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Bacillus circulans was able to produce extracellular levansucrase using sucrose as carbon source optimally at 35°C. The enzymic synthesis of levan and fructo-oligosaccharides was studied using a 50% ethanol fraction of crude extract. The molecular weight of the synthesized levan was markedly affected by sucrose concentration, the molecular weight of levan decreased with increased sucrose concentration up to 32% whereby fructo-oligosaccharides were isolated. Temperature and the reaction time clearly affected the conversion of fructose to levan with molecular weight values ranging from 10 to 38 kDa. Identification of levan indicated that fructose was the building unit of the levan obtained. Thermal and pH stabilities of B. circulans levansucrase could be improved by enzyme glycosylation using sodium metaperiodate treatment. Chemical modification provides additional points of attachment of the enzyme to the support which offered the modified enzyme greater stabilization than did the free enzyme. The modified enzyme exhibited thermal tolerance up to 50°C, where it retained 88.25% of its activity, while the free enzyme only retained 64.55% of its original activity. The half-life significantly increased from 130 min for the free enzyme to 347 min for the modified enzyme at 50°C, however, it increased from 103 min for the free enzyme to 210 min for the modified enzyme at 60°C. Other properties i.e., the response to some metal ions as well as the ability to convert higher substrate levels and tolerance to an extension of the reaction periods were also improved upon modification. Obviously, the results obtained outlined the conditions leading to the formation of important high or low molecular weight or levan and fructo-oligosaccharides suitable for different industrial applications.
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This work is a part of a research project entitled: “Application of the recent approaches to improve the activity and the stability of some microbial enzymes of economical importance”, financed by the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Egypt.
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El-Refai, H.A., Abdel-Fattah, A.F. & Mostafa, F.A. Enzymic synthesis of levan and fructo-oligosaccharides by Bacillus circulans and improvement of levansucrase stability by carbohydrate coupling. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 25, 821–827 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-009-9957-x
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