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Flavonoids Biotransformation by Human Gut Bacterium Dorea sp. MRG-IFC3 Cell-Free Extract

  • Huynh Thi Ngoc Mi (Metalloenzyme Research Group and Department of Plant Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Heji Kim (Metalloenzyme Research Group and Department of Plant Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Jong Suk Lee (Bio Industry Department, Gyeonggido Business & Science Accelerator (GBSA)) ;
  • Bekir Engin Eser (Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Aarhus University) ;
  • Jaehong Han (Metalloenzyme Research Group and Department of Plant Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University)
  • Received : 2024.03.28
  • Accepted : 2024.04.15
  • Published : 2024.06.28
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Abstract

Human gut bacterium Dorea sp. MRG-IFC3 is unique in that it is capable of metabolizing puerarin, an isoflavone C-glycoside, whereas it shows broad substrate glycosidase activity for the various flavonoid O-glycosides. To address the question on the substrate specificity, as well as biochemical characteristics, cell-free biotransformation of flavonoid glycosides was performed under various conditions. The results showed that there are two different enzyme systems responsible for the metabolism of flavonoid C-glycosides and O-glycosides in the MRG-IFC3 strain. The system responsible for the conversion of puerarin was inducible and comprised of two enzymes. One enzyme oxidizes puerarin to 3"-oxo-puerarin and the other enzyme converts 3"-oxo-puearin to daidzein. The second enzyme was only active toward 3"-oxo-puerarin. The activity of puerarin conversion to daidzein was enhanced in the presence of Mn2+ and NAD+. It was concluded that the puerarin C-deglycosylation by Dorea sp. MRG-IFC3 possibly adopts the same biochemical mechanism as the strain PUE, a species of Dorea longicatena.

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This research was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (NRF-2021R1A2C2007712).

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