Abstract
A family 12 endoglucanase with a molecular mass of 23,926 Da (EG-II) from the brown-rot basidiomycete Fomitopsis palustris was purified and characterized. One of the roles of EG-II in wood degradation is thought to be to loosen the polysaccharide network in cell walls by disentangling hemicelluloses that are associated with cellulose.
MeSH terms
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Cellulase / genetics*
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Cellulose / metabolism*
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Cloning, Molecular
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Genes, Fungal
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Hydrolysis
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Larix / microbiology
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Polyporales / enzymology*
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Polyporales / genetics*
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Polyporales / metabolism
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RNA, Fungal / genetics
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Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Substrate Specificity
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Wood / metabolism
Substances
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RNA, Fungal
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Cellulose
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endoglucanase 2
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Cellulase