Friedberg F, Rhodes C
J Bacteriol. 1986 Mar;165(3):819-24. doi: 10.1128/jb.165.3.819-824.1986.
The gene for beta-amylase was isolated from Bacillus polymyxa by molecular cloning in B. subtilis. B. subtilis cells containing this gene express and secrete an amylase which resembles the B. polymyxa beta-amylase and barley beta-amylase in terms of the products it generates during carbohydrate hydrolysis. Starch hydrolysis with this beta-amylase produces maltose, not glucose, whereas maltotriose and cycloheptaose are resistant to the action of this beta-amylase. The enzyme has a molecular weight of approximately 68,000. Restriction endonuclease mapping demonstrated that the DNA inserted in pBD64 and containing the gene is approximately 3 kilobases in length.
通过在枯草芽孢杆菌中进行分子克隆,从多粘芽孢杆菌中分离出β-淀粉酶基因。含有该基因的枯草芽孢杆菌细胞表达并分泌一种淀粉酶,这种淀粉酶在碳水化合物水解过程中产生的产物方面,类似于多粘芽孢杆菌β-淀粉酶和大麦β-淀粉酶。用这种β-淀粉酶进行淀粉水解产生的是麦芽糖,而非葡萄糖,而麦芽三糖和环庚糖对这种β-淀粉酶的作用具有抗性。该酶的分子量约为68,000。限制性内切酶图谱分析表明,插入pBD64中并包含该基因的DNA长度约为3千碱基。