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Table 3 Hemicellulolytic activity of seventeen glycoside hydrolases on 29 different polysaccharides

From: The hemicellulose-degrading enzyme system of the thermophilic bacterium Clostridium stercorarium: comparative characterisation and addition of new hemicellulolytic glycoside hydrolases

Enzymes

Specific activity (U/mg)

Arabinan

Arabinoxylan (wheat, soluble)

Arabinoxylan (wheat, insoluble)

4-O-Methyl-glucuron-oxylan

Xylan (birch)

Xylan (oat spelt)

Xyloglucan

β-Glucan (barley)

Bga2B

(+)

–

–

–

–

–

3.11 ± 0.04

–

Bxl3B

–

0.25 ± 0.01

+

0.21 ± 0.01

0.28 ± 0.01

0.35 ± 0.02

–

–

Cel9Z

–

–

–

(+)

–

(+)

–

159 ± 1

Xyn10E

–

0.17 ± 0.01

–

+

(+)

(+)

–

–

Xyn10C

–

134 ± 5

14.1 ± 0.8

91.3 ± 3.8

56.3 ± 2.0

86.6 ± 1.2

–

19.1 ± 0.1

Xyn10B

–

597 ± 46

40.4 ± 3.7

483 ± 45

185 ± 20

679 ± 41

–

18.8 ± 1.6

Xyn10D

–

6.55 ± 0.09

–

+

1.24 ± 0.04

6.17 ± 0.08

–

(+)

Xyn11A

–

1030 ± 50

226 ± 47

936 ± 19

619 ± 7

937 ± 6

–

–

Man26A

–

–

–

–

–

–

+

–

Bga35A

(+)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Axh43A

+

41.5 ± 0.8

(+)

(+)

–

+

–

–

Arf43A

–

(+)

–

(+)

(+)

(+)

–

–

Arf43C

0.82 ± 0.06

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Abn43A

79.5 ± 0.9

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Arf51B

2.01 ± 0.03

0.32 ± 0.01

–

–

–

(+)

–

–

Gal53A

+

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Xyn105F

–

0.22 ± 0.01

–

+

+

+

–

–

Enzymes

Specific activity (U/mg)

Lichenin

Galactan (potato)

Galactan (lupin)

Pectic galactan (potato)

Pectic galactan (lupin)

Mannan

Galactomannan (guar)

Glucomannan (konjac)

Bga2B

–

+

(+)

(+)

(+)

–

–

–

Bxl3B

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Cel9Z

136 ± 9

–

–

–

–

–

–

32.9 ± 1.0

Xyn10E

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Xyn10C

7.85 ± 0.45

–

–

–

(+)

–

–

+

Xyn10B

9.65 ± 0.65

–

–

–

(+)

–

–

(+)

Xyn10D

–

–

–

–

(+)

–

–

–

Xyn11A

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Man26A

–

–

–

–

–

39.9 ± 2.0

216 ± 5

144 ± 3

Bga35A

–

2.17 ± 0.03

1.24 ± 0.08

1.08 ± 0.01

1.14 ± 0.02

–

–

–

Axh43A

–

–

–

–

(+)

–

–

–

Arf43A

–

–

–

–

(+)

–

–

–

Arf43C

–

–

1.99 ± 0.20

6.50 ± 0.13

4.46 ± 0.09

–

–

–

Abn43A

–

–

10.1 ± 0.3

21.3 ± 0.2

12.0 ± 2.1

–

–

–

Arf51B

–

–

–

(+)

–

–

–

–

Gal53A

–

+

+

+

+

+

–

–

Xyn105F

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

  1. Hydrolysis experiments were performed in 0.1 M MOPS reaction buffer with 0.05–24 mg/L enzyme at pH 6.0 (pH 6.5 for Abn43A) and the temperature optimum of each enzyme for incubation times from 30 min up to 2 h. The specific enzyme activity was determined using DNSA assay in triplicates. Further tested polysaccharides for which no activity could be determined were: arabinogalactan (larch), curdlan, gum arabic (acacia), inulin (dahlia tubers), laminarin, mannan (ivory nut), pachyman, polygalacturonic acid, pullulan, rhamnogalacturonan I, sinistrin, chitosan and Avicel. No activity (–), detectable but very low activity ((+)), activity overnight (+), specific activity (numbers)