Browse dbCAN-PUL Entries

PULID Characterization Method(s) Substrate Organism Publication Publish Date Type Num Genes Num CAZymes CazyFamily
PUL0044 qRT-PCR, enzyme activity assay arabinoxylan Bacteroides ovatus 26112186, 32266006
Glycan complexity dictates microbial resource allocation in the large intestine. Multimodular fused acetyl-feruloyl esterases from soil and gut Bacteroidetes improve xylanase depolymerization of recalcitrant biomass. Nat Commun. 2015 Jun 26;6:7481. doi: 10.1038/ncomms8481. Biotechnol Biofuels. 2020 Mar 31;13:60. doi: 10.1186/s13068-020-01698-9. eCollection 2020.
2015 Jun 26,2020 degradation 34 17 CE20, CE20, CE6, CE1, GH10, GH115, GH3, GH30, GH30_8, GH31_4, GH43_10, CBM91, GH43_12, CBM91, GH43_29, CBM6, GH95, GH97, GH98, CBM35
PUL0084 label-free quantitative proteomics, functional enrichment analysis, enzyme activity assay cellulose Ruminiclostridium papyrosolvens 31338125
Secretomic analyses of Ruminiclostridium papyrosolvens reveal its enzymatic basis for lignocellulose degradation. Biotechnol Biofuels. 2019 Jul 15;12:183. doi: 10.1186/s13068-019-1522-8. eCollection 2019.
2019 degradation 12 12 CE1, CBM6, GH10, CBM6, GH27, CBM6, GH30_8, CBM6, GH43_10, CBM91, CBM6, GH43_29, CBM6, GH59, CBM6, GH62, CBM6, GH62, CBM6, CE6, GH95, CBM32
PUL0114 recombinant protein expression, enzyme activity assay arabinan Ruminiclostridium cellulolyticum 31198441
The xyl-doc gene cluster of Ruminiclostridium cellulolyticum encodes GH43- and GH62-alpha-l-arabinofuranosidases with complementary modes of action. Biotechnol Biofuels. 2019 Jun 10;12:144. doi: 10.1186/s13068-019-1483-y. eCollection 2019.
2019 degradation 14 14 CE1, CBM6, GH10, CBM6, GH146, CBM22, GH27, CBM6, GH2, CBM6, GH30_8, CBM6, GH43_10, CBM91, CBM6, GH43_16, CBM6, GH43_29, CBM6, GH59, CBM6, GH62, CBM6, GH62, CBM6, CE6, GH95, CBM32, CBM6
PUL0224 RT-PCR, qRT-PCR, ion trap liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, target decoy database analysis, high-performance anion-exchange chromatography cellulose Ruminiclostridium cellulolyticum 23418511, 20013800
A two-component system (XydS/R) controls the expression of genes encoding CBM6-containing proteins in response to straw in Clostridium cellulolyticum. Modulation of cellulosome composition in Clostridium cellulolyticum: adaptation to the polysaccharide environment revealed by proteomic and carbohydrate-active enzyme analyses. PLoS One. 2013;8(2):e56063. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056063. Epub 2013 Feb 13. Proteomics. 2010 Feb;10(3):541-54. doi: 10.1002/pmic.200900311.
2013,2010 Feb degradation 16 14 CE1, CBM6, GH10, CBM6, GH146, CBM22, GH27, CBM6, GH2, CBM6, GH30_8, CBM6, GH43_10, CBM91, CBM6, GH43_16, CBM6, GH43_29, CBM6, GH59, CBM6, GH62, CBM6, GH62, CBM6, CE6, GH95, CBM32, CBM6
PUL0262 RNA-seq xylan 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 12 6 CE1, CE6, GH95, GH10, GH5_21, GH8
PUL0289 enzyme activity assay xylan Flavobacterium johnsoniae 29588659
A novel acetyl xylan esterase enabling complete deacetylation of substituted xylans. Biotechnol Biofuels. 2018 Mar 22;11:74. doi: 10.1186/s13068-018-1074-3. eCollection 2018.
2018 degradation 12 7 CE6, CE1, GH115, GH146, GH3, GH43_10, CBM91, GH43_12, CBM91, GH97
PUL0345 qRT-PCR, enzyme activity assay xylan Bacteroides intestinalis 27681607
Bacteroides intestinalis DSM 17393, a member of the human colonic microbiome, upregulates multiple endoxylanases during growth on xylan. Sci Rep. 2016 Sep 29;6:34360. doi: 10.1038/srep34360.
