• 한국초지조사료학회지
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.155-161
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• 2022

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of isolated lactic acid bacteria (LAB) on the quality of high moisture rye silage. Rye forage (Secale cereale L.) was harvested at the heading stage (27.3% of dry matter (DM)) and cut into approximately 3-5 cm lengths. Then, the forage divided into 4 treatments with different inoculants: 1) No additives (CON); 2) Lactobacillus brevis strain 100D8 at a 1.2 × 10⁵ colony-forming unit (cfu)/g of fresh forage (LBR); 3) Leuconostoc holzapfelii strain 5H4 at a 1.0 × 10⁵ cfu/g of fresh forage (LHO); and 4) Mixture of LBR and LHO (1:1 ratio) applied at a 1.0 × 10⁵ cfu/g of fresh forage (MIX). About 3 kg of forage from each treatment was ensiled into a 20 L mini-bucket silo in quadruplicate for 100 days. After silo opening, silage was collected for analyses of chemical compositions, in vitro nutrient digestibilities, fermentation characteristics, and microbial enumerations. The CON silage had the highest concentrations of neutral detergent fiber and acid detergent fiber (p = 0.006; p = 0.008) and a lowest in vitro DM digestibility (p < 0.001). The pH was highest in CON silage, while lowest in LBR and MIX silages (p < 0.001). The concentrations of ammonia-N, lactate, and acetate were highest in LBR silage (p = 0.008; p < 0.001; p < 0.001). Propionate and butyrate concentrations were highest in CON silage (p = 0.004; p < 0.001). The LAB and yeast counts were higher in CON and LHO silages compare to LBR and MIX silages (p < 0.001). However, the mold did not detect in all treatments. Therefore, this study could conclude that L. brevis 100D8 and Leu. holzapfelii strain 5H4 can improve the digestibility and anti-fungal activity of high moisture rye silage.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제56권2호
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• pp.162-173
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• 2023

Four roe protein isolates (RPIs) from olive flounder Paralichthys olivaceus roes (OFR) were recovered by isoelectric solubilization (pH 11 and 12) and precipitation (pH 4.5 and 5.5) and investigated for their food characteristics. RPIs contained 4.5-9.6% moisture, 64.1-69.5% protein, 16.1-19.8% lipid, and 1.0-3.9% ash. The protein yields of RPIs ranged from 50.1 to 56.8%, which was significantly different depending on the recovery conditions. A difference was observed in the SDS-PAGE protein band (25-100 kDa) between the alkaline solubilization at pH 11 (RPI-1 and 2) and pH 12 (RPI-3 and 4). The major amino acids of RPIs were Leu, Lys, Asp, Glu and Ala and major mineral components were sulfur, sodium, phosphorus, and magnesium, which were significantly different from OFR (P<0.05). Additionally, the lead and cadmium content was below the chemical hazard standard of the Korean food standards code. The Hunter color and whiteness of RPIs also showed significant differences according to the treatment conditions of the ISP process (P<0.05). This suggests that protein isolates recovered from olive flounder roes have high potential as nutritional supplements.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.297-303
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• 2008

본 논문은 인공적인 단백질인 MCL-1ES BH3M에 관한 것으로 MCL-1ES BH3M를 과발현시 세포사멸을 유도한다. MCL-1L을 주형으로 재조합 PCR을 통해서 MCL-1ES BH3M를 클로닝하였다. 새롭게 클로닝한 단백질인 MCL-1ES BH3M 단백질은 안정성을 유지하기 위해서 PEST 도메인이 제거되어 있으며, 다른 BCL-2 패밀리 단백질과의 결합을 조절하기 위해서 BH3도메인의 Leu-Arg-Arg-Val-Gly-Asp-Gly 서열을 7개의 Ala 잔기로 인위적으로 돌연변이를 유도하였다. MCL-1ES BH3M를 293T 세포에서 과발현할 경우 세포사멸을 유도하였고, 항-세포사멸 단백질인 MCL-1L을 같이 과발현하더라도 세포사멸을 유도하였다. 또한, 과발현시 Caspase 9과 3를 활성화하였으며 면역염색법을 통해서 MCL-1ES BH3M 과발현시 미토콘드리아에 MCL-1ES BH3M 단백질이 부분적으로 위치하는 것을 확인하였다. 이상의 결과로 MCL-1ES BH3M는 Caspase 9과 3의 활성을 통해서 세포사멸을 유도한다. 결론적으로 본 연구는 세포사멸을 유도하는 새로운 molecule을 클로닝하였고, 이 molecule에 의한 세포사멸 기능을 확인하였다.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.619-628
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• 2023

