Evolutionary adaptation in fucosyllactose uptake systems supports bifidobacteria-infant symbiosis

Mikiyasu Sakanaka; Morten Ejby Hansen; Aina Gotoh; Toshihiko Katoh; Keisuke Yoshida; Toshitaka Odamaki; Hiroyuki Yachi; Yuta Sugiyama; Shin Kurihara; Junko Hirose; Tadasu Urashima; Jin-zhong Xiao; Motomitsu Kitaoka; Satoru Fukiya; Atsushi Yokota; Leila Lo Leggio; Maher Abou Hachem; Takane Katayama

doi:10.1126/sciadv.aaw7696

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Evolutionary adaptation in fucosyllactose uptake systems supports bifidobacteria-infant symbiosis

View ORCID ProfileMikiyasu Sakanaka ¹,*,†,
View ORCID ProfileMorten Ejby Hansen²,*,
Aina Gotoh ³,
Toshihiko Katoh³,
View ORCID ProfileKeisuke Yoshida⁴,
View ORCID ProfileToshitaka Odamaki⁴,
View ORCID ProfileHiroyuki Yachi¹,
Yuta Sugiyama¹,
View ORCID ProfileShin Kurihara ¹,‡,
View ORCID ProfileJunko Hirose⁵,
Tadasu Urashima⁶,
View ORCID ProfileJin-zhong Xiao⁴,
View ORCID ProfileMotomitsu Kitaoka⁷,
View ORCID ProfileSatoru Fukiya⁸,
Atsushi Yokota⁸,
View ORCID ProfileLeila Lo Leggio ⁹,
View ORCID ProfileMaher Abou Hachem ²,§ and
View ORCID ProfileTakane Katayama ¹,³,§

¹Faculty of Bioresources and Environmental Sciences, Ishikawa Prefectural University, Nonoichi, Ishikawa 921-8836, Japan.
²Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
³Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
⁴Next Generation Science Institute, Morinaga Milk Industry Co. Ltd., Zama, Kanagawa 252-8583, Japan.
⁵School of Human Cultures, The University of Shiga Prefecture, Hikone, Shiga 522-8533, Japan.
⁶Department of Animal and Food Hygiene, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan.
⁷Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8642, Japan.
⁸Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8589, Japan.
⁹Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark.

↵§Corresponding author. Email: takane{at}lif.kyoto-u.ac.jp (T.K.); maha{at}bio.dtu.dk (M.A.H.)

↵* These authors contributed equally to this work.
↵† Present address: National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
↵‡ Present address: Faculty of Biology-Oriented Science and Technology, Kindai University, Kinokawa, Wakayama 649-6493, Japan.

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Science Advances 28 Aug 2019:
Vol. 5, no. 8, eaaw7696
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw7696

Mikiyasu Sakanaka

1Faculty of Bioresources and Environmental Sciences, Ishikawa Prefectural University, Nonoichi, Ishikawa 921-8836, Japan.

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Morten Ejby Hansen

2Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.

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Aina Gotoh

3Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.

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Toshihiko Katoh

3Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.

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Keisuke Yoshida

4Next Generation Science Institute, Morinaga Milk Industry Co. Ltd., Zama, Kanagawa 252-8583, Japan.

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Toshitaka Odamaki

4Next Generation Science Institute, Morinaga Milk Industry Co. Ltd., Zama, Kanagawa 252-8583, Japan.

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Hiroyuki Yachi

1Faculty of Bioresources and Environmental Sciences, Ishikawa Prefectural University, Nonoichi, Ishikawa 921-8836, Japan.

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Yuta Sugiyama

1Faculty of Bioresources and Environmental Sciences, Ishikawa Prefectural University, Nonoichi, Ishikawa 921-8836, Japan.

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Shin Kurihara

1Faculty of Bioresources and Environmental Sciences, Ishikawa Prefectural University, Nonoichi, Ishikawa 921-8836, Japan.

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Junko Hirose

5School of Human Cultures, The University of Shiga Prefecture, Hikone, Shiga 522-8533, Japan.

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Tadasu Urashima

6Department of Animal and Food Hygiene, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan.

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Jin-zhong Xiao

4Next Generation Science Institute, Morinaga Milk Industry Co. Ltd., Zama, Kanagawa 252-8583, Japan.

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Motomitsu Kitaoka

7Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8642, Japan.

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Satoru Fukiya

8Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8589, Japan.

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Atsushi Yokota

8Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8589, Japan.

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Leila Lo Leggio

9Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark.

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Maher Abou Hachem

2Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.

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Takane Katayama

1Faculty of Bioresources and Environmental Sciences, Ishikawa Prefectural University, Nonoichi, Ishikawa 921-8836, Japan.

3Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.

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For correspondence: takane@lif.kyoto-u.ac.jp maha@bio.dtu.dk

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