• BMB Reports
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.298-303
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• 2004

In general, a SYPRO Ruby dye is well known as a sensitive fluorescence-based method for detecting proteins by one-or two-dimensional SDS-PAGE (1-DE or 2-DE). Based on the SYPRO Ruby dye system, the combined two-dimensional fibrin zymography (2-D FZ) with SYPRO Ruby staining was newly developed to identify the Bacillus sp. proteases. Namely, complex protein mixtures from Bacillus sp. DJ-4, which were screened from Doen-Jang (Korean traditional fermented food), showed activity on the zymogram gel. The gel spots on the SYPRO Ruby gel, which corresponded to the active spots showing on the 2-D FZ gel, were analyzed by a matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometric analysis. Five intracellular fibrinolytic enzymes of Bacillus sp. DJ-4 were detected through 2-D FZ. The gel spots on the SYPRO Ruby dye stained 2-D gel corresponding to 2-D FZ were then analyzed by MALID TOF MS. Three of the five gel spots proved to be quite similar to the ATP-dependent protease, extracellular neutral metalloprotease, and protease of Bacillus subtilis. Also, the extracellular proteases of Bacillus sp. DJ-4 employing this combined system were identified on three gels (e.g., casein, fibrin, and gelatin) and the proteolytic maps were established. This combined system of 2-D zymography and SYPRO Ruby dye should be useful for searching the specific protease from complex protein mixtures of many other sources (e.g., yeast and cancer cell lines).

• 생명과학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.397-402
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• 2009

청국장에서 혈전 용해능이 우수한 균주를 분리하기 위해 짚을 이용하여 직접 청국장을 제조하였으며 이로부터 1, 000여종의 균주를 1차적으로 분리하였다. 2차적으로 skim milk가 첨가된 배지 및 fibrin 배지의 단백질분해 실험을 통해 혈전 용해능이 우수한 균주를 분리하였다. 이 과정을 통해 선발된 균주는 J-1, J-2, J-3, J-4, J-5로 명명된 5종 균주이었으며 그 중 Bacillus 계통의 J-4 균주가 가장 활성이 높은 균주로 선별되었다. Bacillus subtilis J-4 균주가 생산하는 protease를 DEAE-sepharose column을 사용하여 부분 정제 분리한 결과 SDS-PAGE Gel 상에서 45.0 kDa의 질량이었다. 이 단백질을 MALDI-TOF 및 PMF(Peptide Mass Fingerprinting)를 사용하여 분석한 결과 neutral protease와 bacillopeptidase F가 확인되었다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.155-164
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• 2002

The structural aspects of ervatamin B have been studied in different types of alcohol. This alcohol did not affect the structure or activity of ervatamin B under neutral conditions. At a low pH (3.0), different kinds of alcohol have different effects. Interestingly, at a certain concentration of non-fluorinated, aliphatic, monohydric alcohol, a conformational switch from the predominantly $\alpha$-helical to $\beta$-sheeted state is observed with a complete loss of tertiary structure and proteolytic activity. This is contrary to the observation that alcohol induces mostly the $\alpha$helical structure in proteins. The O-state of ervatamin B in 50% methanol at pH 3.0 has enhanced the stability towards GuHCl denaturation and shows a biphasic transition. This suggests the presence of two structural parts with different stabilities that unfold in steps. The thermal unfolding of ervatamin B in the O-state is also biphasic, which confirms the presence of two domains in the enzyme structure that unfold sequentially. The differential stabilization of the structural parts may also be a reflection of the differential stabilization of local conformations in methanol. Thermal unfolding of ervatamin B in the absence of alcohol is cooperative, both at neutral and low pH, and can be fitted to a two state model. However, at pH 2.0 the calorimetric profiles show two peaks, which indicates the presence of two structural domains in the enzyme with different thermal stabilities that are denatured more or less independently. With an increase in pH to 3.0 and 4.0, the shape of the DSC profiles change, and the two peaks converge to a predominant single peak. However, the ratio of van't Hoff enthalpy to calorimetric enthalpy is approximated to 2.0, indicating non-cooperativity in thermal unfolding.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.298-302
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• 2006

