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  • Title: Purification and characterization of alpha-L-arabinopyranosidase and alpha-L-arabinofuranosidase from Bifidobacterium breve K-110, a human intestinal anaerobic bacterium metabolizing ginsenoside Rb2 and Rc.
    Author: Shin HY, Park SY, Sung JH, Kim DH.
    Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol; 2003 Dec; 69(12):7116-23. PubMed ID: 14660356.
    Abstract:
    Two arabinosidases, alpha-L-arabinopyranosidase (no EC number) and alpha-L-arabinofuranosidase (EC 3.2.1.55), were purified from ginsenoside-metabolizing Bifidobacterium breve K-110, which was isolated from human intestinal microflora. alpha-L-Arabinopyranosidase was purified to apparent homogeneity, using a combination of ammonium sulfate fractionation, DEAE-cellulose, butyl Toyopearl, hydroxyapatite Ultrogel, QAE-cellulose, and Sephacryl S-300 HR column chromatography, with a final specific activity of 8.81 micro mol/min/mg. alpha-L-Arabinofuranosidase was purified to apparent homogeneity, using a combination of ammonium sulfate fractionation, DEAE-cellulose, butyl Toyopearl, hydroxyapatite Ultrogel, Q-Sepharose, and Sephacryl S-300 column chromatography, with a final specific activity of 6.46 micro mol/min/mg. The molecular mass of alpha-L-arabinopyranosidase was found to be 310 kDa by gel filtration, consisting of four identical subunits (77 kDa each, measured by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis [SDS-PAGE]), and that of alpha-L-arabinofuranosidase was found to be 60 kDa by gel filtration and SDS-PAGE. alpha-L-Arabinopyranosidase and alpha-L-arabinofuranosidase showed optimal activity at pH 5.5 to 6.0 and 40 degrees C and pH 4.5 and 45 degrees C, respectively. Both purified enzymes were potently inhibited by Cu(2+) and p-chlormercuryphenylsulfonic acid. alpha-L-Arabinopyranosidase acted to the greatest extent on p-nitrophenyl-alpha-L-arabinopyranoside, followed by ginsenoside Rb2. alpha-L-Arabinofuranosidase acted to the greatest extent on p-nitrophenyl-alpha-L-arabinofuranoside, followed by ginsenoside Rc. Neither enzyme acted on p-nitrophenyl-beta-galactopyranoside or p-nitrophenyl-beta-D-fucopyranoside. These findings suggest that the biochemical properties and substrate specificities of these purified enzymes are different from those of previously purified alpha-L-arabinosidases. This is the first reported purification of alpha-L-arabinopyranosidase from an anaerobic Bifidobacterium sp.
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