Corynebacterium starch

Starch-like substances are produced in several species of bacteria.18,21 For example, Escherichia coli produces a linear glucan.21,29 Corynebacterium diphtheriae produces a starch-like material and Clostridium butyricum produces a glucan with some branching.21 Neisseria perflava produces a glucan, intermediate in structure between amylopectin and glycogen 29 however, more recent work shows that the structure more closely approaches that of glycogen.30... 

Phosphorylases from animal, bacterial, and plant sources can be distinguished by their substrate preferences. Animal and bacterial phosphorylases prefer the short outer branches of highly branched cz-glucans, such as glycogen. The phosphorylase from Corynebacterium cal-luna, which accumulates a starch-like polysaccharide, is exceptional among bacterial enzymes... 

Tateno, X, Okada, Y., Xsuchidate, X., Xanaka, X, Fukuda, H., and Kondo, A. (2009) Direct production of cadaverine fi-om soluble starch using Corynebacterium glutamicum coexpressing alpha-amylase and lysine decarboxylase. Appl. Microbiol BiotechnoL, 82 (1), 115-121. 

Utilization of soluble starch by a recombinant Corynebacterium glutamicum strain growth and lysine production. J. Biotechnol, 124 (2), 381-391. 

Tateno T, Fukuda H, Kondo A. (2007b). Direct production of L-lysine from raw com starch by Corynebacterium glutamicum secreting Streptococcus bovis a-amylase using cspB promoter and signal sequence. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol, 77, 533-541. 

Tateno, X., Fukuda, H., and Kondo, K. (2007) Production of L-Lysine from starch by Corynebacterium glutamicum displaying a-amylase on its cell surface. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol, 74, 1213-1220. 

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