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β-Amylase from sweet potato

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Type I-B, ammonium sulfate suspension, ≥750 units/mg protein (E1%/280)

Synonym(s):

1,4-α-D-Glucan maltohydrolase

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CAS Number:
9000-91-3
Enzyme Commission number:
3.2.1.2 (BRENDA, IUBMB)
EC Number:
232-566-1
MDL number:
MFCD00081391
UNSPSC Code:
12352204
NACRES:
NA.54

biological source

sweet potato

Quality Level

200

type

Type I-B

form

ammonium sulfate suspension

specific activity

≥750 units/mg protein (E1%/280)

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concentration

≥7.0 mg/mL

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, Re-engineered

storage temp.

2-8°C

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General description

β-Amylases belongs to the class of amylolytic enzymes.
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Application

β -Amylase is used to hydrolyze α bonds of α-linked polysaccharides, such as starch and glycogen. β -Amylase, from Sigma, has been used in various plant studies, such as carbon starvation studies in Populus tremuloides. β-amylase from sweet potato has been used to examine the utility of the enzyme in inhibiting and removing Staphylococcus aureus biofilms. The enzyme has also been used to prepare β-limit dextrin from waxy maize starch.
β-Amylase from sweet potato has been used:
  • in the hydrolysis of starch and starch-pectin combinations
  • for comparing amylases from different sources in Staphylococcus aureus SH1000 biofilm inhibition and reduction assay
  • for selenium speciation in samples

Biochem/physiol Actions

β-Amylase hydrolyzes the α-(1,4) glucan linkages in polysaccharides of three or more α-(1,4) linked D-glucose units. Natural substrates such as starch and glycogen are broken down into glucose and maltose. β-amylase from sweet potato is a tetramer of identical subunits, which are arranged to exhibit 222 molecular symmetry.
β-Amylases plays a major role in examining enzymatic promiscuity among glycosidases.

Unit Definition

One unit will liberate 1.0 mg of maltose from starch in 3 min at pH 4.8 at 20 °C.

Physical form

Crystalline suspension in 2.3 M (NH4)2SO4

Other Notes

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Pictograms

Health hazard
GHS08

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H334

Precautionary Statements

P261 - P342 + P311

Hazard Classifications

Resp. Sens. 1

WGK

WGK 3

Regulatory Information

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Effect of cross-linking on the resistance to enzymatic hydrolysis of waxy maize starch and low-methoxy pectin
Khondkar D, et al.
Food Hydrocolloids, 23(2), 387-393 (2009)
Mechanisms of enzymatic glycosyl transfer
Comprehensive Natural Products II (2010)
Bradford Craigen et al.
The open microbiology journal, 5, 21-31 (2011-07-16)
Staphylococcus aureus, a versatile human pathogen, is commonly associated with medical device infections. Its capacity to establish and maintain these infections is thought to be related to its ability to form adherent biofilms. In this study, commercially available α-amylase compounds
Xin Qi et al.
Journal of pharmacy & pharmaceutical sciences : a publication of the Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Societe canadienne des sciences pharmaceutiques, 14(1), 60-66 (2011-04-20)
β-Limit dextrin has been studied for many years as a means to investigate the internal structures of amylose and amylopectin. However its role as an excipient in the pharmaceutical industry has never been reported. This paper is the first one
C G Cheong et al.
Proteins, 21(2), 105-117 (1995-02-01)
Sweet potato beta-amylase is a tetramer of identical subunits, which are arranged to exhibit 222 molecular symmetry. Its subunit consists of 498 amino acid residues (Mr 55,880). It has been crystallized at room temperature using polyethylene glycol 1500 as precipitant.
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Protocols

Enzymatic Assay of β-AMYLASE (EC 3.2.1.2)

Beta-amylase is found in bacteria, fungi, and plants. To measure β-amylase activity, this assay uses a colorimetric spectrophotometric stop reaction at 540 nm.

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