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Characterization Of The Mala Enzyme From Bdellovibrio Bacteriovorus Through The Synthesis And Analysis Of Maltose Derivatives, Joey R. Jepson
Characterization Of The Mala Enzyme From Bdellovibrio Bacteriovorus Through The Synthesis And Analysis Of Maltose Derivatives, Joey R. Jepson
Summer Research
MalA is an α-glucosidase found in the bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus, a predatory bacteria that preys on gram-negative bacteria, including several plant and human pathogens. The gene for MalA was discovered while sequencing the genome of Bdellovibrio and was predicted to be a maltase based on homology. Maltase enzymes are characterized by their role in the catalysis of maltose into two glucose subunits. MalA will bind to several different disaccharides composed of a glucose α-linked to a variety of sugars (isomaltose, trehalose, turanose, sucrose, etc.), but it does not cleave them. The objective of our research was to investigate how the …