• BMB Reports
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.91-95
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• 2012

Glutamate dehydrogenase from axenic bacterial cultures of a new microorganism, called GWE1, isolated from the interior of a sterilization drying oven, was purified by anion-exchange and molecular-exclusion liquid chromatography. The apparent molecular mass of the native enzyme was 250.5 kDa and was shown to be an hexamer with similar subunits of molecular mass 40.5 kDa. For glutamate oxidation, the enzyme showed an optimal pH and temperature of 8.0 and $70^{\circ}C$, respectively. In contrast to other glutamate dehydrogenases isolated from bacteria, the enzyme isolated in this study can use both $NAD^+$ and $NADP^+$ as electron acceptors, displaying more affinity for $NADP^+$ than for $NAD^+$. No activity was detected with NADH or NADPH, 2-oxoglutarate and ammonia. The enzyme was exceptionally thermostable, maintaining more than 70% of activity after incubating at $100^{\circ}C$ for more than five hours suggesting being one of the most thermoestable enzymes reported in the family of dehydrogenases.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.181-190
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• 1995

암컷 Aedes aegypti의 난성숙과장에서 새로 나타나는 malate dehydrogenase(L-malate, $NAD^+$ oxidoreductase, EC 1.11.37, MDH)를 DEAE-Sepharose, Sulphonyl-Sepharose, Cibacron 3FGA affinity chromatography를 이용하여 분리정제하여 그 특성을 조사하였다. 분자량은 70,000 dalton정도의 dimer 형태로 되어 있으며 최적 pH는 malate-oxaloacetate반응에서는 pH 9.0~9.2, oxaloacetate-malate 반응에서는 pH 9.8~10.2이었다. 정재된 MDH는 mitochondria에 위치하고 있으며 기질로서 malate에 대한 Km값의 경우 $1.29 \times 10^{-4}$ M, oxaloacetate에 대한 Km 값은 $6.58\times 10^{-4}$M, NAD에 대한 Km값은 $0.76\times 10^{-3}$ M이며 NADH에 대한 Km 값은 $3.8\times 10^{-3}$ M 을 보이고 있으며 각각의 기질에 의한 저해현상을 보이고 있었다. 기질에 대한 Km값을 부분적으로 분리한 DEAE-sepharose에 흡착된 원형질 MDH와 비교한 결과 malate에 대한 Km 이 $8.92\times 10^{-3}$으로 상당한 차이를 보이고 있었다. 또한 정제된 MDH는 cltrate, $\alpha$-ketoglutarate, ATP 등의 대사산물에 의하여 저해작용을 받았다. ATP 및 citrate에 의한 MDH 활성도 저해는 oxaloacetate-malate반응에서 보다는 malate-oxaloacetate 반응에서 덜 일어났다. Oxaloacetate-malate 반응의 경우 ATP에 의하여저해작용이 완전히 일어났으며 malate-oxaloacetate반응에서는 cltrate에 의하여 저해작용이 일어나지 않았다. 흡혈 후 생성되는 MDH는 난소에서 합성되며 흡혈 수 난소에서 18시간 때부터 활성도가 나타나 48시간 이후 최고 활성도가 유지되는데 TCA회로의 isocitrate dehydrogenase 의 경우 난소내에서의 활성도 변화가 MDH의 변화 양상과 같았다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.663-669
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• 2008

The solvent-tolerant bacterium Enterobacter sp. VKGH12 is capable of utilizing n-butanol and contains an $NAD^+$-dependent n-butanol dehydrogenase (BDH). The BDH from n-butanol-grown Enterobacter sp. was purified from a cell-free extract (soluble fraction) to near homogeneity using a 3-step procedure. The BDH was purified 15.37-fold with a recovery of only 10.51, and the molecular mass estimated to be 38 kDa. The apparent Michaelis-Menten constant ($K_m$) for the BDH was found to be 4 mM with respect to n-butanol. The BDH also had a broad range of substrate specificity, including primary alcohols, secondary alcohols, and aromatic alcohols, and exhibited an optimal activity at pH 9.0 and $40^{\circ}C$. Among the metal ions studied, $Mg^{2+}$ and $Mn^{2+}$ had no effect, whereas $Cu^{2+},\;Zn^{2+}$, and $Fe^{2+}$ at 1 mM completely inhibited the BDH activity. The BDH activity was not inhibited by PMSF, suggesting that serine is not involved in the catalytic site. The known metal ion chelator EDTA had no effect on the BDH activity. Thus, in addition to its physiological significance, some features of the enzyme, such as its activity at an alkaline pH and broad range of substrate specificity, including primary and secondary alcohols, are attractive for application to the enzymatic conversion of alcohols.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.385-390
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• 2009

