Studies on the Fermentative Production of Inosine-5′-monophosphate by Microorganisms (Part 1) Derivation of 5′-IMP Producing Mutants from Brevibacterium ammoniagenes

미생물에 의한 5′-이노신산의 생산에 관한 연구 (제1보) 5′-이노신산 생산균주의 분리

As the first step of domestic developmint of the nucleic acid-related compounds, purine base required auxotrophs from Brevibacterium ammoniagenes ATCC 6872 were derived by the ultraviolet irradiation or the treatment of N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitroso guanidine (NTG), diethyl sulfate (DES), and ethylme-thyl sulfate (EMS). The optimum conditions of mutation by means of several mutagens were induced respectively. The yield of mutants was 0.083％ by the ultraviolet irradiation, 0.67％ by the NTG treatment, 1.1％ by the DES treatment, and 0.45％ by the EMS treatment. Six strains among 239 auxotrophs were screened out to accumulate 5'-lMP in the culture broth. Cry-stalline 5'-lMP was isolated from the culture broth of Brevifbacterium ammoniagenes adnine-guanine less mutant D-21530 by the use of anion exchange resin, Amberlite IRA-402, and it was identified physically and chemically as 5'-inosinic acid.

(l) 핵산관련물질 생산균주의 분리를 위한 변이 유기제와 최적 처리조건은 UV; 30 cm, 1 min, NTG; 200 $\mu\textrm{g}$/ml, 20min, DES; 0.32 %, 90 min, EMS; 5%, 60 min 이었으며 이때 변이솔는 각각 0.083 %, 0.67%, 1.1 %, 및 0.45%로 DES가 가장 양호하였다. (2) Purine 영양요구변이주 239 strain 중 5'-IMP 생산균주는 모두 6 strain이었으며 이중 adenine-guanine 동시요구주 D-2150이 4.8mg/ml로 가장 우수하였다. (3) D-21530 strain의 배양액에서 얻은 결정을 paper chromatogram의 Rf치, 자외선 및 적외선 흡수 spectum 비교, 가수분해에 의한 hypoxanthine 생성량 및 orcinol 반응에 의한 D-ribose의 생성량을 검토한 결과 5'-IMP로 동정되었다. 이 연구을 할때 협력하여 주신 제일제당주식회사 김홍집 상무, 그리고 핵산의 정량분석을 하여준 문화식 씨에게 감사드립니다.