A bactenal srain LC-413, producing an extracellular inulin fructotransferase (depolymerizing) which convers inulin into di-D-fructofuranose dianhydride (DFAIII, was isolated from soil Inulin fructotransferase from the isolate identified as a strain Fa...
A bactenal srain LC-413, producing an extracellular inulin fructotransferase (depolymerizing) which convers inulin into di-D-fructofuranose dianhydride (DFAIII, was isolated from soil Inulin fructotransferase from the isolate identified as a strain Fabobacterium sp was purified from the culture broth by ammonium sulfate precipitation, followed by column chronatograpies on DEAE-Toyopearl 650 M and phenyl-Toyopearl 650 M The purified enzyme gave a single band on an electrophoretic disc-gel The molecular weight of the enzyme was estimated to be 44,000 Da by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and 45,000 Da by gel filtration, suggesting the monomeric state of the enzyme The isoelectric point of the enzyme was about pH 4 5 The optimal pH and temperature for the enzyme reaction were 60 and 50?, respectively The purified enzyme digested inulin into di-D-fructofuranose-1,2' 2,3'-di-anhydride, confirming the enzyme was an inulin fructotransferase (inulinase II)