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Aureobasidium pullulans LB83 is a versatile biocatalyst that produces a plethora of bioactive products thriving on a variety of feedstocks under the varying culture conditions. In our last study using this microorganism, we found cellulase activity (FPase, 2.27 U/ml; CMCase, 7.42 U/ml) and other plant cell wall degrading enzyme activities grown on sugarcane bagasse and soybean meal as carbon source and nitrogen, respectively. In the present study, we provide insights on the secretome analysis of this enzymatic cocktail. The secretome analysis of A. pullulans LB83 by Liquid Chromatography coupled to Mass Spectroscopy (LC-MS/MS) revealed 38 classes of Carbohydrate Active enZymes (CAZymes) of a total of 464 identified proteins. These CAZymes consisted of 21 glycoside hydrolases (55.26%), 12 glycoside hydrolases harboring carbohydrate-binding module (31.58%), 4 carbohydrate esterases (10.53%) and one glycosyl transferase (2.63%). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the secretome analysis of A. pullulans LB83. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aureobasidium pullulans LB83 was evaluated for cellulase production under submerged fermentation conditions. Different process variables such as carbon sources (corn cob, sugarcane bagasse, and sugarcane straw), synthetic (urea, ammonium sulfate, and peptone), and non-synthetic (soybean meal, rice, and corn meal) nitrogen sources and inoculum size were evaluated by one parameter at-a-time strategy. Aureobasidium pullulans LB83 showed maximum cellulase activity (FPase, 2.27 U/mL; CMCase, 7.42 U/mL) on sugarcane bagasse. Among the nitrogen sources, soybean meal as a non-synthetic nitrogen sources showed a maximum cellulase activity (FPase 2.45 U/mL; CMCase, 6.86 U/mL) after 60 hr. The inoculum size of 1.6 × 106 CFU/mL had the maximum FPase and CMCase activities of 3.14 and 8.74 U/mL, respectively. For the enzymatic hydrolysis, both the commercial cellulase (10 FPU/g of Cellic CTec 2 (#A) and 10 FPU/g of crude enzyme extract (CEE) (#B), and varying ratio of CTec 2 and CEE in combination #C (5 FPU/g of CTec 2 + 5 FPU/g CEE), combination #D (2.5 FPU/g of CTec 2 + 7.5 FPU/g CEE), and combination #E (7.5 FPU/g of CTec 2 + 2.5 FPU/g CEE) were assessed for enzymatic hydrolysis of delignified sugarcane bagasse. Enzyme combination #C showed maximum hydrolysis yield of 92.40%. The study shows the hydrolytic potential of cellulolytic enzymes from A. pullulans LB83 for lignocellulosic sugars production from delignified sugarcane bagasse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]