Abstract
The acceptor specificity of amylomaltase from Eschenchia coli IFO 3806 was investigated using various sugars and sugar alcohols. D-Mannose, D-glucosamine, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, D-xylose, D-allose, isomaltose, and cellobiose were efficient acceptors in the transglycosylation reaction of this enzyme. It was shown by chemical and enzymic methods that this enzyme could transfer glycosyl residues only to the C4-hydroxyl groups of D-mannose, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, D-allose, and D-xylose, producing oligosaccharides terminated by 4-O-α-D-glucopyranosyl-D-mannose, 4-O-α-D-glucopyranosyl-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, 4-O-α-D-glucopyranosyl-D-allose, and 4-O-α-D-glucopyranosyl-D-xylose at the reducing ends, respectively.
