• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.35-40
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• 1999

Alternan known as a kind of dextran is a linear and cyclic polysaccharide which is synthesized with sucrose by alternaansucrase (EC2.4.1.140) of Leuconostoc mesenteroides. But this polysaccharide is different from dextran in its structure and other properties. For the purpose of applying alternan for the food, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical industries, we isolated an excellent alternan-porducing strain, Leu. mesenteroides CBI-110. The optimum culture conditions were studied to improve the yield, and the activity of alternansucrase was increased up to 33U/ml in the optimum culture media. The concentrations of $Mn^{2+}$ and $Cu^{2+}$ ions were 0.01% and 0.03%, respectively, for the effective production of alternan. Finally, we obtained 25.6g/L of alternan.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.179-186
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• 1998

본 연구에서는 dextransucrase hyper-producing Leuconostoc mesenteroides B-512FMCM과 dextransucrase constitutive mutants인 B-742CB 및 B-1355C에서 얻은 dextransucrase 및 alternansucrase를 이용하여 maltose, lactose, gentiobios 및 raffinose의 수용체반응을 수행하였다. B-512FMCM의 경우 수용체로서 maltose와 gentiobiose는 설탕에 대한 농도비가 1/1이하일 때 수용체에 ${alpha}$l-6으로 D-glucose가 결합한 일련의 올리고당을 생성하였고, 9/1이상에서는 단 두 가지의 수용체산물로서 maltose의 경우에는 panose와 isomaltosyl maltose를, gentiobiose의 경우에는 6$^2$-${alpha}$-D-glucopyranosyl gentiobiose와 isomaltosyl gentiobiose만을 생성하였다. 그러나 lactose는 유일한 산물인 2$^1$-${alpha}$-D-glycopyranosyl lactose만을 생성하였다. 효소양의 변화에 대해서 maltose와 gentiobiose의 수용체반응에서 생성된 수용체산물(올리고당)의 수와 양은 효소양이 증가함에 따라 증가하였으나 lactose의 경우에는 효소양의 증가에 대해 수용체산물 양의 변화가 크지 않았다. B-742CB dextransucrase와 B-1355C alternansucrase를 사용하면 B-512FMCM dextransucrase에서는 단 한가지만의 수용체산물을 생산하였던 lactose와 raffinose를 수용체로 하여 여러 가지의 수용체산물(올리고당)을 생산하였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.704-708
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• 1999

In addition to catalyzing the synthesis of glucan from sucrose as a primary reaction, glucansucrase also catalyzes the transfer of glucose from sucrose to other carbohydrates that are present or are added to the reaction digest. Using dextransucrase and altemansucrase, prepared from Leuconostoc mesenteroides B-742CBM and B-1355C, respectively, we modified the bacterial cellulose in Acetobacter xylinum ATCC10821 culture, and then produced a characteristic cellulose that is soluble and has a new structure. There were also some partially modified insoluble cellulose and oligosaccharides in the modification culture. After methylation and following acid hydrolysis of both the soluble and insoluble glucans, there were ($1{\rightarrow}4$) as well as ($1{\rightarrow}6$) and ($1{\rightarrow}3$) glycosidic linkages in the soluble glucan.