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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-9-20
pubmed:abstractText
Enzymatic transglucosylation from maltose to L-ascorbic acid (AA) with mammalian tissue homogenates was determined by a high-performance liquid chromatography method and compared with the reaction catalyzed by alpha-glucosidase from Aspergillus niger. The homogenates of small intestine and kidney had a high transglucosylase activity to form a new type of glucosylated AA, which was associated with alpha-glucosidase activity. The new compound was demonstrated to be an equimolar conjugate of AA and glucose by the spectral and quantitative analyses. In particular, it showed a high stability in a neutral solution and no reducing activity toward cytochrome c and a dye. These properties were very different from those of AA and L-ascorbic acid alpha-glucoside formed with alpha-glucosidase from A. niger, but they were consistent with those of L-ascorbic acid 2-O-phosphate and L-ascorbic acid 2-O-sulfate. Moreover, it exhibited a reducing power associated with AA after mild acid hydrolysis or treatment with rat intestinal alpha-glucosidase. These results indicate that it should be assigned the 2-O-alpha-glucoside structure. Consequently, it is concluded that mammalian alpha-glucosidase is able to form a very stable and nonreducing form of glucosylated AA through a specific transglucosylation reaction distinct from that of microbial alpha-glucosidase.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0006-3002
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
1035
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
44-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2200520-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:2200520-Ascorbic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:2200520-Aspergillus niger, pubmed-meshheading:2200520-Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, pubmed-meshheading:2200520-Enzyme Stability, pubmed-meshheading:2200520-Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:2200520-Guinea Pigs, pubmed-meshheading:2200520-Hydrochloric Acid, pubmed-meshheading:2200520-Hydrolysis, pubmed-meshheading:2200520-Intestine, Small, pubmed-meshheading:2200520-Kidney, pubmed-meshheading:2200520-Male, pubmed-meshheading:2200520-Maltose, pubmed-meshheading:2200520-Organ Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:2200520-Oxidation-Reduction, pubmed-meshheading:2200520-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:2200520-Rats, Inbred Strains, pubmed-meshheading:2200520-Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet, pubmed-meshheading:2200520-alpha-Glucosidases
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Formation of a stable L-ascorbic acid alpha-glucoside by mammalian alpha-glucosidase-catalyzed transglucosylation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Immunochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article