Browse dbCAN-PUL Entries

PULID Characterization Method(s) Substrate Organism Publication Publish Date Type Num Genes Num CAZymes CazyFamily
PUL0010 enzyme activity assay, liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry xylan Geobacillus thermodenitrificans 28616644
Synergistic hydrolysis of xylan using novel xylanases, beta-xylosidases, and an alpha-L-arabinofuranosidase from Geobacillus thermodenitrificans NG80-2. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2017 Aug;101(15):6023-6037. doi: 10.1007/s00253-017-8341-2. Epub 2017 Jun 14.
2017 Aug degradation 42 8 CE4, GH10, GH39, GH43_11, CBM91, GH51_1, GH52, GH67
PUL0139 sequence homology analysis arabinan Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. animalis 30306201
Staying alive: growth and survival of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. animalis under in vitro and in vivo conditions. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2018 Dec;102(24):10645-10663. doi: 10.1007/s00253-018-9413-7. Epub 2018 Oct 10.
2018 Dec degradation 12 1 GH51_1
PUL0190 RNA-seq, RT-PCR, qPCR pectin Bacteroides xylanisolvens 26920945
Unraveling the pectinolytic function of Bacteroides xylanisolvens using a RNA-seq approach and mutagenesis. BMC Genomics. 2016 Feb 27;17:147. doi: 10.1186/s12864-016-2472-1.
2016 Feb 27 degradation 15 6 GH146, GH43_29, GH43_4, GH51_1, GH51_2
PUL0218 enzyme activity assay arabinan termite gut metagenome 25304507
Investigating the function of an arabinan utilization locus isolated from a termite gut community. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 Jan;81(1):31-9. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02257-14. Epub 2014 Oct 10.
2015 Jan degradation 24 5 GH146, GH97, GH43_4, GH51_1, GH51_2, GH43_29
PUL0302 RT-qPCR, isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC), enzyme activity assay, gene deletion mutant and growth assay, high-performance anion-exchange chromatography arabinan Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron 29255254
Dietary pectic glycans are degraded by coordinated enzyme pathways in human colonic Bacteroides. Prioritization of a plant polysaccharide over a mucus carbohydrate is enforced by a Bacteroides hybrid two-component system. The structure and function of an arabinan-specific alpha-1,2-arabinofuranosidase identified from screening the activities of bacterial GH43 glycoside hydrolases. Nat Microbiol. 2018 Feb;3(2):210-219. doi: 10.1038/s41564-017-0079-1. Epub 2017 Dec 18. Mol Microbiol. 2012 Aug;85(3):478-91. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08123.x. Epub 2012 Jul 5. J Biol Chem. 2011 Apr 29;286(17):15483-95. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M110.215962. Epub 2011 Feb 21.
2018 Feb,2012 Aug,2011 Apr 29 degradation 22 6 GH146, GH43_29, GH43_4, GH51_1, GH51_2
PUL0309 enzyme activity assay, substrate binding assay, isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) arabinan Caldanaerobius polysaccharolyticus 28710263
Enzymatic Mechanism for Arabinan Degradation and Transport in the Thermophilic Bacterium Caldanaerobius polysaccharolyticus. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2017 Aug 31;83(18):e00794-17. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00794-17. Print 2017 Sep 15.
2017 Sep 15 degradation 12 6 GH127, GH146, GH27, GH43_4, GH51_1
PUL0395 isothermal calorimetric titration, electrophoretic mobility shift assay, Northern Blot arabinan Geobacillus stearothermophilus 21460081
The L-Arabinan utilization system of Geobacillus stearothermophilus. J Bacteriol. 2011 Jun;193(11):2838-50. doi: 10.1128/JB.00222-11. Epub 2011 Apr 1.
2011 Jun degradation 25 5 GH127, GH43_4, GH43_5, GH51_1
PUL0466 clone and expression, enzyme activity assay, Northern Blot arabinan Bacillus subtilis 14973026
Transcriptional regulation of genes encoding arabinan-degrading enzymes in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol. 2004 Mar;186(5):1287-96. doi: 10.1128/JB.186.5.1287-1296.2004.
