The unusual cellulose utilization system of the aerobic soil bacterium Cytophaga hutchinsonii
The unusual cellulose utilization system of the aerobic soil bacterium Cytophaga hutchinsonii
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DOI:
10.1007/s00253-017-8467-2
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发表时间:
2017-08
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5
通讯作者:
Yongtao Zhu;M. McBride
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作者:
Yongtao Zhu;M. McBride
Cellulolytic microorganisms play important roles in global carbon cycling and have evolved diverse strategies to digest cellulose. Some are ‘generous,’ releasing soluble sugars from cellulose extracellularly to feed both themselves and their neighbors. The gliding soil bacteriumCytophaga hutchinsoniiexhibits a more ‘selfish’ strategy. It digests crystalline cellulose using cell-associated cellulases and releases little soluble sugar outside of the cell. The mechanism ofC. hutchinsoniicellulose utilization is still poorly understood. In this review, we discuss novel aspects of theC. hutchinsoniicellulolytic system. Recently developed genetic manipulation tools allowed the identification of proteins involved inC. hutchinsoniicellulose utilization. These include periplasmic and cell-surface endoglucanases and novel cellulose-binding proteins. The recently discovered type IX secretion system is needed for cellulose utilization and appears to deliver some of the cellulolytic enzymes and other proteins to the cell surface. The requirement for periplasmic endoglucanases for cellulose utilization is unusual and suggests that cello-oligomers must be imported across the outer membrane before being further digested. Cellobiohydrolases or other predicted processive cellulases that play important roles in many other cellulolytic bacteria appear to be absent inC. hutchinsonii. Cells ofC. hutchinsoniiattach to and glide along cellulose fibers, which may allow them to find sites most amenable to attack. A model ofC. hutchinsoniicellulose utilization summarizing recent progress is proposed.