The identification of the carbohydrate degrading enzymes from the crude extract of brown-rot fungus Gloeophyllum trabeum
IRG/WP 1483
A-C Ritschkoff, J Buchert, L Viikari
The brown-rot fungus, Gloeophyllum trabeum, produces a pattern of carbohydrate degrading enzymes during the wood decay. In liquid sawdust media the activities of endo-b-1,4-gluganase and endo-b-1,4-xylanase were at the maximum after 5-6 weeks cultivation. The production of enzymes started immediately after inoculation suggesting that the degradation of hemicellulose and easily degradable parts of cellulose is an initial step of wood decomposition.
Keywords: BROWN ROT; CELLULASES; DECAY; MECHANISMS OF DECAY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ENZYMES; GLOEOPHYLLUM TRABEUM; HEMICELLULASES; pH