• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.819-825
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• 2002

Methanol dehydrogenase (MDH) is a key enzyme in the process of methanol oxidation in methylotrophic bacteria. However, information on MDH genes from genus Methylobacillus is limited. In this study, a 6.5-kb HindIII DNA fragment of Methylobacillus sp. SK-5 chromosomal DNA was isolated from the genomic library of the strain by using a degenerate oligonucleotide probe that was designed based on JV-terminal amino acid sequence of the MDH $\alpha$ subunit purified from the strain. Molecular analysis of the fragment revealed four tightly clustered genes (mxaFJGI) involved in the methanol oxidation. The first and fourth genes were very similar to mxaF (77% identity for nucleotides an 78% identity for amino acids) and mxaF (67% Identity for nucleotides and 68% Identity for amino acids) genes, respectively, from Methylovorus sp. SSI. Genes mxaF and mxaI encode $\alpha$ and $\beta$ subunits of MDH, respectively. The two subunits were identified from purified MDH from Methylobacillus sp. SK-5. A dendrogram constructed by comparison of amino acid sequences of MDH u subunits suggests that MxaF from Methylobacillus sp. SK-5 belongs to a subfamily cluster of MDH u subunits from $\beta$-subgroup Proteobacteria. The subfamily cluster is separated from the other subfamily that consists of $\beta$- and $\gamma$-subgroup Proteobacteria. This study provided information on mn genes from a methylotrophic bacterium in $\beta$-subgroup Proteobacteria, which would aid to better develop a gene probe to detect one-carbon metabolizing bacteria.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.370-378
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• 2007

A superoxide dismutase was purified 62-fold in seven steps to homogeneity from Methylobacillus sp. strain SK1, an obligate methanol-oxidizing bacterium, with a yield of 9.6%. The final specific activity was 4,831 units per milligram protein as determined by an assay based on a 50% decrease in the rate of cytochrome c reduction. The molecular weight of the native enzyme was estimated to be 44,000. Sodium dodecyl sulfate gel electrophoresis revealed two identical subunits of molecular weight 23,100. The isoelectric point of the purified enzyme was found to be 4.4. Maximum activity of the enzyme was measured at pH 8. The enzyme was stable at pH range from 6 to 8 and at high temperature. The enzyme showed an absorption peak at 280 nm with a shoulder at 292 nm. Hydrogen peroxide and sodium azide, but not sodium cyanide, was found to inhibit the purified enzyme. The enzyme activity in cell-free extracts prepared from cells grown in manganese-rich medium, however, was not inhibited by hydrogen peroxide but inhibited by sodium azide. The activity in cell extracts from cells grown in iron-rich medium was found to be highly sensitive to hydrogen peroxide and sodium azide. One mol of native enzyme was found to contain 1.1 g-atom of iron and 0.7 g-atom of manganese. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of the purified enzyme was Ala-Tyr-Thr-Leu-Pro-Pro-Leu-Asn-Tyr-Ala-Tyr. The superoxide dismutase of Methylobacillus sp. strain SK1 was found to have antigenic sites identical to those of Methylobacillus glycogenes enzyme. The enzyme, however, shared no antigenic sites with Mycobacterium sp. strain JC1, Methylovorus sp. strain SS1, Methylobacterium sp. strain SY1, and Methylosinus trichosproium enzymes.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.269-277
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• 1990

메탄올이용균인 Methylobacillus sp. SKI의 균체생산효율을 증대시킬 목적으로 마이크로컴퓨터 제어 배양기를 이용해 고농도 유가배양을 수행하였다. 배양액의 초기 메탄올농도를 1.0%(v/v)로 하여 회분배양할 경우 배양 13시간만에 2.07g/l의 균체농도에 도달하였다. 공기 공급에 의한 유가배양에서 최대교반속도 1200rpm, 최대 공기유량 5.0$\ell$/min의 조건으로 배양시 약 15시간만에 13.7$\ell$/ldml 균체농도에 도달하였다. 산소공급에 의한 유가배양에서 최대교반속도 1200rpm, 공기유량 1.0$\ell$min, 최대산소유량 5.0$\ell$/min의 조건으로 배양시 17시간만에 45.3g/l의 균체농도에 도달하였다. 균의 대수 증식기를 공기공급에 의한 유가 배양으로 회분배양에 비해 약 3시간, 산소공급에 의한 유가배양으로 회분배야에비해 약 3시간, 산소공급에 의한 유가배양으로 회분배양에 비해 약 4시간 더 연장할 수 있었다. 즉, 유가배양로 단시간에 높은 농도의 균체를 얻은 것은 feedback제어에 의해 메탄올을 저해농도 이하로 유지시키면서 용존산소를 한계농도 이상으로 제어함으로써 균의 대수적 증식으로 연장시킨 결과이다. 산소공급에 의한 유가배양중 균체농도 27.6g/l에서 미량원소성분이 결핍되었고, 42.8g/l에서 $Mg^2^+$성분이 결핍되었으므로 배양중에 추가공급되었다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.380-386
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• 1991

