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Enzymatic synthesis of 2-deoxyglucose-containing maltooligosaccharides for tracing the location of glucose absorption from starch digestion
Lee, Byung-Hoo,Koh, Dong-Wan,Territo, Paul R.,Park, Cheon-Seok,Hamaker, Bruce R.,Yoo, Sang-Ho
, p. 41 - 49 (2015/07/07)
Abstract The ileal brake mechanism which induces a potentially beneficial slower gastric emptying rate and increased satiety is triggered by macronutrients including glucose from glycemic carbohydrates. For optimization of this diet-induced health benefit, there is the need for a way to determine the location of glucose deposition in the small intestine. Labeled 2-deoxyglucose (2-DG) can be used to trace the location of glucose absorption due to its accumulative property in the small intestine enterocytes. However, because pure glucose, or 2-DG, is directly absorbed in the proximal small intestine, we designed 2-DG containing maltooligosaccharides (2-DG-MOs) that can be used with a mild α-glucosidase inhibitor to attain an analytical method for determining location-specific delivery of glucose and its physiological effect.
Cloning, expression, properties, and functional amino acid residues of new trehalose synthase from Thermomonospora curvata DSM 43183
Liang, Jiayuan,Huang, Ribo,Huang, Ying,Wang, Xiaobo,Du, Liqin,Wei, Yutuo
, p. 26 - 32 (2013/05/08)
A new trehalose synthase (TreS) gene from Thermomonospora curvata DSM 43183 was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli XL10-Gold. The purified recombinant enzyme (TreS-T.C) could catalyze the reversible interconversion of maltose and trehalose of sucrose into trehalulose without other disaccharides including isomaltulose at an optimum temperature of 35 °C and a pH of 6.5. The Km of TreS-T.C for maltose (96 mM) was lower than those for trehalose (198 mM) and sucrose (164 mM), suggesting that maltose is the optimum substrate. The maximum trehalose and trehalulose yields were 70% and >80%, respectively. Active TreS-T.C is a trimer comprising three identical 60 kDa subunits. Homology modeling analysis revealed that TreS-T.C had a GH13-typical (β/α)8 barrel catalytic domain. Two sites, one determining substrate specificity (L116) and the other affecting product formation (E330), were found near the active center by homology modeling combined with site-directed mutagenesis. TreS-T.C may be used effectively as a potential biocatalyst for the production of trehalose and trehalulose from maltose and sucrose in a one-step reaction, respectively. This study also provides a feasible and effective method for studying functional amino acid residues around TreS without performing crystal structure analysis and high-throughput screening.