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Novel Maltogenic Amylase CoMA from Corallococcus sp. Strain EGB Catalyzes the Conversion of Maltooligosaccharides and Soluble Starch to Maltose.

ABSTRACT: The gene encoding the novel amylolytic enzyme designated CoMA was cloned from Corallococcus sp. strain EGB. The deduced amino acid sequence contained a predicted lipoprotein signal peptide (residues 1 to 18) and a conserved glycoside hydrolase family 13 (GH13) module. The amino acid sequence of CoMA exhibits low sequence identity (10 to 19%) with cyclodextrin-hydrolyzing enzymes (GH13_20) and is assigned to GH13_36. The most outstanding feature of CoMA is its ability to catalyze the conversion of maltooligosaccharides (≥G3) and soluble starch to maltose as the sole hydrolysate. Moreover, it can hydrolyze γ-cyclodextrin and starch to maltose and hydrolyze pullulan exclusively to panose with relative activities of 0.2, 1, and 0.14, respectively. CoMA showed both hydrolysis and transglycosylation activities toward α-1,4-glycosidic bonds but not to α-1,6-linkages. Moreover, glucosyl transfer was postulated to be the major transglycosidation reaction for producing a high level of maltose without the attendant production of glucose. These results indicated that CoMA possesses some unusual properties that distinguish it from maltogenic amylases and typical α-amylases. Its physicochemical properties suggested that it has potential for commercial development.IMPORTANCE The α-amylase from Corallococcus sp. EGB, which was classified to the GH13_36 subfamily, can catalyze the conversion of maltooligosaccharides (≥G3) and soluble starch to maltose as the sole hydrolysate. An action mechanism for producing a high level of maltose without the attendant production of glucose has been proposed. Moreover, it also can hydrolyze γ-cyclodextrin and pullulan. Its biochemical characterization suggested that CoMA may be involved the accumulation of maltose in Corallococcus media.

SUBMITTER: Zhou J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6029087 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Project description:The physiological functions of two amylolytic enzymes, a maltogenic amylase (MAase) encoded by yvdF and a debranching enzyme (pullulanase) encoded by amyX, in the carbohydrate metabolism of Bacillus subtilis 168 were investigated using yvdF, amyX, and yvdF amyX mutant strains. An immunolocalization study revealed that YvdF was distributed on both sides of the cytoplasmic membrane and in the periplasm during vegetative growth but in the cytoplasm of prespores. Small carbohydrates such as maltoheptaose and beta-cyclodextrin (beta-CD) taken up by wild-type B. subtilis cells via two distinct transporters, the Mdx and Cyc ABC transporters, respectively, were hydrolyzed immediately to form smaller or linear maltodextrins. On the other hand, the yvdF mutant exhibited limited degradation of the substrates, indicating that, in the wild type, maltodextrins and beta-CD were hydrolyzed by MAase while being taken up by the bacterium. With glycogen and branched beta-CDs as substrates, pullulanase showed high-level specificity for the hydrolysis of the outer side chains of glycogen with three to five glucosyl residues. To investigate the roles of MAase and pullulanase in glycogen utilization, the following glycogen-overproducing strains were constructed: a glg mutant with a wild-type background, yvdF glg and amyX glg mutants, and a glg mutant with a double mutant (DM) background. The amyX glg and glg DM strains accumulated significantly larger amounts of glycogen than the glg mutant, while the yvdF glg strain accumulated an intermediate amount. Glycogen samples from the amyX glg and glg DM strains exhibited average molecular masses two and three times larger, respectively, than that of glycogen from the glg mutant. The results suggested that glycogen breakdown may be a sequential process that involves pullulanase and MAase, whereby pullulanase hydrolyzes the alpha-1,6-glycosidic linkage at the branch point to release a linear maltooligosaccharide that is then hydrolyzed into maltose and maltotriose by MAase.

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Novel Maltogenic Amylase CoMA from Corallococcus sp. Strain EGB Catalyzes the Conversion of Maltooligosaccharides and Soluble Starch to Maltose.

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