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Identification of the Strain JM-4151 Producing Nonactin, as Radical-producing Antibiotic

  • Lee, Jin-Man;Lee, Dong-Sun;Hong, Soon-Duck
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.1-4
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    • 1999
  • Nonactin, as a radical-producing antibiotic, was isolated from the cultural broth of the strain JM-4151. This strain was identified as Streptomyces viridochromogenes and designated S. viridochromogenes JM-4151. The antibacterial activity of nonactin against Bacillus subtilis was antagonized by the activity opf quercetin, an oxygen radical scavenger. This result suggests that oxygen radical formation might be the cause for the antibacterial activity of nonactin.

Culture Parameters for Nonactin Production by Streptomyces viridochromogenes JM-4151

  • Lee, Sang-Han;Lee, Dong-Sun;Lee, Jin-Man;Kim, Tae-Ho;Kim, Jong-Guk;Han, Kab-Cho;Lee, Jin-Sik;Kwon, Gi-Seok
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.7-10
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    • 2001
  • Nonactin is the parent compound of a group of ionophore antibiotics, that known as the macrotetrolides. In previous report, in th course of screening superoxide radical-generating compounds from microbial sources, we first screened Streptomyces viridochromogenes JM-4151 that produces nonactin. It was proved that nonactin is superoxide radical-producing compound. In present study, we examined the optimal culture conditions of nonacin. Th optimal culture conditions for nonactin production were as follows: 1% soluble starch, 1% yeast extract, 0.2% ammonium nitrate, 0.06% magnesium sulfate, 0.2% calcium carbonate, initial pH 7.0 at 28$^{\circ}C$ for 96 h. The highest nonactin production was achieved in the production medium of initial pH7.0 at 28$^{\circ}C$ for 96h. The threshold level of dissolved oxygen was found to be above 33.2% at 28$^{\circ}C$ when 1% soluble starch was used as a carbon source. These results suggest that S. viridochromogenes JM-4151 might be a possible strain for industrial nonactin producer.

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Antibacterial Activities of Nonactin from streptomyces viridochromogenes JM-4151

  • Lee, Jin-Man;Lee, Dong-Sun;Lee, Sang-Han;Hong, Soon-Duck;Kim, Jong-Guk
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.45-47
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    • 2000
  • Nonactin, known as an ionophore antibiotic, was antagonized by the actibity of quercetin, an oxygen radical scavenger. This compound generated superoxide radicals in Bacillus subtilis lysates. A recombination-deficient mutant strain of B. subtilis was more sensitive than a wild strain, and this hypersensitivity was reduced in the presence of dithiothreitol as an antioxidant. These results suggest that superoxide radical is important in the antibacterial action of this agent.

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Comparative Studies on Ammonium Ion Selective Electrodes Using Poly(Vinyl Chloride) and Polyurethane as Substrate Matrix Materials (Poly(Vinyl Chloride)와 Polyurethane을 지지체로 사용한 암모늄이온 선택성 전극의 특성비교)

  • Cho Chang-Ae;Park Su-Moon
    • Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.148-154
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    • 2004
  • Ammonium ion selective electrodes have been prepared using nonactin as an ionophore and poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) or polyurethane(PU) as a polymer matrix with or without a plasticizer, bis(2-ethylhexyl) adipate, and their performances have been evaluated. The reults indicate that PU-based electrodes can be designed to perform better although PVC-based electrodes generally show better performances. In efforts to explain the obervation, we also carried out atomic force microscopy as well as impedance studies, and the results suggests that islands of ion-ophores are formed in the PVC membranes through which ion transfers appear to be more facile than through the PU membranes. The PU membranes appear to have ionophores better dispersed throughout the film and are more resistive to ion mobilities in comparison to PVC films.

Correcting Errors Associated with Blood Urea Measurements Employing Nonaction-Doped Ammonium-Selective Electrodes (암모늄선택성 전극을 이용한 요소센서의 오차보정에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Young No;Shin, Doo Soon;Kim, Chang Yong;Shin, Jae Ho;Nam, Hakhyun;Cha, Geun Sig
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.39 no.12
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    • pp.925-931
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    • 1995
  • Urea sensors, prepared by immobilizing urease on ammonium-selective membrane electrodes doped with nonactin, can show interference from several ionic species present in blood samples (e.g., sodium, potassium, and endogenous ammonium ions). This interference problem does not arise from the immobilized biocatalytic reaction but rather from the innate response of the base transducer to ionic species in the sample. In this work, the use of calibrators containing adequate amounts of ionic species is examined to reduce errors caused by endogenous ionic interferences with blood urea measurements. Simultaneous measurements of the interfering species with additional sensors and subsequent substractions of these values from the urea electrode signals are also described. It is shown that the use of a potassium-selective electrode with an adequate calibrator system greatly enhances the accuracy of the urea sensor measurements.

