• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.244-251
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• 1998

To understand the effect of supplement of water extract of pine needle(WEPN) on shelf-life enhancement of the kimchi, activities of four enzymes and number of lactic acid bacteria, during fermentation of the kimchi, were assayed. Enzyme activities of kimchi fermented for 7 days with supplement by 2% water extract of pine needle showed amylase of 86.4%, protease of 85.8%, polygalacturonase of 61.5% and $\beta$-galactosidase of 58.8% against the control kimchi. WEPN showed weak inhibitory effect when it was applied to the isolated enzymes in vitro then those menifested by the kimchi in vivo. Number of total bacterial cell of WEPN supplemented kimchi increased by 10 folds than control between 7 to 14 days of fermentation. On contrast, number of lactic acid bacteria decreased maximaly to 21% of control by fermentation. The clear zone formed on paper disk by WEPN against L. plantarum was larger than that of Leu. mesenteroides.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.510-515
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• 2005

Pseudomonas cepacia BY21 was found to produce glutaryl acylase that is capable of deacylating glutaryl-7-aminocephalosporanic acid (glutaryl-7-ACA) to 7-aminocephalosporanic acid (7-ACA), which is a starting material for semi-synthetic cephalosporin antibiotics. Amino acids of the reported glutaryl acylases from various Pseudomonas sp. strains show a high similarity (>93% identity). Thus, with the known nucleotide sequences of Pseudomonas glutaryl acylases in GenBank, PCR primers were designed to clone a glutaryl acylase gene from P. cepacia BY21. The unknown -subunit gene of glutaryl acylase from chromosomal DNA of P. cepacia BY21 was cloned successfully by PCR. The -subunit amino acids of P. cepacia BY21 acylase (GenBank accession number AY948547) were similar to those of Pseudomonas diminuta KAC-1 acylase except that Asn408 of P. diuminuta KAC-1 acylase was changed to Leu408.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.154-159
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• 2017

Objective: This study was designed to characterize the DNA polymorphisms of the melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R) gene in indigenous Saudi Arabian sheep breeds exhibiting different color coats, along with individuals of the Sawaknee breed, an exotic sheep imported from Sudan. Methods: The complete coding region of MC1R gene including parts of 3' and 5' untranslated regions was amplified and sequenced from three the indigenous Saudi sheep; Najdi (generally black, n = 41), Naeimi (generally white with brown faces, n = 36) and Herri (generally white, n = 18), in addition to 13 Sawaknee sheep. Results: Five single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were detected in the MC1R gene: two led to nonsynonymous mutations (c.218 T>A, p.73 Met>Lys and c.361 G>A, p.121 Asp>Asn) and three led to synonymous mutations (c.429 C>T, p.143 Tyr>Tyr; c.600 T>G, p.200 Leu>Leu, and c.735 C>T, p.245 Ile>Ile). Based on these five SNPs, eight haplotypes representing MC1R $E^d$ and $E^+$ alleles were identified among the studied sheep breeds. The most common haplotype (H3) of the dominant $E^d$ allele was associated with either black or brown coat color in Najdi and Sawaknee sheep, respectively. Two other haplotypes (H6 and H7) of $E^d$ allele, with only the nonsynonymous mutation A218T, were detected for the first time in Saudi indigenous sheep. Conclusion: In addition to investigating the MC1R allelic variation in Saudi indigenous sheep populations, the present study supports the assumption that the two independent nonsynonymous Met73Lys and Asp121Asn mutations in MC1R gene are associated with black or red coat colors in sheep breeds.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.805-810
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• 2000

