Abstract
Pyrococcus horikoshii trehalose-synthesizing glycosyltransferase employed a galactose as an acceptor in the glucosyl transfer reaction with an NDP-Glc donor. The reaction produced a non-reducing transfer product in a yield of more than 30% based on the molar concentration of donor used. The transfer product was purified by paper chromatography and preparative HPLC, and its glycosidic structure was confirmed by 13C nuclear magnetic resonance to be α-d-glucopyranosyl α-d-galactopyranoside. Interestingly, this trehalose analogue disaccharide inhibited the action of several disaccharidases, including a trehalase. The analogue competitively inhibited porcine kidney and rat intestinal trehalases with Ki values of 0.68 and 3.7 mM, respectively. It also competitively inhibited other intestinal disaccharidases such as sucrase, maltase, and isomaltase with respective Ki values of approximately 0.66, 3.0, and 2.1 mM. Accordingly, this trehalose analogue would be a potentially indigestible disaccharide, effectively inhibiting intestinal brush border disaccharidases.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 98-103 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic |
Volume | 49 |
Issue number | 1-4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2007 Nov 16 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by a grant from the Korea Research Foundation (KRF-2006-F00075), and in part by the Marine and Extreme Genome Research Center Program, Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Republic of Korea. We thank the Brain Korea 21 Project, Yonsei University, for financial support in the form of scholarships to H.-M. Kim and S.-I. Ryu.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Catalysis
- Bioengineering
- Biochemistry
- Process Chemistry and Technology