title: Alpha-amylase from mung beans (Vigna radiata)--correlation of biochemical properties and tertiary structure by homology modelling.
abstract: Alpha-amylase from germinated mung beans (Vigna radiata) has been purified 600-fold to electrophoretic homogeneity and a final specific activity of 437 U/mg. SDS-PAGE of the final preparation revealed a single protein band of 46 kDa. The optimum pH was 5.6. The energy of activation was determined to be 7.03 kcal/mol in the temperature range 15-55 degrees C. Km for starch was 1.6 mg/mL in 50 mM sodium acetate buffer, pH 5.5. Thermal inactivation studies at 70 degrees C showed first-order kinetics with rate constant (k) equal to 0.005 min(-1). Mung bean alpha-amylase showed high specificity for its primary substrate starch. Addition of EDTA (10 mM) caused irreversible loss of activity. Mung bean alpha-amylase is inhibited in a non-competitive manner by heavy metal ions, for example, mercury with a Ki of 110 microM. Homology modelling studies with mung bean alpha-amylase using barley alpha-amylases Amy 1 and Amy 2 as templates showed a very similar structure as expected from the high sequence identity. The model showed that alpha-amylase from mung beans has no sugar-binding site, instead it has a methionine. Furthermore, instead of two tryptophans, it has Val(277) and Lys(278), which are the conserved residues, important for proper folding and conformational stability.
authors.affiliation: School of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India.
authors.forename: Pallavi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tripathi
authors.forename: Leila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lo Leggio
authors.forename: Johanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mansfeld
authors.forename: Renate
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ulbrich-Hofmann
authors.forename: Arvind M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kayastha
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D004492:Edetic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000201:enzymology*; D001467:Hordeum / Q000201:enzymology; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization; D040681:Structural Homology, Protein; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013696:Temperature; D000516:alpha-Amylases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D004492:Edetic Acid; D000516:alpha-Amylases