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Extracellular enzyme production by the actinomycete,Thermomonospora curvata, was characterized during growth at 55°C on bagasse as sole carbon source. Mycelia adhered to the bagasse fibers during early growth and were released in mature cultures. Extracellular protein reached a maximum on 4% (w/v) bagasse and yielded an electrophoretic profile similar to those produced on purified cellulose. Cellulase production on bagasse exceeded that observed forT. curvata on any previously employed substrate. Amylase and pectinase, which were diminished by their instability in culture fluid at growth temperature and by the lack of inducing substrate, were readily inducible by addition of starch or pectin, respectively. Extracellular activities of β-glucosidase and β-xylosidase remained insignificant throughout growth. Xylanase production equaled or exceeded that observed on a variety of other substrates. The combined activity of extracellular enzymes from bagasse-grownT. curvata caused a 27% solubilization of the fiber, yielding a mixture of cellooligosaccharides, cellobiose, xylobiose, glucose, xylose, fructose, arabinose and mannitol. Fractionation of concentrated extracellular proteins by size exclusion chromatography yielded single peaks for amylase and pectinase (estimated molecular weights of 58 K and 34 K respectively), while cellulase and xylanase activities were distributed throughout a series of multiple unresolved peaks spanning a molecular weight range of 26–180 K.
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Stutzenberger, F. Extracellular enzyme production byThermomonospora curvata grown on bagasse. Journal of Industrial Microbiology 13, 35–42 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01569660
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