Objective: This study aimed to determine and compare the apparent ileal digestibility (AID) and the standardized ileal digestibility (SID) of amino acids (AA) in soybean meal (SBM), cottonseed meal (CSM), and low-gossypol cottonseed meal (LCSM) fed to broiler chickens and laying hens. Methods: Three semi-purified diets containing the identical crude protein concentration at 20% were formulated to contain SBM, CSM, or LCSM as the sole source of N. A N-free diet was also formulated to estimate the basal ileal endogenous losses of AA for broilers and hens. A total of 300 male Ross 308 chicks at one-day-old and 144 Hy-Line Brown laying hens at 30-week-old with initial egg production rate of 88.3%±1.0% were randomly allocated into 1 of 4 dietary treatments, respectively. Results: CSM and LCSM showed more Arg and Cys+Met while less Lys, Ile, Leu, and Thr relative to SBM. Significant interactions existed between species and experimental diets for AID (except for Arg, Asp, Glu, Gly, and Pro) and SID (except for Arg, His, and Phe) of most AA. Most AA in diets showed higher AID (except for Lys) and SID (except for Lys, Met, and Ser) in broilers relative to laying hens. The AID and SID of all AA were significantly different between the three diets. In broilers, the AID and SID of most indispensable AA except for Arg in SBM and LCSM was higher than CSM. In laying hens, the AID and SID of most indispensable AA except for Arg, Met+Cys, and Phe in SBM was higher than CSM and LCSM. Conclusion: The accurate determination of AID and SID of AA in CSM and LCSM for broilers and layers benefits the application of CSM and LCSM in chicken diets. The cottonseed by-products CSM or LCSM showed the species-specific AA digestibility values for broilers and layers.

• BMB Reports
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• 제56권6호
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• pp.359-364
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• 2023

KAI1/CD82, a membrane tetraspanin protein, can prevent various cancers and retinal disorders through its anti-angiogenic and anti-metastatic capacity. However, little is known about its anti-inflammatory effect and molecular mechanism. Therefore, the present study aimed to inLPSvestigate effect of a recombinant protein of the large extracellular domain of human KAI1 (Gly 111-Leu 228, rhKAI1) on lipopolysaccharides (LPS)-stimulated RAW264.7 macrophage-like cells and mouse bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDM) and to identify its underlying mechanism. Our data showed that rhKAI1 suppressed expression levels of classically macrophages (M1) phenotype-related surface markers F4/80+CD86+ in LPS-stimulated BMDM and RAW264.7 cells. In addition, LPS markedly increased mRNA expression and release levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines and mediators such as interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, tumor necrosis factor-α, cyclooxygenase-2, nitric oxide and prostaglandin E2, whereas these increases were substantially down-regulated by rhKAI1. Furthermore, LPS strongly increased expression of NF-κB p65 in the nuclei and phosphorylation of ERK, JNK, and p38 MAPK. However, nuclear translocation of NF-κB p65 and phosphorylation of JNK were greatly reversed in the presence of rhKAI1. Especially, rhKAI1 markedly suppressed expression of toll-like receptor (TLR4) and prevented binding of LPS with TLR4 through molecular docking predict analysis. Importantly, Glu 214 of rhKAI1 residue strongly interacted with Lys 360 of TLR4 residue, with a binding distance of 2.9 Å. Taken together, these findings suggest that rhKAI1 has an anti-inflammatory effect on LPS-polarized macrophages by interacting with TLR4 and down-regulating the JNK/NF-κB signaling pathway.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권10호
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• pp.3913-3923
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• 2023

