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Action of an endo-β-1,3(4)-glucanase on cellobiosyl unit structure in barley β-1,3:1,4-glucan.


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Authors

Kuge, Takao 
Nagoya, Hiroki 
Kurokawa, Tsunemi 

Abstract

β-1,3:1,4-Glucan is a major cell wall component accumulating in endosperm and young tissues in grasses. The mixed linkage glucan is a linear polysaccharide mainly consisting of cellotriosyl and cellotetraosyl units linked through single β-1,3-glucosidic linkages, but it also contains minor structures such as cellobiosyl units. In this study, we examined the action of an endo-β-1,3(4)-glucanase from Trichoderma sp. on a minor structure in barley β-1,3:1,4-glucan. To find the minor structure on which the endo-β-1,3(4)-glucanase acts, we prepared oligosaccharides from barley β-1,3:1,4-glucan by endo-β-1,4-glucanase digestion followed by purification by gel permeation and paper chromatography. The endo-β-1,3(4)-glucanase appeared to hydrolyze an oligosaccharide with degree of polymerization 5, designated C5-b. Based on matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) time-of-flight (ToF)/ToF-mass spectrometry (MS)/MS analysis, C5-b was identified as β-Glc-1,3-β-Glc-1,4-β-Glc-1,3-β-Glc-1,4-Glc including a cellobiosyl unit. The results indicate that a type of endo-β-1,3(4)-glucanase acts on the cellobiosyl units of barley β-1,3:1,4-glucan in an endo-manner.

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Keywords

MALDI-ToF/ToF-/MS/MS, barley, cellobiosyl unit, endo-β-1,3(4)-glucanase: β-1,3:1,4-glucan, Cell Wall, Glucans, Glycoside Hydrolases, Hordeum, Hydrolysis, Oligosaccharides, Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization, Substrate Specificity

Journal Title

Biosci Biotechnol Biochem

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Journal ISSN

0916-8451
1347-6947

Volume Title

79

Publisher

Informa UK Limited
Sponsorship
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/G016240/1)
This work was supported in part by a grant-in-aid for Scientific Research to T. Kotake [Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research no. 25514001] from Japan Society of the Promotion of Science; Y. Tsumuraya and T. Kotake [Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research no. 24114006] from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan. Supports were also provided by BBSRC Sustainable Bioenergy Centre: Cell wall sugars program to P. Dupree [grant number BB/G016240/1].