1109-28-0Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Kinetics of maltooligosaccharide hydrolysis in subcritical water
Khajavi, Shabnam Haghighat,Ota, Shuji,Kimura, Yukitaka,Adachi, Shuji
, p. 3663 - 3667 (2006)
The kinetics of the hydrolysis of maltooligosaccharides with a degree of polymerization (DP) of 3-6 in subcritical water was studied using a tubular reactor at temperatures between 200 and 260°C and at a constant pressure of 10 MPa. The maltooligosaccharide disappearance and product formation at residence times shorter than 50 s could be expressed by first-order kinetics. The rate constants for the hydrolysis of each maltooligosaccharide were evaluated. There was a tendency that the exo-site glucosidic bond was hydrolyzed faster than the endo-site one irrespective of the DP of the maltooligosaccharide. The hydrolysis of the maltooligosaccharides was consecutively preceded, and the time dependence of the hydrolysis for maltooligosaccharides with different DPs could be calculated by simultaneously solving the mass balance equations for all the possible saccharides.
Anomer-Selective Glucosylation of l-Menthol by Yeast α-Glucosidase
Nakagawa, Hiroyuki,Yoshiyama, Masaaki,Shimura, Susumu,Kirimura, Kohtaro,Usami, Shoji
, p. 1332 - 1336 (1998)
l-Menthol was glucosylated by the α-glucosidase (EC 3.2.1.20) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae using maltose as the glucosyl donor. When 50 mg of l-menthol and 1.6 M maltose in 10 mM citrate-phosphate buffer (pH 5.5) were incubated at 45°C, l-menthyl α-D-glucopyranoside (α-MenG) was α-anomer-selectively formed as a product. The specificity of the α-linkage was confirmed by 13C-NMR analysis. In the reaction mixture after 2 h, α-MenG was mainly accumulated in a crystalline form and the concentration of dissolved α-MenG was constant at 1.4 mM. The molar conversion yield of α-MenG produced based on the supplied l-menthol was maximally 30.7% at 48 h of reaction.
GLYCOSIDE COMPOUND
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Paragraph 0319; 0320; 0383; 0384, (2013/11/06)
Compounds of formula (I″) wherein: R11, R12, R13, R14 and R15 are hydrogen, hydroxyl, C1-6 alkyl, C1-6 alkoxy, C1-6 alkyl-carbonyloxy, or a G-O— group, and at least one of R11, R12, R13, R14 and R15 is a G-O— group, wherein G is a saccharide residue,X1 is a single bond, or a methylene group, an ethylene group, a trimethylene group, a vinylene group or —CH═CH—CH2—,X2 is —CO—O— or —O—CO—,p and q are integer ofs 0 to 7, and p+q=0 to 8,Y1 is methylene, ethylene or an alkenylene group having a carbon number of 2 to 15 and 1 to 3 double bonds, andR16 and R17 are hydrogen, methyl or ethyl, or R16 and R17 form a C3-6 cycloalkyl group, are useful as GLP-1 secretion promoting agents.
Regioselective glucosylation of inositols catalyzed by Thermoanaerobacter sp. CGTase
Miranda-Molina, Alfonso,Marquina-Bahena, Silvia,Alvarez, Laura,Lopez-Munguia, Agustin,Castillo, Edmundo
, p. 93 - 101,9 (2020/08/20)
Monoglucosylated products of l-chiro-, d-chiro-, muco-, and allo-inositol were synthesized by regioselective α-d-glucosylation with cyclodextrin glucosyl transferase from Thermoanaerobacter sp. after hydrolysis of by products with Aspergillus niger glucoamylase. While the reactions carried out with d-chiro-, muco-, and allo-inositol resulted in the regioselective formation of monoglucosylated products, two products were obtained in the reaction with l-chiro-inositol. Through the structural characterization of the glucosylated inositols here we demonstrated that the selectivity observed in the glucosylation of several inositols by Thermoanaerobacter sp. CGTase, is analogous to the specificity observed for the glucosylation of β-d-glucopyranose and equivalent glucosides.
Branched alpha-glucan, alpha-glucosyltransferase which forms the glucan, their preparation and uses
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Page/Page column 18-19, (2010/06/11)
The present invention has objects to provide a glucan useful as water-soluble dietary fiber, its preparation and uses. The present invention solves the above objects by providing a branched α-glucan, which is constructed by glucose molecules and characterized by methylation analysis as follows: (1) Ratio of 2,3,6-trimethyl-1,4,5-triacetyl-glucitol to 2,3,4-trimethyl-1,5,6-triacetyl-glucitol is in the range of 1:0.6 to 1:4;(2) Total content of 2,3,6-trimethyl-1,4,5-triacetyl-glucitol and 2,3,4-trimethyl-1,5,6-triacetyl-glucitol is 60% or higher in the partially methylated glucitol acetates;(3) Content of 2,4,6-trimethyl-1,3,5-triacetyl-glucitol is 0.5% or higher but less than 10% in the partially methylated glucitol acetates; and(4) Content of 2,4-dimethyl-1,3,5,6-tetraacetyl-glucitol is 0.5% or higher in the partially methylated glucitol acetates; a novel α-glucosyltransferase which forms the branched α-glucan, processes for producing them, and their uses.
