Figure 9

Genomic content and organization of XOS utilization gene clusters identified within bifidobacteria. All strains were ordered top down by highest sequence similarity of the XOS-binding proteins to the XOS-binding protein of B. lactis Bl-04 (balac_0514). Gene functions are colored as: Glycoside hydrolases (red), XOS ABC transporters (green), xylose ABC transporters (light green), transcriptional regulators (light grey), and putative XOS esterases, xylose isomerases (xyl.iso), xylulose kinases (xul.kin), alcohol dehydrogenases (Reductase) and a putative secreted amidase (lysM) (all dark gray). All GH43 enzymes were annotated and differentiated by protein similarity to previously characterized xylosidases (xyln) or arabinofuranosidases (arab) together with the GH8 and GH120 enzymes [37, 38]. An insertion in B. longum JDM301 is shown by below the gene cluster with an arrow indicating the position of the insert.