2016 Sep 29 degradation 31 13 CE1, CE20, CE20, CE6, GH95, GH10, GH10, GH43_12, CBM91, GH115, GH35, GH43_1, GH5_21, GH67, GH8
PUL0553 RT-PCR, qPCR xylan Bacteroides xylanisolvens 27142817
Xylan degradation by the human gut Bacteroides xylanisolvens XB1A(T) involves two distinct gene clusters that are linked at the transcriptional level. BMC Genomics. 2016 May 4;17:326. doi: 10.1186/s12864-016-2680-8.
2016 May 4 degradation 22 13 CE6, CE1, GH10, GH115, GH3, GH31_4, GH43_10, CBM91, GH43_12, CBM91, GH43_29, CBM6, GH5_21, GH95, GH97
PUL0564 microarray, qPCR, UHPLC-MS, RNA-seq, RT-qPCR pectin Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron 18996345, 22205877, 34420703
Mucosal glycan foraging enhances fitness and transmission of a saccharolytic human gut bacterial symbiont. Recognition and degradation of plant cell wall polysaccharides by two human gut symbionts. Discrete genetic loci in human gut Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron confer pectin metabolism. Cell Host Microbe. 2008 Nov 13;4(5):447-57. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2008.09.007. PLoS Biol. 2011 Dec;9(12):e1001221. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001221. Epub 2011 Dec 20. Carbohydr Polym. 2021 Nov 15;272:118534. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.118534. Epub 2021 Aug 6.
2008 Nov 13,2011 Dec,2021 Nov 15 degradation 39 22 CE12, CE12, CE12, CE4, CE6, GH105, GH106, GH2, GH27, GH28, GH35, GH43_18, GH42, PL11_1, PL26, PL9, PL9_1
PUL0643 enzyme activity assay, liquid chromatography, high-performance anion-exchange chromatography, qRT-PCR, crystallization arabinoxylan Bacteroides intestinalis DSM 17393 33469030
Degradation of complex arabinoxylans by human colonic Bacteroidetes. Nat Commun. 2021 Jan 19;12(1):459. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-20737-5.
2021 Jan 19 degradation 12 7 CE1, CE6, CE1, GH3, GH43_17, GH43_2, CBM6, GH43_7, GH43_7
PUL0648 high-performance anion-exchange chromatography, substrate binding assay, thin-layer chromatography, NMR, mass spectrometry, crystallization xylan Dysgonomonas mossii DSM 22836 33667545
A polysaccharide utilization locus from the gut bacterium Dysgonomonas mossii encodes functionally distinct carbohydrate esterases. J Biol Chem. 2021 Jan-Jun;296:100500. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100500. Epub 2021 Mar 2.
2021 Jan-Jun degradation 37 21 CE1, CE1, CE1, CE20, CE20, CE6, GH10, GH115, GH146, GH31_4, GH43_1, GH43_10, CBM91, GH43_12, CBM91, GH43_29, GH43_29, CBM6, GH51_2, GH67, GH8, GH97
PUL0669 clone, high-performance anion-exchange chromatography, enzymatic product analysis xylan Bacteroides eggerthii 1_2_48FAA 34480044
Characterization of a novel multidomain CE15-GH8 enzyme encoded by a polysaccharide utilization locus in the human gut bacterium Bacteroides eggerthii. Sci Rep. 2021 Sep 3;11(1):17662. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-96659-z.
2021 Sep 3 degradation 26 15 CE1, CE15, GH8, CE20, CE20, CE6, GH10, GH115, GH31_4, GH35, GH43_1, GH43_10, CBM91, GH43_12, CBM91, GH5_21, GH67, GH95, GH97
PUL0705 fluorophore-assisted carbohydrate electrophoresis (FACE), dinitrosalicylic acid-assay (DNS-assay), HPLC, clone and expression xylan Flavimarina sp. Hel_I_48 37121608
Marine Bacteroidetes enzymatically digest xylans from terrestrial plants. Environ Microbiol. 2023 Sep;25(9):1713-1727. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.16390. Epub 2023 Apr 30.
2023 Sep degradation 14 8 CE6, CE1, CE1, GH10, GH43_10, CBM91, GH43_12, CBM91, GH8, GH95, GH97
PUL0763 RNA-seq, qRT-PCR, gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, thin-layer chromatography Hemicellulose 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 5 3 CE6, CE1, GH31_4, GH43_2, CBM6, GH8
PUL0780 RNA-seq, differential gene expression, HPAEC-PAD, SDS-PAGE, para-hydroxybenzoic acid (PAHBAH) assay, reducing-sugar assay, Carbohydrate Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (C-PAGE), enzyme activity assay fucoidan Neorhodopirellula lusitana 39738071
Mechanisms of recalcitrant fucoidan breakdown in marine Planctomycetota. Nat Commun. 2024 Dec 30;15(1):10906. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-55268-w.
2024 Dec 30 degradation 24 8 CBM32, CE12, CE6, GH141, GH29, GH95