Review Article

Heterologous Expression of Plant Cell Wall Degrading Enzymes for Effective Production of Cellulosic Biofuels

Table 1

Summary of expression of plant cell wall degrading enzymes in Z. mobilis.

PCDESource organismGene Bank IDM.W (kDa)PromoterSecretion signal peptideExtracellular portion (%)Periplasmic portion (%)Reference

Endo- 𝛽 -1,4-glucanaseA. cellulolyticusAAA75477.160.7 𝑃 t a c Z. mobilis PhoC~20%~30%[42]
A. cellulolyticusAAA75477.160.7 𝑃 t a c Z. mobilis ORF ZM 0331~15%~25%[42]
A. cellulolyticusABK52392.141.3 𝑃 t a c Z. mobilis PhoC13%26%[42]
A. xylinumBAA03797.124NativeNative<1%75%[43]
B. subtilisNANANativeNativeNANA[44]
C. uda CB4AAA23090.140.7Z. mobilis unidentified geneNativeNANA[45]
E. chrysanthemiCAA68604.146.4NativeNative~40%~80%[46]
E. cloacaeABP62583.140.3NativeNative~7.6%ND[47]
P. cellulosaNANA 𝑐 𝑎 𝑡 gene on pSUP104NativeNANA[48]
X. albilineansNANANativeNativeNANA[49]

𝛽 -GlucosidaseR. albusCAA33461.1104.2Z. mobilis gfo geneZ. mobilis Gfo4.7%61%[50]
R. albusCAA33461.1104.2 𝑃 t a c Z. mobilis Gln11.2%34.3%[50]
X. albilineansNANANativeNativeNANA[49, 51]

*Chloramphenicol acyltransferase; NA: not available; ND: not detected.