Purification of $\beta$-Galactosidase from Alkalophilic Bacillus sp. YS-309

호알카리성 Bacillus sp. YS-309로부터 $\beta$-Galactosidase의 정제

A strain of alkalophilic Bacillus sp. YS-309 capable of producing large amount of $\beta$-galactosidase has been isolated from soil sample. Intracellular $\beta$-galactosidase was purified 6.9 folds by procedures including ammonium sulfate precipitation, DEAE-cellulose chromatography, gel-filtration, DEAE-Sephadex A-50 chromatography with over-all yield of 17.8%. The molecular weight of native enzyme was 205, 000 by HPLC, and SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed that the enzyme consisted of 4 identical subunits with a molecular weight of 56, 000.

토양으로부터 분리한 호알카리성 Bacillus sp. YS-309의 조효소액을 조제하고 제핵산, ammonium sulfate 침전, DEAE-cellulose column chromatography, Sephacryl S-200 gel-filtration, DEAE-Sephadex A-50 chromatography 등을 단계적으로 수행하여 6.9배 정제된 순도 98%의 정제효소를 얻었으며, 활성염색을 실시하여 정제한 효소단백질이 $\beta$-galactosidase임을 확인하였다. 정제효소의 분자량은 205,000으로 monomer의 분자량이 56,000인 동일크기의 tetramer로 구성되어 있다고 판단되었다.