누룩으로부터 ${eta}-galactosidase$ 활성을 가지는 균주를 순수분리하여 분리된 균주(NY-15)의 ${eta}-galactosidase$를 정제하였다. 다량배양하여 모은 균체를 8%(v/v) toluene 처리에 의한 추출액을 정제의 출발 물질로 하여 acetone 침전에 의해서 탈지처리를 한 후 40-60%포화의 ammonium sulfate 분획을 하고 DEAE-cellulose, DEAE-Sephadex A-50의 이온교환 chromatography를 한 후 Agarose-PAPT를 이용한 affinity chromatography에 의해서 정제하였다. 이 정제법에 의해서 ${eta}-galactosidase$는 조효소 추출액으로부터 40배 정제되었으며 회수율은 7.7%였나. 누룩 yeast의 ${eta}-galactosidase$는 2개의 subunit로 되어 있으며, 각 subunit 분자량은 각각 96,000과 130,000이었다. 효소활성에의 최적 pH는 7.5이었고, 최적온도는 $40^{circ}C$이었다.
A strain of Nuruk yeast No. IS (NY-15) which produced high activity of ${eta}-galactosidase$ was isolated from Nuruk, and the crude enzyme was prepared by whey permeate culture of the microorganism. The crude enzyme was purified 40-fold with a 7.7% yield by acetone and ammonium sulfate fractionational precipitation, and chromatography on DEAE-cellulose, DEAE-Sephadex A-50 and Agarose-PAPT. Purified ${eta}-galactosidase$ from Nuruk yeast showed two types of subunit patterns; a slow moving band and a fast moving deeply stained band, both anode·migrating at pH 7.5. The molecular weight of the former was estimated to be about 130,000 and that of the latter was 96,000 by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The optimum pH of the enzyme activity was 7.5 and maximum activity appeared at $40^{circ}C$.
