Action of sweet-potato beta-amylase on phosphodextrin of potato starch |
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Authors: | Shiro Tabata Susumu Hizukuri Kazushi Nagata |
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Institution: | Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Kugoshima University, Korimoto, Kagoshima Japan |
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Abstract: | The specificity of sweet-potato beta-amylase in the vicinity of the phosphate ester groups was studied by determining the structures of the phosphorylated oligosaccharides (alpha-phosphodextrin and beta-limit-alpha-phosphodextrin) formed by its action on potato starch. The beta-limit-alpha-phosphodextrin was separated by chromatography on Dowex-1 (HCOO?) resin into three fractions that were distinguishable by the d.p. and by the ratio of d-glucose 6-phosphate residues to total organic phosphate. Each fraction contained linear molecules having one phosphate ester group that was not located at the reducing or non-reducing terminals. The smallest phosphodextrin was 62-phosphorylmaltotriose. It was deduced that beta-amylase hydrolysed (1→4)-α-d linkages from the non-reducing end until one or two d-glucosyl residues remained attached to the phosphorylated residue, depending on whether there was originally an odd or even number of glucosyl residues on the non-reducing side of the phosphorylated residue. |
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