세라티아 균주의 배양으로부터 소염제로 사용되는 세라티오펩티다아제의 생산에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. 여러가지 탄소원, 질소원 및 유도제가 효소의 생산에 미치는 영향을 조사하였는데, 탄소원은 효소의 생산이나 세포성장에 좋지 못한 기질이었으며, 특히 citrate의 경우 균체성장량은 포도당과 거의 동일하였으나, 세라오펩티다제의 생산에 저해효과가 있음이 밝혀졌다. 세라티오펩티다아제는 아미노산인 leucine을 첨가해 주었을 때 그 생산되는 양이 크게 향상되었으며 leucine의 최적 농도는 0.03였다.
An anti-inflammatory agent, serratiopeptidase, was produced from the culture of the Serratia marcescens. The effects of carbon sources, nitrogen sources and inducers on the production were investigated. Citrate was found to be inhibitory in the production of serratiopeptidase. The enzyme was synthesized in the synthetic medium without inducers, albeit low level of synthesis. But the synthesis was increased by the addition of proteinaceous substrate and leucine. Induction of extracellular proteinase by its end-product was discovered, which is not common in the proteinase synthesis in the bacteria. By the glucose fed-batch culture, we found the possible catabolite repression on the production of serratiopeptidase.
