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http://dx.doi.org/10.5352/JLS.2021.31.5.496

Isolation of a Pseudoalteromonas sp. JH-1 Producing Agarase and Characterization of its Agarase  

Lee, Dong-Geun (Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Silla University)
Kim, Ju-Hui (Department of Green-Chemistry Convergence Engineering, Graduate School, Silla University)
Lee, Sang-Hyeon (Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Silla University)
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Journal of Life Science / v.31, no.5, 2021 , pp. 496-501 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, the marine agar-degrading bacterium Pseudoalteromonas sp. JH-1 was isolated, and its growth and agarase properties were investigated. Seawater was collected from the offshore of the Yonggung Temple in Busan, and agar-degrading bacteria were isolated and cultured with marine agar medium. The bacterium Pseudoalteromonas sp. JH-1 was isolated through 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The extracellularly secreted enzyme was obtained from the culture broth of Pseudoalteromonas sp. JH-1 and was used to characterize its agarase. The extracellular agarase exhibited a maximum activity of 116.6 U/l at 50℃ and pH 6.0 of 20 mM Tris-HCl buffer. Relative activities were 31, 59, 94, 100, 45, and 31% at 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, and 70℃, respectively. Relative activities were 49, 85, 100, 86, 81, and 67% at pH 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, respectively. Residual activity was more than 85% after exposure at 20, 30, and 40℃ for 2 hr, and more than 82% after exposure at 50℃ for 2 hr. Zymogram analysis confirmed that Pseudoalteromonas sp. JH-1 produced at least two agarases of 55 and 97 kDa. As the products of α-agarase and β-agarase have antioxidation, antitumor, skin-whitening, macrophage activation, and prebiotic effects, further studies are needed on the agarase of Pseudoalteromonas sp. JH-1.
Keywords
Agarase; agar-degrading bacterium; Pseudoalteromonas sp. JH-1; zymogram;
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