The Korean Journal of Microbiology, Vol. 42, No. 4, December 2006, p. 313-318 Copyright 2006, The Microbiological Society of Korea Bacillus licheniformis WL-12 cellulase j x»y 1,2 w tá w l ƒ l cellulase ³ š WL-12 xk p, yw 16S rrna» w Bacillus licheniformis. B. licheniformis WL-12 cellulase j w» w cellulase (cela) 517 g w 1,551 j p.» w WL-12 cellulase y cellulose w, glycosyl hydrolase (GH) family 5 w B. licheniformis, B. subtilis B. amyloliquefaciens cellulase. j cela x vector w B. subtilis x g cellulase 7.0 units/ml. Key words ý Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus subtilis, cellulase, expression, nucleotide sequence) Bacillus licheniformis B. subtilis z š, w ³ ƒ w w GRAS ³. B. licheniformis B. subtilis x» ƒ w p š, B. licheniformis DSM13» glucose w x» w x (19). w B. licheniformis š ƒ w z ³ ƒ w k w z w p š. B. licheniformis ƒ z ü α-amylase» w z w y š(8), w α-amylase z (4). w ü α-amylase ƒ T7 promoter w ³ x, z ƒ ³ ³ ƒ α-amylase signal peptide w (15). Protease w y y e protease w AP-1 (16) RSP-09-37 (14) z p ƒ j, 2709 e portease B. subtilis WB600 x (17). w f p w³ PWD-1 (20) RG1 (12) ƒ keratinase e p. B. licheniformis ³ 77-2 xylanase (3), EGW039 β-1,3-1,4-glucanase (18), B-41361 endoglucanase (2), NBL420 cellulase (7), NK-27 ³ mannanase (6) *To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: 042-630-9742, Fax: 042-636-2676 E-mail: ykh@lion.woosong.ac.kr w z p ù ƒ. w chitosanase w Bacillus licheniformis MB-2ƒ (5), rp w z (13) (1) w. ü ƒ š B. licheniformis carboxymethyl cellulase (cellulase) wš B. subtilis w mw. Cellulase ³ k Cellulase w š w ƒ 1g 0.85% NaCl 10 ml xkwš xk w 0.5% carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) trypan blue (70 mg/l) ƒw LB sq (5 g yeast extract, 10 g tryptone, 5 g NaCl, 15 g agar, per liter) w z 60 C o w. g ƒ x z CMC w y ùkù ³ w. ³ w ³ 16S rrna r Lee w (10) w ³ 16S rrna» primer w PCR swš» w. ³ v B. licheniformis WL-12 œ š w ³ Escherichia coli XL-1 blue B. subtilis WB700 (21) ƒƒ, v puc19 E. coli vector pj27 88U (9) B. subtilis vector w. LB (5 g yeast extract, 10 g bactotryptone, 5 g NaCl per liter) w, E. coli B. 313
314 Ki-Hong Yoon Kor. J. Microbiol subtilis x y w ampicillin (50 µg/ ml) ù kanamycin (10 µg/ml) ƒƒ ƒw LB ƒ. Cellulase w w E. coli x y w 0.5% CMC 70 mg/l tryphan blue ƒw LB sq w. CMCase y d Cellulase y CMC» w z z y 3,5-dinitrosalicylic acid (DNS) w d w. xk k 1.0% (w/v) CMC 0.5 ml 200 mm sodium citrate buffer (ph 5.5) 0.25 ml z 0.25 ml yww 50 o C 15 g. DNS 3 ml ƒw jš ò 5 ew k z 540 nm Ÿ d wš glucose t w w g w Ÿ w y w. z y 1.0 unit w 1 CMC l 1µmol glucose w y w z w. DNA LB w B. licheniformis ³ l DNA w» w Genomic DNA prep kit (Solgent, Daejeon, Korea), E. coli l v DNA w» w Plasmid Mini-prep kit (Solgent, Daejeon, Korea) w. v w E. coli B. subtilis x y competent cells ƒƒ w.» j wz w j» w r puc19 w w v w z, template DNA wš universal primer reverse primer w dideoxy-chain termination w. Cellulase y B. subtilis x y SDS-PAGEw z polyacrylamide gel SDS w» w 25% isopropanol sww 50 mm sodium citrate buffer (ph 5.5) w z 50 mm sodium citrate buffer (ph 5.5) 15-30 ew. Polyacrylamide gel Éü w 70 