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Das R, Kayastha AM. An antioxidant rich novel β-amylase from peanuts (Arachis hypogaea): Its purification, biochemical characterization and potential applications. Int J Biol Macromol 2018; 111:148-157. [PMID: 29305882 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.12.130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2017] [Revised: 12/15/2017] [Accepted: 12/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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β-Amylase from un-germinated seeds of peanut (Arachis hypogaea) was purified to apparent electrophoretic homogeneity with final purification fold of 205 and specific activity of 361μmol/min/mg protein. The enzyme was purified employing simple purification techniques for biochemical characterization. The purified enzyme was identified as β-amylase with Mr of 31kDa. The enzyme displayed its optimum catalytic activity at pH5.0 and 60°C with activation energy of 4.5kcal/mol and Q10 1.2. The enzyme displayed Km and Vmax values, for soluble potato starch of 1.28mg/mL and 363.63μmol/min/mg, respectively. Thermal inactivation of β-amylase at 65°C resulted into first-order kinetics with rate constant 0.0126min-1 and t½ 55min. The enzyme was observed to act on native granular potato starch, which could minimize the high cost occurring from solubilization of starch in industries. Enzyme fractions scavenge 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical, indicating its antioxidative nature. In addition, the purified β-amylase was successfully utilized for the improvement of antioxidant potential of wheat. These findings suggest that β-amylase from peanuts have potential application in food and pharmaceutical industries.
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- Ranjana Das
- School of Biotechnology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India
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- School of Biotechnology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India.
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Srivastava G, Kayastha AM. Β-amylase from starchless seeds of Trigonella foenum-graecum and its localization in germinating seeds. PLoS One 2014; 9:e88697. [PMID: 24551136 PMCID: PMC3925156 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2013] [Accepted: 01/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum) seeds do not contain starch as carbohydrate reserve. Synthesis of starch is initiated after germination. A β-amylase from ungerminated fenugreek seeds was purified to apparent electrophoretic homogeneity. The enzyme was purified 210 fold with specific activity of 732.59 units/mg. Mr of the denatured enzyme as determined from SDS-PAGE was 58 kD while that of native enzyme calculated from size exclusion chromatography was 56 kD. Furthermore, its identity was confirmed to be β-amylase from MALDI-TOF analysis. The optimum pH and temperature was found to be 5.0 and 50°C, respectively. Starch was hydrolyzed at highest rate and enzyme showed a Km of 1.58 mg/mL with it. Antibodies against purified Fenugreek β-amylase were generated in rabbits. These antibodies were used for localization of enzyme in the cotyledon during different stages of germination using fluorescence and confocal microscopy. Fenugreek β-amylase was found to be the major starch degrading enzyme depending on the high amount of enzyme present as compared to α-amylase and also its localization at the periphery of amyloplasts. A new finding in terms of its association with protophloem was observed. Thus, this enzyme appears to be important for germination of seeds.
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- Garima Srivastava
- School of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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- School of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum) seeds do not contain starch as carbohydrate reserve. Synthesis of starch is initiated after germination. A β-amylase from ungerminated fenugreek seeds was purified to apparent electrophoretic homogeneity. The enzyme was purified 210 fold with specific activity of 732.59 units/mg. Mr of the denatured enzyme as determined from SDS-PAGE was 58 kD while that of native enzyme calculated from size exclusion chromatography was 56 kD. Furthermore, its identity was confirmed to be β-amylase from MALDI-TOF analysis. The optimum pH and temperature was found to be 5.0 and 50°C, respectively. Starch was hydrolyzed at highest rate and enzyme showed a Km of 1.58 mg/mL with it. Antibodies against purified Fenugreek β-amylase were generated in rabbits. These antibodies were used for localization of enzyme in the cotyledon during different stages of germination using fluorescence and confocal microscopy. Fenugreek β-amylase was found to be the major starch degrading enzyme depending on the high amount of enzyme present as compared to α-amylase and also its localization at the periphery of amyloplasts. A new finding in terms of its association with protophloem was observed. Thus, this enzyme appears to be important for germination of seeds.
