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Hu Y, Hong H, Zhou J, Cui Y, Zhang B, Zhao J. Recent advances in enzymatic properties, preparation methods, and functions of glycoside hydrolase from Bifidobacterium: a review. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2023; 39:344. [PMID: 37843698 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-023-03770-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
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Bifidobacterium is a major probiotic of intestinal gut flora and exerts many physiological activities, and it is widely applied in the fields of food and medicine. As an important part of Bifidobacterium, glycoside hydrolase plays a role in its physiological activity. With the continuous development and improvement of genetic engineering technology, research on this type of enzyme will play a crucial role in promoting the further development of Bifidobacterium in the field of probiotics. In this review, the preparation methods, enzymatic properties, and functions of glycoside hydrolase extracted from Bifidobacterium are described and summarized. The common method for preparing glycoside hydrolase derived from Bifidobacterium is heterologous expression in Escherichia coli BL21. The optimal pH range for these glycoside hydrolase enzymes is between 4.5 and 7.5; the optimal temperature is between 30 and 50 °C, which is close to the optimal growth condition of Bifidobacterium. Based on substrate specificity, these glycoside hydrolase could hydrolyze synthetic substrates and natural oligosaccharides, including a series of pNP artificial substrates, disaccharide, and trisaccharides, while they have little ability to hydrolyze polysaccharide substrates. This review will be expected to provide a basis for the development of Bifidobacterium as a probiotic element.
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- Yanbo Hu
- School of Food Sciences and Engineering, Chang Chun University, Changchun, 130024, People's Republic of China
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- School of Food Sciences and Engineering, Chang Chun University, Changchun, 130024, People's Republic of China
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- School of Food Sciences and Engineering, Chang Chun University, Changchun, 130024, People's Republic of China
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- School of Food Sciences and Engineering, Chang Chun University, Changchun, 130024, People's Republic of China
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- School of Food Sciences and Engineering, Chang Chun University, Changchun, 130024, People's Republic of China
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- School of Food Sciences and Engineering, Chang Chun University, Changchun, 130024, People's Republic of China.
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Hu Y, Zhai L, Hong H, Shi Z, Zhao J, Liu D. Study on the Biochemical Characterization and Selectivity of Three β-Glucosidases From Bifidobacterium adolescentis ATCC15703. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:860014. [PMID: 35464910 PMCID: PMC9024363 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.860014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2022] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Three β-glucosidases from Bifidobacterium adolescentis ATCC15703, namely, BaBgl1A, BaBgl3A, and BaBgl3B, were overexpressed in Escherichia coli. The recombinant β-glucosidases were sufficiently purified using Ni2+ affinity chromatography, and BaBgl1A exhibited the best purification efficiency with a purification factor of 2.3-fold and specific activity of 71.2 U/mg. Three recombinant β-glucosidases acted on p-nitrophenyl-β-glucopyranoside (pNPβGlc) at around pH 7.0 and 30–50°C. The results of the substrate specificity assay suggested that BaBgl1A acted exclusively as β-1,2-glucosidase, while BaBgl3A and BaBgl3B acted mostly as β-1,3-glucosidase and β-1,4-glucosidase, respectively. The substrate specificity of the three recombinant enzymes was further studied using the ginsenosides Rb1 and Rd as substrates. The results of thin-layer chromatography and high-performance liquid chromatography analyses showed that BaBgl1A exhibited the highest bioconversion ability on Rb1 and Rd, where it hydrolyzed the outer C-3 glucose moieties of Rb1 and Rd into the rare ginsenosides Gypenoside XVII and F2; BaBgl3A exhibited medium bioconversion ability on Rb1, where it hydrolyzed both the outer C-3 and C-20 glucose moieties of Rb1 into Gyp XVII and Rd; and BaBgl3B was not active on Rb1 and Rd. These β-glucosidases will act as new biocatalytic tools for transforming ginsenosides and preparing active glycosides and aglycone.
