The termite is a good model of symbiosis between microbes and hosts and possesses an effective cellulose digestive system. Oxygen-tolerant bacteria, such as Dyella sp., Chryseobacterium sp., and Bacillus sp., were isolated from Reticulitermes speratus gut. Notably, the endo-β-1,4-glucanase (EG) activity of all 16 strains of isolated bacteria was low. Due to the combined activity of EG from the termites and their symbiotic protozoa, the bacteria might not be compelled to express EG. This observation demonstrates how well intestinal bacteria have assimilated themselves into the efficient cellulose digestive systems of termites.

본 연구에서는 Schizophyllum commune의 당 분해효소 생산을 위한 최적 배양 조건과 목질바이오매스에 대한 당화 특성에 대하여 연구하였다. S. commune 균체 외 효소에는 endo-${\beta}$-1,4-glucanase (EG), cellobiohydrolase (CBH), ${\beta}$-glucosidase (BGL)와 같은 cellulase와 ${\beta}$-1,4-xylosidase (BXL)이 함유되어 있고 그 중에서 EG 및 BGL활성이 비교적 높은 활성을 나타낸 것으로 밝혀졌다. S. commune에서 생산된 EG, BGL, 및 CBH의 최적 온도는 $50^{\circ}C$이었으나, 열안정성을 가지는 온도범위는 $30{\sim}40^{\circ}C$였다. 그리고 최적 pH는 5.5이었으며 열 안정성을 나타내는 온도범위에서의 적정 pH는 동일한 pH 5.5이었다. Cellulase 생산을 위한 S. commune의 최적배양 조건은, 탄소원으로 천연 cellulose, 질소원으로는 corn steep, 또는 peptone/yeast extract 혼합물, 비타민은 첨가하지 않는 것이 cellulase 효소활성 증가에 적절한 것으로 밝혀졌다. 또한 탄소원의 최적 첨가 농도는 2% (w/w), 적정 배양 pH 및 온도는 5.5~6.0과 $25{\sim}30^{\circ}C$로 밝혀졌다. 본 연구에서 도출된 최적 배양 조건으로 S. commune를 배양시키고 40배로 농축한 결과, EG가 3670.5 U/$m{\ell}$, BGL과 CBH가 각각 631.9 U/$m{\ell}$, 398.5 U/$m{\ell}$, BXL이 15.2 U/$m{\ell}$로 매우 높은 효소 활성을 나타냈다. 동일한 효소의 Filter Paper Unit도 11 FPU/$m{\ell}$로 상당히 높았다. 최적배양조건에서 얻어진 S. commune 효소로 다양한 기질에 대해 당화 시험을 실행한 결과, 전처리를 하지 않은 공시 활엽수에 대하여 낮은 당화율을 나타냈으나 천연 cellulose (Aldrich, ~20 micron) 및 볏짚의 경우에는 각각 50.5% 및 33.1%의 높은 당화성능을 나타냈다. 이 같은 당화 수준은 동일 효소농도 (30 FPU/g, glucan)로 비교했을 때 Trichoderma reesei 유래 상용화 효소인 Celluclast 1.5L의 약 110% 수준을 나타냄으로써, 대량생산기술 개발과정을 통해 목질계 당화 효소로의 상용화 가능성이 높은 균주로 평가되었다. The optimum culture condition of Schizophyllum commune for the cellulase production and its enzymatic characteristics for saccharification of cellulosic biomass were analyzed. S. commune secrets ${\beta}$-1,4-xylosidase (BXL) and cellulases, including endo-${\beta}$-1,4-glucanase (EG), cellobiohydrolase (CBH), and ${\beta}$-glucosidase (BGL). The optimum reaction temperature for all cellulases was $50^{\circ}C$ and the thermostable range was $30{\sim}40^{\circ}C$C. The optimum reaction pH for all cellulases was 5.5 in a range of temperature from $0^{\circ}C$ to $55^{\circ}C$. The best nutritions for the cellulase production of S. commune among tested nutrients were 2% cellulose for the carbon source and corn steep liquor or peptone/yeast extract for the nitrogen source without vitamins. The environmental culture condition for the cellulase production was 5.5~6.0 for pH at $25{\sim}30^{\circ}C$. The enzyme activities of EG, BGL, CBH, and BXL were 3670.5, 631.9, 398.5, and 15.2 U/$m{\ell}$, respectively, after concentration forty times from the culture broth of S. commune which was grown at the optimized culture condition. Alternative filter paper unit assay showed 11 FPU/$m{\ell}$ enzyme activity. The saccharification tests using cellulase of S. commune showed the low saccharification rate on tested hardwoods but a high value of 50.5% on cellulose, respectively. The saccharification rate (50.5%) of cellulose by cellulase produced in this work is higher than 45.7% in the commercial enzyme (Celluclast 1.5L, 30 FPU/g, glucan).