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- Garima Srivastava
- School of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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- School of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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Biazus JPM, Santana JCC, Souza RR, Jordão E, Tambourgi EB. Continuous extraction of α- and β-amylases from Zea mays malt in a PEG4000/CaCl2 ATPS. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2007; 858:227-33. [PMID: 17889626 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2007.08.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2007] [Revised: 07/26/2007] [Accepted: 08/30/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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In the present work, alpha- and beta-amylase enzymes from Zea mays malt were recovered by continuous extraction in a PEG/CaCl2 aqueous two-phase system (ATPS). The influences of the flux rate (RQ), free area of vane (A(free)) and vane rotation (RV) on enzyme recovery were studied by optimization using response surface methodology (RSM). The protein content and enzyme activity were measured from time to time in the extract and refined fluxes. RSM curves showed a squared dependence of recovery index with the RQ, A(free) and RV. The best system for recovering the maize malt enzymes was with low vane rotation and flux rate and high free area of vane. Alpha- and beta-amylases were purified 130-fold in the salt-rich phase.
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- J P M Biazus
- DEQ, CCET, Federal University of Sergipe, São Cristóvão, SE, Brazil.
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Beta-amylase (EC 3.2.1.2) was isolated from germinating millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) seeds by a procedure that included ammonium sulfate fractionation, chromatography on DEAE-cellulofine and CM-cellulofine, and preparative isoelectric focusing. The enzyme was homogeneous by SDS-PAGE. The M(r) of the enzyme was estimated to be 58,000 based on its mobility on SDS-PAGE and gel filtration with TSKgel G4000SW(XL), which showed that it is composed of a single unit. The isoelectric point of the enzyme was 4.62. The enzyme hydrolyzed malto-oligosaccharides more readily as their degree of polymerization increased, this being strongest for malto-oligosaccharides larger than 13 glucose residues and very weakly for maltotriose. Amylose, amylopectin and soluble starch were the most suitable substrates for the enzyme. While the enzyme showed some activity against native starch by itself, starch digestion was accelerated 2.5-fold using alpha-amylase, pullulanase and alpha-glucosidase. This enzyme appears to be very important for the germination of millet seeds.
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- Yoshiki Yamasaki
- Research Institute for Bioresources, Okayama University, Kurashiki-shi, Okayama 710-0046, Japan.
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Isolation and purification of bioproducts from crude extracts can be obtained by affinity methods based on reversible binding of a specific molecule to ligand immobilized in a porous matrix. In the present work, nicrospheres based on chitosan matrix, which incorporated aminophenylboronic acid as a derivative, were prepared and characterized, aimed at developing a beta-amylase adsorption process. Kinetic curves and adsorption isotheriru of the crude extracts as well as the breakthrough curves for a frontal chromatographic separation method of a commercial sample of beta-amylase from soybean are presented. These results were compared to similar data obtained with a comercial microspheres gel based-on agarose.
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- Eduardo J Arruda
- Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Dom Bosco Catholic University, UCDB, C.P. 100, CEP 79117-900, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
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- Christine Finnie
- Department of Chemistry, Carlsberg Laboratory, Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-2500 Valby, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Starch degrading enzymes, viz., beta-amylase, glucoamylase, and pullulanase, were purified using magnetite-alginate beads. In each case, the enzyme activity was eluted by using 1.0 M maltose. beta-Amylase (sweet potato), glucoamylase (Aspergillus niger), and pullulanase (Bacillus acidopullulyticus) from their crude preparations were purified 37-, 31-, and 49-fold with 86, 87, and 95% activity recovery, respectively. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis showed single band in each case.
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- Sunita Teotia
- Chemistry Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas, New Delhi
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Van Damme EJ, Hu J, Barre A, Hause B, Baggerman G, Rougé P, Peumans WJ. Purification, characterization, immunolocalization and structural analysis of the abundant cytoplasmic beta-amylase from Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed) rhizomes. Eur J Biochem 2001; 268:6263-73. [PMID: 11733023 DOI: 10.1046/j.0014-2956.2001.02584.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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An abundant catalytically active beta-amylase (EC 3.2.1.2) was isolated from resting rhizomes of hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium). Biochemical analysis of the purified protein, molecular modeling, and cloning of the corresponding gene indicated that this enzyme resembles previously characterized plant beta-amylases with regard to its amino-acid sequence, molecular structure and catalytic activities. Immunolocalization demonstrated that the beta-amylase is exclusively located in the cytoplasm. It is suggested that the hedge bindweed rhizome beta-amylase is a cytoplasmic vegetative storage protein.
