Volume 19, Issue 4 p. 247-248

The enzymatic reaction for the production of panose and isomaltose by glucosyltransferase from Aureobasidium

S. Hayashi

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S. Hayashi

Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Engineering, Miyazaki University, Miyazaki, Japan

Dr Sachio Hayashi, Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Engineering, Miyazaki University, 1-1 Gakuen Kibanadai Nishi, Miyazaki, 889-21, Japan.Search for more papers by this author
T. Hinotani

T. Hinotani

Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Engineering, Miyazaki University, Miyazaki, Japan

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Y. Takasaki

Y. Takasaki

Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Engineering, Miyazaki University, Miyazaki, Japan

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K. Imada

K. Imada

Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Engineering, Miyazaki University, Miyazaki, Japan

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First published: October 1994
Citations: 12

Abstract

Glucosyltransferase from Aureobasidium produced 212 mg ml-1 of glucosyl-oligosaccharides (panose: Glcα1→6Glcα1→4Glc 189 mg ml-1 and isomaltose: Glcα1→6Glc 23 mg ml-1) from maltose: Glcα1→4Glc at a high concentration (500 mg ml-1) and the efficiency of production was 42-4%. The enzymatic reaction from maltose to panose is reversible but that from panose to isomaltose is not.