• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.730-734
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• 2008

Barley ${\alpha}$-amylase genes, amy1 and amy2, were separately cloned into the expression vector of $pPICZ{\alpha}A$ and recombinant Pichia strains were established by homologous recombination. Both AMYs from Pichia shared almost identical hydrolysis patterns on short maltooligosaccharides to result in glucose, maltose, or maltotriose. Against insoluble blue starch, AMY1 showed the highest activity at 0.1-5 mM calcium concentration, whereas 15-20 mM was optimal for AMY2. On the hydrolysis of soluble starch, unexpectedly, there was no significant difference between AMYs with increase of calcium. However, the relative activity on various starch substrates was significantly different between AMYs, which supports that the isozymes are clearly distinguished from each other on the basis of their unique preferences for substrates.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.767-774
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• 2010

In this study, the problems of high caloric content, increased maturation time, and off-flavors in commercial beer manufacture arising from residual sugar, diacetyl, and acetaldehyde levels were addressed. A recombinant industrial brewing yeast strain (TQ1) was generated from T1 [Lipomyces starkeyi dextranase gene (LSD1) introduced, ${\alpha}$-acetohydroxyacid synthase gene (ILV2) disrupted] by introducing Saccharomyces cerevisiae glucoamylase (SGA1) and a strong promoter (PGK1), while disrupting the gene coding alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH2). The highest glucoamylase activity for TQ1 was 93.26 U/ml compared with host strain T1 (12.36 U/ml) and wild-type industrial yeast strain YSF5 (10.39 U/ml), respectively. European Brewery Convention (EBC) tube fermentation tests comparing the fermentation broths of TQ1 with T1 and YSF5 showed that the real extracts were reduced by 15.79% and 22.47%; the main residual maltotriose concentrations were reduced by 13.75% and 18.82%; the caloric contents were reduced by 27.18 and 35.39 calories per 12 oz. Owing to the disruption of the ADH2 gene in TQ1, the off-flavor acetaldehyde concentrations in the fermentation broth were 9.43% and 13.28%, respectively, lower than that of T1 and YSF5. No heterologous DNA sequences or drug resistance genes were introduced into TQ1. Hence, the gene manipulations in this work properly solved the addressed problems in commercial beer manufacture.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권11호
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• pp.1809-1813
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• 2006

A gene corresponding to 4-${\alpha}$-glucanotransferase (${\alpha}GTase$) was cloned from the thermophilic bacterium Thermus brockianus. The nucleotide sequence analysis showed that the ${\alpha}GTase$ gene is composed of 1,503 nucleotides and encodes a polypeptide that is 500 amino acids long with a calculated molecular mass of 57,221 Da. The deduced amino acid sequences of Thermus brockianus ${\alpha}GTase$ (TBGT) exhibited a high level of similarity to the amino acid sequence of ${\alpha}GTase$ of Thermus thermophilus (86%), but low level of homology to that of E. coli (26%). The TBGT gene was overexpressed in E. coli BL21, and the corresponding recombinant enzyme was efficiently purified by Ni-NTA affinity chromatography. The enzymatic characteristics revealed that optimal pH and temperature were pH 6 and $70^{\circ}C$, respectively. Most interestingly, TBGT reacted with small oligosaccharides, especially maltotriose, to form various maltooligosaccharides by using its disproportionation activity.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제19권12호
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• pp.1547-1556
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• 2009

A novel thermostable $\alpha$-glucosidase (TtGluA) from Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis MB4 was successfully expressed in E. coli and characterized. The TtgluA gene contained 2,253 bp, which encodes 750 amino acids. The native TtGluA was a trimer with monomer molecular mass of 89 kDa shown by SDS-PAGE. The purified recombinant enzyme showed hydrolytic activity on maltooligosaccharides, p-nitrophenyl-$\alpha$-D-glucopyranide, and dextrin with an exotype cleavage manner. TtGluA showed preference for short-chain maltooligosaccharides and the highest specific activity for maltose of 3.26 units/mg. Maximal activity was observed at $60^{\circ}C$ and pH 5.5. The half-life was 2 h at $60^{\circ}C$. The enzyme showed good tolerance to urea and SDS but was inhibited by Tris. When maltose with the concentration over 50 mM was used as substrate, TtGluA was also capable of catalyzing transglycosylation to produce $\alpha$-1,4-linked maltotriose and $\alpha$-1,6-linked isomaltooligosaccharides. More importantly, TtGluA showed exclusive regiospecificity with high yield to produce $\alpha$-1,6-linked isomaltooligosaccharides when the reaction time extended to more than 10 h.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.79-86
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• 1990