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- E J Van Damme
- Laboratory for Phytopathology and Plant Protection, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
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Use of alginate as a free bioligand incorporated in an aqueous two-phase system of polyethylene glycol 6000-salt resulted in considerable purification of wheat germ alpha-amylase and sweet potato beta-amylase from their crude extracts. The elution of the enzyme from the free bioligand was facilitated by exploiting the fact that alginate can be reversibly precipitated in the presence of Ca2+. alpha-Amylase could be purified 42-fold with 92% activity recovery. beta-Amylase on the other hand could be purified 43-fold with 90% recovery. Both purified enzymes showed a single band on sodium dodecylsulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.
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- S Teotia
- Chemistry Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas, New Delhi
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Ray RR. Purification and characterization of extracellular beta-amylase of Bacillus megaterium B(6). Acta Microbiol Immunol Hung 2000; 47:29-40. [PMID: 10735188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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The extracellular beta-amylase from starch induced Bacillus megaterium B6 was purified to homogeneity in a very convenient way; through molecular sieving as demonstrated by the presence of a single band of protein in SDS-PAGE and single peak in gel scanning. The molecular mass of the purified enzyme (monomer) was found to be unusually high, around 105,000 Da. The pH and temperature optima of the purified beta-amylase were at 6.9 and 60 degrees C, respectively. Mn2+ and exogenous thiols were found to play a remarkable role in reactivation of thermally and chemically denatured enzyme. The purified enzyme could saccharify both pure and low quality starches, where maltose could be detected as the major end product.
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- R R Ray
- Department of Microbiology, Bose Institute, Calcutta, India
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This review makes a comprehensive survey of microbial amylases, i.e. alpha-amylase, beta-amylase and glucoamylase. Amylases are among the most important enzymes and are of great significance in present-day biotechnology. Although they can be derived from several sources, such as plants, animals and micro-organisms, the enzymes from microbial sources generally meet industrial demands. Microbial amylases could be potentially useful in the pharmaceutical and fine-chemical industries if enzymes with suitable properties could be prepared. With the advent of new frontiers in biotechnology, the spectrum of amylase application has widened in many other fields, such as clinical, medicinal and analytical chemistries, as well as their widespread application in starch saccharification and in the textile, food, brewing and distilling industries. In this review, after a brief description of the sources of amylases, we discuss the molecular biology of amylases, describing structures, cloning, sequences, and protoplast fusion and mutagenesis. This is followed by sections on their production and finally the properties of various amylases.
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- A Pandey
- Laboratorio de Processos Biotecnologicos, Departamento de Engenharia Quimica, Universidade Federal do Parana (UFPR), CEP 81531-970 Curitiba-PR, Brazil
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The major sweet potato root protein, sporamin (which comprises about 80-90% of the total protein mass in the sweet potato) easily foams in a bubble/foam-fractionation column using air as the carrier gas. Control of that foam fractionation process is readily achieved by adjusting two variables: bulk solution pH and gas superficial velocity. Varying these parameters has an important role in the recovery of sporamin in the foam. Changes in the pH of the bulk solution can control the partitioning of sporamin in the foam phase from that in the bulk phase. A change in pH will also affect the amount of foam generated. The pH varied between 2.0 and 10.0 and the air superficial velocities (V0) ranged between 1.5 and 4.3 cm/s. It was observed in these ranges that, as the pH increased, the total foamate volume decreased, but the foamate protein (mainly sporamin) concentration increased. On the other hand, the total foamate volume increased significantly as the air superficial velocity increased, but the foamate concentration decreased slightly. The minimum residual protein concentration occurred at pH 3.0 and V0 = 1.5 cm/s. On the other hand, the maximum protein mass recovery occurred at pH 3.0 and at V0 = 4.3 cm/s.
