• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.296-302
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• 2012

국내 사찰에서 제조된 된장으로부터 내열성 ${\alpha}$-amylase 생산균으로 분리된 YB-1234는 형태적 특성, 생화학적 성질 및 16S rRNA 유전자 염기서열에 근거하여 Bacillus licheniformis로 동정되었다. B. licheniformis YB-1234의 ${\alpha}$-amylase 유전자를 클로닝하여 그 염기서열을 결정하였으며 그로부터 유추된 ${\alpha}$-amylase의 아미노산 서열은 glycosyl hydrolase family 13에 속하는 B. licheniformis의 내열성 ${\alpha}$-amylases와 매우 높은 상동성을 보였다. ${\alpha}$-Aamylase 유전자를 함유한 재조합 대장균과 B. licheniformis에 의해 각각 생산된 ${\alpha}$-amylase는 pH 6.0에서 최대활성을 보였으나, 최적 반응온도는 약간의 차이가 있었다. 또한 B. licheniformis로부터 ${\alpha}$-amylase는 재조합 대장균에서 생산된 효소보다 열안정성이 매우 높았다. 이들 효소에 의한 maltotetraose와 maltohexaose의 주된 가수분해산물로는 glucose, maltose 및 maltotriose가 관찰되었다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.1148-1157
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• 2006

초고온성 세균인 Thermotoga maritima로부터 ${\beta}-glucosidase$ 유전자를 클로닝한 후 대장균 숙주에서 발현시켰다. 이 효소는 salicin, arbutin, $_pNPG$과 같은 탄소원의 ${\beta}$-글루코시드 결합을 가수분해하였다. 721개의 아미노산을 암호화하는 2,166 bp의 DNA 염기서열로된 유전자이였다. 다른 ${\beta}-glucosidase$ 효소들과 단백질 유사성을 비교한 결과 glycosyl hydrolase family 3에 속하였으며 MUG-nondenaturing PAGE와 SDS-PAGE에 의해 확인된 단백질의 크기는 약 81 kDa이었다. 효소활성은 pH 7.0, $80^{\circ}C$에서 가장 높은 활성을 나타냈으며 이 효소의 아미노산 서열에 있는 두 개의 아미노산 잔기 (232번 글루탐산과 242번 아스파르트산 잔기)를 알라닌으로 치환시켜 활성이 없어지는 것으로 보아 이 두 잔기가 효소활성에 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 추정된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권9호
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• pp.1555-1563
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• 2008

A novel $\alpha$-amylase ($\alpha$-1,4-$\alpha$-D-glucan glucanohydrolase, E.C. 3.2.1.1), ScAmy43, was found in the culture medium of the phytopathogenic fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum grown on oats flour. Purified to homogeneity, ScAmy43 appeared as a 43 kDa monomeric enzyme, as estimated by SDS-PAGE and Superdex 75 gel filtration. The MALDI peptide mass fingerprint of ScAmy43 tryptic digest as well as internal sequence analyses indicate that the enzyme has an original primary structure when compared with other fungal a-amylases. However, the sequence of the 12 N-terminal residues is homologous with those of Aspergillus awamori and Aspergillus kawachii amylases, suggesting that the new enzyme belongs to the same GH13 glycosyl hydrolase family. Assayed with soluble starch as substrate, this enzyme displayed optimal activity at pH 4 and $55^{\circ}C$ with an apparent $K_m$ value of 1.66 mg/ml and $V_{max}$ of 0.1${\mu}mol$glucose $min^{-1}$ $ml^{-1}$. ScAmy43 activity was strongly inhibited by $Cu^{2+}$, $Mn^{2+}$, and $Ba^{2+}$, moderately by $Fe^{2+}$, and was only weakly affected by $Ca^{2+}$ addition. However, since EDTA and EGTA did not inhibit ScAmy43 activity, this enzyme is probably not a metalloprotein. DTT and $\beta$-mercaptoethanol strongly increased the enzyme activity. Starting with soluble starch as substrate, the end products were mainly maltotriose, suggesting for this enzyme an endo action.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제22권11호
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• pp.1532-1539
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• 2012