Todays, medium energy resolution detectors are preferably used in radioisotope identification devices(RID) in nuclear and radioactive material categorization. However, there is still a need to develop or enhance « automated identifiers » for the useful RID algorithms. To decide whether any material is SNM or NORM, a key parameter is the better energy resolution of the detector. Although masking, shielding and gain shift/stabilization and other affecting parameters on site are also important for successful operations, the suitability of the RID algorithm is also a critical point to enhance the identification reliability while extracting the features from the spectral analysis. In this study, a RID algorithm based on Bayesian statistical method has been modified for medium energy resolution detectors and applied to the uranium gamma-ray spectra taken by a LaBr3:Ce detector. The present Bayesian RID algorithm covers up to 2000 keV energy range. It uses the peak centroids, the peak areas from the measured gamma-ray spectra. The extraction features are derived from the peak-based Bayesian classifiers to estimate a posterior probability for each isotope in the ANSI library. The program operations were tested under a MATLAB platform. The present peak based Bayesian RID algorithm was validated by using single isotopes(²⁴¹Am, ⁵⁷Co, ¹³⁷Cs, ⁵⁴Mn, ⁶⁰Co), and then applied to five standard nuclear materials(0.32-4.51% at.²³⁵U), as well as natural U- and Th-ores. The ID performance of the RID algorithm was quantified in terms of F-score for each isotope. The posterior probability is calculated to be 54.5-74.4% for ²³⁸U and 4.7-10.5% for ²³⁵U in EC-NRM171 uranium materials. For the case of the more complex gamma-ray spectra from CRMs, the total scoring (ST) method was preferred for its ID performance evaluation. It was shown that the present peak based Bayesian RID algorithm can be applied to identify ²³⁵U and ²³⁸U isotopes in LEU or natural U-Th samples if a medium energy resolution detector is was in the measurements.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.185-190
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• 2008

게르마늄의 약리효능이 알려짐에 따라 게르마늄이 함유된 기능성 농산물 재배에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있는 추세이다. 본 연구는 게르마늄의 농업적 이용에 대한 기초 자료를 제공하고자 시험하였으며 미나리의 생육 및 게르마늄 흡수 특성을 분석하였다. 게르마늄 처리농도가 증가할수록 초장과 생체중이 감소하여 게르마늄 독성이 나타났다. 게르마늄 25.0 mg $kg^{-1}$ 이상에서는 생육이 저하됨에 따라 미나리의 정상적인 생육을 위해서는 그 이하 농도로 게르마늄을 처리하여야 할 것으로 생각된다. 게르마늄 농도를 25.0 및 62.5 mg $kg^{-1}$ 으로 처리하였을때 게르마늄 함량은 각각 89.9와 371.6 mg $kg^{-1}$이었으며, 흡수율은 각각 1.7 및 2.4%으로 나타났다. 토양에 게르마늄을 25.0, 62.5 및 125.0 mg $kg^{-1}$으로 처리하였을때 총 아미노산 함량은 각각 89.8, 198.4 및 318.2 mg $g^{-1}$으로 게르마늄 농도가 높을수록 아미노산 함량이 증가하였고, 특히 Asx.(Asp.+Asn.), Ser., Glx.(Glu.+Gln.), Leu. 등의 함량 증가가 뚜렷하였다. 토양에 무기게르마늄을 50 mg $kg^{-1}$으로 처리하고 질소시비량을 달리하여 미나리를 재배하였을때 토양검정에 의한 질소시비량구에서 게르마늄 함량은 11.7 mg $kg^{-1}$으로 가장 높았으나 pot당 흡수량은 질소시비량에 따른 유의성이 없어 질소비료 시용량과 게르마늄 흡수량과는 관계가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 게르마늄 종류를 달리하여 무기와 유기게르마늄을 각각 50 mg $kg^{-1}$으로 토양에 처리하였을 때 게르마늄 흡수량은 유기게르마늄인 Ge-132 처리에서 24.2 mg $kg^{-1}$으로 가장 높았으며, 무기게르마늄인Ge와 $GeO_2$ 처리에서는 각각 12.9 및 11.8 mg $kg^{-1}$이었다.

