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. 1991 May;173(9):2962–2968. doi: 10.1128/jb.173.9.2962-2968.1991

Characterization of a neopullulanase and an alpha-glucosidase from Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron 95-1.

K A Smith 1, A A Salyers 1
PMCID: PMC207879  PMID: 1708385

Abstract

Previously, we constructed a gene disruption in the pullulanase I gene of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron 5482A. This mutant, designated B. thetaiotaomicron 95-1, had a lower level of pullulanase specific activity than did wild-type B. thetaiotaomicron but still exhibited a substantial amount of pullulanase activity. Characterization of the remaining pullulanase activity present in B. thetaiotaomicron 95-1 has identified an alpha(1----4)-D-glucosidic bond cleaving pullulanase which has been tentatively designated a neopullulanase. The neopullulanase (pullulanase II) is a 70-kDa soluble protein which cleaves alpha(1----4)-D-glucosidic bonds in pullulan to produce panose. The neopullulanase also cleaved alpha(1----4) bonds in amylose and in oligosaccharides of maltotriose through maltoheptaose in chain length. An alpha-glucosidase from B. thetaiotaomicron 95-1 was characterized. The alpha-glucosidase was partially purified to a preparation containing three proteins of 80, 57, and 50 kDa. Pullulan and amylose were not hydrolyzed by the alpha-glucosidase. alpha(1----4)-D-Glucosidic oligosaccharides from maltose to maltoheptaose were hydrolyzed to glucose by the alpha-glucosidase. The alpha-glucosidase also hydrolyzed alpha(1----6)-linked oligosaccharides such as panose (the product of the pullulanase II action on pullulan) and isomaltotriose.

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