Stability and Optimization of Crude Protease Extracted from Korean Kiwifruits

국내산 키위에서 추출한 protease 조효소액의 안정성과 최적화에 관한 연구

  • Received : 2010.03.03
  • Accepted : 2010.06.02
  • Published : 2010.10.31

Abstract

In the study, the protease activity of kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa Planch) cultivated in Korea was estimated, with specific examination of proteolytic effects on myofibrilar protein. The crude protease extract of kiwifruit was prepared in two ways; one in which the kiwifruit was homogenized with buffer followed by centrifugation, and the other were the supernatant was precipitated by saturated ammonium sulfate followed by dialysis. The former had 21.23 mM/mL of protease activity, which corresponded to 112.28 mM/g kiwifruit utilized, and the latter had 11.58 mM/mL and 45.80 mM/g of kiwifruit. The crude protease extract of the kiwifruit showed high specificity for casein substrate followed by bovine serum albumin, egg white, collagen, and elastin, in order. The enzyme lost proteolytic activity in acidic conditions such as pH 2-3, and at high temperatures over $60^{\circ}C$. It showed optimal activity in both pH 3.0 and pH 7.5 as well as at $40^{\circ}C$ for casein substrate and at $50^{\circ}C$ for myofibrilar protein substrate. The proteolytic activity toward casein was high with up to 0.5M salt, followed by a sharp decrease beyond this concentration. On the other hand the proteolytic activity for myofibrilar protein decreased steadily with increasing of salt concentration. Kiwifruit has been used as a for meat tenderizer for in home cooking and these results support the its tenderizing effectiveness of kiwifruit especially for Korean style marinating of meat for cooking.

본 연구는 국내산 키위에서 추출한 protease의 특성을 규명하고자 실시하였으며 지금까지 연구되어 오지 않은 근원섬유에 대한 단백분해 활성을 측정하였다. 국내산 키위 crude 효소액은 시료를 buffer에 넣고 균질화한 원심분리액과 포화황산암모늄 처리 후 투석한 두 단계의 시료로 나누었다. 각각은 21.23 mM/mL와 11.58 mM/mL의 활성을 나타내었고 이를 처음 사용하였던 키위의 양으로 환산하면 112.28 mM/g kiwifruit과 45.80 mM/g kiwifruit이었다. 국내산 키위 crude 효소액의 기질에 때한 특이성에서는 카제인과 근원섬유에 대해 높은 활성을 보였으며 그 다음으로 bovine serum albumin, egg white, collagen, elastin 순이었다. 국내산 키위의 단백분해 효소는 pH 2-3에서는 실활하였으며 $60^{\circ}C$ 이상의 온도 범위에서는 급격히 실활하였다. 국내산 키위 crude 효소액은 pH 3.0과 pH 7.5 두 곳에서 최적활성을 나타냈고, 최적온도는 카제인을 기질로 한 경우 $40^{\circ}C$에서, 근원섬유 $50^{\circ}C$에서 최적온도를 나타냈다. 키위 단백질 분해 효소의 카제인에 대한 활성은 염도가 0.5M일 때까지 매우 높다가 급격히 떨어졌으나 근원섬유에 대한 활성은 염의 농도가 높아짐에 따라 서서히 떨어졌다. 키위는 조리중에 연육작용을 위하여 주로 쓰여지고 있으며, 위의 결과로써 우리나라 육류조리와 같이 재워두는 육류조리방법에도 키위가 좋은 연육효과를 나타낼 수 있음을 보였다.

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