• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제6권6호
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• pp.414-419
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• 1996

The xylnX gene encoding a xylanase from Clostridium thermocellum ATCC27405 was cloned in the plasmid pJH27, an E. coli-Bacillus shuttle vector and the resultant recombinant plasmid, pJX18 was transformed into E. coli HB101. The overexpressed xylanase was found to be secreted into the periplasmic space of the recombinant E. coli cells. The crude enzyme was obtained by treating the E. coli cells with lysozyme, and purified by DEAE-Sepharose column chromatography. Molecular wieght of the xylanase was estimated to be 53 kDa by gel filtration. The pI value was determined to be pH 8.8. The N-terminal sequence of the enzyme protein was Asp-Asp-Asn-Asn-Ala-Asn-Leu-Val-Ser-Asn which was considered to be the sequence of that of the mature form protein. The Km value of the enzyme for oat spelt xylan was calculated to be 2.63 mg/ml and the Vmax value was $0.47 {\mu}mole/min$. The xylanase had a pH optimum for its activity at pH 5.4 and a temperature optimum at $60^{\circ}C$. The enzyme hydrolyzed xylan into xylooligosaccharides which were composed mainly of xylobiose (40%) and xyloltriose (12%) after 5 hour reaction. This result indicates that the xylanase from C. thermocellum ATCC27405 is an endo-acting enzyme.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.114-120
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• 1997

Microorganisms producing xylanase were screened for the enzymatic production of xylo-oligo saccharides from xylan. One of the bacteria isolated from compost produced an endoxylanase extracellularly. The bacterium was identified as Bacillus sp. according to its taxonomic characteristics examined. Xylanase production reached upto 5 U/ml after 22 h of culture in LB medium at $30^{\circ}C$. The xylanase was purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation and gel filtration. The molecular weight of the xylanase was estimated to be 20,400 by SDS-PAGE. Optimal temperature and pH for the xylanase activity was $60^{\circ}C$ and 6.5, respectively. The enzyme was stable at temperatures upto $40^{\circ}C$ and pH values from 4 to 10. The xylanase was completely inhibited by the addition of 2 mM mercury ion. Apparent $K_m$ and $V_max$ values for oat spelt xylan were 9.2 mg/ml and 1954 U/mg protein, respectively. For birchwood xylan, the values were 6.3 mg/ml and 1009 U/mg protein. The predominant products of the xylan hydrolysis were xylobiose, xylotriose and xylotetraose, indicating that the enzyme is an endoxylanase. Upto $85{\%}$ of the initially added enzyme (2 U/ml) was bound to 50 mg/ml of the insoluble fraction of oat spelt xylan after incubation at $30^{\circ}C$ for 30 min.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.159-165
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 갈색부후균 Fomitopsis palustris가 볏짚을 분해하는 과정 중에 생산하는 xylanase를 확인하여 분리 정제하고, 아미노산 서열분석을 통해 동정하였다. 그리고 동정된 단백질의 효소특성을 조사하였다. 분리 정제된 단백질은 SDS-PAGE분석에서 43kDa의 분자량을 나타내었고, 아미노산 서열분석에서는 Glycoside Hydrolase family 10에 속하는 xylanase와 높은 상동성을 나타내었다. 정제효소의 기질에 대한 $K_m$치는 $31 mg/m{\ell}$, $V_{max}$는 252.3 U/mg, $K_{cat}$은 $2.3{\times}10^4/min$이고, 최적 pH 범위는 pH 4.0~5.0 최대 활성 온도는 $70^{\circ}C$로 밝혀졌다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제20권11호
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• pp.1721-1728
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• 2007