광합성 담수 녹조류인 Chlorella pyrenoidosa의 최적 생장 조건을 알기 위해 배양 온도, 시간, 영양물질의 영향 및 조도 등을 조사하였다. Growth chamber를 사용하여 알아본 가장 적절한 조건은 온도 $28^{\circ}C$에서 4일간 배양했을 때이며 배지에 첨가된 타 영양물질의 농도가 높을수록 활발한 광합성을 하면서 생장하였고 조도(Lux)가 크면 클 수록 잘 자랐다. 또한 동일 균주로부터 acetaldehyde를 분해하는 효소의 활성을 살펴보았는데 이 효소는 $\beta$-$NAD^+$를 조효소로 하는 탈수소효소였으며, ODS-Hypersil column과 50%(v/v) acetonitrile을 이동상으로 한 HPLC로 분석한 결과 pH 9.0, 온도 $40^{\circ}C$ 부근에서 최대 효소 활성을 보여주었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.501-508
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• 2003

Artificial coupling of one enzyme with another can provide an efficient means for the production of industrially important chemicals. Xylose reductase has been recently discovered to be useful in the reductive production of xylitol. However, a limitation of its in vitro or in vivo use is the regeneration of the cofactor NAD(P)H in the enzyme activity. In the present study, an efficient process for the production of xylitol from D-xylose was established by coupling two enzymes. A NADH-dependent xylose reductase (XR) from Pichia stipitis catalyzed the reduction of xylose with a stoichiometric consumption of NADH, and the resulting cofactor $NAD^+$ was continuously re-reduced by formate dehydrogenase (FDH) for regeneration. Using simple kinetic analyses as tools for process optimization, suitable conditions for the performance and yield of the coupled reaction were established. The optimal reaction temperature and pH were determined to be about $30^{\circ}C$ and 7.0, respectively. Formate, as a substrate of FDH, affected the yield and cofactor regeneration, and was, therefore, adjusted to a concentration of 20 mM. When the total activity of FDH was about 1.8-fold higher than that of XR, the performance was better than that by any other activity ratios. As expected, there were no distinct differences in the conversion yields of reactions, when supplied with the oxidized form $NAD^+$ instead of the reduced form NADH, as a starting cofactor for regeneration. Under these conditions, a complete conversion (>99%) could be readily obtained from a small-scale batch reaction.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.964-972
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• 1994

The 4.3-kb gene coding for L-lactate dehydrogenase of Bacillus stearothermophilus has been subcloned and expressed in E. coli cells. The enzyme was purified 200-fold with 25% yield by heat treatment , DEAE-Sephadex, and NAD++ -Sepharose CL-4B affinity chromatography followed by gel filtration through Sephadex G-200 . The molecular weight of the purfied enzyme was estimated to be about 35, 000 and 140, 000 on SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and gel filtration, respectively. indicating that the enzyme is composed of four identical subunits. THe enzyme for pyruvate reduction and lactate oxdiation was stable at 60 and 75$^{\circ}C$ for 30 min, and the optimal temperatures for both reactions were 60 and 7$0^{\circ}C$, respectively. The enzyme had an optimal pH at 5.5 and 8.5 in pyruvate reduction and lactate oxidation, respectively. The pH stability of enzyme of pyruvate reduction was table between pH 5 and 7. more than 90% of enzyme activity was lost at 1mM FeSO4 and p-chloromercuribonzoate. The maximal activation of the enzyme was obtained with 0.8mM fructose 1, 6-bisphosphate.

