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. 2020 Nov 19;18(11):571. doi: 10.3390/md18110571

Table 1.

Examples of different fucoidanases and fucoidan sulfatases, including the source of catalyzed fucoidans and their mode of cleavage action.

Enzyme Source and Accession Number in GenBank * Enzyme Substrate (Fucoidan Source) Mode of Cleaving Actions EC Number * Degradation Product and Structural Features Ref.
Fucoidanases
Flavobacteriacean strain, i.e., Mariniflexilefucanivorans SW5T
- FcnA: CAI47003.1
- FdlA: AAO00510.1
- FdlB: AAO00511.1
Pelvetia canaliculata - endo
α-(1→4)
- (EC 3.2.1.212)
→3)-α-l-Fucp, 2-OSO3-(1→4)-α-l-Fucp-2,3-OSO3 [82,200,209]
Formosa algae (FFA1)
- WP_057784217.1
Sargassum horneri - endo
α-(1→4)
- (EC 3.2.1.212)
→3)-α-l-Fucp, 2-OSO3-(1→4)-α-l-Fucp-2,3-OSO3-(1→ fragment, with insertion of →3)-α-l-Fucp, 2,4-OSO3-(1→ [16]
F. evanescens →3)-α-l-Fucp, 2,4-OSO3-(1→4)-α-l-Fucp-2,4-OSO3-(1→4)-α-l-Fucp, 2-OSO3-(1→ [161]
Formosa algae KMM 3553T (FFA2)
- WP_057784219.1
F. evanescens - endo
α-(1→4)
- (EC 3.2.1.212)
→3)-α-l-Fucp, 2,4-OSO3-(1→4)-α-l-Fucp, 2-OSO3-(1→ and →3)-α-l-Fucp, 2-OSO3-(1→4)-α-l-Fucp- 2-OSO3-(1→ [196]
α-l-Fucp-2-OSO3(1→3)-α-l-Fucp-2-OSO3 and α-l-Fucp-2,3-OSO3(1→3)-α-l-Fucp,2-OSO3 [34]
Fucobacter marina SA-0082 Kjellmaniella crassifolia (sulfated fucoglucuronomanna) - endo-α-d-mannosidase
- (EC 3.2.1.130)
Trisaccharides composed of
- Δ4,5GlcpUA-(1→2)-α-l-Fucp, 3-OSO3-(1→3)-α-d-Manp,
- Δ4,5GlcpUA-(1→2)-α-l-Fucp, 3- OSO3-(1→3)-α-d-Manp, 6-OSO3, and
- Δ4,5GlcpUA-(1→2)-α-l-Fucp, 2,4-OSO3-(1→3)-α-d-Manp, 6-OSO3
[210]
Pseudoalteromonas citrea, KMM 3296, KMM 3297, and KMM 3298 strains L. cichorioides (20–40 kD) - endo
α-(1→3)
- (EC 3.2.1.211)
Sulfated α-l-fucooligosaccharides of 1.7–5.0 kDa and 1.3–5.0 kDa by KMM 3296 and KMM 3298 strains, respectively [211]
Littorina kurila F. distichus - endo
α-(1→3)
- (EC 3.2.1.211)
→3)-α-l-Fucp-2,4-OSO3-(1→4)-α-l-Fucp-2-OSO3-(1→ [212]
Wenyingzhuangia fucanilytica CZ1127T
- ANW96115.1
- ANW96116.1
- ANW96098.1
- ANW96097.1
Isostichopus badionotus - endo
α-(13)
- (EC 3.2.1.211)
α-l-Fucp-(1→3)-α-l-Fucp(2,4-OSO3)-(1→3)-α-l-Fucp(2-OSO3)-(1→3)-α-l-Fucp(2-OSO3) [202]
Sulfatases or sulfoesterases
Wenyingzhuangia fucanilytica CZ1127T
- SWF1: WP_068825883.1
- SWF4: WP_068828765.1
F. evanescens and S. horneri exo-2O and -3O-fucoidan sulfatase
- (EC 3.1.6.B2)
[190]
Pecten maximus A. nodosum 2O-fucoidan sulfatase
- (EC 3.1.6.B2)
[137]

* whenever available.