• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제12권7호
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• pp.1063-1069
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• 1999

Wheat straw samples (3-4 cm) were sprayed with solutions of urea (U) alone or with a dry addition of garden soil (GS), midden soil (MS), soya bean meal (SM) or jack bean meal (JM) as crude urease sources and with a pure urease (UR) enzyme. Each of the urease sources was included at two levels: 30 and 60 g/kg except pure urease, which was added at a level of 2.5 & 5.0 g/kg treated straw dry matter. Untreated straw without urease source was used as a control. After treatment, samples were sealed in polythene bags and stored for 2, 7, 14, 21 and 35 days at $19{^{\circ}C}$. The urease sources, their levels and treatment time produced significant effects on ammonia production (p<0.01). The addition of urease offered more flexibility in hydrolyzing urea in the shortest possible time. Incorporation of soya bean and jack bean meal was effective in reducing the modified acid detergent fiber (MADF) content of straw and the same time increasing organic matter (OM) digestibility. Overall effect, addition of soya bean to urea at a ratio of 1:1 appeared to be the most satisfactory urease source for the treatment of urea and wheat straw.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.558-563
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• 2000

Effect of inhibitors on Vibrio parahaemolyticus cell growth and its urease activity was studied. The growth of the bacterium and the enzyme activity were inhibited by the addition of 0.02% p-hydroxymercuric benzoate, $HgCl_2$and $AgNO_3$. However, same concentration of boric acid, thallium acetate and $Pb(NO_3)_2$ did not affect the cell growth but inhibited urease activity by 25%, 29%, and 38%, respectively. Acetohydroxamic acid was the most potent inhibitor on cell growth by inhibiting 40% but did not affect urease activity. To investigate the effect of inhibitors on urease activity, urease was purified and confirmed on SDS-PAGE. The purified urease was inhibited 100% by the addition of 1 mM acetohydroxamic acid and $AgNO_3$but no inhibition was occurred by the addition of the same concentration of thallium acetate. and the addition of 0.01 mM of $HgCl_2$ and acetohydroxamic acid inhibited the purified urease activity by 39% and 24%, respectively. On 0.1 millimolar basic, acetohydroxamic acid and $HgCl_2$inhibited 4 times more active in urease inhibition than p-hydroxymercuric benzoate whereas no inhibition was occurred either thallium acetate or $Pb(NO_3)_2$.

• BMB Reports
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.240-244
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• 1998

Helicobacter pylori is the etiologic agent of human gastritis and peptic ulceration and produces urease as the major protein component on its surface. H. pylori urease is known to serve as a major virulence factor and in a potent immunogen. In order to express the recombinant urease at a higher level, a DNA fragment containing the minimal H. pylori urease gene cluster was subcloned into a high copy-number vector. The recombinant H. pylori urease expressed in an E. coli strain that was grown in a rich medium supplemented with added nickel was purified to near homogeneity by using DEAE-Sepharose, Superdex HR200, and Mono-Q (FPLC) columns and the purified enzyme possessed the specific activity of 1255 U/mg. Polyclonal antibodies raised against the purified recombinant H. pylori urease were shown to be very specific when subjected to Western blot analysis, in which crude extracts from the H. pylori ATCC strain and the recombinant E. coli strains expressing various bacterial ureases were exnmined for cross-reactivity.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.140-145
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• 2006

The behaviour of alginate immobilized and soluble watermelon (Citrullus vulgaris) urease in water miscible organic solvents like, acetonitrile, dimethylformamide (DMF), ethanol, methanol, and propanol is described. The organic solvents exhibited a concentration dependent inhibitory effect on both the immobilized and the soluble urease in the presence of urea. Pretreatment of soluble enzyme preparations with organic solvents in the absence of substrate for 10 min at $30^{\circ}C$ led to rapid loss in the activity, while similar pretreatment of immobilized urease with 50% (v/v) of ethanol, propanol, and acetonitrile was ineffective. Time-dependent inactivation of immobilized urease, both in the presence and in the absence of urea, revealed stability for longer duration of time even at very high concentration of organic solvents. The soluble enzyme, on the other hand, was rapidly inactivated even at fairly lower concentrations. The results suggest that the immobilization of watermelon urease in calcium alginate make it suitable for its application in organic media. The observations are discussed.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.77-81
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• 1984