mg/l tryphan blue, 0.3% CMC 1.5% agar w gel dw w z 50 C k z w o y w. š Cellulase ³ p CMC trypan blue ƒw LB w š CMCase y ³ 1 w. WL-12 w ³ 37 o C 60 o C w š, s x w ³ catalase y Bacillus ³ q. w WL-12 CMC w y skim mik, locust bean gum starch wy protease, mannanase amylase w. Vitek (biomerieux ) Bacillus e (BAC) w ³ WL-12 yw p w. w ³ LB w k w ³ 0.4% NaCl 600 nm Ÿ ƒ 0.3 ƒ w z BAC e w 12 w. ³ sucrose, glucose, inositol, arabinose, mannitol, salicin, amygdalin, maltose, trehalose, palatinose, N- acetyl-d-glucosamine k w esculin ƒ ww ùkû. VITEK BAC database ³ yw p w, WL-12 B. licheniformis 97% y. w PCR s DNA r» w 1,520 bp j» WL-12 16S rrna» NCBI BLAST w» w ³ w» w, B. licheniformis (Genbank accession No. AB039328, X68416, CP000002, AE017333, AJ582722, AB055006, DQ350834, AJ582721) 99.7%. ³ w p WL-12 B. licheniformis w ³ q. Cellulase j» B. licheniformis WL-12 DNA PstI wš j»ƒ 1.5 kb DNA r agarose gel w. PstI wš CIP puc19 ligation w z E. coli XL-1 blue w x y CMC wy x y 1 w. ³ x y v wš j DNA r wz w puc19 wš 2,162 bp» w.» w ORF w cellulase 2 ORF S ƒ. wù, ORF1 (» e 160~1,761) ORF2 (» e 211~1,761) q g g RBS (ORF1 -GGAG-, ORF2 -GGAGG-) š. w» signal peptide wš. Signal peptidase x e (A-X-A) ORF1 40» š, ORF2 31-34 A-A-A-A w š ORF2 cellulase w. ORF2 w w B. licheniformis WL-12 cellulase 517» g w 1,551 bp y (Fig. 1). Cellulase» NCBI»
Vol. 42, No. 4 의 Cellulase 유전자 Bacillus licheniformis 315 Nucleotide sequence and deduced amino acid sequence of cellulase gene. The amino acid deduced from the open reading frame is shown with the one-letter code below the nucleotide sequence. Putative ribosomebinding site (SD) is underlined. Putative amino acid sequence corresponding to the signal peptide is italicized. The numbers at the end of each line correspond to the nucleotide positions. Fig. 1. Comparison of the B. licheniformis WL-12 cellulase with others. The amino acid sequences of six cellulases from B. licheniformis strains including WL-12 (WL12), F5 (CAJ), MD1 (CAE), ATCC 14580 (YP) and GXN151 (AAP), and Bacillus sp. CY1-3 (ABG) are given in the oneletter code and have been aligned by introducing gaps (hypens) to maximize similarities. Residues identical to amino acid sequence of the WL-12 cellulase are indicated by asterisks in other sequences. Numbers at the beginning of each line correspond to the amino acid position in the protein. Fig. 2. 교한 결과 여러종류의 B. licheniformis의 cellulase 유전자들 (Genbank accession No. AM183790, CP000002, AE017333, DQ841174, AJ616005, AY291583)과 그 염기서열이 상동성이 99 % 이상이었으며, 가수분해활성 영역을 코드하는 유전자 지역의
316 Ki-Hong Yoon Kor. J. Microbiol (» e 211~846) B. amyloliquefaciens (AJ576102) B. subtilis (DQ782954) cellulase 80% ùkû. wr ü e ³ cellulase y chitosanase y š B. licheniformis NBL420 cellulase 94% y (7). wr d cellulase GH family 5 w cellulase y ( e 49~303) cellulose w (CBM; e 374~455).» w B. licheniformis strains F5 (CAJ70710), MD1 (CAE82178), ATCC 14580 (YP_079251), GXN151 (11) Bacillus sp. CY1-3 (ABG91147) cellulases 97% (Fig. 2), B. subtilis 168 cellulase (CAA97610) 76% ùkþ. B. subtilis B. licheniformis WL-12 cellulase x B. licheniformis cellulase