• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권8호
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• pp.1401-1407
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• 2008

The roles of conserved amino acid residues (Va1329-Ala330-Asn331-Glu332), constituting an extra sugar-binding space (ESBS) of Thermus maltogenic amylase (ThMA), were investigated by combinatorial saturation mutagenesis. Various ThMA mutants were firstly screened on the basis of starch hydrolyzing activity and their enzymatic properties were characterized in detail. Most of the ThMA variants showed remarkable decreases in their hydrolyzing activity, but their specificity against various substrates could be altered by mutagenesis. Unexpectedly, mutant H-16 (Gly-Leu-Val-Tyr) showed almost identical hydrolyzing and transglycosylation activities to wild type, whereas K-33 (Ser-Gly-Asp-Glu) showed an extremely low transglycosylation activity. Interestingly, K-33 produced glucose, maltose, and acarviosine from acarbose, whereas ThMA hydrolyzed acarbose to only glucose and acarviosine-glucose. These results propose that the substrate specificity, hydrolysis pattern, and transglycosylation activity of ThMA can be modulated by combinatorial mutations near the ESBS.

• 한국생명과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생명과학회 2003년도 제39회 학술심포지움
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• pp.23-37
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• 2003

A novel inhibitor against maltose-producing a-amylase was prepared via stepwise degradation of a high molecular weight acarbose (HMWA) using Thermus maltogenic amylase (ThMA). The structure of the purified inhibitor was determined to be ${\alpha}$-D-glucopyranosyl-${\alpha}$-acarviosinyl-D-glucopyranose (GlcAcvGlc). Progress curves of p-nitrophenyl-${\alpha}$-D-maltoside (PNPG2) hydrolysis by various amylolytic enzymes, including maltogenase (MGase), ThMA, and cyclodextrinase(CDase) I-5, in the presence of acarbose or GlcAcvGlc indicated a slow-binding mode of inhibition. The inhibition potency of GlcAcvGlc for MGase, ThMA, and CDase I-5 was 3 orders of magnitude higher than that of acarbose.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.969-975
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• 2003

Two conserved amino acid residues in the extra sugar-binding space near the catalytic site of Thermus maltogenic amylase (ThMA) were analyzed for their role in the hydrolysis and transglycosylation activity of the enzyme. Site-directed mutagenesis was carried out by replacing N33l with a lysine (N331K), E332 with a histidine (E332H), or by replacing both residues at the same time (N331K/E332H). The measured $K_m$ values indicated that affinities toward all substrates tested, including starch, pullulan, ${\beta}-cyclomaltodextrin$, and acarbose, were lower in all the mutants compared to that of wild-type ThMA, leading to reduced hydrolysis activity. In addition, the lower ratio of transglycosylation to hydrolysis in the mutants compared to that in the wild-type ThMA indicated that these mutants preferred hydrolysis to the transglycosylation reaction. These results demonstrated that the conserved dipeptide at 331 and 332 of ThMA is directly involved in the formation and accumulation of transfer products by accommodating acceptor sugar molecules.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.363-369
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• 2016

Listeria innocua ATCC 33090 유전체로부터 maltose/maltodextrin 이용과 관련한 유전자 클러스터를 발견하였으며, 그로부터 cyclomaltodextrinase (LICD)로 예상되는 유전자를 클로닝하고, 대장균 내에서 발현하였다. LICD는 총 591개의 아미노산으로 이루어진 68.6 kDa 크기의 효소이며, 일반적인 CDase 계열 효소들과 39−58%의 아미노산 서열 상동성을 나타내었다. 재조합 LICD는 37℃, pH 7.0의 조건에서 최대 활성을 나타내었으며, cyclodextrin, starch, maltotriose에 작용하여 주로 maltose를 생성하였다. 또한 pullulan을 분해하여 panose를, 그리고 acarbose를 분해하여 glucose와 acarviosine-glucose를 생성하는 전형적인 CDase 계열 효소임을 확인하였다. 그러나, starch 및 pullulan과 같은 고분자기질 대비 cyclodextrin 및 maltotriose의 저분자 소당류에 대해 상대적으로 높은 활성을 나타내며, acarbose 분해 활성이 매우 낮아 다른 효소들과 차별성을 가진다. 또한 LICD는 acarbose 공여체를 가수분해하여 수용체에 전이하는 당전이 활성을 보였다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제53권3호
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• pp.208-215
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• 2017

Streptococcus pyogenes ATCC 700294 유전체로부터 cyclomaltodextrinase (SPCD)로 예상되는 유전자를 발견하였다. SPCD는 총 567개의 아미노산으로 이루어진 66.8 kDa의 효소이며, 기존에 알려진 CDase 계열 효소들과 37% 미만의 아미노산 서열 상동성을 가진다. 본 연구에서는 SPCD 유전자를 클로닝하였으며, 대장균 내에서 카복시 말단에 6개의 histidine 잔기가 결합된 dimer 형태로 발현 및 정제되었다. SPCD는 pH 7.5, $45^{\circ}C$의 반응조건에서 최대의 활성을 나타내었으며, ${\beta}$-cyclodextrin, starch, maltotriose를 기질로 반응하여 maltose를 주산물로 생성하였다. 또한 pullulan을 panose 단위로 분해하며, acarbose를 glucose와 acarviosine-glucose로 가수분해하는 CDase 계열의 효소로 확인되었다. 그러나, SPCD는 다른 효소에 비해 저분자 소당류인 ${\beta}$-cyclodextrin에 대한 활성이 매우 높고, starch 및 pullulan과 같은 고분자 기질에 대해 매우 낮은 활성을 보였다. 또한 maltotriose 분해 활성이 매우 낮은 반면 acarbose에 대해 상대적으로 높은 가수분해 활성을 가지나, 당전이 활성은 매우 낮아 다른 CDase 계열 효소들과 구별된다.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.776-781
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• 2009

A putative cyclomaltodextrinase (BHCD) gene was found from the genome of Bacillus halodurans C-125, which encodes 578 amino acids with a predicted molecular mass of 67,279 Da. It shares 42-59% of amino acid sequence identity with common cyclomaltodextrinase (CDase)-family enzymes. The corresponding gene was cloned by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and the dimeric enzyme with C-terminal 6-histidines was successfully overproduced and purified from recombinant Escherichia coli. BHCD showed the highest activity against ${\beta}-CD$ at pH 7.0 and $50^{\circ}C$. Due to its versatile hydrolysis and transglycosylation activities, BHCD has been confirmed as a member of CDases. However, BHCD can be distinguished from other typical CDases on the basis of its novel multisubstrate specificity. While typical CDases have over 10 times higher activity on ${\beta}-CD$ than starch or pullulan, the CD-hydrolyzing activity of BHCD is only 2.3 times higher than pullulan. In particular, it showed significantly higher activity ratio of maltotriose to acarbose than other common CDase-family enzymes.