An acidic mesophilic cellulase of GH5 (BaCel5) was identified in B. antennata.
Effect of N-terminal barrel structures on its catalytic performance was studied.
Replacing the N-terminal (βα)3 or (βα)4 barrel with that of TeEgl5A improved the specific activity up to 6.7-fold.
Barrel structure replacement also improved the catalytic efficiency up to 4.7-fold.
N-terminal replacement introduced more hydrogen bonds and enlarged catalytic cavity.