Characterization of a GH17 laminarinase, MlGH17A, from a laminarin polysaccharide utilization locus in the marine bacterium Muricauda lutaonensis
Heterotrophic marine microorganisms have the capability to degrade and metabolize laminarin, which is the most abundant source of energy and nutrients in the marine environment, via enzymes encoded by genes clustered in polysaccharide utilization loci (PULs). In this study, a PUL potentially responsible for laminarin utilization was identified in the genome of the marine bacterium Muricauda l
