Optimization of oligosaccharide synthesis from cellobiose by dextransucrase

Appl Biochem Biotechnol. 2008 Mar;148(1-3):189-98. doi: 10.1007/s12010-007-8042-x. Epub 2007 Oct 2.

Abstract

There is a growing market for oligosaccharides as sweeteners, prebiotics, anticariogenic compounds, and immunostimulating agents in both food and pharmaceutical industries. Interest in novel carbohydrate-based products has grown because of their reduced toxicity and low immune response. Cellobiose is potentially valuable as a nondigestible sugar. The reaction of cellobiose, as an acceptor with a sucrose as a donor, catalyzed by a dextransucrase from Leuconostoc mesenteroides B-512FMCM, produced a series of cellobio-oligosaccharides. This production system was optimized using a Box-Behnken experimental design for 289 mM of sucrose and 250 mM of cellobiose and 54 U of the enzyme at pH 5.2 and 30 degrees C, to produce maximum yields of oligosaccharide.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Cellobiose / chemistry*
  • Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques / methods*
  • Computer Simulation
  • Glucosyltransferases / chemistry*
  • Leuconostoc / enzymology*
  • Models, Chemical*
  • Oligosaccharides / chemical synthesis*
  • Quality Control

Substances

  • Oligosaccharides
  • Cellobiose
  • Glucosyltransferases
  • dextransucrase