• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.68-74
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• 1995

A bacterial strain A-6 producing the high level of an extracellular inulin fructotransfe rase(depolymerizing)(EC 2.4.1.93) which converts inulin into di-D-fructofuranose dianhydride III (DFAIII) was isolated from soil. The isolated strain could be classified as a species belonging to the genus Arthrobacter based on its morphological and physiological characteristics identified in this work. Production of the enzyme was induced by inulin, and the highest activity was detected in the slightly acidic medium supplemented with 2.5% inulin and 0.1% trypton as a sole carbon and a nitrogen source, respectively. Under the optimal conditions, the enzyme activity in the culture supernatant reached approximately 60 uints/ml after 96 hours of cultivation. The optimum pH and temperature for the crude enzyme preparation from Arthrobacter sp. A-6 were pH 5.0 and 60$\circ$C , respectively. The DFA produced by the action of the inulin fructotransferase was confirmed to be DFAIII by paper chromatography, HPLC and $^{13}$C-NMR spectroscopy.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제6권6호
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• pp.402-406
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• 1996

Inulin fructotransferase (depolymerizing) (EC 2.4.1.93) was purified 34-fold from the culture broth of Arthrobacter sp. A-6 by using a combination of ammonium sulfate fractionation, DEAE-Sepharose CL-6B chromatography and Sephacryl S-200 gel filtration. The purified enzyme converts inulin into di-D-fructofuranose dianhydride III(DFA III) and small quantities of fructo-oligosaccharides. The temperature and pH optima of the enzyme were $70^{\circ}C$ and 6.0, respectively. Molecular weight of the enzyme was determined to be 49 kDa by 12$%$ SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and 145 kDa by Sephacryl S-200gel filtration. This indicates that the functional inulin fructotransferase of Arthrobacter sp. A-6 has a homomeric trimer structure. The enzyme had an isoelectric point of pH 4.6. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of the purified enzyme subunit was Ala-Asp-Asn-Pro-Asp-Gly(\ulcorner)-Ser-Asn-Met(or Glu)-Tyr-Asp-Val.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.105-110
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• 1993

Enterobacter sp. S45로부터 inulin fructotransferase를 생산, 정제하고 효소적 특성을 조사하였다. 배양상징액의 $0.4{\sim}0.8$ 포화$(NH_4)_2SO_4$ 침전물인 조효소는 DEAE-cellulose column chromatography 및 fast protein liquid chromatography로 정제하였으며 효소의 회수율은 0.9%였고 약 148배의 정제도를 보였다. 정제된 효소는 전기영동상으로 단일 band였으며 분자량은 SDS-PAGE에 의해 42,800으로 나타났다. 이 효소의 최적 pH는 5.5, 최적 온도는 $50^{\circ}C$였으며 $Mg^{2+}$이온은 효소활성을 30% 증가시키나 $Hg^{2+}$, $Cu^{2+}$ 및 $Fe^{3+}$이온들은 활성을 강력히 저해하였다. Inulin에 대한 km 값은 1.4 mM, Vmax 값은 $0.196\;{\mu}mole/min$이었다. 본 효소는 inulin을 fructose 말단으로부터 fructose 두 분자씩 절단, 환상형인 DFA를 생성하며, 그 결과 inulin 분해산물인 GF, $GF_2$, $GF_3$, $GF_4$ 등도 검출되었다. 중합도에 따른 효소활성을 조사해 본 결과 이 효소는 중합도 $4(GF_3)$ 이상의 fructo 올리고당에만 작용하여 $GF_3$는 DFA III와 GF로, $GF_4$는 DFA III와 $GF_2$로 변환시켰다. 또한 본 효소는 sucrose, raffinose 및 melezitose를 기질로서 이용하지 못하므로 invertase 및 ${\alpha}-glucosidase$ 활성이 없는 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.275-280
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• 2000

The inulin fructotransferse (depolymerizing) (IFTase, EC 2.4.1.93) gene of Arthrobacter sp. A-6 was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis. The IFTase gene consisted of an ORF of 1.311 nucleotides encoding a polypeptide of 436 amino acids containing a signal peptide of 31 amino acids in the N-terminus. The molecular mass of the IFTase based on the nucleotide sequence was calculated to be 46.116 Da. The recombinant E. coli $DH5{\alpha}$ cells expressing the Arthrobacter sp. A-6 IFTase gene produced most of the IFTase intracelularly. In contrast, the recombinant B. subtilis DB 104 carrying the IFTas gene on a B. subtilis-E. Coli expression vector secreted the IFTase into the culture fluid efficiently.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.471-476
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• 1999

Inulin fructotransferase(depolymerizing)(EC 2.4.1.93)(inulaseII) which converts inulin into di-D-fructofuranose-1,2':2,3'-dianhydride (DFAIII) was purified from Arthrobacter ureafaciens KCTC 3387 using column chromatography on DEAE-Toyopearl 650M and gel filtration of Sephadex G-200. The enzyme was purified 7-fold with a yield of 11% from a culture supernatant. The purified enzyme gave a single band on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and the molecular weight of the enzyme was estimated to be 45,000 by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The optimum pH and temperature for the enzyme reaction were pH6.5~7.0 and $55{\circ}C$, respectively. The enzyme was stable within a pH range of 5.0 to 10.6 and up to $60^{\circ}C$. The Km of this enzyme for DFAIII production was 11.9mM. The enzyme was inactivated by $Hg^{2+}$ and after exhaustive digestion of inulin by this enzyme, 1-kestose and nystose were produced in addition of DFAIII.