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Characteristics of Food Components in Granular Ark and Ark Shell (고막 및 새고막의 부위별 식품성분 특성)

  • Kim Kui Shik;Kim Jeung Hoon;Bae Tae Jin;Park Choon-Kyu;Kim Myung-Hee
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.35 no.5
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    • pp.512-518
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    • 2002
  • In order to effectively utilize of granular ark and ark shell, lipid and fatty acid compositions, free amino acids, nucleotides and their related compounds and minerals in the muscle and viscera of raw and cooked specimens were analyzed. The major constituents of non-polar lipids in the granular ark and ark shell were triglycerides, which showed higher content in viscera than the muscle. The polar lipids in the granular ark and ark shell were mainly consisted of phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine. The major fatty acids of total lipid were 16:0, 20:5n-3, 18:1n-9, 16:1n-7, 18:0 and 22:6n-3 both the granular ark and ark shell. The major nucleotides and the related compounds were adenosine monophosphate and adenosine diphosphate and they had higher content in the muscle than in viscera both samples, free amino acids such as taurine, glycine, alanine, glutamic acid, phenyl alanine and aspartic acid were abundant both the granular ark and ark shell. In the raw muscle of granular ark, glycine, alanine and $\alpha$-amino-iso-butyric acid were high level, but glutamic acid, aspartic acid and phenyl alanine were low level compared with those of cooking muscle. In the raw muscle of ark shell, taurine and $\alpha$-amino-iso-butyric acid were high content, but the glutamic acid and aspartic acid were low level compared with those of cooking muscle. Minerals in the granular ark and ark shell were chiefly consisted of potassium, sodium, magnesium, iron and calcium.

Chemical Compositions and Antioxidative Activity of Leek (Allium tuberusum) Seeds (부추(Allium tuberusum) 씨의 이화학적 특성과 항산화 활성)

  • 차재영;김성규;김현정;송재영;조영수
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.273-278
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    • 2000
  • The chemical compositions as amino acids, minerals, fatty acids, and total polyphenolic compounds of the seeds of leek (Allium tuberusum) were analyzed. The antioxidative activity of water soluble extract from leek seeds was also tested in DPPH ($\alpha$, $\alpha$ - diphenyl-$\beta$ -picrylhydrazyl) method. The chemical compositions of leek seeds were moisture 4.4%, curde protein 25.7%, crude fat 16.6%, and crude ash 2.9%. Major amino acid compositions were proline 11 g, glutamic acid 4.9 g, arginine 2.1g, aspartic acid 1.6g, leucine 1.3g, valine 1.2 g, and methionine 1.1 g as per 100g. Mineral contents were K 215 ppm, Ca 142 ppm, Fe 124 ppm, and Mg 100 ppm. Major fatty acid compositions were linoleic acid 71.9%, oleic acid 12.7%, palmitic acid 8.6%, and stearic acid 1.4%. The changes of contents in polyphenolic compound from leek seeds caused by heat treatment were also listed in the following order; $20^{\circ}C$(364mg/100g), $40^{\circ}C$(462 mg/100g), and $60^{\circ}C$(551 mg/100g). Antioxidative activity as electron donating ability showed in the following order; 0.05% BHT(butylated hydroxytoluene)(45.6%)>0.05% water-extract(31.3%)>0.1% water extract(30.3%). On the basis of chemical analysis, the leek seedsshowed to have relatively high contents of nutrients as amino acids, minerals, fatty acids.

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Calcium-binding Peptides Derived from Tryptic Hydrolysates of Cheese Whey Protein

  • Kim, S.B.;Lim, J.W.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.17 no.10
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    • pp.1459-1464
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    • 2004
  • The purpose of this research was to investigate the potential use of cheese whey protein (CWP), a cheese by-product. The physiological activity of calcium-binding peptides in CWP may be used as a food additive that prevents bone disorders. This research also examined the characteristics of calcium-binding peptides. After the CWP was heat treated, it was hydrolyzed by trypsin. Then calcium-binding peptides were separated and purified by ion-exchange chromatography and reverse phase HPLC, respectively. To examine the characteristics of the purified calcium-binding peptides, amino acid composition and amino acid sequence were analyzed. Calcium-binding peptides with a small molecular weight of about 1.4 to 3.4 kDa were identified in the fraction that was flowed out from 0.25 M NaCl step gradient by ion-exchange chromatography of tryptic hydrolysates. The results of the amino acid analysis revealed that glutamic acid in a calcium-binding site took up most part of the amino acids including a quantity of proline, leucine and lysine. The amino acid sequence of calcium-binding peptides showed Phe-Leu-Asp-Asp-Asp-Leu-Thr-Asp and Ile-Leu-Asp-Lys from $\alpha$-LA and Ile-Pro-Ala-Val-Phe-Lys and Val-Tyr-Val-Glu-Glu-Leu-Lys from ${\beta}$-LG.

