전보에서 보고한 Bradyrhizobium japonicum 9 균주와 Rhizobium fredii 7 균주의 균체 중의 단백질 Pattern의 차이를 일차원 및 이차원 전기영동법에 의하여 조사하였다. 일차원 전기영동법 (SDS-PAGE)에 의해서는 두 group의 균체에서 모두 52개의 band가 관찰되었고 그 중 6개의 main band 로써 group 간의 차이가 확인되었으며, 이차원 전기영동법(2D-PAGE)에 의한 두 group간에 단백질 구성은 Rhizobium fredii 에서는 단백질이 산성 쪽에, Bradyrhizobium japonicum 는 alkali성 쪽에 비교적 많이 분포되어 있었다. 또한 두 group 간의 균체 아미노산 조성을 조사한 결과 조선상의 뚜렷한 차이가 없었다. 분리된 근류균을 확인하는데 전기영동법이 유용하였으며, 일차원 전기영동법은 많은 균주를 신속하게 확인할 수 있었고 이차원 전기영동법은 해상력 및 분리된 단백질 spot를 분석하는데 용이하였다.
A method, based upon the separation of cellular proteins by one-and two-dimensional electrophoresis was used for distinguishing butween Bradyrhizobium japonicum strains and Rhizobium fredii strains. Significant differences in protein pattern of one-dimensional SDS-PAGE vs-ere observed between Rhizobium fredii strains and Bradyrhizobium japonicum strains. The differences in six distinct main lands were observed among total 52 kinds of protein bands. Furthermore, the distribution of proteins in two groups by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was very different. The majority of visible proteins of Rhizobium fredii were acidic, whereas those of Bradyrhizobium japonicum were basic. In addition, amino acid composition was analyzed to detect the differences between two groups. No significant differences in amino acid composition were observed between Bradyrhizobium japonicum strains and Rhizobium fredii strains. The results indicate that one-and two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis were useful for identifying rhizobia isolates. One-dimensional SDS-PAGE of rhizobia proteins provided a rapid method for screening a large number of isolates, whereas two-dimensional electrophoresis was more of resolution and easiness for analyzing protein spots.
