Abstract

The extracellular cholesterol oxidase produced from a soil microorganism HSL613 was purified and partially characterized. Through a series of purification procedures including concentration with CH2 concentrator, DEAE-cellulose column chromatography and gel filtration on Superose12, the purified enzyme was shown to have a specific activity of 108 units/mg protein giving 30.8-fold purification and final yield of 66%. The molecular weight of the enzyme was estimated to be 59,500 daltons by SDS-PAGE. The optimum temperature and pH for this enzyme were $50^{\circ}C$ and 6.0, respectively. The activity of the purified cholesterol oxidase was inhibited by $Ag^{2+}$, $Hg^{2+}$ and SDS.

Cholesterol oxidase를 생산하는 균주를 토양으로 분리하고 이를 배양하여 효소를 생산한 후 정제하여 그 특성을 조사하였다. 본 효소는 CH2 concentrator에 의한 농축, DEAE-cellulose chromatography, Superose 12 column FPLC로 정제하였고, 비활성이 약 31배나 증가하였다. 이 효소는 $50^{\circ}C$, pH 6.0에서 최대 활성을 나타냈고 30-$45^{\circ}C$ 범위에서는 안정하였다. pH에 대한 안정성은 pH 6.0-11.0까지 광범위한 안정성을 보였으며, Km 값은 cholesterol에 대해서 $3.65{\times}10^{-3}$M이며 분자량은 59,500 dalton으로 추정 된다. 또한 $Ca^{2+}$, $Ba^{2+}$, $Fe^{2+}$, Brij 35에 의해서는 효소의 활성이 저해되지 않았지만, $Hg^{2+}$, $Ag^{2+}$ 및 SDS에 의해서는 저해되는 것으로 나타났다.

Keywords

• Cholesterol oxidase;
• purification;
• characterization