Fructooligosaccharide production by a truncated Leuconostoc citreum inulosucrase mutant

Abstract Site-directed mutagenesis was performed on IslA4, a truncated form of inulosucrase (IS) derived from Leuconostoc citreum IS that contains only the IS catalytic domain. This truncated form is more hydrolytic than the wild-type enzyme and produces both high-molecular-weight inulin and fructoo...

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Published in:Biocatalysis and biotransformation 2010, Vol.28 (1), p.51-59
Main Authors: Rodríguez-Alegría, Maria Elena, Enciso-Rodríguez, Andrés, Ortiz-Soto, Maria Elena, Cassani, Julia, Olvera, Clarita, Munguía, Agustin López
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Language:English
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Bioconversions. Hemisynthesis
Biological and medical sciences
Biotechnology
fructooligosaccharides
fructosyltransferases
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
inulosucrase
Leuconostoc citreum
Methods. Procedures. Technologies
site-directed mutagenesis
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Summary:Abstract Site-directed mutagenesis was performed on IslA4, a truncated form of inulosucrase (IS) derived from Leuconostoc citreum IS that contains only the IS catalytic domain. This truncated form is more hydrolytic than the wild-type enzyme and produces both high-molecular-weight inulin and fructooligosaccharides (FOS). Among the various mutants obtained from IslA4 by following strategies designed for SacB (the levansucrase from Bacillus subtilis), S425A no longer produces inulin, but instead produces FOS exclusively and hydrolyzes sucrose. Reaction conditions were explored to increase FOS productivity by reducing the hydrolysis, resulting in 65% conversion from a 0.67 M sucrose solution. S425A displays complex kinetic behavior in which the transfructosylation rate is described by first-order kinetics, while sucrose hydrolysis follows Michaelis-Menten behavior. This combined model correctly describes both the overall initial reaction rate as well as the reaction evolution for FOS synthesis. S425A IS may be useful for the synthesis of FOS from sucrose.
ISSN:1024-2422
1029-2446
DOI:10.3109/10242420903388819