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- S Ko
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
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Starch supported growth of continuous cultures of Bacteroides ovatus when this carbohydrate provided the sole source of carbon and energy. Inducible amylase and alpha-glucosidase activities were inversely related to dilution rate in starch-limited and starch-excess chemostats over the dilution rate (D) range D = 0.03/h to D =0.20/h, and were partly repressed during growth under conditions of starch-excess. Preparative isoelectric focusing of B. ovatus cytoplasmic extracts indicated the existence of three distinct starch-hydrolyzing enzymes. Incubation of active fractions from the isoelectric focusing cell with maltose and a variety of low-molecular-weight oligosaccharides (maltotriose, maltotetraose, maltopentaose, maltohexaose, maltoheptaose) identified a single amylase activity, an enzyme with combined beta-amylase and glucoamylase/alpha-glucosidase properties, and also a possible pullulanase. The ability of B. ovatus to synthesize several starch-hydrolyzing enzymes with different specificities and activities may confer a significant competitive advantage to this organism in the colonic ecosystem.
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- B A Degnan
- Medical Research Council, Dunn Clinical Nutrition Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2DH, UK
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Serafimova F, Franz A, Werries E. Detection, purification and partial characterization of beta-amylase from trophozoites of Entamoeba invadens. Mol Biochem Parasitol 1996; 83:175-81. [PMID: 9027750 DOI: 10.1016/s0166-6851(96)02765-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Trophozoites of Entamoeba invadens were able to ingest glucopolysaccharides and metabolize them. An activity capable of degrading these substrates was purified to apparent homogeneity. The enzyme was identified as beta-amylase (alpha-1,4-D-glucan maltohydrolase EC 3.2.1.2): It was active against glycogen, amylose and amylopectin in a ratio of 100:198:133 and was also able to attack linear alpha-1,4-glucooligosaccharides with more than three glucose moieties. All degradation experiments yielded maltose as reaction product, and no free glucose could be detected. While amylose was completely degraded, amylolysis of glycogen and amylopectin yielded limit dextrins besides maltose. The enzyme was completely inactive against cyclohexaamylose, cycloheptaamylose and pullulan, indicating its lack of endo-glucosidase specificity. Hydrolysis of 4-nitrophenyl-maltoheptaoside resulted in the successive removal of maltose units from the non-reducing end yielding 4-nitrophenyl-maltopentaoside, -trioside and -glucoside. No 4-nitrophenyl-glycosides with even numbered glucose moieties were formed from this substrate. The enzyme exhibited a relative molecular mass of M(r) = 45,000 +/- 5% by gel filtration and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) gel electrophoresis and the N-terminal sequence 1 VEVNVMLPL 9. Optimal hydrolysis was observed at pH 5.5 and a temperature of 42 degrees C. On the basis of inhibition by mercury ions and p-chloro-mercurybenzoate and abrogation of this effect by thiol reagents beta-amylase was identified as sulfhydryl-enzyme.
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- F Serafimova
- Fachbereich Biologie/Chemie, Abteilung Biochemie, Universität Osnabrück, Germany
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Two enzymes, amylase and protease of Streptomyces species were purified by a combination of ion exchange chromatography and gel filtration and characterized. The amylase had an exoaction on starch yielding maltose as a major end product and was identified as beta-amylase. The purified amylase had a molecular weight of 48,000 and was maximally active at 35 degrees C and at pH 6.0. On the other hand, protease had a molecular weight of 21,000 and was most active at pH 10.0 and at a temperature of 30 degrees C. The Km or MICHAELIS constant of amylase for maize starch was 0.333 mg/ml while that of protease for casein was 2.5 mg/ml. The feasibility of using the purified protease for various industrial application especially in the chillproofing of beer is discussed.
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- C A Etok
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calabar, Nigeria
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A monoclonal antibody, RS 5, was raised by injecting sieve elements isolated from tissue cultures of Streptanthus tortuosus (Brassicacae) into BALB/c mice and screening resultant hybridoma supernatants for the labeling of phloem using immunofluorescence microscopy. The RS 5 monoclonal antibody identifies a 57-kD protein on immunoblots, which is present in phloem-forming tissue cultures of S. tortuosus but is absent in cultures that lack phloem. Purified 57-kD protein of S. tortuosus is demonstrated to be a phloem-specific beta-amylase. Partial peptide sequences of the 57-kD protein of S. tortuosus are shown to be 96% identical with the corresponding portions of a deduced sequence reported for a major form of beta-amylase in Arabidopsis thaliana. The RS 5 antibody cross-reacts with the major form of A. thaliana beta-amylase on immunoblots, and the antibody also binds to the sieve elements of A. thaliana using immunofluorescence microscopy. The results suggest that the major form of A. thaliana beta-amylase is a phloem-specific enzyme.
