Abstract
A Chemoautotroph identified as an Aeromonas sp. strain JS-1 was isolated from fresh water. Aeromonas sp. strain JS-1 used the $H_2$ and $CO_2$ as energy and carbon sources, respectively. Growth characteristics for improving the $CO_2$ fixation rate were examined in batch cultivation. Its results shown that the optimal growth appeared at culture conditions of $35^{\circ}C$, pH 7 and NaCl 0.1%(w/v). Some hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria were reported that the enzyme activity of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase- oxygenase (RubisCO-EC 4.1.1.39), in the key enzyme of the Calvin-Benson cycle. A RubisCO was purified from a chemoautotrophic bacterium, Aeromonas sp. strain JS-1. the enzyme was purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation, DEAE-sepharose CL-6B and gel filtration chromatography. The RubisCO showed that molecular mass was about 560KDa from gel filtration chromatography and nondenaturing PAGE, and the RubisCO was confirmed to consist of $L_8S_8$ enzyme structure by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. A large subunit was about 56KDa and small one was about 15kDa. The Km values of the enzyme for ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate(RUBP), $NaH^{14}CO_3$, and $Mg^{++}$ were estimated to be 0.25mM, 5.2mM, and 0.91mM, respectively. The optimum temperature for RubisCO enzymatic activity were $50^{\circ}C$, and the enzymatic activity was stable up to $45^{\circ}C$.
화학독립영양미생물 Aeromonas sp. strain JS-l는 호수와 웅덩이의 표층수에서 분리 동정 되었고 분리된 strain JS-1은 에너지원과 탄소원으로써 각각 $H_2$와 $CO_2$를 이용하였다. RubisCO(EC 4.1.1.39)는 Aeromonas sp. strain JS-l으로부터 ammonium sulfate 침전과 DEAE-sepharose CL-6B, gel filtration chromatography 방법으로 정제되었다. RubisCO의 분자량은 gel filtration에 의해 대략 560 kDa임을 확인되었으며, SDS-PAGE에 의해 Large subunit(56 kDa)와 Small subunit(14 kDa)로 구성된 $L_8S_8$구조를 가지고 있음이 확인되었다. Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP), $NaH^{14}CO_3$ 와 $Mg^{++}$의 Km값은 각각 0.25 mM, 5.2 mM, 0.91 mM이었으며, 효소반응의 최적온도는 $50^{\circ}C$였으며, 열 안정성은 $45^{\circ}C$까지 안정하였다.
