Studies on Production of Nucleic Acid Derivatives by Microorganisms (III) -Accumulation of Hypoxanthine by Adenineless Mutant of Bacillus subtilis-

미생물에 의한 핵산관련물질의 생산에 관한 연구(제3보)-Bacillus subtilis의 영양요구변이주에 의한 Hypoxanthine의 축적-

For the production of Nucleic acid derivatives by microorganisms, adenineless mutants were induced from Bacillus subtilis with the mutagens, ultraviolet rays and diethylsulfate. And total strains of 62 adenineless mutants were isolated. These mutants were found to have an ability of accumulating u. v. absorbing substances in the culture broth. They were analyzed to be hypoxanthine, uracil, and other unknown compound by means of two dimensional thin layer chromatography, u. v. absorption spectra, and I. R. absorption spectrum. Mutant BS-137 was screened out to accumulate hypoxanthine, which was isolated from the culture broth through activated carbon column and recrystallize from cold water. The effect of the medium compositions on hypoxanthine accumulation were examined for the mutant BS-137. Glucose appeared to be the best carbon source, but molasses could be substitute for it, NaNO$_3$ and yeast extract were especially good sources of nitrogen.

Bacillus subtilis의 생균 및 포자액을 자외선 조사와 diethylsulfate 처리로서 adenine 요구변이주 총 62주를 분리하였다. 이들 변이주는 발효배지에 자외선흡수 물질을 축적하고 있음을 확인하였으며 이 축적물은 thin-layer chromatogram 자외선흡수 곡선등으로 hypozanthine, uracil 임을 동정하였다. 이 중에서 hypoxanthine만을 축적하는 변이주 BS-137의 배지성분을 검토한 결과 탄소원소로서는 glucose가 좋았으며 질소원으로서는 yeastext와 NaNO$_3$ 가 적당하였다. 아울러 배양액으로부터 hypoxanthine을 분리 정제하는 방법을 확립하였다.