An antifungal protein antagonistic to the rice blast fungus, Pyricularia oryzae was purified from Paenibacillus macerans PM-1 by ammonium sulfate fractionation, Q Sepharose Fast Flow column chromatography, Phenyl Sepharose CL-4B column chromatography and Superose 12 gen filtration. An apparent molecular mass of the purified antifungal protein was determined as 8 kDa by SDS-PAGE and 9 kDa by analytical gel filtration, respectively, suggesting that the purified protein is a monomer. The antifungal protein was stable at pH range from 7-12 and up to $100^{\circ}C$. The protein was also stable at 0.1-1% Tween 20 and Triton X-100. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of the antifungal protein was Thr-Glu-Leu-Pro-Leu-Gly-Ile-Val-Met-Asp-Lys-Tyr-Thr-Asp-Ala-Phe-Lys-Phe-Asp-Met-Phe. Comparison of the determined sequence with other peptide and DNA sequences did not reveal homology at all. Therefore, the purified antifungal protein was speculated to be a novel protein. The condidial germination in vitro of P. oryzae KJ301:93-39 by the purified protein ($5.9{\mu} g/ml$) was limited to $9{\pm}3.2%$ only, compared with $69{\pm}2.4%$ of the control. Ungerminated conidia were swollen at basa and mid cell by the purified protein. In vivo bioassay for inhibition of conidial germination of P. oryzae KJ 301, one of the most predominating racesin Korea. the purified protein ($5.9{\mu} g/ml$)strongly inhibited the conidial germination. The conidia, even though germinated, could not develop any further to produce appressoria efficiently.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.155-161
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• 2001

Lactrococcus sp. HY449균줄르 M17-glucose broth에 배양하여 배양 상등액으로부터 propanol-actone 침전 ion-exchange chromatography gel-filtration chromatography 및 reverse-phase chroamtography 등을 통하여 비활성 25,600,000 BU/mg 인 순수한 bacteriocin 을 정제하였다. 정제 과정 주에서 ion-exchange chromatography 단계에 서는 35.3%의회수율이 7.3%로 감소하였다. Reverse-Phase chromatography에선 3.3%의 회수율을 보였고 활성도는 413.5배로 증가하였다. Tricine-SDS 전기영도 결과 bacteriocin 은 단일 밴드로 나타났으며, N-말단 아미노산 서열 분석을 수행한 결과 $NH_2$-IIe-Leu-Pro-GIn로 확인되었다. 아미노산조정 분석결과를 바탕으로 분자량을 예측한 결과 본 bacteriocin은 32개의 아미노산으로 이루어져 있으며 분자량은 3.6kDa인 것으로 추정되었다.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.441-446
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• 1994

된장의 새로운 기능성을 검색하기 위해 된장의 ACE 활성 저해효과를 측정하였다. 7개의 시중제품중 ACE 활성 저해효과가 가장 높은 된장의 열수추출물을 용매별 분획시 acetone$(50{\sim}80%)$ 분획이 acetonitrile$(50{\sim}80%)$ 분획에 비해 다소 낮은 57% 단백질 회수율을 보였으나, ACE 활성 저해효과는 92.8%로 가장 높은 활성 저해효과를 보였다. 아세톤 분획을 Sephadex G-25, Sephadex LH-20, ODS column chromatography와 HPLC를 이용하여 정제한 결과 수율은 1%, $IC_{50}$ 값은 0.6 mg/ml로 나타났다. 된장으로부터 정제한 저해물질은 경쟁적 저해기작을 나타냈으며, 아미노산 분석결과 Ala, Phe, Leu, Glu, Gly, Ser, Asp 아미노산으로 구성되어 있었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제25권7호
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• pp.1015-1025
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• 2015

The development of diverse polymyxin derivatives is needed to solve the toxicity and resistance problems of polymyxins. However, no platform has generated polymyxin derivatives by genetically engineering a polymyxin synthetase, which is a nonribosomal peptide synthetase. In this study, we present a two-step approach for the construction of engineered polymyxin synthetases by substituting the adenylation (A) domains of polymyxin A synthetase, which is encoded by the pmxABCDE gene cluster of Paenibacillus polymyxa E681. First, the seventh L-threonine-specific A-domain region in pmxA was substituted with the L-leucine-specific A-domain region obtained from P. polymyxa ATCC21830 to make polymyxin E synthetase, and then the sixth D-leucine-specific A-domain region (A_6-D-Leu-domain) was substituted with the D-phenylalanine-specific A-domain region (A_6-D-Phe-domain) obtained from P. polymyxa F4 to make polymyxin B synthetase. This step was performed in Escherichia coli on a pmxA-containing fosmid, using the lambda Red recombination system and the sacB gene as a counter-selectable marker. Next, the modified pmxA gene was fused to pmxBCDE on the chromosome of Bacillus subtilis BSK4dA, and the resulting recombinant strains BSK4-PB and BSK4-PE were confirmed to produce polymyxins B and E, respectively. We also succeeded in constructing the B. subtilis BSK4-PP strain, which produces polymyxin P, by singly substituting the A_6-D-Leu-domain with the A_6-D-Phe-domain. This is the first report in which polymyxin derivatives were generated by genetically engineering polymyxin synthetases. The two recombinant B. subtilis strains will be useful for improving the commercial production of polymyxins B and E, and they will facilitate the generation of novel polymyxin derivatives.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권3호
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• pp.499-507
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• 2020

