RRC ID 29260
著者 O'Connell Motherway M, Kinsella M, Fitzgerald GF, van Sinderen D.
タイトル Transcriptional and functional characterization of genetic elements involved in galacto-oligosaccharide utilization by Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003.
ジャーナル Microb Biotechnol
Abstract Several prebiotics, such as inulin, fructo-oligosaccharides and galacto-oligosaccharides, are widely used commercially in foods and there is convincing evidence, in particular for galacto-oligosaccharides, that prebiotics can modulate the microbiota and promote bifidobacterial growth in the intestinal tract of infants and adults. In this study we describe the identification and functional characterization of the genetic loci responsible for the transport and metabolism of purified galacto-oligosaccharides (PGOS) by Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003. We further demonstrate that an extracellular endogalactanase specified by several B. breve strains, including B. breve UCC2003, is essential for partial degradation of PGOS components with a high degree of polymerization. These partially hydrolysed PGOS components are presumed to be transported into the bifidobacterial cell via various ABC transport systems and sugar permeases where they are further degraded to galactose and glucose monomers that feed into the bifid shunt. This work significantly advances our molecular understanding of bifidobacterial PGOS metabolism and its associated genetic machinery to utilize this prebiotic.
巻・号 6(1)
ページ 67-79
公開日 2013-1-1
DOI 10.1111/1751-7915.12011
PMID 23199239
PMC PMC3815386
MeSH ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / genetics ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / metabolism* Bacterial Proteins / genetics Bacterial Proteins / metabolism Bifidobacterium / classification Bifidobacterium / enzymology Bifidobacterium / genetics* Bifidobacterium / metabolism* Galactose / metabolism* Humans Infant, Newborn Membrane Transport Proteins / genetics Membrane Transport Proteins / metabolism* Oligosaccharides / metabolism* Prebiotics Transcriptome* beta-Galactosidase / genetics beta-Galactosidase / metabolism*
IF 5.328
引用数 48
リソース情報
一般微生物 JCM7017 JCM7019