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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2009

Characterization of two novel alpha-glucosidases from Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003.

Karina Pokusaeva, Mary O'Connell-Motherway, Aldert Zomer, Gerald F Fitzgerald, Douwe van Sinderen

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Karina PokusaevaDepartment of Microbiology, University College Cork, Western Road, Cork, Ireland.
Mary O'Connell-Motherway
Aldert Zomer
Gerald F Fitzgerald
Douwe van Sinderen
University College Cork · IE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Two alpha-glucosidase-encoding genes (agl1 and agl2) from Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003 were identified and characterized. Based on their similarity to characterized carbohydrate hydrolases, the Agl1 and Agl2 enzymes are both assigned to a subgroup of the glycosyl hydrolase family 13, the alpha-1,6-glucosidases (EC 3.2.1.10). Recombinant Agl1 and Agl2 into which a His(12) sequence was incorporated (Agl1(His) and Agl2(His), respectively) exhibited hydrolytic activity towards panose, isomaltose, isomaltotriose, and four sucrose isomers--palatinose, trehalulose, turanose, and maltulose--while also degrading trehalose and, to a lesser extent, nigerose. The preferred substrates for both enzymes were panose, isomaltose, and trehalulose. Furthermore, the pH and temperature optima for both enzymes were determined, showing that Agl1(His) exhibits higher thermo and pH optima than Agl2(His). The two purified alpha-1,6-glucosidases were also shown to have transglycosylation activity, synthesizing oligosaccharides from palatinose, trehalulose, trehalose, panose, and isomaltotriose.

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alpha-GlucosidasesBacterial ProteinsBifidobacteriumCarbohydrate MetabolismDNA, BacterialEnzyme StabilityHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationMolecular Sequence DataRecombinant ProteinsSequence Analysis, DNASubstrate SpecificityTemperaturealpha-GlucosidasesBacterial ProteinsDNA, BacterialRecombinant Proteins

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PMID19114534
PMCPMC2643558
OpenAlexW2107819228

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