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- Yanbo Hu
- School of Food Science and Engineering, Changchun University, Changchun, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Changchun University, Changchun, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Changchun University, Changchun, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Changchun University, Changchun, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Changchun University, Changchun, China
- *Correspondence: Jun Zhao,
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Changchun University, Changchun, China
- School of Life Sciences, Changchun Normal University, Changchun, China
- Duo Liu,
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Wang J, Cao X, Chen W, Xu J, Wu B. Identification and Characterization of a Thermostable GH36 α-Galactosidase from Anoxybacillusvitaminiphilus WMF1 and Its Application in Synthesizing Isofloridoside by Reverse Hydrolysis. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:10778. [PMID: 34639118 PMCID: PMC8509150 DOI: 10.3390/ijms221910778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2021] [Revised: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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An α-galactosidase-producing strain named Anoxybacillus vitaminiphilus WMF1, which catalyzed the reverse hydrolysis of d-galactose and glycerol to produce isofloridoside, was isolated from soil. The α-galactosidase (galV) gene was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The galV was classified into the GH36 family with a molecular mass of 80 kDa. The optimum pH and temperature of galV was pH 7.5 and 60 °C, respectively, and it was highly stable at alkaline pH (6.0-9.0) and temperature below 65 °C. The specificity for p-nitrophenyl α-d-galactopyranoside was 70 U/mg, much higher than that for raffinose and stachyose. Among the metals and reagents tested, galV showed tolerance in the presence of various organic solvents. The kinetic parameters of the enzyme towards p-nitrophenyl α-d-galactopyranoside were obtained as Km (0.12 mM), Vmax (1.10 × 10-3 mM s-1), and Kcat/Km (763.92 mM-1 s-1). During the reaction of reverse hydrolysis, the enzyme exhibited high specificity towards the glycosyl donor galactose and acceptors glycerol, ethanol and ethylene glycol. Finally, the isofloridoside was synthesized using galactose as the donor and glycerol as the acceptor with a 26.6% conversion rate of galactose. This study indicated that galV might provide a potential enzyme source in producing isofloridoside because of its high thermal stability and activity.
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- Jialing Wang
- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, 30 Puzhunan Road, Nanjing 211816, China; (J.W.); (X.C.); (W.C.)
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nanjing Tech University, 30 Puzhunan Road, Nanjing 211816, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, 30 Puzhunan Road, Nanjing 211816, China; (J.W.); (X.C.); (W.C.)
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, 30 Puzhunan Road, Nanjing 211816, China; (J.W.); (X.C.); (W.C.)
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huaiyin Normal University, 111 Jiangxi Road, Huai’an 223300, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, 30 Puzhunan Road, Nanjing 211816, China; (J.W.); (X.C.); (W.C.)
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Comparative Pangenomics of the Mammalian Gut Commensal Bifidobacterium longum. Microorganisms 2019; 8:microorganisms8010007. [PMID: 31861401 PMCID: PMC7022738 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8010007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2019] [Revised: 12/11/2019] [Accepted: 12/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Bifidobacterium longum colonizes mammalian gastrointestinal tracts where it could metabolize host-indigestible oligosaccharides. Although B. longum strains are currently segregated into three subspecies that reflect common metabolic capacities and genetic similarity, heterogeneity within subspecies suggests that these taxonomic boundaries may not be completely resolved. To address this, the B. longum pangenome was analyzed from representative strains isolated from a diverse set of sources. As a result, the B. longum pangenome is open and contains almost 17,000 genes, with over 85% of genes found in ≤28 of 191 strains. B. longum genomes share a small core gene set of only ~500 genes, or ~3% of the total pangenome. Although the individual B. longum subspecies pangenomes share similar relative abundances of clusters of orthologous groups, strains show inter- and intrasubspecies differences with respect to carbohydrate utilization gene content and growth phenotypes.