영남지역(嶺南地域) 답토양(畓土壤)의 이화학적(理化學的) 성질(性質)과 토양중(土壤中)의 urease 활성(活性)과의 관계(關係)를 검토(檢討)해 본 결과(結果) ; 1. 토양(土壤) 화학적(化學約) 성분(成分)과 urease 활성(活性)과는 유효인산(有效燐酸)($r=0.844^{**}$), 가리활성도비(加里活性度比)($r=0.762^{**}$), 유효규산(有效珪酸)($r=0.580^{**}$), $SiO_2$/O.M비(比)($r=0.591^{**}$) 등(等)과는 유의(有意)한 정상관(正相關) 관계(關係)였다. 2. 토양화학성분중(土壤化學成分中) 유기인산(有機燐酸)이 urease 활성(活性)에 미치는 기여도(寄與度)가 가장 컸다. 3. 토성별(土性別) urease의 활성(活性)은 사질토(砂質土)에서 가장 낮았으며, 토성(土性)이 식질화(埴質化)됨에 따라 증가(增加)하였다. 4. 토양(土壤) 배수등급별(排水等級別) urease 활성(活性)은 배수(排水)가 양호(良好)할수록 높았으며 배수(排水)가 불량(不良)한 답(畓)에서 낮은 경향(傾向)이었다. 5. Urease 활성(活性)이 높은 토양(土壤)이 상위등급지(上位等級地)의 답(畓)에 속(屬)하였다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.519-526
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• 1992

Bacillus pasteurii의 urease gene이 Escherichia coli HB101에서 발현된 Bacillus성 recombinant urease를 단일단백질으로 정제하고 그 효소학적 특성을, 별도로 정제한 B.pasteurii urease의 그것과 비교검토하였다. B.pasteurii urease gene이 cloning 된 E.coli HB101(pBU11)의 균체파쇄액으로 부터 TEAE-cellulose, DEAE-Sephadex A-50, Sephadex G-150, sephadex G-200 등의 이온교환 크로마토그래피와 gel filtration을 이용하여 E.coli내에서 발현된 B. pasteurii성제하였으며, 또한 B.pasteurii로부타 비활성도 185.2배의 urease를 정제하여 disc gel electrophoresis로 단일 단백으로 정제되었음을 확인하였다. 정제된 두 urease 들의 native 상태의 분자량은 공히 280,000$pm$10,000 정도로 확인되었고, SDS-electrophoresis에의 해 subunit 유무와 분자량을 확인한 결과도 67,000정도의 subunit 4개와 20,000의 subunit 1개로 된 $\alpha$$\beta$ 구조의 동일한 효소단백으로 추정할 수 있었다. Gene donor인 B. pasteurii와 cloning 된 균주 E. coli(pBU11)이 생산한 두 urease의 효소학적 특성을 비교 조사해본 결과 두 urease의 최적반응 pH는 공히 7.5로 나타났으며, pH에 대한 안정성도 두 ureaserk 공히 pH 5.5에서 10.5 사이에서 50% 이하로 활성이 떨어지지 않는 강한 pH 안정성을 보였다. 두 urese의 최적반응의 온도는 $60^{\circ}C$였으며, 비교적 온도에 대한 저항이 강한 효소임을 알았다. 두 urease의 활성에 미치는 금속이온의 영향은 $Ag^{2+}$, $Hg^{2+}$ 등에서 양효소가 모두 강한 저해현상을 받는 반면, $Mn^{2+}$, $Mg^{2+}$ 에서는 다소 촉진되는 현상을 보였다. 효소반응 저해제들의 영향을 조사해 본 결과 p-CMB, acetohydroxamic acid에 두 urease가 모두 강한 저해를 받았다. 두 urease의 $K_m$ 값과 $V_{max}$ 값은 E. coli(pBU11)의 urease는 $4.21{\times}10^{-2}mol/\ell$, $86.96\ell$mol/min 이었고, B. pasteurii urease는 $4.04{\times}10^{-2}mol/\ell$, $160\ell$mol/min이었다. 따라서 B. pasteurii의 urease나 그 urease gene으로 cloning되어 E. coliso에서 발현된 recombinant urease는 분자량이나 효소학적 특서에서 거의 동일한 효소단백임을 알 수 있었다.

