Abstract

Dextransucrase hyper-producing Leuconostoc mesenteroides B-512FMCM and dextransucrase constitutive mutants B-742CB and B-1355C catalyzed the transfer of glucose from sucrose to other carbohydrates which were present or were added to the reaction digests. When the acceptor was a maltose, gentiobiose, lactose or raffinose, there was produced a series of oligosaccharide acceptor products or single product based on the kinds of enzymes and reaction conditions. To obtain the quantitative information about the yield and the distribution of acceptor products and dextran two experimental parameters were studied: a) the ratio of acceptor to sucrose and b) the amount of enzyme at constant carbohydrate concentration (100 mM). As the amount of enzyme increased, the synthesis of acceptor products (of maltose or gentiobiose) increased, and the formation of dextran decreased. As the ratio of acceptor to sucrose increased, the amount of dextran and the number of acceptor-products decreased and the amount of acceptor-products increased. When maltose or gentiobiose was an acceptor, the glucose from sucrose was transferred to the C-6 hydroxyl group of the nonreducing-end glucose residue of accepters to give a homologous series of isomaltosyl dextrins. In case of lactose or raffinose, there was produced only one acceptor product from B-512FMCM dextransucrase reaction. In the lactose acceptor reaction, the glucose from sucrose was transferred to the C-2 hydroxyl of the reducing end glucose residue of lactose. To get a series of oligosaccharides from lactose or raffinose acceptor reaction we used B-742CB dextransucrase or B-1355C alternansucrase with 500 mM sucrose in reaction digest.

본 연구에서는 dextransucrase hyper-producing Leuconostoc mesenteroides B-512FMCM과 dextransucrase constitutive mutants인 B-742CB 및 B-1355C에서 얻은 dextransucrase 및 alternansucrase를 이용하여 maltose, lactose, gentiobios 및 raffinose의 수용체반응을 수행하였다. B-512FMCM의 경우 수용체로서 maltose와 gentiobiose는 설탕에 대한 농도비가 1/1이하일 때 수용체에 ${alpha}$l-6으로 D-glucose가 결합한 일련의 올리고당을 생성하였고, 9/1이상에서는 단 두 가지의 수용체산물로서 maltose의 경우에는 panose와 isomaltosyl maltose를, gentiobiose의 경우에는 6$^2$-${alpha}$-D-glucopyranosyl gentiobiose와 isomaltosyl gentiobiose만을 생성하였다. 그러나 lactose는 유일한 산물인 2$^1$-${alpha}$-D-glycopyranosyl lactose만을 생성하였다. 효소양의 변화에 대해서 maltose와 gentiobiose의 수용체반응에서 생성된 수용체산물(올리고당)의 수와 양은 효소양이 증가함에 따라 증가하였으나 lactose의 경우에는 효소양의 증가에 대해 수용체산물 양의 변화가 크지 않았다. B-742CB dextransucrase와 B-1355C alternansucrase를 사용하면 B-512FMCM dextransucrase에서는 단 한가지만의 수용체산물을 생산하였던 lactose와 raffinose를 수용체로 하여 여러 가지의 수용체산물(올리고당)을 생산하였다.

Keywords

• Leuconostoc mesenteroides;
• dextransucrase;
• alternansucrase, acceptor;
• acceptor reaction;
• acceptor product;
• oligosaccharide