• KSBB Journal
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.27-31
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• 1992

목질계 자원에 다량으로 함유되어 있는 xylose를 이용하기 위하여 xylose의 이성체인xylulose를 이용한 에탄올 발효를 실시하였다. Xylulose로부터 에탄올 생산의 최적조건을 찾기위해 xylulose의 농도, 발효 온도등을 변화시켜가면서 발효양상을 고찰하였다. 비성장속도는 xylulose농도 5g/l에서 최대값인 0.087g/l를 보여 주었으며, 에탄올 생성수율은 xylulose농도에 비례하여 증가하여 xylulose농도 16g/l에서는 최대이용율의 90%에 해당하는 0.49g EtOH/g xylulose를 얻었다. 발효온도의 영향에서는 에탄올 생성수율은 35에서 0.47 EtOH/g xylulose로 최대였고 비성장속도로 $35^{\circ}C$에서 최대값인 $0.087 1/hr^{-1}$을 보여주었다. 포도당과 xylulose를 공통기질로 사용하였을 경우, xylulose에 의한 성장속도가 증가하였다. 이는 먼저 자화된 포도당의 중간 대사산물이 xylulose의 대사작용을 촉진한 것이라 여겨진다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.34-37
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• 2005

In the present study, the xylA gene encoding a thermostable xylose (glucose) isomerase was cloned from Streptomyces chibaensis J-59. The open reading frame of xylA (1167 bp) encoded a protein of 388 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of about 43 kDa. The XylA showed high sequence homology (92% identity) with that of S. olivochromogenes. The xylose (glucose) isomerase was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified. The purified recombinant XylA had an apparent molecular mass of 45 kDa, which corresponds to the molecular mass calculated from the deduced amino acid and that of the purified wild-type enzyme. The N-terminal sequences (14 amino acid residues) of the purified protein revealed that the sequences were identical to that deduced from the DNA sequence of the xylA gene. The optimum temperature of the purified enzyme was $85^{\circ}C$ and the enzyme exhibited a high level of heat stability.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제50권6호
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• pp.475-489
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• 2022

The objective of this study was to understand the conversion characteristics of glucose and xylose using the major monosaccharide standards for lignocellulosic biomass. The acid-catalyzed organosolv pretreatment conducted using ethanol was significantly different from the acid-catalyzed process conducted in an aqueous medium. 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF), levulinic acid and furfural were produced from glucose conversion. The maximum yield of 5-HMF was 5.5%, at 200℃, when 0.5% sulfuric acid was used. The maximum yield of levulinic acid was 21.5%, at 220℃, when 1.0% sulfuric acid was used. Furfural was produced from xylose conversion and under 0.5% sulfuric acid, furfural reached the maximum yield 48.5% at 210℃. Ethyl levulinate and methyl levulinate were also formed from the glucose standard following the esterification reaction conducted under conditions of the combined conversion method, which proceeded under both ethanol-rich and water-rich conditions.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.351-356
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• 2010

리르노셀룰로오스로부터 생산된 글루코오스와 자일로 오스의 혼합당을 동시에 발효하여 에탄올 생산을 증가시키며, 또한 에탄올 생산에서의 세포고정화의 영향과 ICR (immobilized cell reactor)을 이용한 혼합당에서의 에탄올 연속생산을 수행하였다. 고정화 P. stipitis를 이용한 플라스크에서 에탄올을 생산에 대한 혼합당과 질소원의 영향으로부터 5% 혼합당 (글루코오스/자일로오스 = 3:1)과 1% 질소원이 최적으로 타나났으며, 이때 생산된 에탄올 농도는 약 19-20 g/L이었다. 고정화된 P. stipitis을 이용하여 반복적 유가식배양 (repeated fed-batch)으로 에탄올을 생산하였을 때는 모든 당 농도에서 글루코오스는 빠르게 소비되었지만, 혼합당의 농도가 높아질수록 자일로오스의 소비속도는 점차적으로 감소하였다. 즉 혼합당 농도가 증가하면서 더불어 당 소비속도는 감소하였다. 또한 ICR에서 1% 혼합당을 연속적으로 공급하면서 에탄올을 안정적으로 생산하여, 에탄올 농도는 5.6 g/L이었고 에탄올 생산 속도는 0.13 g/$L{\cdot}h$이었다.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.287-292
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• 2013