This study was to investigate the enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose using the cellulase from whole body of the native termite collected in Milyang-si, Kyungsangnamdo, Korea.In the results, optimal temperature and pH for the enzyme of native termites were 45ºC and pH 5.5 for both endo-β-1, 4-glucanase and β-glucosidase.Enzyme activity of the termite enzyme was shown 8.8 × 10-2 FPU/㎖.And the highest glucose hydrolysis rate of cellulose by the digestive enzyme from test termites was 24.5% based on the glucan, comparing 59.7% by commercial enzyme (only celluclast 1.5 L) at 1% (w/v) substrate and 36 hours in hydrolysis time.This hydrolysis rate by the digestive enzyme from test termites was comparatively high value in 41% level of the commercial enzyme.When cellulose was hydrolyzed by the digestive enzyme of the native termite, glucose hydrolysis was almost completed in 12 hours which was the considerably reduced time for cellulose hydrolysis.It was suggested that the quiet short reaction time for cellulose hydrolysis by the enzyme from native termite could be a very high advantage for development of hydrolysis cellulase for lignocellulosic biomass.

This study investigated on enzyme production in the digestive organs of the native termite (Reticulitermes speratus) in Milyang, Korea.Four types of major cellulases [EG (endo-1,4-β-glucanase), BGL (β-glucosidase), CBH (cellobiohydrolase) and BXL (β-1,4-xylosidase)] were present in the digestive organs of the termite.The strong enzyme activity for BGL was found from the native termite, and also shown that the enzyme was distributed in the salivary gland, foregut, and hindgut.BXL, which breaks down hemicellulose near the amorphous region, was detected mainly from salivary gland, foregut, and midgut.However, CBH was distributed mainly in the hindgut.Meanwhile, EG which degrades cellulose, was found mainly in the hindgut and salivary glands.These facts indicate that celluases production patterns are differ from different sites compare to the same species found in Japan, suggesting that enzyme production in the digestive organs of termites is changed according to their habitats.

ABSTRACT Reticulitermes speratusis commonly found in Asia, including Korea and Japan. We recently analyzed the 5' region of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I to perform a phylogenetic analysis of R. speratus KMT1, isolated in Seoul, Korea. Our results, using COXI, suggest that the taxonomy of R. sper-atus should be reconsidered with regard to the subgenus group. A similar phylogenetic analysis by COXI and COXII demonstrated the reliability of COXI genetic information in a molecular phylogenetic analysis of termites. Keywords : Reticulitermes speratus, Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I, phylogeny, taxonomy 1. INTRODUCTION The termite is an economically significant insect in the wood industry. New Orleans, USA, spends over US $300 million annually for damages of wooden structures that are caused mostly by Coptotermes formosanus (Alan and Weste, 2003). Korean traditional wooden houses in Seoul, Korea also had a termite damage which might be accel-erated by modern temperature control facilities (Son and Lee, 2008). It is expected that in Korea, the termite damage on wooden structures will be expanded and intensified in consequence of global warming. In East Asia, more than 70 species of Reticulitermes have been reported, and 5 species of Reticulitermes have been identified in Japan (Take- matsu, 1999). R. speratus is the termite specie found in South Korea (Lee et al., 2001; Ra et al., 2005; Son and Lee, 2008) and has been suggested to have migrated from China through southern Japan (Park et al., 2006).Morphological observations have been used to classify termites (Takematsu, 1999; Kitade and Hayashi, 2002; Koshikawa et al., 2004). New ge-netic approaches have been adopted in the last dec-ade and have modified and strengthened older ter-mite taxonomy. Termite, the order Isoptera, is con-sisted with 7 families. The family Rhinotermitidae has extremely heterogeneous genera with 17 genus and 350 species (Lee and Ryu, 2003). Analysis of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit II (COXII) gene showed that the family Rhinotermi-

