title: Comparison of starch branching enzyme I and II from potato.
abstract: The in vitro activities of purified potato starch branching enzyme (SBE) I and II expressed in Escherichia coli were compared using several assay methods. With the starch-iodine method, it was found that SBE I was more active than SBE II on an amylose substrate, whereas SBE II was more active than SBE I on an amylopectin substrate. Both enzymes were stimulated by the presence of phosphate. On a substrate consisting of linear dextrins (chain length 8-200 glucose residues), no significant net increase in molecular mass was seen on gel-permeation chromatography after incubation with the enzymes. This indicates intrachain branching of the substrate. After debranching of the products, the majority of dextrins with a degree of polymerization (dp) greater than 60 were absent for SBE I and those with a dp greater than 70 for SBE II. To study the shorter chains, the debranched samples were also analysed by high-performance anion-exchange chromatography. The products of SBE I showed distinct populations at dp 11-12 and dp 29-30, whereas SBE II products had one, broader, population with a peak at dp 13-14. An accumulation of dp 6-7 chains was seen with both isoforms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Rydberg
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aman
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Larsson
mesh_terms: D015061:1,4-alpha-Glucan Branching Enzyme / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D000687:Amylopectin; D000688:Amylose; D003912:Dextrins / Q000737:chemistry; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D010710:Phosphates / Q000494:pharmacology; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D011198:Solanum tuberosum / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D003912:Dextrins; D007527:Isoenzymes; D010710:Phosphates; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000688:Amylose; D000687:Amylopectin; D015061:1,4-alpha-Glucan Branching Enzyme