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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1976-12-30
pubmed:abstractText
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.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0021-9193
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
128
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
609-15
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1976
pubmed:articleTitle
Derepressed synthesis of cellulase by Cellulomonas.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article