Purification and Characterization of Thermostable Maltooligosyl Trehalose Trehalohydrolase from the Thermoacidophilic ArchaebacteriumSulfolobus acidocaldarius

1 January 1996

journal article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry

Vol. 60 (2) , 263-266
https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb.60.263

Abstract

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 SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and a pI 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 degrees C, and was stable from pH 4.5 to 9.5 and up to 85 degrees 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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