Table 1 Kinetic parameters of GHs in Baccell WH2, BT and Bi. breve UCC2003 acting different β-glucan substrates and gluco-oligosaccharides.

From: Fungal β-glucan-facilitated cross-feeding activities between Bacteroides and Bifidobacterium species

 

Substrate

Kcat/Km (mg/ml/min)

kcat/Km (μM/min)

Baccell WH2

 BcellWH2_01926 (GH3)

β-(1,6)glucobiose

 

10.2 ± 0.9

 

β-(1,6)glucotriose

 

25.2 ± 1.8

 BcellWH2_01931 (GH157)

Fusarium β-glucan

1069 ± 11

 
 

Linear β-(1,3)glucan

2611 ± 38

 
 

Pustulan

Not detectable

 BcellWH2_02537 (GH30_3)

Fusarium β-glucan

2512 ± 28

 
 

Pustulan

1968 ± 17

 
 

Linear β-(1,3)glucan

Not detectable

 

β-(1,6)glucotriose

 

2.5 ± 0.1

 

β-(1,6)glucohexaose

 

9.8 ± 0.9

 BcellWH2_02541 (GH2)

β-(1,3)glucobiose

 

18.1 ± 1.2

 

β-(1,3)glucotriose

 

35.1 ± 2.9

BT

 BT3312 (GH30_3)

Fusarium β-glucan

2874 ± 35

 
 

Pustulana

1776 ± 20

 
 

Linear β-(1,3)glucan

Not detectable

 
 

β-(1,6)glucotriosea

 

1.7 ± 0.1

 

β-(1,6)glucohexaosea

 

6.0 ± 0.6

 BT3314 (GH3)

β-(1,6)glucobiosea

 

5.6 ± 0.2

 

β-(1,6)glucotriosea

 

6.7 ± 0.6

Bi. breve UCC2003

 Bbr_0109 (GH1)

β-(1,3)glucobiose

 

12.7 ± 1.8

 

β-(1,4)glucobiose

 

8.1 ± 0.9

 

β-(1,6)glucobiose

 

5.4 ± 0.6

  1. aData taken from Temple et al. as comparison17.