• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.251-257
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• 2000

Chitin synthases are identified as key enzymes of chitin biosynthesis in most of the fungi. Among them, chitin synthase II has been reported to be and essential enzyme in chitin biosynthesis, and exists as a membrane-bound form. To search and screen new antifungal agents from natural resources to inhibit chitin synthase II, the assay conditions were established using the enzyme isolated from Saccharomyces cerevisiae ECY38-38A(pAS6) that overproduces only chitin synthase II. This enzyme was activated only by partial proteolysis with trypsin. Its actibity reached the maximum at $80{\;}\mu\textrm{g}/ml$ of trypsin and was strongly stimulated by 2.0 mM $Co^{2+}$, 1.0 nM UDP-[$^{14}C$]-GicNAc, and 32 mM free-GlcNAc. Under these assay conditions, the highest chitin synthase II activity was observed by incubation at $30^{\circ}C$ for 90 min. However, and extremely narrow range of organic solvents up to as much as 25% of DMSO and 25% of MeOH was useful for determining optimal assay conditions. After a search or potent inhibitors of chitin synthase II from natural resources, prodigiosin was isolated from Serratia marcescens and purified by solvent extration and silica gel column chromatographies. The structure of prodigiosin was determined by UV, IR, Mass spectral, and NMR spectral analyses. Its molecular weight and formula were found to be 323 and $C_{20}H_{25}N_{3}O$, respectively. Prodigiosin ingibited chitin synthase II by 50% at the concentration of $115{\;}\mu\textrm{g}/ml$.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.34-40
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• 1998

수산계 폐기물로부터 chitin 유도체의 다양한 응용에도 불구하고 chitin 의 상업적 이용은 적절한 용매의 부재와 화학적 제한성으로 인하여 제한적으로 이용되었다. 그러므로 Mima의 방법을 응용하여 NaOH 농도, 반응시간, 온도 등을 조절하여 탈아세틸화반응에 의한 다양한 점도가 다른 chitosan을 제조하였으며, 2종의 각Y제를 이용하여 가교결합에 의한 결정성을 증가시킨 가교 chitosan을 제조하였따. 제조한 점도가 다른 chitosan과 가교 chitosan 유도체를 다양한 분석기기를 이용하여 측정하였다. chitosandmf 제조시 반응시간을 높이거나 반응온도를 높이면 탈아세틸화는 높아지나 분자사슬의 크기, 즉 점도와 분자량은 감소하였다. 반응온도, 반응시간과 알칼리 농도에 따라 활용분야에 맞은 chitosan을 제조할수 있다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.107-113
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• 1998

This study was performed to investigate the effects of chitin, chitosan and dithiocarbamate chitosan on the cadmium accumulation in liver and kidney of catfish. The experimental groups were divided into four independent groups which were one control group and three experimental groups by cadmium alone treatment or chitin, chitosan and dithiocarbamate chitosan which cadmium. in order to investigate the effects of chitin, chitosan and dithiocarbamate chitosan on the cadmium accumulation in liver and kidney of catfish, the cadmium concentration, the metallothionein level were measured. The results obtained were as follows: 1. The cadmium concentrations in liver and kidney of catfish in cadmium alone treatment group were similar to that of the chitin treatment group, but chitosan and dithiocarbamate chitosan treatment groups were significantly decreased. 2. The metallothionein levels in liver and kidney of catfish alone treatment group were similar to that of the chitin treatment group, but chitosan and dithiocarbamate chitosan treatment groups were significantly increased. In conclusion, this study revealed the effect of chitin, chitosan and dithiocarbamate chitosan against cadmium accumulation in liver and kidney of catfish. It exhibited the highest effect at dithiocarbamate chitosan treatment group.

• 공업화학
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.270-278
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• 1991

게 껍질로부터 단리한 천연고분자인 chitin을 이용하여 특정금속이온에 대하여 높은 선택성을 갖는 carboxymethyl chitin을 합성하였다. 실험에 사용된 chitin 은 개량한 Hackman 법으로 순수한 상태로 제조하고 이를 여러농도의 수산화나트륨 용액으로 akali chitin을 제조한 후, chitin 단위구조의 C-6 위치($CH_2OH$)를 isoproryl alcohol 중에서 monochloroacetic 로 처리하여 카르복시기를 갖는 유도체를 합성하였다. Kjeldahl 법에 의한 질소함량의 분석 및 원소분석에 의해 최적반응조건과 치환율을 구하였고, 이들 수지의 구조는 적외선흡수스펙트럼으로 확인하였다. 낮은 치환도를 가지며 물에 불용인 carboxymethyl chitin은 알칼리 토금속이온들 중 $Ca^{2+}$ 이온에 대하여 가장 높은 선택적 흡착능을 나타내었으며, 이러한 성질은 $KNO_3$나 $NaNO_3$와 같은 중성염이 존재할 때에도 마찬가지였다. Carboxymethyl chitin에 결합된 $Mg^{2+}$ 이온은 $Ca^{2+}$이온이 있는 곳에서 방출되며, 이러한 $Ca^{2+}$및 $Mg^{2+}$ 이온 혼합계를 이용하였다. 합성된 흡착담체는 $Ca^{2+}$, $Mg^{2+}$, $Sr^{2+}$, $Ba^{2+}$ 등의 금속이온들과의 흡착특성을 검토하였고, 나아가 $Na^+$, $K^+$등 공통양이온 존재하에서 특정금속이온의 선택적 흡착능을 atomic absorption spectrometer로 정량, 확인하였다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.451-456
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• 1995

