Thermobifida fusca family-6 cellulases as potential designer cellulosome components

J Caspi, D Irwin, R Lamed, Y Shoham… - Biocatalysis and …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
During the course of our studies on the structure–function relationship of cellulosomes, we
were interested in converting the free cellulase system of the aerobic bacterium …

Effect of Linker Length and Dockerin Position on Conversion of a Thermobifida fusca Endoglucanase to the Cellulosomal Mode

J Caspi, Y Barak, R Haimovitz, D Irwin… - Applied and …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
We have been developing the cellulases of Thermobifida fusca as a model to explore the
conversion from a free cellulase system to the cellulosomal mode. Three of the six T. fusca …

Thermobifida fusca exoglucanase Cel6B is incompatible with the cellulosomal mode in contrast to endoglucanase Cel6A

J Caspi, Y Barak, R Haimovitz, H Gilary… - Systems and synthetic …, 2010 - Springer
Cellulosomes are efficient cellulose-degradation systems produced by selected anaerobic
bacteria. This multi-enzyme complex is assembled from a group of cellulases attached to a …

Conversion of Thermobifida fusca free exoglucanases into cellulosomal components: comparative impact on cellulose-degrading activity

J Caspi, D Irwin, R Lamed, Y Li, HP Fierobe… - Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
Cellulosomes are multi-enzyme complexes produced by certain anaerobic bacteria that
exhibit efficient degradation of plant cell wall polysaccharides. To understand their …

Comparison of family 9 cellulases from mesophilic and thermophilic bacteria

F Mingardon, JD Bagert, C Maisonnier… - Applied and …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cellulases containing a family 9 catalytic domain and a family 3c cellulose binding module
(CBM3c) are important components of bacterial cellulolytic systems. We measured the …

Modular Organization of the Thermobifida fusca Exoglucanase Cel6B Impacts Cellulose Hydrolysis and Designer Cellulosome Efficiency

E Setter‐Lamed, S Moraïs, J Stern… - Biotechnology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Cellulose deconstruction can be achieved by three distinct enzymatic paradigms: free
enzymes, multifunctional enzymes, and self‐assembled, multi‐enzyme complexes …

Significance of relative position of cellulases in designer cellulosomes for optimized cellulolysis

J Stern, A Kahn, Y Vazana, M Shamshoum, S Morais… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Degradation of cellulose is of major interest in the quest for alternative sources of renewable
energy, for its positive effects on environment and ecology, and for use in advanced …

Kinetic Studies of Thermobifida fusca Cel9A Active Site Mutant Enzymes

W Zhou, DC Irwin, J Escovar-Kousen, DB Wilson - Biochemistry, 2004 - ACS Publications
Thermobifida fusca Cel9A-90, an unusual family 9 enzyme, is a processive endoglucanase
containing a catalytic domain closely linked to a family 3c cellulose binding domain (Cel9A …

Contribution of a xylan-binding module to the degradation of a complex cellulosic substrate by designer cellulosomes

S Moraïs, Y Barak, J Caspi, Y Hadar… - Applied and …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
Conversion of components of the Thermobifida fusca free-enzyme system to the
cellulosomal mode using the designer cellulosome approach can be employed to discover …

Processivity, Substrate Binding, and Mechanism of Cellulose Hydrolysis by Thermobifida fusca Cel9A

Y Li, DC Irwin, DB Wilson - Applied and environmental …, 2007 - Am Soc Microbiol
Thermobifida fusca Cel9A-90 is a processive endoglucanase consisting of a family 9
catalytic domain (CD), a family 3c cellulose binding module (CBM3c), a fibronectin III-like …