• BMB Reports
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.159-166
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• 2003

Cytoplasmic $\alpha$-glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase from fruit-bat-breast muscle was purified by ion-exchange and affinity chromatography. The specific activity of the purified enzyme was approximately 120 units/mg of protein. The apparent molecular weight of the native enzyme, as determined by gel filtration on Sephadex G-100 was $59,500{\pm}650$ daltons; its subunit size was estimated to be $35,700{\pm}140$ by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The true Michaelis-Menten constants for all substrates at pH 7.5 were $3.9{\pm}0.7\;mM$, $0.65{\pm}0.05\;mM$, $0.26{\pm}0.06\;mM$, and $0.005{\pm}0.0004\;mM$ for L-glycerol-3-phosphate, $NAD^+$, DHAP, and NADH, respectively. The true Michaelis-Menten constants at pH 10.0 were $2.30{\pm}0.21\;mM$ and $0.20{\pm}0.01\;mM$ for L-glycerol-3-phosphate and $NAD^+$, respectively. The turnover number, $k_{cat}$, of the forward reaction was $1.9{\pm}0.2{\times}10^4\;s^{-1}$. The treatment of the enzyme with 5,5'-dithiobis-2-nitrobenzoic acid (DTNB) under denaturing conditions indicated that there were a total of eight cysteine residues, while only two of these residues were reactive towards DTNB in the native enzyme. The overall results of the in vitro experiments suggest that $\alpha$-glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase of the fruit bat preferentially catalyses the reduction of dihydroxyacetone phosphate to glycerol-3-phosphate.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.268-272
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• 1990

Zymomonas mobilis의 알코올 탈수소 효소 유전자가 클로닝된 대장균 형질전환체의 세포 추출물로부터 알코올 탈수소 효소를 분리정제하였다. 형질전환된 Escherichia coli(pADS93)가 생산하는 Z.mobilis 유전자 유래의 알코올 탈수소 효소는 분자량이 40,000인 동일한 4개의 subunits로 구성된 tetramer임이 밝혀졌으며 이것은 Z.mobilis의 세포 추출물로부터 분리한 알코올 탈수소 효소와 동일하였다. 이 효소의 정반응(ethanol 산화)은 pH의 영향을 많이 받으며 pH는 10.0이었고 역반응(acetaldehyde 환원)에서는 최적의 pH가 7.5-8.5 이었지만 pH에 따라 크게 영향을 받지는 않았다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.738-744
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• 2003

The gene ADH encoding NAD-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase from Bacillus stearothennophilus was cloned and overexpressed as a GST fusion protein at a high level in Escherichia coli. The expressed fusion protein was purified simply by glutathione affinity chromatography. GST fusion protein was then cleaved by thrombin, while soluble enzyme was further purified by glutathione affinity chromatography. The recombinant enzyme had the same elctrophoretic mobility as the native enzyme from Bacillus stearothennophilus. The recombinant enzyme catalyzed the oxidation of a number of alcohols and exhibited high activities towards secondary alcohols. The $K_m\;and\;V_{max}$ values of the recombinant enzyme for ethanol were 5.11 mM and 61.35 U/mg, respectively. Pyridine and imidazole notably inhibited the enzymatic activity. The activity of the recombinant enzyme optimally proceeded at pH 9.0 and $70^{\circ}C$. The midpoint of the temperature-stability curve for the recombinant enzyme was approximately $68^{\circ}C$, and the enzyme was not completely inactivated even at $85^{\circ}C$. The recombinant enzyme showed a high resistance towards denaturing agents (0.05% SDS, 0.1 M urea). Therefore, due to its stability and relatively broad substrate specificity, the recombinant enzyme could be utilized in bio-industrial processes and biosensors.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제45권7호
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• pp.495-501
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• 2022

Leucine dehydrogenase (LDH, EC 1.4.1.9) catalyzes the reversible deamination of branched-chain L-amino acids to their corresponding keto acids using NAD⁺ as a cofactor. LDH generally adopts an octameric structure with D4 symmetry, generating a molecular mass of approximately 400 kDa. Here, the crystal structure of the LDH from Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa-LDH) was determined at 2.5 Å resolution. Interestingly, the crystal structure shows that the enzyme exists as a dimer with C2 symmetry in a crystal lattice. The dimeric structure was also observed in solution using multiangle light scattering coupled with size-exclusion chromatography. The enzyme assay revealed that the specific activity was maximal at 60℃ and pH 8.5. The kinetic parameters for three different amino acid and the cofactor (NAD⁺) were determined. The crystal structure represents that the subunit has more compact structure than homologs' structure. In addition, the crystal structure along with sequence alignments indicates a set of non-conserved arginine residues which are important in stability. Subsequent mutation analysis for those residues revealed that the enzyme activity reduced to one third of the wild type. These results provide structural and biochemical insights for its future studies on its application for industrial purposes.