| Literature DB >> 7766136 |
C M Fontes1, J Hall, B H Hirst, G P Hazlewood, H J Gilbert.
Abstract
The sensitivity of a range of cellulases and xylanases to proteolytic inactivation was investigated. The xylanases, all the Clostridium thermocellum cellulases and cellulase E from Pseudomonas fluorescens subsp. cellulosa exhibited no decrease in catalytic activity during a 3-h incubation with proteinases of the small intestine. Under these conditions, the control Escherichia coli enzymes analysed had half-lives of 4.3-13.5 min. The addition of substrate significantly decreased the sensitivity of proteinase-labile enzymes to inactivation. The significance of these data in relation to the use of cellulases and xylanases for improving animal nutrition is discussed.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 7766136 DOI: 10.1007/BF00170622
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Microbiol Biotechnol ISSN: 0175-7598 Impact factor: 4.813