Beta porphyranase is an enzyme responsible for the degradation of porphyran, which composes the cell wall of red algae.
[5][1] CAZymes are carbohydrate active enzymes that breakdown dietary polysaccharadies and supply the human body with energy.
[1] Not only has it been found that seaweed comprises less of the diet in Western cultures, the current treatment of food prevents the possibility of microbes being consumed.
and the gut bacterium would more easily enter the system However, now dietary seaweed is generally free of surface microbes.
The L6S unit at subsite −2 is surrounded by tryptophan and arginine residues in both PorA and PorB, which construct a positively charged hydrophobic pocket that allows for a bulky sulfate group to fit.