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Tetrahydrofuran-Containing Crown Ethers as Ionophores for NH+4-Selective Electrodes

  • Jin, Hua-Yan;Kim, Tae-Ho;Kim, Jin-Eun;Lee, Shim-Sung;Kim, Jae-Sang
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.59-62
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    • 2004
  • The ammonium ion-selective electrodes ($NH^+_4$-ISEs) based on the tetrahydrofuran(THF)-containing-16-crown-4 derivatives,1,4,6,9,11,14,16,19-tetraoxocycloeicosane ($L^1$) and 5,10,15,20,-tetramethyl-1,4,6,9,11,14,16,19-tetraoxocycloeicosane ($L^2$), were prepared and the electrode characteristics were tested. The conditioned $NH_4^+$-ISEs (E1) based on $L^1$ with TEHP as a plasticising solvent mediator gave best results with near-Nernstian slope of 53.9 mV/decade of activity, detection limit of $10^{-4.9}$ M, and enhanced selectivity coefficients for the $NH^+_4$ ion with respect to an interfering $K^+$ ion (log $K^{pot}_{NH_4^+,K^+}$ = -1.84). This result was compared to other ammonium ionophores reported previously, for example, that of nonactin (log $K^{pot}_{NH_4^+,K^+}$ = -0.92). The proposed electrode showed no significant potential changes in the range of 3.0 < pH < 9.0.

A Glutamate Oxidase-based Biosensor for the Determination of Glutamate (Glutamate Oxidase를 이용한 Glutamate 측정용 Biosensor의 개발)

  • Lee, Young-Chun;Lee, Sang-Hyun
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.29 no.6
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    • pp.1075-1081
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    • 1997
  • The objective of this research was to develop a glutamate enzyme sensor for rapid determinations of glutamate in samples. Glutamate oxidase was immobilized onto activated nylon, chitosan and other membranes. The enzymic and nonactin membranes were attached to an ammonia electrode to detect ammonia generated by the reaction between glutamate oxidase and glutamate. The enzyme immobilized on activated nylon membrane was stable for 2 months, and was able to perform about 250 glutamate determinations without losing activities. The enzyme immobilized on chitosan membrane had higher enzyme activity, but was not as much stable as that immobilized on nylon. The glutamate biosensor was able to accurately determine $0.1{\sim}5\;mM$ of glutamate in samples.

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Antibacterial and Antitumor Macrolides from Streptomyces sp. Is9131

  • Zhao Pei-Ji;Fan Li-Ming;Li Guo-Hong;Zhu Na;Shen Yue-Mao
    • Archives of Pharmacal Research
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    • v.28 no.11
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    • pp.1228-1232
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    • 2005
  • Four compounds, including two novel macrolides, were isolated from an endophyte Streptomyces sp. Is9131 of Maytenus hookeri. Spectral data indicated that these compounds were dimeric dinactin (1), dimeric nonactin (2), cyclo-homononactic acid (3), and cyclo-nonactic acid (4). Bioassay results showed that dimeric dinactin had strong antineoplastic activity and antibacterial activity.

Ammonium Ion Binding Property of Naphtho-Crown Ethers Containing Thiazole as Sub-Cyclic Unit

  • Kim, Hong-Seok;Do, Kyung-Soon;Kim, Ki-Soo;Shim, Jun-Ho;Cha, Geun-Sig;Nam, Hak-Hyun
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.25 no.10
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    • pp.1465-1470
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    • 2004
  • A short and efficient synthesis, solvent extraction and potentiometric measurements of new thiazole-containing naphtho-crown ethers are reported. The naphthalene moiety enhances the ammonium ion selectivity over potassium ion. The selectivity of ${NH_4}^+/K^+$ follows the trend $3\;{\approx}\;2\;>\;1$, indicating that the differences in conformational changes of 2 and 3 in forming ammonium complexes affect little on the resulting ammonium/potassium extraction selectivity ratio. The ammonium ion-selective electrodes were prepared with noctylphenyl ether plasticized poly(vinyl chloride) membranes containing 1-4 the effect of one naphthalene unit introduced on either right (2) or left (3) side of thiazolo-crown ether on their potentiometric properties (e.g., ammonium ion selectivity over other cations, response slopes, and detection limits) were not apparent. However, the ammonium ion selectivity of 1, 2 and 3 over other alkali metal and alkaline earth metal cations is 10-100 times higher than that of nonactin.

Continuous Automated Determination of Urea Using a New Enzyme Reactor (새로운 효소반응기를 이용한 요소의 연속·자동화 정량)

  • Heung Lark Lee;Seung Tae Yang
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.36 no.3
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    • pp.393-404
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    • 1992
  • The response properties of continuous automated system using an enzyme reactor for determination of urea were investigated. The enzyme reactor was constructed to packed-bed form which filled with nylon-6 beads (42∼48 mesh), which immobilized urease with glutaraldehyde, in teflon tube (2 mm I.D., 20 cm length). The system was composed of the enzyme reactor, gas dialyzer, and tublar PVC-nonactin membrane ammonium ion-selective electrode as an indicator electrode in serial order. The response characteristics of this system were as follows. That is, the concentration range of linear response, slope of linear response, detection limit, and conversion percentage were $5.5{\times}10^{-6}$$2.4{\times}10^{-3}M$, 57.8 mV/decade, $1.5{\times}10^{-6}$, and 80.8%, respectively. The optimum buffer and life time of urease reactor were 0.01M Tris-HCl buffer solution (pH 7.0∼7.8) and 0.01M phosphate buffer solution (pH 6.9∼7.5) and about 150 days, respectively. And the urease reactor had no interferences of the other physiological materials.

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