Purification of Alkaline Restriction Endonuclease from Alkalophilic Bacillus sp. 8-13

제한효소 생성능을 지닌 알칼리성 Bacillus sp. 8-13 균주로부터 알칼리성 제한효소의 정제

Twenty-four bacterial strains among alkalophillic bacteria isolated from soil samples were examined for the presence of type II restriction endonuclease in aerobic culture. One strain was found to contain specific enzyme to cleave lambda DNA. The characteristics of this microorganism is the ability to grow well in alkalophilic and high temperature condition, that is at pH 10.3 and $50^{\circ}C$. This strain was tentatively identified to Bacillus alkaloPhilus subsp. halodurans when morphological, physiological and biochemical characteristics were examined. The enzyme was purified from crude extract by streptomycin sulfate, ammonium sulfate precipitation, which was followed by DEAE-cellulose and phosphocellulose ion exchange column chromatography, and the subunit molecular weight was about, 32,000 daltons by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis containing 0.1% SDS.

토양에서 분리한 여러 알칼리성 세균을 대상으로 제한효소의 유무를 조사하여 Bacillu sp. 8-13으로부터 제한효소의 활성을 발견할 수 있었다. 이 균주의 제한효소는 streptomycin sulfate 침전, ammonium sulfate 침전, DEAD-cellulose와 phosphocellulose ion exchange colum chromatography와 phosphocellulose ion exchange colum chromatography 과정을 통하여 정제하였고 0.1 SDS를 포함하는 7.5 polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis로 subunit의 분잘량을 조사한 결과 약 32,000 dalton이었다. 또 특히 이 균주는 형태적 배양학적 특성이 Bacillus alkalophilus subsp. haldurans와 매우 유사하며, 최적 생육, pH는 10.3이었고, 최적 증식온도는 $50^{\circ}C$ 이었다.