Cellulolytic Enzyme System of Thermoactinomyces sp. Grown on Microcrystalline Cellulose

AUTOR(ES)

Hägerdal, Bärbel G. R.

RESUMO

The carboxymethyl-cellulase and Avicelase activities of Thermoactinomyces sp., strain YX, were produced simultaneously with cell growth. Throughout the growth phase these activities were primarily extracellular, with up to 50% adsorbed to residual cellulosic substrate at any one time. On the other hand, the β-glucosidase activity was associated with the culture solids throughout the entire fermentation and appears to be intracellular. Preparative isoelectric focusing of the culture filtrate, in the pH range 3 to 5, separated three major fractions with cellulolytic activities towards both carboxymethyl-cellulose and Avicel. Based on the carboxymethyl-cellulase and Avicelase activities of these separated fractions, it was not possible to discriminate between endo- and exoglucanases produced by Thermoactinomyces sp. Analytical isoelectric focusing of culture filtrates obtained throughout the growth phase of Thermoactinomyces indicated that all the extracellular cellulolytic enzymes are produced and released into the culture filtrate simultaneously, with no evidence of a sequential appearance of the various enzymes or isoenzymes.

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