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. 2007 Oct 4;47(3):197–206. doi: 10.1007/s12088-007-0040-8

An overview of purification methods of glycoside hydrolase family 70 dextransucrase

Avishek Majumder 1, Ravi Kiran Purama 1, Arun Goyal 1,✉
PMCID: PMC3450344  PMID: 23100667

Abstract

The enzyme dextransucrase (sucrose:1, 6-α-D-glucan 6-α-glucosyltransferase, EC 2.4.1.5) catalyses the synthesis of exopolysaccharide, dextran from sucrose. This class of polysaccharide has been extensively exploited in pharmaceutical industry as blood volume expander, as stabiliser in food industry and as a chromatographic medium in fine chemical industry because of their nonionic nature and stability. Majority of the dextrans are synthesized from sucrose by dextransucrase secreted mainly by bacteria belonging to genera Leuconostoc, Streptococcus and Lactobacillus. Bulk of the information on purification of extracellular dextransucrase has been generated from Leuconostoc species. Various methods such as precipitation by ammonium sulphate, ethanol or polyethylene glycol, phase partitioning, ultrafiltration and chromatography have been used to purify the enzyme. Purification of dextransucrase is rendered difficult by the presence of viscous dextran in the medium. However, processes like ultra-filtration, salt and PEG precipitation, chromatography and phase partitioning have been standardized and successfully used for higher scale purification of the enzyme. A recombinant dextransucrase from Leuconostoc mesenteroides B-512F with a histidine tag has been expressed in E. coli cells and purifi ed by immobilized metal ion chromatography. This review reports the available information on purifi cation methods of dextransucrase from Leuconostoc mesenteroides strains.

Keywords: Leuconostoc mesenteroides, glucosyltransferase, dextransucrase, dextran, glucan, glycoside hydrolase

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