• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제30권12호
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• pp.2984-2988
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• 2009

A gene (PH0311) encoding a hypothetical protein from the genome sequence data of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3 was cloned and over-expressed in Escherichia coli. The purified recombinant protein was found to possess FAD-dependent NADH oxidase activity, although it lacked sequence homology to any other known general NADH oxidase family. The product of the PH0311 gene was thus designated PhNOX (NADH oxidase from Pyrococcus horikoshii), with an estimated molecular weight of 84 kDa by gel filtration and 22 kDa by SDS-PAGE, indicating it to be a homotetramer of 22 kDa subunits. PhNOX catalyzed the oxidation of reduced ${\beta}$-NADH with subsequent formation of $H_2O_2$ in the presence of FAD as a cofactor, but not ${\alpha}$-NADH, ${\alpha}$-NADPH, or ${\beta}$-NADPH. PhNOX showed high affinity for ${\beta}$-NADH with a Km value of 3.70 ${\mu}$M and exhibited optimum activity at pH 8.0 and 95$^{\circ}C$ as it is highly stable against high temperature.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.889-892
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• 2010

We investigated a potential for glucose production from cellulose material using two kinds of hyperthermophilic enzymes, endocellulase (EG) and beta-glucosidase (BGL). Two BGLs, from hyperthermophile Pyrococcus furiosus and mesophile Aspergillus aculeatus, were compared with P. horikoshii endocellulase (EGPh) for complete hydrolysis of cellulose. The combination reactions by each BGL enzyme and EGPh could produce only glucose without the other oligosaccharides from phosphoric acid swollen Avicel (PSA). The combination of both the hyperthermophilic cellulases, BGLPf and EGPh, will be adaptable to a high efficiency system to produce glucose at high temperature.

• 한국생물물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물물리학회 1996년도 정기총회 및 학술발표회
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• pp.21-21
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• 1996

The hyperthermostable protein, rubredoxin from Pyrococcus furiosus is 53-residue protein with a three-stranded anti-parallel $\beta$-sheet and several loops. To investigate the effect of changes of electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions on the structure and dynamic property of P. furiosus rubredoxin, molecular dynamics simulations in water were performed on three mesophilic rubredoxins, P, furiosus rubresoxin, and 5 mutants of P. furiosus rubredoxin. (omitted)

• 생명과학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.68-73
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• 2011

갈조류 유래의 다당류인 laminarin을 기질로써 호열성 미생물인 Pyrococcus furiosus의 $\beta$-1,3-glucanase와 반응 시킨 뒤, 분해산물을 yeast를 이용한 알코올 발효과정을 통하여 에탄올을 생산하고자 하는 연구를 수행하였다. 33 kDa (297 a.a, 894 bp)의 재조합 $\beta$-1,3-glucanase를 대장균에게 발현 후 순수하게 정제 하였으며, 정제한 $\beta$-1,3-glucanase와 laminarin을 반응시킨 결과 단당을 포함하여 oligo당 형태로 분해됨을 TLC와 HPLC로써 확인하였다. 그리고 이러한 분해산물을 에탄올 생산 배지의 유일한 탄소원으로써 첨가하여 yeast를 배양한 결과 48시간뒤에는 세포 외로 최소 0.3%의 알코올을 생산함을 gas chromatography로써 확인하였다. 따라서 $\beta$-1,3-glucanase와 laminarin의 최적 분해반응 및 yeast의 최적 알코올 발효 조건을 확립한다면 본 연구의 방법을 이용한 해조류로부터의 bio-ethanol의 생산을 성공적으로 수행 할 수 있으리라고 판단된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권8호
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• pp.1249-1253
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• 2007

A hyperthermostable endoglucanase from Pyrococcus horikoshii with the capability of hydrolyzing crystalline cellulose was analyzed. A protein engineering study was carried out to obtain a reduced-size mutant. Five amino acid residues at both the N- and C-terminus were found to be removable without any loss of activity or thermal stability. Site-directed mutagenesis was also performed on R102, N200, E201, H297, Y299, E342, and W377, residues possibly involved in the active center or in the recognition and binding of a cellulose substrate. The activity of the resulting mutants was considerably decreased, confirming that the mutated residues were all important for activity. A reduced-size enzyme, as active as the wild-type endoglucanase, was successfully obtained, plus the residues critical for its activity and specificity were confirmed. Consequently, an engineered enzyme with a reduced size was obtained, and the amino acids essential for activity were confirmed by site-directed mutagenesis and comparison with a known three-dimensional structure.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.255-261
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• 2018