Bacillus stearothermophilus KFCC 21203를 배양하여 cyclodextrin(CD)을 분해하는 효소를 분리, 정제하고 정제효소의 몇 가지 특성을 조사하였다. 배양액에서 얻은 조효소를 염석, DEAE-cellulose column chromatography, Ultro AcA 34 gel filtration등의 방법으로 15배 정제하였으며 회수율은 77.2%이었다. 정제효소의 specific activity는 12.30units/mg protein 이었고 분자량은 약 29,500정도였다. 이 효소의 작용최적 PH는 5.5, 작용최적온도는 $55^{\circ}C$였으며 $40^{\circ}C$이하의 온도와 pH $5.0{\sim}8.0$의 범위에서 안정하였고 ${\gamma}-CD$에 대한 Km치는 $3.78{\times}10^{-3}$ M이었다. 정제효소는 ${\beta}-CD$에 대한 활성이 매우 낮았고 ${\alpha}-CD$에는 거의 활성이 없었으나 ${\gamma}-CD$에는 매우 높은 활성을 나타내었으며, 이의 분해산물로는 주로 glucose 및 maltose 그리고 소량의 maltotriose였다. 또한 amylose, potato starch, corn starch, amylopectin 및 maltooligomer등에는 높은 활성을, 그리고 glycogen, dextrin에도 비교적 높은 활성을 나타내었고 분해산물로는 주로 glucose와 maltose였다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.352-358
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• 2002

토양으로부터 maltopentaose생산성 amylase를 분비하는 세균 KSM B-404를 분리하여 그의 형태적, 생리적인 특성을 고려한 결과 Bacillus megaterium으로 동정되었다. 효소는 ($NH_4$)$_2$$SO_4$ 침전 분획, DEAE-Toyopearl 및 Superdex 75 HR 10/30 크로마토그래피로 129배 정제되었으며 21.4%의 활성이 회수되었다. 정제된 효소를 SDS-PACE로 분석한 결과 분자량은 약 68 kDa이었고, 최적 반응 온도는 $50^{\circ}C$이며 $Ca^{2+}$ 이온의 존재 시 열 안정성이 증가하였다. 한편 최적 반응 pH는 6.0~7.0부근이며 알칼리 조건에서도 안정하였다. 또한 효소의 활성은 $Cu^{2+}$ , $Hg^{2+}$ 그리고 특히 Fe/eup 3+/이온 등의 금속이온에 의해 강하게 저해 받았고 acetic anhydride, EDTA , hydroxylamine-HCI, $\rho$ - chloromercuribenzoate 등의 저해제에 의해서 활성이 저해되었으나 concanavalin A에 의한 저해 효과는 나타나지 않았다. 전분의 가수분해 산물을 HPLC로 분석한 결과 maltopentaose가 주산물로 나타났으며 반응 24시간 후 총 가수분해 산물의 약 52%를 차지하였다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.775-783
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• 2020

Background: The reports about valuable oligosaccharides in ginseng are quite limited. There is an urgent need to develop a practical procedure to detect and analyze ginseng oligosaccharides. Methods: The oligosaccharide extracts from ginseng were permethylated by solid-phase methylation method and then were analyzed by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-Q-Orbitrap/MS. The sequence, linkage, and configuration information of oligosaccharides were determined by using accurate m/z value and tandem mass information. Several standard references were used to further confirm the identification. The oligosaccharide composition in white ginseng and red ginseng was compared using a multivariate statistical analysis method. Results: The nonreducing oligosaccharide erlose among 12 oligosaccharides identified was reported for the first time in ginseng. In the comparison of the oligosaccharide extracts from white ginseng and red ginseng, a clear separation was observed in the partial least squares-discriminate analysis score plot, indicating the sugar differences in these two kinds of ginseng samples. The glycans with variable importance in the projection value large than 1.0 were considered to contribute most to the classification. The contents of oligosaccharides in red ginseng were lower than those in white ginseng, and the contents of maltose, maltotriose, maltotetraose, maltopentaose, maltohexaose, maltoheptaose, maltooctaose, maltononaose, sucrose, and erlose decreased significantly (p < 0.05) in red ginseng. Conclusion: A solid-phase methylation method combined with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry was successfully applied to analyze the oligosaccharides in ginseng extracts, which provides the possibility for holistic evaluation of ginseng oligosaccharides. The comparison of oligosaccharide composition of white ginseng and red ginseng could help understand the differences in pharmacological activities between these two kinds of ginseng samples from the perspective of glycans.

