一种新型淀粉酶的鉴定及其产酶菌株的筛选*

对筛选到的菌株ZX99产生的一种新型淀粉酶 (异麦芽低聚糖酶 )进行了分析鉴定。ZX99菌株能产生一种胞外淀粉酶 ,该酶能催化淀粉的降解产生异麦芽低聚糖。对原产酶菌株ZX99多次进行紫外线照射诱变后 ,获得了优良、稳定的变异菌株BS3.232 ,其产酶水平为原株的160 %。产物薄层层析证明 ,该酶能催化淀粉的降解 ,产生异麦芽糖、潘糖、异麦芽三糖和异麦芽四糖等低聚糖 ,但对普鲁兰基本不起作用 ,由此证明它是一种不同于新型普鲁兰酶 (neopullulanase)和传统淀粉酶 (amylase)的一种新型     

麦芽四糖淀粉酶基因优化表达及酶学性质分析

麦芽四糖淀粉酶是一种新型外切淀粉酶,从淀粉的非还原末端特异地顺序切割第4个α-1,4糖苷键,产物为麦芽四糖,广泛应用于食品、医疗保健等领域.对来自嗜糖假单胞菌(Pseudomonas saccharophila)的麦芽四糖淀粉酶基因序列进行优化,优化前后基因序列同源性达75％.将优化合成的成熟肽基因克隆至原核表达载体pET32a(+)上,转化大肠杆菌BL21(DE3),经IPTG诱导,重组蛋白主要以包涵体形式存在.包涵体经变性、复性、多步纯化,获得有活性的麦芽四糖淀粉酶.将麦芽四糖淀粉酶与不同来源的淀粉水解反应,结果表明,该酶能与7种不同来源的淀粉反应产生单一的麦芽四糖.经SDS-PAGE电泳,DNS法和硅胶板薄层色谱分析法(TLC)进行酶学性质分析,结果表明麦芽四糖淀粉酶的分子量约为57kDa,纯化后的酶液最适反应温度为45℃,最适反应pH为8.0.研究结果为麦芽四糖淀粉酶的研究和开发提供依据和参考.     

低聚异麦芽糖的产业化研究

异麦芽低聚糖是以淀粉为原料 ,通过酶的水介、葡萄糖基转移反应而生成的含α- 1.6糖苷健的异麦芽糖、泮糖、异麦芽三糖等分枝低聚糖的淀粉糖 ,是一种适合于廉价大量生产的双歧因子 ,其糖浆性质接近高麦芽糖浆 ,以其无作用量较大可达到 90 g/ kg,故可用于各种食品 ,作为甜味剂来制造具有整肠功能的保健食品。通常异麦芽糖制品中 ,各种分枝低聚糖含量要求达到5 0 %以上 ,其中主要功能性异麦芽糖低聚糖 (异麦芽糖、泮糖与异麦芽三糖 )的含量要求占总平均的 35 %以上 ,为了提高产品中异麦芽低聚糖的含量 ,本公司在日本、无锡轻大、上海市工业微…     

芽四糖淀粉酶产生菌的筛选与发酵条件的研究

从290个土样中分离到1380株细菌,加上本所其他课题组提供的细菌共1870株,其中有707株能分解淀粉,经过复筛、纸层析鉴定有3株菌的淀粉酶酶解液中主要产物是麦芽四糖,进一步用β－淀粉酶水解为麦芽糖,用萄葡糖淀粉酶水解为萄葡糖,确证为麦芽四糖。其中最优菌株为537．1,其酶解产物中麦芽四糖占90％,而其他两株菌的酶解产物中除麦芽四糖外,还有较多的麦芽糖及麦芽三糖,因此选择了537．1作为形成麦芽四糖淀粉酶的优良菌株,经鉴定,该菌属于产碱菌(Alcaligenessp．)。菌株537．1产酶的较好条件为t培养基中麦芽糖1．5％,蛋白胨0．5％,起始pH7—7．5,在27—28℃振荡培养48h。株537．1培养液可以酶解谷类、薯类和野生植物淀粉生成麦芽四糖。     

