• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.303-310
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• 1999

A cost-effective mass production method for a strong antimicrobial peptide, buforin II, which was isolated from the stomach of Bufo bufo gargarizans, has been developed. This method is based on the neutralization of the positive charge of buforin II by fusion with a cysteine-rich acidic peptide (CAP) to avoid any lethal effect on the host. The neutralized fusion peptide was multimerized and expressed in Escherichia coli as tandem repeats to increase the production yield. Multimers of the CAP-buforin II fusion peptide were successfully expressed at high levels in E. coli as inclusion bodies. More than 100mg of pure buforin II was obtained per 11 of E. coli culture after cleaving the multimeric polypeptide with CNBr. The buforin II obtained from the recombinant E. coli had antimicrobial activity identical to that of natural buforin II. The proposed expression system can provide a cost-effective mass production method for both antimicrobial peptides and other host-lethal basic proteins.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.79-84
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• 2015

A new cecropin-like antimicrobial peptide (Px-CLP) gene was isolated from the immunechallenged larvae of the swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus, by employing annealing control primer (ACP)-based GeneFishing PCR. The full-length cDNA of Px-CLP is 310 nucleotides encoding a 70 amino acid precursor that contains a putative 22-residue signal peptide, a 4-residue propeptide, a presumed 37-residue mature peptide, and an uncommon 7-residue acidic pro-region at the C-terminus. The deduced amino acid sequence of Px-CLP showed significant identities with other Lepidopteran cecropin D type peptides. RT-PCR revealed that the Px-CLP transcript was detected at significant level after injection with bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The peptides with or without C-terminal acidic sequence region were synthesized on-solid phage and submitted to antibacterial activity assay. The synthetic 37-mer peptide (Px-CLPa), which removed C-terminal acidic sequence region, was showed exclusively antibacterial activity against E. coli ML35; meanwhile, a 44-mer peptide (Px-CLPb) with C-terminal acidic peptide region was not active. This result suggests that Px-CLP is produced as a larger precursor containing a C-terminal pro-region that is subsequently removed by C-terminal modification.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.77-80
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• 2003

The interaction of mastoparan B, a cationic tetradecapeptide amide isolated from the hornet Vespa basalis, with phospholipid bilayers was studied with synthetic mastoparan B and its analogue with Ala instead of hydrophobic 12th amino acid residue in mastoparan B. MP-B and its derivative, [12-Ala]MP-B were synthesized by the solid-phase peptide synthesis method. MP-B and its analogue, [12-Ala]MP-B adopted an unordered structure in buffer solution. In the presence of neutral and acidic liposomes, the peptides took an $\alpha$-helical structure. The two peptides interacted with neutral and acidic lipid bilayers. These results indicated that the hydrophobic face in the amphipathic $\alpha$-helix of MP-B critically affected the biological activity and helical content.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.743-748
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• 2013

The temperature dependence of the partition coefficients of a neuropeptide, substance P (SP), in isotropic acidic bicelles was investigated by using a pulsed field gradient nuclear magnetic resonance diffusion technique. The addition of negatively charged dimyristoylphosphatidylserine to the neutral bicelle changed the SP partitioning a little, which implies that the hydrophobic interaction between the hydrophobic residues of SP and the acyl chains of lipid molecules is the major interaction while the electrostatic interaction is minor in SP binding in a lipid membrane. From the temperature dependence of the partition coefficients, thermodynamic functions were calculated. The partitioning of SP into the acidic bicelles is enthalpy-driven, as it is for small unilamellar vesicles and dodecylphosphocholine micelles, while peptide partitioning into a large unilamellar vesicle is entropy-driven. This may mean that the size of lipid membranes is a more important factor for peptide binding than the surface curvature and surface charge density.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.189-194
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• 1997

Hornet venom의 독성 peptide인 mastoparan과 mastoparan-B를 solid phase peptide syn- thesis method로 합성한 후 이들과 phospholipid와의 상호작용, 이들의 항균 활성 및 용혈 활성 을 조사하였다. 두가지 독성 peptide 모두 중성 liposome에서 저 농도에서도 dye release를 유도할 수 있었다. 중성 liposome에 대한 mastoparan-B의 결합 친화도는 산성 liposome에서 보다 작았다. Mastoparan과 mastoparan-B는 두가지 모두 그람 양성 세균에 대하여 강한 항균 활성을 가지고 있었으나 그람 음성 세균에 대해서는 각각 약하거나 유력한 활성을 보였다. Mastoparan과 mastoparan-B는 5$\mu$M의 낮은 농도에서도 적혈구를 분해시키는 독성을 보였다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.209-216
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• 1993

