Evaluation of Thermus ruber as a source of thermostable (-glucosidase useful for production of glucose syrups

• Authors: I. Sinkiewicz , J. Synowiecki
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Thermus ruber produces (-glucosidase detected in the crude extract of cell proteins. This enzyme exhibits optimum actiivity at 65(C and pH 6,0. The enzyme was stable within a range of pH 5.5 to 8.0 and in 65(C for 60 min. The rate of p-nitrophenol-(-D-glucopyranoside cleavage was higher than that for maltose. With maltotetraose, maltopentaose and maltohexaose, the hydrolysis rate decreased with increasing the molecular weight of the substrate. Our data suggest that the starch converting process could be improved using (-glucosidase from Thermus ruber.

Keywords

EN

ENZYME; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSIDASE; THERMUS RUBBER

Discipline

• BIOTECHNOLOGY: BIOTECHNOLOGY

• Journal: Biotechnologia
• Year: 2009
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 134-146

Contributors

author

I. Sinkiewicz

author

J. Synowiecki

• Document Type: ARTICLE
• Publication order reference: Jozef Synowiecki, Katedra Chemii, Technologii i Biotechnologii Zywnosci, Wydzial Chemiczny, Politechnika Gdanska, ul. Gabriela Narutowicza 11/12, Gdansk, Poland