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Production of Levansucrase from Bacillus subtilis NRC 33a and Enzymic Synthesis of Levan and Fructo-Oligosaccharides

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Bacillus subtilis NRC33a was able to produce both inducible and constitutive extracellular levansucrase, respectively, using sucrose and glucose as carbon source. The optimal production of the levansucrase was at 30°C. The effect of different nitrogen sources showed that baker’s yeast with 2% concentration gave the highest levansucrase activity. Addition of 0.15 g/L MgSO4 was the most favorable for levansucrase production. The enzymic synthesis of levan was studied using 60% acetone fraction. The results indicated that high enzyme concentrations produced increasing amounts of levan, and hence conversion of fructose to levan reached 84% using 1000 μg/ml enzyme protein. Sucrose concentration was the most effective factor controlling the molecular weight of the synthesized levan. The conversion of fructose to levan was maximal at 30°C. The time of reaction clearly affected the conversion of fructose to levan, which reached its maximum productivity at 18 hours (92%). Identification of levan indicated that fructose was the building unit of levan.

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Abdel-Fattah, A.F., Mahmoud, D.A.R. & Esawy, M.A.T. Production of Levansucrase from Bacillus subtilis NRC 33a and Enzymic Synthesis of Levan and Fructo-Oligosaccharides. Curr Microbiol 51, 402–407 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-005-0111-1

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Keywords

  • Fructose
  • Sucrose Concentration
  • Enzyme Protein
  • Zymomonas Mobilis
  • Anhydrous Calcium Chloride