Isolation of Extracellular Cytosine Deaminase Producing Strain Arthrobacter sp. JH-13 and Cultural Conditions of It's Enzyme Production

세포의 Cytosine Deaminase 생산균 Arthrobacter sp. JH-13의 분리 및 효소생산 조건

A strain producing an extracellular cytosine deaminase was isolated from soil samples. The enzyme obtained from the strain possessed the substrate specificity to both cytosine and 5-fluorocytosine. From the results of its morphological, cultural, physiological, and biochemical properties, the strain was thought to be the genus Arthrobacter. Therefore, it was named as Arthrobacter sp. JH-13. The composition of optimum medium for the enzyme formation was 0.5% of peptone, 0.5% of meat extract, 0.5% of soluble starch, and 0.1% of KCl. The optimum pH for the enzyme formation was 8.0. When the microoganism was cultured aerobically in the above medium, enzyme production reached at maximum in 54 hours at $30^{\circ}C$.

토양시료로 부터 cytosine과 5-fluorocytosine에 특이성을 갖는 세포의 cytosine deaminase를 생산하는 균주 JH-13을 분리하였다. 분리균 JH-13을 분류학적으로 검색한 결과 Arthrobacter 속에 속하는 것으로 밝혀졌으며 Arthrobacter JH-13으로 명명하였다. 분리 균의 세 포외 cytosine deaminase 생성을 위한 최적배지의 조성은 peptone 0.5%, meat extract 0.5%, soluble starch 0.5%, KCl O.1%로, 배지의 초발 pH 는 8.0으로 설정하였다. 500 ml용량의 진탕 flask에 최적배지 100 ml를 넣고 110 Rev.${\times}6$cm stroke로 $30^{\circ}C$에서 진탕배양하였을 때 효소생산은 54시간 부근에서 최고에 달하였다.