Molecular basis for substrate recognition and catalysis by a marine bacterial laminarinase.

In this study, based on biochemical and structural analyses, we revealed the depolymerization mechanism of β-1, 3-glucan, a carbon reserve in algae, by laminarinase from an alga-associated marine flavobacterium. The findings provide new insights into the substrate recognition and catalysis of bacterial laminarinase and promote a better understanding of how extracellular enzymes are involved in organic matter cycling. PMID: 32917756 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Applied and Environmental Microbiology - Category: Microbiology Authors: Tags: Appl Environ Microbiol Source Type: research