A gene expression reporter system (pHT3) for Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 was developed by using the lacZ gene from Thermoanaerobacterium thermosulfurogenes EM1 as the reporter gene. In order to test the reporter system, promoters of three key metabolic pathway genes, ptb (coding for phosphotransbutyrylase), thl (coding for thiolase), and adc (coding for acetoacetate decarboxylase), were...

AIM Lactose and complex carbohydrates maldigestion, common food intolerances due to low gut content of α- and β-galactosidase, lead to abdominal symptoms including pain, diarrhea, bloating, flatulence, and cramping. Commonly, intolerant patients are advised by physicians to avoid the offending foods (dairy foods, cereals, beans, etc). This food-limiting option, however, has possible nutritional...

Heterozygote detection for angiokeratoma corporis diffusum (Anderson-Fabry disease, ACD), an X-linked disorder of glycosphingolipid metabolism was examined using alpha-galactosidase activity, an alpha-galactosidase/beta-galactosidase activity ratios (alpha/beta ratio) in leucocytes, plasma, and hair follicles; For leucocytes, 22 obligate heterozygotes, 25 suspected heterozygotes, and 47 control...

We used preS2-S'-beta-galactosidase, a three-domain fusion protein that aggregates extensively at 43 degrees C in the cytoplasm of Escherichia coli, to search for multicopy suppressors of protein aggregation and inclusion body formation and took advantage of the known differential solubility of preS2-S'-beta-galactosidase at 37 and 43 degrees C to develop a selection procedure for the gene prod...

Two cu-galactosidase (a-o-galactoside galactohydrolase, EC 3.2.1.22) isozymes have been highly purified from human placental tissue. Both isozymes appeared to be homogeneous based upon disc gel electrophoresis. Both were bound by concanavalin A-Sepharose and stained positively with the periodic acid-Schiff stain indicating that each contained carbohydrate. The A isozyme had a molecular weight o...

Bacterial β-galactosidase is one of the most widely used reporter genes in experiments involving transgenic and knockout animals. In this review we discuss the current histochemical methods and available reagents to detect β-galactosidase activity. Different substrates are available, but the most commonly used is X-gal in combination with potassium ferri- and ferro-cyanide. The reaction produce...

Growth on lactose by strains of Streptococcus mutans resulted in the induction of the lactose-phosphoenolpyruvate-phosphotransferase system, phospho-beta-galactosidase, and the enzymes of the tagatose 6-phosphate pathway.

Grosová Z., Rosenberg M., Rebroš M. (2008): Perspectives and applications of immobilised β-galactosidase in food industry – a review. Czech J. Food Sci., 26: 1–14. β-Galactosidase is an important industrial enzyme in the hydrolysis of milk and whey lactose. The enzymatic hydrolysis of lactose allows to avoid health and environmental problems posed by this disaccharide. In addition, this enzyme ...