Kochujang was fermented using hot red pepper, meju prepared with soybean and rice, and malt-digested syrup. To reduce salt content, mustard powder (1.2%, w/w) was added to Korean traditional kochujang with 4-10% salt, and microbial characteristics, enzyme activities, and gas formation in kochujang were evaluated during fermentation for 120 days at $25^{\circ}C$. Yeast numbers of all treatments maintained 2.43-2.86 log CFU/g up to 60 days fermentation, indicating salt concentration had no effect on yeast count. Activities of ${\alpha}$- and ${\beta}$-amylases, and neutral and acidic proteases of kochujang added with mustard powder were slightly higher than those of control group. Total accumulative volume of gas produced during fermentation of kochujang without mustard powder (control group) was 5,892 mL/pack, but decreased to 34-99 mL/pack in low-salted kochujang (4 and 6% salt) added with mustard powder. Major gas produced was carbon dioxide (79-80%) with oxygen content less than 1.25%(v/v). Results indicate salt concentration of kochujang could be lowered up to 6-8% by addition of mustard powder without gas formation and quality alteration during distribution.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.587-594
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• 2010

다양한 기능적 특성을 가지는 단백질 가수분해물의 개발을 위하여, casein, ISP, wheat gluten, gelatin의 4종류 단백질 기질을 alcalase, bromelain, papain, neutrase, trypsin 등의 효소를 이용하여 가수분해물을 제조하였다. 각 단백질에 대한 효소 분해과정을 확인하기 위하여 pH-stat 방법을 이용하여 시간에 따른 단백질 가수분해도(DH)를 측정하였고, 단백질 종류와 효소 종류에 의한 쓴맛 정도와 단백질 가수분해물의 용해성을 검토하고자 DH 10%에서 가수분해를 종결짓고, pH 6.5에서 각각의 용해성과 쓴맛을 NSI(nitrogen soluble index) 측정과 관능검사로 비교하였다. 시간에 따른 가수분해도는 단백질에 따라 다양하게 나타났으며, Casein, ISP, wheat gluten, gelatin의 순으로 높게 나타났다. 모든 단백질에서 alcalase의 가수분해도가 가장 높았으며, neutrase, bromelain, papain의 가수분해도는 비슷한 정도를 보였다. 그러나 trypsin의 경우는 casein에서는 매우 높았지만, ISP에서는 가장 낮았다. DH 10%에서 casein은 trypsin 가수분해물이, ISP와 gluten은 brolmelain과 neutrase 가수분해물이, gelatin의 경우 사용된 모든 효소 가수분해물이 쓴맛이 약하고 용해도가 높아 좋은 기질-효소 조합으로 선택될 수 있었다. 따라서 쓴맛이 적고 용해도가 높은 단백질 가수분해물은 가수분해도의 조절과 단백질과 효소 조합의 선택, 단백질 가수분해물의 농도 조절 등으로 얻을 수 있었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.410-416
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• 2008

The gene SfXyn10, which encodes a protease-resistant xylanase, was isolated using colony PCR screening from a genomic library of a feather-degrading bacterial strain Streptomyces fradiae var. k11. The full-length gene consists of 1,437bp and encodes 479 amino acids, which includes 41 residues of a putative signal peptide at its N terminus. The amino acid sequence shares the highest similarity (80%) to the endo-1,4-${\beta}$-xylanase from Streptomyces coelicolor A3, which belongs to the glycoside hydrolase family 10. The gene fragment encoding the mature xylanase was expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3). The recombinant protein was purified to homogeneity by acetone precipitation and anion-exchange chromatography, and subsequently characterized. The optimal pH and temperature for the purified recombinant enzyme were 7.8 and $60^{\circ}C$, respectively. The enzyme showed stability over a pH range of 4.0-10.0. The kinetic values on oat spelt xylan and birchwood xylan substrates were also determined. The enzyme activity was enhanced by $Fe^{2+}$ and strongly inhibited by $Hg^{2+}$ and SDS. The enzyme also showed resistance to neutral and alkaline proteases. Therefore, these characteristics suggest that SfXyn10 could be an important candidate for protease-resistant mechanistic research and has potential applications in the food industry, cotton scouring, and improving animal nutrition.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.617-626
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• 2011

