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J. Biochem, 1976, Vol. 79, No. 6 1301-1308
© 1976 Japanese Biochemical Society

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Purification and Properties of the Extracellular Dextransucrase from Leuconostoc mesenteroides NRRL B-1299

Mikihiko KOBAYASHI and Kazuo MATSUDA

Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University Sendai, Miyadai 980

Dextransucrase [EC 2.4.1. 5] activity from cell-free culture supernatant of Leuconostoc mesenteroides NRRL B-1299 was purified by (NH4)2SO4 fractionation, adsorption on hydroxyapatite, chromatography on DEAE-cellulose and gel filtration on Sephadex G-75. The extracellular enzyme was separated into two principal forms, enzymes I and N, and the latter was shown to be an aggregated form of the protomer, enzyme I. Enzymes I and N were both electrophoretically homogeneous and their relative activities reached 820 and 647 times that of the culture supernatant, respectively. On sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS)-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, enzyme N dissociated into the protomer enzyme I, with a molecular weight of 48, 000, Enzyme I was gradually converted into enzyme N upon aging, and this conversion was stimulated in the presence of NaCl. The optimum pH and temperature of enzyme I activity were pH 6.0 and 40°, respectively, while those of enzyme N were pH 5.5 and 35°. The Km values of enzymes I and N were 13.9 and 13.1 mM, respectively. Ca2+, Mg2+, Fe2+, and Co2+ stimulated the activity of enzyme N, and EDTA showed a potent inhibitory effect on this enzyme. Moreover, the activity of enzyme N was more effectively stimulated by exogenous dextrans as compared with enzyme I.


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