Abstract:
PURPOSE: Provided is a gene of heat-resistant glutamate racemase which show stability against high temperatures, pH, and organic solvent and is useful in manufacturing medicines and food. CONSTITUTION: Heat resistant glutamate racemase is manufactured by the steps of: isolating gene of glutamate racemase consisting of 762 bases from which 254 amino acids are synthesized, from Aquifex pyrophilus; transforming E.coli is with an expression vector pGR1 that contains the gene; culturing E.coli transformant and destroying transformant cell; and recovering heat resistant glutamate racemase from cell lysat by chromatography. The base sequence of glutamate racemase shows 26.6%, 36.1%, and 35.5% of similarity with E. coli, Bacillus subtilus, and Lactobacillus, respectively.