Table 1 Substrate specificity and mode of action.

From: Ancient acquisition of “alginate utilization loci” by human gut microbiota

Locus

Strain

Preferred substrate

End products (Mode of action)

Other substrates

End products (Mode of action)

Subfamily 1

Acid4041

Candidatus Solibacter usitatus”

Hyaluronan

DP2, DP4 (Endo)

  

OPIT5_27565

Opitutaceae bacterium TAV5

Poly-glucuronic acid

   

Bacint01566

Bacteroides intestinalis

n.d.

   

Ypes3069

Yersinia pestis Z176003

n.d.

   

Yent36911

Yersinia enterocolitica subsp. palearctica Y11

n.d.

   

Subfamily 2

Pedsa1196

Pedobacter saltans

Poly-M

Δ** (Exo)

Poly-MG

Δ (Exo)

Mase04140

Alteromonas macleodii

Poly-M

Δ (Exo)

Poly-MG/Poly-G

Δ (Exo)

Alg17c

Saccharophagus degradans 2–40

Poly-M

Δ (Exo)

  

Valg4459

Vibrio alginolyticus

n.d.

   

Valg4460

Vibrio alginolyticus

n.d.

   

Bacegg03249

Bacteroides eggerthii

Poly-M

Δ (Exo)

  

Patl3651

Pseudoalteromonas atlantica T6c

Poly-M

Δ (Exo)

  

Nonul2377

Nonlabens ulvanivorans

Poly-M

Δ (Exo)

  

AlyII31

Pseudomonas sp. OS-ALG-9

Poly-M*

n.d.

  

AlgL32

Sphingomonas sp. MJ-3

Poly-M*

n.d.

Poly-MG/Poly-G

n.d.

OalY1, OalY233

Halomonas sp.

Poly-M*

Δ (Exo)

  

Alg17c26

Saccharophagus degradans 2–40

Oligo-alginates

Δ (Exo)

  

AlgL34

Stenotrophomas maltophilia KJ-2

Poly-M*, Oligo-alginates

n.d.

  

Smlt260235

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia K279a

Poly-M*

Δ (Exo)

  

OalB51

Vibrio splendidus 12B01

Poly-MG*

n.d.

  

OalC51

Vibrio splendidus 12B01

Poly-M

n.d.

  

OalS1752

Shewanella sp.Kz7

Poly-M

n.d.

  
  1. *The substrates used to characterize the enzyme specificities were alginate or enriched poly-M or poly-G fractions obtained by acid hydrolysis.
  2. **Δ: 4-deoxy-L-erythro-5-hexoseulose uronic acid
  3. The table summarizes the substrate specificities, end products and mode of action (endo-, exo-) of the polysaccharide lyases investigated. The alginate lyases described in the literature are also reported in the table (shaded in gray).