• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.349-354
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• 2000

Abstract A facultative alkalophilic gram-negative Vibrio metschnikovii strain RH530, isolated from the wastewater, produced several alkaline proteases (VAP) including six alkaline serine proteases and a metalloprotease. From this strain, high yielding YAP mutants were isolated by NTG treatment. The isolated mutant KS1 showed nine times more activity than the wild-type after optimization of the culture media. The production was regulated by catabolite repression when glucose was added to the medium. The effects of several organic nitrogen sources on the production of the YAP were investigated to avoid catabolite repression. The combination of 4% wheat gluten meal (WGM), 1.5% cotton seed flour (eSF), and 5% soybean meal (SBM) resulted in the best production when supplemented with 1% NaCl. The YAP showed a resistance to surfactants such as $sodium-{\alpha}-olefin$ sulfonate (AOS), polyoxy ethylene oxide (POE), and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), yet not to linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS). However, the activity of the YAP was restored completely when incubated with LAS in the presence of POE or $Na_2SO_4$. The YAP was stable in a liquid laundry detergent containing 6.6% SLES (sodium lauryl ether sulfate), 6.6% LAS, 19.8% POE, and stabilizing agents for more than two weeks at $40^{\circ}C$, but the stability was sharply decreased even after 1 day when incubated at $60^{\circ}C$. A washing performance test with the YAP exhibited it to be a good washing power by showing 51 % and 60% activity at $25^{\circ}C{\;}and{\;}40^{\circ}C$, respectively, thereby indicating that the YAP also has a good detergency at a low temperature. All the results suggest that the YAP produced from the mutant strain KSI has suitable properties for use in laundry detergents.rgents.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.14-20
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• 1999

Two extracellular proteases, EP I and EP II, from cells of Oligotropha carboxydovorans (formerly Pseudomonas carboxydovorans) DSM 1227 grown in nutrient broth were purified to greater than 95% homogeneity in five steps using azocasein as a substrate. The final specific activities of EPs I and II were 214.9 and 667.4 units per mg of protein. The molecular weights of native EPs I and II were determined to be 23,000. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-gel electrophoresis revealed the two enzymes to be monomers. The enzymes were found to be serine-type proteases. The activity of EP I was stimulated by Ca2+, Mg2+, and Ba2+, but that of EP II was not. The enzymes were completely inhibited by Fe2+, Hg2+, Co2+, Zn2+, and Cd2+. EDTA and EGTA exhibited a strong inhibitory effect on EP I. The optimal pH for the two enzymes was pH 9.0. The optimal temperatures for EP I and II were 60 and 50$^{\circ}C$, respectively. The enzymes were stable under alkaline conditions. The thermal stability of EP I was higher than that of EP II. Cell-free extracts did not inhibit the purified enzymes. The enzymes were active on casein, azocasein, azocoll, and carbon monoxide dehydrogenase, but weakly active with bovine serum albumin.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.469-474
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• 1999

Thermoactinomyces sp. E79 produced two types of thermostable alkaline proteases extracellularly. A minor protease was separated from a major protease by using DEAE-column chromatography. This enzyme was purified to homogeneity by ammonium sulfate and DEAE-Sepharose ion-exchange chromatography. The purified minor protease showed different biochemical properties compared to the major protease. The molecular mass of the purified enzyme was estimated by SDS-PAGE to be 36 kDa. Its optimum temperature and pH for proteolytic activity against Hammarsten casein were $70^{\circ}C$ and 9.0, respectively. The enzyme was stable up to$75^{\circ}C$ and in an alkaline pH range of 9.0-11.0. The enzyme was inhibited by phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (PMSF) and $Hg^{2+}, indicating that the enzyme may be a cysteine-dependent serine protease. In addition, the enzyme cleaved the endoproteinase substrate, succinyl-Ala-Ala-Pro-Phe-p- nitroanilide, and the $K_m$ value for the substrate was 1.2 mM.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.450-455
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• 1998

