Purification and Characterization of Kiwifruit Protease

키위열매 Protease 의 추출 정제 및 그 특성에 대하여

These studies were conducted to investigate the purification and characterization of Kiwifruit protease, and the results obtained were as follows The protease was purified by ammonium sulfate fractionation, Sephadex G-100 filtration and DEAE-Sephadex A-50 column chromatography and purified enzyme gave a single protein band on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis The specific activity of purified enzyme was 30,10 units/mg protein and the yield was 7.48. The purified enzyme showed a high affinity for casein and hemoglobin. The optimal pH and temperature for enzyme activity were 7.0 and $45^{\circ}C$, respectively. The enzyme activity was strongly inhibited by $HgCl_2,\;MnSO_4$. However. the enzyme was activated by cysteine and EDTA. The Michaelis constant for casein was calculated to be 50.5mg/ml according to the Line weaver-Burk method, and its molecular weight was determied as 23,500 by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.

Kiwifruit에서 pretense를 추출 정제하여 그의 특성을 검토하였다. 조효소는 유안분획, sephadex G-100 filtration 및 DEAE-sephadex A-50 column chromatography를 거쳐 정제되었으며 정제효소의 비활성은 30.10으로 10.95배 증가하였고 활성수율은 7.48%에 달하였다. 정제효소는 casein및 hemoglobin을 잘 분해하였고 작용 최적 pH는 7.0이었으며 pH$7.0{\sim}8.0$에서 안정하였고 작용 최적온도는 $45^{\circ}C$이고 $50^{\circ}C$이하에서 안정하였다. 0.5 mM $HgCl_2$와 $MnSO_4$에 의해 강한 저해를 받았으며 2 mM cysteine과 0.5 mM EDTA에 의해 활성이 촉진되었으며 Km값은 50.5 mg/ml 이었고 분자량은 SDS 전기영동법에 의하여 측정하였을 때 23,500이었다.