• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.584-592
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• 2004

A thermostable $\beta$-glycosidase gene, tfi $\beta$-gly, was cloned from the genomic library of Thermus filiformis Wai33 A1. ifi $\beta$-gly consists of 1,296 bp nucleotide sequence and encodes a polypeptide of 431 amino acids. It shares a strong amino acid sequence similarity with the $\beta$-glycosidases from other Thermus spp. belonging to the glycosyl hydrolase family 1. In the present study, the enzyme was overexpressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) using the pET21b(+) vector system. The recombinant enzyme was purified to homogeneity by heat treatment and a $Ni^{2+}$-affinity chromatography. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) showed that the recombinant Tfi $\beta$-glycosidase was a monomeric form with molecular mass of 49 kDa. The temperature and pH range for optimal activity of the purified enzyme were 80- $90^{\circ}C$ and 5.0-6.0, respectively. Ninety-three percent of the enzyme activity was remained at $70^{\circ}C$ after 12 h, and its half-life at $80^{\circ}C$ was 6 h, indicating that Tfi $\beta$-glycosidase is highly thermostable. Based on its K_m$, or $K_{cat}K_m$, ratio, Tfi $\beta$-glycosidase appeared to have higher affinity for $\beta$-D-glucoside than for $\beta$-D-galactoside, however, $K_{cat} for \beta$-D-galactoside was much higher than that for $\beta$-D-glucoside. The activity for lactose hydrolysis was proportionally increased at $70^{\circ}C$ and pH 7.0 without substrate inhibition until reaching 250 mM lactose concentration. The specific activity of Tfi TEX>$\beta$-glycosidase on 138 mM lactose at $70{^\circ}C$ and pH 7.0 was 134.9 U/mg. Consequently, this newly cloned enzyme appears to have a valuable advantage of conducting biotechnological processes at elevated temperature during milk pasteurization in the production of low-lactose milk.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.355-362
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• 2016

수해양성 병원성 미생물로 알려진 Vibrio anguillarum으로부터 mannose-1-phosphate를 mannose-6-phosphate, glucose-1-phosphate를 glucose-6-phosphate로 가역적으로 변환시키는 phosphomannomutase/phosphoglucomutase (pmm/pgm)의 유전자를 sequencing하여 1338 bp의 open reading frame (ORF)을 밝혔다. 이는 446개의 아미노산을 포함하며 47,625 Da을 가지고 있다. 보고된 다른 Vibrio sp.의 pmm/pgm 유전자와 상동성을 비교하였을 때 V. mimicus V. vulnificus, V. splendidus, V. harveyi와 92.3%, 91.4%, 89.9%, 89.9%에 해당하는 상동성을 지니고 있었다. 증폭된 목적 유전자를 pET-28a(+) vector에 연결하여 대장균에서 단백질의 대량발현을 유도하였으며 이는 주로 soluble한 상태로 나왔다. Soluble fraction을 Ni-NTA column chromatography로 정제하여 약 50 kDa의 단백질을 얻었고 이는 주로 mannose-1-phosphate를 이용하는 효소로 확인되었으며 Mg²⁺ 이온이 존재할 때 효소의 활성이 나타나는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 본 연구의 유전자는 낮은 온도의 stress하에서 발현이 증가됨을 Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR)을 통해 확인하였고, 상동성 재조합 (homologous recombination)에 의한 돌연변이 균주 제작을 통해 PMM/PGM protein과 lipopolysaccharide (LPS)의 생합성과의 관계를 규명하였다. V. anguillarum wild type과 mutant로부터 LPS를 분리하였고 sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE)후 silver staining을 통해 LPS의 high molecular weight (HMW) 부분인 O-antigen에서의 변화를 확인하였다. 또한 V. anguillarum wild type과 mutant의 growth와 viability를 확인한 결과 mutant가 wild type보다 정지기까지 더 낮은 생육을 보였으며 viability가 감소함을 확인하였다. 본 연구를 통하여 V. anguillarum의 pmm/pgm 유전자가 미생물의 생육과 LPS 생합성에 관여하고 있음을 알 수 있었다.