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Extracellular polysaccharides produced by bacteria of the Leuconostoc genus. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2020; 36:161. [DOI: 10.1007/s11274-020-02937-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Accepted: 09/16/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Zannini E, Waters DM, Coffey A, Arendt EK. Production, properties, and industrial food application of lactic acid bacteria-derived exopolysaccharides. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2015; 100:1121-1135. [PMID: 26621802 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-7172-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 217] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2015] [Revised: 11/08/2015] [Accepted: 11/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Exopolysaccharides (EPS)-producing lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are industrially important microorganisms in the development of functional food products and are used as starter cultures or coadjutants to develop fermented foods. There is large variability in EPS production by LAB in terms of chemical composition, quantity, molecular size, charge, presence of side chains, and rigidity of the molecules. The main body of the review will cover practical aspects concerning the structural diversity structure of EPS, and their concrete application in food industries is reported in details. To strengthen the food application and process feasibility of LAB EPS at industrial level, a future academic research should be combined with industrial input to understand the technical shortfalls that EPS can address.
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- Emanuele Zannini
- School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University College Cork, Western Road, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University College Cork, Western Road, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Cork Institute of Technology, Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University College Cork, Western Road, Cork, Ireland.
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Wang S, Sun X, Gao L, Zhang B. Effects of differences between cell-free and cell-associated glucosyltransferases fromLeuconostoc mesenteroideson gluco-oligosaccharides structure. Int J Food Sci Technol 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/ijfs.12804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Song Wang
- College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology; Beijing Forestry University; Box 162 Qinghua E Road 35 Beijing China
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- College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology; Beijing Forestry University; Box 162 Qinghua E Road 35 Beijing China
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- College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology; Beijing Forestry University; Box 162 Qinghua E Road 35 Beijing China
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- College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology; Beijing Forestry University; Box 162 Qinghua E Road 35 Beijing China
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Gómez de Segura A, Alcalde M, J. Plou F, Remaud-simeon M, Monsan P, Ballesteros A. Encapsulation in LentiKats of Dextransucrase fromLeuconostoc mesenteroidesNRRL B-1299, and its Effect on Product Selectivity. BIOCATAL BIOTRANSFOR 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/10242420310001630191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Insoluble glucans from planktonic and biofilm cultures of mutants of Leuconostoc mesenteroides NRRL B-1355. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2008; 82:149-54. [PMID: 19011853 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-008-1767-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2008] [Revised: 10/17/2008] [Accepted: 10/22/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Leuconostoc mesenteroides strain NRRL B-1355 produces the soluble exopolysaccharides alternan and dextran in planktonic cultures. Mutants of this strain are available that are deficient in the production of alternan, dextran, or both. Our recent work demonstrated that biofilms from mutant strains contained insoluble polysaccharides. We now find that the insoluble polysaccharides are composed of D-glucose polymers with contiguous sequences of alpha(1-->3) and alpha(1-->6) linkages. In addition, planktonic cultures of the wild type also produce this insoluble mixture in association with the cell mass. This material is similar to the insoluble glucan matrix known as mutan formed by cariogenic strains of streptococci. The production of insoluble mutan-like glucans may be more widespread among Leuconostoc spp. than previously recognized.
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Biofilm formation by exopolysaccharide mutants of Leuconostoc mesenteroides strain NRRL B-1355. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2008; 78:1025-31. [PMID: 18301888 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-008-1384-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2007] [Revised: 01/22/2008] [Accepted: 01/25/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Leuconostoc mesenteroides strain NRRL B-1355 produces the soluble exopolysaccharides alternan and dextran in planktonic cultures. Mutants of this strain are available that are deficient in the production of alternan, dextran, or both. Another mutant of NRRL B-1355, strain R1510, produces an insoluble glucan in place of alternan and dextran. To test the effect of exopolysaccharide production on biofilm formation, these strains were cultured in a biofilm reactor. All strains grew well as biofilms, with comparable cell densities, including strain NRRL B-21414, which produces neither alternan nor dextran in planktonic cultures. However, the exopolysaccharide phenotype clearly affected the appearance of the biofilms and the sloughed-off biofilm material produced by these biofilms. For all strains, soluble glucansucrases and soluble polysaccharides produced by biofilm cultures appeared to be similar to those produced by planktonic cultures. Biofilms from all strains also contained insoluble polysaccharides. Strain R1510 biofilms contained an insoluble polysaccharide similar to that produced by planktonic cultures. For most other strains, the insoluble biofilm polysaccharides resembled a mixture of alternan and dextran.
