A study of an enzymatic method for the production of galactosylglycerol is described. The effects of enzyme sources, enzyme amount, reaction temperature, reaction time, substrate ratio of glycerol to galactose, buffer content and pH on galactosylglycerol yield (mg/ml) were investigated. Under the optimum reaction conditions of β-galactosidases from Kluyveromyces lactis 240 U/ml, temperature 40 °C, time 24 h, buffer amount 60% (percent volume of buffer to that of substrates, pH 6.5), and the substrate molar ratio of 10 (glycerol16 mmol:galactose 1.6 mmol), the yield of galactosylglycerol was up to 116.47 mg/ml (galactose conversion 55.88%). The product was purified by activated charcoal and Sephadex G-15 column chromatography, up to 96%. The purified galactosylglycerol was fully characterised by MS and NMR, and identified as a mixture of (2R)- and (2S)- 3-O-β-D-galactopyranosyl-glycerol.
Xin Yuan,Jia-Hui Liao,Gui-Jia Du,Yi Hou,Song-Qing Hu
Kinsenoside is a rare and valuable glycoside with extensive bioactivities. However, the enzymatic synthesis of kinsenoside has been a challenging task due to the limited enzyme toolbox and unsatisfactory yield. Herein, the β-glucosidase from Dictyoglomus thermophilum (DtBGL) was heterologously expressed, purified and enzymatically characterized. The purified DtBGL was successfully immobilized on the metal-organic frameworks of UiO-66-NH 2 . The DtBGL@UiO-66-NH 2 was fully characterized using SEM, XRD, TGA and FTIR. The studies on enzymatic properties demonstrated that DtBGL@UiO-66-NH 2 exhibited increased catalytic activity and stability compared to the free DtBGL. Particularly, DtBGL@UiO-66-NH 2 could catalyze the synthesis of kinsenoside via the reverse hydrolysis reaction and the kinsenoside yield was 34.12 % under the optimized catalytic system, which was 1.9-fold higher compared with the free DtBGL. Moreover, DtBGL@UiO-66-NH 2 displayed good reusability with a kinsenoside yield of 27.02 % after reuse for 3 times. The present work not only identifies and characterizes a highly active β-glucosidase with reverse hydrolysis activity, but also proposes the immobilized enzyme as an effective catalyst for the industrial production of glycosides.