Ethylene Biosynthesis of an Alkalophilic Bacillus sp. Alk-7

알카리성 Bacillus sp. Alk-7에 의한 Ethylene 생합성과 그 경로

AH alkalophilic Bacillus SP. AIk-7, isolated from soil, produced ethylene. The characteristics of this microorganism is the ability to grow well under the alkaline condition, at pH 10.3. This strain is similar to Bacillus alkalophilus in terms of morphological, physiological and biological characteristics. In observation of relationship of cell growth and ethylene production according to incubation times, the ethylene synthesis mostly occur from the late exponential phase to the death phase of growth. The purpose of this paper is to study the effects of various substrates on the biosynthesis of ethylene in the intact cell and the cell-free system by the Bacillus sp. AIk-7. In both intact cell and cell-free extract, optimum conditions for ethylene production was achieved at pH 10.3 and 3$0^{\circ}C$. Ethylene was effectively produced from L-Met and 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC). In this case, ACC as the substrate on ethylene production were two fold higher than L-met at each concentration of substrates. On the other hand, the cell-free ethylene-forming system was used as a tool for the elucidation of the biochemical reaction involved in the formation of ethylene by Bacillus sp. AIk-7. Ethylene production in the cell-free system required the presence of manganese and cobalt ion to be stimulated a little. The result obtained in this work suggests that L-met and ACC may be a precursor more directly related to bacterial ethylene production than any other substrates tested.

Ethylene을 생성하는 호알칼리성 Bacillus sp. AIk-7를 분리 동정하였고, Bacillus sp. AIk-7의 ethylene 생성 경로와 전구 물질을 규명하기 위한 일환으로 이 균주의 intact cell과 cell-free system에서의 다양한 기질의 전환효과를 검토하였다. Intact cell과 cell-free system 모두에서 ethylene 생성을 극대화하기 위한 전환 조건은 3$0^{\circ}C$, pH 10.3으로 조사되었고, 기질 전환 효과를 검토한 결과 methionine(Met)과 1-amlnocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid(ACC)가 압도적으로 많은 ethylene을 생성하였다. Cell-free system에서 저해제의 영향을 살펴본 결과 EDTA억제 효과로 2가 양이온이 필요함을, AOA 억제효과로 transaminase가 필요함을 알 수 있었다. Azide는 Met에서 ACC로의 단계에선 억제효과가 있었으나, ACC ethylene 전환 단계에선 오히려 활성효과를 보여주었다. 식물에서는 ACC에서 ethylene 과정은 Co$^{2+}$에 의해 저해받는데 반해 Bacillus sp. AIk-7은 Co$^{2+}$에 의해 ACC에서 ethylene과정이 10-70배 활성을 보였다. 이상의 결과를 통해 Bacillus sp. AIk-7에 의한 ethylene 생성 전구체는 Met과 ACC일 가능성이 있다.