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- Q Wang
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA
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Cheong CG, Eom SH, Chang C, Shin DH, Song HK, Min K, Moon JH, Kim KK, Hwang KY, Suh SW. Crystallization, molecular replacement solution, and refinement of tetrameric beta-amylase from sweet potato. Proteins 1995; 21:105-17. [PMID: 7777485 DOI: 10.1002/prot.340210204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Sweet potato beta-amylase is a tetramer of identical subunits, which are arranged to exhibit 222 molecular symmetry. Its subunit consists of 498 amino acid residues (Mr 55,880). It has been crystallized at room temperature using polyethylene glycol 1500 as precipitant. The crystals, growing to dimensions of 0.4 mm x 0.4 mm x 1.0 mm within 2 weeks, belong to the tetragonal space group P4(2)2(1)2 with unit cell dimensions of a = b = 129.63 A and c = 68.42 A. The asymmetric unit contains 1 subunit of beta-amylase, with a crystal volume per protein mass (VM) of 2.57 A3/Da and a solvent content of 52% by volume. The three-dimensional structure of the tetrameric beta-amylase from sweet potato has been determined by molecular replacement methods using the monomeric structure of soybean enzyme as the starting model. The refined subunit model contains 3,863 nonhydrogen protein atoms (488 amino acid residues) and 319 water oxygen atoms. The current R-value is 20.3% for data in the resolution range of 8-2.3 A (with 2 sigma cut-off) with good stereochemistry. The subunit structure of sweet potato beta-amylase (crystallized in the absence of alpha-cyclodextrin) is very similar to that of soybean beta-amylase (complexed with alpha-cyclodextrin). The root-mean-square (RMS) difference for 487 equivalent C alpha atoms of the two beta-amylases is 0.96 A. Each subunit of sweet potato beta-amylase is composed of a large (alpha/beta)8 core domain, a small one made up of three long loops [L3 (residues 91-150), L4 (residues 183-258), and L5 (residues 300-327)], and a long C-terminal loop formed by residues 445-493. Conserved Glu 187, believed to play an important role in catalysis, is located at the cleft between the (alpha/beta)8 barrel core and a small domain made up of three long loops (L3, L4, and L5). Conserved Cys 96, important in the inactivation of enzyme activity by sulfhydryl reagents, is located at the entrance of the (alpha/beta)8 barrel.
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- C G Cheong
- Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Korea
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Yoshigi N, Okada Y, Sahara H, Koshino S. Expression in Escherichia coli of cDNA encoding barley beta-amylase and properties of recombinant beta-amylase. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 1994; 58:1080-6. [PMID: 7765034 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.58.1080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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To express the cloned beta-amylase cDNA in Escherichia coli under control of the tac promoter, a plasmid pBETA92 was constructed. The plasmid consisted of 6312 bp. An extract of E. coli JM109 harboring pBETA92 had beta-amylase activity that produced beta-maltose from soluble starch. The enzyme production started in the logarithmic phase, increased linearly, and reached a maximum after 12 h. The recombinant barley beta-amylase gave two major (pI 5.43 and 5.63) and four minor (pI 5.20, 5.36, 5.80, and 6.13) activity bands on isoelectric focusing, and their pIs didn't change throughout the incubation. But Western blot analysis found that one beta-amylase having a molecular weight of about 56,000 was synthesized. The recombinant beta-amylase was purified from the cells by consecutive column chromatography. The purified enzyme gave a single band of protein on SDS-PAGE but showed heterogeneity on isoelectric focusing. The N-terminal amino acid sequence showed that the recombinant beta-amylase lacked four amino acids at positions 2-5 (Glu-Val-Asn-Val) when compared with the presumed amino acid sequence of barley beta-amylase. Therefore, the recombinant beta-amylase consisted of 531 amino acids, and its molecular weight was calculated to be 59,169. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of the recombinant beta-amylase and the nucleotide sequence of the junction position in plasmid pBETA92 indicated that GTG (Val-5 in the case of barley beta-amylase) at positions 27-29 from the SD sequence (AGGA) was the translation initiation codon. The properties of the recombinant beta-amylase were almost the same as those of barley beta-amylase except for the pI and the Km values for maltohexaose and maltoheptaose.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- N Yoshigi
- Brewing Research Laboratories, Sapporo Breweries Ltd., Shizuoka, Japan
