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Biological Hydrogen Production (바이오기술 이용 수소제조)

  • Kim Mi-Sun;Oh You-Kwan
    • Journal of Energy Engineering
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    • v.15 no.2 s.46
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    • pp.118-126
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    • 2006
  • This publication provides an overview of the state-of-the-art and perspective of biological $H_2$ production from water and/or organic substances. The biological $H_2$ production processes, being explored in fundamental and applied researches, are direct and indirect biophotolysis from water, photo-fermentation, dark anaerobic fermentation and in vitro $H_2$ production. The development of biological $H_2$ production technology, as an energy carrier, started at the late 1940's in the lab-scale. Now it has a high priority in the world, especially USA, Japan, EU and Korea.

Ethanol Induces Autophagy Regulated by Mitochondrial ROS in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

  • Jing, Hongjuan;Liu, Huanhuan;Zhang, Lu;Gao, Jie;Song, Haoran;Tan, Xiaorong
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.28 no.12
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    • pp.1982-1991
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    • 2018
  • Ethanol accumulation inhibited the growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae during wine fermentation. Autophagy and the release of reactive oxygen species (ROS) were also induced under ethanol stress. However, the relation between autophagy and ethanol stress was still unclear. In this study, expression of the autophagy genes ATG1 and ATG8 and the production of ROS under ethanol treatment in yeast were measured. The results showed that ethanol stress very significantly induced expression of the ATG1 and ATG8 genes and the production of hydrogen peroxide ($H_2O_2$) and superoxide anion (${O_2}^{{\cdot}_-}$). Moreover, the atg1 and atg8 mutants aggregated more $H_2O_2$ and ${O_2}^{{\cdot}_-}$ than the wild-type yeast. In addition, inhibitors of the ROS scavenging enzyme induced expression of the ATG1 and ATG8 genes by increasing the levels of $H_2O_2$ and ${O_2}^{{\cdot}_-}$. In contrast, glutathione (GSH) and N-acetylcystine (NAC) decreased ATG1 and ATG8 expression by reducing $H_2O_2$ and ${O_2}^{{\cdot}_-}$ production. Rapamycin and 3-methyladenine also caused an obvious change in autophagy levels and simultaneously altered the release of $H_2O_2$ and ${O_2}^{{\cdot}_-}$. Finally, inhibitors of the mitochondrial electron transport chain (mtETC) increased the production of $H_2O_2$ and ${O_2}^{{\cdot}_-}$ and also promoted expression levels of the ATG1 and ATG8 genes. In conclusion, ethanol stress induced autophagy which was regulated by $H_2O_2$ and ${O_2}^{{\cdot}_-}$ derived from mtETC, and in turn, the autophagy contributed to the elimination $H_2O_2$ and ${O_2}^{{\cdot}_-}$.

$H_2$ Production by a Purple Sulfur Bacterium Blooming in Lake Kaiike (카이이케호에서 농밀하게 분포하는 Purple Sulfur Bacterium의 수소생산)

  • Matsuyama, Michiro;Moon, Sang-Wook
    • Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • v.40 no.1
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    • pp.58-64
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    • 1997
  • $H_2$ production by Chromatium sp., a large purple sulfur bacterium blooming in lake Kaiike, under various environmental conditions was examined. Chromatium sp. produced $H_2$ only in the presence of light and $H_2$. Maximum $H_2$ production ($0.01\;{\mu}mol/hr/(mg\;dry\;cell\;weight)$) was obtained in the solution of 20 mg $H_2S-S/l$ under low light intensity (1000 lux) at $30^{\circ}C$. $H_2$ production was severely inhibited by the presence of $N_2\;or\;NH_4^+$. The rate observed for Chromatium sp. was relatively low compared to that of other phototrophic bacteria. Chromatium sp. is probably a most potent Ha producing species in lake Kaiike, since the bacterium readily produced $H_2$ photoautotrophically even at low light intensities by the application of suboptimal $H_2$ concentrations. Based on the photoautotrophic characteristics of bacterial $H_2$ production, it is suggested that Chromatium sp. can be an economic and practical species for biological $H_2$ production system, particularly in temperate region.

