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We found endo-α-N-acetylgalactosaminidase in most bifidobacterial strains, which are predominant bacteria in the human colon. This enzyme catalyzes the liberation of galactosyl β1,3-N-acetyl-d-galactosamine (Galβ1,3GalNAc) α-linked to serine or threonine residues from mucin-type glycoproteins. The gene (engBF) encoding the enzyme has been cloned from Bifidobacterium longum JCM 1217. The protein consisted of 1,966 amino acid residues, and the central domain (590–1381 amino acid residues) exhibited 31–53% identity to hypothetical proteins of several bacteria including Clostridium perfringens and Streptococcus pneumoniae. The recombinant protein expressed in Escherichia coli liberated Galβ1,3GalNAc disaccharide from Galβ1,3GalNAcα1pNP and asialofetuin, but did not release GalNAc, Galβ1,3(GlcNAcβ1,6)GalNAc, GlcNAcβ1,3GalNAc, and Galβ1,3GlcNAc from each p-nitrophenyl (pNP) substrate, and also did not release sialo-oligosaccharides from fetuin, indicating its strict substrate specificity for the Core 1-type structure. The stereochemical course of hydrolysis was determined by 1H NMR and was found to be retention. Site-directed mutagenesis of a total of 22 conserved Asp and Glu residues suggested that Asp-682 and Asp-789 are critical residues for the catalytic activity of the enzyme. The enzyme also exhibited transglycosylation activity toward various mono- and disaccharides and 1-alkanols, demonstrating its potential to synthesize neoglycoconjugates. This the for the of a gene encoding endo-α-N-acetylgalactosaminidase from and for the of a We found endo-α-N-acetylgalactosaminidase in most bifidobacterial strains, which are predominant bacteria in the human colon. This enzyme catalyzes the liberation of galactosyl β1,3-N-acetyl-d-galactosamine (Galβ1,3GalNAc) α-linked to serine or threonine residues from mucin-type glycoproteins. The gene (engBF) encoding the enzyme has been cloned from Bifidobacterium longum JCM 1217. The protein consisted of 1,966 amino acid residues, and the central domain (590–1381 amino acid residues) exhibited 31–53% identity to hypothetical proteins of several bacteria including Clostridium perfringens and Streptococcus pneumoniae. The recombinant protein expressed in Escherichia coli liberated Galβ1,3GalNAc disaccharide from Galβ1,3GalNAcα1pNP and asialofetuin, but did not release GalNAc, Galβ1,3(GlcNAcβ1,6)GalNAc, GlcNAcβ1,3GalNAc, and Galβ1,3GlcNAc from each p-nitrophenyl (pNP) substrate, and also did not release sialo-oligosaccharides from fetuin, indicating its strict substrate specificity for the Core 1-type structure. The stereochemical course of hydrolysis was determined by 1H NMR and was found to be retention. Site-directed mutagenesis of a total of 22 conserved Asp and Glu residues suggested that Asp-682 and Asp-789 are critical residues for the catalytic activity of the enzyme. The enzyme also exhibited transglycosylation activity toward various mono- and disaccharides and 1-alkanols, demonstrating its potential to synthesize neoglycoconjugates. This the for the of a gene encoding endo-α-N-acetylgalactosaminidase from and for the of a are in several including in to and of of been and galactosyl β1,3-N-acetyl-d-galactosamine (Galβ1,3GalNAc) to the serine or threonine also to of the most found in that are in of human and This by and has been that the of and and to be in and of the Core several including and a enzyme that Core 1-type from glycoproteins. This enzyme also a for the of in the of in the and of the the enzyme and the disaccharide from the been from Clostridium perfringens Streptococcus and of the are and proteins and are to release Galβ1,3GalNAc disaccharide from glycoproteins. enzyme was found in the of which of the disaccharide from are to its are bacteria that a of the of human and and a of of found that for Core mucin-type its and for and several of the of Bifidobacterium longum JCM and the of the recombinant enzyme. 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