Research reactors for radioisotope production, fuel and material testing and research activities are designed, constructed and operated based on the society's needs. In this study, neutronic and thermal hydraulic design of a high neutron flux research reactor core for radioisotope production is presented. Main parameters including core excess reactivity, reactivity variations, power and flux distribution during the cycle, axial and radial power peaking factors (PPF), Pu₂₃₉ production and minimum DNBR are calculated by nuclear deterministic codes. Core calculations performed by deterministic codes are validated with Monte Carlo code. Comparison of the neutronic parameters obtained from deterministic and Monte Carlo codes indicates good agreement. Finally, subchannel analysis performed for the hot channel to evaluate the maximum fuel and clad temperatures. The results show that the average thermal neutron flux at the beginning of cycle (BOC) is 1.0811 × 10¹⁴ n/㎠-s and at the end of cycle (EOC) is 1.229 × 10¹⁴ n/㎠-s. Total Plutonium (Pu₂₃₉) production at the EOC evaluated to be 0.9487 Kg with 83.64% grade when LEU (UO₂ with 3.7% enrichment) used as fuel. This designed reactor which uses LEU fuel and has high neutron flux and low plutonium production could be used for peaceful nuclear activities based on nuclear non-proliferation treaty concepts.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.832-838
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• 1999

Two different types of lipases (lipase I and lipase II) secreted into culture medium by Rhizopus sp. L-I were purified using a hydrophobic chromatography and were partially characterized. Both enzymes were monomeric as revealed by SDS-PAGE and gel filtration. The molecular masses of the enzymes were identified as 45 kDa (lipase I) and 69 kDa (lipase II). The isoelectric points were estimated to be 3.6 and 5.2 for lipase I and lipase II, respectively. pH and temperature activity optima for lipase I were as 7.5 and $50^{\circ}C$, respectively, whereas the corresponding parameters for lipase II were 6.0 and $45^{\circ}C$. The amino terminal sequences of lipase I and lipase II, determined by Edman degradation, were found to be Leu-Val-Met-Ile-Gln-Arg and Leu-Val-Met-Lys-Gln-Arg, respectively. By western blotting analysis, the two lipases were found to have a common antigenic determinant. Immuno-electron cytochemistry conducted with polyclonal anti-lipase I antibody indicated the enzyme located in both the periplasm and the adjacent vesicles of fungal hyphae. Fortunately, the sites on the cell envelope where lipase was exported into the culture medium was also identified.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.371-376
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• 1985

내한유채를 $25^{\circ}C$에서 60시간동안 발아시켜 건물량, 뿌리신장도, 아미노산 및 지방산조성의 변화를 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 유채의 건물량은 발아30시간에서 비교적 급격한 감소를 나타냈고 그 이후는 완만한 감소를 나타냈으며, 우리는 15시간까지는 관찰되지 않았으나 발아30시간이후는 일정한 속도의 신장도를 나타낸다. 유채는 발아함에 따라 수분, 조회분은 큰 영향을 받지 않았으나 조지방 조단백질은 감소하였으며 조섬유는 증가하였다. 유채의 아미노산은 Glu, Lys, Asp가 많고 lie, Met가 적었으며 제 1제한 아미노산은 Ile 이었다. 유채의 아미노산은 발아함에 따라 Lys, His, Arg, Asp, Thr, Ser, Ala, Val, lie, Leu는 증가하였지만 Clu, Met Tyr, Phe은 감소하여 발아함에 따라 Met이 제 1제한아미노산이 되었다. 지방산은 oleic acid (49.3%). linoleic acid(22.0%), eicosenoic acid (10.5%), Palmitic acid(5.9%), linolenic acid(5.7%), stearic acid(3.2%), erucic acid(2.8%)가 검출되었는데. 발아에 따라 oleic acid는 감소하였으며 Palmitic acid, linolenic acid 발아중기까지 증가하다가 그 이후는 감소하였고 linolenic acid eicosenoic acid 및 erucic acid는 발아중기까지는 감소하다가 그 이후는 증가하였다.