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Bhatia S, Singh A, Batra N, Singh J. Microbial production and biotechnological applications of α-galactosidase. Int J Biol Macromol 2019; 150:1294-1313. [PMID: 31747573 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.10.140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2019] [Revised: 10/12/2019] [Accepted: 10/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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α-Galactosidase, (E.C. 3.2.1.22) is an exoglycosidase that target galactooligosaccharides such as raffinose, melibiose, stachyose and branched polysaccharides like galactomannans and galacto-glucomannans by catalysing the hydrolysis of α-1,6 linked terminal galactose residues. The enzyme has been isolated and characterized from microbial, plant and animal sources. This ubiquitous enzyme possesses physiological significance and immense industrial potential. Optimization of the growth conditions and efficient purification strategies can lead to a significant increase in the enzyme production. To boost commercial productivity, cloning of novel α-galactosidase genes and their heterologous expression in suitable host has gained popularity. Enzyme immobilization leads to its greater reutilization, superior thermostability, pH tolerance and increased activity. The enzyme is well explored in food industry in the removal of raffinose family oligosaccharides (RFOs) in soymilk and sugar crystallization process. It also improves animal feed quality and biomass processing. Applications of the enzyme is in the area of biomedicine includes therapeutic advances in treatment of Fabry disease, blood group conversion and removal of α-gal type immunogenic epitopes in xenotransplantation. With considerable biotechnological applications, this enzyme has been vastly commercialized and holds greater future prospects.
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- Sonu Bhatia
- Department of Biotechnology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, G.G.D.S.D. College, Sector-32-C, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, G.G.D.S.D. College, Sector-32-C, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.
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Oh SY, Youn SY, Park MS, Baek NI, Ji GE. Synthesis of Stachyobifiose Using Bifidobacterial α-Galactosidase Purified from Recombinant Escherichia coli. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2018; 66:1184-1190. [PMID: 29363955 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b04703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The prebiotic effects of GOS (galactooligosaccharides) are known to depend on the glycosidic linkages, degree of polymerization (DP), and the monosaccharide composition. In this study, a novel form of α-GOS with a potentially improved prebiotic effect was synthesized using bifidobacterial α-galactosidase (α-Gal) purified from recombinant Escherichia coli. The carbohydrate produced was identified as α-d-galactopyranosyl-(1→6)-O-α-d-glucopyranosyl-(1→2)-[α-d-galactopyranosyl-(1→6)-O-β-d-fructofuranoside] and was termed stachyobifiose. Among 17 nonprobiotics, 16 nonprobiotics showed lower growth on stachyobifiose than β-GOS. In contrast, among the 16 probiotics, 6 probiotics showed higher growth on stachyobifiose than β-GOS. When compared with raffinose, stachyobifiose was used less by nonprobiotics than raffinose. Moreover, compared with stachyose, stachyobifiose was used less by Escherichia coli, Enterobacter cloacae, and Clostridium butyricum. The average amounts of total short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) produced were in the order of stachyobifiose > stachyose > raffinose > β-GOS. Taken together, stachyobifiose is expected to contribute to beneficial changes of gut microbiota.
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- So Young Oh
- Department of Food and Nutrition, Research Institute of Human Ecology, Seoul National University , Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea
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- Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Gimcheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do 39660, Republic of Korea
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- Research Center, BIFIDO Co. Ltd., Kangwon 250-804, Republic of Korea
- Department of Hotel Culinary Arts, Yeonsung University , Gyeonggi 14011, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Biotechnology and Oriental Medicine Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University , Yongin 17104, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food and Nutrition, Research Institute of Human Ecology, Seoul National University , Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea
- Research Center, BIFIDO Co. Ltd., Kangwon 250-804, Republic of Korea
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Construction of engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain to improve that whole-cell biocatalytic production of melibiose from raffinose. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2017; 44:489-501. [PMID: 28101808 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-017-1901-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2016] [Accepted: 01/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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There are excessive by-products in the biocatalysis process of this whole-cell biocatalytic production of melibiose from raffinose with current Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains. To solve this problem, we constructed engineered strains based on a liquor yeast (S. cerevisiae) via gene deletion (mel1 gene), heterologous integration (fsy1 or/and ffzi1 gene from Candida magnoliae), and gene overexpression (gcr1 gene). Functional verification showed that deletion of the mel1 gene led to elimination of the reactions catalyzed by α-galactosidase, as well as elimination of the degradation of melibiose and the formation of galactose by-product. Insertion of the fsy1 or/and ffzi1 gene and overexpression of the gcr1 gene could contribute to fructose transport for enhancing the biopurification rate of the fructose by-product. Compared with the wild-type strain, the optimal engineered strain of MP8 (Δmel1::fsy1 cm ::ffzi1 cm ::gcr1 sc ) had improved about 30% on yield, 31% on productivity, and 36% on purity of the melibiose product.
