• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.434-440
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• 2019

전통발효식품인 김치에서 분리된 젖산균으로부터 ${\beta}$-glucuronidase 효소활성이 높은 균주를 선발하였다. 김치에서 분리된 156점의 젖산균 중 52점의 균주가 glucuronic acid를 탄소원으로 대사하였으며, 대부분의 젖산균은 세포내 ${\beta}$-glucuronidase 활성이 세포외 활성보다 유의적으로 높았다. 순무김치에서 분리된 Leu. mesenteroides KFRI 73007 균주가 $0.77{\pm}0.01U/mg$ protein로서 가장 높은 세포내 ${\beta}$-glucuronidase 효소활성을 나타내었다. 최적 반응조건은 pH 7, $37^{\circ}C$이었으며 $1.14{\pm}0.01U/mg$ protein의 효소활성을 나타냈다. 양이온 금속이온은 ${\beta}$-glucuronidase 효소활성을 약 70% 이상 저해하였으며, 균주 배양에 사용한 탄소원 중 ${\beta}$-glucuronidase 생산을 위한 최적의 탄소원은 glucuronic acid이었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제26권7호
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• pp.1224-1233
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• 2016

The present study assessed the effects of an aqueous extract of Acanthopanax koreanum root (AE) and of AE following fermentation by lactic acid bacteria (Lactobacillus plantarum and Bifidobacterium bifidum) (AEF) on human skin fibroblast HS68 cells exposed to ultraviolet B (UVB) irradiation and oxidative stress. AEF effectively antagonized the senescence-associated β-galactosidase staining and upregulation of p53 and p21^Cip1/WAF1 induced by UVB or H₂O₂ treatment in HS68 cells. It also exhibited excellent antioxidant activities in radical scavenging assays and reduced the intracellular level of reactive oxygen species induced by UVB or H₂O₂ treatment. The antioxidant and antisenescent activities of AEF were greater than those of nonfermented A. koreanum extract. AEF significantly repressed the UVB- or H₂O₂-induced activities of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-1 and -3, overexpression of MMP-1, and nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) activation. This repression of NF-κB activation and MMP-1 overexpression was attenuated by a mitogen-activated protein kinase activator, suggesting that this AEF activity was dependent on this signaling pathway. Taken together, these data indicated that AEF-mediated antioxidant and anti-photoaging activities may produce anti-wrinkle effects on human skin.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.718-722
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• 2003

다양한 종류의 미역으로부터 알긴산 분해 활성을 가지는 해양 미생물인 Vibrio sp. AEBL-211을 분리하였다. 우선, 알긴산 고체배지에서의 halo 크기가 크고 환원당 생성량이 가장 많은 해양 미생물을 선발하고, 생화학 및 영양적인 특성 분석 결과 등을 바탕으로 Vibro 속으로 동정하였다. DE 52-cellulose 및 Sephacryl G-200를 이용한 음이온 교환 및 gel permeation chromatography를 통해 부분 정제된 alginase 효소액을 얻었다. 부분 정제된 alginase 효소를 이용하여 guluronic acid에 대한 mannuronic acid의 비율이 다른 sodium alginate 시료에 대한 분해능을 평가한 결과, guluronic acid의 상대적 양이 많은 알긴산에 대한 활성이 상대적으로 우수하여 Vibrio sp. AEBL-211 유래의 alginase는 guluronic acid가 많은 G-rich block에 대한 분해활성이 높은 특성을 가지는 것으로 판단되었다.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.316-324
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• 2004

Sinorhizobium sp. strain MUS10 forms nitrogen-fixing stem nodules on Sesbania rostrata, a tropical green manure crop. In this study, the ultrastructural events associated with the formation of stem nodules were investigated. Sinorhizobium sp. strain MUS10 entered the host tissue through cracks created by the emerging adventitious root primordia and multiplied within the intercellular spaces. During early phases of infection, host cells adjacent to invading bacteria revealed cellular damage that is typical of hypersensitive reactions, while the cells at the inner cortex exhibited meristematic activity. Infection threads were numerous in S-day-old nodules and often were associated with the host cell wall. In several cases, more than one infection thread was found in individual cells. The junction at which the host cell walls converged was often enlarged due to fusion of intracellular branches of infection threads resulting in large infection pockets. The infection threads were made up of a homogeneous, amorphous matrix that enclosed the bacteria. Several finger-like projections were seen radiating from these enlarged infection threads and were delineated from the host cytoplasm by the plasma membrane. As in Azorhizobium caulinodans induced root nodules, the release of Sinorhizobia from the infection threads into the plant cells appears to be mediated by 'infection droplets'. A 15-day­old Sesbania stem nodule revealed typical ultrastructure features of a determinate nodule, containing several bacterioids within symbiosomes.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.100-105
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• 2008

