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Cell surface changes in Thermomonospora curvata during cellulase induction and repression
Author(s) -
Bonner M.A.,
Stutzenberger F.J.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
letters in applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.698
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1472-765X
pISSN - 0266-8254
DOI - 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1988.tb01215.x
Subject(s) - cellulase , psychological repression , microbiology and biotechnology , library science , biology , enzyme , biochemistry , computer science , gene , gene expression
Cellulosomes are cell surface protuberances which contain cellulases functional in substrate adherence and hydrolysis. The mycelia of Thermomonospora curvata , which adhere to and grow on native cellulose fibres, formed cellulosomal structures during cellulase induction, but did not when cellulase biosynthesis was repressed. Cell‐bound enzyme accounted for about 5% of total culture cellulase activity.