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Purification and characterisation of intracellular alpha-galactosidases from Acinetobacter sp. 3 Biotech 2015; 5:925-932. [PMID: 28324395 PMCID: PMC4624142 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-015-0290-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2014] [Accepted: 02/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Two alpha-galactosidases (Ag-I & Ag-II) were purified from Acinetobacter sp. Both the enzymes were monomeric with pH optima
of 7.0 and molecular weight of 65 kDa for Ag-I and 37 kDa for Ag-II. The temperature optima for Ag-I was between 50 and 60 °C and that of Ag-II was 40 °C. Both the enzymes were strongly inhibited by metal ions Ag2+ and Hg+, pCMB and SDS (1 %). The enzymes were found to be active on both natural and synthetic substrates. Artificial substrate, pNPGal, has shown more affinity to enzyme than natural substrate raffinose. The half-life (t1/2) of Ag-I varied from 1.85 h at 90 °C to 7.6 h at 70 °C.
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Chen Z, Yan Q, Jiang Z, Liu Y, Li Y. High-level expression of a novel α-galactosidase gene from Rhizomucor miehei in Pichia pastoris and characterization of the recombinant enyzme. Protein Expr Purif 2015; 110:107-14. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2015.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2014] [Revised: 02/12/2015] [Accepted: 02/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Insights into the substrate specificity and synergy with mannanase of family 27 α-galactosidases from Neosartorya fischeri P1. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 99:1261-72. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-6269-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2014] [Revised: 11/24/2014] [Accepted: 11/25/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Katrolia P, Rajashekhara E, Yan Q, Jiang Z. Biotechnological potential of microbial α-galactosidases. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2013; 34:307-17. [DOI: 10.3109/07388551.2013.794124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Development of a double-crossover markerless gene deletion system in Bifidobacterium longum: functional analysis of the α-galactosidase gene for raffinose assimilation. Appl Environ Microbiol 2012; 78:4984-94. [PMID: 22582061 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00588-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Functional analysis of Bifidobacterium genes is essential for understanding host-Bifidobacterium interactions with beneficial effects on human health; however, the lack of an effective targeted gene inactivation system in bifidobacteria has prevented the development of functional genomics in this bacterium. Here, we report the development of a markerless gene deletion system involving a double crossover in Bifidobacterium longum. Incompatible plasmid vectors were used to facilitate a second crossover step. The conditional replication vector pBS423-ΔrepA, which lacks the plasmid replication gene repA, was integrated into the target gene by a first crossover event. Subsequently, the replicative plasmid pTBR101-CM, which harbors repA, was introduced into this integrant to facilitate the second crossover step and subsequent elimination of the excised conditional replication vector from the cells by plasmid incompatibility. The proposed system was confirmed to work as expected in B. longum 105-A using the chromosomal full-length β-galactosidase gene as a target. Markerless gene deletion was tested using the aga gene, which encodes α-galactosidase, whose substrates include raffinose. Almost all the pTBR101-CM-transformed strains became double-crossover recombinants after subculture, and 4 out of the 270 double-crossover recombinants had lost the ability to assimilate raffinose. Genotype analysis of these strains revealed markerless gene deletion of aga. Carbohydrate assimilation analysis and α-galactosidase activity measurement were conducted using both the representative mutant and a plasmid-based aga-complemented strain. These functional analyses revealed that aga is the only gene encoding a functional α-galactosidase enzyme in B. longum 105-A.