진한 산 가수분해 반응 중 2차 가수분해 조건에서 포도당과 자일로스의 반응을 수소 핵자기 공명 분광분석을 통하여 정량적으로 분석하였다. 정량분석은 아노머성 수소, 퓨란과 개미산의 특징적인 피크를 이용하여 실시하였다. 진한 산 가수분해의 2차 가수분해 조건에서 포도당의 일부가 5-hydroxymethylfufural (5-HMF) 중간 구조를 거쳐 levulinic acid와 개미산으로 분해되었음을 확인하였다. 자일로스는 furfural 중간 구조를 거쳐 개미산으로 분해가 되었으며, 포도당은 자일로스보다 2차 가수분해 조건에서 산에 의한 퓨란계 화합물의 전이가 느리게 전환되어 단당의 안정성이 높았다. 퓨란계 화합물로 전환된 이후, 산에 민감한 5-HMF는 쉽게 formic acid와 levulinic acid로 전환되었지만, furfural은 formic acid로의 분해 반응이 더디게 진행되어 furfural의 농도가 5-HMF보다 상대적으로 높게 나타났다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제26권7호
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• pp.1252-1258
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• 2016

1,3-Propanediol (1,3-PD) is a valuable platform compound. Many studies have shown that the supplement of NADH plays a key role in the bioproduction of 1,3-PD from Klebsiella pneumoniae. In this study, the xylA and xylB genes from Escherichia coli were overexpressed individually or simultaneously in K. pneumoniae to improve the production of 1,3-PD by cofermentation of glycerol and xylose. Compared with the parent strain, the xylose consumption was significantly increased by the introduction of these two genes. The 1,3-PD titers were raised from 17.9 g/l to 23.5, 23.9, and 24.4 g/l, respectively, by the overexpression of xylA and xylB as well as their coexpression. The glycerol conversion rate (mol/mol) was enhanced from 54.1% to 73.8%. The concentration of 2,3-butanediol was increased by 50% at the middle stage but drastically decreased after that. The NADH and NADH/NAD⁺ ratio were improved. This report suggests that overexpression of xylA or xylB is an effective strategy to improve the xylose assimilation rate to provide abundant reducing power for the biosynthesis of 1,3-PD in K. pneumoniae.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.226-232
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 $120{\sim}150^{\circ}C$에서 다양한 산 촉매에 의한 자이란 가수분해 거동을 조사하였다. 또한 자이란에서 자이로스 생성과 자이로스로부터 푸르푸랄 분해에 대한 kinetic 인자를 분석하였다. 높은 반응온도와 산 촉매 농도는 자이란 가수분해와 자이로스 분해를 촉진하였다. 최대 반응속도상수($k_1$)에 대한 가수분해 조건은 산 촉매에 따라 다르게 나타났다. 황산, 옥살산, 말레산 중에서 자이란 반응속도상수($k_1$)는 황산 100 mM로 $120^{\circ}C$에서 반응하였을 때 $0.0241min^{-1}$로 가장 높게 나타났다. 하지만 황산은 옥살산, 말레산과 비교하여 자이로스 분해를 더욱 유도하여 상대적으로 높은 푸르푸랄을 생성하였다. 자이란 분해에 관여하는 활성화 에너지는 황산에서 가장 높게 나타났다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.757-763
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• 1999