The sphingolipid metabolites act as lipid mediator for cell proliferation and apoptosis in mammalian cells. In bacteria, sphingolipid metabolism remains unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether sphingolipid metabolism is potential target for fumonisin $B_1$($FB_1$) and desipramine in Sphingomonas chungbukensis, Gram-negative bacteria, by comparing the intracellular contents of bacterial sphingolipids with ones of HIT-T15 ${\beta}$-cells, hamster pancreatic cells. The concentrations of ceramide and dihydroceramide were 18.0 ${\pm}$ 12.0 and 0.025 ${\pm}$ 0.018 nmol/mg protein, respectively, in HIT-T15 cells. However, the concentrations of ceramide and dihydroceramide in the bacterial culture were 2.0 ${\pm}$ 1.2 and 10.6 ${\pm}$ 5.5 nmol/mg protein, respectively. $FB_1$ decreased the level of ceramide from 18.0 to 3.8 nmol/mg protein in HIT-T15 ${\beta}$-cells. However, dihydroceramide content in $FB_1$-treated HIT-T15 cells was slightly decreased compared with the control culture. When S. chungbukensis was treated with either $FB_1$ or desipramine, dihydroceramide level was increased by 5- and 4-fold, respectively, compared with the control bacteria. These results indicate that $FB_1$ and desipramine may act as an activator in bacterial sphingolipid biosynthetic pathway, and bacterial sphingolipid metabolism pathway appears to be different from the pathway of mammalian cells.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.194-200
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• 2018

Glycogen plays important roles in bacteria. Its structure and storage capability have received more attention recently because of the potential correlations with environmental durability and pathogenicity. However, the low level of intracellular glycogen makes extraction and structure characterization difficult, inhibiting functional studies. Bacteria grown in regular media such as lysogeny broth and tryptic soy broth do no accumulate large amounts of glycogen. Comparative analyses of bacterial media reported in literature for glycogen-related studies revealed that there was no consistency in the recipes reported. Escherichia coli $DH5{\alpha}$ is a convenient model organism for gene manipulation studies with respect to glycogen. Additionally, M9 minimal salts medium is widely used to improve glycogen accumulation, although its composition varies. In this study, we optimized the M9 medium by adjusting the concentrations of itrogen source, tryptone, carbon source, and glucose, in order to achieve a balance between the growth rate and glycogen accumulation. Our result showed that $1{\times}M9$ minimal salts medium containing 0.4% tryptone and 0.8% glucose was a well-balanced nutrient source for enhancing the growth and glycogen storage in bacteria. This result will help future investigations related to bacterial physiology in terms of glycogen function.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권10호
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• pp.1581-1588
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• 2018

The growth of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) generates a high number of metabolites related to aromas and flavors in fermented dairy foods. These microbial proteases are involved in protein hydrolysis that produces necessary peptides for their growth and releases different molecules of interest, like bioactive peptides, during their activity. Each genus in particular has its own proteolytic system to hydrolyze the necessary proteins to meet its requirements. This review aims to highlight the differences between the proteolytic systems of Streptococcus thermophilus and other lactic acid bacteria (Lactococcus and Lactobacillus) since they are microorganisms that are frequently used in combination with other LAB in the elaboration of fermented dairy products. Based on genetic studies and in vitro and in vivo tests, the proteolytic system of Streptococcus thermophilus has been divided into three parts: 1) a serine proteinase linked to the cellular wall that is activated in the absence of glutamine and methionine; 2) the transport of peptides and oligopeptides, which are integrated in both the Dpp system and the Ami system, respectively; according to this, it is worth mentioning that the Ami system is able to transport peptides with up to 23 amino acids while the Opp system of Lactococcus or Lactobacillus transports chains with less than 13 amino acids; and finally, 3) peptide hydrolysis by intracellular peptidases, including a group of three exclusive of S. thermophilus capable of releasing either aromatic amino acids or peptides with aromatic amino acids.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.381-387
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• 1987