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Iliev I, Vassileva T, Ignatova C, Ivanova I, Haertlé T, Monsan P, Chobert JM. Gluco-oligosaccharides synthesized by glucosyltransferases from constitutive mutants of Leuconostoc mesenteroides strain Lm 28. J Appl Microbiol 2007; 104:243-50. [PMID: 17887982 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2007.03555.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIMS To find different types of glucosyltransferases (GTFs) produced by Leuconostoc mesenteroides strain Lm 28 and its mutant forms, and to check the effectiveness of gluco-oligosaccharide synthesis using maltose as the acceptor. METHODS AND RESULTS Constitutive mutants were obtained after chemical mutagenesis by ethyl methane sulfonate. Lm M281 produced more active GTFs than that obtained by the parental strain cultivated on sucrose. GTF from Lm M286 produced a resistant glucan, based on endo-dextranase and amyloglucosidase hydrolysis. The extracellular enzymes from Lm M286 catalyse acceptor reactions and transfer the glucose unit from sucrose to maltose to produce gluco-oligosaccharides (GOS). By increasing the sucrose/maltose ratio, it was possible to catalyse the synthesis of oligosaccharides of increasing degree of polymerization (DP). CONCLUSIONS Different types of GTFs (dextransucrase, alternansucrase and levansucrase) were produced from new constitutive mutants of Leuc. mesenteroides. GTFs from Lm M286 can catalyse the acceptor reaction in the presence of maltose, leading to the synthesis of branched oligosaccharides. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY Conditions were optimized to synthesize GOS by using GTFs from Lm M286, with the aim of producing maximum quantities of branched-chain oligosaccharides with DP 3-5. This would allow the use of the latter as prebiotics.
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- I Iliev
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Plovdiv University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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de Segura AG, Alcalde M, Bernabé M, Ballesteros A, Plou FJ. Synthesis of methyl α-d-glucooligosaccharides by entrapped dextransucrase from Leuconostoc mesenteroides B-1299. J Biotechnol 2006; 124:439-45. [PMID: 16513200 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2005.12.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2005] [Revised: 12/02/2005] [Accepted: 12/23/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The synthesis of methyl alpha-D-glucooligosaccharides, using sucrose as glucosyl donor and methyl alpha-D-glucopyranoside as acceptor, was studied with dextransucrase from Leuconostoc mesenteroides NRRL B-1299. The enzyme was immobilized by entrapment in alginate. By NMR and mass spectrometry we identified three homologous series (S1-S3) of methyl alpha-D-glucooligosaccharides. Series S2 and S3 were characterized by the presence of alpha(1-->2) linkages, in combination with alpha(1-->6) bonds. Two parameters, sucrose to acceptor concentration ratio (S/A) and the total sugar concentration (TSC) determined the yield of methyl alpha-D-glucooligosaccharides. The maximum concentration achieved of the first acceptor product, methyl alpha-D-isomaltoside, was 65 mM using a S/A 1:4 and a TSC of 336 g l(-1). When increasing temperature, a shift of selectivity towards compounds containing alpha(1-->2) bonds was observed. The formation of leucrose as a side process was very significant (reaching values of 32 g l(-1)) at high sucrose concentrations.
