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Expression, purification, and characterization of the maltooligosyltrehalose trehalohydrolase from the thermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus ATCC 35092
Fang, Tsuei-Yun,Tseng, Wen-Chi,Guo, Meng-Shin,Shih, Tong-Yuan,Hung, Xing-Guang
, p. 7105 - 7112 (2006)
The maltooligosyltrehalose trehalohydrolase (MTHase) mainly cleaves the α-1,4-glucosidic linkage next to the α-1,1-linked terminal disaccharide of maltooligosyltrehalose to produce trehalose and the maltooligosaccharide with lower molecular mass. In this study, the treZ gene encoding MTHase was PCR-cloned from Sulfolobus solfataricus ATCC 35092 and then expressed in Escherichia coli. A high yield of the active wild-type MTHase, 13300 units/g of wet cells, was obtained in the absence of IPTG induction. Wild-type MTHase was purified sequentially using heat treatment, nucleic acid precipitation, and ion-exchange chromatography. The purified wild-type MTHase showed an apparent optimal pH of 5 and an optimal temperature at 85°C. The enzyme was stable at pH values ranging from 3.5 to 11, and the activity was fully retained after a 2-h incubation at 45-85°C. The kcat values of the enzyme for hydrolysis of maltooligosyltrehaloses with degree of polymerization (DP) 4-7 were 193, 1030, 1190, and 1230 s-1, respectively, whereas the kcat values for glucose formation during hydrolysis of DP 4-7 maltooligosaccharides were 5.49, 17.7, 18.2, and 6.01 s-1, respectively. The KM values of the enzyme for hydrolysis of DP 4-7 maltooligosyltrehaloses and those for maltooligosaccharides are similar at the same corresponding DPs. These results suggest that this MTHase could be used to produce trehalose at high temperatures.
Hydrolysis of konjac glucomannan by Trichoderma reesei mannanase and endoglucanases Cel7B and Cel5A for the production of glucomannooligosaccharides
Mikkelson, Atte,Maaheimo, Hannu,Hakala, Terhi K.
, p. 60 - 68 (2013/06/27)
In this paper we describe the enzymatic hydrolysis of konjac glucomannan for the production of glucomannooligosaccharides using purified Trichoderma reesei mannanase, endoglucanases EGI (Tr Cel7b) and EGII (Tr Cel5a). Hydrolysis with each of the three enzymes produced a different pattern of oligosaccharides. Mannanase was the most selective of the three enzymes in the hydrolysis of konjac mannan and over 99% of the formed oligosaccharides had mannose as their reducing end pyranosyl unit. Tr Cel5A hydrolysate shared similarities with mannanase and Tr Cel7B hydrolysates and the enzyme had the lowest substrate specificity of the studied enzymes. The hydrolysate of Tr Cel7B contained a series of oligosaccharides with non-reducing end mannose (M) and reducing end glucose (G) (MG, MMG, MMMG, and MMMMG). These oligosaccharides were isolated from the hydrolysate by size exclusion chromatography in relatively high purity (86-95%) and total yield (23% of substrate). The isolated oligosaccharides were characterized using acid hydrolysis and HPAEC-PAD (carbohydrate composition), HPLC-RI and HPAEC-MS (to determine the DP of purified oligosaccharides), enzymatic hydrolysis (determination of non-reducing end carbohydrate) and NMR (both 1D and 2D, to verify structure and purity of purified compounds). Hydrolysis of konjac mannan with a specific enzyme, such as T. reesei Cel7B or mannanase, followed by fractionation with SEC offers the possibility to produce glucomannooligosaccharides with defined structure. The isolated oligosaccharides can be utilised as analytical standards, for determination of bioactivity of oligosaccharides with defined structure or as substrates for defining substrate specificity of novel carbohydrate hydrolyzing enzymes.
Increased transglycosylation activity of Rhodotorula glutinis endo-β-glucanase in media containing organic solvent
Oikawa, Tadao,Tsukagawa, Yasuyuki,Chino, Masashi,Soda, Kenji
, p. 1889 - 1892 (2007/10/03)
The transglycosylation of p-nitrophenyl-β-D-cellotrioside to cellotetraose catalyzed by endo-1,4-β-glucanase (cellulase, EC 3.2.1.4) from a psychrotrophic yeast, Rhodotorula glutinis KUJ 2731, was increased by addition of a miscible organic solvent in the reaction mixture. Among various organic solvents tested, acetone was most effective. The transglycosylation activity increased with an increase in acetone concentrations, while hydrolysis activity was suppressed. The transglycosylation preferably occurred at acidic pH with the optimum pH at 2 in 10 mM Gly-HCl buffer. The optimum temperature of transglycosylation was found to be 50°C in the presence of 40% acetone.
