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Problems and Solutions of Zymography Techniques

자이모그라피 기술의 문제점과 해결

  • Kang, Dae-Ook (Department of Bio Health Science, Changwon National University) ;
  • Choi, Nack-Shick (Department of Bio Health Science, Changwon National University)
  • 강대욱 (창원대학교 생명보건학부) ;
  • 최낙식 (창원대학교 생명보건학부)
  • Received : 2019.12.09
  • Accepted : 2019.12.26
  • Published : 2019.12.30
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Abstract

Enzymes are widely used in industrial applications such as detergents, food, feed production, pharmaceuticals and medical applications and major contributors to clean industrial products and processes. To screen, identify, and characterize the enzymes the zymography techniques are routinely used. The zymography technique is a simple, sensitive, and quantifiable technique that is widely used to detect functional enzymes following electrophoretic separation in sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-polyacrylamide gels. The method is a versatile two-stage technique involving protein separation by electrophoresis followed by the detection of enzyme activity in polyacrylamide gels under non-reducing conditions. It is based on SDS-polyacrylamide gel (PAG) copolymerization with substrates, which are degraded by the hydrolytic enzymes restored in enzyme reaction buffer after the electrophoretic separation. Any kind of biological sample can be applied and analyzed on zymography, including culture supernatants of microbes, plants extracts, blood, tissue culture fluids, enzymes in foods extracts and metaproteome. The advantage of zymography is that it is possible to directly detect the protein with activity on the electrophoretic gel as well as confirm the activity at the nanogram level. Thus, this zymography technology can be applied in various fields. However, these advantages are rather disadvantageous and can often lead to experimental errors. In this review, the advantages, disadvantages, and problem solving of zymography technique are described.

효소는 세제, 식품, 사료, 의약품 및 의료용 분야 등 산업 전반적인 응용 분야에서 널리 사용되고 있으며, 산업 제품 및 공정에서 주요 요인이다. 효소를 선별, 확인, 및 특성 분석을 위해 zymography 기술이 일상적으로 사용됩니다. Zymography 기술은 SDS-전기영동을 통해 단백질을 분리한 후 포함된 기질을 겔 상에서 분해하는 기능성 효소를 검출하는 데 널리 사용되는 단순하고 민감하며 정량화가 가능한 기술이다. 이 방법은 비 환원 조건하에서 SDS-전기영동 겔에서 전기영동에 의한 단백질의 분리와 겔 상에서 효소 활성을 검출하는 다목적 2 단계의 기술이다. 이는 SDS-전기영동 겔에 기질을 중합시키고 전기영동 분리 후 효소 반응 완충용액에서 복원된 가수분해 효소에 의해 분해되는 것을 기반으로 하는 기술이다. 미생물 배양액, 식물 추출물, 혈액, 조직 배양액, 식품 속 효소 및 메타 프로테옴을 포함한 어떤 종류의 생물학적 시료들을 zymography에 적용하고 분석이 가능하다. Zymography의 장점은 전처리 없이 혼합된 시료를 적용하여 SDS-전기영동 겔 상에서 활성을 지닌 단백질을 직접 육안으로 검출이 가능할 뿐만 아니라 나노그람(nanogram) 수준에서 활성을 확인이 가능하다. 그래서 이 zymography 기술은 다양한 분야에 응용이 가능하다. 하지만, 이러한 장점이 오히려 단점으로 작용하여 실험적 오류를 범할 수 있는 경우가 많다. 본 총설에서 zymography 기술의 장점, 단점, 및 문제점 해결에 관해서 서술하였다.

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