CM-chitin 분자의 고유특성을 규명하기 위하여 물성학적 방법으로 저농도 용액에서의 CM-chitin의 고유특성인 사슬배좌와 전해질 거동에 대하여 조사하였다. 비교란 상태에서 CM-chitin 사슬의 양단간 거리는 $127{\AA}$효에서 $113{\AA}$으로 분자량이 작을수록 양단간 거리는 좁혀지는 경향을 보였다 회전반경의 경우에도 $52{\AA}$에서 $46{\AA}$으로 양단간 거리와 같은 경향을 보였다. 팽창인자는 분자량에 관계없이 거의 일정하게 나타났으며, 결합사슬의 길이는 $14.5{\AA}$이었다. 그리고 교란 상태에서 CM-chitin의 Flory 점도상수는 $2.35\times10^{21}$이었다. CM-chitin의 이온강도에 따른 고유점도의 변화에 있어서 이온강도가 0.02일 때 고유점도는 1.95d1/g이었으며, 이온강도 1.0일 때는 고유점도가 1.06dl/g로 이온강도가 증가함에 따라 고유점도는 감소하는 경향을 보여 CM-chitin이 전해질임이 확인되었다. 그리고 전하를 완전히 제거한 상태에서의 CM-chitin의 고유점도$([\eta]_\infty)$는 0.91dl/g이었다. 한편 사슬의 유연성은 k-carrageenan과 거의 같은 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.349-354
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• 2002

In order to decolorize the reactive dye wastewater, we investigated the dye-adsorption ability of chitin, which was natural polymer obtained from shrimp shell. Chitin particle(less than 250 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$n) was prepared from shrimp shells in the processes of decalcification in aqueous hydrochloric acid solution and deproteination in aqueous sodium hydroxide solution. The particle size of chitin was controlled to less than 250 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$. Three tripes of the reactive dyes-C.I. Reactive Red 120, C.I. Reactive red 241 and C.I. Reactive Black 5-were used. Dye adsorption ability of chitin was investigated by dipping the particle in the dyebaths of concentration of 0.0l%, 0.03% and 0.05% for various periods of time(1,3,5, 10,20,40,80,160minutes). The influence of addition of salt(Na$_2$SO$_4$) and alkali to the dyebaths on dye-absorption was also investigated. We obtained the following results fur the dye-absolution ability of chitin in the dyebaths of three types of reactive dyes. 1) The amount of dye uptake by chitin was increased by addition of salt to the dyebaths. 2) As the concentration of alkali became higher than 3g/I, the amount of dye uptake by chitin was increased. Chitin showed good dye-adsorption ability, when the alkali concentration was high. 3) Chitin showed equal dye uptake in the three types of dyebaths when the dye concentration was 0.0l%. Over 90% of dyestuffs was adsorbed from the dyebaths in ten minutes. When the dye concentration was higher, better adsorption ability was showed in a dye bath of Reactive black 5 than in the others. When the dye concentration was 0.03%, 90% of Reactive red 120 and Reactive red 241 was adsorbed in 40 minutes and the same of Reactive black 5 in 10 minutes. When the dye concentration was 0.05%, 9()% of Reactive red 120 was adsorbed in 80 minutes, and Reactive black 5 in to minutes.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.422-425
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• 1998

Chitin synthase null-mutants propagate in yeast form in RPMI medium with suppression of hyphal growth. This hyphal suppression is also observed in the wild type culture grown in RPMI medium supplemented with deer antler extract. To identify the possible target of deer antler extract, the enzymatic activities of chitin synthases were examined. The enzymatic activities of three chitin synthases, CAChsl, CAChs2, and CAChs3, were found to be differentially inhibited by deer antler extract. Of them, CAChsl, was the most sensitive to the extract. These results indicate that deer antler extract causes hyphal suppression, which resembles the effects of chitin synthase deletion, probably through direct inhibition of chitin synthases.

• 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.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2008

The enzymatic hydrolysis of chitin has been studied for almost a century, and early work established that at least two enzymes are required, a chitinase that mainly yields the disaccharide N,N'-diacetylchitobiose, or $(GlcNAc)_2$, and a "chitobiase", or ${\beta}$-N-acetylglucosaminidase, which gives the final product G1cNAc. This pathway has not been completely identified but has remained the central concept for the chitin catabolism through the $20^{th}$ century1 including in marine bacteria. However, the chitin catabolic cascade is quite complex, as described in this review. This report describes three biologically functional genes involved in the chitin catabolic cascade of Vibrios in an attempt to better understand the metabolic pathway of chitin.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.159-164
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• 1997

The phylogenetic study of Penicilium chrysogenum was performed based on amino acid sequence comparison of chitin synthase. Phylogenetic trees were constructed with the deduced amino acid sequences of the highly conserved region of chitin synthease gene fragments amplified by PCR. The BlasP similarity searcch and the bootstrap analysis of the deduced amino acid sequences of chitin synthase from P. chrysogenum with those form other fungi showed a close evolutionary relationship of Penicillium to ascomycetous fungi, especially to genus Aspergilus. The result from bootstrap analysis of the deduced amino acid sequences of the Class II chitin synthase from ascomyceteous fungi supported the usefulness of the Class II chitin synthease for phylogenetic study of filamentous fungi.