title: Characterization of a 27 kDa fibrinolytic enzyme from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens CH51 isolated from cheonggukjang.
abstract: Bacillus amyloliquefancies CH51 isolated from cheonggukjang, a traditional Korean fermented soy food, has strong fibrinolytic activity and produces several fibrinolytic enzymes. Among four different growth media, tryptic soy broth was the best in terms of supporting cell growth and fibrinolytic activity of this strain. A protein with fibrinolytic activity was partially purified from the culture supernatant by CMSephadex and Phenyl Sepharose column chromatographies. Tandem mass spectrometric analysis showed that this protein is a homolog of AprE from B. subtilis and it was accordingly named AprE51. The optimum pH and temperature for partially purified AprE51 activity were 6.0 and 45 degrees , respectively. A gene encoding AprE51, aprE51, was cloned from B. amyloliquefaciens CH51 genomic DNA. The aprE51 gene was overexpressed in heterologous B. subtilis strains deficient in fibrinolytic activity using an E.colo-Bacillus Shuttle vector, pHY300PLK.
authors.affiliation: Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Program), Graduate School and 2Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Korea.
authors.forename: Gyoung Min
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ae Ran
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kang Wook
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jae-Yong
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Ae-Yong
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jiyeon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chun
authors.forename: Jaeho
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cha
authors.forename: Young-Sun
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Jeong Hwan
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001407:Bacillus / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003470:Culture Media; D017931:DNA Primers; D005285:Fermentation; D005341:Fibrinolysin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D005342:Fibrinolysis; D007700:Kinetics; D007723:Korea; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D045730:Soy Foods / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D017931:DNA Primers; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D005341:Fibrinolysin