An in vitro and a feeding trial were conducted to investigate the effect of xylanase supplementation on the feeding value of growing pig diets containing high proportions of Chinese double-low rapeseed meals (DLRM). Seven diets were formulated to meet NRC (1998) nutrient requirements. Diet 1 based on corn-soybean meal was used as positive control 1, and diet 2, a practical diet which incorporated a conventional level of Chinese DLRM (60 g/kg diet), as positive control 2. Diet 3 contained a higher level of DLRM (100 g/kg diet) as the negative control. Diet 3 plus xylanase at 0.10, 0.25, 0.50 and 0.70 g/kg diet created diets 4, 5, 6 and 7, respectively. The seven diets were incubated in triplicate with the in vitro two-stage enzyme incubation method to predict responses of diets to xylanase in terms of digestibility of dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP) and neutral detergent fibre (NDF). In vitro, the negative control had the lowest CP and NDF digestibility. Both DM and CP digestibility were increased (p<0.05) owing to xylanase supplementation either at 0.50 or 0.70 g/kg diet, and NDF digestibility was improved following xylanase addition at all of the test levels. There was a high linear correlation ($r^2>90$, p<0.05) between the activity concentration of the enzyme when transformed into its logarithmic value and in vitro digestibility coefficients of DM, CP or NDF. In the feeding trial, 112 crossbred pigs were randomly assigned to seven dietary treatments with 16 replicate pens of one pig each. An obvious dose effect on growth rate was observed ($r^2=0.79$, p<0.05) within the inclusion levels of xylanase. Compared with the negative control, xylanase addition at 0.70 g/kg diet resulted in significantly increased ADG (878 g/d vs. 828 g/d, p<0.05), and a tendency towards improved growth rate (868 g/d vs. 828 g/d, p = 0.10) was also observed following the inclusion of xylanase at 0.50 g/kg diet. It would appear that the nutrient utilization of corn and Chinese DLRM diets by pigs could be enhanced by an appropriate amount of xylanase addition. The in vitro and in vivo results suggested that the in vitro incubation method is feasible for predicting responses of pigs to exogenous enzymes and identifying those preparations that possess potential for improvement of the nutritive values of feedstuffs.

• Current Research on Agriculture and Life Sciences
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• 제14권
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• pp.111-122
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• 1996

Streptomyces chibaensis J-59 xylanase는 CSL 배지(1% corn steep liquor, 0.15% glucose, 0.1% $MgSO_4{\cdot}7H_2O$, pH 7.0)에서 1% xylan을 효소생산 유도물질로 첨가하였을 경우에 생산(0.83 unit/ml) 되었으나, xylose를 비롯한 각 종 탄소원을 포함하는 배지에서는 효소가 생산되지 않았다. S. chibaensis로 부터 생산된 세포외 xylanase를 $(NH_4)_2SO_4$ 분획침전, DEAE-Sephadex A-50 column chromatography, Sephadex G-200 gel filtration 과정으로 약 29%의 수율로 20배 정제하였다. 정제한 xylanase는 SDS-PAGE 및 Sephadex G-200 gel filtraion에서 분자량이 모두 25,000 Da으로 나타나 monomenc enzyme으로 확인되었다. 금속이온에 대한 영향은 $Fe^{3+}$, $Hg^{2+}$, $Cu^{2+}$, sodium dodecyl sulfate, N-bromosuccinide 등에서는 아주 강한 저해를 받았고, $Mn^{2+}$, $Zn^{2+}$에서는 약간의 저해를 받았다. 반면에 $Mg^{2+}$는 효소활성을 증가시켰다. Xylanase에 의한 xylooligo 당의 생산양상을 TLC로 조사한 결과 xylobiose, xylotriose 및 xylotetrose가 주 생산물이었으며, 반응 1시간 이후부터 소량의 xylose가 생성되었다. 따라서 본 효소는 전형적인 endotype xylanase로 확인되었으며 새로운 기능성식품인 자일로 올리고당(xylooligo-saccharides)의 제조에 이용할 수 있을 것이다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.230-231
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• 2004

꽃송이버섯(Sparassis crispa DSMZ 5201)의 균사를 사용하여 균사외 효소활성을 측정하였다. Yeast-malt extract-glucose 배지를 사용하여 $24^{\circ}C$에서 15일간 배양 후 배양여액을 조효소원으로 사용하였을 때, $\alpha$-amylase효소의 활성은 44.27 unit/$mg{\cdot}protein$이었다. 배양여액 중의 Protease, CMCase, $\beta$-glucosidase, chitinase 및 exo-$\beta$-1,4-glucanase의 세포외 효소활성은 상대적으로 높았으나, xylanase 효소활성은 낮게 나타났다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권8호
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• pp.1255-1261
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• 2006

An alkaliphilic bacterium, Bacillus sp. strain BK, was found to produce extracellular cellulase-free xylanolytic enzymes with xylan-binding activity. Since the pellet-bound xylanase is eluted with 2% TEA from the pellet of the culture, they contain a xylan-binding region that is stronger than the xylan-binding xylanase of the extracellular enzyme. The xylanases had a different molecular weight and xylan-binding ability. The enzyme activity of xylanase in the extracellular fraction was 6 times higher than in the pellet-bound enzyme. Among the enzymes, xylanase had the highest enzyme activity. When Bacillus sp. strain BK was grown in pH 10.5 alkaline medium containing xylan as the sole carbon source, the bacterium produced xylanase, arabinofuranosidase, acetyl esterase, and $\beta$-xylosidase with specific activities of 1.23, 0.11, 0.06, and 0.04 unit per mg of protein, respectively. However, there was no cellulase activity detected in the crude enzyme preparation. The hydrolysis of agricultural residues and kraft pulps by the xylanolytic enzymes was examined at 50$^{\circ}C$ and pH 7.0. The rate of xylan hydrolysis in com hull was higher than those of sugarcane bagasse, rice straw, com cop, rice husk, and rice bran. In contrast, the rate of xylan hydrolysis in sugarcane pulp was 2.01 and 3.52 times higher than those of eucalyptus and pine pulp, respectively. In conclusion, this enzyme can be used to hydrolyze xylan in agricultural residues and kraft pulps to breach and regenerate paper from recycled environmental resources.