黑曲霉突变株葡萄糖淀粉酶的底物特异性

黑曲霉(Aspergillus niger)突变株T-21葡萄糖淀粉酶(GAI)仅能水解多种淀粉及麦芽低聚糖生成唯一产物β-葡萄糖,其水解麦芽糖及麦芽三糖的速度分别为200和570mg葡萄糖·h^(-1)·mg^(-1).GAI水解α-1,4键的速度比水解α-1.6键快100多倍.除了马铃薯淀粉外,对其它淀粉及麦芽低聚糖几乎都能100%地水解,但不能水解环状糊精,其水解各麦芽低聚糖的最先产物都比原底物少一个葡萄糖单位,说明GAI为一外切型淀粉酶.GAI对麦芽糖、麦芽三糖、可溶性淀粉、糯米淀粉、糊精及糖原的Km值分别1.92mmol/L、0.38mmol/L、0.053%、0.045%、0.059%、及0.076%,V_(max)分别为590、1370、1270、1520、1120和1220mg葡萄糖·h^(-1)·mg^(-1).D-葡萄糖酸-δ-内酯及麦芽糖醇对此酶分别具有反竞争性抑制和混合性抑制.     

黑曲霉突变株葡萄糖淀粉酶的底物特异性

黑曲霉(Aspergillus niger)突变株T-21葡萄糖淀粉酶(GAI)仅能水解多种淀粉及麦芽低聚糖生成唯一产物β-葡萄糖,其水解麦芽糖及麦芽三糖的速度分别为200和570mg葡萄糖·h~(-1)·mg~(-1).GAI水解α-1,4键的速度比水解α-1.6键快100多倍.除了马铃薯淀粉外,对其它淀粉及麦芽低聚糖几乎都能100%地水解,但不能水解环状糊精,其水解各麦芽低聚糖的最先产物都比原底物少一个葡萄糖单位,说明GAI为一外切型淀粉酶.GAI对麦芽糖、麦芽三糖、可溶性淀粉、糯米淀粉、糊精及糖原的Km值分别1.92mmol/L、0.38mmol/L、0.053%、0.045%、0.059%、及0.076%,V_(max)分别为590、1370、1270、1520、1120和1220mg葡萄糖·h~(-1)·mg~(-1).D-葡萄糖酸-δ-内酯及麦芽糖醇对此酶分别具有反竞争性抑制和混合性抑制.     

红曲霉葡萄糖淀粉酶的底物特异性

红曲霉（Monascus sp.）As 3.3491的葡萄糖淀粉酶具有多型性,其中的两个主要组分 E3和 E4得到了凝胶电泳均一的样品。比较了它们的底物特异性,同时与粗酶液和未分纯的 E3+4作了比较。从酶对底物的分解限度来看,粗酶液能100%的分解可溶性淀粉、直链淀粉、支链淀粉、糖原、玉米淀粉、马铃薯淀粉、麦芽糖和麦芽三糖,也能分解茁霉多糖（Pullulan）（35.8%）,潘糖（Panose6-α-葡糖基麦芽糖）（27.3%）、异麦芽糖（9.6%）、右旋糖酐（5%）、龙胆二糖（1.9%）。纯北的 E3和 E4仅能100%地分解糖原,麦芽糖和麦芽三糖,对其他底物的分解限度则有不同程度的降低,E3,E4和 E3+4之间没有明显差别,可以看出粗酶液中有能分解α-1,6-糖苷键的酶存在。各种酶样品均不能分解环状糊精（α,β和γ）,纤维二糖、龙胆二糖和（?）糖。比较了各种酶样品对不同底物包括不同平均链长的糊精的反应初速度,在用同样的百分浓度下,对麦芽糖、麦芽三糖、支链淀粉,可溶性淀粉等的反应初速度高,而对直链淀粉的反应初速度要低得多,这与它没有分枝,非还原性末端较少有关。对不同平均链长的小分子糊精的反应初速度随着链长的增加而增加。而对异麦芽糖的水解速度仅相当于麦芽糖的1%左右,E3,E4和 E3+4之间无明显的差别。用麦芽糖和可溶性淀粉为底物,比较了 E3和 E4的 Km 值和 Vmax值。两种酶对麦芽糖的Km 值均为1.38×10-1（%）,对于可溶性淀粉的 Km 值均为1.05（%）,Vmax也基本相同。E3和 E4对可溶性淀粉的水解产物均为β-葡萄糖,两种酶均能催化葡萄糖合成少量寡糖。     

