Heterogeneity in cellulases of some of the local agricultural insect pests

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 337-340

  Sami, Amtul Jamil ^a   Shakoori, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cellulase; Cellulase in insects; Enzyme heterogeneity; Insect pests

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CELLULOSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRASSHOPPER; HETEROGENEITY; PEST SPECIES;

AULACOPHORA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROTOGONUS TRACHYPTERUS; CICINDELA SCUTELLARIS; CICINDELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DYSDERCUS CINGULATUS; DYSDERCUS KOENIGII; FUNGI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; TRACHIPTERUS;

EID: 33846188559     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. ALMIN, K.E., ERIKSSON, K. E. AND PETTERSSON, B., 1975. Extracellular enzyme system utilized by the fungus Sporotrichum pulverulentum (Chrysosporium lignorum) for the breakdown of cellulose. 2. Activities of the five endo-1,4,β-glucanases towards carboxymethyl-cellulose. Eur. J. Biochem., 51: 207-211.
2. CAZY http://afmb.cnrs-mrs.fr/CAZY/fam/
3. GHOSE, T.K. AND KOSTICK, J.A., 1970. A model for continuous enzymatic saccharification of cellulose with simultaneous removal of glucose syrup. Biotechnol. Bioeng., 12: 921-946
4. GOMES, I., GOMES, J., STEINER, W. AND ESTERBAUER, H., 1992. Production of cellulase and xylanase by a wild strain of Trichoderma viride. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 36: 701-707.
5. KHADEMI, S., GUARINO, L.A., WATANABE, H., TOKUDA, G. AND MEYER, E.F., 2002. The structure of an endoglucanase from termite, Nasutitermes takasagoensis at pH 2.5. Acta Crysatallogr., Sect D Biol. Cryst., 58: 653-659.
6. LAEMMLI, U. K., 1970. Cleavage of structural proteins during the assembly of the head of bacteriophage T4. Nature, 227: 680-685.
7. LANGSFORD, M.L., GILKES, N. R., WAKARCHUK, W.W., KILBURN, D.G. MILLER R. C. Jr. AND WARREN, R.A.J., 1984. Cellulases of Cellulomonas fimi. J. Gen. Microbiol., 130: 1367-1376.
8. MANDELS, M. AND REESE, E.T, 1964. Fungal cellulases and the microbial decomposition of cellulosic fabric. In: Developments in industrial microbiology, Vol. 5. Society for Industrial Microbiology. Washington, DC, USA, pp.5-20.
9. SAMI, A.J. AND AKHTAR, M.W., 1989. Multiplicity of endo-1,4 glucanases in Cellulomonas flavigena. Biochem. Soc. Trans., 17: 580-581.
10. SAMI, A.J. AND AKHTAR, M.W., 1993. Purification and characterization of two molecular weight endoglucanases of Cellulomonas flavigena. Enzyme Microb. Technol., 15: 586-592.
11. SAMI, A.J., AKHTAR, M.W., MALIK, N.N. AND NAZ, B. A., 1988 Production of free and substrate bound cellulases of Cellulomonas flavigena. Enzyme Microb. Technol., 10: 626-632.
12. SAMI, A.J., RAHMAN, F.U., ALAM, M. AND HAIDER, R., 2005 A report on multiplicity of cellulase activity in pests and its comparison with multiple forms of bacterial cellulases. In: Biocatalysis: Enzymes, mechanisms and bioprocesses, organized by Biochemical Society Focused Meeting, Manchester on November 21-22, 2005, Poster # 14.
13. TOKUDA, G., LO, N. AND WATANABE, H., 2005. Marked variations in patterns of cellulase activity against crystalline vs carboxymethyl-cellulose in the digestive systems of diverse wood feeding termites. Physiol. Ent., 30: 372-380.
14. TOKUDA, G., WATANABE, H., MATSUMOTO, T., AND NODA, H., 1997. Cellulose digestion in the wood eating higher termite, Nasutitermes takasagoensis (Shiraki): Distribution of cellulases and properties of endo-β1,4 glucanase. Zool. Sci., 14: 83-93.
15. WATANABE, H., NODA, H., TOKUDA, G. AND LO, N., 1998. A cellulase gene of termite origin. Nature (London), 394: 330-331.
16. WATANABE, H. AND TOKUDA, G., 2001. Animal cellulases. Cell. Mol. Life Sci., 58 1167-1178.
17. WEI, Y.D., LEE, S.J., LEE, K.S., GUI, Z. Z., YOON, H.J., KIM, I., JE, Y.H., GUO, X., SOHN, H.D. AND JIN, B. R., 2005. N-Glycosylation is necessary for enzymatic activity of beetle, Apriona germari cellulase. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 329: 331-336.
18. WOOD, T. M. AND PHILLIPS, D. R., 1969. Another source of cellulases. Nature (London), 222: 986-987.