Alkaline protease를 대량생산하는 Aspergillus oryzae를 만들기 위하여 A. oryzae의 alkaline pretense 유전자 alpA를 고발현시키는 plasmid pTAalp를 제조하고 이 plasmid로 A. oryzae M-2-3 균주를 형질전환시켰다. 16개의 형질전환체를 얻어 이들의 protease생산성을 skim milk 분해에 의한 halo 형성능에 의하여 확인하였다. 또한 protease 생산성이 증가한 형질전환체는 pTAalp가 multi-copy로 염색체 안에 integration되어 있음을 Southern blot에 의하여 확인하였고, 이들의 배양액을 polyacrylamide gel전기영동에 의하여 분석한 결과, 형질전환체 No. 14에서는 전체 분비단백질의 80-90%가 alkaline protease 임을 알 수 있었다. 간장원료 분해실험의 결과 No. 14에 의한 원료분해액은 간장 양조용 대조균에 의한 분해액보다 TN이 증가하였으며 원료분해율도 1.4-1.5배로 증가되었다.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제3권3_4호
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• pp.188-194
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• 2000

A protease purified from hepatopancreas of shrimp, Penaeus japonicus, had maximum activity at $70^{\circ}C$ and in neutral and alkaline pH ranges. Specific activity at optimum reaction condition of the protease was estimated to be approximately 12 U/mg/min. The protease was stable in neutral and alkaline pH ranges and activity was retained after heat treatment at $50^{\circ}C$ for 30 min. Apparent $K_m$ and $V_{max}$ value against casein substrate were estimated to be $0.29\%$ and $7.8see^{-1}$, respectively, and those against N-CBZ-L-tyrosine p-nitropheny1 ester (CBZ­Tyr-NE) were 0.38 mM and $2,400 see^{-1}$, respectively. The N-termina1 sequence of the protease showed high homology to the trypsin from same species and the proteases from shrimp. Myosin heavy chain (MHC) from shrimp tail meat was the most susceptible to the protease and actin/tropomyosin were degraded progressively during 4 hr incubation, but to a lesser degree than MHC.

• Mycobiology
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.209-213
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• 2003

Aspergillus flavus K-03 isolated from poultry forming soil in Korea was studied for its ability to produce extracellular proteases on basal medium containing 2%(w/v) chicken feathers. The fungus was observed to be a potent producer of such enzymes. Keratinolytic enzyme secretion was the best at 15 days of incubation period at pH 9 and temperature $40^{\circ}C$. No relationship existed between the enzyme yield and increase of biomass. Enzyme production was suppressed by exogenous sugars in descending order arabinose>maltose>mannose>fructose. But glucose did not influence the enzyme activity. The keratinolytic enzyme released by the fungus demonstrated the ability to decompose keratin substrates as chicken feather when exogenous glucose was present. The keratinolytic activity was inhibited by $HgCl_2$ and serine-protease inhibitors such as phenymethylsulfonyl fluoride(100%), chymostain(88%), crystalline soybean trypsin inhibtor(80%), antipain(45%) and aprotinin(40%), and was not by cystein-protease and aspartyl-protease inhibitors. The enzyme activity is only partially inhibited by metallo-protease inhibitor. Thus, the enzyme secreted by A. flavus K-03 belongs to the alkaline serine-type protease.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제33권8호
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• pp.1353-1358
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• 2004

국내산 충매 화분인 도토리 화분과 다래 화분에 단백질 분해효소를 이용하여 화분 추출물을 제조하고, 추출물의 조단백질 함량과 환원당 함량의 변화를 알아보았다. 도토리화분의 일반성분 분석결과 수분 5.2%, 회분 2.7%, 조지방 6.2%, 조단백질 함량은 22.3%였고, 다래화분은 수분 5.4%, 회분 2.8%, 조지방 1.8%, 조단백질 함량은 27.8%였다. Casein을 기질로 사용하여 측정한 효소의 비환성 (specific activity U/mg)은 Protease S>Flavozyme>Alcalase 2.4L>Protamex>Protease P>Protease A의 순이었다. 단백질 분해효소 처리에 의한 화분 추출물의 조단백질 함량은 효소 첨가군이 대조군보다 증가했고, Alcalase 2.4L을 0.2 U, 0.5 U 첨가시에 도토리 화분 추출물은 대조군보다 각각 35.8%, 45.8%, 다래 화분 추출물은 각각 68.8%, 101.5% 증가하였다. 단백질 분해효소 처리에 의한 화분 추출물의 환원당 함량은 효소 첨가군이 대조군보다 증가했고, Protease A를 0.2 U, 0.5 U 첨가 시 도토리 화분 추출물은 대조군보다 각각 11.4%, 18.4%, 다래 화분 추출물은 대조군보다 각각 12.2%, 14.2% 증가하였다. 단백질 분해 효소 처리에 의해 화분 추출물의 조단백질과 환원당의 함량이 증가되었고, 단백질 분해 효소는 화분 추출물의 조단백질 및 환원당 함량을 높이는 방법 중의 하나로 이용될 수 있다고 사료된다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.526-531
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• 1988

