• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.246-249
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• 2000

We investigated the production of chitin oligosaccharides using food grade papain. A solution of commercial food grade papain (FGP) was dialyzed for 12 h before measuring its chitinolytic activity. The effects of enzyme concentration, reaction temperature, and pH on the endochitinase and $\beta$-N-acetylglucosaminidase activities and the thermostability of these enzymes were investigated. In adddition, the reaction products were analyzed with gel filtration on a Bio-Gel P2. The endochitinase activity was twentyfold higher than that of $\beta$-N-acetylglucosaminidase. The optimal endochitinase activity was at pH 3.0, while the maximal $\beta$-N-acetylglucosaminidase activity was at pH 6.0. The reaction product consisted mainly of the dimer of N -acetylglucosamine, with a small amount of its trimer. Under the experimental conditions, $120{\mu}g$ of chitin oligomers were obtained with 1 mg of FGP protein after an incubation of 2 h.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.149-159
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• 1997

Chitin, a linked polysaccharide composed of 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-$\beta$-D-glucopytanose residues, is distributed widely in nature. It has been utilized on various application field due to the development of chitin derivatives such as chitosan, partial deacetylated chitin, carboxylmethyl chitin, sulfated chitin, and so on. Chitin and chitosan have been recently interested in antitumor and antimicrobial activities, because of a powerful tumor inhibitory effect against experimental mouse tumors. Especially, the oligosaccharides obtained by partial degradation of them exhibited a remarkable antitumor effect against sarcoma 180, MM 48 and Meth Asolid tumors and antimetastatic effect against Lewis lung carcinoma in mice. This review describes on antitumor effects of chitin, chitosan and their oligosaccharides by their mechanism of action involving enhancement of immunological system.

• 분석과학
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.235-242
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• 1998

이온 운반 물질로 키틴(poly-[$1{\rightarrow}4$]-${\beta}$-acetyl-D-glucosamine)을 사용하고, 지지체(matrix)로 Poly(vinyl chloride)(PVC)를, 가소제로는 Dioctyl sebacate(DOS)를 사용하여 키틴 막 전극을 제작하였다. 얇은 조각 형태의 키틴을 막자사발로 갈아 100 메시(mesh)의 체에 거른 후, 이때 모아진 일정 크기의 미세 가루를 사용하였다. 키틴 막 전극을 지시 전극으로 사용하여 금속 양이온들의 감응전위를 알아본 결과, 특히 $Cd^{2+}$와 $Cu^{2+}$에 대한 감응전위를 기울기(mV/decade)는 바탕 전해질이 pH 4 acetate buffer에서 각각 34.9 mV/decade, 34.0 mV/decade로 다른 금속 양이온들에 비하여 크게 나타났다. 또한 pH 영향을 조사해 본 결과, pH 2~12 범위에서 전위값이 일정하게 유지되었다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.279-291
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• 1990

Chitin을 35 mesh로 분쇄하여 강산과 강알카리로 처리하여 CHITA와 CHITB를 만들고 여기에 glutaraldehyde를 작용시켜 $\beta$-glucosidase를 고정하여 CHITA-Gase 및 CHITB-Gase를 제조하였다. 이 두 종류의 고정화 효소를 기질 p-nitropheol-$\beta$-D-gliucopyranoside(PNG)과 회분식 반응기, 연속 흐름 반응기 및 플러그 흐름 반응기에서 반응시켜 최적 온도, 최적 pH, 반응 속도 상수, 물질 전달 계수, 효율 인자 및 효소 불활성화 속도 등을 구하여 반응기별 효율을 검토하였다. 반응 최적 온도는 세가지의 반응기 모두 5$0^{\circ}C$였으며, 최적 pH는 플러그 흐름 반응기에서는 Nat-Gase와 같이 pH5.0이었고 회분식 반응기 및 연속 흐름 반응기에서는 최적 pH의 이동이 일어나 pH6.0으로 이었다. 반응기의 최적 조건에서 km값은 회분식 반응기에서 CHITB-Gase$1.725$\times$10^-^5M/1$가 CHITA-Gase($1.725$\times$10^-^5M/1$)보다 작았으며, 연속 흐름 반응기 및 플러그 흐름 반응기에서는 유속 증가에 따라 Km'치가 감소하는 경향을 보였고, CHITB-Gase가 CHITB-Gase보다 더 작았다. $V^m^a^x'$값은 회분식 반응기, 연속 흐름 반응기, 플러그 흐름 반응기에서 모두 CHITA-Gase가 CHITB-Gase보다 높은 것으로 나타났다. 그리고, 물질전달계수 및 효율인자, 효소 불활성화 속도등의 값은 환경은 CHITB-Gase의 것이 나은 것으로 나타났다. 이들의 결과에서 CHITA-Gase 및 CHITB-Gase는 기질과의 반응 환경이 좋으므로 chitind은 $\beta$-glucosidase의 좋은 지지체라고 판단되어 공업적 응용이 기대된다.