一株产生淀粉酶杆菌Bacillus sp. GEL-09的筛选、鉴定及发酵条件优化

【背景】生淀粉酶可以水解生淀粉颗粒,在酒精发酵、白酒、黄酒和食醋的生料酿造工业中具有广阔的应用前景。【目的】从自然环境中筛选产生淀粉酶的菌,对其发酵条件及酶性能进行考察,为淀粉生料发酵过程提供优良菌种和酶资源。【方法】取木薯田土壤,经过稀释、热处理、富集培养以及木薯淀粉平板筛选培养基初筛,摇瓶复筛得到产高效降解生淀粉酶的菌株;经过菌落形态、细胞染色观察以及16S rRNA基因序列比对进行鉴定;对筛选菌株的发酵培养基和发酵条件进行优化,并对酶蛋白进行分离纯化和酶学性质分析。【结果】分离到一株具有较高生淀粉酶水解活力的菌株GEL-09,经鉴定为芽胞杆菌Bacillus sp.GEL-09;该菌在最优发酵条件下培养96 h,胞外酶活力达到430.6 U/m L,是优化前的2.8倍;酶学性质分析发现该酶为中温、中性酶,最适温度和p H为50°C和7.0;生淀粉降解能力对比发现,该酶的生淀粉降解能力值为62.3%,显著高于细菌α-淀粉酶、生麦芽糖淀粉酶和甘薯β-淀粉酶对生淀粉的降解能力。【结论】Bacillus sp.GEL-09在生淀粉酶生产方面具有良好的开发应用前景。     

米曲霉5037α-淀粉酶性质的研究

米曲霉(Aspergillus oryzae)5037产生的α-淀粉酶,酶反应最适温度范围为55—63℃,以60℃为最好。反应pH范围在4.4—6.0之间,最适PH为4.8—5.2。酶的pH稳定性为5.5—8.5。酶的热稳定性在50℃以下较好,加Ca~( )对酶的稳定性有显著的作用。凝胶电泳分析,此菌株产生的酶系较纯。酶作用产物为糊精和低聚糖,延长反应时间则产生麦芽三糖和多量麦芽糖以及部分葡萄糖。     

坚强芽孢杆菌β-淀粉酶基因的核苷酸序列分析

淀粉水解酶广泛用于淀粉加工业中,何秉旺等在选育产耐热β-淀粉酶菌株中得到一株坚强芽孢杆菌（Bacillusfirmus）725,该菌株产生的淀粉酶有较好的热稳定性,水解淀粉的主要产物为麦芽糖。自然菌株产生的淀粉酶往往是多种淀粉酶的混合,为进一步研究该菌株产生的淀粉酶的性质和在工业上应用的可能性,分离了三个淀粉酶基因,在大肠杆菌中克隆和表达[1]。其中重组质粒pBA150产生的淀粉酶的淀粉水解产物主要是麦芽糖［1］。β-淀粉酶（EC.3．2.1．2）水解淀粉的主要产物是麦芽糖,工业上可用于生产高麦芽糖浆,近年来又有β-淀粉酶用于啤酒工业的报道[2]。本文报道重组质粒pBA150的β-淀粉酶基因的序列分析及推导出的氨基酸序列同己知β-淀粉酶的氨基酸序列比较。     

New type of pullulanase from Bacillus stearothermophilus and molecular cloning and expression of the gene in Bacillus subtilis.

