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We cloned and sequenced a xylanase gene named xylD from the acidophilic fungus Bispora sp. MEY-1 and expressed the gene in Pichia pastoris. The 1,422-bp full-length complementary DNA fragment encoded a 457-amino acid xylanase with a calculated molecular mass of 49.8 kDa. The mature protein of XYLD showed high sequence similarity to both glycosyl hydrolase (GH) families 5 and 30 but was more homologous to members of GH 30 based on phylogenetic analysis. XYLD shared the highest identity (49.9%) with a putative endo-1,6-β-d-glucanase from Talaromyces stipitatus and exhibited 21.1% identity and 34.3% similarity to the well-characterized GH family 5 xylanase from Erwinia chrysanthemi. Purified recombinant XYLD showed maximal activity at pH 3.0 and 60 °C, maintained more than 60% of maximal activity when assayed at pH 1.5–4.0, and had good thermal stability at 60 °C and remained stable at pH 1.0–6.0. The enzyme activity was enhanced in the presence of Ni2+ and β-mercaptoethanol and inhibited by some metal irons (Hg2+, Cu2+, Pb2+, Mn2+, Li+, and Fe3+) and sodium dodecyl sulfate. The specific activity of XYLD for beechwood xylan, birchwood xylan, 4-O-methyl-d-glucuronoxylan, and oat spelt xylan was 2,463, 2,144, 2,020, and 1,429 U mg−1, respectively. The apparent K m and V max values for beechwood xylan were 5.6 mg ml−1 and 3,622 μmol min−1 mg−1, respectively. The hydrolysis products of different xylans were mainly xylose and xylobiose.
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This work was supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 program, Grant No. 2007AA100601), Key Program of Transgenic Plant Breeding (2008ZX08003-002), and the Earmarked Fund for Modern Agro-industry Technology Research System (nycytx-42-G2-05). We thank Dr. Kenji Fukuda of Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Japan, for his generosity to provide substrate pustulan.
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Luo, H., Yang, J., Li, J. et al. Molecular cloning and characterization of the novel acidic xylanase XYLD from Bispora sp. MEY-1 that is homologous to family 30 glycosyl hydrolases. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 86, 1829–1839 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-009-2410-0
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