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- Aránzazu Gómez de Segura
- Departamento de Biocatálisis, Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica, CSIC, Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain
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Korakli M, Vogel RF. Structure/function relationship of homopolysaccharide producing glycansucrases and therapeutic potential of their synthesised glycans. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2006; 71:790-803. [PMID: 16724190 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-006-0469-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2006] [Revised: 04/12/2006] [Accepted: 04/19/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The capability of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) to produce exopoly- and oligosaccharides was and is the subject of expanding research efforts. Due to their physicochemical properties and health-promoting potential, exopoly- and oligosaccharides from food-grade LAB can be used in the food and other industries and may have additional medical applications. In the last years, many LAB have been screened for their ability to produce exopoly- and oligosaccharides, and several glycosyltransferases involved in their biosynthesis have been characterised at biochemical and genetic levels. These research efforts aim to exploit the full potential of these organisms and to understand the structure/function relationship of glycosyltransferases. The latter knowledge is a prerequisite for the production of tailored exopoly- and oligosaccharides for the diverse applications. This review will survey the results of recent works on the structure/function relationship of homopolysaccharide producing glycosyltransferases and the therapeutic potential of their synthesised exopoly- and oligosaccharides.
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- Maher Korakli
- Lehrstuhl für Technische Mikrobiologie, Technische Universität München, Weihenstephaner Steig 16, 85350, Freising, Germany.
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van Hijum SAFT, Kralj S, Ozimek LK, Dijkhuizen L, van Geel-Schutten IGH. Structure-function relationships of glucansucrase and fructansucrase enzymes from lactic acid bacteria. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2006; 70:157-76. [PMID: 16524921 PMCID: PMC1393251 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.70.1.157-176.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 316] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) employ sucrase-type enzymes to convert sucrose into homopolysaccharides consisting of either glucosyl units (glucans) or fructosyl units (fructans). The enzymes involved are labeled glucansucrases (GS) and fructansucrases (FS), respectively. The available molecular, biochemical, and structural information on sucrase genes and enzymes from various LAB and their fructan and alpha-glucan products is reviewed. The GS and FS enzymes are both glycoside hydrolase enzymes that act on the same substrate (sucrose) and catalyze (retaining) transglycosylation reactions that result in polysaccharide formation, but they possess completely different protein structures. GS enzymes (family GH70) are large multidomain proteins that occur exclusively in LAB. Their catalytic domain displays clear secondary-structure similarity with alpha-amylase enzymes (family GH13), with a predicted permuted (beta/alpha)(8) barrel structure for which detailed structural and mechanistic information is available. Emphasis now is on identification of residues and regions important for GS enzyme activity and product specificity (synthesis of alpha-glucans differing in glycosidic linkage type, degree and type of branching, glucan molecular mass, and solubility). FS enzymes (family GH68) occur in both gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria and synthesize beta-fructan polymers with either beta-(2-->6) (inulin) or beta-(2-->1) (levan) glycosidic bonds. Recently, the first high-resolution three-dimensional structures have become available for FS (levansucrase) proteins, revealing a rare five-bladed beta-propeller structure with a deep, negatively charged central pocket. Although these structures have provided detailed mechanistic insights, the structural features in FS enzymes dictating the synthesis of either beta-(2-->6) or beta-(2-->1) linkages, degree and type of branching, and fructan molecular mass remain to be identified.
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- Sacha A F T van Hijum
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 14, 9750 AA Haren, The Netherlands.
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Joucla G, Pizzut S, Monsan P, Remaud-Simeon M. Construction of a fully active truncated alternansucrase partially deleted of its carboxy-terminal domain. FEBS Lett 2006; 580:763-8. [PMID: 16413550 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2005] [Revised: 12/06/2005] [Accepted: 01/01/2006] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Recombinant expression of the large alternansucrase (2057 amino acids) was hindered in E. coli due to poor enzyme solubility and protein degradation. The effects of deletions of the alternansucrase C-terminal CW-like and APY repeated motifs on enzyme solubility and specificity were investigated. A truncated variant deleted of the APY repeats but harboring four C-terminal CW-like repeats displayed a high specific activity and the same specificity of product synthesis as the native enzyme. It is more soluble and suffers less degradation than full length alternansucrase. Hence this truncated variant is a promising tool for the further structural and kinetic study of this interesting enzyme.
