• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.30 no.5
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• pp.1169-1178
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• 1998

This study was performed to purify fig pectinesterase(F-PE) and characterize its in situ activity. Three kinds of F-PE were partially separated by using ammonium sulfate fractionation, Q-Sepharose column, CM-cation exchanger column chromatography, and HPLC. One of those was anionic protein and the others were cationic proteins. All of them had approximate molecular weight of 27,000 and lost rapidly their activity during storage. Therefore alternative crude enzyme was prepared by suspending the freeze dried and milled fig powder in 0.1 M NaCl at pH 7.5. F-PE had the optimum pH of 8.5, the optimum temperature of $50^{\circ}C$ with activation energy of 7,671 cal $mol^{-1}K^{-1}$ and stability up to $55^{\circ}C$ with 10 minutes heating. Optimum activity was obtained in $0.2{\sim}0.4$ M NaCl with optimum solubility at above 0.8 M NaCl.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.6 no.3_4
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• pp.101-111
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• 1973

To study the effect of freezing rate on the duality of frozen abalone(Haliotis gigantea, GMELIN) liquid nitrogen spray freezing, air blast freezing, semi-air blast freezing, and still air freezing were carried out. The rheological change, protein denaturation, and free water content of frozen and thawed abalone were examined at the period of 0, 1, 2, and 3 month during cold Storage at $-20^{\circ}C$. The results are summarized as follows : 1. The onset and duration of rigor mortis of fresh abalone was faster and shorter as compared to that of fishes. 2. There was no difference in compression value and shear value between freezing methods but they varied with a slight decrease in storage period. 3. Gradual decrease in extractibility of salt soluble protein was observed in all samples except those frozen with liquid nitrogen. 4. The free water of the foot muscle remained constant during the storage while that of the adductor muscle tended to increase. 5. A significant correlation was observed among the changes of panel texture and free water (P< 0.01), protein denaturation (P<0.05), and compression value (P<0.01).

• Journal of Sericultural and Entomological Science
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.55-72
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• 1983

These studies were done to find out any difference, ultrastructural, physical or chemical, between the shells of diapausing and non-diapausing eggs of the silkworm, Bombyx mori L. 1. From the electron-microscopic observation, the egg shells have four distinctive layers. In addition to the four layers, the shells in the diapausing eggs has another layer with low electron density on its surface. 2. The permeability of the egg shell to hydrochloride was much lower in diapausing egg than in non-diapausing egg. Also the permeability changed in the opposite directions with the egg age: the diapausing eggs decreased while non-diapausing ones increased. 3. The permeability increased when the diapausing egg shell was treated with HCl. When they were treated with ether, however, the increase in permeability was much smaller. It seems there was an ether soluble material involved in the content of the egg shell. 4. The diapausing eggs were also much more resistant to desiccation than the non-diapausing ones. The former, when treated with HCl or chilling, became less resistant to desiccation. 5. The positive histochemical response of the egg shell to PAS-Alcian blue and protein stainings suggests presence of abundant proteins and carbohydrates in the egg shell. On the other hand, the staining response to lipid was more positive in the inner layers than in the outer layer of the shell. 6. The egg shell adhesives seems to be mucopolysaccharides produced by colleterial glands, since the oviposited eggs showed a positive responses to carbohydrate and negative to lipid-staining chemicals, but not the mature oocytes in the ovarioles. 7. There were two bands on the electrophoretic pattern of the SH proteins extracted from the egg shells both in the diapausing egg and non-diapausing one: a slow moving major component and a fast moving minor one. However, the electrophoretic mobility showed a difference in the minor components between them. It is evident that the fast moving minor one of non-diapausing egg ran a little further than that of diapausing egg. 8. In amino acids analysis, no significant differences were found in their composition between diapausing and non-diapausing egg and SH proteins contain relatively more glycine and less cystine.

• Food Industry
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• s.121
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• pp.15-25
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• 1993

부수게는 찹쌀이 주원료인데 찹쌀의 수침은 다른 가공공정에서 볼 수 없는 장시간 수침을 실시함으로써 이 기간 동안 유기산의 생성을 유도하여 팽화도에 마이너스 영향을 주는 $Ca^{2+}$과 $Mg^{2+}$을 용출시켜 부수게의 팽화력증가를 유도하여 온 특이한 공정으로 이는 부수게 제조공정에서 미생물의 작용을 활용하여 온슬기를 엿볼 수 있다. 또 한가지 특징은 대두의 첨가는 단백질 함량을 증가시키는 의미도 있으나 찹쌀가루를 찔 때 대두에서 유래한 armylase가 전분에 작용하여 건조된 부수게 반대기의 결정화도을 낮게하여 건조 취급중 균열발생을 감소시키는 효과와 찧을 때 점성이 감소하는 효과가 있는 것으로 판단된다. 부수게 제조시 대두를 첨가하는 것은 영양성, 기능성에서 볼 때 우리가 창출한 쌀과 대두의 조화적 이용의 한예가 된다. 부수게는 우리가 흔히 먹고 있는 밥, 떡 죽처럼 상압에서 가수해서 호화한 것이 아니라 호화후 고온(170$^{\circ}C$)에서 팽화하여 다공성구조를 형성시키므로써 밥이나 떡에서 전혀 느낄수 없는 crunchy type의 snack성을 가지는 과자로써의 특성을 가지고 있다. 그 제조공정은 12단계 이상으로 복잡하며 제조원리면에서 볼 때 물리적, 화학적 그리고 미생물학적인 공정이 조화적으로 활용되어 만들어지고 있기 때문에 재현성이 낮은 어려움이 있기도 하다. 대량생산을 위해서는 적합한 기계화와 자동화공정이 선결되어야 하는 데 떡의 높은 점성이 기계화와 자동화에 큰 제한요인으로 남아 있고, 또한 부수게 반대기를 건조하는 동안 반대기의 균열(cracking)을 효과적으로 방지 할 수 있는 건조조건과 방법에 대한 연구가 남아 있다.

