title: Effective production of glycosyl-steviosides by alpha-1,6 transglucosylation of dextrin dextranase.
abstract: Dextrin dextranase (EC 2.4.1.2; DDase), which is produced by Acetobacter capsulatus ATCC 11894, acted on a mixture of stevioside and starch hydrolysate with isoamylase, so that the enzyme was found to convert stevioside to predominantly mono-glucosyl-stevioside (SG1) and di-glucosyl-stevioside (SG2), and little of the stevioside initially added remained. SG1 was separated into two compounds (SG1a and SG1b) by reversed-phase high-pressure liquid chromatography. The structures of SG1a, SG1b, and SG2 were analyzed and concluded to be 13-O-(6-alpha-glucosyl-2-beta-glucosyl-beta-glucosyl)-19-O-beta-glucosyl -steviol, 13-O-[(6-alpha-glucosyl)(2-beta-glucosyl)-beta-glucosyl]-19-O- glucosyl-steviol, and 13-O-[(6-alpha-glucosyl)(6-alpha-glucosyl-2-beta- glucosyl)-beta-glucosyl]-19-O-beta-glucosyl-steviol, respectively. During the reaction for production of glycosyl-steviosides, DDase catalyzes transglucosylations from glucosyl donor compounds to stevioside to be SG1a and SG1b, and to SG1b to be SG2 rapidly forming alpha-1,6 glucosidic linkages. However transglucosylation to SG1a to be SG2 rarely occurred, and the conversions among stevioside and these glycosyl-steviosides were catalyzed by the action of DDase to transfer alpha-1,6 linked glucosyl residues, forming alpha-1,6 linkages.
authors.affiliation: Biochemical Research Laboratories, Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okada
mesh_terms: D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D003910:Dextranase / Q000378:metabolism*; D003911:Dextrans / Q000378:metabolism*; D004224:Diterpenes; D045786:Diterpenes, Kaurane; D005960:Glucosides / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013729:Terpenes / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003911:Dextrans; D004224:Diterpenes; D045786:Diterpenes, Kaurane; D005960:Glucosides; D013729:Terpenes; C012043:stevioside; D003910:Dextranase