Purification and Characterization of Extracellular Inulinase from Bacillus sp.

Bacillus sp.가 세포외로 생산하는 Inulinase의 정제 및 특성

The extracellular inulinase from Bacillus spp. was purified to a single protein through a sequence of operations including ammonium sulfate fractionation, heat treatment, DEAE Sepharose C1-6B ion exchange chromatography, Sephadex 6-100 and Sephadex 6-150 gel filtration. The purified enzyme was confirmed to be a $\beta$ -D-fructofuranosidase(EC 3.2.1.26) which was much more active on sucrose than on inulin(I/S = 0.2). The maximal inulinase activity was observed at pH 6.0 and at the temperature of $50^{\circ}C$. The mo1ecular weight of the enzyme was about 56, 000. Tryptophan and histidine residues of the enzyme molecule were found to be essential for its catalytic activity.

토양 분리균인 Bacillus spp.가 생산하는 inulinase를 ammonium sulfate 분획, 열처리, DEAE Sephadex Cl-6B ion exchange chromatography, Sephadex G-100 및 Sephadex G-150 gel 여과 등의 과정을 거쳐 단일 단백질로 분리 정제하였다. 정제 inulinase는 분자량이 약 56,000인 효소로서 pH6.0,$50^{\circ}C$에서 최대 활성을 나타내었으며 $Co^{2+}$와 $Mn^{2+}$에 의해서 현저한 활성화 효과를 보였다. 또한 본 효소는 sucrose와 raffinose에 대해서도 높은 활성을 나타내므로 $\beta$-D-fructofuranosidase(EC 3.2.1.26)로 분류되는 exo-inulinase인 것으로 확인되었다. 한편 효소활성에 필수적인 아미노산 잔기는 tryptophan과 histidine인 것으로 분석되었으며 inulin과 sucrose에 대한 $K_m$값은 각각 $2.0 \times 1.0^[-3}M, 1.0 \times 10^[-2}M$로 산출되었다.