방선균의 단백질 분해효소를 황산 암모늄분획, Sephadex G-75-50 gel filtration, DEAE-Sephadex A-50 ion-exchange chromatography, ultrafiltration 등의 과정을 통해 정제하였다. 염기성 단백질 분해 효소의 분자량은 SDS 전기영동에 의해 23,500 dalton 이었으며 Hammarsten casein에 대한 Km값은 0.8g/l였고 이때 Vmax값은 15.1 $\mu$mole/min/mg 이었다. 효소반응 최적 pH는 9.0이었고 최적 반응온도는 5$0^{\circ}C$였다. pH에 대한 안정성은 9.0-10.0 에서 최대로 안정하였고 5$0^{\circ}C$ 이상에서는 효소가 불활성화되었다. 중성단백질 분해효소의 분자량은 38900 dalton 이었으며 Hammarsten casein에 대한 Km값은 0.54g/l였고 이때 Vmax값은 12.4 $\mu$mole/min/mg이었다. 효소반응 최적 pH는 7.0이었고 최적 반응온도는 35$^{\circ}C$였다. pH 7.0-9.0에서는 안정하였으나 4$0^{\circ}C$ 이상에서는 신속하게 불활성화되었다.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.534-540
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• 1995

토양에서 분리된 호알칼리성 coryneform bacteria TU-19는 적어도 세종류의 단백질분해효소(Protease I, II, III)를 생성분비하였다. 이 균주의 효소생산과 관련된 배양조건을 조사해본 결과 최적온도 및 pH는 각각 $30^{\circ}C$와 10.0인 것으로 나타났다. 이틀 배양된 배양액으로부터 이 효소들을 정제하기 위해서 ammonium sulfate fractionation, gel filtration 및 QAE-Sephadex column chromatography 등을 순차적으로 행하였다. 그 결과 이들 세종류의 효소는 SDS-PAGE pattern으로 평가했을 때 single band로 순수 정제되었으며, 각각의 분자량은 120, 80, 45 kDa이었다. 정제된 효소의 특성을 살펴보면 Pretense I과 II의 최적 pH와 온도는 각각 $10.5,\;45^{\circ}C$이었으며, Protease III는 11.0과 $50^{\circ}C$로 나타났다. 또한 이들 세효소는 10 mM PMSF 농도에서 효소활성을 완전히 상실하였으며, pCMB, 1,10-phenanthroline, IAA, EDTA에는 별 영향이 없는 것으로 보아 serine protease의 일종으로 생각된다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.85-96
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• 1988

Purification and some properties of alkaline proteinases in the pyloric caeca of skipjack, Katsuwonus vagans, were investigated. Four alkaline proteinases, temporarily designated proteinases I, II, III and IV, were identified from the tissue extract of the pyloric caeca by ammonium sulfate fractionation, DEAE-Sephadex A-50 chromatography, and Sephadex G-100 and G-200 gel filtration. Result of disc-polyacrylamide gel electrophoretic analysis showed that the purified proteinases II and III were homogenous with the yields of $1.5\%\;and\;1.2\%$, and those specific activities were increased to 33 to 37 fold over that of the crude enzyme solution, respectively. Molecular weight of the proteinases II and III determined by sephadex G-100 gel filtration were 28,500 and 24,200, respectively. The optimum conditions for the caseinolytic activity of the two enzymes were pH 9.6 and $48^{\circ}C$. The reaction rates of the two alkaline proteinases were constant to the reaction time to 80 min in the reaction mixture of $3.4{\mu}g/ml$ of enzyme concentration and $2\%$ casein solution. The Km values against casein substrate determined by the method of Lineweaver-Burk were $0.56\%$ for proteinase II and $0.30\%$ for proteinase II. The proteinases II and III were inactivated under the presence of $Ag^+,\;Hg^{2+},\;Ni{2+},\;Fe^{2+},\;and\;Cu^{2+}$, and but activated by $Mn^{2+}\;and\;Ca^{2+}$ and markedly inhibited by the soybean trypsin inhibitor and N-p-toluenesulfonyl-L-lysine chloromethyl ketone. Therefore, the proteinases II and III were found to be a group of serine proteases and assured to be trypsin-like proteinases.