Marine Drugs,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
23(3), P. 124 - 124
Published: March 13, 2025
In
this
study,
we
identified
AlgVR7,
a
novel
bifunctional
alginate
lyase
from
Vibrio
rumoiensis
and
characterized
its
biochemical
properties
substrate
specificity.
Sequence
alignment
analysis
inferred
the
key
residues
K267,
H162,
N86,
E189,
T244
for
AlgVR7
catalysis,
it
is
derived
PL7
family;
exhibited
high
activity
towards
sodium
alginate,
polyM
(PM),
polyG
(PG);
can
also
degrade
polygalacturonic
acid
(PGA)
efficiently,
with
highest
affinity
catalytic
efficiency
MG
block
of
substrate.
The
optimal
temperature
pH
were
determined
to
be
40
°C
8,
respectively.
enzyme
was
maximum
at
°C,
40%
retained
after
incubation
60
min,
still
present
min
incubation.
stimulated
by
100
Mm
NaCl,
indicating
halophilic
nature
suitability
marine
environments.
Degradation
products
analyzed
using
ESI-MS
revealed
that
primarily
produced
trisaccharides
tetrasaccharides.
At
8.0,
Km
values
PM,
PG
16.67
μmol,
13.12
22.86
Structural
molecular
docking
studies
unveiled
involved
in
recognition
interaction.
Glu167
as
critical
residue
PL7_5
subfamily,
uniquely
playing
an
essential
role
decomposition.
Overall,
exhibits
great
potential
powerful
efficient
preparation
oligosaccharides,
promising
applications
biotechnology
industrial
fields.
Most
of
Earth's
biomass
is
composed
polysaccharides.
During
decomposition,
polysaccharides
are
degraded
by
heterotrophic
bacteria
as
a
nutrient
and
energy
source
thereby
partly
remineralized
into
CO2.
As
heterogeneously
distributed
in
nature,
following
the
colonization
degradation
polysaccharide
hotspot
cells
need
to
reach
new
hotspots.
Even
though
many
studies
indicate
that
these
degradation-dispersal
cycles
contribute
carbon
flow
marine
systems,
we
know
little
about
how
alternate
between
motility,
which
environmental
factors
trigger
this
behavioral
switch.
Here,
studied
growth
bacterium
Vibrio
cyclitrophicus
ZF270
on
abundant
alginate,
both
its
soluble
polymeric
form
well
breakdown
products.
We
used
microfluidics
coupled
time-lapse
microscopy
analyze
motility
individual
cells,
RNA
sequencing
study
associated
changes
gene
expression.
found
single
grow
at
reduced
rate
alginate
until
they
large
groups
cooperatively
break
down
polymer.
Exposing
cell
digested
accelerates
expression
genes
involved
catabolism,
central
metabolism,
ribosomal
biosynthesis,
transport.
However,
exposure
also
triggers
become
motile
disperse
from
groups,
proportionally
increasing
with
group
size
before
switch,
accompanied
high
flagellar
assembly,
chemotaxis,
quorum
sensing.
chemotax
toward
but
not
likely
enabling
them
find
Overall,
our
findings
reveal
cellular
mechanisms
might
underlie
bacterial
cycles,
influence
remineralization
environments.Polysaccharides,
known
glycans,
most
Earth
understanding
microorganisms
essential
for
global
cycle
storage
release
CO2
natural
systems.
Although
formation
common
strategy
degrade
ubiquitous
substrates
where
hotspots
distributed,
prepare
dispersal
an
exhausted
re-initiate
patches.
By
quantifying
growth,
chemotaxis
comparing
when
populations
were
exposed
either
or
their
products
polysaccharides,
show
alter
behavior
experience
shift
polysaccharides:
After
during
polymers,
triggered
motile,
sessile
groups.
The
chemotactic
attraction
allows
move
towards
Our
sheds
light
processes
drive
remineralization,
important
process
resulting
ACS Earth and Space Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
6(6), P. 1581 - 1595
Published: May 20, 2022
Poly-
and
monosaccharides
are
ubiquitous
in
the
marine
environment
enriched
sea
spray
aerosol
but
mechanisms
for
their
enrichment
not
fully
understood.
