된장으로부터 mannanase 생산균으로 산성 배지에서 분리된 YB-1402는 그람양성 간균으로 포자를 형성하며, 16S rDNA 염기서열과 생화학적 성질이 Bacillus amyloliquefaciens와 가장 높은 유사도를 보였다. 분리균 YB-1402는 konjac을 3% 첨가한 LB 액체배지에서 약 150 U/ml의 최대 mannanase 생산성을 보였다. 분리균의 배양상등액을 사용하여 SDS-PAGE 활성염색을 실시한 결과 분자량이 약 38 kDa로 추정되는 한 종류의 mannanase만이 관찰되었으며, 55℃와 pH 5.5 반응조건에서 mannanase의 최대활성을 보였다. 특히 mannanase는 pH 3.0-10의 범위에서 1시간 방치하였을 때 실활되지 않은 특성을 지니고 있었다. Locust bean gum과 mannooligosaccharides를 mannanase로 분해하였을 때 mannose, mannobiose와 mannotriose가 최종 분해산물로 관찰되었으며 mannotriose 이상의 중합도를 갖는 mannooligosaccharides를 분해하는 것으로 확인되었다.
In the acidic LB plate, a bacterial strain was isolated from homemade soybean paste as a producer of the xtracellular mannanase. The isolate YB-1402, which was a Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium with spore, has been identified as Bacillus amyloliquefaciens on the basis of its 16S rDNA sequence and biochemical properties. Maximum mannanase productivity of the isolate YB-1402 was reached approximately 150 U/ml in LB broth supplemented with konjac (3.0%). The molecular mass of YB-1402 mannanase was estimated to approximately 38.0 kDa by zymogram of the culture filtrate on SDS-PAGE. The mannanase of culture filtrate was the most active at 55℃ and pH 5.5. The mannanase activity was completely maintained after pre-incubation at pH 3.0 to 10.0 for 1 h. The predominant products resulting from the mannanase hydrolysis were mannose, mannobiose and mannotriose for LBG or mannooligosaccharides. The enzyme could hydrolyze mannooligosaccharides larger than mannobiose.