A new type of pullulanase which mainly produced panose from pullulan was found in Bacillus stearothermophilus and purified. The enzyme can hydrolyze pullulan efficiently and only hydrolyzes a small amount of starch. When pullulan was used as a substrate, the main product was panose and small amounts of glucose and maltose were simultaneously produced. By using pTB522 as a vector plasmid, the enzyme gene was cloned and expressed in Bacillus subtilis. Since the enzyme from the recombinant plasmid carrier could convert pullulan into not only panose but also glucose and maltose, we concluded that these reactions were due to the single enzyme. The new pullulanase, with a molecular weight of 62,000, was fairly thermostable. The optimum temperature was 60 to 65 degrees C, and about 90% of the enzyme activity was retained even after treatment at 60 degrees C for 60 min. The optimum pH for the enzyme was 6.0.     

Purification and characterisation of a malto-oligosaccharide-forming amylase active at high pH from Bacillus clausii BT-21

Bacillus clausii BT-21 produced an extracellular malto-oligosaccharide-forming amylase active at high pH when grown on starch substrates. The enzyme was purified to homogeneity by affinity and anion-exchange chromatography. The molecular weight of the enzyme estimated by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide electrophoresis was 101 kDa. The enzyme showed an optimum of activity at pH 9.5 and 55 degrees C. Maltohexaose was detected as the main initially formed starch hydrolysis product. Maltotetraose and maltose were the main products obtained after hydrolysis of starch by the enzyme for an extended period of time and were not further degraded. The enzyme readily hydrolysed soluble starch, amylopectin and amylose, while cyclodextrins, pullulan or dextran were not degraded. The mode of action during hydrolysis of starch indicated an exo-acting type of amylolytic enzyme mainly producing maltohexaose and maltotetraose. Amino acid sequencing of the enzyme revealed high homology with the maltohexaose-forming amylase from Bacillus sp. H-167.     

Contribution of a neopullulanase, a pullulanase, and an alpha-glucosidase to growth of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron on starch.

Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, a gram-negative colonic anaerobe, can utilize three forms of starch: amylose, amylopectin, and pullulan. Previously, a neopullulanase, a pullulanase, and an alpha-glucosidase from B. thetaiotaomicron had been purified and characterized biochemically. The neopullulanase and alpha-glucosidase appeared to be the main enzymes involved in the breakdown of starch, because they were responsible for most of the starch-degrading activity detected in B. thetaiotaomicron cell extracts. To determine the importance of these enzymes in the starch utilization pathway, we cloned the genes encoding the neopullulanase and alpha-glucosidase. The gene encoding the neopullulanase (susA) was located upstream of the gene encoding the alpha-glucosidase (susB). Both genes were closely linked to another starch utilization gene, susC, which encodes a 115-kDa outer membrane protein that is essential for growth on starch. The gene encoding the pullulanase, pulI, was not located in this region in the chromosome. Disruption of the neopullulanase gene, susA, reduced the rate of growth on starch by about 30%. Elimination of susA in this strain allowed us to detect a low residual level of enzyme activity, which was localized to the membrane fraction. Previously, we had shown that a disruption in the pulI gene did not affect the rate of growth on pullulan. We have now shown that a double mutant, with a disruption in susA and in the pullulanase gene, pulI, was also able to grow on pullulan. Thus, there is at least one other starch-degrading enzyme besides the neopullulanase and the pullulanase. Disruption of the alpha-glucosidase gene, susB, reduced the rate of growth on starch only slightly. No residual alpha-glucosidase activity was detectable in extracts from this strain. Since this strain could still grow on maltose, maltotriose, and starch, there must be at least one other enzyme capable of degrading the small oligomers produced by the starch-degrading enzymes. Our results show that the starch utilization system of B. thetaiotaomicron is quite complex and contains a number of apparently redundant degradative enzymes.     

