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Bu 4 and Glc4-Bu 5 as well as substrate 3a. The fractions
from the starting point (Rf ¼ 0:0) to that of Rf ¼ 0:13
might have been a mixture of polar butyl glycosides with
more glucose units and/or dextrins, including cyclo-
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The reaction mixture obtained from the glycosylation
of octyl maltoside 3b under the same conditions also
gave several spots on TLC, as shown in Fig. 1B. In this
case, too, the fractions at Rf ¼ 0:25, 0.46 and 0.70 were
isolated pure, and the compound at Rf ¼ 0:25 was found
to be octyl tetraglucoside 7, that of Rf ¼ 0:46 to be octyl
triglucoside 6, and that at Rf ¼ 0:70 to be octyl maltoside
(substrate 3b). The other fractions at Rf ¼ 0:12, 0.38 and
0.77 that could not be isolated pure might have been
mixtures of dextrins, possibly including cyclodextrins,
some small dextrins, and a product that formed by
the CGTase-catalyzed disproportionation of products
Glc3-Oc 6 and Glc4-Oc 7 as well as the substrate 3b,
respectively, as described above. A similar result was
observed, as seen in Fig. 1C, for the reaction of lauryl
maltoside 3c. Again, three products, lauryl tetraglucosde
7, triglucoside 6, and substrate 3c, were isolated and
identified. Although the other fractions at Rf ¼ 0:18 and
0.78 could not be identified due to nonhomogeneity, the
first one might have been a mixture similar to those of
Rf ¼ 0:13 in Fig. 1A and 0.12 in Fig. 1B, and that at
Rf ¼ 0:78 might also have been similar to ones in
Fig. 1A and B, as described above.
In the case of stearyl maltoside, with a longer carbon
chain and more hydrophobic, new spots on TLC were
found close to the starting point. The proton NMR
spectrum of the product isolated showed, however, that
the glycosyl moiety was much larger than those of the
stearyl carbon chain. Therefore, it was not possible to
determine correctly the number of glucose units in the
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In summary, the present study indicates for the first
time that CGTase can catalyse glycosyl transfer from
dextrin to maltosides of primary alcohols with 4–12
carbon atoms. This ability of CGTase might potentially
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Acknowledgments
We are acknowledged to the laboratory of SC-NMR
and the laboratory of API III mass spectrometry in
Okayama University.
14) The numbering of carbons in glycoside moiety is
described in Scheme 1. Glc2-Bu (3a): 1H NMR ꢀH
(CD3OD): 0.83 (3H, t, J ¼ 7:4 Hz, CH3), 1.31 (2H,
m, CH2CH3), 1.50 (2H, m, CH2CH2CH3), 3.16–3.81
(14H, OCH2, and protons on the carbons of the
maltose), 4.16 (1H, d, J ¼ 8:1 Hz, 1-H), 5.08 (1H, d,
J ¼ 3:9 Hz, 10-H). ESI-MS [M + NH4]þ m=z 416.3.
Calcd. for [M + NH4]þ, 416.2. Glc3-Bu (4): 1H NMR
ꢀH (CD3OD): 0.93 (3H, t, J ¼ 7:6 Hz, CH3), 1.40 (2H,
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