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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2025

Immobilization of alginate C-5 epimerases using

Jan Benedict Spannenkrebs, Agnes Beenfeldt Petersen, Finn Lillelund Aachmann, Johannes Kabisch

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Jan Benedict Spannenkrebs *Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.ORCID 0009-0004-1994-5511
Agnes Beenfeldt Petersen *Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-6100-3032
Finn Lillelund AachmannDepartment of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.ORCID 0000-0003-1613-4663
Johannes KabischDepartment of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-9679-3038

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Norges Forskningsråd #315385,#226244
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alginates are the most abundant polysaccharides found in brown seaweed, composed of (1→4)-linked β-D-mannuronate (M) and its C-5 epimer, α-L-guluronate (G). The G-blocks of alginate possess viscosifying and gelling properties, making alginates valuable industrial polysaccharides. Alginate epimerases are enzymes epimerizing M to G, enhancing the usability and value of alginate. The three alginate epimerases AlgE1, AlgE4, and AlgE6 were immobilized using IMPORTANCE: Seaweed is a scalable resource that requires no fresh water, fertilizer, or arable land, making it an important biomass for bioeconomies. Alginates are a major component of brown seaweed and are widely used in food, feed, technical, and pharmacological industries. To tailor the functional properties of alginates, alginate epimerases have shown to be promising for postharvest valorization of alginate. This study investigates an efficient and easy method to produce immobilized alginate epimerases, thus opening new industrial use cases. In this study, the alginate epimerases are immobilized on the surface of

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AlginatesBacillus subtilisBacterial ProteinsCarbohydrate EpimerasesEnzymes, ImmobilizedSpores, BacterialAlginatesBacterial ProteinsCarbohydrate EpimerasesEnzymes, Immobilizedmannuronan c-5-epimerasealginateBacillus subtilisepimerasenuclear magnetic resonancespore display

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PMID40178254
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