TABLE 1.
GH families of the infant gut microbiota and their identified specific enzymes that have been found to take part in HMO, GOS and FOS degradation. Enzymes are associated with their target and the bacteria from which they have been isolated.
| GH family | Enzyme | EC number | Target | Bacteria | Genea | References | |
| HMO related | GH18 | Endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidase/Endoglycosidase | EC 3.2.1.96 | Galβ1-3GlcNAc2 Galβ1-4GlcNAc2 | B. longum subsp. infantis ATCC 15697 | EndoBI-1 | Parc et al., 2015; Karav et al., 2016; Garrido et al., 2018 |
| B. longum subsp. infantis 157F/SC142 | EndoBI-2 | Fukuda et al., 2011; Garrido et al., 2018 | |||||
| GH20 | lacto-N-biosidase | EC 3.2.1.140 | GlcNAcβ1-3Gal GlcNAcβ1-6Gal | B. bifidum JCM1254 | lnbB | Wada et al., 2008 | |
| β-hexosaminidase/β-1,6-N-acetylglucosaminidase | EC 3.2.1.52 | B. bifidum JCM1254 | BbhI, BbhII | Miwa et al., 2010 | |||
| EC. 3.2.1.- | B. longum subsp. longum JCM1217 | BLLJ_1391 | Honda et al., 2013 | ||||
| B. longum subsp. infantis ATCC 15697 | Blon_0459, Blon_0732, Blon_2355 | Garrido et al., 2012; Kavanaugh et al., 2013 | |||||
| GH29 | α-L-fucosidase | EC 3.2.1.51 | Fucα1-3Gal Fucα1-4Gal Fucα1-3GlcNAc Fucα1-4GlcNAc | B. longum subsp. infantis ATCC 15697 | Blon_0248, Blon_0426, Blon_2336 | Sela et al., 2012; Kim et al., 2013 | |
| B. longum subsp. infantis ATCC 15697 | Blon_2336 | Sela et al., 2012 | |||||
| α-1,3/1,4-L-fucosidase | EC 3.2.1.111 | B. bifidum JCM1254 | afcB | Ashida et al., 2009 | |||
| GH33 | 2,3-2,6-a-sialidase | EC 3.2.1.18 | Neu5Acα2-3Gal Neu5Acα2-6Gal Neu5Acα2-6GlcNAc | B. longum subsp. infantis ATCC15697 | nanH1, nanH2 | Sela et al., 2011 | |
| B. bifidum JCM1254 | SiaBb2 | Kiyohara et al., 2011 | |||||
| B. longum subsp. infantis ATCC 15697 | Blon_2348 | Kim et al., 2013 | |||||
| GH85 | Endo-β-N -acetylglucosaminidase/Endoglycosidase | EC 3.2.1.96 | Galβ1-3GlcNAc2 Galβ1-4GlcNAc2 | B. longum NCC2705 B. longum DJO10A B. breve | EndoBB | Schell et al., 2002; Garrido et al., 2018 | |
| GH95 | α-1,2-L-fucosidase | EC 3.2.1.63 | Fucα1-2Gal | B. longum subsp. infantis ATCC 15697 | Blon_2335 | Sela et al., 2012 | |
| B. bifidum JCM1254 | afcA | Ashida et al., 2009 | |||||
| GH112 | GNB/LNB phosphorylase | EC 2.4.1.211 | Galβ1-3GlcNAc | B. breve UCC2003 | lnbP | James et al., 2016 | |
| B. bifidum JCM1254 | LnpA1, LnpA2 | Nishimoto and Kitaoka, 2007; Nishimoto et al., 2012 | |||||
| GH136 | lacto-N-biosidase | EC 3.2.1.140 | GlcNAcβ1-3Gal | B. longum subsp. longum JCM1217 | LnbX | Sakurama et al., 2013 | |
| HMO and GOS related | GH1 | β-1,4-galactosidase | EC 3.2.1.23 | Galβ1-4Glc | Putative | ||
| GH2 | β-1,4-galactosidase | EC 3.2.1.23 | Galβ1-4Glc | B. longum subsp. infantis ATCC15697 | Bga2A | Yoshida et al., 2012 | |
| B. longum subsp. infantis ATCC 15697 | Blon_2334, Blon_0268 | Garrido et al., 2013; Kim et al., 2013 | |||||
| B. breve UCC2003 | lacZ6 | James et al., 2016 | |||||
| B. breve UCC2003 | lacZ(2) | O’Connell Motherway et al., 2013 | |||||
| B. bifidum DSM20215 | BIF1, BIF2, BIF3 | Møller et al., 2001 | |||||
| B. bifidum JCM1254 | BbgIII | Miwa et al., 2010 | |||||
| B. bifidum NCIMB4117 | BbgI, BbgIII, BbgIV | Goulas et al., 2009 | |||||
| GH35 | β-galactosidase | EC 3.2.1.23 | Galβ1-4Glc | Other species | |||
| GH42 | β-galactosidase | EC 3.2.1.23 | Galβ1-4Glc Galβ1-3Gal Galβ1-4Gal Galβ1-6Gal | B. breve UCC2003 | galG, lntA | James et al., 2016 | |
| B. breve UCC2003 | galG, gosG | O’Connell Motherway et al., 2013 | |||||
| B. longum subsp. infantis ATCC15697 | Bga42A, Bga42B, Bga42C | Yoshida et al., 2012; Garrido et al., 2013; Viborg et al., 2014 | |||||
| B. infantis DSM20088 | INF1 | Møller et al., 2001 | |||||
| B. longum subsp. infantis ATCC 15697 | Blon_2016, Blon_2416 | Kim et al., 2013 | |||||
| B. bifidum NCIMB4117 | BbgII | Goulas et al., 2009 | |||||
| GOS related | GH53 | Endo-galactanase | EC 3.2.1.89 | Galβ1-4Gal | B. breve UCC2003 | galA | O’Connell Motherway et al., 2013 |
| FOS related | GH32 | β-fructofuranosidase | EC 3.2.1.26 | Glcβ1-2Fru | B. breve UCC2003 | fosC | Ryan et al., 2005 |
| β-fructofuranosidase/fructan β-fructosidase | EC 3.2.1.80 EC 3.2.1.26 | Fruβ1-2Fru Glcβ1-2Fru | B. longum ATCC 15697 | B.longum_l1 | Ávila-Fernández et al., 2016 Warchol et al., 2002 | ||
| Exo-inulinase | EC 3.2.1.80 | Fruβ1-2Fru | B. longum subsp. infantis ATCC 15697 | Blon_2056, Blon_0787 | Kim et al., 2013 | ||
| GH13 | Sucrose phosphorylase/inulinase | EC 2.4.1.7 | Glcβ1-2Fru | B. longum subsp. infantis ATCC 15697 | Blon_0128, Blon_1740, Blon_0282, Blon_2453 | Kim et al., 2013 |
*The enzymes for which the gene name is not provided are recorded by their genetic locus.