한국재래간장으로 부터 분리한 Bacilius subtilis CCKS-111이 생성하는 proteae를 분리 정제하였다. 황산암모늄 염석, DEAE cellulose ion-exchange chromatography, Sephades G-100 및 HPLC를 이용한 겔여과법에 의해 비활성도 24.3 unit/mg, 정제배수 50.6배로 효소를 정제하였으며 high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)에 의하여 단일 단백질임을 확인하였다 정제효소의 분자량은 HPLC에 의하여 분자량 28,000 정도의 monomer로 추정되었고, 본 효소의 아미노산 잔기수는 251.3으로, 분해되기 쉬운 threonine, serine, glycine을 제외한 아미노산 잔기수는 Bacillus subtilis subtilisin DY 잔기수(274)와 유사한 것으로 나타났다. 아미노산 조성은 alanine, serine, glycine 및 arginine의 함량이 많았다. Reverse phase (RP)-HPLC로 분리한 주 peak로 N-말단에서 32번 까지 아미노산 배열을 확인한 결과 Bacillus subtilis subtilisin DY와 동일하였다.
A protease was purified from Bacillus subtilis CCKS-111 by ammonium sulfate treatment, DEAE-cellulose ion-exchange chromatography, Sephadex G-100 gel filtration and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The specific activity of the purified enzyme was 24.3 unit/mg protein and the purification fold of enzyme was 50.6. Molecular weight of the purified enzyme estimated about 28,000 by HPLC gel filtration. The amino acid residues of this enzyme were 251.3 except threonine, serine and glycine. This result was similar to Bacillus subtilis subtilisin DY. From the first N-terminal amino acid to the 32th amino acid, the amino acid sequence was estimated after RP-HPLC elution. N-terminal and the 32th amino acids were alanine and aspartic acid. Alanine, serine, glycine and arginine were four major acids in the enzyme.
