Distribution of O-glycosylhydrolases in marine invertebrates. Enzymes of the marine mollusk Littorina kurila that catalyze fucoidan transformation.
The distribution of O-glycosylhydrolases (fucoidan hydrolases, alpha-D-mannosidases, beta-D-glucosidases, and beta-D-galactosidases) in 30 species of marine invertebrates occurring in the Sea of Japan was studied. It is shown that fucoidanases and glycosidases are widespread in the animals analyzed. Some molluscan, annelid, and echinoderm species can probably serve as objects for isolation and detailed study of the fucoidan-hydrolyzing enzymes. Fucoidan hydrolase, alpha-L-fucosidase, and arylsulfatase from the marine mollusk Littorina kurila were isolated and described. It was found that alpha-L-fucosidase and arylsulfatase hydrolyze synthetic substrates and cannot hydrolyze natural fucoidan, whereas fucoidan hydrolase cleaves fucoidan to produce sulfated oligosaccharides and fucose.
Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far-Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 690022 Russia. mik@piboc.dvo.ru
M I
MI
Kusaykin
Yu V
YV
Burtseva
T G
TG
Svetasheva
V V
VV
Sova
T N
TN
Zvyagintseva
D000818:Animals; D002384:Catalysis; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D005643:Fucose; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D006868:Hydrolysis; D008974:Mollusca / Q000201:enzymology*; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000378:metabolism*; D012623:Seawater; D013045:Species Specificity; D013696:Temperature
D011134:Polysaccharides; D005643:Fucose; C007789:fucoidan; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases