Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry
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Purification and Characterization of Thermostable Maltooligosyl Trehalose Synthase from the Thermoacidophilic Archaebacterium Sulfolobus acidocaldarius
Tetsuya NAKADAShoji IKEGAMIHiroto CHAENMichio KUBOTAShigeharu FUKUDAToshiyuki SUGIMOTOMasashi KURIMOTOYoshio TSUJISAKA
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1996 Volume 60 Issue 2 Pages 263-266

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A thermostable maltooligosyl trehalose synthase was purified from a cell-free extract of the thermoacidophilic archaebacterium Sulfolobus acidocaldarius ATCC 33909 to an electrophoretically homogeneous state by successive column chromatography on Sepabeads FP-DA13, Butyl-Toyopearl 650M, DEAE-Toyopearl 650S, Ultrogel AcA44, and Mono Q. The enzyme had a molecular mass of 74, 000 by SQS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and a pl of 5.9 by gel isoelectrofocusing. The N-terminal amino acid of the enzyme was methionine. The enzyme showed the highest activity from pH 5.0 to 5.5 and at 75°C, and was stable from pH 4.5 to 9.5 and up to 85°C. The enzyme activity was inhibited by Hg2+ and Cu2+. The Kms of the enzyme for maltotetraose, maltopentaose, maltohexaose, maltoheptaose, and short chain amylose ((DP)^^-18) were 41.5 mM, 7.1 mM, 5.7 mM, 1.4 mM, and 0.6 mM, respectively.

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