• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권7호
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• pp.925-935
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• 2014

A cold-adapted carbohydrate esterase, CEST, belonging to the carbohydrate esterase family 6, was cloned from Microbulbifer thermotolerans DAU221. CEST was composed of 307 amino acids with the first 22 serving as a secretion signal peptide. The calculated molecular mass and isoelectric point of the mature enzyme were 31,244 Da and pH 5.89, respectively. The catalytic triad consisted of residues Ser37, Glu192, and His281 in the conserved regions: GQSNMXG, QGEX(D/N), and DXXH. The three-dimensional structure of CEST revealed that CEST belongs to the ${\alpha}/{\beta}$-class of protein consisted of a central six-stranded ${\beta}$-sheet flanked by eight ${\alpha}$-helices. The recombinant CEST was purified by His-tag affinity chromatography and the characterization showed its optimal temperature and pH were $15^{\circ}C$ and 8.0, respectively. Specifically, CEST maintained up to 70% of its enzyme activity when preincubated at $50^{\circ}C$ or $60^{\circ}C$ for 6 h, and 89% of its enzyme activity when preincubated at $70^{\circ}C$ for 1 h. The results suggest CEST belongs to group 3 of the cold-adapted enzymes. The enzyme activity was increased by $Na^+$ and $Mg^{2+}$ ions but was strongly inhibited by $Cu^+$ and $Hg^{2+}$ ions, at all ion concentrations. Using p-nitrophenyl acetate as a substrate, the enzyme had a $K_m$ of 0.278 mM and a $k_{cat}$ of $1.9s^{-1}$. Site-directed mutagenesis indicated that the catalytic triad (Ser37, Glu192, and His281) and Asp278 were essential for the enzyme activity.

• 약학회지
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• 제2권1_2호
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• pp.41-47
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• 1953

"Kimchi" is a most popular pickled Vegetables in Korea. In this paper, eight strains of gram positive rocls and two strains of gram positive cocci are isolated from "Kimchi". For the each isolated strains, the acid production test against carbohydrate and production test of amylase, protease, esterase, and general biological tests are investigated. The most active one for the amylase production is No.2 strain the most active one for the Protease production is No.5,6, and 9 strains. And that for Esterase production is No.9 strain (see the original paper on the results in this journal page)

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.155-162
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• 2020

Acetyl xylan esterase (AXE; E.C. 3.1.1.72) is one of the accessory enzymes for xylan degradation, which can remove the terminal acetate residues from xylan polymers. In this study, two genes encoding putative AXEs (LaAXE and BhAXE) were cloned from Lactobacillus antri DSM 16041 and Bacillus halodurans C-125, and constitutively expressed in Escherichia coli. They possess considerable activities towards various substrates such as p-nitrophenyl acetate, 4-methylumbelliferyl acetate, glucose pentaacetate, and 7-amino cephalosporanic acid. LaAXE and BhAXE showed the highest activities at pH 7.0 and 8.0 at 50℃, respectively. These enzymes are AXE members of carbohydrate esterase (CE) family 7 with the cephalosporine-C deacetylase activity for the production of antibiotics precursors. The simultaneous treatment of LaAXE with Thermotoga neapolitana β-xylanase showed 1.44-fold higher synergistic degradation of beechwood xylan than the single treatment of xylanase, whereas BhAXE showed no significant synergism. It was suggested that LaAXE can deacetylate beechwood xylan and enhance the successive accessibility of xylanase towards the resulting substrates. The novel LaAXE originated from a lactic acid bacterium will be utilized for the enzymatic production of D-xylose and xylooligosaccharides.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제22권11호
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• pp.1555-1565
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• 2009

Anaerobic rumen fungi have been regarded as good genetic resources for enzyme production which might be useful for feed supplements, bio-energy production, bio-remediation and other industrial purposes. In this study, an expressed sequence tag (EST) library of the rumen anaerobic fungus Neocallimastix frontalis was constructed and functional genes from the EST library were analyzed to elucidate carbohydrate metabolism of anaerobic fungi. From 10,080 acquired clones, 9,569 clones with average size of 628 bp were selected for analysis. After the assembling process, 1,410 contigs were assembled and 1,369 sequences remained as singletons. 1,192 sequences were matched with proteins in the public data base with known function and 693 of them were matched with proteins isolated from fungi. One hundred and fifty four sequences were classified as genes related with biological process and 328 sequences were classified as genes related with cellular components. Most of the enzymes in the pathway of glucose metabolism were successfully isolated via construction of 10,080 ESTs. Four kinds of hemi-cellulase were isolated such as mannanase, xylose isomerase, xylan esterase, and xylanase. Five $\beta$-glucosidases with at least three different conserved domain structures were isolated. Ten cellulases with at least five different conserved domain structures were isolated. This is the first solid data supporting the expression of a multiple enzyme system in the fungus N. frontalis for polysaccharide hydrolysis.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.13-17
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• 1993

만다린 오렌지 과피를 기질로 하여 Asp. niger의 구연산 발효를 행하여 관련된 일련의 효소적 활성을 합성배지와 비교한 결과 만다린 오렌지 과피배지에서는 괴피에 함유된 Pectin이나 조섬유 등의 자화로 인하여 Polygalacturonase와 Pectin의 활성 뿐만 아니라 CMCase, xylannase 및 amylase의 활성이 높게 나타났다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.9-15
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• 2005

