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https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb.60.921
Copy DOIPublication Date: Jan 1, 1996 | |
Citations: 23 | License type: free |
An amylolytic activity, which converts soluble starch to α,α-trehalose (trehalose), was found in the cell homogenate of the hyperthermophilic, acidophilic archaeum Sulfolobus solfataricus KM1. Two enzymes, a glycosyltransferase and an amylase, which are essential for this activity, were purified to homogeneity. A glycosyltransferase catalyzed the conversion of maltooligosaccharides to glycosyltrehaloses. Based on a detailed analysis of the reaction products, kinetic parameters, and an experiment using (3)H-labeled substrates, it was verified that glycosyltransferase transferred an oligomer segment of maltooligosaccharide to the Cl-OH position of glucose, located at the reducing end of the maltooligosaccharide, to produce a glycosyltrehalose having an α-1,1 linkage. The reaction appears to be intramolecular. Nine strains of the Sulfolobaceae family were found to have glycosyltransferases.
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