Immobilization of glucansucrase for the production of gluco-oligosaccharides from Leuconostoc mesenteroides

Biotechnol Lett. 2012 Nov;34(11):2101-6. doi: 10.1007/s10529-012-1014-4. Epub 2012 Jul 25.

Abstract

Glucansucrase from Leuconostoc mesenteroides was immobilized in 1 % (w/v) with sodium alginate to produce oligosaccharides. Glucansucrase gave three activity bands of approx. 240, 178, and 165 kDa after periodic acid-Schiff staining with sucrose. The immobilized enzyme had 40 % activity after ten batch reactions at 30 °C and 75 % activity after a month of storage at 4 °C, which is six times more stable than the free enzyme. Immobilized enzyme was more stable at lower (3.5-4.5) and higher (6.5-7.0) pH ranges and higher temperatures (35-40 °C) compared with the free enzyme. Immobilized and free glucansucrase were employed in the acceptor reaction with maltose and each produced gluco-oligosaccharide ranging from trisaccharides to homologous pentasaccharides.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Proteins / chemistry
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism*
  • Chromatography, Thin Layer
  • Enzyme Stability
  • Enzymes, Immobilized / chemistry
  • Enzymes, Immobilized / metabolism*
  • Glycosyltransferases / chemistry
  • Glycosyltransferases / metabolism*
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Leuconostoc / enzymology*
  • Oligosaccharides / analysis
  • Oligosaccharides / metabolism*
  • Osmolar Concentration
  • Temperature

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Enzymes, Immobilized
  • Oligosaccharides
  • Glycosyltransferases
  • alternansucrase