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Totsuka A, Fukazawa C. Affinity purification of beta-amylases originating from plant using cyclomaltohexaose-immobilized Sepharose 6B in the presence of ammonium sulfate. Protein Expr Purif 1993; 4:333-6. [PMID: 8374302 DOI: 10.1006/prep.1993.1043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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This paper reports a novel method of affinity purification of soybean and barley beta-amylase on cyclomaltohexaose-immobilized Sepharose. Until now, it has been shown that sweet potato beta-amylase can be purified using the above absorbent but beta-amylases from soybean and barley seeds cannot. We found that soybean and barley beta-amylase becomes adsorbed specifically on the above absorbent if it is in solution with 1 to 2 M ammonium sulfate, and the adsorbed enzyme can be easily eluted with a buffer containing no ammonium sulfate. Employing this procedure, soybean beta-amylase was demonstrated to be purified about 10-fold to homogeneity as judged from analysis of both a sodium dodecyl sulfate-gel electrophoresis and the specific activity, using a crude enzyme preparation (sp act 95 U/mg) as a starting material. The specific activity of this highly purified enzyme (950 U/mg) was almost the same as that of crystallized soybean beta-amylase at 37 degrees C.
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- A Totsuka
- Genetic Engineering Laboratory, National Food Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Ibaraki, Japan
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The cDNA clones corresponding to soybean beta-amylase mRNA were isolated and sequenced. The cDNA contained an open-reading frame composed of 496 amino acids. The comparison of the amino acid sequence deduced from the cDNA with the N-terminal peptide sequence from mature enzyme proved that beta-amylase had no leader sequence. Employing the cDNA, the beta-amylase was directly synthesized in Escherichia coli by the expression vector pKK233-2 controlled by the tac promoter. The enzyme activity detected in E. coli lysate drastically increased with a lower cultivation temperature, and the total activity and specific activity of the enzyme in E. coli lysate cultured at 13 degrees C was 130-fold and 280-fold, respectively, the value at 37 degrees C. The enzyme produced in E. coli was purified by the affinity column chromatography of cyclomaltohexaose-immobilized Sepharose 6B. Employing the established expression and purification system of the enzyme, the functional ionizable groups in the active site were searched. His93, involving an imidazole, and Asp348, involving a carboxylate, in the highly conserved regions within the beta-amylases were replaced by Arg (H93R) and Ash (D348N) by site-directed mutagenesis, respectively. All beta-amylases, including the non-mutant and mutant beta-amylases, produced in E. coli exhibited lower Vmax values than that of beta-amylase isolated conventionally from soybean seeds. Especially the Vmax value of [H93R]beta-amylase was reduced drastically compared to that of the non-mutant; however, none of them lost their enzyme activities completely. Therefore, neither His93 nor Asp348 may participate in the catalytic reaction directly.
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- A Totsuka
- Genetic Engineering Laboratory, National Food Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Ibaraki, Japan
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Ren H, Madison JT, Thompson JF. Identification of an ethanol-soluble protein as beta-amylase and its purification from soybean seeds. Phytochemistry 1993; 33:535-9. [PMID: 7763795 DOI: 10.1016/0031-9422(93)85444-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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In the 60% ethanol extract of soybean seeds, a prominent protein band was visible after polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, which had a molecular weight of about 55 x 10(3) M(r). This protein was purified to homogeneity by buffered ethanol extraction and preparatory gel electrophoresis. Since the N-terminus was apparently blocked, the protein was cleaved with cyanogen bromide and the largest fragment was isolated and a partial sequence determined. The sequence of the 27 N-terminal amino acid residues matched a published soybean beta-amylase peptide sequence. In addition, the purified protein had a high specific activity for beta-amylase and was not a glycoprotein. Furthermore, the partial sequence (106 nucleotides) of a cDNA clone, isolated from a soybean seed cDNA library by antibody screening, matched the cDNA sequence of soybean beta-amylase except for one base. Therefore, the ethanol-soluble protein was identified as beta-amylase. The enzyme was purified to homogeneity using a two-step purification procedure with a yield of over 50%.