The ${\alpha}$-galactosidase-coding gene agaAJB13 was cloned from Sphingomonas sp. JB13 showing 16S rDNA (1,343 bp) identities of ${\leq}97.2%$ with other identified Sphingomonas strains. agaAJB13 (2,217 bp; 64.9% GC content) encodes a 738-residue polypeptide (AgaAJB13) with a calculated mass of 82.3 kDa. AgaAJB13 showed the highest identity of 61.4% with the putative glycosyl hydrolase family 36 ${\alpha}$-galactosidase from Granulicella mallensis MP5ACTX8 (EFI56085). AgaAJB13 also showed <37% identities with reported protease-resistant or Sphingomonas ${\alpha}$-galactosidases. A sequence analysis revealed different catalytic motifs between reported Sphingomonas ${\alpha}$-galactosidases (KXD and RXXXD) and AgaAJB13 (KWD and SDXXDXXXR). Recombinant AgaAJB13 (rAgaAJB13) was expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3). The purified rAgaAJB13 was characterized using p-nitrophenyl-${\alpha}$-D-galactopyranoside as the substrate and showed an apparent optimum at pH 5.0 and $60^{\circ}C$ and strong resistance to trypsin and proteinase K digestion. Compared with reported proteaseresistant ${\alpha}$-galactosidases showing thermolability at $50^{\circ}C$ or $60^{\circ}C$ and specific activities of <71 U/mg with or without protease treatments, rAgaAJB13 exhibited a better thermal stability (half-life of >60 min at $60^{\circ}C$) and higher specific activities (225.0-256.5 U/mg). These sequence and enzymatic properties suggest AgaAJB13 is the first identified and characterized Sphingomonas ${\alpha}$-galactosidase, and shows novel protease resistance with a potential value for basic research and industrial applications.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.9-19
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• 2016

Xylanases sourced from different bacteria have significantly different enzymatic properties. Therefore, studying xylanases from different bacteria is important to their applications in different fields. A potential xylanase degradation gene in Massilia was recently discovered through genomic sequencing. However, its xylanase activity remains unexplored. This paper is the first to report a xylanase (XynRBM26) belonging to the glycosyl hydrolase family (GH10) from the genus Massilia. The gene encodes a 383-residue polypeptide (XynRBM26) with the highest identity of 62% with the endoxylanase from uncultured bacterium BLR13. The XynRBM26 expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 is a monomer with a molecular mass of 45.0 kDa. According to enzymatic characteristic analysis, pH 5.5 is the most appropriate for XynRBM26, which could maintain more than 90% activity between pH 5.0 and 8.0. Moreover, XynRBM26 is stable at 37℃ and could maintain at least 96% activity after being placed at 37℃ for 1 h. This paper is the first to report that GH10 xylanase in an animal gastrointestinal tract (GIT) has salt tolerance, which could maintain 86% activity in 5 M NaCl. Under the optimum conditions, K_m, V_max, and k_cat of XynRBM26 to beechwood xylan are 9.49 mg/ml, 65.79 μmol/min/mg, and 47.34 /sec, respectively. Considering that XynRBM26 comes from an animal GIT, this xylanase has potential application in feedstuff. Moreover, XynRBM26 is applicable to high-salt food and seafood processing, as well as other high-salt environmental biotechnological fields, because of its high catalytic activity in high-concentration NaCl.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.221-226
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• 2011

Thermotoga neapolitana 유래 내열성 4-알파-글루칸전이효소(MgtA)가 산업적 응용성을 지닌 싸이클로아밀로스를 생산할 수 있는지를 검사하기 위하여 그 유전자를 클로닝하고 대장균에서 발현시켰다. MgtA는 HiTrap Q와 Sephacryl S-200 분배 크로마토그래피를 이용하여 순수한 형태로 정제되었으며, SDS-PAGE를 통하여 분자량이 약 52 kDa으로 아미노산서열로부터 계산된 분자량과 일치하였다. 효소활성의 최적 pH와 온도는 6.5와 $85^{\circ}C$였으며 알파1,4결합을 갖는 글루칸의 1,4결합을 효율적으로 가수분해함과 동시에 작은 크기의 올리고당을 말토덱스트린에 전이하는 전이활성을 가지고 있었다. 그러나 플루란, 글리코겐 및 1,4결합 이외의 다른 알파결합을 갖는 글루칸에는 활성을 나타내지 않았다. MgtA는 말토트리오스를 말토올리고당으로 전환할 수 있는 능력에서 그렇지 못한 Thermotoga maritima 의 효소와 구별할 수 있었으며, 반응 후 glucoamylase의 처리결과로부터 그 전이산물이 싸이클로아밀로스 대신에 긴 연쇄상의 말토올리고당을 생산하는 효소로 확인할 수 있었다.