B. subtilis x j» w cellulase sww 1.8 kb DNA r B. subtilis x vector pj27 88U w w v pjhs1w w (Fig. 3). B. subtilis WB700 pj27 88U pjhs1w ƒƒ x y g x y kanamycin ƒ LB w ³ z w. Fig. 4 cellulase w w pjhs1w x y ƒ pj27 88U x y»ƒ ¼» ù, w. w cellulase y pjhs1w x y ƒ ³ w Fig. 3. Structure of recombinant plasmid pjhs1w containing the cellulase gene. Blank bar indicates the insert DNA containing cellulase gene. The arrows indicate the direction of transcription of genes. Abbreviations are as follows: P, BJ27 88 promoter; cela, cellulase gene; rrn, rrnbt 1 T 2 terminator; Amp, ampicillin resistance gene; Rori, replication origin of plasmid pbr322; Bori, replication origin (minus strand) of plasmid pub110; Km, kanamycin resistance gene; Bori+, replication origin (plus strand) of plasmid pub110. Fig. 4. Growth and cellulase production of the recombinant B. subtilis WB700 strains. Their growths and enzyme activities in the culture filtrates were observed periodically during growth in LB medium at 37 o C. The cell growth was determined by measuring absorbance of the cell culture at wave lenth of 600 nm. Enzyme activities were determined with the culture filtrate. Symbols: Growth ( ý ) and enzyme production ( þ ) by B. subtilis containing pj27 88U alone; Growth (ø) and enzyme production (ù) by B. subtilis containing pjshs1w. ƒw 16 7 U/ml. ù pj27 88U x y 0.1 U/ ml û z, ³ B. subtilis WB700 ƒ w z q. wr SDS-PAGE ³ w 8 z l B. subtilis (pjhs1w) B. subtilis (pj27 88U) ùkù bandƒ xw, wƒ ù ƒw (Fig. 5A). Cellulase y ww 8 1 y band ƒ 12, 16 2 y bandsƒ, ú y ùkû (Fig. 5B). w B. subtilisƒ w w cellulaseƒ w q, w cellulase y. B. subtilis 79-23 cellulase B. subtilis DB104 x g cellulaseƒ w x š (9). w ü cellulase y 8 3.0 U/ml, 12 6.1 U/ml, 16 7.0 U/ml w y CMC w z y j ùkû. ü w cellulase y CMC ww y gel CMC ww z d. š x 1. Berensmeier, S., S.A. Singh, J. Meens, and K. Buchholz. 2004.
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318 Ki-Hong Yoon Kor. J. Microbiol ABSTRACT : Cloning and Expression of A Bacillus licheniformis Cellulase Gene Ki-Hong Yoon 1,2 ( 1 School of Food Science & Biotechnology, 2 Bioresource and Application Research Center, Woosong University, 17-2, Jayang-dong, Dong-gu, Daejeon 300-718, Korea) A thermophilic bacterium producing the extracellular cellulase was isolated from soybean paste, and the isolate WL-12 has been identified as Bacillus licheniformis on the basis on its 16S rrna sequence, morphology and biochemical properties. A gene encoding the cellulase of B. licheniformis WL-12 was cloned and its nucleotide sequence was determined. This cellulase gene, designated cela, consisted of 1,551 nucleotides, encoding a polypeptide of 517 amino acid residues. The gene product contained catalytic domain and cellulose binding domain. The deduced amino acid sequence was highly homologous to those of cellulases of B. licheniformis, B. subtilis and B. amyloliquefaciens belonging to the glycosyl hydrolase family 5. When the cela gene was highly expressed using a strong B. subtilis promoter, the extracellular cellulase was produced up to 7.0 units/ml in B. subtilis WB700.