Starch hydrolysing Bacillus halodurans isolates from a Kenyan soda lake

Fourteen obligate alkaliphilic and halotolerant bacterial isolates, exhibiting extracellular amylase activity at 55 degrees C and pH 10, were isolated from hot springs around Lake Bogoria, Kenya. From 16S rDNA sequence analysis, nine isolates shared 100% identity with Bacillus halodurans strain DSM 497T, while the rest shared 99% identity with alkaliphilic Bacillus species A-59. PCR of the intergenic spacer region between 16S and 23S rRNA genes (ISR-PCR) divided the isolates into two groups, while tDNA-PCR divided them into three groups. Bacillus halodurans DSM 497T had a different ISR pattern from the isolates, while it had a tDNA-PCR profile similar to the group that shared 99% identity with alkaliphilic Bacillus species A-59. All isolates hydrolysed soluble starch as well as amylose, amylopectin and pullulan. The amylase activity (1.2-1.8 U ml(-1)) in the culture broths had an optimum temperature of 55-65 degrees C, was stimulated by 1 mm Ca2+, and was either partially (16-30%) or completely inhibited by 1 mM EDTA. Activity staining of the cell-free culture supernatant from the isolates revealed five alkaline active amylase bands.     

Catalytic properties of the cloned amylase from Bacillus licheniformis.

A gene encoding a new amylolytic enzyme of Bacillus licheniformis (BLMA) has been cloned, and we characterized the enzyme expressed in Escherichia coli. The genomic DNA of B. licheniformis was double-digested with EcoRI and BamHI and ligated the pBR322. The transformed E. coli was selected by its amylolytic activity, which carries the recombinant plasmid pIJ322 containing a 3.5-kilobase fragment of B. licheniformis DNA. The purified enzyme encoded by pIJ322 was capable of hydrolyzing pullulan and cyclodextrin as well as starch. It was active over a pH range of 6-8 and its optimum temperature was 50 degrees C. The molecular weight of the enzyme was 64,000, and the isoelectric point was 5.4. It degraded soluble starch by cleaving maltose units preferentially but did not attack alpha-1,6-linkage. The enzyme also hydrolyzed pullulan to panose units exclusively. In the presence of glucose, however, it transferred the panosyl moiety to glucose with the formation of alpha-1,6-linkage. The specificity of transferring activity is evident from the result of the maltosyl-transferring reaction which produces isopanose from maltotriose and glucose. The molecular structure of the enzyme deduced from the nucleotide sequence of the clone maintains limited similarity in the conserved regions to the other amylolytic enzymes.     

Screening for and identification of starch-, amylopectin-, and pullulan-degrading activities in bifidobacterial strains

Forty-two bifidobacterial strains were screened for alpha-amylase and/or pullulanase activity by investigating their capacities to utilize starch, amylopectin, or pullulan. Of the 42 bifidobacterial strains tested, 19 were capable of degrading potato starch. Of these 19 strains, 11 were able to degrade starch and amylopectin, as well as pullulan. These 11 strains, which were shown to produce extracellular starch-degrading activities, included 5 strains of Bifidobacterium breve, 1 B. dentium strain, 1 B. infantis strain, 3 strains of B. pseudolongum, and 1 strain of B. thermophilum. Quantitative and qualitative enzyme activities were determined by measuring the concentrations of released reducing sugars and by high-performance thin-layer chromatography, respectively. These analyses confirmed both the inducible nature and the extracellular nature of the starch- and pullulan-degrading enzyme activities and showed that the five B. breve strains produced an activity that is consistent with type II pullulanase (amylopullulanase) activity, while the remaining six strains produced an activity with properties that resemble those of type III pullulan hydrolase.     

Purification and characterization of a thermostable raw starch digesting amylase from a Streptomyces sp. isolated in a milling factory

A raw starch utilizing microbe was isolated from mud in a milling factory. The 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) sequencing and morphological properties of the strain indicated that it belongs to the genus Streptomyces. A strongly raw starch digesting amylase was purified from the culture supernatant of the strain by chromatographic procedures. The specific activity of the enzyme was 11.7 U/mg, molecular mass 47 kDa, optimum pH 6.0, and optimum temperature 50 to 60 degrees C. The enzyme showed sufficient activity even at 70 degrees C. It was activated by calcium, cobaltous, and magnesium ions, and inhibited by copper, nickel, zinc, and ferrous ions. It formed maltose mainly from raw and gelatinized starch, and glycogen. No products were formed from glucose, maltose, maltotriose, pullulan, or cyclodextrins (CDs). The enzyme digested raw wheat, rice, and waxy rice starch rapidly, and raw corn, waxy corn, sweet potato, tapioca, and potato starch normally.     

