Pseudomonas stutzeri IAM 12097이 생산(生産)하는 Exo-maltotetraohydrolase는 soluble starch, amylose, amylopectin, oyster glycogen, corn, potato, glutinous rice, green banana, arrow root 의 호화전분(糊化澱粉), maltopentaose, maltohexaose, maltoheptaose, maltooctaose를 가수분해(加水分解)하였으나, ${alpha},{eta},{gamma}-cyclodextin$, sucrose, raffinose, pullulan, maltose, maltotriose, maltotetraose는 분해(分解)하지 못하였다. 소당류중(少糖類中) maltohexaose를 가장 잘 분해(分解)하였으며, 각종기질(各種基質)의 주분해산물(主分解産物)은 maltotetraose였다. pullulanase의 혼용(混用)으로 호화전분(糊化澱粉)의 분해율(分解率)은 증가(增加)되었으나 생전분(生澱粉)에 대(對)하여는 혼용효과(混用效果)를 인정(認定)할 수 없었고 생전분중(生澱粉中)에서 corn starch가 가장 잘 분해(分解)되며 raw potato starch, raw arrow root starch, raw high amylose corn starch의 분해(分解)는 미약(微弱)하였다.
Exo-maltotetraohydrolase produced by Pseudomonas stutzeri IAM 12097 was characterized with respect to substrate specificity, the reaction products and hydolysis rate on various carbohydrates. Maltopentaose, maltoheptaose, soluble starch, amylose, amylopectin, oyster glycogen and gelatinized starch of corn, potato, glutinous rice, green banana and arrow root were hydolyzed by this enzyme, but ${alpha},{eta},{gamma}-cyclodextin$, sucrose, raffinose, lactose, pullulan, maltose, maltotriose and maltotetraose were not hydrolyzed. Among oligosaccharides, maltohexaose was favorably hydrolyzed by this enzyme and the main reaction product of oligosaccharides and polysaccharides was maltotetraose. Addition of pullulanase to this enzyme increased the hydolysis rate on gelatinized starches. tut it did not on raw starches. Among various starches, corn starch was favorably hydrolyzed by this enzyme, whereas it acted on potato starch, arrow root starch and high amylose corn starch weakly.
