Abstract
An $\alpha$-amylase producing bacterium, strain 2B, was isolated from soil and identified to genus Bacillus. To enhance $\alpha$-amylase productivity, strain 2B was mutagenized successively with nitrosoguanidine. For an efficient selection of a-amylase hyperproducers, mutants which produced $\alpha$-amylase in the presence of glucose were isolated. The resultant mutant HG4, which was classified as constitutive and catabolite derepressed hyperproducer of a-amylase, produced about 30 folds more $\alpha$-amylase than parental strain in medium containing lactose as carbon source. The strain HG4 grew rapidly and produced enzyme in parallel with cell growth. Moreover, its cell lysis did not occur until time of maximal yield of enzyme, which was considered to be a favorable characteristic for the production and purificiation of enzyme in industrial scale. The enzymatic properties of parental strain 2B and mutant strain HG4 were almost the same. The optimal temperature and pH for enzyme reaction was $70^{\circ}C$ and pH 6.0, respectively, in 'the presence of 0.6mM $Ca^[2+}$ as an effective stabilizer.
$\alpha$-Amylase를 생산하는 Bacillus sp. 2B를 토양에서 분리하였으며 이 균주에 반복적으로 돌연변이원인 NTG를 처리하여 효소생산성이 증대된 변이주를 유도하였다. $\alpha$-Amylase 고 생산성 균주의 효율적인 획득방법으로 glucose에 의한 $\alpha$-amylase의 생성억제를 받지않는 변이주를 분리한 결과, 효소생산성이 약 30배 향상된 변이주 Bacillus sp. HG4를 획득하였다. 이 균주는 lactose를 탄소원으로 하여 최대 효소생성능을 나타내었으며 빠른 균체성장 및 최대 효소생성시기에 균체 lysis가 적은 점 등 산업적으로 사용하기에 유리한 특성을 가진 것으로 판단된다.
