaccharides. Expression of the feruloyl esterase-encoding gene (faeA) from Aspergillus niger depends on d-xylose (expression is mediated by XlnR, the ...

A rapid subtraction hybridization approach was used to isolate genes differentially expressed during mycelial contact between Trichoderma harzianum (Hypocrea lixii) and Rhizoctonia solani, and could serve as marker genes for selection of superior biocontrol strains. Putatively positive clones were evaluated by transcription analysis during mycelial contact with R. solani versus growth on glucose, ...

It is widely recognized that biofuel production from lignocellulosic materials is limited by inadequate technology to efficiently and economically release fermentable sugars from the complex multi-polymeric raw materials. Therefore, endoglucanases, exoglucanase, pectate lyases, cutinase, swollenin, xylanase, acetyl xylan esterase, beta ...

SummaryIt is widely recognized that biofuel production from lignocellulosic materials is limited by inadequate technology to efficiently and economically release fermentable sugars from the complex multi-polymeric raw materials. Therefore, endoglucanases, exoglucanase, pectate lyases, cutinase, swollenin, xylanase, acetyl xylan ...

Several types of covalent linkages between lignin and xylan in plant cell walls have been shown. One of such linkages could be an ester bond between hydroxyl groups of lignin moieties and the carboxyl group of the 4-O-methyl-D-glucuronic acid (MeGlcA) side groups of glucuronoxylan. Enzymes capable...

Xylan, a major component of hemicellulose, requires a complex of enzymes for complete hydrolysis of the main and side chains. XynA is a bifunctional enzyme with endo-b1,4-xylanase and acetylxylan esterase activities. It has the potential to be an important component of a hemicellulose-degrading en...

Mature `Bartlett' pear (Pyrus communis) fruits were ripened at 20 C. Fruits at different stages of ripeness were homogenized, and extracts of the low speed pellet (crude cell wall) were prepared. These extracts contained polygalacturonase, pectin esterase, and activity against seven p-nitrophenyl glycoside substrates. Polygalacturonase, ?-galactosidase, and ?-mannosidase ...

Human albumin is thought to hydrolyze esters because multiple equivalents of product are formed for each equivalent of albumin. Esterase activity with p-nitrophenyl acetate has been attributed to turnover at tyrosine 411. However, p-nitrophenyl acetate creates multiple, stable, acetylated adducts, a property contrary to turnover. Our goal was to ...

Accellerase 1000 cellulase, Spezyme CP cellulase, ?-glucosidase, Multifect xylanase, and beta-xylosidase were evaluated for hydrolysis of pure cellulose, pure xylan, and switchgrass solids from leading pretreatments of dilute sulfuric acid, sulfur dioxide, liquid hot water, lime, soaking in aqueous ammonia, and ammonia fiber expansion. Distinctive sugar release patterns were ...

The acetyl-esterase Aes from Escherichia coli, which belongs to the HSL group of the esterase/lipase superfamily, has been crystallized by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method using polyethylene glycol 8000 as a precipitant and magnesium chloride as an additive. Crystals belong to the orthorhombic space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), with unit-cell parameters a ...

Isoamyl acetate is synthesized from isoamyl alcohol and acetyl coenzyme A by alcohol acetyltransferase (AATFase) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and is hydrolyzed by esterases at the same time. We hypothesized that the balance of both enzyme activities was important for optimum production of isoamyl acetate in sake brewing. To test this hypothesis, we ...

A tritiated preparation of the trichothecene mycotoxin, T-2 toxin, underwent both acetylation and deacetylation reactions when incubated with bovine rumen fluid in vitro. Products from incubations of T-2 in rumen fluid included acetyl T-2, HT-2, and acetyl HT-2. Direct studies with tritiated samples of each of these metabolites ...

Prevotella ruminicola 23 is an obligate anaerobic bacterium in the phylum Bacteroidetes that contributes to hemicellulose utilization within the bovine rumen. To gain insight into the cellular machinery that this organism elaborates to degrade the hemicellulosic polymer xylan, we identified and cloned a gene predicted to encode a bifunctional xylanase-ferulic acid ...

Partially O-acetylated xylo-oligosaccharides (DXO) isolated from almond shells by autohydrolysis as well as their de-acetylated form (DeXO) were subjected to chemical, molecular, and structural analyses. They represent a mixture of neutral and acidic oligomers and low-molecular weight polymers related to ...

A numerical model for percolation reactor performance during hemicellulose hydrolysis has been developed using recently-obtained hydrolysis rate models and a combination of orthogonal collocation and finite difference methods. This model accounts for the effect of the rates of heat and mass transfer to the wood particles on reactor performance. The effect of various operating parameters on the ...

Following up previous findings (Radiobiologiya 1: 761 (1961)) that exposure of rats to gamma rays at a dose of 800 r affects the animals' acetyl choline metabolism, similar exposure tests were carried out at sublethal doses. After exposing the white rats weighing 180 to 200 g to a dose of 100 r from a Co/ sup 60/ source, groups of them were killed at the ...

The plant-pathogenic bacterium Dickeya dadantii (formerly Erwinia chrysanthemi) produces a large array of plant cell wall-degrading enzymes. Using an in situ detection test, we showed that it produces two feruloyl esterases, FaeD and FaeT. These enzymes cleave the ester link between ferulate and the pectic or xylan chains. FaeD and FaeT belong to the ...

A novel cephalosporin esterase (EC 3.1.1.41) from Rhodosporidium toruloides was purified to gel electrophoretic homogeneity. The enzyme is a glycoprotein with a molecular mass of 80 kDa. Upon deglycosylation, several forms of the enzyme were observed with a molecular mass range between 60 and 66 kDa. The isoelectric point of the enzyme is approximately 5.6, with the pH optimum ...

Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a common cause of neonatal sepsis and meningitis. A major GBS virulence determinant is its sialic acid (Sia)-capped capsular polysaccharide (CPS). Recently, we discovered the presence and genetic basis of capsular Sia O-acetylation in GBS. We now characterize a GBS Sia O-acetylesterase that modulates the degree of GBS surface ...

An esterase was isolated from influenza C virus with a specific activity from 1.7-5 U/mg protein, and its substrate specificity was tested with various naturally occurring O-acylated sialic acids, synthetic carbohydrate acetates, and other esters. The enzyme hydrolyses only acetic acid esters at significant rates. The non-natural substrates 4-methyl-umbelliferyl acetate, ...