Abstract
Cellobiose dehydrogenase (CDH), an extracellular flavocytochrome produced by several wood-degrading fungi, was detected in the culture supernatant of the selective delignifier Pycnoporus sanguineus maintained on a cellulose-based liquid medium. Cellobiose dehydrogenase was purified as two active fractions: CDH1-FAD (flavin domain) (40.4 fold) with recovery of 10.9% and CDH1 (flavo-heme enzyme) (54.7 fold) with recovery of 9.8%. As determined by SDS-PAGE, the molecular mass of the purified enzyme was found to be 113.4kDa and its isoelectric point was 4.2, whereas these values for the FAD-domain were 82.7kDa and pI=6.7. The carbohydrate content of the purified enzymes was 9.2%. In this work, the cellobiose dehydrogenase gene cdh1 and its corresponding cDNA from fungus P. sanguineus were isolated, cloned, and characterized. The 2310bp full-length cDNA of cdh1 encoded a mature CDH protein containing 769 amino acids, which was preceded by a signal peptide of 19 amino acids. Moreover, both active fractions were characterized in terms of kinetics, temperature and pH optima, and antioxidant properties.
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