Three types of soluble cytochrome c were purified to homogeneity from Methylobacillus sp. strain SK1 which grows only on methanol. Cytochrome c-I was purified 58.5-fold in seven steps. Cytochrome c-II and c-III were purified 57.3- and 122.1-fold in eight steps, respectively. The molecular weights of the cytochrome c-I was determined to be 12,500, while those of the cytochrome c-II and c-III were 16,000. The isoelectric points of the c-I, c-II and c-III were found to be 8.8, 6.6, and 6.6 respectively. The spectrum of reduced cytochrome c-I showed .alpha.-, .betha.-, .gamma.-peaks at 551.4, 522.2, and 416.6nm. The peaks for c-II were found at 551.0, 521.6, and 416.5nm, while those for c-III were shown at 551.2, 521.8, and 416.0 nm. The spectra of oxidized cytochrome c-I, c-II, and c-III showed .gamma.-peak at 411.8, 409.0, and 410.2 nm, respectively. The absorption coefficients of .alpha.- and .gamma.-peak for c-I in the reduced state were determined as 47 and 197 $mM^{-1}$ $cm^{-1}$ , respectively. The coefficients of .alpha.- and .gamma.-peak for c-II were determined to be 43 and 137 $mM^{-1}$ $cm^{-1}$ , while those for c-III were 41 and 172 $mM^{-1}$ $cm^{-1}$ , respectively. The c-I and c-III were found to bind carbon monoxide.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.250-257
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• 1991

An obligate methanol-oxidizing bacterium, Methylobacillus sp. strain SK1, which grows only on methanol was isolated from soil. The isolate was nonmotile Gram-negtive rod. It does not have internal membrane system. The colonies were small, whitish-yellow, and smooth. The guanine plus cytosine content of the DNA was 48 mol%. Cellular fatty acids consisted predominantly of large amounts of straight-chain saturated $C_{16:0}$ acid and unsaturated $C_{16:1}$ acid. The major ubiquinone was Q-8, and Q-10 was present as minor component. The cell was obligately aerobic and exhibited catalase, but no oxidase, activity. Poly-.betha.-hydroxybutyrate, endospores, or cysts were not observed. the isolate could grow only on methanol in mineral medium. Growth factors were not required. The isolate was unable to use methane, formaldehyde, formate, methylamine, and several other organic compounds tested as a sole source of carbon and energy. Growth was optimal at 35.deg.C and pH 7.5. It could not grow at 42.deg.C. The doubling time was 1.2h at 30.deg.C when grown with 1.0%(v/v) methanol. The growth was not affected by antibiotics inhibiting cell wall synthesis and carbon monoxide but was completely suppressed by those inhibiting protein synthesis. Methanol was found to be assimilated through the ribulose monophosphate pathway. Cytochromes of b-, c-, and o- types were found. Cell-free extracts contained a phenazine methosulfate-linked methanol dehydrogenase activity, which required ammonium ions as an activator. Cells harvested after the late exponential phase seemed to contain blue protein.ein.

• 한국동물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물학회 1994년도 한국생물과학협회 학술발표대회
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• pp.225.1-225
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• 1994

• 한국동물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물학회 1997년도 한국생물과학협회 학술발표대회
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• pp.252.1-252
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• 1997

• 한국동물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물학회 1997년도 한국생물과학협회 학술발표대회
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• pp.253.1-253
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• 1997

• 미생물학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.261-266
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• 1993

유일한 탄소 및 에어지원으로 메탄올만을 이용하여 성장하는 새로운 절대 메탄올 자화세균을 토양으로 부터 분리하였다. 분리균주는 그람음성의 운동성이 없고 포자를 형성하지 않는 간균으로 정대호기성 세균이었다. 이 균주는 catalase 활성과 oxidase 활성을 가지고 있으며, nitrate를 nitrite로 환원시킬 수 있고 성장시 vitamin이나 특이한 생육인자를 요구하지 않았다. 세대시간은 1.6시간으로 메탄올 동화경로로는 ribulose monophosphate pathway(Entner-Doudoroff 변형경로)를 이용하나 α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase 활성은 없었다. Ammonium ion은 glutamate dehydrogenase를 이용하여 동화하였다. DNA의 guanine plus cytosine 함량은 61.0 mol%이고 세포내 지방산으로는 누고 straight-chain saturated C$^{16:0}$ acids(palmitie acids)와 unsaturated C$^{16:1}$ acids(palmitoleic acids)를 가지고 있으나 이외에도 두 종류의 unidentified C$_{17}$ branched fatty acid도 포함하고 있었다. Major ubiquinone은 Q-8이나 Q-6와 Q-7을 특이하게 소량 가지고 있었다. Phospatidylethanolamine과 Phosphatidylglycerol이 주요한 phospholip의 구성물질이나 diphosphatidylgycerol도 소량 포함하고 있었다. 위와같은 생리적, 생화학적 자료로 부터 분리균주를 새로은 종 즉, Methylohacillus methanolovorus sp. nov.로 명명하였다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.172-178
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• 1996

Methylobacillus sp. strain SK1, which grows only on methanol, was found to grow in the absence of added copper. The doubling time (t$_{d}$ = 1.3 h) of the bacterium growing at the exponential growth phase at 30.deg.C in the absence of copper was the same as that of the cell growing in the presence of copper. The bacterium growing after the exponential phase in the absence of copper, however, grew faster than the cell growing in the presence of copper. Cells harvested after thee arly stationary phase in the presence of copper were found to exhibit no methanol dehydrogenase (MDH) activity, but the amount and subunit structure of the enzyme in the cells were almost the same as that in cells harboring active MDH. Pellets of the cells harvested after the early stationary phase in the presence of copper were pale green. Cell-free extracts prepared from cells harvested at the early stationary phase in the presence of copper were pink and exhibited MDH activity, but it turned dark-green rapidly from the surface under air. The green-colored portions of the extracts showed no MDH activity and contained c-type cytochromes that were oxidized completely. The inactive MDH activity and contained c-type cytochromes that were oxidized completely. The inactive MDH proteins in the green portions were found to have antigenic sites identical to those of the active one as the inactive MDHs in cells grown in the presence of copper. The bacterium was found to accumulate copper actively during the exponential growth phase. MDH prepared from cells grown in the presence or absence of copper was found to be more stable under nitrogen gas than under air. Methanol at 10 mM was found to enhance the stability of the MDH under air.r.