Secretion of alpha-amylase and multiple forms of glucoamylase by the yeast Trichosporon pullulans

Can J Microbiol. 1986 Jan;32(1):47-51. doi: 10.1139/m86-009.

Abstract

Trichosporon pullulans IGC 3488 produced extracellular alpha-amylase and glucoamylase activities when grown in batches in a medium containing corn steep liquor and soluble starch or corn starch. alpha-Amylase, unlike glucoamylase activity, was secreted biphasically. For both amylases the maximum concentration was found in stationary phase cultures. The amylolytic enzymes, previously concentrated by ammonium sulfate precipitation, were separated into a glucoamylase fraction and an alpha-amylase fraction by Ultrogel AcA 54 gel filtration. Pullulanase activity was located in the glucoamylase fraction, whereas cyclodextrinase activity was restricted to the alpha-amylase fraction. Isoamylase and alpha-glucosidase were not detected. Electrophoretic analysis showed that alpha-amylase activity was due to a single protein. Glucoamylase, however, occurred in multiple forms. The four glucoamylases and the alpha-amylase were glycoproteins.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Chromatography, Gel
  • Glucan 1,4-alpha-Glucosidase / analysis
  • Glucan 1,4-alpha-Glucosidase / metabolism*
  • Glucosidases / metabolism*
  • Glycoside Hydrolases / metabolism
  • Mitosporic Fungi / enzymology*
  • Trichosporon / enzymology*
  • Trichosporon / growth & development
  • alpha-Amylases / analysis
  • alpha-Amylases / metabolism*

Substances

  • Glucosidases
  • Glycoside Hydrolases
  • alpha-Amylases
  • Glucan 1,4-alpha-Glucosidase
  • pullulanase
  • cyclomaltodextrinase