A novel α-glucosidase from the moss Scopelophila cataractae

• Authors: Yoshiki Yamasaki , Susumu Nakashima , Haruyoshi Konno
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Scopelophila cataractae is a rare moss that grows on copper-containing soils. S. cataractae protonema was grown on basal MS medium containing copper. A starch-degrading activity was detected in homogenates of the protonema, after successive extraction with phosphate buffer and buffer containing 3 M LiCl. Buffer-soluble extract (BS) and LiCl-soluble extract (LS) readily hydrolyzed amylopectin to liberate only glucose, which shows that α-glucosidase (EC 3.2.1.20) in BS and LS hydrolyzed amylopectin. The Km value of BS for maltose was 0.427. The Km value of BS for malto-oligosaccharide decreased with an increase in the molecular mass of the substrate. The value for maltohexaose was 0.106, which is about four-fold lower than that for maltose. BS was divided into two fractions of α-glucosidase (BS-1 and BS-2) by isoelectric focusing. The isoelectric points of these two enzymes were determined to be 4.36 (BS-1) and 5.25 (BS-2) by analytical gel electrofocusing. The two enzymes readily hydrolyzed malto-oligosaccharides. The two enzymes also hydrolyzed amylose, amylopectin and soluble starch at a rate similar to that with maltose. The two enzymes readily hydrolyzed panose to liberate glucose and maltose (1 : 1), and the Km value of BS for panose was similar to that for maltotriose, whereas the enzymes hydrolyzed isomaltose only weakly. With regard to substrate specificity, the two enzymes in BS are novel α-glucosidases. The two enzymes also hydrolyzed β-limit dextrin, which has many α-1,6-glucosidic linkages near the non-reducing ends, more strongly than maltose, which shows that they do not need a debranching enzyme for starch digestion. The starch-degrading activity of BS was not inhibited by p-chloromercuribenzoic acid or α-amylase inhibitor. When amylopectin was treated with BS and LS in phosphate buffer, pH 6.0, glucose, but not glucose-1-phosphate, was detected, showing that the extracts did not contain phosphorylase but did contain an α-glucosidase. These results show that α-glucosidases should be capable of complete starch digestion by themselves in cells of S. cataractae.

Keywords

EN

copper; Scopelophila cataractae; α-glucosidase; moss

• Publisher: Polish Biochemical Society
• Journal: Acta Biochimica Polonica
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 54
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 401-406

Dates

published

2007

received

2006-05-17

revised

2007-03-16

accepted

2007-04-17

(unknown)

2007-05-15

Contributors

author

Yoshiki Yamasaki

• Research Institute for Bioresources, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan

author

Susumu Nakashima

• Research Institute for Bioresources, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan

author

Haruyoshi Konno

• Research Institute for Bioresources, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan

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