• 대한미생물학회지
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.533-542
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• 1999

H. pylori produces urease abundantly amounting to 6% of total protein of bacterial mass. Urease genes are composed of a cluster of 9 genes of ureC, ureD, ureA, ureB, ureI, ureE, ureF, ureG, ureH. Production of H. pylori urease in E. coli was studied with genetic cotransformation. Structural genes ureA and ureB produce urease apoprotein in E. coli but the apoprotein has no enzymatic activity. ureC and ureD do not affect urease production nor enzyme activity ureF, ureG, and ureH are essential to produce the catalytically active H. pylori urease of structural genes (ureA and ureB) in E.coli. The kinetics of activation of H. pylori urease apoprotein were examined to understand the production of active H. pylori urease. Activation of H. pylori urease apoprotein, pH dependency, reversibility of $CO_2$ binding, irreversibility of $CO_2$ and $Ni^{2+}$ incorporation, and $CO_2$ dependency of initial rate of urease activity have been observed in vitro. The intrinsic reactivity (ko) for carbamylation of urease apoprotein co expressed with accessory genes was 17-fold greater than that of urease apoprotein expressed without accessory genes. It is concluded that accessory genes function in maximizing the carbamylating deprotonated ${\varepsilon}$-amino group of Lys 219 of urease B subunit and metallocenter of urease apoprotein is supposed to be assembled by reaction of a deprotonated protein side chain with an activating $CO_2$ molecule to generate ligands that facilitate productive nickel binding.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.265-270
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• 2017

요소가수분해효소는 요소를 암모니아와 이산화탄소로 가수분해하는 효소로 요로감염을 일으키는 세균의 주요 병원성 인자이다. 따라서 요소가수분해효소는 세균이 요로감염증을 유발하는데 중요한 역할을 한다. 본 연구에서는 요소가수분해효소를 생성하는 6가지 종류의 세균에 (K. oxytoca, K. pneumoniae, M. morganii, P. mirabilis, P. vulgaris, S. saprophyticus) 대한 제럼본의 억제효과와 요소가수분해효소 활성능을 평가하였다. 최소억제농도와 최소살균농도 실험에서 제럼본은 요소가수분해효소를 생성하는 6가지 종류의 세균에 대해 억제효과를 보였으며, 최소억제농도는 0.5-2 mM, 최소살균농도는 1-4 mM를 나타내었다. 요소가수분해 활성억제 실험에서 제럼본은 요소가수분해효소의 억제제로 사용하는 아세토히드록사민산 보다 뛰어난 요소가수분해 활성억제효과를 보였다. 그러나 제럼본은 요소가수분해효소를 이루는 소단위체의 발현양에는 영향을 주지 않았다. 이러한 결과들을 종합하여 볼 때, 제럼본은 요소가수분해효소를 생성하는 세균에 대한 살균력을 가질 뿐 만 아니라 훌륭한 요소가수분해 활성억제력도 보유하고 있는 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.865-872
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• 2000

Helocobacter phylori is the major cause of gastritis, peptic ulcer, and a principal risk factor for gastric cancer. As the firs step towards a vaccine against H. pylori infection, Hy.pylori urease was expressed and purified as a recombinant apoenzyme (rUrease) in E. coli. In order to develop an effective immunization protocol using rUrease, the host immune responses were evaluated after the oral immunization of mice with rUrease preparations plus cholera toxin relative to various conditions, such as the physical nature of the antigen, the frequency of the booster immunization, the dose of the antigen, and the route of administration. The protective efficacy was assessed using a quantitative culture following an H. pylori SS1 challenge. It was demonstrated that rUrease, due to its particulated nature, was more superior than the UreB subunit as a vaccine antigen. The oral immunization of rUrease elicited significant systemic and secretory antibody responses, and activated predominantly Th2-type cellular responses. The bacterial colonization was significantly reduced (~100-fold) in those mice immunized with three or four weekly oran doses of rUrease plus cholera toxin (p<0.05), when compared to the non-immunized/challenged controls. The protection correlated well with the elicited secretory IgA level against rUrease, and these secretory antibody responses were highly dependent on the frequency of the booster immunization, yet unaffected by the dose of the antigen (25-200$\mu\textrm{g}$). These results demonstrate the remarkable potential of rUrease as a vaccine antigen, thereby strengthening the possibility of developing an H. pylori vaccine for humans.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.108-112
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• 1994

The genetic organization of the urease gene cluster from an alkalophilic Bacillus pasteurii was determined by subcloning and Tn5 transposon mutagenesis of a 10.7 kilobasepair cloned fragment. A region of DNA between 5.0 and 6.0 kb in length is necessary for urease activity. In vitro transcription-translation analysis of transposon insertion mutants of the cloned urease genes demonstrated that the major ($M_r$ 67,000) and minor ($M_r$ 20,000) structural peptides of urease are encoded at one end of the urease gene cluster and at least 3 additional polypeptides are encoded by adjacent DNA sequences.