광합성세균 균체대사산물의 자원화에 대한 기초적 연구

A Fundamental Study on Utilization of Photosynthetic Bacteria Metabolites

5-Aminolevulinic acid (ALA) 생합성의 $C_5$ 경로의 전구물질인 L-glutamic acid가 Rhodospirillum rubrum N-1 새포내에서 ALA 생산의 역할을 검토하였다. Lascelles의 기본배지에 L-glutamic acid와 levulinic acid (LA)를 각각 30, 20 mM 첨가배양으로써 균체외 ALA 생산성이 40배 증가(76 mg/l)하였다. 한편 $C_4$ 경로의 기질인 glycine과 succinic acid를 대수기 중기에 각각 60 mM 첨가함으로써, 균의 증식은 억제되었으나 균체외의 ALA는 52 mg/l에 달하였다.

The role of L-glutamic acid, a precursor of $C_5$ ALA biosynthetic pathway, on the production of 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) has been described in cells of Rhodospirillum rubrum N-1. To the Lascelles basal medium the addition of both 30 mM L-glutamicacid and 20 mM levulinic acid (LA) provided to increase the extracellular ALA yield up to 40 fold (76 mg/l). By the addition of both 60 mM glycine and succinic acid, precursorsof $C_4$ ALA biosynthetic pathway, at middle log phase of cell growth ALA yield was increased 27 fold (52 mg/l) although the celt growth was inhibited to a certain extent.