• Mycobiology
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.179-182
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• 2001

Chitin synthases(UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine: chitin 4-$\beta$-N-acetyl-D-glucosaminyl transferase, EC 2.4.1.16) catalyze the synthesis of chitin from UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine. Two zymogenic type of chitin synthase gene(TmCHS1 and TmCHS2) were amplified and its nucleotide sequences were determined. By the amino acid comparison and UPGMA tree grouping, TmChs1 and TmChs2 were classified as class II and class IV chitin synthases respectively. The class II type TmChs1 was grouped with others of Agaricales ectomycorrhizal mushroom. Additionally the phylogenetic tree was well adapted to Hymenomycete previously classified by morphological and physiological characteristics.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2000년도 추계학술발표대회 및 bio-venture fair
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• pp.155-158
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• 2000

Angelica gigas Nakai 뿌리배양을 통한 decursinol angelate생산을 증대시키기 위하여 여러 가지 elicitor들을 처리하여 생산 증진을 도모하였다. 가장 효과적인 elicitor로는 hydrogen peroxide와 $CM-\;{\beta}\;-chitin$이었으며, 이때의 g당 생산되는 decursinol angelate 양은 각각 대조구에 비해 2.12, 1.62배 증대된 값이다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.77-84
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• 2003

Chitinase was purified from an antagonistic bacterium Bacillus sp. 7079 by ammonium sulfate precipitation, QAE-Sephadex anion exchange chromatography, Sephadex G-100 gel filtration, and SP-Sephadex cation exchange chromatography. The molecula. weight of purified chitinase (PC-1) was approximately 66.5 kDa on SDS-PACE. PC-1 exhibited optimum pH and temperature of pH 7.5 and $45^{\circ}C$, respectively. More than $80\%$ of PC-1 was stable at pH 5.0 to 9.0, and more than $90\%$ at $40^{\circ}C$. $Fe^2+\;and\;Ca^2+$ inhibited the chitinase activity about $20\%$, and EDTA and p-CMB by about $30\%$, whereas $Ag^+$ inhibited the activity up to $65\%$. The $K_m$ value of PC-1 was 1.215 mg/ml with colloidal chitin as a substrate. We also investigated the effect of PC-1 treated chitin (PCTC) on the pro-inflammatory cytokine gene expression in macrophage RAW 264.7 cells. The expression of IL-$1{\alpha}$ and IL-$1{\beta}$ mRNA gene was investigated using reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). IL-$1{\alpha}$ and IL-$1{\beta}$ mRNA were induced by the treatment of PCTC and chitin only in RAW 264.7 cells. These expressions were induced as early as 2 h and sustained up to 24 h in RAW 264.7 cells. IL-$1{\alpha}$ and IL-$1{\beta}$ mRNA were more strongly expressed by the treatment of PCTC than chitin treatment alone in RAW 264.7 cells.

• 한국키틴키토산학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.220-227
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• 2018

Amyloid plaque is a product of aggregation of ${\beta}$-amyloid peptide ($A{\beta}$) and is an important factor in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease (AD). $A{\beta}$ is a major component of amyloid plaque and vascular deposits in the AD brain. The enzyme ${\beta}$-secretase is required for the production of $A{\beta}$; thus, prevention of the formation of $A{\beta}$ through the inhibition of ${\beta}$-secretase is a major focus in the study of the treatment of AD. In this study, we investigated ${\beta}$-secretase inhibitory activity of an Arctoscopus japonicus peptide. An Alcalase hydrolysate had the highest ${\beta}$-secretase inhibitory activity. A ${\beta}$-secretase inhibitory activity peptide was separated using ion exchange column chromatography (carboxy-methyl: CM, quaternary methyl ammonium: QMA) and reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) on a C18 column. The $IC_{50}$ value of the purified peptide was $248.2{\pm}1.73{\mu}g/mL$. The ${\beta}$-secretase inhibitory peptide was identified as a six amino acid residue of Gly-Pro-Val-Gly-Ala-Pro (MW: 497.27 Da). In cell viability experiments, the final purified fraction, the carboxy-methyl ion exchange column fraction (CM-F1) showed no significant cytotoxic effect in SH-SY5Y cells at concentrations below $100{\mu}g/mL$ in 24 h. The results of this study suggest that peptides separated from Arctoscopus japonicus may be beneficial as ${\beta}$-secretase inhibitor compounds in functional foods.

• Mycobiology
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.102-107
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• 2010

We identified a gene for $\beta$-1,3-glucan synthesis (GBG1), a nonessential gene whose disruption alters cell wall synthesis enzyme activities and cell wall composition. This gene was cloned by functional complementation of defects in $\beta$-1,3-glucan synthase activity of the the previously isolated Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant LP0353, which displays a number of cell wall defects at restrictive temperature. Disruption of the GBG1 gene did not affect cell viability or growth rate, but did cause alterations in cell wall synthesis enzyme activities: reduction of $\beta$-1,3-glucan synthase and chitin synthase III activities as well as increased chitin synthase I and II activities. GBG1 disruption also showed altered cell wall composition as well as susceptibility toward cell wall inhibitors such as Zymolyase, Calcofluor white, and Nikkomycin Z. These results indicate that GBG1 plays a role in cell wall biogenesis in S. cerevisiae.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.29-33
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• 2010

KGD1 유전자는 비허용온도에서 세포벽에 결함을 보이는 Saccharomyces cerevisiae LP0353 균주의 베타-1,3-글루칸 합성 효소의 활성을 회복시키는 유전자로 분리되었다. $\alpha$-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase를 암호화하는 KGD1 유전자의 효모의 세포벽 합성과 연관된 기능을 분석하기 위하여 유전자 파괴를 시도하였다. KGD1돌연변이는 생장속도가 감소하고, 키틴 합성 효소들의 활성이 증가하였으며, 세포벽 구성 당류의 함량에 변화를 보였다. 또한 Calcofluor white과 Nikkomycin Z 등과 같은 세포벽 합성 저해물질에 대해 감수성 변화를 나타냈다. 이러한 결과들은 KGD1이 효모의 세포벽 특히 베타-1,6-글루칸과 키틴의 생합성에 영향을 주고 있음을 시사한다.