갈색부후균인 Fomitopsis palustris에서 균체 외 cellulase 생산 특성과 이 효소를 이용하여 목재와 볏짚의 당화특성, mediator 첨가 효과, 목질기질의 미세 표면구조나 결정화도가 효소 당화에 미치는 영향 등에 대해 연구하였다. F. palustris의 균체 외 효소의 생산에 혼합목분을 탄소원으로 이용 시 endo-${\beta}$-1,4-gulcanase (EG)는 12.0 U/$m{\ell}$, ${\beta}$-glucosidase (BGL)는 116.68 U/$m{\ell}$, cellobiohydrolase (CBH)는 18.82 U/$m{\ell}$, 그리고 ${\beta}$- xylosidase (BXL)는 13.33 U/$m{\ell}$의 활성을 보였다. 이러한 활성은 BGL, CBH, 그리고 BXL이 볏짚을 이용한 경우보다 약 2~4배 정도 높았다. 볏짚을 탄소원으로 이용하여 생산한 cellulase-RS의 효소 최적반응 온도 및 pH는 $45^{\circ}C$와 pH 5.0이었으며, 혼합 목분을 탄소원으로 이용하여 생산한 cellulase-SW의 경우에는 $50^{\circ}C$와 pH 5.0이었다. Cellulase-SW는 볏짚을 기질로 사용할 때 $40.6{\pm}0.6%$로 가장 높은 당화율을 보였다. 또한 당화촉매제인 Tween 20의 첨가로 당화율이 44%로 상승하여 상용화 효소인 Celluclast 1.5L의 53.7%의 당화율 대비 약 82% 수준으로 상승되었다. 이는 본 실험에서 사용한 효소가 조효소 형태임을 고려하면 상용화 효소에 매우 근접한 당화율을 얻은 것으로 판단된다. 또한 볏짚의 낮은 조직 결정화도와 주사전자현미경을 이용한 볏짚 표면의 섬유화를 통한 표면적 증대 효과는 목재에 비해 높은 볏짚의 당화율에 대한 원인을 제시하였다. In the enzymatic hydrolysis of rice straw and wood meals using extra-cellular enzymes from Fomitopsis palustris, key factors which enhanced the sugar conversion yield were investigated in this work, such as enzyme production and enzyme reaction conditions, surfactant effects, and the surface structure of substrates. F. palustris cultured with softwood mixture produced 12.0 U/$m{\ell}$ for endo-${\beta}$-1,4-gulcanase (EG), 116.68 U/$m{\ell}$ for ${\beta}$-glucosidase (BGL), 18.82 U/$m{\ell}$ for cellobiohydrolase (CBH), and 13.33 U/$m{\ell}$ for ${\beta}$-xylosidase (BXL). These levels of BGL, CBH, and BXL activities were two to four folds more than enzyme activities of F. palustris cultured with rice straw. The optimum reaction conditions of cellulase-RS which produced by F. palustris with rice straw and cellulase-SW which produced by F. palustris with softwood mixture were pH 5.0 at $45^{\circ}C$ and pH 5.0 at $50^{\circ}C$, respectively. The sugar conversion yield of cellulase-SW had the highest value of $40.6{\pm}0.6%$ within 72 h when rice straw was used as substrate. By adding 0.1% Tween 20 (w/w-substrate), the sugar conversion yield of rice straw was increased to 44%, which was about four fifths sugar conversion yield of commercial enzyme, Celluclast 1.5L (Novozyme A/S). A low crystallinity and an intensive fibril surface observed by the scanning electron microscope may explain the high sugar conversion yield of rice straw.