Transglutaminase from Streptomyces mobaraensis is an enzyme of unknown function that cross-links proteins to high molecular weight aggregates. Previously, we characterized two intrinsic transglutaminase substrates with inactivating activities against subtilisin and dispase. This report now describes a novel substrate that inhibits papain, bromelain, and trypsin. Papain was the most sensitive protease; thus, the protein was designated Streptomyces papain inhibitor (SPI). To avoid transglutaminase-mediated glutamine deamidation during culture, SPI was produced by Streptomyces mobaraensis at various growth temperatures. The best results were achieved by culturing for 30-50 h at $42^{\circ}C$, which yielded high SPI concentrations and negligibly small amounts of mature transglutaminase. Transglutaminasespecific biotinylation displayed largely unmodified glutamine and lysine residues. In contrast, purified SPI from the $28^{\circ}C$ culture lost the potential to be cross-linked, but exhibited higher inhibitory activity as indicated by a significantly lower $K_i$ (60 nM vs. 140 nM). Despite similarities in molecular mass (12 kDa) and high thermostability, SPI exhibits clear differences in comparison with all members of the wellknown family of Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitors. The neutral protein (pI of 7.3) shares sequence homology with a putative protein from Streptomyces lavendulae, whose conformation is most likely stabilized by two disulfide bridges. However, cysteine residues are not localized in the typical regions of subtilisin inhibitors. SPI and the formerly characterized dispase-inactivating substrate are unique proteins of distinct Streptomycetes such as Streptomyces mobaraensis. Along with the subtilisin inhibitory protein, they could play a crucial role in the defense of vulnerable protein layers that are solidified by transglutaminase.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.303-310
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• 2016

In this study, doenjang samples were prepared with different types of salts (12%, w/w): purified salt (PS), 3-year aged solar salt (SS3), 1-year aged solar salt (SS1), and bamboo salt melted 3 times (BS). Whole-soybean mejus were fermented with starters consisting of 2 Bacillus strains, a yeast, and a fungus (starter doenjang), and control mejus were fermented with organisms present naturally in rice straw (non-starter doenjang). The whole-soybean mejus were dried, and then mixed with cooked soybeans and the respective salts. The doenjang samples were fermented for 13 weeks at 25℃. The protease (acid, neutral, and alkaline) activities, fibrinolytic activities, and antioxidant capacities of the samples were examined every week. BS doenjang showed the highest acid protease (6.46 ± 0.20 unit/g) and fibrinolytic activities (0.61 unit/ml). Among the starter doenjang samples, those made with SS and BS showed the highest total phenolic contents after 91 days of fermentation. For antioxidant activities, SS3 doenjang showed higher activities than the other doenjang samples, as evaluated by ABTS, DPPH, and FRAP assays. These results suggest that solar salt, especially aged for 3 years, is better than purified salt in terms of producing better functionalities of doenjang.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.347-352
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• 1993

N-ethylmaleimide는 낮은 농도에서 Myosin heavy chain의 활성화 부위에 존재하는 2개의 황화기에 선택적으로 결합하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 계 근조직에서 분리된 $Ca^2$+-의존성 단백질 분해효소, Calpain은 이와같이 알킬화된 Myosin heavy chain을 알킬화 되지 않은 것에 비하여 우선적으로 분해하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 황화기를 특이하게 산하시키는 KMnO$_4$가 처리된 Myosin heavy chain도 산화되지 않은 것에 비하여 훨씬 빠른 속도로 분해됨을 관찰하였다. 뿐만아니라, N-ethylmaleimide나 KMnO$_4$의 처리는 농도-의존적으로 myosin에 의한 ATP 분해를 불활성화 시키었다. 이러한 결과는 활성화 부위에 존재하는 황화기의 화학적 변형은 Myosin hsavy chain이 Calapin과 같은 세포내 단백질 분해효소에 의하여 인식되는 기구임을 시사한다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.502-509
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• 1993

3종의 재래식 고추장(순창, 보은, 사천 고추장)을 산지에서 제조, 6개월간 숙성시키면서 pH, 미생물 및 효소력 변화를 조사하였는 바 그 결과는 다음과 같이 요약되어 진다. pH의 변화는 순창과 사천 고추장의 경우 숙성초기 $4.7{\sim}4.9$에서 숙성 180일경 4.6을 보여 큰 변화가 없었으나 보은 고추장은 급격한 pH 저하로 숙성 90일 이후 pH 4를 유지하였다. 호기성 세균수는 숙성기간 동안 큰 변화가 없었고 혐기성 세균수는 숙성 120일경부터 급격히 감소하는 경향을 나타내었으며 효모는 고추장 종류에 따라 숙성 출현 시기가 달랐다. Amylase는 기질인 전분질원에 따라 효소역가가 달라졌는데 밀을 전분질로 사용한 사천 고추장의 ${\alpha}-amylase$, ${\beta}-amylase$, glucoamylase 역가가 숙성기간 전반에 걸쳐 가장 높았고 그 다음이 순창, 보은 고추장 순이었다. 재래식 고추장에서 acidic protease의 활성은 순창, 사천, 보은 고추장의 순으로 높았는데 대체로 숙성 30일${\sim}$60일경에 최대 활성을 보였다. Neutral protease의 활성은 보은, 사천, 순창 고추장의 순으로 높았는데 대체로 숙성 60일${\sim}$90일경에 최대 활성을 보였다.