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Hydrogen Production by Biological Processes

  • Shin Jong-Hwan;Park Tai Hyun
    • Proceedings of the Microbiological Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2004.05a
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    • pp.101-104
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    • 2004
  • Among biological hydrogen production processes, fermentative processes have some advantages. In this research, the hydrogen producing bacterium was isolated from domestic landfill area and identified as Enterobacter sp. The strain was named Enterobacter sp. SNU-1453. Important parameters for the hydrogen process include pH, temperature, concentration of initial glucose, and kind of sugars. The pH of the culture medium significantly decreased as fermentation proceeded due to the accumulation of various organic acids, and this inhibited the $H_2$ production seriously. When pH was controlled at pH 7.0, hydrogen production was 2614.5 m1/1 in 17 hours. The increase of glucose concentration resulted in higher $H_2$ production. The productivity of this strain was 6.87 mmol $H_2/l$ per hi on concentration of 25g glucose/l. Enterobacter sp. SNU-1453 could utilize various sugars. These results indicate that Enterobacter sp. SNU-1453 has a high potential as a fermentative $H_2$ producer.

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Optimization of Major Culture Elements on Growth and Shikonin Production in the Lithospermum erythrorhizon Hairy Root Culture

  • Hwang, Ok-Jin;Kim, Yu-Jeong;Sung, Nak-Sul;Ahn, Jun-Cheul;Kim, Sik-Eung;Hwang, Baik
    • Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.243-248
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    • 2002
  • The effects of basal media, carbon, nitrogen, phosphate and some major macro elements on growth and shikonin production in Lithospermum erythrorhizon hairy root culture were studied. Among examined media, growth of hairy root cultured in B5 liquid medium was rapid, whereas shikonin production was high in MS liquid medium. Under B5 basal medium, sucrose concentration for optimal growth and shikonin production was 9% and 4% respectively. The growth and shikonin production on pH changes in B5 medium resulted little effect in pH 5.8 to pH 8.8 ranges, whereas growth was decreased dramatically in both above 8.8 and under 5.8. Nitrogen source and concentration effected on the growth and shikonin production. The highest growth rate was in B5 medium (50 mM $KNO_3$ and 1 mM $NaH_2PO_4)$, whereas the highest shikonin production was in the condition supplemented with 5 mM $KNO_3$ and 10 mM $NaH_2PO_4$.

Enhanced Production of L-Aspartate ${\beta}-Decarboxylase$ by Nitrogen Source in Pseudomonas dacunhae

  • Kim, Dong-Chung;Lee, Sung-Dong;In, Man-Jin
    • Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • v.49 no.3
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    • pp.106-109
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    • 2006
  • Improvement of L-asparate ${\beta}-decarboxylase$ production from Pseudomonas dacunhae ATCC 21192 was attempted by optimizing fermentation conditions. Optimum carbon and nitrogen sources for cell growth and enzyme production were determined. L-Glutamate (2%) was the most suitable carbon source, and D-glucose, D-glycerol and fumarate repressed enzyme production. Yeast extract (2%) was the most effective as nitrogen source. A slight change of pH to 6.5 from medium pH resulted in a meaningful increase in the production of enzyme. The production of the enzyme was highly improved by using 2% yeast extract and 2% L-glutamate in culture media. Maximum L-asparate ${\beta}-decarboxylase$ activity reached up to over 24 U/mL-broth by 15 h flask fermentation.

Optimization of main factors using response surface method for the enhanced production of hGM-CSF from transgenic Nicotiana tabacum cell suspension cultures

  • Lee, Ki-Yong;Lee, Sang-Yoon;Kim, Dong-Il
    • 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.351-355
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    • 2003
  • Response surface methodology was employed to study the interactive effect of sucrose, nitrogen, temperature and to optimize their levels to enhance the production of human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulation factor from Nicotiana tabacum cell suspension cultures. A 15-runs Box-Behnken design including three center points was the response surface method selected for the initial set of experiments. The analysis of the data from the Box-Behnken experiments showed interactive effects of sucrose:nitrogen, sucrose:temperature and nitrogen:temperature. The optimal combinations of sucrose, nitrogen and temperature for hGM-CSF production from surface plot were sucrose 90 g/L, nitrogen 41 mM and 22$^{\circ}C$, respectively. The optimization of there factors enhanced the hGM-CSF production by 2 times because high sucrose concentration stimulated the secretion of hGM-CSF and low temperature prevented hGM-CSF degradation in media by pretenses.