• BMB Reports
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.568-575
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• 2002

An $\alpha$-amylase (EC 3.2.1.1) was purified that catalyses the production of a high level of maltose from starch without the attendant production of glucose. The enzyme was produced extracellularly by thermophilic Streptomyces sp. that was isolated from Thailand's soil. Purification was achieved by alcohol precipiation, DEAE-Cellulose, and Gel filtration chromatographies. The purified enzyme exhibited maximum activity at pH 6-7 and $60^{\circ}C$. It had a relative molecular mass of 45 kDa, as determined by SDS-PAGE. The hydrolysis products from starch had $\alpha$-anomeric forms, as determined by $^1H$-NMR. This maltose-forming $\alpha$-amylase completely hydrolyzed the soluble starch to produce a high level of maltose, representing up to 90%. It hydrolyzed maltotetrose and maltotriose to primarily produce maltose (82% and 62%, repectively) without the attendant production of glucose. The high maltose level as a final end-product from starch and maltooligosaccharides, and the unique action pattern of this enzyme, indicate an unusual maltose-forming system. After the addition of the enzyme in the bread-baking process, the bread's volume increased and kept its softness longer than when the bread had no enzyme.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.365-369
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• 1997

찹쌀식혜에 Saccharomyces cerevisiae를 가해 28$^{\circ}C$에서 10일간 발효시켜서 식혜주를 제조하였다. TLC 및 HPLC 분석 결과 발효에 따라 말토오스가 가장 급격히 감소하였다. 말토트리오스의 감소 속도는 낮다. 분자량이 큰 말토올리고당과 한계덱스트린은 전혀 발효되지 않았다. 에탄올은 3.6%를 나타냈다. 찹쌀식혜주의 아미노산 함량은 0.35$\mu$mol/ml, 단백질 함량은 100$\mu\textrm{g}$/ml를 나타냈다. pH는 3.23, 산도는 3.2ml를 나타냈다. 한계덱스트린은 1H-NMR로 분석 결과 식혜에 존재하는 것과 구조상 변화가 없었다. $\alpha$-1, 4- 결합에 대한 $\alpha$-1,6- 결합의 비율은 5.6:1을 나타냈다. 관능검사 결과, 전체적인 맛은 와인과 비슷하였다.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.180-185
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• 1997

찹쌀 20%, 엿기름 4%를 가하여 7시간 동안 당화시켜 제조한 식혜는 말통스 10.1%, 한계덱스트린 7.3%, 말토트링스 1.3%, 글루코오스 0.18%, 밥알 1.75%를 나타냈다. 알코올 침전, Biogel P-2의 겔 크로마토그래피로 식혜의 한계덱스트린을 정제하여 1H-NMR 분석한 결과 한계덱스트린은 $\alpha$-1,4-글루코시드 결합과 $\alpha$-1,6-글루코시드 결합이 5:1로 이루어졌고, pullulanase 처리한 결과 말토오스와 말토헥사오스까지의 분포를 나타내어 멥쌀식혜에서 얻은 한계덱스트린가 구조가 같은 결과이다. 밥알의 당함량은 26.4%, 단백질 함량은 41.6%를 나타냈다. 참쌀식혜의 한계덱스트린과 밥알에 30unit/ml의 $\alpha$-아밀라아제, 글\ulcorner아밀라아제, $\alpha$-글루코시다아제, $\beta$-아밀라아제를 작용시킨 결과 글루코아밀라아제 외에는 일부밖에 가수분해하지 at하였다. 인체의 효소인 $\alpha$-아밀라아제와 $\alpha$-글루코시다아제를 함께 작용시킨 결과 한계덱스트린의 가수분해율은 18%, 밥알의 가수분해율은 26%를 나타냈다.