내알카리성 및 내열성 xylanase를 생산하는 토양분리균인 Bacillus stearothermophilus의 chromosomal DNA와 pBR322 plasmid DNA의 HindIII 절단 DNA 단편을 ligation 시켜 E.coli HB101들 형질전환, 약 5천개의 형질전환체를 얻었으며 이들 중에서 세개의 xylanase 양성 형질전환체를 분리하였다. 상기 세 xylanase 양성 형질전환체들로부터 분리한 제조합 plasmid(pMG11, pMG12 및 pMG13)는 다 같이 xylanase 활성과 관계되는 B.stearothermophilus 유래의 동일 4kb 외래 DNA를 가지고 있었으나, pMG13은 외래 DNA의 삽입 방향만이 다름을 확인하였다.
Genomic DNA of Bacillus stearothemzophilus, which expressed alkalophilic and thermophilic xylanases, was partially digested with HindIII, cloned into pBR322, and subsequently transferred into the Escherichra coli HB101 cells. Three among 5, 000 transformants screened formed clear zones around their colonies. From the functional clones, three recombinant plasmids (pMG11, pMG12 and pMG13) had been isolated, and they were identified to carry the same 4 kb HindIII fragment originated from B. stearothemzophilus which was responsible for the xylanase activity. pMGl3, however, had the foreign DNA of opposite orientation compared to the other two recombinant plasmids. This recombinant plasmid gave much lower xylanase activity. B. stearothermophilus was observed to produce at least three xylanase activities as evidenced by the PAGE-xylan zymogram. The xylanase from E. coli HB101/pMG12 was judged to correspond to the largest among the three B. stearothermophilus xylanases observed in the zymogrom. The enzyme hydrolyzed xylooligosaccharides larger than xylotriose and degraded xylan to produce xylobiose and xylotriose as major products. The xylanase was considered to have trans-xylosidase activity, too.
