Study of the action of human salivary alpha-amylase on 2-chloro-4-nitrophenyl α-maltotrioside in the presence of potassium thiocyanate
作者:Toshihiko Suganuma、Yoshiaki Maeda、Kanefumi Kitahara、Tomonori Nagahama
DOI:10.1016/s0008-6215(97)00150-x
日期:1997.9
The degradation mechanism of a synthetic substrate, 2-chloro-4-nitrophenyl alpha-maltotrioside (CNP-G(3)), by human salivary alpha-amylase (HSA) was investigated by kinetic and product analyses. It was observed that the enzyme attacked the various CNP-maltooligosaccharides (CNP-G(3) to CNP-G(6)) releasing free CNP. Addition of 500 mM potassium thiocyanate (KSCN) was also found to greatly increase the rates of CNP-release. It was the fastest with CNP-G(3), and, in the presence of KSCN, was almost comparable to that of degradation of maltopentaose (G(5)). On the other hand, addition of KSCN decreased the rate of cleavage between glucan-glucan bonds in maltopentaose. Product analysis showed that KSCN addition altered the cleavage distribution which occurred 100% at the bond between CNP and G(3), and that product distribution of free CNP was largely dependent on substrate concentration. Formation of CNP-G,, a larger product than the original substrate CNP-G,, was found to be present in the digest at high concentrations of substrate and in the presence of KSCN. Based on these results, a degradation pathway for CNP-G(3) involving transglycosylation besides direct hydrolysis is proposed. The increase of the CNP-release by the addition of KSCN would result from a corresponding increase in the interaction between the CNP moiety and the corresponding subsite near the catalytic site, as well as the enhancement of the catalytic efficiency. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.