Cloning of the debranching-enzyme gene from Thermoanaerobium brockii into Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis.

The gene for an enzyme with single or dual specificity on complex carbohydrates has been transferred from its native host (Thermoanaerobium brockii), a thermophilic anaerobe, into Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis. Most of the gene coding region is in a 2.2-kilobase PstI fragment that is common to the E. coli and B. subtilis chimeric vectors pCPC902 and pCPC903, respectively. Although the T. brockii debranching enzyme secreted from B. subtilis was unglycosylated and had less thermostability, more enzyme was secreted from B. subtilis (0.80 to 1.0 U/ml) than from T. brockii (0.23 U/ml). E. coli did not export any measurable enzyme. From the fermentation broth of B. subtilis containing pCPC903, three active species of the debranching enzyme were separated; two species are possibly protease digestion products of the larger protein (105,000 molecular weight). Whereas the enzyme can cleave all of the alpha-1----6 glucosidic linkages (and none of the alpha-1----4 bonds) in pullulan, it hydrolyzed mostly alpha-1----4 and very few of the alpha-1----6 linkages in starch. Upon hydrolysis of pullulan by the enzyme, only maltotriose was produced, while starch was digested to various-sized oligomers.     

Pullulanase from rice endosperm

Pullulanase (EC 3.2.1.41) in non-germinating seeds was compared with that in germinating seeds. Moreover, pullulanase from the endosperm of rice (Oryza sativa L., cv. Hinohikari) seeds was isolated and its properties investigated. The pI value of pullulanase from seeds after 8 days of germination was almost equal to that from non-germinating seeds, which shows that these two enzymes are the same protein. Therefore, the same pullulanase may play roles in both starch synthesis during ripening and starch degradation during germination in rice seeds. The enzyme was isolated by a procedure that included ammonium sulfate fractionation, DEAE-cellulofine column chromatography, preparative isoelectric focusing, and preparative disc gel electrophoresis. The enzyme was homogeneous by SDS/PAGE. The molecular weight of the enzyme was estimated to be 100 000 based on its mobility on SDS/PAGE and 105 000 based on gel filtration with TSKgel super SW 3000, which showed that it was composed of a single unit. The isoelectric point of the enzyme was 4.7. The enzyme was strongly inhibited by beta-cyclodextrin. The enzyme was not activated by thiol reagents such as dithiothreitol, 2-mercaptoethanol or glutathione. The enzyme most preferably hydrolyzed pullulan and liberated only maltotriose. The pullulan hydrolysis was strongly inhibited by the substrate at a concentration higher than 0.1%. The degree of inhibition increased with an increase in the concentration of pullulan. However, the enzyme hydrolyzed amylopectin, soluble starch and beta-limit dextrin more rapidly as their concentrations increased. The enzyme exhibited alpha-glucosyltransfer activity and produced an alpha-1,6-linked compound of two maltotriose molecules from pullulan.     

Purification and Characterization of Thermostable Pullulanase from Bacillus stearothermophilus and Molecular Cloning and Expression of the Gene in Bacillus subtilis

A thermostable pullulanase (alpha-dextrin 6-glucanohydrolase [EC 3.2.1.41]) from a newly isolated Bacillus stearothermophilus strain (TRS128) was purified and characterized. The enzyme hydrolyzed (1-->6)-alpha-d-glucosidic linkages of pullulan to produce maltotriose, and the optimum temperature was 65 degrees C. About 90% of the enzyme activity was retained after treatment at 65 degrees C for 60 min. By using pTB522 as a vector plasmid, the pullulanase gene was cloned and expressed in Bacillus subtilis.