미생물을 이용한 생분해성 고분자 생산연구의 일환으로 토양으로부터 고점성의 생물고분자 생산균주를 분리하고, 이 분리균에 대한 분류학적 성질 및 생성 생물고분자의 이화학적 성상을 검토, 규명하였다. 분리균주는 Alcaligenes속의 한 균종으로 동정하였으며, 호알카리성 균주의 특성을 나타내었다. CPC(cetylpridinium chloride)침전 및 acetone처리하여 정제한 산성 고분자 물질은 carboxyl기를 갖고 자외 흡수가 강한 glutamic acid만을 구성성분으로 하였고, glutamic acid는 $\gamma$-peptide 결합의 $\gamma$-polyglutamic acid로 존재하였다. 중화당량은 약 350으로 $\gamma$-PGA 2.7잔가당 1개의 음이온이 존재하였으며, 분자량은 약 $6.5{\times}10^5$Daltons이었다.

• 한국조리학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.103-111
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• 2018

The objectives of the present study were to examine the antioxidant activity of autofocusing fractions from egg white protein hydrolysates and obtain higher antioxidant peptide fraction, which could be applied to the food model system. Alkaline protease hydrolysate of egg white protein exerted higher antioxidant activities than other protein hydrolysates and were fractionated on the basis of the amphoteric nature of sample peptides by preparative isoelectric focusing without toxic solvents and reagents, which is termed autofocusing. Neutral and basic fractions showed higher 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity than the acidic fractions. The acidic and neutral fractions showed higher hydroxyl (OH) radical scavenging activity and oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) values than the basic fractions. The acidic fractions showed higher metal chelating activity than basic fractions. Antioxidant activities of some autofocusing fractions except for ORAC showed higher compared to the crude hydrolysate. These results suggest that peptides fractions from egg white protein are effective antioxidant, and that autofocusing could be useful to increase antioxidant activity for application to food system.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.485-490
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• 1997

옥수수 글루텐을 식물성 효소인 파파인으로 가수분해하여 글루텐 펩타이드를 생산하였다. 생산된 글루펜 펩타이드류는 인이온 존재하에서 인이온과 칼슘이온과의 침전형성을 방지하여 칼슘의 용해성을 증진시켰다. 칼슘이온의 용해도는 8.3mg의 펩타이드 존재시 대조구에 비해 5.2배 증대되었다. 산성 아미노산의 함량이 매우 높은 이들 펩타이드류를 Delta pak 칼럼을 이용하여 분획하였으며 이들 분획 가운데 3번째 분획이 가장 높은 칼슘 용해성을 보였다.

• 한국축산식품학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국축산식품학회 2005년도 제36차 추계 학술발표대회
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• pp.329-333
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• 2005

ACE inhibition activity of peptides was measured after 2 months of storage at $4^{\circ}C$ under condition of pH 6.0, 6.5, 7.0, 7.5, 8.0. and the ACE inhibitory activity were changed only slightly. After 2 months of chilled storage ($4^{\circ}C$), no dramatic change and significance was found. This indicates that acidic, neutral, weak alkali conditions did not affect ACE inhibitory activity of those peptides. Among peptide 1134, 1152, and 1155, peptides from thermolysin + protease A hydrolysates, inhibition activity of peptide 1134 and 1152 was decreased significantly at $60^{\circ}C$, however, they showed stable inhibition activity from $70^{\circ}C$ to $100^{\circ}C$ (P<0.001). Also, chromatogram of peptide 1134, 1152, and 1155 was shown that retention time of peptide of $60^{\circ}C$ was not correspond to the retention time of the rest of peptides. This indicated that temperature may change the inhibitory activity and profile of peptides.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.161-166
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• 1991

The blocked N-terminus and N-terminal sequence of soybean B-amylase were aetermined by analyzing the acidic peptides derived on peptic digestion of the enzyme. The acidic peptides were separated from the digest on a Dowex 50$\times$2 column(1X5cm) and purified by reversed phase-high performance liquid chromatography(RP-HPLC). The major acidic peptide, PEP-1, was a heptapeptlde. The N-terminal 7 amino acid sequence of soybean B-amylase was deduced to be acetyl-Ala-Thf-Ser-Asp-Ser-Asn-Met- from the results of sequence analysis of PEP-1 and amino acid analysis of other acidic peptides.