Purification and characterization of fructans with β‐2, 1‐ and β‐2, 6‐glycosidic linkages suitable for enzyme studies

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
GD BONNETT ◽  
Ian Sims ◽  
JA ST. JOHN ◽  
RJ SIMPSON

Fructan pentasaccharides were purified, in quantities suitable for use as substrates for enzyme assays, from Neosugar‐p‐(Meijj Seika Kaisha Ltd. Japan), tubers of Helianthus tuberosus L., L., and stems and leaf sheaths of Triticum aestivum L by a combination of gel‐filtration and RP‐HPLC. Fructan of higher molecular mass (mean DP = 30) was purified from Leaves of Lolium rigidum Gaud, that had been induced to accumulate fructan and characterized along; with the commercially available fructan from Cichorium intybus L. (Sigma, St Louis, USA) (mean DP = 33). The fructan pentasaccharide purified from H. tuberosus was found to contain exclusively 2, 1‐linked fructose and terminal fructose and terminal glucose, and was identified as (1, 1, 1)‐kestopentatise. The fructan pentasaccharide purified from Neosugar‐P also contained (1,1,1)‐kestopentaose. although the presence of fructan Klinked glucose and 1 % 2, 6‐linked fructose indicated that a small proportion of other kestopentaoses were present, The fructan pentasaccharide purified from T aestivum consisted of almost exclusively 2,6‐linked fructose and terminal glucose and terminal fructose and was considered to contain predominantly (6,6,6)‐kestopentaose. The presence of 1 % 2,1,6)‐linked fructose indicated the sample also contained a small proportion of branched kestopentanse. The high molecular mass fructan from C. intybus was found to comprise linear molecules containing only 2,1‐linked fructose, terminal glucose and terminal fructose‐ High molecular mass fructan from L. rigidum contained predominantly 2. h‐linked fructose, had predominantly internal glucose, indicated by 2 %, 1.6‐linked glucose, low levels of branching, indicated 2 % 2,1,6‐linked fructose residues; and 1% of the residues were 2,1 ‐linked fructose. Copyright © 1994, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
GD BONNETT ◽  
Ian Sims ◽  
JA ST. JOHN ◽  
RJ SIMPSON

Fructan pentasaccharides were purified, in quantities suitable for use as substrates for enzyme assays, from Neosugar‐p‐(Meijj Seika Kaisha Ltd. Japan), tubers of Helianthus tuberosus L., L., and stems and leaf sheaths of Triticum aestivum L by a combination of gel‐filtration and RP‐HPLC. Fructan of higher molecular mass (mean DP = 30) was purified from Leaves of Lolium rigidum Gaud, that had been induced to accumulate fructan and characterized along; with the commercially available fructan from Cichorium intybus L. (Sigma, St Louis, USA) (mean DP = 33). The fructan pentasaccharide purified from H. tuberosus was found to contain exclusively 2, 1‐linked fructose and terminal fructose and terminal glucose, and was identified as (1, 1, 1)‐kestopentatise. The fructan pentasaccharide purified from Neosugar‐P also contained (1,1,1)‐kestopentaose. although the presence of fructan Klinked glucose and 1 % 2, 6‐linked fructose indicated that a small proportion of other kestopentaoses were present, The fructan pentasaccharide purified from T aestivum consisted of almost exclusively 2,6‐linked fructose and terminal glucose and terminal fructose and was considered to contain predominantly (6,6,6)‐kestopentaose. The presence of 1 % 2,1,6)‐linked fructose indicated the sample also contained a small proportion of branched kestopentanse. The high molecular mass fructan from C. intybus was found to comprise linear molecules containing only 2,1‐linked fructose, terminal glucose and terminal fructose‐ High molecular mass fructan from L. rigidum contained predominantly 2. h‐linked fructose, had predominantly internal glucose, indicated by 2 %, 1.6‐linked glucose, low levels of branching, indicated 2 % 2,1,6‐linked fructose residues; and 1% of the residues were 2,1 ‐linked fructose. Copyright © 1994, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved


1996 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 609-612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhagyashree Joshi ◽  
Jayant M. Khire ◽  
Hephzibah SivaRaman ◽  
M. Islam Khan

A lectin was isolated from culture filtrates of Xanthomonas campestris NCIM 5028, by a simple procedure of hydrophobic chromatography on phenyl-Sepharose after ammonium sulphate precipitation. The lectin was a heterodimer, with subunit molecular masses of 30 000 and 28 000. Gel filtration on S-300 column, calibrated with markers, showed its molecular mass to be approximately 70 000. Its isoelectric point was 7.2. The agglutination of the rabbit erythrocytes by the lectin was inhibited by fetuin glycopeptides and host plant (Brassica oleracea) extracts.Key words: Xanthomonas campestris, lectin, purification.


