Korean Journal of Microbiology (미생물학회지)

The Microbiological Society of Korea (한국미생물학회)
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Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Chitosanase Gene from Bacillus amyloliquefaciene MJ-1

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens MJ-1 유래의 chitosanase 유전자의 클로닝 및 특성

  • 박찬수 ((주)이지바이오시스템 생물자원연구소) ;
  • 오해근 ((주)이지바이오시스템 생물자원연구소) ;
  • 홍순광 (명지대학교 생명정보과학부) ;
  • 박병철 (뉴트라바이오) ;
  • 현영 ((주)이지바이오시스템 생물자원연구소) ;
  • 강대경 (단국대학교 생명산업과학부 동물자원학)
  • Published : 2006.06.01
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Abstract

In order to develop chitosanase for the production of chitosan oligosaccharides, a chitosanase-producing bacterium was isolated from the traditional fermented soybean, Meju, and identified as Bacillus amyloliquefaciene MJ-1. The cloned chitosanase gene, 825 bp in size, encoded a single peptide of 274 amino acids with a estimated molecular mass of 30.9 kDa. The deduced amino acid sequence showed significant homology with microbial chitosanases. The recombinant chitosanase was expressed in Escherichia coli upon induction with isopropyl-D-thiogalactopyranoside, and purified using $Ni^{2+}-NTA$ agarose column chromatography. The maximal activity of the recombinant chitosanase is at pH 5.0 and $60^{\circ}C$. The recombinant chitosanase is stable between pH 5.0 and pH 7.0 at $37^{\circ}C$ for 30 min, and more than 75% of the activity still remain at $80^{\circ}C$ for 30 min incubation.

본 연구는 다양한 생리활성을 가지고 있는 chitosan oligosaccharides를 효소적 방법으로 생산하기 위한 기초 연구로서, 전통발효식품인 메주에서 chitosan 분해능이 우수한 균주를 분리하였다. 분리한 균주를 형태학적, 생화학적 및 분자생물학적 방법을 이용하여 동정한 결과, Bacillus amyloliquefaciene MJ-1으로 명명하였다. B. amyloliquefaciene MJ-1으로 부터 chitosanase 유전자를 포함하는 1,049 bp DNA 단편을 클로닝하였으며, chitosanase 유전자는 825 염기로서 274 개의 아미노산으로 구성되어 있었고, 예상 분자랸은 30.9 kDa이었다. 클로링한 chitosanase의 homology search 결과, glucoside hydrolase family 46에 속하는 chitosanase로 추정되었다. B. amyloliquefaciene MJ-1 chitosanase 유전자를 E. coli BLR (DE3)에 도입하였으며, 1 mM의 IPTG로 chitosanase 과잉 발현을 유도하고 정제한 후, pH및 온도에 대한 특성을 조사하였다. 효소 활성의 최적 온도는 $60^{\circ}C$이었으며, $80^{\circ}C$에서도 75%의 활성을 나타내었으므로 내열성을 가진 효소로 추정되었다. 한편, 최적 pH는 5.0 이었으며, pH $5{\sim}7$사이에서 80% 이상의 높은 활성을 유지하였다.

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