• 한국균학회소식:학술대회논문집
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• 한국균학회 2014년도 춘계학술대회 및 임시총회
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• pp.27-28
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• 2014

Beauveria bassiana (Cordycipitaceae, Hypocreales, Ascomycota) is an anamorphic fungus having a potential to be used as a biological control agent because it parasitizes a wide range of arthropod hosts including termites, aphids, beetles and many other insects. A number of bioactive secondary metabolites (SMs) have been isolated from B. bassiana and functionally verified. Among them, beauvericin and bassianolide are cyclic depsipeptides with antibiotic and insecticidal effects belonging to the enniatin family. Non-ribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) play a crucial role in the synthesis of these secondary metabolites. NRPSs are modularly organized multienzyme complexes in which each module is responsible for the elongation of proteinogenic and non-protein amino acids, as well as carboxyl and hydroxyacids. A minimum of three domains are necessary for one NRPS elongation module: an adenylation (A) domain for substrate recognition and activation; a tholation (T) domain that tethers the growing peptide chain and the incoming aminoacyl unit; and a condensation (C) domain to catalyze peptide bond formation. Some of the optional domains include epimerization (E), heterocyclization (Cy) and oxidation (Ox) domains, which may modify the enzyme-bound precursors or intermediates. In the present study, we analyzed genomes of B. bassiana and its allied species in Hypocreales to verify the distribution of NRPS-encoding genes involving biosynthesis of beauvericin and bassianolide, and to unveil the evolutionary processes of the gene clusters. Initially, we retrieved completely or partially assembled genomic sequences of fungal species belonging to Hypocreales from public databases. SM biosynthesizing genes were predicted from the selected genomes using antiSMASH program. Adenylation (A) domains were extracted from the predicted NRPS, NRPS-like and NRPS-PKS hybrid genes, and used them to construct a phylogenetic tree. Based on the preliminary results of SM biosynthetic gene prediction in B. bassiana, we analyzed the conserved gene orders of beauvericin and bassianolide biosynthetic gene clusters among the hypocrealean fungi. Reciprocal best blast hit (RBH) approach was performed to identify the regions orthologous to the biosynthetic gene cluster in the selected fungal genomes. A clear recombination pattern was recognized in the inferred A-domain tree in which A-domains in the 1st and 2nd modules of beauvericin and bassianolide synthetases were grouped in CYCLO and EAS clades, respectively, suggesting that two modules of each synthetase have evolved independently. In addition, inferred topologies were congruent with the species phylogeny of Cordycipitaceae, indicating that the gene fusion event have occurred before the species divergence. Beauvericin and bassianolide synthetases turned out to possess identical domain organization as C-A-T-C-A-NM-T-T-C. We also predicted precursors of beauvericin and bassianolide synthetases based on the extracted signature residues in A-domain core motifs. The result showed that the A-domains in the 1st module of both synthetases select D-2-hydroxyisovalerate (D-Hiv), while A-domains in the 2nd modules specifically activate L-phenylalanine (Phe) in beauvericin synthetase and leucine (Leu) in bassianolide synthetase. antiSMASH ver. 2.0 predicted 15 genes in the beauvericin biosynthetic gene cluster of the B. bassiana genome dispersed across a total length of approximately 50kb. The beauvericin biosynthetic gene cluster contains beauvericin synthetase as well as kivr gene encoding NADPH-dependent ketoisovalerate reductase which is necessary to convert 2-ketoisovalarate to D-Hiv and a gene encoding a putative Gal4-like transcriptional regulator. Our syntenic comparison showed that species in Cordycipitaceae have almost conserved beauvericin biosynthetic gene cluster although the gene order and direction were sometimes variable. It is intriguing that there is no region orthologous to beauvericin synthetase gene in Cordyceps militaris genome. It is likely that beauvericin synthetase was present in common ancestor of Cordycipitaceae but selective gene loss has occurred in several species including C. militaris. Putative bassianolide biosynthetic gene cluster consisted of 16 genes including bassianolide synthetase, cytochrome P450 monooxygenase, and putative Gal4-like transcriptional regulator genes. Our synteny analysis found that only B. bassiana possessed a bassianolide synthetase gene among the studied fungi. This result is consistent with the groupings in A-domain tree in which bassianolide synthetase gene found in B. bassiana was not grouped with NRPS genes predicted in other species. We hypothesized that bassianolide biosynthesizing cluster genes in B. bassiana are possibly acquired by horizontal gene transfer (HGT) from distantly related fungi. The present study showed that B. bassiana is the only species capable of producing both beauvericin and bassianolide. This property led to B. bassiana infect multiple hosts and to be a potential biological control agent against agricultural pests.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2001