We
expand
upon
previously
defined
co-adsorption
by
investigating
co-absorption
of
alginate
its
representative
monomeric
form,
glucuronate,
to
a
stearic
acid
monolayer
as
function
saccharide
concentration
on
an
ocean
proxy
solution.
Using
Langmuir
isotherms,
surface-sensitive
infrared
reflection–absorption
spectroscopy,
Brewster
angle
microscopy,
we
demonstrate
that
mechanism
significantly
differs
between
glucuronate.
find
film
thickness
increases
from
∼3.5
4.8
nm
∼3.7
glucuronate
stearic-d35
monolayers,
respectively,
indicating
forms
multilayers
underneath
monolayer.
Glucuronate
shows
different
where
it
likely
intercalates
induces
significant
reorganization
within
quantify
adsorption
coefficients
half-saturation
concentrations
both
acid.
produces
constants
Kalginate
=
0.089
±
0.015
C1/2,alginate
11
1.9
mg/L
Kglucuronate
0.081
C1/2,glucuronate
12
2.3
Thus,
use
alone
is
insufficient,
provide
important
parameters
better
representation
saccharides
investigations.
Essays in Biochemistry,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
67(3), P. 387 - 398
Published: April 1, 2023
Alginates
are
abundant
marine
anionic
polysaccharides
consumed
by
humans.
Thus,
over
the
years
some
understanding
has
emerged
about
alginate
utilization
human
gut
microbiota
(HGM).
However,
insights
have
been
obtained
only
recently
at
molecular
level
with
regard
to
structure
and
function
of
degrading
metabolizing
enzymes
from
HGM.
Still,
numerous
studies
report
on
effects
alginates
bacterial
communities
digestive
tracts
various,
predominantly
organisms
feeding
involved
lyases
characterized.
Other
describe
beneficial
impact
elicited
in
animal
models,
for
example,
high-fat-diet-fed
mice
addressing
obesity
or
as
feed
supplements
livestock.
depolymerized
a
β-elimination
reaction
catalyzed
polysaccharide
(PLs)
referred
(ALs).
The
ALs
found
15
42
PL
families
categorized
CAZy
database.
While
genome
mining
led
prediction
encoded
bacteria
HGM;
currently,
four
this
niche
characterized
biochemically
two
crystal
structures
reported.
composed
mannuronate
(M)
guluronate
(G)
residues
organized
M-,
G-,
MG-blocks,
which
calls
complementary
specificity
effectively
depolymerize
oligosaccharides
(AOSs)
monosaccharides.
Typically,
different
genes
arranged
clusters
denoted
loci.
Currently,
biochemical
structural
analyses
contribute
depicting
mode
action
predicted
Marine Drugs,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
21(3), P. 180 - 180
Published: March 14, 2023
The
enzymatic
degradation
of
seaweed
polysaccharides
is
gaining
interest
for
its
potential
in
the
production
functional
oligosaccharides
and
fermentable
sugars.
Herein,
a
novel
alginate
lyase,
AlyRm3,
was
cloned
from
marine
strain,
Rhodothermus
marinus
DSM
4252.
AlyRm3
showed
optimal
activity
(37,315.08
U/mg)
at
70
°C
pH
8.0,
with
sodium
used
as
substrate.
Noticeably,
stable
65
also
exhibited
30%
maximal
90
°C.
These
results
indicated
that
thermophilic
lyase
efficiently
degrades
high
industrial
temperatures
(>60
°C).
FPLC
ESI-MS
analyses
suggested
primarily
released
disaccharides
trisaccharides
alginate,
polyM,
polyG
an
endolytic
manner.
In
saccharification
process
(0.5%,
w/v),
yielded
numerous
reducing
sugars
(1.73
g/L)
after
2
h
reaction.
has
capacity
saccharifying
could
be
to
saccharify
biomass
before
main
fermentation
biofuels.
properties
make
valuable
candidate
both
fundamental
research
applications.