• KSBB Journal
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.559-564
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• 2010

A new hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium, Aeromonas sp. strain JS-1, that can fix $CO_2$ via the reductive pentose phosphate cycle (Calvin-Benson cycle) under chemoautotrophic conditions but not photoautotrophic conditions was isolated from fresh water. Strain JS-1 showed considerable $CO_2$ fixation ability during continuous cultivation even at high $CO_2$ concentration. Strain JS-1 used $H_2$ and $CO_2$ fixation as energy and carbon sources, respectively. Carbon dioxide fixation is carried out through the Calvin-Benson cycle, in which ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RubisCO) is the key enzyme. Hydrogen-oxidizing chemoautotrophic Aeromonas sp. strain JS-1 exhibited remarkedly strong RubisCO [EC 4.1.1.39] activity. RubisCO was purified as an $L_8S_8$-type hexadecamer with molecular mass of 560 kDa by gel filtration. The enzyme consisted of two different subunits eight large (56 kDa) and eight small (15 kDa), as demonstrated by SDS-PAGE. The specific activity of the purified enzyme was about 3.31 unit/mg and stable up to $45^{\circ}C$. The $K_m$ values for RuBP, $CO_2$, and $Mg^{2+}$ were estimated to be 0.25 mM, 5.2 mM and 0.91 mM, respectively.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2002년도 생물공학의 동향 (X)
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• pp.461-464
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• 2002

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.