Research Article

Production and Biochemical Characterization of a High Maltotetraose (G4) Producing Amylase from Pseudomonas stutzeri AS22

Table 6

Time course of maltooligosaccharides production from 1% soluble starch by P. stutzeri crude enzyme.

Hydrolysis timeOligosaccharides concentration (g/L) and percentage (%)
G1G2G3G4G5G6

0 min000000
5 min0002.68 ( )00
15 min00.06 (1.1)0.03 (0.5)5.31 ( )0.02 (0.4)0
30 min00.08 (1.6)0.05 (0.95)5.1 ( )0.023 (0.45)0
1 h00.04 (0.8)0.03 (0.8)4.9 ( )0.02 (0.4)0.01 (0.2)
2 h00.058 (1.2)0.03 (0.6)4.75 (97.5)0.02 (0.41)0.014 (0.29)
6 h00.07 (1.4)0.05 ( )4.92 ( )0.04 (0.8)0.02 (0.4)

0.1 unit of the α-amylase activity was reacted with 1% of soluble starch at 60°C and pH 8.0 and reaction products were analyzed at different time intervals.