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Waisundara VY, Huang M, Hsu A, Huang D, Tan BKH. Characterization of the Anti-Diabetic and Antioxidant Effects of Rehmannia Glutinosa in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Wistar Rats. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE 2012; 36:1083-104. [DOI: 10.1142/s0192415x08006594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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This study investigated the effects of Rehmannia glutinosa individually as well as in combination with the oral hypoglycemic agent, metformin in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic Wistar rats. R. glutinosa ethanolic extract was prepared and the constituents were characterized using fractionation by column chromatography, followed by high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. STZ (65 mg/kg) was injected intraperitoneally to induce diabetes in Wistar rats. The diabetic rats were divided into the following groups (each n = 6) and received the respective treatments for 30 days: (1) metformin (500 mg/kg), (2) R. glutinosa (200 mg/kg), (3) metformin (500 mg/kg) and R. glutinosa (200 mg/kg) and (4) diabetic control (DC). A reduction in plasma glucose levels caused by the herb was not as significant as metformin compared to the diabetic control ( p < 0.05). However, R. glutinosa-treated group showed reductions in plasma C-reactive protein (CRP) levels compared to the diabetic controls ( p < 0.05) as well as metformin-treated group ( p < 0.05). An enhanced reduction in CRP concentration was observed in the group receiving both herb and metformin compared to metformin-treated group ( p < 0.05). Reduction in CRP levels suggests an anti-inflammatory activity of the herb.
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- Viduranga Y. Waisundara
- Food Science & Technology Programme, Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 10 Medical Drive, Singapore
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- Food Science & Technology Programme, Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 10 Medical Drive, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 10 Medical Drive, Singapore
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- Food Science & Technology Programme, Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 10 Medical Drive, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 10 Medical Drive, Singapore
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Ibrahim SA, Alazzeh AY, Awaisheh SS, Song D, Shahbazi A, AbuGhazaleh AA. Enhancement of alpha- and beta-galactosidase activity in Lactobacillus reuteri by different metal ions. Biol Trace Elem Res 2010; 136:106-16. [PMID: 19777168 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-009-8519-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2009] [Accepted: 08/31/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The hydrolysis of oligosaccharides and lactose is of great importance to the food industry. Normally, oligosaccharides like raffinose, stachyose, and verbascose which are rich in different plants like soy bean are considered indigestible by the human gut. Moreover, many humans suffer from lactose intolerance due to the absence of effective enzyme that can digest lactose. alpha-Galactosidase can digest oligosaccharides like raffinose, while beta-galactosidases can hydrolyze lactose. Therefore, selection of microorganisms safe for human use and capable of producing high levels of enzymes becomes an attractive task. The objective of this study was to investigate the enhancement of alpha- and beta-galactosidase activity in Lactobacillus reuteri by different metal ions. Ten millimolar of Na(+), K(+), Fe(2+), and Mg(2+) and 1 mM of Mn(2+) were added separately to the growth culture of six strains of L. reuteri (CF2-7F, DSM20016, MF14-C, MM2-3, MM7, and SD2112). Results showed that L. reuteri CF2-7F had the highest alpha- and beta-galactosidase activity when grown in the medium with added Mn(2+) ions (22.7 and 19.3 Gal U/ml, respectively). 0.0274% of Mn(2+) ions lead to 27, 18% enhancement of alpha- and beta-galactosidase activity over the control group, and therefore, it could be added to the growth culture of CF2-7F to produce enhanced levels of alpha- and beta-galactosidase activity. The addition of Fe(2+) led to a significant (P < 0.01) decrease in the activity of both enzymes for most strains. This study shows that modified culture medium with that 0.0274% Mn(2+) can be used to promote the production for alpha- and beta-galactosidase in L. reuteri CF2-7F, which may lead to enhancement of alpha- and beta-galactosidase activity and have a good potential to be used in the food industry.