항암 효과와 면역 활성 효과가 있는 영지 균사체의 alkali 추출 단백다당류인 GMPG와 이것을 모체로하여 한외여과를 이용한 고분자 단백다당류(GMPG-UH)와 저분자 단백다당류(GMPG-UL) 그리고 column 분획을 이용한 고분자 단백다당류(GMPG-CH)와 저분자 단백다당류(GMPG-CL)를 얻어서, 면역 항암 활성을 연구한 결과 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. GMPG, GMPG 고분자 및 저분자 분획들의 총당과 총단백질 함량을 측정한 결과, GMPG는 85.9% 및 12.8%, 한외여과 분획인 GMPG-UH와 GMPG-UL은 75.5% 및 72.7%의 당과 31.3%의 33.6%의 단백질, 컬럼 분획인 GMPG-CH와 GMPG-CL은 당과 단백질이 각각 96.9%와 87.1% 및 1.9%와 8.1%를 함유하고 있었다. 구성 당은 대부분 glucose, mannose, fructose, galactose, xylose와 소량의 ribose 및 arabinose를 함유하고 있었으며, ${\alpha}$와 ${\beta}-glucose$의 결합 비율이 $0.84{\sim}1.14$로 ${\beta}-glucan$이 주를 이루는 단백다당류이고, 저분자보다는 고분자가 더 많은 ${\beta}$-결합을 이루고 있는 것으로 조사되었다. 구성 아미노산의 조성은 공통적으로 산성 아미노산인 Asp와 Glu, 중성 아미노산인 Ala와 Leu이 다량 함유하고 있는 것으로 조사되었다. IR의 경우는 ${\beta}$-당의 결합양식을 결정 짖는 $890cm^1$ 부근에서의 흡수 peak가 관찰되었다. 또한 $^{13}C-NMR$ spectrum에서 GMPG, GMPG 고분자 및 저분자, ${\beta}-1,3$ anomer를 결정 짖는 C-1 peak가 $103{\sim}105ppm$에서 나타나 ${\beta}-(1{\rightarrow}3)-glucan$ 구조를 갖는 단백다당류임을 알 수 있었다. GMPG-CH와 GMPG-CL은 sarcoma 180 고형암에 대해 각각 79.6% 및 63.4%의 암세포 중식 저해율을 나타내었는데, 이것은 ${\beta}$-결합 당의 함량이 높은 고분자 분획이 항암활성도 높게 나타났다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제33권8호
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• pp.1398-1406
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• 2004

우리나라 남해안에서 대량 양식하고 있는 굴의 효율적인 이용을 위한 연구로서, 상온에서 장기간 저장이 가능하며 생굴의 풍미를 지닌 기름담금 염장발효 굴 시제품을 가공하였고, 이들의 성분특성, 저장안정성 및 관능적 특성 등에 대하여 살펴보았다. 기름담금 염장발효 굴의 일반성분 조성은 수분이 61.6%, 조단백질 12.0%, 조회분이 16.3% 및 휘발성 염기질소량은 34.3 mg/100 g이었고, 총아미노산의 함량은 11,496.0 mg/100 g으로 Asp, Glu, Pro, Gly, Cys, Leu, Phe 및 Lys 등이 주요 구성아미노산이었다. 구성지방산은 18:1n-9의 조성비가 높았고, 20:5n-3와 22:6n-3 등의 고도불포화지방산도 많이 함유되어 있었다. 정미성분으로는 Tau, Glu, Pro, Gly, Ala, $\beta$-Ala, Lys 등의 유리 아미노산과 betaine 및 Na, K이온의 함량이 많았다. 기름담금 염장발효 굴을 가온 검사 및 실온에 저장하면서 품질안정성을 살펴본 결과, 저장중 품질이 안정하게 유지되고 있음을 보여주었고, 저장기간이 경과할수록 관능적 특성이 좋아지는 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 본 시제품을 굴 젓갈과 굴 훈제기름담금 통조림, 앤초비필레 등 시판 관련제품들과 관능적 기호도를 비교하였을 때, 기호적 측면에서 조금도 손색이 없었다.