title: Cloning, sequencing, and expression of the genes encoding an isocyclomaltooligosaccharide glucanotransferase and an alpha-amylase from a Bacillus circulans strain.
abstract: The gene for a novel glucanotransferase, isocyclomaltooligosaccharide glucanotransferase (IgtY), involved in the synthesis of a cyclomaltopentaose cyclized by an alpha-1,6-linkage [ICG5; cyclo-{-->6)-alpha-D-Glcp-(1-->4)-alpha-D-Glcp-(1-->4)-alpha-D-Glcp-(1-->4)-alpha-D-Glcp-(1-->4)-alpha-D-Glcp-(1-->}] from starch, was cloned from the genome of B. circulans AM7. The IgtY gene, designated igtY, consisted of 2,985 bp encoding a signal peptide of 35 amino acids and a mature protein of 960 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 102,071 Da. The deduced amino-acid sequence showed similarities to 6-alpha-maltosyltransferase, alpha-amylase, and cyclomaltodextrin glucanotransferase. The four conserved regions common in the alpha-amylase family enzymes were also found in this enzyme, indicating that this enzyme should be assigned to this family. The DNA sequence of 8,325-bp analyzed in this study contained two open reading frames (ORFs) downstream of igtY. The first ORF, designated igtZ, formed a gene cluster, igtYZ. The amino-acid sequence deduced from igtZ exhibited no similarity to any proteins with known or unknown functions. IgtZ was expressed in Escherichia coli, and the enzyme was purified. The enzyme acted on maltooligosaccharides that have a degree of polymerization (DP) of 4 or more, amylose, and soluble starch to produce glucose and maltooligosaccharides up to DP5 by a hydrolysis reaction. The enzyme (IgtZ), which has a novel amino-acid sequence, should be assigned to alpha-amylase. It is notable that both IgtY and IgtZ have a tandem sequence similar to a carbohydrate-binding module belonging to a family 25. These two enzymes jointly acted on raw starch, and efficiently generated ICG5.
authors.affiliation: Glycoscience Institute, Research Center, Hayashibara Biochemical Laboratories, Inc., Fujisaki, Okayama, Japan. h-watanabe@hayashibara.co.jp
authors.forename: Hikaru
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Tomoyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishimoto
authors.forename: Michio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: Hiroto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chaen
authors.forename: Shigeharu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukuda
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001407:Bacillus / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D015870:Gene Expression; D005964:Glucosyltransferases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D006868:Hydrolysis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012995:Solubility; D013213:Starch / Q000378:metabolism; D013696:Temperature; D000516:alpha-Amylases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013213:Starch; D005964:Glucosyltransferases; C514764:isocyclomaltooligosaccharide glucanotransferase, Bacillus circulans; D000516:alpha-Amylases