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. 2021 May 28;12:631282. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.631282

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.