2004 Mar degradation 9 1 GH51_1
PUL0532 RNA-seq arabinan Bacteroides cellulosilyticus 23976882
Effects of diet on resource utilization by a model human gut microbiota containing Bacteroides cellulosilyticus WH2, a symbiont with an extensive glycobiome. PLoS Biol. 2013;11(8):e1001637. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001637. Epub 2013 Aug 20.
2013 degradation 17 5 GH146, GH43_4, GH51_1, GH51_2
PUL0594 qRT-PCR xylan Paenibacillus sp. JDR-2 25063665
GH51 arabinofuranosidase and its role in the methylglucuronoarabinoxylan utilization system in Paenibacillus sp. strain JDR-2. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2014 Oct;80(19):6114-25. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01684-14. Epub 2014 Jul 25.
2014 Oct degradation 5 1 GH51_1
PUL0626 high-performance anion-exchange chromatography arabinan Lactobacillus crispatus DSM29598 33119797
Characterization of two extracellular arabinanases in Lactobacillus crispatus. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2020 Dec;104(23):10091-10103. doi: 10.1007/s00253-020-10979-0. Epub 2020 Oct 29.
2020 Dec degradation 24 8 GH127, GH2, GH27, GH43_26, GH43_4, GH51_1
PUL0716 growth assay, RT-PCR arabinan Mesoflavibacter profundi MTRN7 37550707
Deep-sea Bacteroidetes from the Mariana Trench specialize in hemicellulose and pectin degradation typically associated with terrestrial systems. Microbiome. 2023 Aug 7;11(1):175. doi: 10.1186/s40168-023-01618-7.
2023 Aug 7 degradation 16 8 GH127, GH43_26, GH43_29, GH43_4, GH43_5, GH51_1, GH51_2, GH97
PUL0739 mass spectrometry, SDS-PAGE, growth assay arabinogalactan Maribacter sp. MAR_2009_72 38569650
Proteomic insight into arabinogalactan utilization by particle-associated Maribacter sp. MAR_2009_72. FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2024 Apr 10;100(5):fiae045. doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiae045.
2024 Apr 10 degradation 56 12 CE12, GH105, GH140, GH177, GH179, GH28, GH43_10, CBM91, GH43_19, GH43_34, GH51_1, PL10_1, CE8, PL1_2
PUL0743 gene mutant, SDS-PAGE, Western Blot, recombinant protein expression, thermal shift assay (TSA), isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC), HPAEC-PAD, RT-qPCR, fluorescence measurements xylan Ruminiclostridium cellulolyticum H10 36403068
Selfish uptake versus extracellular arabinoxylan degradation in the primary degrader Ruminiclostridium cellulolyticum, a new string to its bow. Intracellular removal of acetyl, feruloyl and p-coumaroyl decorations on arabinoxylo-oligosaccharides imported from lignocellulosic biomass degradation by Ruminiclostridium cellulolyticum. Biotechnol Biofuels Bioprod. 2022 Nov 19;15(1):127. doi: 10.1186/s13068-022-02225-8. Microb Cell Fact. 2024 May 24;23(1):151. doi: 10.1186/s12934-024-02423-z.
2022 Nov 19,2024 May 24 degradation 13 6 CE1, CE20, CE20, GH39, GH43_10, CBM91, GH51_1, GH8
PUL0770 RNA-seq, qRT-PCR, gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, thin-layer chromatography pectin Segatella copri DSM 18205 39636128
Transcriptional delineation of polysaccharide utilization loci in the human gut commensal Segatella copri DSM18205 and co-culture with exemplar Bacteroides species on dietary plant glycans. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2025 Jan 31;91(1):e0175924. doi: 10.1128/aem.01759-24. Epub 2024 Dec 5.
2025 Jan 31 degradation 8 1 GH51_1
PUL0794 enzyme activity assay, quantification of reaction product reducing ends, RNA-seq, differential gene expression, NMR, MALDI-TOF/MS, gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, bicinchoninic acid (BCA) assay, recombinant protein expression arabinan Bacteroides intestinalis DSM 17393 39443715
In vivo manipulation of human gut Bacteroides fitness by abiotic oligosaccharides. Nat Chem Biol. 2025 Apr;21(4):544-554. doi: 10.1038/s41589-024-01763-6. Epub 2024 Oct 23.
2025 Apr degradation 23 8 GH146, GH28, GH43_29, GH43_4, GH51_1, GH51_2, GH97