COMBINED USE OF DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV INHIBITOR COMPOUND AND SWEETENER
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, (2010/01/29)
The present invention provides a novel therapeutic or preventive method, a pharmaceutical composition and use thereof, that exhibit superior anti-obesity effects (body weight-reducing (losing) effects and/or body fat mass-reducing effects). Specifically, the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising the combination of a dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitor and a sweetener having a GLP-1 secretion-stimulating action, as well as use thereof for the manufacture of a medicament. The present invention also provides a method for treating or preventing obesity, comprising administering an effective amount of (a) a dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitor and (b) a sweetener having a GLP-1 secretion-stimulating action to a patient suffering from symptoms of obesity.
Molecular cloning and functional expression of a new amylosucrase from Alteromonas macleodii
Ha, Suk-Jin,Seo, Dong-Ho,Jung, Jong-Hyun,Cha, Jaeho,Kim, Tae-Jip,Kim, Young-Wan,Park, Cheon-Seok
experimental part, p. 1505 - 1512 (2010/03/01)
The presence of amylosucrase in 12 Alteromonas and Pseudoalteromonas strains was examined. Two Alteromonas species (Alteromonas addita KCTC 12195 and Alteromonas macleodii KCTC 2957) possessed genes that had high sequence homology to known amylosucrases. Genomic clones containing the ASase analogs were obtained from A. addita and A. macleodii, and the deduced amino acid sequences of the corresponding genes (aaas and amas, respectively) revealed that they were highly similar to the ASases of Neisseria polysaccharea, Deinococcus radiodurans, and Deinococcus geothermalis. Functional expression of amas in Escherichia coli was successful, and typical ASase activity was detected in purified recombinant AMAS, whereas the purified recombinant AAAS was nonfunctional. Although maximum total activity of AMAS was observed at 45 °C, the ratio of transglycosylation to total activity increased as the temperature decreased from 55 to 25 °C. These results imply that transglycosylation occurs preferentially at lower temperatures while hydrolysis is predominant at higher temperatures.
Isolation and characterization of a novel thermostable neopullulanase-like enzyme from a hot spring in Thailand
Tang, Kittapong,Kobayashi, Rutchadaporn Sriprang,Champreda, Verawat,Eurwilaichitr, Lily,Tanapongpipat, Sutipa
, p. 1448 - 1456 (2008/12/20)
A gene encoding a thermostable pullulan-hydrolyzing enzyme was isolated from environmental genomic DNA extracted from soil sediments of Bor Khleung hot spring in Thailand. Sequence comparison with related enzymes suggested that the isolated enzyme, designated Env Npu193A, was most likely a neopullulanase-like enzyme. Env Npu193A was expressed in Pichia pastoris as a monomeric recombinant protein. The purified Env Npu193A exhibited pH stability ranging from 3 to 9. More than 60% of enzyme activity was retained after incubation at 60°C for 1 h. Env Npu193A was found to hydrolyze various substrates, including pullulan, starch, and γ-cyclodextrin. The optimal working condition for Env Npu193A was at pH 7 at 75°C with Km and Vmax toward pullulan of 1.22 ± 0.3% and 23.24 ± 1.7 U/mg respectively. Env Npu193A exhibited distinct biochemical characteristics as compared with the previously isolated enzyme from the same source. Thus, a culture-independent approach with sequence-basing was found to be an effective way to discover novel enzymes displaying unique substrate specificity and high thermostability from natural bioresources.
ACCELERATOR FOR MINERAL ABSORPTION AND USE THEREOF
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Page/Page column 14, (2008/06/13)
The present invention has an object to provide an accelerator for mineral absorption and a composition containing the accelerator. The object is solved by providing an accelerator for mineral absorption comprising cyclic tetrasaccharide and/or saccharide derivatives thereof and a composition containing the accelerator.
Expression, purification, and characterization of the maltooligosyltrehalose trehalohydrolase from the thermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus ATCC 35092
Fang, Tsuei-Yun,Tseng, Wen-Chi,Guo, Meng-Shin,Shih, Tong-Yuan,Hung, Xing-Guang
, p. 7105 - 7112 (2008/02/03)
The maltooligosyltrehalose trehalohydrolase (MTHase) mainly cleaves the α-1,4-glucosidic linkage next to the α-1,1-linked terminal disaccharide of maltooligosyltrehalose to produce trehalose and the maltooligosaccharide with lower molecular mass. In this study, the treZ gene encoding MTHase was PCR-cloned from Sulfolobus solfataricus ATCC 35092 and then expressed in Escherichia coli. A high yield of the active wild-type MTHase, 13300 units/g of wet cells, was obtained in the absence of IPTG induction. Wild-type MTHase was purified sequentially using heat treatment, nucleic acid precipitation, and ion-exchange chromatography. The purified wild-type MTHase showed an apparent optimal pH of 5 and an optimal temperature at 85°C. The enzyme was stable at pH values ranging from 3.5 to 11, and the activity was fully retained after a 2-h incubation at 45-85°C. The kcat values of the enzyme for hydrolysis of maltooligosyltrehaloses with degree of polymerization (DP) 4-7 were 193, 1030, 1190, and 1230 s-1, respectively, whereas the kcat values for glucose formation during hydrolysis of DP 4-7 maltooligosaccharides were 5.49, 17.7, 18.2, and 6.01 s-1, respectively. The KM values of the enzyme for hydrolysis of DP 4-7 maltooligosyltrehaloses and those for maltooligosaccharides are similar at the same corresponding DPs. These results suggest that this MTHase could be used to produce trehalose at high temperatures.