• Proceedings of the Microbiological Society of Korea Conference
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• 1991.04a
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• pp.187-199
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• 1991

Penicillium verruculosum 배양액으로부터 소단위체 분자량이 60,000(cellobiohydrolase I)과 66,000(cellobiohydrolase II) 및 76,000(cellobiohydrolase III)인 cellobiohydrolase를 분리 정제하여 그들의 일반적 특성을 검토하였다. 이들 세 효소들은 모두 당단백질로서 cellobiohydrolase I, II 그리고 III는 각각 $8.6\%$, $4.2\%$ 그리고 $8.5\%$의 당함량을 나타냈으며 세 효소 모두 pH 4.5 - 5.0, 온도 $50 - 60^{\circ}C$에서 최적조건을 나타냈다. Cellobiohydrolase I, II 및 III는 모두 Avicel, cotton, 여지 등의 결정성 섬유소 뿐만 아니라 carboxymethyl cellulose에도 활성도를 나타냈다. 정제된 cellobiohydrolase I, II 및 III의 Avicel에 대한 비 활성도는 각각 0.07, 0.10, 그리고 0.07 unit per mg. of protein 이었으며 Avicel 분해 생성물은 거의 cellobiose였다. 또한 p-Nitrophenyl-$\beta$-D-cellobioside를 기질로 하였을 때 이들 세 효소 모두 포도당에 의해 활성도가 저해되지 않은 반면 cellobiose에 의해서는 저해되었다. 아미노산조성, 트립신에 의한 펩타이드들의 용출양상 그리고 항체를 이용한 Immunoblotting 결과로부터 cellobiohydrolase II와 III는 동일 유전자산물이거나 1차 구조가 거의 유사한 단백질로 추정된다. Cellobiohydrolase II로부터 분리한 2 개의 펩타이드의 아미노산 서열은 Trichoderma cellobiohydrolase I과 상동성을 보였으며 또한 이 두 호소의 아미노산조성은 매우 유사하였다.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.198-204
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• 2000

In order to utilize by-products which would normally be discarded in marine processing plants, cod teiset protein was hydrolyzed and antioxidative actiTity of the hydrolysate was investigated. AntioxidatiTe peptide was isolated using ultrafiltration membrane, ion-exchange chromatography on a SP-Sephadex C-25 column, gel filtration on a Sephadex G-15 column, high performance liquid chromatography on an ODS column, and capillary electrophoresis chromatography. Antioxidative activities of the cod teiset hydrolysate were compared with ${\alpha}-tocopherol$, one of the commercial antioxidant. The hydrolysate passed through a membrane with molecular weight cut-off (MWCO) 1 kDa was shown the strongest antioxidative activity, and the activity was higher $10{\%}$ as compared with ${\alpha}-tocopherol$. In addition, the peptide isolated by ion-exchange chromatography, gel filtration, and HPLC, respectively, was higher $53{\%}$ as compared with ${\alpha}-tocopherol$, and the amino acid sequence was Ser-Asn-Pro-Glu-Trp-Ser-Trp-Asn.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.12
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• pp.33-41
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• 1969

1. Crude cellulase extracted from wheat bran media of Chaetomium globosum with pH 7.0 McIlvaine buffer was fractionated by precipitation with ammonium sulfate and by treatment with the cellulose powder, DEAE-Sephadex A-25 and Amberite XE-65 (IRC-50) column chromatography. 2. Consquently two cellulases C-1 and C-2 were obtained by cellulose column chromatography. Cellulose C-1 was a powerful CMC-saccharifying and CMC-liquefying activity but cellulose C-2 was stronger CMC-liquefying activity compared to CMC-saccharifying activity and cellulase C-2 had smaller protein than that of cellulose C-1. And cellulose C-2 was fractionated by DEAE-Sephadex A-25 column chromatography into cellulase C-1-1 and cellulose C-1-2. 3. It can be obtained, therefore, that cellulose produced Chaelomium globosum consisted, at least, of three cellulases C-2, C-1-1 and C-1-2. 4. Cellulose C-1-1 was homogenous in the ultraviolet and the ultracentrifuge pattern. And cellulose C-1-1 had enzyme for CMC-saccharifying activity. 5. The optimum pH for the enzyme activity of cellulose C-1-1 was 4.0 in any methods of meas urement reducing sugar and viscosity. The optimum temperature was $40^{\circ}C$ in any methods. 6. The pH stability of cellulase C-1-1 was within pH 5.0 to pH 6.0 at $40^{\circ}C$ and fairly stable in acidic solution. 7. The heat stability was below $50^{\circ}C$ at pH 4.0 and complete heat inactivation of this cellulase occurred at $70^{\circ}C$.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• v.40 no.8
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• pp.719-727
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• 2007

