Cell surface enzyme attachment is mediated by family 37 carbohydrate-binding modules, unique to Ruminococcus albus.

ABSTRACT: The rumen bacterium Ruminococcus albus binds to and degrades crystalline cellulosic substrates via a unique cellulose degradation system. A unique family of carbohydrate-binding modules (CBM37), located at the C terminus of different glycoside hydrolases, appears to be responsible both for anchoring these enzymes to the bacterial cell surface and for substrate binding.

SUBMITTER: Ezer A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2593223 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature