Abstract

Plant root rotting fungi, Fusarium solani are suppressed their growth by the chitinase which is produced from the antagonistic soil bacteria. The chitinase producable antagonistic bacterium Pseudomonas sp. 3098 was selected as a powerful biocontrol agent of F. solani from ginseng rhizosphere. The antagonistic Pseudomonas sp. 3098 was able to produce a large amount of extracellular chitinase which is key enzyme in the decomposition of fusarial hypal walls. The chitinase was purified from cultural filtrate of Pseudomonas sp. 3098 by the procedure of ammonium sulfate precipitation, anion exchange chromatography, gel filtration on Bio-Gel P-100, and 1st and 2nd hydroxyapatite chromatography. The molecular mass of the purified enzyme was ca. 45 kDa on SDS-FAGE. The optimal pH and temperature for the activity of purified chitinase were 5.0 and 45$^{\circ}C$, respectively. The enzyme was stable in pH range of 5.0 to 9.0 up to 5$0^{\circ}C$ The enzyme was significantly inhibited by metal compounds such as FeCl$_2$, AgNO$_3$ and HgCl$_2$, and was slightly inhibited by p-CMB, iodoacetic acid, urea, 2,4-DNP and EDTA. The enzyme had ability of digestion on colloidal chitin and chitin from shrimp shell, but could not digest chitosan and chitin from crab shell. Km value of the enzyme was 0.11% on colloidal chitin, and the maximum hydrolysis rate of the enzyme was 34% on colloidal chitin.

길항미생물로 분리.동정된 Pseudomonas sp. 3098이 생산하는 chitinase를 황산암모늄 침전, DEAE-cellulose column chromatography, Bio-Gel P-100에 의한 겔여과, 1차 및 2차 hydroxyapatite column chromatography 과정을 거쳐 회수율 5.8%,정제도 15.7배의 정제효소를 얻었고, 효소의 순도는 SDS-PAGE로 확인하였으며, 분자량은 45kDa으로 추정되었다. 정제된 chitinase의 최적 온도와 pH는 45$^{\circ}C$와 5.0이었고, 정제효소는 pH 5.0~9.0 사이에서 안정하였고, 5$0^{\circ}C$, 3시간 및 6$0^{\circ}C$, 30분까지는 비교적 안정하였다. 금속염 및 화학물질의 영향을 조사한 결과 Fe$^{2+}$, Ag$^{1+}$ 및 단백질변성제인 Hg$^{2+}$ 이온에 의해 효소활성이 크게 저해되었고, p-CMB, iodoacetic acid, urea, 2,4-DNP 및 EDTA에 의해 효소활성이 약간 저해되었다. 기질특이성을 조사한 결과 colloidal chitin 및 shrimp shell 유래의 chitin은 분해가능하였으나 crab shell 유래의 chitin, chitosan등은 분해하지 못하였다. Colloidal chitin에 대한 본 효소의 Km값은 0.11%였고, 분해율은 24시간 반응시 34%였다.

Keywords

• antagonistic bacteria;
• Pseudomonas sp. 3098;
• chitinase;
• purification;
• characteristics