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J Bacteriol. 1976 November; 128(2): 609-615

Derepressed synthesis of cellulase by Cellulomonas.

B J Stewart and J M Leatherwood

ABSTRACT

A Cellulomonas sp. was isolated from the soil which hydrolyzed cellulose, as shown by clear-zone formation on cellulose agar medium. Catabolite repression of cellulase synthesis occurred when moderate levels of glucose were added to the medium. A stable mutant that no longer exhibits catabolite repression was produced through treatment of the wild-type organism with N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine. Both enzyme concentration and specific activity, as determined by the rate of hydrolysis of carboxymethylcellulose, were greater with the mutant than with the wild-type organism under various test conditions. The wild type had no measurable cellulase activity when grown in the presence of either 1.0% glucose or cellobiose. Cellobiose, but not glucose, inhibited enzyme activity towards both cellulose and carboxymethylcellulose. Cellobiose, cellulose, and sophorose at low concentrations induced cellulase synthesis in both the wild-type and the mutant organism. Cellulase regulation appears to depend upon a complex relationship involving catabolite repression, inhibition, and induction.

J Bacteriol. 1976 November; 128(2): 609-615




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