• 환경생물
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.191-198
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• 1999

침엽수와 활엽수 펄프내의 리그닌(lignin) 제거 효과를 개선하기 위해 호알칼리성 균류인 Cephalospotium sp. RYM-202의 xylanase를 표백 전처리하고 이에 의한 펄프의 표백 증진 효과를 조사하였다. 두 종류의 펄프 모두 5$0^{\circ}C$에서 효소반응을 수행하였을 때 펄프내 xylan의 가수분해가 가장 높게 나타났다. 펄프내 xylan의 가수분해를 위한 효소의 최적 pH는 8.0이었으며, pH 9.0에서도 최대활성의 90%이상이 유지되었다. 각각의 펄프 재료에 효소를 전처리한 결과 표백(리그닌 제거)과정의 증진 효과를 보였으며, 침엽수와 활엽수의 kappa number는 각각 3.7과 2.0 ISO units 만큼 감소되었다. 아울러 효소처리 혹은 효소 미처리 펄프를 각각 표백한 후 수초지를 제조하여 종이의 물성을 상호 비교한 바, 효소처리는 종이의 섬유 구조에 큰 영향을 끼치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과들은 호알칼리성 Cephalospotium sp. RYM-202의 알칼리내성 xylanase가 알칼리 조건하에서의 펄프 전처리 과정에 매우 적합함을 의미한다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.263-271
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• 2013

균주 HX-1은 토양샘플로부터 분리된 자일라네이즈 생산 미생물로서 16S rRNA 유전자 염기서열 분석과 이를 이용한 phylogenetic tree 제작을 통하여 Paenibacillus 속의 한 종으로 동정되었다. 그러나 HX-1 균주가 계통발생적 연관관계가 높은 기존에 알려진 표준군주들과는 상당히 다른 생리적-생화학적 특성을 나타내는 사실로부터 HX-1이 신아종일 것으로 판단하고, Paenibacillus sp. HX-1으로 명명하였다. 균주 HX-1로부터의 자일라네이즈 생산을 증가시키는 배지조건을 탐색하여 최적화된 TNX 배지(1% bacto tryptone, 0.7% 자일란, 1% NaCl; pH 7.0)에서 약 7.4배에 달하는 자일라네이즈 생산량의 증가가 가능하였다. 균주 HX-1이 분비하는 자일라네이즈는 pH 7.0과 $45^{\circ}C$에서 최적의 효소활성을 나타냈으며, beechwood 자일란을 기질로 하는 효소반응으로부터 xylobiose를 최종산물로 생산하는 endo-${\beta}$-1,4-xylanase임을 확인하였다. 본 연구로부터 동정된 Paenibacillus sp. HX-1은 다양한 산업에 응용이 가능한 새로운 자일라네이즈를 제공할 수 있는 중요한 균으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.316-325
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• 2012

Xylanase has been used extensively in the industrial and agricultural fields. However, the low-yield production of xylanase from native species cannot meet the increasing demand of the market. Therefore, improving the heterologous expression of xylanase through basic gene optimization may help to overcome the shortage. In this study, we synthesized a high-GC-content native sequence of the thermostable xylanase gene xynB from Streptomyces olivaceoviridis A1 and, also designed a slightly AT-biased sequence with codons completely optimized to be favorable to Pichia pastoris. The comparison of the sequences' expression efficiencies in P. pastoris X33 was determined through the detection of single-copy-number integrants, which were quantified using qPCR. Surprisingly, the high GC content did not appear to be detrimental to the heterologous expression of xynB in yeast, whereas the optimized sequence, with its extremely skewed codon usage, exhibited more abundant accumulation of synthesized recombinant proteins in the yeast cell, but an approximately 30% reduction of the secretion level, deduced from the enzymatic activity assay. In this study, we developed a more accurate method for comparing the expression levels of individual yeast transformants. Moreover, our results provide a practical example for further investigation of what constitutes a rational design strategy for a heterologously expressed and secreted protein.