Characteristics of the alkaline protease from the moderate halophile, Halomonas sp. ES 10

Halomonas sp. ES 10이 생산하는 alkaline protease의 특성

The protease from Halomonas sp. ES 10 was purified by methanol precipitation, gel filtration on Sephadex G-150 and G-200, and ion exchange chromatography on DEAE-Sephadex A-50. The purified enzyme was found to be homogeneous by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The specific activity of purified enzyme was 1,014 units/mg protein, and the yield of the total activity from the culture filtrate was 7%. The optimal temperature and pH for the enzyme activity were $35^{\circ}C$, and pH 11.0, respectively. And the enzyme was stable in the range of $pH\;7.5{\sim}11.0$. The residual activity of the enzyme was 70%, when the enzyme was incubated at $50^{\circ}C$ for 40 min. The Km value of the enzyme was 7.4 mg/ml to milk casein. $Li^+$, $Ca^{2+}$, SDS and Tween 80 were appeared to activators, whereas $Hg^{2+}$ and EDTA to inhibitors. The addition of DFP and PMSF showed the relative enzyme activities of 63% and 107%, respectively, suggesting that the enzyme may not belong to serine type protease. When the alkaline protease was treated with 0.5 M and 1 M NaCl, the relative enzyme activities were 95% and 65%, respectively. This enzyme showed 20% and 15% higher enzyme activity than that of Aspergillus oryzae (Sigma Chemical Company product, P4755) in the presence of 0.5 M and 1 M NaCl.

Halomonas sp. ES 10이 생산하는 protease를 methanol 침전, Sephadex G-150, G-200 및 DEAE-Sephadex A-50으로 여과하여 비활성이 1,014 units/mg protein, 수율이 7%로 정제하였다. 이 효소의 작용 최적온도 및 pH는 $35^{\circ}C$ 와 pH 11.0 이었고, $50^{\circ}C$ 에서 40분에 70%의 잔존활성을 보였으며 $pH\;7.5{\sim}11.0$ 범위에서 안정하였다. 정제효소의 우유 casein에 대한 Km값은 7.4 mg/ml 이었다. $Li^+$, $Ca^{2+}$, SDS, Tween 80 등은 효소 활성을 다소 증가시키고 $Hg^{2+}$과 EDTA는 심히 저해하였다. DFP와 PMSF에 의해서는 각각 63%, 107%의 상대활성을 보여 이 효소는 serine protease가 아님을 시사하였다. 0.5 M과 1 M의 NaCl 농도에서 각각 95%와 65%의 상대활성을 보여 일반 미생물의 protease 보다 각각 20%, 15%씩 상대활성이 높았다.