Purification and characterization of an endo-beta-1,6-glucanase from Trichoderma harzianum that is related to its mycoparasitism - PubMed (original) (raw)

J de la Cruz et al. J Bacteriol. 1995 Apr.

Abstract

The enzymes from Trichoderma species that degrade fungal cell walls have been suggested to play an important role in mycoparasitic action against fungal plant pathogens. The mycoparasite Trichoderma harzianum produces at least two extracellular beta-1,6-glucanases, among other hydrolases, when it is grown on chitin as the sole carbon source. One of these extracellular enzymes was purified to homogeneity after adsorption to its substrate, pustulan, chromatofocusing, and, finally, gel filtration. The apparent molecular mass was 43,000, and the isoelectric point was 5.8. The first 15 amino acids from the N terminus of the purified protein have been sequenced. The enzyme was specific for beta-1,6 linkages and showed an endolytic mode of action on pustulan. Further characterization indicated that the enzyme by itself releases soluble sugars and produces hydrolytic halli on yeast cell walls. When combined with other T. harzianum cell wall-degrading enzymes such as beta-1,3-glucanases and chitinases, it hydrolyzes filamentous fungal cell walls. The enzyme acts cooperatively with the latter enzymes, inhibiting the growth of the fungi tested. Antibodies against the purified protein also indicated that the two identified beta-1,6-glucanases are not immunologically related and are probably encoded by two different genes.

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