Sequencing of the RSDA Gene Encoding Raw Starch-Digesting $\alpha$-Amylase of Bacillus circulans F-2: Identification of Possible Two Domains for Raw Substrate-Adsorption and Substrate-Hydrolysis

  • Kim, Cheorl-Ho
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.56-65
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    • 1992
  • The complete nucleotide sequence of the Bacillus circulans F-2 RSDA gene, coding for raw starch digesting a-amylase (RSDA), has been determined. The RSDA structure gene consists of an open reading frame of 2508 bp. Six bp upstream of the translational start codon of the RSDA is a typical gram-positive Shine-Dalgarno sequence and the RSDA encodes a preprotein of 836 amino acids with an Mr of 96, 727. The gene was expressed from its own regulatory region in E. coli and two putative consensus promoter sequences were identified upstream of a ribosome binding site and an ATG start codon. Confirmation of the nucleotide sequence was obtained and the signal peptide cleavage site was identified by comparing the predicted amino acid sequence with that derived by N-terminal analysis of the purified RSDA. The deduced N-terminal region of the RSDA conforms to the general pattern for the signal peptides of secreted prokaryotic proteins. The complete amino acid sequence was deduced and homology with other enzymes was compared. The results suggested that the Thr-Ser-rich hinge region and the non-catalytic domain are necessary for efficient adsorption onto raw substrates, and the catalytic domain (60 kDa) is necessary for the hydrolysis of substrates, as suggested in previous studies (8, 9).

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Studies of Tertiary Structures of Mastoparan B and Alanine Analogues by NMR Spectroscopy

  • Kyeunghee Yu;Kang, Shin-Won;Park, Nam-Gyu;Kim, Yangmee
    • Proceedings of the Korean Biophysical Society Conference
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    • 1999.06a
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    • pp.33-33
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    • 1999
  • Mastoparan B (MP-B), an antimicrobial cationic tetradecapeptide amide isolated from the venom of the hornet Vespa basalis, is an amphiphilic ${\alpha}$-helical peptide. In order to study the relationship between the structure and biological activity, we used the three analogues by replacing amino acids with alanine (4LysAla: 4MP-B, 12-LYsAla: 12MP-B, 9TrpAla: 9Mp-B).(omitted)

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Engineering a Non-Inhibitory Serpin, Ovalbumin

  • Jeoung, Yeon-Hee;Yu, Myeong-Hee
    • Proceedings of the Korean Biophysical Society Conference
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    • 1997.07a
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    • pp.38-38
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    • 1997
  • Serpins (serine protease inhibitor) are single polypeptide proteins of around 400 amino acids, and have a conserved secondary structure consisted of three ${\beta}$-sheets and nine ${\alpha}$-helices. Native conformation of inhibitory serpins is a metastable and requires conformational changes to inhibit target protease.(omitted)

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Distribution and Changes of Amino Acids and Related Compounds in the Muscle Extract of the Right-eye Flounder during Heat Treatment (가자미류 육엑스분중의 아미노산 및 그 관련화합물의 분포와 가열조건에 따른 변화)

