Liu G, Shen J, Chang Y, Mei X, Chen G, Zhang Y, Xue C. Characterization of an endo-1,3-fucanase from marine bacterium Wenyingzhuangia aestuarii: The first member of a novel glycoside hydrolase family
GH174.
Carbohydr Polym 2023;
306:120591. [PMID:
36746582 DOI:
10.1016/j.carbpol.2023.120591]
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Abstract
Sulfated fucans are important marine polysaccharides with various biological and biomedical activities. Fucanases are favorable tools to establish the structure-activity relationships of sulfated fucans. Herein, gene fun174A was discovered from the genome of marine bacterium Wenyingzhuangia aestuarii OF219, and none of the pre-defined glycosidic hydrolase domains were predicted in the protein sequence of Fun174A. Recombinant Fun174A demonstrated a low optimal reaction pH at 5.5. It might degrade sulfated fucans in an endo-processive manner. Glycomics and NMR analyses proved that it specifically hydrolyzed α-1,3-l-fucoside bonds between 2-O-sulfated and non-sulfated fucose residues in the sulfated fucan from sea cucumber Isostichopus badionotus. D119, E120 and E218 were critical for the activity of Fun174A, as identified by site-directed mutagenesis. Three homologs of Fun174A were confirmed to exhibit endo-1,3-fucanase activities. The novelty on sequences of Fun174A and its homologs reveals a new glycoside hydrolase family, GH174.
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