Activity staining of cellulases in polyacrylamide gels containing mixed linkage β-glucans

doi:10.1016/0003-2697(87)90369-1

Analytical Biochemistry

Volume 164, Issue 1, July 1987, Pages 72-77

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Abstract

Endoglucanase and cellobiohydrolase components of thermophilic cellulases can be detected in situ after gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate by incorporating a mixed linkage β-glucan (barley β-glucan, lichenan) in the separation gel. Zymograms are prepared after a renaturation treatment and incubation by staining the gel with Congo red. This method is suitable for the detection of β-glucanases with different substrate specificities cleaving β-1,4-, β-1,4-1,3-, or β-1,3-glucans. Cellobiohydrolase activities can be detected by adding 4-methylumbelliferyl-β-d-cellobioside to the incubation buffer. The gels are subsequently stained with Coomassie blue to establish identical molecular weights of β-glucanase and protein bands. Applications of this technique for the comparison of cellulases and for the identification of cellulase components expressed from recombinant clones are presented.

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