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- H Ren
- Section of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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Kohno A, Shinke R, Nanmori T. Features of the beta-amylase isoform system in dry and germinating seeds of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). Biochim Biophys Acta 1990; 1035:325-30. [PMID: 2145038 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4165(90)90096-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Five isoforms of beta-amylase were purified to homogeneity from alfalfa seeds (Medicago sativa L.) by chromatofocusing and cation-exchange chromatography. These isoforms were identified as beta-amylase based on their catalytic mode to the substrates. These isoforms of beta-amylase were also found in germinating seeds of alfalfa. All the isoforms existed in free form, because they could be extracted without reducing agent. The five isoforms had different isoelectric points (5.05, 4.97, 4.85, 4.82 and 4.77), but their Mr was the same (61 kDa) on SDS-polyacrylamide gels. The amino acid compositions were similar, but not identical, to each other. An antiserum raised against one of the five isoforms cross-reacted with all of other isoforms, but did not recognize the component 2 of soybean beta-amylase. The amounts of five isoforms increased during seed germination, which was responsible for significant increase of the beta-amylase activity in germinating seeds.
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- A Kohno
- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Kobe University, Japan
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A procedure for recovering Clostridium thermosulfurogenes produced beta-amylase from fermentation broth by partition was developed. The partition was achieved by addition of ammonium sulfate to an aqueous solution of the enzyme with (hydroxypropyl)methylcellulose. The beta-amylase-containing pellet formed upon centrifugation could be redissolved and the polymer recovered by a second salt addition. The process was not dependent on polymer/enzyme solution pH, but it was affected by temperature, polymer nominal molecular weight and loading, and fermentation carbon source. Unlike more traditional aqueous-phase partitions, such as poly(ethylene glycol)/dextran, the current approach appeared to be biospecific.
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- E A Miranda
- Department of Agricultural, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824
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An amylase from alfalfa (Medicago sativa L. c.v. Moapa) seeds was purified by column chromatography and gel filtration, followed by chromatofocusing on Mono P HR 5/20. The last step was effective for separation of the alfalfa amylase to a homogeneous state. The purified amylase was identified as beta-amylase from the fact that only beta-maltose was formed by the enzymatic degradation of soluble starch. The molecular weight and specific activity of the beta-amylase (E1%(280 nm) = 18.3) were determined to be 61,000 and 1,077 A.U./mg, respectively. The beta-amylase activity was inhibited by the modification of sulfhydryl groups with p-chloromercuribenzoic acid. The optimum pH and isoelectric point of alfalfa beta-amylase were 7.0 and 4.8, respectively, which were different from other plant beta-amylases.
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- A Kohno
- Department of Utilization of Biological Resources, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Hyogo
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The beta-amylase from Clostridium thermosulfurogenes was readily adsorbed onto raw starch. The adsorbed beta-amylase was eluted from raw starch by using boiled soluble starch solution as an elutant. The soluble starch treated beta-amylase could not adsorb onto raw starch which indicates that the soluble and insoluble substrate binding sites of the beta-amylase may be the same. The beta-amylase was purified to homogeneity by raw starch adsorption-desorption techniques and octyl-Sepharose chromatography. It had a specific activity of 4188 units/mg protein. The insoluble substrate adsorption-desorption technique may be used for the purification of other enzymes.
