Bifunctional cellulase (glycoside hydrolase 5, GH5) from Bacillus sp. D04 has both endo- and exoglucanase activities were fused with two types of carbohydrate binding modules (CBM). CBM3 from Bacillus sp. D04 and CBM9 from Thermotoga maritima xyn 10A ...
Bifunctional cellulase (glycoside hydrolase 5, GH5) from Bacillus sp. D04 has both endo- and exoglucanase activities were fused with two types of carbohydrate binding modules (CBM). CBM3 from Bacillus sp. D04 and CBM9 from Thermotoga maritima xyn 10A were added to GH5 to hydrolyze microcrystalline cellulose (Avicel) as well as water-soluble cellulose (carboxymethyl cellulose, CMC). The optimum temperature of GH5 was 50℃, while it increased to 60℃ for the fusion GH5-CBM3 and GH5-CBM9, indicating that addition of CBM increased the thermostability of the enzyme. Addition of CBM3 and CBM9 enhanced the GH5 affinity (KM),for which KMdecreased from 104 mg/ml to 35.1–33.9 mg/ml for CMC, and from 115 mg/ml to 80.3–55.5 mg/ml for Avicel, respectively. The catalytic efficiency (kcat/KM) also increased from 4.80(mg/ml)-1sec-1 to 5.36–6.46 (mg/ml)-1sec-1 for CMC, and from 1.77 (mg/ml)-1sec-1 to 2.40–4.45 (mg/ml)-1sec-1 for Avicel, respectively, by addition of CBM3 and CBM9.