생체 내에서 $O_2$를 특이적으로 제거시켜 줌으로써 의학적 응용가치가 매우 높은 것으로 알려진 superoxide dismutase(SOD)에 대하여 연구하였다. 먼저 이 효소의 활성을 여러 속의 세균을 대상으로 검토해된 결과 비교적 높은 활성을 나타낸 Bacillus circulans를 본 실험의 공시균주로 선택한 다음 SOD의 최적 생산 조건을 설정하였다. SOD의 생산은 각 세균에 따라서 양적인 차이는 있으나 종 및 속에 관계없이 다양하게 존재하는 것으로 나타났다. 효소의 생산 조건은 탄소원으로서 1% glucose, 질소원으로서 2% polypeptone, 무기염으로서 0.1% NaCl을 첨가하였을 때 가장 양호하였고 최적 pH는 6.0이었다. 이상의 조성을 가진 배지를 500$m\ell$용 진탕 플라스크에 100$m\ell$을 넣어 3$0^{\circ}C$ 에서 20시간 호기적 배양을 하였을 때 효소 생산 및 균체량이 최대에 도달하였다. 조효소액은 극히 불안정하여 안정제의 검토가 불가피하였다. 안정제로서는 최종농도가 5% 되도록 ethyl alcohol을 첨가한 경우가 효과적이었으며 pH 안정성은 pH5.0인 acetate buffer에서 가장 안정하였다. 이상의 조건 하에서 조효소액은 20일 이상 동안 약 80%의 잔존활성을 가지고 비교적 안정한 상태로 유지되었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.330-336
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• 2005

Lactococcus lactis A164 is a nisin Z-producing strain isolated from kimchi. Its antimicrobial spectrum has been found to be active against most Gram-positive bacteria tested, yet inactive against Gram-negative bacteria [3]. Accordingly, to overcome this drawback, the current study attempted to express human $\beta$-defensin-l (hBD-l), which kills both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria in L. lactis AI64. When the hBD-l cDNA was introduced using a nisin Z-controlled expression cassette, the L. lactis A164 transformants grew very poorly, due to the bactericidal effect of the expressed hBD-l against the transformants. Therefore, a gene fusion system was designed to reduce the toxicity of the expressed heterologous protein against the host cells. As such, the hBD-l gene was fused to the DsbC- Tag of pET -40b(+), then introduced to L. lactis A 164. The transformants expressed an intracellular 35.6-kDa DsbC-hBD-l fusion protein that exhibited slight activity against the host cells, yet not enough to strongly inhibit the cell growth. To obtain the recombinant hBD-l, the DsbC-hBD-l fusion protein was purified by nickel-affinity column chromatography, and the DsbC-Tag removed by cleaving with enterokinase. The cleaved mature hBD-l exhibited strong bactericidal activity against E. coli JM109, indicating that the recombinant L. lactis A 164 produced a biologically active hBD-I. In addition, the recombinant L. lactis A 164 was also found to produce the same level of nisin Z as the wild-type.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.165-170
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• 2017

Gas vesicles are intracellular gas-filled protein-shelled nanocompartments. The structures are spindle or cylinder-shaped, and typically $0.1{\sim}2{\mu}m$ in length and 45~250 nm in width. A variety of prokaryotes including photosynthetic bacteria and halophilic archaea form gas vesicles in their cytoplasm. Gas vesicles provide cell buoyancy as flotation devices in aqueous habitats. They are used as nanoscale molecular reporters for ultrasound imaging for biomedical purposes. The structures in halophilic archaea are poorly resolved due to the low signal-to-noise ratio from the high salt concentration in the medium. Such a limitation can be overcome using focused ion beam-thinning or inelastically scattered electrons. As the concentric bodies (~200 nm in diameter) in fungi possess gas-filled cores, it is possible that the concept of gas vesicles could be applied to eukaryotic microbes beyond prokaryotes.