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- B C Saha
- Michigan Biotechnology Institute, Lansing, Michigan 48909
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Shen GJ, Saha BC, Lee YE, Bhatnagar L, Zeikus JG. Purification and characterization of a novel thermostable beta-amylase from Clostridium thermosulphurogenes. Biochem J 1988; 254:835-40. [PMID: 2461701 PMCID: PMC1135158 DOI: 10.1042/bj2540835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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An extracellular beta-amylase from Clostridium thermosulphurogenes was purified 811-fold to homogeneity, and its general molecular, physico-chemical and catalytic properties were determined. The native enzyme was a tetramer of 210 kDa composed of a single type subunit; its 20 amino acid N-terminus displayed 45% homology with Bacillus polymyxa beta-amylase. The beta-amylase was enriched in both acidic and hydrophobic amino acids. The pure enzyme displayed an isoelectric point of 5.1 and a pH activity optimum of 5.5. The optimum temperature for beta-amylase activity was 75 degrees C, and enzyme thermostability at 80 degrees C was enhanced by substrate and Ca2+ addition. The beta-amylase hydrolysed amylose to maltose and amylopectin and glycogen to maltose and limit dextrins, and it was inhibited by alpha- and beta-cyclodextrins. The enzyme displayed kcat. and Km values for boiled soluble starch of 400,000 min-1 per mol and 1.68 mg/ml, respectively. The enzyme was antigenically distinct from plant beta-amylases.
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- G J Shen
- Michigan Biotechnology Institute, Lansing 48910
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A beta-amylase like activity isolated from a cell homogenate of Entamoeba histolytica, and separated from other glucohydrolytic activities by gel filtration and isoelectric focusing, hydrolyzed amylose, amylopectin and glycogen, yielding maltose as reaction product. From the non-reducing ends of the 4-nitrophenyl-alpha-D-glycosides of maltotriose, maltotetraose, maltopentaose and maltohexaose the enzyme removed maltose units. The pH optimum for hydrolyzing the poly- and oligosaccharides was pH 6.5, and the temperature optimum was 29 degrees C. Estimation of relative molecular mass by gel filtration on Sephadex G 75 gave values around Mr = 32 000. The isoelectric point was found to be 5.7.
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Bureau D, Daussant J. Efficiency of a smooth desorption procedure for the purification of barley beta-amylase using immunoaffinity chromatography. Biochimie 1983; 65:361-5. [PMID: 6193816 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-9084(83)80158-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Immunoaffinity chromatography was used for a one step purification procedure of beta-amylase from the G25 Sephadex gel filtrated fraction of whole barley protein extracts. The immunoglobulin G (IgG) fraction of an anti-barley beta-amylase immune serum was immobilized on Ultrogel. A gentle desorption procedure was used, combining distilled water elution with an interrupted elution. The quality of the purification was assayed by using cross immunoelectrophoresis with a polyspecific anti-barley protein immune serum. The extent of the damaging effect of this procedure was evaluated on the specific activity of the enzyme and on its polymorphism, as displayed by isoelectric focusing. The results underline the efficiency of the purification procedure and its low denaturing effect on the beta-amylase. This opens new possibilities for some aspects of the enzyme study and for the purification of other biologically active proteins.
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Rashap RK, Iushkaĭte ZA, Glemzha AA. [Isolation and characterization of beta-amylase from Bacillus polymyxa N3]. Prikl Biokhim Mikrobiol 1981; 17:225-232. [PMID: 6165983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The effect of cultivation conditions of Bacillus polymyxa N 3 on the intensity of beta-amylase accumulation during cultivation, procedure of isolation and 100-fold purification as well as physico-chemical properties was investigated. From the culture medium the enzyme was isolated by ethanol precipitation. The highly purified enzyme was obtained by corn starch chromatography. The molecular weight of the PAAG homogeneous preparation was estimated to be 48,000. The optimum temperature of the enzyme reaction was 50 degrees C. The rate of soluble starch hydrolysis by beta-amylase was found to depend on pH.
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A gentle procedure for desorption in immunoaffinity chromatography was investigated. Barley beta-amylase absorbed on the Sepharose-immobilized IgG fraction of the anti-barley beta-amylase immune serum was used in this study. Elution with water did not desorb the antigen by using a continuous elution procedure. However, desorption with water became effective when the elution procedure involved an interruption of a few hours. Several factors of the desorption in these conditions were further investigated. At best, up to 35% of the absorbed antigen could be desorbed in one fraction. Preliminary assays carried out with another plant protein and its corresponding antibodies provided similar results.
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A simple method for the preparation of sweet potato beta-amylase by thymol amylose adsorption is described. The method is far more efficient and gives higher recovery of the enzyme. The crystalline enzyme thus obtained is found to be homogeneous by gel chromatography, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.
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