Research Article

Stabilizing Effect of Various Polyols on the Native and the Denatured States of Glucoamylase

Table 4

Effect of various polyols on the CD and fluorescence spectral characteristics of the thermal-denatured GA at 71C.

PolyolsCD Fluorescence
1Δ   (%) 2 (nm) 3 4ΔFI (%)

−5420349 103
2.6 M GLC −11404 110.4 340 1117.8
1.3 M TRE −10360 91.1341 1139.7
8.0 M GLY −662422.2 344 13026.2
8.0 M EG −5104 −5.8 352 14944.7

Δ represents percentage change in the in the presence of polyols. Negative sign shows the decrease.
2 = Emission maxima.
3 = Fluorescence intensity at 340 nm.
4ΔFI = Percentage change in the fluorescence intensity in the presence of polyols.