To elucidate the relationship among the levels of nutrients intake, bone mineral density(BMD) and the urinary biochemical markers of bone metabolism, this survey is conducted with 225 postmenopausal women over 50 years of age. The urinary biochemical markers including deoxypyridinoline(DPD) and Ca excretion were measured. Bone mineral densities of lumbar spine(L2-L4), femoral neck, ward's triangle and trochanter were measured with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and the nutrient intake data obtained by 24 hr recall method. Mean age of all subjects was 64.8 years old, and the BMDs of the subjects were $0.86g/cm^2$(lumbar spine), $0.60g/cm^2$(femoral neck), $0.49g/cm^2$(trochanter), and $0.41g/cm^2$(ward's triangle). The results were compared among 3 groups with different nutrient intake levels classified by the percentage of Dietary Reference Intakes(DRIs) for Koreans as follows: low < 75% DRIs, 75% DRI $\leq$ adequate < 125% DRIs, high $\geq$ 125% DRIs. Bone mineral density of adequate protein intake group was significantly higher than those of low and high protein intake groups(p<0.05). Urinary DPD excretion was lowest in protein and calcium adequate intake groups(p<0.05, p<0.05), respectively. In relation to urinary Ca excretion, it is revealed to be considerably lower in the groups taking protein and vitamin C adequate intake(p<0.05, p<0.05). The percent DRI of protein and calcium were positively correlated with the BMD of the femoral neck after adjusted age(p<0.05, p<0.05). These results showed that there are probably some relationships between nutrient intake levels and urinary biochemical markers. For postmenopausal women with adequate nutrition expecially protein, calcium and vitamin C, has an important role to postpone bone resorption and to prevent the decrease of bone density.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.65-71
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• 1994

Chungkook-Jang was produced by fermenting Bacillus licheniformis CN-115. The changes of chemical composition, enzyme activity, and amino acids during the fermentation were investigated. The proximate composition was shown irregular fluctuation phenomenon during the fermentation, but only the moisture tended some reducing during the fermentation just after steaming. The content of amino nitrogen was increased radically after the 36 hours of fermentation and became the highest level at 18.072 mg/g at the 60 hours of it. In accordance with the fermentation of Chungkook-Jang, pH got to the 8.39 at 60 hours with increasing, protease activity was increased according to the fermentation and acid and neutral protease activity was reduced after being reached at the highest activity at 48 hours. The most suitable pH was 6.5 and temperature was $35^{\circ}C$ for dissolution-activated of protein in the process of fermentation of Chungkook-Jang. The content of water soluble protein and the content of salt soluble protein were increased at continuously according to the fermentation time of Chungkook-Jang the largest quantity. The molecular weight of water soluble protein of Chungkook-Jang fermented for 48 hours was about 19,000. The amino acids of water soluble protein just after steaming were totally 16 kinds and proline was amino acid and them was in series by glutamic acid and serine in that ordered. The amino acids salt soluble protein, just after steaming were totally 16 kinds and was the largest quantity phenylalanine, glutamic acid and aspartic acid and aspartic acid in that order.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.135-141
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• 2011

MMPs (Matrix metalloproteinases) are enzymes playing an important role to turnover and remodel main protein compositions of extracellular matrix. MMP-2 and MMP-9 of MMPs having a catalytic domain which is apart from a hemopexin-like domain part, are different from the other MMPs pertaining fibronectinlike domain close to hemopexin-like domain. It was reported that the development of MMP-9 restrainer can prevent the transfer of liver cancer. In this study, MMP-9 restrainers were extracted and purified from Hovenia dulcis Thunberg. The each fractionary part was examined to investigate the inhibitory effect on MMPs. Three compounds, compound A and B eluted with ethyl acetate (EA) and compound C with methanol, were identified by $^1H$ and $^{13}C$ NMR, GC/MS, and FT-IR. Compound A is considered as a kind of catechine type compound having a benzene ring substituted by hydroxyl and methoxyl groups. Compound B and C are nobiletin type compound pertaining a carbonyl group. Compound A, B and C showed 76%, 66% and 71% of inhibition effect on MMP-9 at 1.0% concentration, respectively. Compound A showed the best inhibition effect on MMP-9.