Abstract

Bromelain was purified from Korean pineapple, Ananas comosus, L. The enzyme was purified about 21 fold by DEAF-cellulose ion-exchange chromatography and gel filtration on Sephadex G-150. Purified enzyme was confirmed as active single band by polyacrylamide electrophoresis and the molecular weight was estimated to be about 22,000 by SDS-PAGE. The optimum pH and temperature were 6.0 and $60^{\circ}C$, respectively. The range of its stability to the pH and temperature were respectively 5.0 to 7.0 and below $50^{\circ}C$. It was found that $Mn^{2+}$ increased the enzyme activity, whereas $Mg^{2+}\;and\;Fe^{2+}$ decreased it abruptly. The purified enzyme was inhibited by p-chloromercuribenzoic acid, indicating that reactive SH groups are required for the enzyme activity. The reaction of the enzyme followed typical Michaelis-Menten kinetics with Km value of $5.747{\times}10^{-4}\;M\;and\;Vmax\;of\;131.58\;{\mu}g/min$ for casein. When meat was treated with the enzyme, free soluble nitrogen and amino acid nitrogen increased as enzyme concentration increased.

한국산 파인애플로부터 bromelain을 추출하여 황산암모늄염석, DEAE-cellulose ion-exchange chromatography, gel filtration을 이용하여 약 21배 정제하였고, 정제효소는 전기영동상 단일밴드를 나타내었으며, 분자량은 약 22,000이었다. 정제된 bromelain은 glycine과 serine이 가장 많이 함유되어 있었으며 최적작용 pH와 온도는 6.0, $60^{\circ}C$였다. $pH\;5{\sim}7,\;50^{\circ}C$이하에서 안정성을 보였으며 $Mn^{2+}$에 의해 활성이 촉진되었고, $Mg^{2+},\;Fe^{2+}$ 등의 금속이온에 의해 급격한 활성저해가 관찰되었다. 정제효소는 p-chloromercuribenzoic acid에 의해 저해되어 SH효소로 추측되었으며, Km과 Vmax값는 각각 $5.747{\times}10^{-4}M,\;131.58\;{\mu}g/min$ 이었다. 돈육 조직에 효소를 처리하였을 때 효소 농도가 증가함에 따라 육단백질이 가수분해되어 유리되는 수용성 질소량과 아미노태 질소량이 증가되어 연육효과가 있음이 확인되었다.

Keywords

• Bromelain;
• pineapple;
• proteolytic enzyme