Abstract
Fucosylated oligosaccharides present in human milk perform various biological functions that benefit infants’ health. These compounds can be also obtained by enzymatic synthesis. In this work, the effect of the immobilization of α-l-fucosidase from Thermotoga maritima on the synthesis of fucosylated oligosaccharides was studied, using lactose and 4-nitrophenyl-α-l-fucopyranoside (pNP-Fuc) as acceptor and donor substrates, respectively, and Eupergit® CM as an immobilization support. The enzyme was immobilized with 90% efficiency at pH 8 and ionic strength of 1.5 M. Immobilization decreased enzyme affinity for the donor substrate as shown by a 1.5-times higher KM value and a 22-times decrease of the kcat/KM ratio in comparison to the unbound enzyme. In contrast, no effect was observed on the synthesis/hydrolysis ratio (rs/rh) when α-l-fucosidase was immobilized. Also, the effect of initial concentration of substrates was studied. An increase of the acceptor concentration improved the yields of fucosylated oligosaccharides regardless enzyme immobilization. The synthesis yields of 38.9 and 40.6% were obtained using Eupergit® CM-bound or unbound enzyme, respectively, and 3.5 mM pNP-Fuc and 146 mM lactose. In conclusion, α-l-fucosidase from Thermotoga maritima was efficiently immobilized on Eupergit® CM support without affecting the synthesis of fucosylated oligosaccharides.
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Abbreviations
- pNP:
-
4-Nitrophenol
- Fuc:
-
L-Fucose
- pNP-Fuc:
-
4-Nitrophenyl-α-l-fucopyranoside
- Gal:
-
D-Galactose
- r s :
-
Synthesis rate
- r h :
-
Hydrolysis rate
- A/D :
-
Acceptor/donor molar ratio
- IE:
-
Immobilization efficiency
- Ai:
-
Enzymatic activity of immobilized enzyme
- Au:
-
Enzymatic activity of unbound enzyme
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Guzmán-Rodríguez, F., Alatorre-Santamaría, S., Gómez-Ruiz, L. et al. Synthesis of fucosylated oligosaccharides with α-l-fucosidase from Thermotoga maritima immobilized on Eupergit® CM. Extremophiles 25, 311–317 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00792-021-01230-3
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