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- Salam A Ibrahim
- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, 163 Carver Hall, Greensboro, NC, USA.
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Purification and characterization of a thermostable α-galactosidase with transglycosylation activity from Aspergillus parasiticus MTCC-2796. Process Biochem 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2010.03.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Goulas T, Goulas A, Tzortzis G, Gibson GR. A novel alpha-galactosidase from Bifidobacterium bifidum with transgalactosylating properties: gene molecular cloning and heterologous expression. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2008; 82:471-7. [PMID: 19005653 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-008-1750-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2008] [Revised: 10/03/2008] [Accepted: 10/15/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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A genomic library of Bifidobacterium bifidum (NCIMB 41171) DNA was constructed in Escherichia coli RA11r (melA(-)B(+)) and one alpha-galactosidase encoding gene was isolated. Conceptual translation combined with insertional mutagenesis analysis indicated an open reading frame (ORF) of 759 amino acid (aa) residues encoding an alpha-galactosidase (named as MelA) of 82.8 kDa. Partial purification and characterisation showed that the enzyme had an apparent native molecular mass of approximately 243 kDa and a subunit size of approximately 85 kDa. The enzyme belongs to glycosyl hydrolases 36 family with high aa sequence similarities (approximately 73%) to other known alpha-galactosidases of bifidobacterial origin. Under optimum pH conditions for activity (pH 6.0) and high melibiose concentration (40% w/v), the enzyme was able to form oligosaccharides with degree of polymerisation (DP) > or = 3 at higher concentration than DP = 2, with a total yield of 20.5% (w/w).
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- Theodoros Goulas
- Department of Food Biosciences, School of Chemistry, Food Biosciences and Pharmacy, The University of Reading, P.O. Box 226, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6AP, UK.
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Ito S, Taguchi H, Hamada S, Kawauchi S, Ito H, Senoura T, Watanabe J, Nishimukai M, Ito S, Matsui H. Enzymatic properties of cellobiose 2-epimerase from Ruminococcus albus and the synthesis of rare oligosaccharides by the enzyme. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2008; 79:433-41. [PMID: 18392616 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-008-1449-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2007] [Revised: 03/06/2008] [Accepted: 03/08/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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van den Broek LAM, Hinz SWA, Beldman G, Vincken JP, Voragen AGJ. Bifidobacterium carbohydrases-their role in breakdown and synthesis of (potential) prebiotics. Mol Nutr Food Res 2008; 52:146-63. [PMID: 18040988 DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.200700121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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There is an increasing interest to positively influence the human intestinal microbiota through the diet by the use of prebiotics and/or probiotics. It is anticipated that this will balance the microbial composition in the gastrointestinal tract in favor of health promoting genera such as Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus. Carbohydrates like non-digestible oligosaccharides are potential prebiotics. To understand how these bacteria can grow on these carbon sources, knowledge of the carbohydrate-modifying enzymes is needed. Little is known about the carbohydrate-modifying enzymes of bifidobacteria. The genome sequence of Bifidobacterium adolescentis and Bifidobacterium longum biotype longum has been completed and it was observed that for B. longum biotype longum more than 8% of the annotated genes were involved in carbohydrate metabolism. In addition more sequence data of individual carbohydrases from other Bifidobacterium spp. became available. Besides the degradation of (potential) prebiotics by bifidobacterial glycoside hydrolases, we will focus in this review on the possibilities to produce new classes of non-digestible oligosaccharides by showing the presence and (transglycosylation) activity of the most important carbohydrate modifying enzymes in bifidobacteria. Approaches to use and improve carbohydrate-modifying enzymes in prebiotic design will be discussed.
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Holt SM, Teresi JM, Côté GL. Influence of alternansucrase-derived oligosaccharides and other carbohydrates on alpha-galactosidase and alpha-glucosidase activity in Bifidobacterium adolescentis. Lett Appl Microbiol 2007; 46:73-9. [PMID: 17971098 DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765x.2007.02266.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIMS To determine the influence of alternansucrase-derived oligosaccharides (AOS) and other carbohydrates on alpha-galactosidase and alpha-glucosidase activity in Bifidobacterium adolescentis. METHODS AND RESULTS Activities for alpha-galactosidase and alpha-glucosidase were determined from cell extracts of B. adolescentis grown on 18 test carbohydrates including AOS. alpha-galactosidase activity was enhanced on a variety of alpha-linked or beta-linked carbohydrates regardless of a galactoside or glucoside. alpha-glucosidase, however, was enhanced only on alpha-linked carbohydrates. AOS significantly enhanced enzyme activity compared with most of the carbohydrates tested. Most of the AOS showed significant increases in activity for both enzymes over that displayed by their corresponding acceptor carbohydrates. CONCLUSIONS alpha-galactosidase may serve as a biomarker for microbial metabolic activity within the large intestine for potential prebiotics composed of alpha-linked or beta-linked oligosaccharides whereas alpha-glucosidase activity may be restricted to assessing the influence of only alpha-linked carbohydrates. The AOS synthesis process provided a value-added component to carbohydrates by increasing metabolic activity (via alpha-galactosidase and alpha-glucosidase) over certain acceptor carbohydrates. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY Fundamental knowledge of enzyme activity in Bifidobacterium may aid in the design of more effective prebiotics and may also help identify enzyme indicators of metabolic activity when assessing influence within the intestine.
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- S M Holt
- Western Illinois University, Department of Biological Sciences/Waggoner Hall, Macomb, IL 61455, USA.
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Hinz SWA, Doeswijk-Voragen CHL, Schipperus R, van den Broek LAM, Vincken JP, Voragen AGJ. Increasing the transglycosylation activity of α-galactosidase fromBifidobacterium adolescentisDSM 20083 by site-directed mutagenesis. Biotechnol Bioeng 2006; 93:122-31. [PMID: 16320365 DOI: 10.1002/bit.20713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The alpha-galactosidase (AGA) from Bifidobacterium adolescentis DSM 20083 has a high transglycosylation activity. The optimal conditions for this activity are pH 8, and 37 degrees C. At high melibiose concentration (600 mM), approximately 64% of the enzyme-substrate encounters resulted in transglycosylation. Examination of the acceptor specificity showed that AGA required a hydroxyl group at C-6 for transglycosylation. Pentoses, hexuronic acids, deoxyhexoses, and alditols did not serve as acceptor molecules. Disaccharides were found to be good acceptors. A putative 3D-structure of the catalytic site of AGA was obtained by homology modeling. Based on this structure and amino acid sequence alignments, site-directed mutagenesis was performed to increase the transglycosylation efficiency of the enzyme, which resulted in four positive mutants. The positive single mutations were combined, resulting in six double mutants. The mutant H497M had an increase in transglycosylation of 16%, whereas most of the single mutations showed an increase of 2%-5% compared to the wild-type AGA. The double mutants G382C-Y500L, and H497M-Y500L had an increase in transglycosylation activity of 10%-16%, compared to the wild-type enzyme, whereas the increase for the other double mutants was low (4%-7%). The results show that with a single mutation (H497M) the transglycosylation efficiency can be increased from 64% to 75% of all enzyme-substrate encounters. Combining successful single mutants in double mutations did not necessarily result in an extra increase in transglycosylation efficiency. The donor and acceptor specificity did not change in the mutants, whereas the thermostability of the mutants with G382C decreased drastically.
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- Sandra W A Hinz
- Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Wageningen University, PO Box 8129, The Netherlands
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Gote M, Umalkar H, Khan I, Khire J. Thermostable α-galactosidase from Bacillus stearothermophilus (NCIM 5146) and its application in the removal of flatulence causing factors from soymilk. Process Biochem 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2003.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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