A family of glycosyl hydrolase family 45 cellulases from the pine wood nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

T Kikuchi; JT Jones; T Aikawa; H Kosaka; N Ogura

doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2004.07.039

A family of glycosyl hydrolase family 45 cellulases from the pine wood nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

T Kikuchi^*, JT Jones, T Aikawa, H Kosaka, N Ogura

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Abstract

We have characterized a family of GHF45 cellulases from the pine wood nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. The absence of such genes from other nematodes and their similarity to fungal genes suggests that they may have been acquired by horizontal gene transfer (HGT) from fungi. The cell wall degrading enzymes of other plant parasitic nematodes may have been acquired by HGT from bacteria. B. xylophilus is not directly related to other plant parasites and our data therefore suggest that horizontal transfer of cell wall degrading enzymes has played a key role in evolution of plant parasitism by nematodes on more than one occasion. (C) 2004 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	201-205
Number of pages	5
Journal	FEBS Letters
Volume	572
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2004.07.039
Publication status	Published - 13 Aug 2004

Keywords

endoglucanase
plant parasitic nematodes
secretions
horizontal gene transfer
PLANT-PARASITIC NEMATODES
BETA-1,4-ENDOGLUCANASE GENES
MELOIDOGYNE-INCOGNITA
HETERODERA-GLYCINES
CYST NEMATODES
EXPRESSION
ANIMALS
WALLS

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A family of glycosyl hydrolase family 45 cellulases from the pine wood nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

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