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Optimization of Fermentation Conditions for CoQ10 Production Using Selected Bacterial Strains (CoQ10 생성 세균의 선별 및 발효조건 최적화)

  • Jeong, Keun-Il;Kang, Won-Hwa;Lee, Jung-Ah;Shin, Dong-Ha;Bae, Kyung-Sook;Park, Ho-Young;Park, Hee-Moon
    • Korean Journal of Microbiology
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    • v.46 no.1
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    • pp.46-51
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    • 2010
  • Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is an essential lipid-soluble component of membrane-bound electron transport chains. CoQ10 is involved in several aspects of cellular metabolism and is increasingly being used in therapeutic applications for several diseases. Despite the recent accomplishments in metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for CoQ10 production, the production levels are not yet competitive with those by fermentation or isolation. So we tested several microorganisms obtained from the KCTC of Biological Resource Center to find novel sources of strain-development for CoQ10-production. Then we selected two strains, Paracoccus denitrificans (KCTC 2530) and Asaia siamensis (KCTC 12914), and tested to optimize the CoQ10 production conditions. Among the carbon sources tested, CoQ10 production was the highest when fructose was supplied about 4% concentration. Yeast extract produced the highest CoQ10 production about 2% concentration. The highest CoQ10 production was obtained at pH 6.0 for P. denitrificans and pH 8.0 for A. siamensis. And two strains showed the highest CoQ10 production at $30^{\circ}C$, but the highest DCW was obtained at $37^{\circ}C$. In the fed-batch culture, P. denitrificans yielded $14.34{\pm}0.473$ mg and A. siamensis yielded $12.53{\pm}0.231$ mg of final CoQ10 production.

Enhanced Production of hGM-CSF by Immobilized Transgenic Plant Cell Cultures (형질전환된 식물세포에서 고정화 방법을 통한 hCM-CSF의 생산성 증대 연구)

  • Noha, Yun-Sook;Nama, Hyung-Jin;Choi, Hong-Yeol;Tak, Sa-Ra;Kim, Dong-Il
    • KSBB Journal
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.82-90
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    • 2015
  • Plant cell immobilization can protect plant cells from shear forces and increase the stability of gene. An additional advantage of immobilization is the easiness for performing continuous culture with cell recycling. Therefore plant cell immobilization can overcome the limitations of plant cell applications. In addition, target protein should be selected from pharmaceutical proteins to get rid of low expression level problem. The enhanced production of human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (hGM-CSF) was investigated in immobilized Nicotiana tabacum suspension cell cultures. When the cells were immobilized in polyurethane foam, specific production of hGM-CSF was higher than that in alginate bead immobilization. Optimum continuous culture condition was the addition of 60 g/L sucrose in growth media with exchanging media every 6 day. Under the same condition, specific hGM-CSF production was 7 times higher in a 500-mL spinner flask than that in 100-mL Erlenmeyer flasks. Therefore, development of an effective immobilization process would be possible when the advantage of easy cell recycling was used. Consequently, enhanced production of target proteins could be possible in immobilized continuous cultures when the advantages of immobilization were applied.

Optimal Culture Conditions for the Production of a Novel Extracellular Alkaline Lipase from Yarrowia lipolytica NRRL Y-2178

  • Lee, Geon-Ho;Bae, Jae-Han;Suh, Min-Jung;Kim, Hak-Ryul
    • Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • v.50 no.2
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    • pp.46-51
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    • 2007
  • Lipases are industrially useful versatile enzymes that catalyze numerous different reactions. Among lipases functioning under extreme conditions, alkaline lipase is useful in detergent industry. Lipase from yeast strain Yarrowia lipolytica NRRL Y-2178 was most active under alkaline condition, and initial medium pH for most lipase production was also alkaline [Lee et al., 2007, J Microbiol Biotechnol, 17(6)]. High lipase production was achieved using Y. lipolytica NRRL Y-2178. Optimal incubation time for lipase production at $25^{\circ}C$ was 72 h. Optimal temperature, when incubated for 72 h, was $27.5^{\circ}C$. Lipase production but not cell growth was very sensitive to concentrations of glucose and glycerol as efficient carbon sources, showing optimal concentrations of 1.0 and 1.5% (w/v), respectively. Lipase production was highly stimulated by $Ca^{2+},\;K^+,\;and\;Na^+$, but was inhibited by $Co^{2+},\;Cu^{2+},\;Mn^{2+},\;Na^+,\;and\;Fe^{2+}$. Maximum lipase production at 0.1 mM $Ca^{2+}$ for 72 h incubation at $27.5^{\circ}C$ was 649 units/mL.