Activity of three β-1,4-galactanases on small chromogenic substrates
摘要:
beta-1,4-Galactanases belong to glycoside hydrolase family GH 53 and degrade galactan and arabinogalactan side chains of the complex pectin network in plant cell walls. Two fungal beta-1,4-galactanases from Aspergillus aculeatus, Meripileus giganteus and one bacterial enzyme from Bacillus licheniformis have been kinetically characterized using the chromogenic substrate analog 4-nitrophenyl beta-1,4-D-thiogalactobioside synthesized by the thioglycoligase approach. Values of k(cat)/K-m for this substrate with A. aculeatus beta-1,4-galactanase at pH 4.4 and for M. giganteus beta-1,4-galactanase at pH 5.5 are 333 M (1) s (1) and 62 M (1) s (1), respectively. By contrast the B. licheniformis beta-1,4-galactanase did not hydrolyze 4-nitrophenyl beta-1,4-D-thiogalactobioside. The different kinetic behavior observed between the two fungal and the bacterial beta-1,4-galactanases can be ascribed to an especially long loop 8 observed only in the structure of B. licheniformis beta-1,4-galactanase. This loop contains substrate binding subsites -3 and -4, which presumably cause B. licheniformis beta-1,4-galactanase to bind 4-nitrophenyl -1,4-beta-D-thiogalactobioside non-productively. In addition to their cleavage of 4-nitrophenyl -1,4-beta-D-thiogalactobioside, the two fungal enzymes also cleaved the commercially available 2-nitrophenyl-1,4-beta-D-galactopyranoside, but kinetic parameters could not be determined because of transglycosylation at substrate concentrations above 4 mM. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Distinct substrate specificities of three glycoside hydrolase family 42 -galactosidases from Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis ATCC 15697
作者:A. H. Viborg、T. Katayama、M. Abou Hachem、M. C. Andersen、M. Nishimoto、M. H. Clausen、T. Urashima、B. Svensson、M. Kitaoka
DOI:10.1093/glycob/cwt104
日期:2014.2.1
Glycoside hydrolase family 42 (GH42) includes β-galactosidases catalyzing the release of galactose (Gal) from the non-reducing end of different β-d-galactosides. Health-promoting probiotic bifidobacteria, which are important members of the human gastrointestinal tract microbiota, produce GH42 enzymes enabling utilization of β-galactosides exerting prebiotic effects. However, insight into the specificity of individual GH42 enzymes with respect to substrate monosaccharide composition, glycosidic linkage and degree of polymerization is lagging. Kinetic analysis of natural and synthetic substrates resembling various milk and plant galactooligosaccharides distinguishes the three GH42 members, Bga42A, Bga42B and Bga42C, encoded by the probiotic B. longum subsp. infantis ATCC 15697 and revealed the glycosyl residue at subsite +1 and its linkage to the terminal Gal at subsite −1 to be key specificity determinants. Bga42A thus prefers the β1-3-galactosidic linkage from human milk and other β1-3- and β1-6-galactosides with glucose or Gal situated at subsite +1. In contrast, Bga42B very efficiently hydrolyses 4-galactosyllactose (Galβ1-4Galβ1-4Glc) as well as 4-galactobiose (Galβ1-4Gal) and 4-galactotriose (Galβ1-4Galβ1-4Gal). The specificity of Bga42C resembles that of Bga42B, but the activity was one order of magnitude lower. Based on enzyme kinetics, gene organization and phylogenetic analyses, Bga42C is proposed to act in the metabolism of arabinogalactan-derived oligosaccharides. The distinct kinetic signatures of the three GH42 enzymes correlate to unique sequence motifs denoting specific clades in a GH42 phylogenetic tree providing novel insight into GH42 subspecificities. Overall, the data illustrate the metabolic adaptation of bifidobacteria to the β-galactoside-rich gut niche and emphasize the importance and diversity of β-galactoside metabolism in probiotic bifidobacteria.
Gram-scale chemical synthesis of galactosyllactoses and their impact on infant gut microbiota <i>in vitro</i>
作者:Evy Meeusen、Linqiu Cao、Dianne J. Delsing、Andre Groeneveld、Margreet Heerikhuisen、Frank Schuren、Thomas J. Boltje
DOI:10.1039/d3ob02069j
日期:——
We report the gram-scale chemical synthesis of 3′-, 4′-, and 6′-galactosyllactose starting from lactose. The impact of these galactosyllactoses on infant gut microbiota was tested in vitro by fermentation experiments using infant faecal samples.
MEDIUM WITH A PLANT NON-METABOLIZABLE SUGAR FOR IMPROVING SEED GERMINATION
申请人:WEYERHAEUSER NR COMPANY
公开号:US20160081336A1
公开(公告)日:2016-03-24
What is described is a nutritive media for a manufactured seed comprising a plant non-metabolizable sugar and a manufactured seed comprising plant non-metabolizable sugar in its nutritive medium