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. 1970 Oct;104(1):138–144. doi: 10.1128/jb.104.1.138-144.1970

Presence of Binding Site for α-Amylase and of Masking Protein for This Site on Mycelial Cell Wall of Aspergillus oryzae

Minoru Yabuki 1, Sakuzo Fukui 1
PMCID: PMC248193  PMID: 5473882

Abstract

Mycelial cell wall of Aspergillus oryzae M-13 grown in an α-amylase-forming medium could not bind α-amylase (Taka-amylase A, EC 3.2.1.1). However, by treatment with 1.0 n NaOH at 100 C for 30 min, the wall gained the ability to bind α-amylase. This phenomenon was caused by removal of a factor (designated as masking factor) which masked the binding site for α-amylase. The masking factor was purified as a preparation giving a single peak in both ultracentrifugation (1.6S) and by gel electrophoresis (MBPB, 1.0). Approximately 20 μg of the purified factor, bound to 10 mg of the alkali-treated mycelial cell wall, prevented the binding of approximately 100 μg of α-amylase or released approximately 100 μg of α-amylase which previously was bound to the alkali-treated wall. These findings indicate that the factor has much higher affinity than α-amylase for the binding site on the mycelial wall. The masking factor was inducibly formed accompanying the secretion of α-amylase.

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