• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.851-855
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• 2006

Acarviosine-glucose (AcvGlc) is an ${\alpha}$-glucosidase inhibitor and has similar inhibitory activity to acarbose in vitro. We synthesized AcvGlc by treating acarbose with Bacillus stearothermophilus maltogenic amylase and fed C57BL/6J and db/db mice with diets containing purified AcvGlc and acarbose for 1 week. AcvGlc (50 and 100 mg/100 g diet) significantly reduced plasma glucose and triglyceride levels in db/db mice by 42 and 51 %, respectively (p<0.0001). The hypoglycemic and hypotriglyceridemic effects of AcvGlc were slightly, but significantly, greater than those seen with acarbose treatment (p<0.0001) in C57BL/6J mice. In an oral glucose tolerance test, glucose tolerance was significantly improved at all time points (p<0.01). The expression of two novel glucose transporters (GLUTs), GLUT10 and GLUT12, were examined by Western blot analysis. GLUT10 was markedly increased in the db/db livers. After AcvGlc treatment, the expression of hepatic GLUT10 was decreased whereas intestinal GLUT12 was significantly increased in both strains of mice. Our results show that AcvGlc improves plasma lipid and glucose metabolism slightly more than acarbose. Regulation of hepatic GLUT10 and intestinal GLUT12 may be important in controlling blood glucose levels.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.302-307
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• 2008

Novel amylase inhibitors were synthesized via transglycosylation by Thermotoga maritima glucosidase (TMG). TMG hydrolyzes acarbose, acarviosine-glucose, and maltooligosaccharide by releasing $^{14}C$-labeled glucose from the reducing end of each molecule. When TMG was incubated with acarviosine-glucose (the donor) and glucose (the acceptor), two major transfer products, compounds 1 and 2, were formed via transglycosylation. The structures of the transfer products were determined using thin-layer chromatography (TLC), high-performance ion chromatography (HPIC), and $^{13}C$ nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The results indicate that acarviosine was transferred to glucose at either C-6, to give a $\alpha-(1{\rightarrow}6$) glycosidic linkage, or at C-3, to produce an $\alpha-(1{\rightarrow}3$) glycosidic linkage. The transfer products showed a mixed-type inhibition against porcine pancreatic $\alpha$-amylase; therefore, they may be useful not only as inhibitors but also as acarbose transition-state analogs to study the mechanism of amylase inhibition.

• 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.

• 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.