The metal specificity of D-xylose isomerase from Streptomyces rubiginosus was examined by site-directed mutagenesis. The activation constants for metal ion ($Mg^{2+},{\;}Mn^{2+},{\;}or{\;}Co^{2+}$) of wild-type and mutant enzymes were determined by titrating the metal ion-free enzyme with $Mg^{2+},{\;}Mn^{2+},{\;}and{\;}Co^{2+}$, respectively. Substitutions of amino acids either on coordinated or around the M2 site (His-22O, Asn-185, Glu-186, and Glu-221) dramatically affected the activation constants as well as activity. A decrease of metal binding affinity was most significant in the presence of $Mg^{2+}$. When compared with the wild-type enzymes, the binding affinity of H220S and Nl85K for Mg^{2+} was decreased by 10-15-fold, while the affinity for $Mn^{2+}{\;}or{\;}Co^{2+}$ only decreased by 3-5-fold. All the mutations close to the M2 site changed their metal preference from $Mg^{2+}{\;}to{\;}Mn^{2+}{\;}or{\;}Co^{2+}$. These altered metal preferences may be caused by a relatively weak binding affinity of $Mg^{2+}$ to the enzyme. Thermal inactivation studies of mutants at the M2 site also support the importance of the M2 site geometry for metal specificity as well as the thermostability of the enzyme. Mutations of other important groups hardly affected the metal preference, although pronounced effects on the kinetic parameters were sometimes observed. This study proposes that the metal specificity of D-xylose isomerase can be altered by the perturbation of the M2 site geometry, and that the different metal preference of Group I and GroupII D-xylose isomerases may be caused by nonconserved amino acid residues around the M2 site.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제31권9호
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• pp.1262-1271
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• 2021

L-Malic acid (L-MA) is widely used in food and non-food products. However, few microorganisms have been able to efficiently produce L-MA from xylose derived from lignocellulosic biomass (LB). The objective of this work is to convert LB into L-MA with the concept of a bioeconomy and environmentally friendly process. The unique trifunctional xylanolytic enzyme, PcAxy43A from Paenibacillus curdlanolyticus B-6, effectively hydrolyzed xylan in untreated LB, especially corn hull to xylose, in one step. Furthermore, the newly isolated, Acetobacter tropicalis strain H1 was able to convert high concentrations of xylose derived from corn hull into L-MA as the main product, which can be easily purified. The strain H1 successfully produced a high L-MA titer of 77.09 g/l, with a yield of 0.77 g/g and a productivity of 0.64 g/l/h from the xylose derived from corn hull. The process presented in this research is an efficient, low-cost and environmentally friendly biological process for the green production of L-MA from LB.

• 운동영양학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.6-13
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• 2019

[Purpose] In this study, we examined the in vitro antioxidant activities and laxative effects of taurine-xylose (T-X), a synthetic taurine-carbohydrate derivative, in a rat model of constipation induced by loperamide. [Methods] The animals were divided into four treatment groups: normal untreated rats (NOR group), loperamide-treated control rats (CON group), loperamide and taurine-xylose (15 mg/kg)-treated rats (T-X group), and loperamide and commercial Dulcolax S (5.5 mg/kg)-treated rats (DS group). [Results] In the present study, T-X exhibited potent reducing power and free radical scavenging activities for DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl) and ABTS+ (2,2'-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline 6-sulfonic acid ammonium salt) radicals. The laxative effects of T-X were dependent on food, body weight, fecal properties, gastrointestinal transit (GIT) ratio, and serum metabolic parameters. In the T-X group, the number, wet weight, and water content of fecal pellets were noticeably increased compared to those in the loperamide-induced group. T-X treatment significantly increased the activities of hepatic antioxidant enzymes, including those of glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and catalase (CAT), relative to those in loperamide-induced constipated rats. Furthermore, the GIT ratio and loperamide-induced metabolic parameters in serum, including gastrin (GAS), motilin (MTL), and somatostatin (SS) levels, were significantly improved by T-X treatment. [Conclusion] These results suggest that taurine-xylose exerts antioxidant activities and laxative effects on loperamide-induced constipation by promoting gastrointestinal motility.