A Transglucosylase from Sclerotinia libertiana

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Abstract
A Sclerotinia enzyme preparation with predominant exo-.beta.-(1 .fwdarw. 3)-glucanase activity has the capacity to mediate the formation of tetrasaccharide from 3-O-.beta.-cellobiosyl-D-glucose or cellotriose and a pentasaccharide from 3-O-.beta.-cellotriosyl-D-glucose or cellotetraose. Transglucosylation is not observed when the enzyme is incubated in the presence of laminaritriose, laminaritetraose or cellobiose. Substrate specificity of the reaction therefore resembles certain features of exo-.beta.-(1 .fwdarw. 4)-glucanases. The optimum pH of the activity is 5.5 and the reaction is inhibited by nojirimycin but not by glucono-1,5-lactone. In contrast to the Sclerotinia glucanase, a Basidiomycete exo-.beta.-(1 .fwdarw. 3)-glucanase has no apparent transglucosylase activity. A transglucosylase may have been an undetected constituent in exo-.beta.-(1 .fwdarw. 3)-glucanase preparations used for promoting growth in auxin-depleted tissues.