한국산(韓國産) 고등(高等) 균류(菌類)의 효소(酵素)에 관한 연구(硏究)(I) -능이의 단백질(蛋白質) 분해효소(分解酵素)의 확인(確認)

Studies on Enzymes of the Higher Fungi of Korea(I) -Identification of Protease in Sarcodon aspratus

Sarcodon aspratus (Berk.) S. Ito에서 효소분획을 추출하여 casein 및 여러 식품 단백질기질을 조제하여 그것에 대한 분해작용을 실험하였다. Casein을 크게 분해하고 각 식품단백질기질도 분해하였으므로 protease의 존재를 알게 되었고 여러 기질에 대해 표준 pepsin과 비교할때 거의 동일한 역가를 나타내었으므로 우수한 protease가 함유되어 있음을 규명하였다. 아울러 능이가 육류체증 치료에 민간약으로 사용되는 근거를 제시하였다고 사료된다.

The purposes of this study were to investigate enzyme components and its physiological activities of Sarcodon aspratus (Berk.) S. Ito which grows wildly in Korea, belonging to the family Thelephoraceae. The carpophores of the fungus was extracted with cooling distilled water and salted out by ammonium sulfate. The precipitate was purified by dialysing through visking tube against distilled water and then dissolved with pH 7.8 ammonia aqua, and the extract was filterated. The fraction of filtrate was obtained as light brown powder after lyophilization and determined proteolytic activity. Protease activity of Sarcodon aspratus (Berk.) S. Ito was about two-third of that of pepsin on casein by cup method. The proteolytic potency of this enzyme was found to be 500 unit/mg. This proved the efficacy of the mushroom when it was used as a folk medicine for treating indigestion of beef.