Purification and Characterization of Lipase from Acinetobacter sp. B2 Isolated from Oil­contaminated Soil

Three hundreds thirty two bacterial colonies which were able to degrade crude oil were isolated from soil sam­ples that were contaminated with oil in Daejeon area. Among them, one bacterial strain was selected for this study based on its higher oil degrading ability, and this selected bacterial strain was identified as Acinetobactor sp. B2 through physiological-biochemical tests and analysis of its 16S rRNA sequence. Acinetobactor sp. B2 was able to utilize various carbohydrates but did not utilize trehalose and mannitol as a sole carbon source. Acinetobactor sp. B2 showed a weak resistance to antibiotics such as kanamycin, streptomycin, tetracycline and spectinomycin, but showed a high resistance up to mg/ml unit to heavy metals such as Ba, Li, Mn, AI, Cr and Pb. The optimal growth temperature of Acinetobactor sp. B2 was $30^{\circ}C.$ The lipase produced by Acinetobactor sp. B2 was purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation, DEAE-Toyopearl 650M ion exchange chromatography and Sephadex gel filtration chromatography. Its molecular mass was about 60 kDa and condition for the optimal activity was observed at $40^{\circ}C$ and pH 10, respectively. The activation energy of lipase for the hydrolysis of p­nitrophenyl palmitate was 2.7 kcal/mol in the temperature range of 4 to $37^{\circ}C,$ and the enzyme was unstable at the temperature higher than $60^{\circ}C.$ The Michaelis constant $(K_m)\;and\;V_{max}$ for p-nitrophenyl palmitate were 21.8 uM and $270.3\;{\mu}M\;min^{-1}mg^{-1},$ respectively. This enzyme was strongly inhibited by 10 mM $Cd^{2+},\;Co^{2+},\;Fe^{2+},\;Hg^{2+},$ EDTA and 2-Mercaptoethalol.

유류오염지역에서 분리한 Acinetobacter sp. B2로부터의 Lipase 정제 및 특성

대전 근교의 유류로 오염된 토양으로부터 유류를 분해하는332개의 세균 콜로니를 분리한 후 이 중 lipase 활성이 우수한 한 균주를 최종 선별하여 생리생화학적 조사와 16S rRNA 염기서열분석 등을 통하여 동정한 결과 Acinetobactor sp. B2로 확인되었다. 최종 선별된 Acinetobactor sp. B2는 trehalose, mannitol을 제외한 다양한 당을 이용하였고, kanamycin, streptomycin, tetracycline, spectinomycin의 항생제에 대해서 약한 내성을, 그리고 Ba, Li, Mn, Al, Cr, Pb 등의 중금속에 대해서는 mg/ml 단위까지 강한 내성을 나타냈고 생장 최적 온도는 $30^{\circ}C$로 확인되었다. Acinetobactor sp. B2에서 정제된 lipase의 분자량은60 kDa이었고, 이 효소의 최적 온도와 PH는 각각 $40^{\circ}C$와 pH 10이었다. 그리고p-nitrophenyl palmitate (pNPP)를 가수분해하는데 필요한 활성에너지는 $4-37{\circ}C$의 범위에서 2.7 kcal/mol 이었고, $60^{\circ}C$ 이상의 온도에서는 불안정한 효소임이 확인되었다. 또 pNPP에 대한 이 효소의 Michaelis constant (Km)와 최대속도상수 $(V_{max})$값은 각각 21.8 ${\mu}M$과 $270.3\;{\mu}M\;min^{-1}mg^{-1}$ 이었고, 이 효소는 $Cd^{2+},\;Co^{2+},\;Fe^{2+},\;Hg^{2+},$ EDTA, 2-mercaptoethanol에 의해 강하게 억제되었다.