Abundance and diversity of dockerin-containing proteins in the fiber-degrading rumen bacterium, Ruminococcus flavefaciens FD-1.

<h4>Background</h4>The cellulosome is a multi-enzyme machine, which plays a key role in the breakdown of plant cell walls in many anaerobic cellulose-degrading microorganisms. Ruminococcus flavefaciens FD-1, a major fiber-degrading bacterium present in the gut of herbivores, has the most...

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Main Authors: Marco T Rincon, Bareket Dassa, Harry J Flint, Anthony J Travis, Sadanari Jindou, Ilya Borovok, Raphael Lamed, Edward A Bayer, Bernard Henrissat, Pedro M Coutinho, Dion A Antonopoulos, Margret E Berg Miller, Bryan A White
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-08-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/20814577/?tool=EBI