Cellulose-binding, multicellulase-containing protein complex, termed the cellulosome, which displays endo-glucanase and glucohydrolase activity and mediates strong adherence of the bacterium to the insoluble substrate. Also called cellulose-interacting protein A.
Glycosylation Status
Glycosylation Type
O- (Thr) linked
Glycan Information
Glycan Annotation
Linkage: Gal→Thr. Gal as the major component, Glc, GlcNAc, and an unknown monosaccharide residue were detected. The total carbohydrate content was 6.8% (w/w). Tetrasaccharide is a component of the S1 subunit of the cellulosome (from SDS-PAGE experiments).
1 Department of Biological Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100 Israel
2 Department of Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000 Israel
3 Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978 Israel
Corresponding Author
Lamed R
Contact
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978 Israel