• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.436-456
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• 2024

Several thermostable proteases have been identified, yet only a handful have undergone the processes of cloning, comprehensive characterization, and full exploitation in various industrial applications. Our primary aim in this study was to clone a thermostable alkaline protease from a thermophilic bacterium and assess its potential for use in various industries. The research involved the amplification of the SpSKF4 protease gene, a thermostable alkaline serine protease obtained from the Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius SKF4 bacterium through polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The purified recombinant SpSKF4 protease was characterized, followed by evaluation of its possible industrial applications. The analysis of the gene sequence revealed an open reading frame (ORF) consisting of 1,206 bp, coding for a protein containing 401 amino acids. The cloned gene was expressed in Escherichia coli. The molecular weight of the enzyme was measured at 28 kDa using sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). The partially purified enzyme has its highest activity at a pH of 10 and a temperature of 80℃. In addition, the enzyme showed a half-life of 15 h at 80℃, and there was a 60% increase in its activity at 10 mM Ca²⁺ concentration. The activity of the protease was completely inhibited (100%) by phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (PMSF); however, the addition of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) resulted in a 20% increase in activity. The enzyme was also stable in various organic solvents and in certain commercial detergents. Furthermore, the enzyme exhibited strong potential for industrial use, particularly as a detergent additive and for facilitating the recovery of silver from X-ray film.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.469-474
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• 1999

Thermoactinomyces sp. E79 produced two types of thermostable alkaline proteases extracellularly. A minor protease was separated from a major protease by using DEAE-column chromatography. This enzyme was purified to homogeneity by ammonium sulfate and DEAE-Sepharose ion-exchange chromatography. The purified minor protease showed different biochemical properties compared to the major protease. The molecular mass of the purified enzyme was estimated by SDS-PAGE to be 36 kDa. Its optimum temperature and pH for proteolytic activity against Hammarsten casein were $70^{\circ}C$ and 9.0, respectively. The enzyme was stable up to$75^{\circ}C$ and in an alkaline pH range of 9.0-11.0. The enzyme was inhibited by phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (PMSF) and $Hg^{2+}, indicating that the enzyme may be a cysteine-dependent serine protease. In addition, the enzyme cleaved the endoproteinase substrate, succinyl-Ala-Ala-Pro-Phe-p- nitroanilide, and the $K_m$ value for the substrate was 1.2 mM.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.624-631
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• 2007

Thermostable protease is very effective to improve the industrial processes in many fields. Two thermostable extracellular proteases from the culture supernatant of the thermophilic fungus Chaetomium thermophilum were purified to homogeneity by tractional ammonium sulfate precipitation, ion-exchange chromatography on DEAE-Sepharose, and Phenyl-Sepharose hydrophobic interaction chromatography. By SDS-PAGE, the molecular mass of the two purified enzymes was estimated to be 33 kDa and 63 kDa, respectively. The two proteases were found to be inhibited by PMSF, but not by iodoacetamide and EDTA. The 33 kDa protease (PRO33) exhibited maximal activity at pH 10.0 and the 63kDa protease (PRO63) at pH5.0. The optimum temperature for the two proteases was $65^{\circ}C$. The PRO33 had a $K_m$ value of 6.6mM and a $V_{max}$ value of $10.31{\mu}mol/l/min$, and PRO63 l7.6mM and $9.08{\mu}mol/l/min$, with casein as substrate. They were thermostable at $60^{\circ}C$. The protease activity of PRO33 and PRO63 remained at 67.2% and 17.31%, respectively, after incubation at $70^{\circ}C$ for 1h. The thermal stability of the two enzymes was significantly enhanced by $Ca^{2+}$. The residual activity of PRO33 and PRO63 at $70^{\circ}C$ after 60min was approximately 88.59% and 39.2%, respectively, when kept in the buffer containing $Ca^{2+}$. These properties make them applicable for many biotechnological purposes.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.167-171
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• 2000

두엄에서 분리한 Thermoactinomycese sp. E79는 탈지 대두박(defatted soycean meal)을 특이적이로 분해하는 내열성 alkaline 단백질 분해효소를 생산한다. 이 효소를 생산하기 위한 환경인자를 조사하였는데 배지의 초기 pH가 6에서 8까지는 유사한 균체농도를 얻을 수 있었고 pH10에서는 단백질분해효소의 발현이 되지 않았다. 탄소원은 수용성 전분을 이용할 경우 최적의 값을 보여 9.2U/mL의 효소역가를 얻었고 포도당을 탄소원으로 사용한 경우 단백질분해효소의 발현이 억제되었다 최적의 효소발현을 위해 tryptone을 세포성장에 soytone을 단백질 분해효소 생산에 가장 적합한 질소원으로 선택하였다. 호기성 세균인 Thermoactinomycese sp. E79의 산소요구성으 알아보기 위해 산소전달속도를 달리하여 발효인자를 결정하였고 volumetric oxygen transfer coefficient 가 1.93$\times$102 hr-1 일 때 균체농도 6.58 g/L 효소역자 43.0 U/mL 의최대값을 보였다 또한 효소역가를 증강시키기 위해 200mg/L의 humic acid를 첨가한 경우 비첨가 대조구에 비해 단백질 분해효소 역가는 1.64배 세포성장은 1.77배 증가하였다.

