Journal article
The maltodextrin transport system and metabolism in Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM and production of novel alpha-glucosides through reverse phosphorolysis by maltose phosphorylase : Maltose phosphorylase and reverse phosphorolysis
A gene cluster involved in maltodextrin transport and metabolism was identified in the genome of Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM, which encoded a maltodextrin-binding protein, three maltodextrin ATP-binding cassette transporters and five glycosidases, all under the control of a transcriptional regulator of the LacI-GalR family.
Enzymatic properties are described for recombinant maltose phosphorylase (MalP) of glycoside hydrolase family 65 (GH65), which is encoded by malP (GenBank: AAV43670.1) of this gene cluster and produced in Escherichia coli. MalP catalyses phosphorolysis of maltose with inversion of the anomeric configuration releasing beta-glucose 1-phosphate (beta-Glc 1-P) and glucose.
The broad specificity of the aglycone binding site was demonstrated by products formed in reverse phosphorolysis using various carbohydrate acceptor substrates and beta-Glc 1-P as the donor. MalP showed strong preference for monosaccharide acceptors with equatorial 3-OH and 4-OH, such as glucose and mannose, and also reacted with 2-deoxy glucosamine and 2-deoxy N-acetyl glucosamine.
By contrast, none of the tested di- and trisaccharides served as acceptors. Disaccharide yields obtained from 50 mm beta-Glc 1-P and 50 mm glucose, glucosamine, N-acetyl glucosamine, mannose, xylose or l-fucose were 99, 80, 53, 93, 81 and 13%, respectively. Product structures were determined by NMR and ESI-MS to be alpha-Glcp-(1 -> 4)-Glcp (maltose), alpha-Glcp-(1 -> 4)-GlcNp (maltosamine), alpha-Glcp-(1 -> 4)-GlcNAcp (N-acetyl maltosamine), alpha-Glcp-(1 -> 4)-Manp, alpha-Glcp-(1 -> 4)-Xylp and alpha-Glcp-(1 -> 4)- l-Fucp, the three latter being novel compounds.
Modelling using L. brevis GH65 as the template and superimposition of acarbose from a complex with Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum GH15 glucoamylase suggested that loop 3 of MalP involved in substrate recognition blocked the binding of candidate acceptors larger than monosaccharides.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | Wiley |
Year: | 2009 |
Pages: | 7353-7365 |
ISSN: | 17424658 , 1742464x , 14321033 and 00142956 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07445.x |
ORCIDs: | Abou Hachem, Maher , Duus, Jens Øllgaard and Svensson, Birte |