Zymomonas mobilis의 알코올 탈수소 효소 유전자가 클로닝된 대장균 형질전환체의 세포 추출물로부터 알코올 탈수소 효소를 분리정제하였다. 형질전환된 Escherichia coli(pADS93)가 생산하는 Z.mobilis 유전자 유래의 알코올 탈수소 효소는 분자량이 40,000인 동일한 4개의 subunits로 구성된 tetramer임이 밝혀졌으며 이것은 Z.mobilis의 세포 추출물로부터 분리한 알코올 탈수소 효소와 동일하였다. 이 효소의 정반응(ethanol 산화)은 pH의 영향을 많이 받으며 pH는 10.0이었고 역반응(acetaldehyde 환원)에서는 최적의 pH가 7.5-8.5 이었지만 pH에 따라 크게 영향을 받지는 않았다.
The structural gene (zadhII) encoding an alcohol dehydrogenase II from Zyrnornonas mobilis was cloned into Escherichia coli in our laboratory (Yoon et al., 1989. Kor. J. Microbiol. Biotechnol.). From E. coli (pADS93) carrying the zadhII gene, the Z mobilis alcochol dehydrogenase II (ZADH-II) was purified by sonication, $(NH_4)_2SO_4$, fractionation, and chromatography. The ZADH-I1 enzyme produced by Z. mobilis cell was also purified to compare to the enzyme produced by E. coli (pADS93). The purified enzyme from cell extract of E. coli (pADS93) was identified to be a tetramer being composed of four identical subunits having molecular weight of 40, 000 dalton like that of Z. mobilis. The pH optimum for the reaction oxidizing ethanol to acetaldehyde was 10.0 while the optimum for the reverse reaction was 7.5-8.5. The apparent $K_m$ values for ethanol and NAD + were $1.2 imes 10^{-1}M$and $5.1 imes 10^{-5}M$, respectively. In addition, it was found that the $K_m$ value for acetaldehyde was very lower than that for ethanol.