  • Moon, Soo-Kyung;An, Mi-Jeung;Han, Young-Sil;Pyeun, Jae-Hyung
    • Korean journal of food and cookery science
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    • v.6 no.3 s.12
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    • pp.43-50
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    • 1990
  • Distribution of amino acids and related compounds in the muscle extract of seven species of right-eye flounder (spotted halibut, slime flounder, marbled sole, sand flounder, stone flounder, frog fleunder and bastard halibut) were studied. The effect of heat treatment on quantitative change in the composition of amino acids and related compounds in the extract of sand fleunder muscle was also investigated since the sand flounder has much Ex-nitrogen in the extract of the muscle. The content of crude protein and that of pure protein were in the range of $17.54{\sim}19.99%$ and $15.63{\sim}17.95%$, respectively. Among the extracts of the seven fish muscle, stone flounder showed the highest content of Ex-nitrogen(2.12%). In the muscle extracts of the seven fish taurine was abundantly contained $(29.4{\sim}56.9%)$, and followed alanine $(6.6{\sim}10.4%)$ and glycine $(1.6{\sim}16.7%)$. The compositions of amino acids and related compounds were characterized by the existence of phosphoethanolamine, ${\alpha}-aminoadipic\;acid$, DL-allocystathionine, ethanolamine and ornithine. The experiments on amino acids and related compounds of the muscle extract of sand flounder with reference to heating time and temperature were resulted in that the amount of taurine, tyrosine, leucine and alanine were increased with the heating time at $100^{\circ}C$, whereas that of lysine, histidine, ${\alpha}-aminoadipic\;acid$ and proline were decreased with prolonged heating time. When heating temperature was changed from $90^{\circ}C$ to $130^{\circ}C$ for 60 min, the contents of taurine, alanine and leucine were increased, while that of histidine, lysine and aspartic acid were decreased.

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Effects of dietary valine:lysine ratio on the performance, amino acid composition of tissues and mRNA expression of genes involved in branched-chain amino acid metabolism of weaned piglets

  • Xu, Ye Tong;Ma, Xiao Kang;Wang, Chun Lin;Yuan, Ming Feng;Piao, Xiang Shu
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.31 no.1
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    • pp.106-115
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    • 2018
  • Objective: The goal of this study was to investigate the effects of dietary standard ileal digestible (SID) valine:lysine ratios on performance, intestinal morphology, amino acids of liver and muscle, plasma indices and mRNA expression of branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) metabolism enzymes. Methods: A total of 144 crossbred pigs (Duroc${\times}$Landrace${\times}$Large White) weaned at $28{\pm}4days$ of age ($8.79{\pm}0.02kg$ body weight) were randomly allotted to 1 of 4 diets formulated to provide SID valine:lysine ratios of 50%, 60%, 70%, or 80%. Each diet was fed to 6 pens of pigs with 6 pigs per pen (3 gilts and 3 barrows) for 28 days. Results: Average daily gain increased quadratically (p<0.05), the villous height of the duodenum, jejunum and ileum increased linearly (p<0.05) as the SID valine:lysine ratio increased. The concentrations of plasma ${\alpha}-keto$ isovaleric and valine increased linearly (p<0.05), plasma aspartate, asparagine and cysteine decreased (p<0.05) as the SID valine:lysine ratio increased. An increase in SID lysine:valine levels increased mRNA expression levels of mitochondrial BCAA transaminase and branched-chain ${\alpha}-keto$ acid dehydrogenase in the longissimus dorsi muscle (p<0.05). Conclusion: Using a quadratic model, a SID valine:lysine ratio of 68% was shown to maximize the growth of weaned pigs which is slightly higher than the level recommended by the National Research Council.

Analysis of Amino Acid and Vitamin in Oak Mushroom (Lentinus edodes Sing) (표고버섯의 아미노산(酸) 및 비타민분석(分析))

  • Hwang, Byung-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.18-24
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    • 1983
  • Oak mushroom (Lentinus edodes Sing.) has been used as one of vegetable foods for a long time, because it has particular odour, taste and abundant nutritive material. Its cultivation has been done extensively, but its checmical analysis of the components is curiously limited. It is the purpose of this study to analyse its component chemically and to get basic data in terms of nutrition science. The results are summarized as follows: 1. It was analysed that the total number of amino acid is 17 different kinds, mainly glutamic acid. 2. All the essential amino acids which are lecucine, lysine, threonine, tryptophan, valine, phenylalanine, isoleucine, tyrosine, and methionine were found in this chemical analysis. 3. The seven kinds of vitamins are analysed, which are A(${\beta}$-carotene), $B_1$ (thiamin), $B_2$(riboflavin), C(ascorbic acid), E(${\alpha}$-tocopherol), Niacin, choline chloride.

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