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- Gilles Joucla
- Ecole Supérieure de Technologie des Biomolécules de Bordeaux (ESTBB), Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, 146 Rue Léo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux Cedex, France
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Côté GL, Leathers TD. A method for surveying and classifying Leuconostoc spp. glucansucrases according to strain-dependent acceptor product patterns. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2005; 32:53-60. [PMID: 15714308 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-004-0194-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2004] [Accepted: 11/25/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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A number of Leuconostoc spp. strains were screened for their ability to produce glucansucrases and carry out acceptor reactions with maltose. Acceptor products were analyzed by thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and it was discovered that they could be grouped into four distinct categories based on oligosaccharide product patterns. These patterns corresponded with structural features of the dextrans each strain is reported to produce. Strains that produced a typical dextran-characterized by a predominantly linear alpha(1-->6)-linked D: -glucan chain with a low to moderate degree of branching-produced a homologous series of isomaltooligosaccharides via acceptor reactions. Strains that produced dextrans with moderate to high levels of alpha(1-->2) branch points, exemplified by NRRL B-1299, synthesized the same isomaltodextrins as well as another series of oligosaccharides migrating slightly faster in our TLC system. Strains that produced dextrans with higher levels of alpha(1-->3)-branches, such as NRRL B-742, synthesized isomaltodextrins plus a series of oligosaccharides that migrated slightly more slowly on TLC. And finally, strains known to produce alternansucrase produced isomaltodextrins plus oligoalternans. Within a given type, variability exists in the relative proportions of each product. The data presented here may be useful in selecting strains for the production of specific types of oligosaccharides, for example as prebiotics.
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- Gregory L Côté
- Fermentation Biotechnology Research Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 1815 N. University St., Peoria, IL 61604, USA.
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Kralj S, van Geel-Schutten GH, Dondorff MMG, Kirsanovs S, van der Maarel MJEC, Dijkhuizen L. Glucan synthesis in the genus Lactobacillus: isolation and characterization of glucansucrase genes, enzymes and glucan products from six different strains. Microbiology (Reading) 2004; 150:3681-3690. [PMID: 15528655 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27321-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Members of the genera Streptococcus and Leuconostoc synthesize various α-glucans (dextran, alternan and mutan). In Lactobacillus, until now, the only glucosyltransferase (GTF) enzyme that has been characterized is gtfA of Lactobacillus reuteri 121, the first GTF enzyme synthesizing a glucan (reuteran) that contains mainly α-(1→4) linkages together with α-(1→6) and α-(1→4,6) linkages. Recently, partial sequences of glucansucrase genes were detected in other members of the genus Lactobacillus. This paper reports, for the first time, isolation and characterization of dextransucrase and mutansucrase genes and enzymes from various Lactobacillus species and the characterization of the glucan products synthesized, which mainly have α-(1→6)- and α-(1→3)-glucosidic linkages. The four GTF enzymes characterized from three different Lb. reuteri strains are highly similar at the amino acid level, and consequently their protein structures are very alike. Interestingly, these four Lb. reuteri GTFs have relatively large N-terminal variable regions, containing RDV repeats, and relatively short putative glucan-binding domains with conserved and less-conserved YG-repeating units. The three other GTF enzymes, isolated from Lactobacillus sakei, Lactobacillus fermentum and Lactobacillus parabuchneri, contain smaller variable regions and larger putative glucan-binding domains compared to the Lb. reuteri GTF enzymes.
