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Part:BBa_K2094002
beta-agarase YM01-3
This enzyme hydrolyzes the β-1,4-glycosidic linkages of agarose.
Contribution
- Group: iGEM Team Heidelberg 2021
- Author: Franziska Giessler
- Summary: The Part BBa_K2094002 was used for our project and further characterized by enzyme activity measurements.
Background
Agar is often used in the food industry as a thickening agent or as a vegan alternative to gelatin.
It is a complex polysaccharide consisting of alternating 3-O-linked β-D-galactopyranose and 4-O-linked α-L-galactopyranose.
Agar cannot be degraded by most microorganisms, but there are some bacteria that metabolize agar as a carbon and energy source. They are mainly found in marine environments, where food resources are limited and agar is abundant in the form of the cell wall of some algae [1],[2].
The idea is to use the ability of agar degradation as a selection advantage for specific bacteria in order to overcome the established antibiotic selection used in the laboratory.
One of the enzymes present in agarolytic bacteria is the β-Agarase that hydrolyzes the β-(1,4) glycosidic bonds (see Figure 1)
Experiments and Results
Reference
[1]Chi, W. J., Chang, Y. K., & Hong, S. K. (2012). Agar degradation by microorganisms and agar-degrading enzymes. Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 94(4), 917–930. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-012-4023-2
[2]Su, Q., Jin, T., Yu, Y., Yang, M., Mou, H., & Li, L. (2017). Extracellular expression of a novel β-agarase from Microbulbifer sp. Q7, isolated from the gut of sea cucumber. AMB Express, 7(1), 220. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13568-017-0525-8
Sequence and Features
- 10COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
- 12COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
- 21INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]Illegal BamHI site found at 794
- 23COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
- 25INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]Illegal AgeI site found at 810
Illegal AgeI site found at 847 - 1000COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]
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