Purification, characterization, and gene identification of an α-glucosyl transfer enzyme, a novel type α-glucosidase from Xanthomonas campestris WU-9701
作者:Toshiyuki Sato、Nobukazu Hasegawa、Jun Saito、Satoru Umezawa、Yuki Honda、Kuniki Kino、Kohtaro Kirimura
DOI:10.1016/j.molcatb.2012.04.014
日期:2012.8
The alpha-glucosyl transfer enzyme (XgtA), a novel type alpha-glucosidase produced by Xanthomonas campestris WU-9701, was purified from the cell-free extract and characterized. The molecular weight of XgtA is estimated to be 57 kDa by SOS-PAGE and 60 kDa by gel filtration, indicating that XgtA is a monomeric enzyme. Kinetic properties of XgtA were determined for alpha-glucosyl transfer and maltose-hydrolyzing activities using maltose as the alpha-glucosyl donor, and if necessary, hydroquinone as the acceptor. The V-max value for alpha-glucosyl transfer activity was 1.3 x 10(-2) (mM/s); this value was 3.9-fold as much as that for maltose-hydrolyzing activity. XgtA neither produced maltooligosaccharides nor hydrolyzed sucrose. The gene encoding XgtA that contained a 1614-bp open reading frame was cloned, identified, and highly expressed in Escherichia coli JM109 as the host. Site-directed mutagenesis identified Asp201,Glu270, and Asp331 as the catalytic sites of XgtA, indicating that XgtA belongs to the glycoside hydrolase family 13. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.