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- S Kralj
- Department of Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute (GBB), University of Groningen, Kerklaan 30, 9751 NN, Haren, The Netherlands
- Centre for Carbohydrate Bioengineering (CCB), TNO-University of Groningen, PO Box 14, 9750 AA Haren, The Netherlands
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- Innovative Ingredients and Products Department, TNO Nutrition and Food Research, Utrechtseweg 48, 3704 HE, Zeist, The Netherlands
- Centre for Carbohydrate Bioengineering (CCB), TNO-University of Groningen, PO Box 14, 9750 AA Haren, The Netherlands
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- Department of Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute (GBB), University of Groningen, Kerklaan 30, 9751 NN, Haren, The Netherlands
- Centre for Carbohydrate Bioengineering (CCB), TNO-University of Groningen, PO Box 14, 9750 AA Haren, The Netherlands
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- Department of Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute (GBB), University of Groningen, Kerklaan 30, 9751 NN, Haren, The Netherlands
- Centre for Carbohydrate Bioengineering (CCB), TNO-University of Groningen, PO Box 14, 9750 AA Haren, The Netherlands
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- Innovative Ingredients and Products Department, TNO Nutrition and Food Research, Rouaanstraat 27, 9723 CC, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Centre for Carbohydrate Bioengineering (CCB), TNO-University of Groningen, PO Box 14, 9750 AA Haren, The Netherlands
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- Department of Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute (GBB), University of Groningen, Kerklaan 30, 9751 NN, Haren, The Netherlands
- Centre for Carbohydrate Bioengineering (CCB), TNO-University of Groningen, PO Box 14, 9750 AA Haren, The Netherlands
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Kralj S, van Geel-Schutten GH, Rahaoui H, Leer RJ, Faber EJ, van der Maarel MJEC, Dijkhuizen L. Molecular characterization of a novel glucosyltransferase from Lactobacillus reuteri strain 121 synthesizing a unique, highly branched glucan with alpha-(1-->4) and alpha-(1-->6) glucosidic bonds. Appl Environ Microbiol 2002; 68:4283-91. [PMID: 12200277 PMCID: PMC124066 DOI: 10.1128/aem.68.9.4283-4291.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Lactobacillus reuteri strain 121 produces a unique, highly branched, soluble glucan in which the majority of the linkages are of the alpha-(1-->4) glucosidic type. The glucan also contains alpha-(1-->6)-linked glucosyl units and 4,6-disubstituted alpha-glucosyl units at the branching points. Using degenerate primers, based on the amino acid sequences of conserved regions from known glucosyltransferase (gtf) genes from lactic acid bacteria, the L. reuteri strain 121 glucosyltransferase gene (gtfA) was isolated. The gtfA open reading frame (ORF) was 5,343 bp, and it encodes a protein of 1,781 amino acids with a deduced M(r) of 198,637. The deduced amino acid sequence of GTFA revealed clear similarities with other glucosyltransferases. GTFA has a relatively large variable N-terminal domain (702 amino acids) with five unique repeats and a relatively short C-terminal domain (267 amino acids). The gtfA gene was expressed in Escherichia coli, yielding an active GTFA enzyme. With respect to binding type and size distribution, the recombinant GTFA enzyme and the L. reuteri strain 121 culture supernatants synthesized identical glucan polymers. Furthermore, the deduced amino acid sequence of the gtfA ORF and the N-terminal amino acid sequence of the glucosyltransferase isolated from culture supernatants of L. reuteri strain 121 were the same. GTFA is thus responsible for the synthesis of the unique glucan polymer in L. reuteri strain 121. This is the first report on the molecular characterization of a glucosyltransferase from a Lactobacillus strain.
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- S Kralj
- Centre for Carbohydrate Bioengineering, TNORUG, Department of Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands
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Monsan P, Bozonnet S, Albenne C, Joucla G, Willemot RM, Remaud-Siméon M. Homopolysaccharides from lactic acid bacteria. Int Dairy J 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s0958-6946(01)00113-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 227] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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