Component
Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron BT4153, GH28 rhamnogalacturonidase
Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron BT4153, GH28 rhamnogalacturonidase. Species, exposure and limitations are retained in each linked claim.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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Other things that act on it
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How nutrients reach it in more than one step
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What it does
Every recorded relationship this component is part of, grouped by its role. Plain wording comes first; the technical statement follows.
What it acts on
BT4153 targets the tested GalA-Rha backbone substrates with degree of polymerization at least two.
Experimental context and source evidence
- evidence_span
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- experimental_model
- Purified enzymes, structural biology and targeted bacterial deletions
- exposure
- Defined pectic substrates; growth media and recombinant-enzyme assays
- limitations
- Bacterial machinery, not human digestive enzymes. Gene dependence is substrate- and strain-specific; no clinical microbiome threshold follows.
- nutrient_topic
- Pectin research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Pectin, structurally heterogeneous plant polysaccharides
- organism
- Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron
- plain_language
- A related enzyme accepts a broader fragment-length range.
- primary_references
- [pectin-p29255254] Dietary pectic glycans are degraded by coordinated enzyme pathways in human colonic Bacteroides. (2018). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29255254/ DOI: 10.1038/s41564-017-0079-1
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Cell surface and periplasm
Pectin: metabolism, signaling and nutrient connections (2026-09-17) · lines 230–241
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Purified enzymes, structural biology and targeted bacterial deletions · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### pectin-rgi-gala2plus BT4153 targets the tested GalA-Rha backbone substrates with degree of polymerization at least two. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Pectin research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: A related enzyme accepts a broader fragment-length range. organism: Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron tissue_or_cell_type: Cell surface and periplasm experimental_model: Purified enzymes, structural biology and targeted bacterial deletions limitations: Bacterial machinery, not human digestive enzymes. Gene dependence is substrate- and strain-specific; no clinical microbiome threshold follows. exposure: Defined pectic substrates; growth media and recombinant-enzyme assays evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/pectin-research/29255254.fulltext.txt", "locator": "Primary full-text span; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "514f1ffe2924a1c555e3ecea968fb7260d0f55aa1b22c057697dbc59676c5796", "start_char": 13259, "end_char": 14426, "text_sha256": "2e55a6b2c9c29b9f82f572f66f439f63e58c9619942be2ed1b35ee8e7a193938"} [pectin-p29255254] Dietary pectic glycans are degraded by coordinated enzyme pathways in human colonic Bacteroides. (2018). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29255254/ DOI: 10.1038/s41564-017-0079-1
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The events it takes part in
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Situations it appears in
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In the sources
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Open hypotheses
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