• 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한약학회 2002년도 Proceedings of the Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Vol.2
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• pp.331.2-331.2
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• 2002

Actinomycetes CS0707 has been isolated in soil sample from location in the Jeju province. Korea, and produces thermostable extracellular proteases. Actinomycetes CS0703 showed the highest protease activity at late exponential phase when grown in OSYM medium (oatmeal 2.0%, soybean meal 1 %, dried yeast 1 %, mannitol 1 %) at $48^{\circ}C$. Three forms of protease(Ta-1, TA-2 and Ta-3) were fractionated by Ultrogel AcA 54 column chromatography, and further purified through ammonium sulfate fractionation, ultramembrane filtration, and DEAE-sepharose CL-6B column chromatography. (omitted)

• 한국미생물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국미생물학회 1998년도 제38회 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.54.2-54.2
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• 1998

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.113-118
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• 1994

A bacterial strain NS-83 isolated from soil was able to produce an extracellular thermostable protease. The strain was identified as Pseudomonas aeruginosa based on its morphological and physiological characteristics. A thermostable protease from this strain has been purified to homogeneity as judged by SDS-PAGE and isoelectric focusing. The purification procedures included hydrophobic interaction, ion exchange, and gel filtration chromatography. The $M_r$ and the pl of the enzyme were 32,000 and 5.9, respectively. The optimal pH at 55$^{\circ}C$ and the optimal temperature at pH 7.0 were 8.0 and 60$^{\circ}C$, respectively. The D-values of the enzyme at 60, 65, and 70$^{\circ}C$ were 22, 2.1, and 0.75 hrs, respectively. The enzyme activity was significantly inhibited in the presence of 1 mM o-phenanthroline or EDTA, suggesting that the enzyme is metalloprotease. The $K_m$, and $V_{max}$ for Hammarsten casein were found to be 3.2 mg/ml and 0.918 unit/ml, respectively. These enzymatic properties were similar to those of elastase produced from P. aeruginosa IFO 3455, but the enzyme was clearly different from the reported elastase, in respect to $Ca^{++}$ effects on enzyme-thermostability. This property, together with amino acid composition analysis, confirmed that the enzyme differs from the known P. aeruginosa elastase.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.207-211
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• 1997

Media optimization for the production of thermostable protease specifically hydrolyzing defatted soybean meal (DSM) from Bacillus licheniformis NS70 was performed by two methods, one-at-a-time method and response surface methodology (RSM). The best carbon source and nitrogen source for the protease production were lactose and DSM, respectively. The maximum protease production estimated by RSM was 606 U/L at 1.11% lactose and 0.43% DSM, the value of which was nearly consistent to the experimental value of 599 U/L. Yeast extract suppressed the protease production. The medium pH was slightly increased at the beginning stage of fermentation, and it tended to decrease after 8 hours. The optimal pH for the protease production was 7.2 in the batch fermentation.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.298-304
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• 2012

가정에서 제조된 된장 16점으로부터 $60^{\circ}C$에서 성장하는 Bacillus속 균주 63주를 분리하였으며 이로부터 내열성 protease를 생산하는 1개 균주를 선발하였다. 분리균의 형태적, 생화학적 특성과 16S rRNA 유전자서열을 조사한 결과 Bacillus licheniformis로 확인되었다. 분리균의 배양상등액은 반응온도 $60-65^{\circ}C$와 pH11에서 최대 protease 활성을 보였으며, $60^{\circ}C$에서 30분간 열처리한 후에도 87%의 protease 활성을 유지하였다. 질소원, 탄소원, 금속이온, 인 등의 배지성분이 protease 생산성에 미치는 영향을 조사한 결과 유당과 soytone peptone이 분리균의 효소 생산을 증가시키는 탄소원과 질소원으로 확인되었다. 분리균은 말기대수기 이후부터 protease를 생산하기 시작하였으며, 유당 (3%), soytone peptone (1.5%), $MgSO_4$ (0.1%), $K_2HPO_4$ (0.03%)와 $KH_2PO_4$ (0.03%)로 구성된 최적화 배지에서 배양시간이 28시간일 때 protease의 생산성이 최대 550 U/ml에 이르렀다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.322-328
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• 1995

A thermophilic bacteria showing proteolytic activity against defatted soybean was isolated from soil. It was identified as Bacillus amyloliquefaciens based on its morphological and physiological characteristics. The Bacillus amyloliquefaciens NS 15-4 was cultivated at 50$\circ$C by rotary shaking in a medium containing defatted soybean. An extracellular protease from this strain was purified to homogeneity by ammonium sulfate precipitation, ion exchange, and hydrophobic interaction chromatographies. The molecular weight of the enzyme was estimated to be approximately 30,000 by SDS-PAGE and the N-terminal amino acid sequence of the enzyme was turned out to be AQSVPYGISQIKAPA. The optimum temperature and pH for the enzyme reaction were 60$\circ$C and 11, respectively, and its thermostability was increased by the addition of calcium ion. The enzyme was inactivated by phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride, suggesting it be a serine protease. Comparing with other commercial proteases, the enzyme showed relatively high proteolytic activity against defatted soybean, a water-insoluble protein substrate.