Article
Formation of highly twisted ribbons in a carboxymethylcellulase gene-disrupted strain of a cellulose-producing bacterium.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Mar 2013
Nakai Tomonori, Sugano Yasushi, Shoda Makoto, Sakakibara Hitoshi, Oiwa Kazuhiro, Tuzi Satoru, Imai Tomoya, Sugiyama Junji, Takeuchi Miyuki, Yamauchi Daisuke, Mineyuki Yoshinobu
Abstract excerpt
Cellulases are enzymes that normally digest cellulose; however, some are known to play essential roles in cellulose biosynthesis. Although some endogenous cellulases of plants and cellulose-producing bacteria are reportedly involved in cellulose production, their functions in cellulose production are unknown. In this study, we demonstrated that disruption of the cellulase (carboxymethylcellulase) gene causes...
Topics
- Carbohydrate Conformation
- Carbohydrate Metabolism
- Cellulase
- Cellulose
- Gluconacetobacter xylinus
- Mutation
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
- Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared