Abstract:To enhance the thermostability and storage stability of α-cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase (α-CGTase), we added specific chemical additives into the preparation of α-CGTase, and studied the effect of additives on the storage stability of α-CGTase at different temperatures. Then we measured the protein structure of CGTase in the far UV (200?250 nm) and near UV (250?320 nm) ranges respectively by Circular dichroism (CD) spectra under high temperature and analyzed the relationship between thermostability and protein structure. The results indicated that the addition of selected additives (gelatin, glycerin, CaCl2 and PEG400) enhanced the thermostability of α-CGTase dramatically. After 45 days, the preparation of α-CGTase still had 100% of the enzyme activity with different additives superimposed at the optimum concentration at 40 °C. The CD spectra of α-CGTase showed that glycerin could protect the secondary and the tertiary structure of the CGTase under high temperature and therefore the enzyme maintained its high activity. Chemical additives can improve the stability of α-CGTase significantly and they preserve the enzyme activity by protecting its secondary structure.