Aglycon protopanaxatriol (APPT) has valuable pharmacological effects such as memory enhancement and tumor inhibition. ${\beta}$-Glycosidase from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Dictyoglomus turgidum (DT-bgl) hydrolyzes the glucose residues linked to APPT, but not other glycoside residues. ${\beta}$-Glycosidase from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Pyrococcus furiosus (PF-bgl) hydrolyzes the outer sugar at C-6 but not the inner glucose at C-6 or the glucose at C-20. Thus, the combined use of DT-bgl and PF-bgl is expected to increase the biotransformation of PPT-type ginsenosides to APPT. We optimized the ratio of PF-bgl to DT-bgl, the concentrations of substrate and enzyme, and the reaction time to increase the biotransformation of ginsenoside Re and PPT-type ginsenosides in Panax ginseng leaf extract to APPT. DT-bgl combined with PF-bgl converted 1.0 mg/ml PPT-type ginsenosides in ginseng leaf extract to 0.58 mg/ml APPT without other ginsenosides, with a molar conversion of 100%. We achieved the complete biotransformation of ginsenoside Re and PPT-type ginsenosides in ginseng leaf extract to APPT by the combined use of two ${\beta}$-glycosidases, suggesting that discarded ginseng leaves can be used as a source of the valuable ginsenoside APPT. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first quantitative production of APPT using ginsenoside Re, and we report the highest concentration and productivity of APPT from ginseng extract to date.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.574-580
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• 2019

Group II형 샤페로닌은 단백질의 캡슐화를 유도하기 위해 열린 기질 결합 형태에서 닫힌 형태로 형태를 변화시키며, 이 때 ATP를 필요로 한다. 샤페로닌의 폴딩 유도는 ATP에 의한 샤페로닌의 구조 변화와 관련이 있는 것으로 보여진다. 본 연구에서는 Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3의 group II형 샤페로닌인 PhCpn의 ATPase 활성을 다양한 조건에서 측정하였다. PhCpn의 반응온도(37-85℃)와 ATP 농도(1.5-10 mM) 의존성을 확인한 결과, 반응 온도는 80℃에서, ATP 농도는 3 mM에서 최적 활성을 보였다. 염의 종류에 따른 ATPase의 활성을 분석한 결과, 1가 양이온은 300 mM LiCl, 2가 양이온은 5 mM MgCl₂에서 최적 활성을 나타내었다. ATP 기질에 대한 Km 값은 2.17 mM, Vmax 값은 833.3 μM/min으로 계산되었다. 이러한 결과는 의약학용 및 바이오 산업용 단백질(효소)을 장기간 활성유지하는데 PhCpn을 이용할 경우에 귀중한 기초 자료를 제공할 것이다.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.263-271
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• 1999

We checked the presence of phospholipase $A_2(PLA)_2$ which could split the ester bond at the position 2 in the glycerol backbone of glycerophospholipids, in the cells of hyperthermophiles of Pyrococcus horikoshii and Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. The results obtained are as follows; (1). Pyrococcus horikoshii cells were grown in obligate anaerobic conditions at $95^{\circ}C$ and they needed sulfur as energy source instead of oxygen, while Sulfolobus acidocaldarius species grew well in the aerobic medium (pH 2.5) containing yeast and sucrose at $75^{\circ}C$. (2). Pyrococcus horikoshii cells produced phospholipase $A_2$ in the cell culture media although this species did not show lipase activity at least in the pH range of 1.5 ${\sim}$ 3.5. Sulfolobus acidocaldarius cells produced lipase hydrolyzing triacylglycerols such as triolein, but did not split any kind of phospholipids used as substates. (3). The compound of 1-decanoyl-2-(p-nitrophenylglutaryl) phosphatidylcholine was not suitable for a substrate in this experiment, though frequently used as a subtrate for checking presence of phospholipase $A_2$, for its decomposi-tion in this experiment. The L-${\alpha}$-phosphatidylcholine-${\beta}$-[N-7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1, 3-diazol]aminohexanoyl-${\gamma}$-hexadecanoyl labelled with a fluorescent material, did not show any migration of acyl chains in the molecule during the reaction with phospholipase $A_2$ under a hot condition. (4). Phospholipase $A_2$ in the cells of Pyrococcus horikoshii, showed the optimum activity at $pH6.7{\sim}7.2$ and $95{\sim}105^{\circ}C$, respectively, and was activated by addition of calcium chloride solution. Andthe phospholipase $A_2$ specifically hydrolyzed glycero-phospholipids such as phosphatidyl choline, phosphatidyl ethanolamine, phosphatidyl serine and phosphatidyl inositol, but could not split phospholipid containing ether bonds in the molecule such as DL -${\alpha}$-phosphatidylcholine-${\beta}$-palmitoyl-${\gamma}$-O-hexadecyl, DL-${\alpha}$-phosphati- dylcholine-${\beta}$- oleoyl-${\gamma}$-O-hexadecyl, DL-phosphatidylcholine-dihexadecyl.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.841-843
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• 2002

Pfu DNA polymerase from Pyrococcus furiosus was expressed in the E. coli periplasm, and the fully active polymerase was partially purified by applying osmotic shock, ammonium sulfate precipitation, and heat treatment. This method represents a new way of expressing and purifying functional Pfu DNA polymerase without the use of chromatography.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.245-249
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• 2001