E. coli-S. cerevisiae shuttle vector인 plasmid YRp7을 이용하여 B. amyloliquefaciens의 $alpha$-amylase gene을 E. coli 내에 cloning하였다. 이때 제한 효소 Sau 3 AI에 의해 얻어진 $alpha$-amylase gene의 크기는 약 1.95kb정도였으며 E. coli내에서 비교적 안정하게 유지되고 발현되었다. 재조합 plasmid p-EA24를 함유한 E. coli는 B. amyloliquefaciens의 약 65% 정도의 $alpha$-amylase를 생성하였으며, 최적온도, pH, CaCl$_2$의 영향등 $alpha$-amylase의 효소학적인 성질을 비교 조사해 본 결과 B. amyloliquefaciens의 $alpha$-amylase와 동일하였다. 또한 E. coli에서 생성된 $alpha$-amylase로 70% 정도가 periplasmic space에 존재하였으며 나머지는 세포 내부에 존재함을 알았다.
A 1.95Kb Sau3Al fragment coding for $alpha$-amylase from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens was isolated by the shotgun method using Escherichia coli as a host. The genome of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens was partially digested with the restriction endonuclease Sau3Al and joined to plasmid YRp7 cleaved with the restriction endonuclease BamHI. The $alpha$-amylase gene present in a 1.95Kb insert was stably maintained and expressed in Escherichia coli. The amount of $alpha$-amylase activity produced by Escherichia coli containing the hybrid plasmid pEA24 was about 65% of the activity produced by the donor Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain. The properties of $alpha$-amylase produced by Escherichia coli were very similar to those produced by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens as based on optimum temperature, pH, and effect of CaCl$_2$ concentration. About 70% of the $alpha$-amylase produced by Escherichia coli was localized in the periplasmic space, whereas the remaining enzyme was localized in the inner part of the cell.
