1972 Volume 19 Issue 2 Pages 51-56
Glucoamylase (EC 3.2.1.3) from Endomyces sp. IFO 0111 was bound with CM-cellulose at pH 4. The amylase activity in the bound form was found to be less than 2.5% of that in soluble state, and the bound enzyme was more labile to heat- and urea-treatment. However, the bound enzyme could be quantitatively liberated into solution at pH 6. Thus, the enzyme which had acted in solution at pH 6 could be recovered simply bylowering the pH and repeatedly used for another action at pH 6. When the glucoamylase was adsorbed on hydroxyapatite, it showed 10% of the amylase activity and 45% of the maltase activity, as compared with the corresponding amount of the enzyme in solution. Km and Vmax values of both states of the enzyme were determined for soluble starch and maltose. The enzyme increased its heat-stability upon being adsorbed on hydroxyapatite. Both types of the bound enzyme could be dried to stable powders in the presence of a high concentration of sugar.