1996 ◽  
Vol 316 (3) ◽  
pp. 841-846 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart M. PITSON ◽  
Robert J. SEVIOUR ◽  
Barbara M. McDOUGALL ◽  
Bruce A. STONE ◽  
Maruse SADEK

An endo-(1 → 6)-β-glucanase has been isolated from the culture filtrates of the filamentous fungus Acremonium persicinum and purified by (NH4)2SO4 precipitation followed by anion-exchange and gel-filtration chromatography. SDS/PAGE of the purified enzyme gave a single band with an apparent molecular mass of 42.7 kDa. The enzyme is a non-glycosylated, monomeric protein with a pI of 4.9 and pH optimum of 5.0. It hydrolysed (1 → 6)-β-glucans (pustulan and lutean), initially yielding a series of (1 → 6)-β-linked oligoglucosides, consistent with endo-hydrolytic action. Final hydrolysis products from these substrates were gentiobiose and gentiotriose, with all products released as β-anomers, indicating that the enzyme acts with retention of configuration. The purified enzyme also hydrolysed Eisenia bicyclis laminarin, liberating glucose, gentiobiose, and a range of larger oligoglucosides, through the apparent hydrolysis of (1 → 6)-β- and some (1 → 3)-β-linkages in this substrate. Km values for pustulan, lutean and laminarin were 1.28, 1.38, and 1.67 mg/ml respectively. The enzyme was inhibited by N-acetylimidazole, N-bromosuccinimide, dicyclohexylcarbodi-imide, Woodward's Regent K, 2-hydroxy-5-nitrobenzyl bromide, KMnO4 and some metal ions, whereas D-glucono-1,5-lactone and EDTA had no effect.


1990 ◽  
Vol 267 (3) ◽  
pp. 697-702 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Moreno ◽  
Y Sanchez ◽  
L Rodriguez

Invertase (EC 3.2.1.26) was purified to homogeneity from exponentially growing cells of Schizosaccharomyces pombe fully de-repressed for synthesis of the enzyme, and was shown to be a high-molecular-mass glycoprotein that can be dissociated in the presence of 8 M-urea/1% SDS into identical subunits with an apparent molecular mass of 205 kDa. The carbohydrate moiety, accounting for 67% of the total mass, is composed of equimolar amounts of mannose and galactose. There is a small amount of glucosamine, which is probably involved in the linkage to the protein moiety, since the enzyme is sensitive to treatment with endoglycosidase H. The composition of the carbohydrate moiety resembles that found in higher-eukaryotic glycoproteins and differs from glycoproteins found in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The protein portion of each subunit is a polypeptide of molecular mass 60 kDa, very similar to the invertase of Sacch. cerevisiae. Both proteins cross-react with antibodies raised against the protein fractions of the other, indicating that the two enzymes are similar.


Pteridines ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Sawada ◽  
Motoki Kanekatsu ◽  
Motoko Nakagoshi ◽  
Kenjiro Dohke ◽  
Teruhiko Iino ◽  
...  

Summary Sepiapterin deaminase has been purified approximately 6,000-told from the larval integument of the lemon mutant of the silkworm by several column chromatographic procedures. Sepiapterin and isosepiapterin were active substrates among various pteridines tested. The molecular mass of this enzyme was estimated to be 74 kDa by SDS-PAGE and 70 kDa by gel filtration, suggesting that the native form of the enzyme is monomeric protein . All silkworm strains, to the best of our knowledge, had an activity of the enzyme and the enzyme was widely distributed in the larval tissues. Sepiapterin deaminase may have an important function on the silkworm.


2004 ◽  
Vol 31 (12) ◽  
pp. 572-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fang Liu ◽  
Shinjiro Tachibana ◽  
Toki Taira ◽  
Masanobu Ishihara ◽  
Fumio Kato ◽  
...  

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