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Literature summary for 3.2.1.1 extracted from

  • Roohi, A.; Kuddus, M.
    Strain improvement studies on Microbacterium foliorum GA2 for production of alpha-amylase in solid state fermentation Biochemical characteristics and wash performance analysis at low temperatures (2018), J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol., 63, 347-354 .
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Application

Application Comment Organism
additional information cold-active alpha-amylase from mutant Microbacterium foliorum strain GA2 can be profitably used in detergents for laundry and automatic dishwashing to degrade the residues of starchy foods Microbacterium foliorum

Protein Variants

Protein Variants Comment Organism
additional information random chemical mutagenesis by the treatment of cells with sodium azide, alkali-tolerant Microbacterium foliorum strain GA2 is randomly mutated using UV radiation and sodium azide to obtain a mutant with higher cold-active extracellular amylolytic activity, designated as MFSD20, which is selected owing to its higher amylase activity at 20°C. Under optimized conditions, amylase production is achieved best with raw banana peels (5000 units) in solid-state fermentation (SSF) Microbacterium foliorum

Inhibitors

Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
Co2+ 47% inhibition of wild-type and mutant enzymes at 5 mM Microbacterium foliorum
Cu2+ 62% inhibition of wild-type and mutant enzymes at 5 mM Microbacterium foliorum
Fe2+ strong inhibition of wild-type and mutant enzymes at 5 mM Microbacterium foliorum
Hg2+ 73% inhibition of wild-type and mutant enzymes at 5 mM Microbacterium foliorum
Zn2+ 54% inhibition of wild-type and mutant enzymes at 5 mM Microbacterium foliorum

KM Value [mM]

KM Value [mM] KM Value Maximum [mM] Substrate Comment Organism Structure
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additional information apparent Km and Vmax values for the hydrolysis of soluble starch are 4 mg/ml and 1111 units/mg for the wild-type enzyme, and 2 mg/ml and 844.5 units/mg for the mutant enzyme, respectively Microbacterium foliorum

Localization

Localization Comment Organism GeneOntology No. Textmining
extracellular the enzyme is secreted Microbacterium foliorum
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Metals/Ions

Metals/Ions Comment Organism Structure
Ca2+ highly activating at 5 mM Microbacterium foliorum
additional information no effect by Mg2+ at 5 mM Microbacterium foliorum

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
starch + H2O Microbacterium foliorum
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?
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starch + H2O Microbacterium foliorum GA2
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?
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?

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Microbacterium foliorum A0A1S7D3W6
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Microbacterium foliorum GA2 A0A1S7D3W6
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Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
extracellular native wild-type and mutant enzymes 14.2fold and 19.6fold, respectively, from culture supernatants by dialysis, ammonium sulfate fractionation, dialysis, and anion exchange chromatography, to homogeneity Microbacterium foliorum

Source Tissue

Source Tissue Comment Organism Textmining
additional information production of alpha-amylase in solid state fermentation from mutated strain Microbacterium foliorum
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Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
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one unit of enzyme activity is defined as the quantity of enzyme that causes a 0.01% reduction of absorbance at 690 nm of starch-iodine solution at 20°C in one min per ml Microbacterium foliorum
595.5
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purified native wild-type enzyme, pH 5.0, 20°C Microbacterium foliorum
700
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purified native mutant enzyme, pH 5.0, 20°C Microbacterium foliorum
804.88
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purified native wild-type enzyme, pH 8.0, 20°C Microbacterium foliorum
1022.36
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purified native mutant enzyme, pH 5.0, 4°C Microbacterium foliorum

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
starch + H2O
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Microbacterium foliorum ?
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starch + H2O
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Microbacterium foliorum GA2 ?
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Subunits

Subunits Comment Organism
? x * 66000, wild-type and mutant enzymes, SDS-PAGE Microbacterium foliorum

Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
cold-active alpha-amylase
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Microbacterium foliorum

Temperature Optimum [°C]

Temperature Optimum [°C] Temperature Optimum Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
4
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mutant MFSD20 Microbacterium foliorum
15
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wild-type enzyme Microbacterium foliorum

Temperature Range [°C]

Temperature Minimum [°C] Temperature Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
4 45 purified cold-active alpha-amylase is active at 4-45°C. Optimum temperature is 15°C, 84% of maximal activity at 4°C and 25°C, 62% at 35°C, rapid drop to only 5% of maximal activity at 45°C. Temperature optimum of mutagenized alpha-amylase from the MFSZ20 strain shifts to 4°C (1022.36 units/mg), 92% of maximal activity at 25°C, 87% at 35°C, and 17% at 45°C Microbacterium foliorum

Temperature Stability [°C]

Temperature Stability Minimum [°C] Temperature Stability Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
20
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purified wild-type enzyme shows 64% activity remaining after 2 h, the mutant enzyme from strain MFSD20 shows 70% remaining activity after 2 h Microbacterium foliorum

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
8
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wild-type enzyme Microbacterium foliorum
10
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mutant enzyme MFSD20 Microbacterium foliorum

pH Range

pH Minimum pH Maximum Comment Organism
7 12 purified wild-type alpha-amylase shows good activity over a broad pH range (pH 7-10) and the optimum pH for enzyme activity is pH 8.0. The specific activity is 512.27, 599.65, 773.29 and 757.5 units/mg at pH 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, and 9.0, respectively. Specific activity is still 694.43 units (86%) at pH 10. But beyond pH 10, enzymatic activity is drastically reduced and only 536.9 units/mg specific activity is observed at pH 11.0 which further drops to 157.72 units/mg at pH 12.0 Microbacterium foliorum

General Information

General Information Comment Organism
additional information both purified wild-type enzyme and mutant enzyme (from strain MFSD20) show very high stability with different detergents at 20°C, overview Microbacterium foliorum