Chitin deacetylase(CDA; EC 3.5.1.41)는 키틴의 N-acetamide bonds를 가수분해하여 이를 키토산으로 전환시키는 효소다. 한편, 키토산은 의약, 화장품, 식품, 농업 등의 분야에서 다양하게 응용되는 고분자 다당류이다. 본 논문에서는 미생물 유래 CDA의 분포, 분석법, 효소적 특성, 기질 특이성, 작용기작, 유전자의 구조, 생물학적 역할, 응용 등의 최신 지견을 기술하고자 하였다. 미생물 CDA가 세포벽 형성과 식물-미생물 상호작용에 관여한다는 연구결과들을 제시하였으며, CDA의 유전자 구조를 다양한 acetylated poly/oligo-saccharides를 탈아세틸화하는 family 4 carbohydrate esterase의 유전자 구조와 비교하였다. 키틴의 탈아세틸화로 키토산을 제조하는 과정에 CDA의 활용 가능성과, CDA를 포함한 고활성의 키틴 대사효소들을 분비하는 곤충 병원균의 활용 가능성도 살펴보았다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.802-810
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• 2007

Fibrobacter succinogenes, a Gram-negative, anaerobic ruminal bacterium is a major fibre digesting species in the rumen. It intensively degrades plant cell walls by an erosion type of mechanism, burrowing its way through the complex matrix of cellulose and hemicellulose with the release of digestible and undigested cell wall fragments. The enzymes involved in this process include a combination of glucanases, xylanases, arabinofuranosidase(s) and esterases. The genome of the bacterium has been sequenced and this has revealed in excess of 100 putative glycosyl hydrolase, pectate lyase and carbohydrate esterase genes, which is greater than the numbers reported present in other major cellulolytic organisms for which genomes have been sequenced. Modelling of the amino acid sequences of two glycanases, CedA and EGB, by reference to crystallized homologs has enabled prediction of the major features of their tertiary structures. Two dimensional gel electrophoresis in conjunction with mass spectroscopy has permitted the documentation of proteins over expressed in F. succinogenes grown on cellulose, and analysis of the cell surfaces of mutant strains unable to bind to cellulose has enabled the identification of candidate proteins with roles in adhesion to the plant cell wall substrate, the precursor to cellulose biodegradation.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.323-327
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• 1983

본 연구는 세포간극물질을 추출코자 실시하였다. 2. Vacuum flask에 물을 넣은 후 볏잎을 물에 잠기게 하고, 280mb로 기압을 줄여 벼조직의 세포간극내의 공기를 뺀 후 Vacuum을 끊고 증류수로 세포간극을 채운다. 볏잎에 묻은 증류수를 제거하고 본 연구에서 사용한 leaf holder에 끼워 3,000rpm으로 5분간 원심분리하면 세포간극물질만 채취할 수 있다. 3. 세포내물질과 세포간극물질의 성분분석 및 Peroxidase와 Easterase의 isozyme pattern을 비교한 결과 내용성분의 함량이 서로 다르고 효소의 활성과 isozyme pattern이 다르게 나타나 세포간극물질 추출액 속에는 세포내물질이 혼입되어 있지 않음을 증명하였다.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.249-255
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 우리나라와 일본의 담수어에서 분리된 운동성 aeromonads 7균주와 American Type Culture Collection (ATCC)에서 분양받은Aeromonas hydrophila 4균주의 표현형적 특성을 API20E와 APIZYM 방법으로 평가하고, 7종류의 항생제에 대한 최소 성장 억제 농도 (minimum inhibitory concentrations; MICs) 를 측정하였다. API20E 시험 결과 시험한 모든 균주는 (n=7) 운동성 aeromonads로 동정되었다. API20E시험에서lysine decarboxylase와mannitol, rhamnose, amygdalin, arabinose를 포함한 4종류의 carbohydrates의 산 생성은 균주에 따라 다른 반응을 나타내었다. APIZYM 시험을 이용한 효소 활성능을 평가한 결과, 모든 시험된 균주가valine arylamidase, cystine arylamidase, α-chymotrypsin, α-galactosidase, β-glucuronidase, α-glucosidase, α-mannosidase, α-fucosidase반응에서 음성 반응을 나타내었으나, 비록 그 효소 활성의 강도에서 차이는 있었으나alkaline phosphatase, esterase-lipase, leucine arylamidase, β-galactosidase, N-acetyl-β-glucosaminidase 모든 균주에서 양성 반응이 나타났다. 최소 성장 억제농도를 시험한 결과, 시험된 모든 균주는 ampicillin sodium (MIC>100㎍/ml) 에 내성을 가지며 chloramphenicol (MIC≤1.6㎍/ml) 감수성을 나타내었다. 그러나 1998년 이후에 분리된 3균주 (AC9804, AC0202, GMA0361)는 tetracycline (MIC=50㎍/ml) 모두 저항성이 있었으며, AC9804는 oxolinic acid (MIC=12.5㎍/ml), GMA0361는 kanamycin sulfate (MIC>100㎍/ml)와 streptomycin sulfate (MIC>100㎍/ml)에도 저항성을 나타내었다.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.587-595
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• 2008

본 연구는 국내 각 지역의 목장에서 수거한 원유에서 분리된 젖산균을 대상으로 10% 환원탈지유에 $37^{\circ}C$에서 pH 4.4에 도달할 때까지 배양한 다음 각각에서 얻어진 유청으로 ACE 저해율을 측정한 결과 88.6%인 우수한 균주를 선발하였다. 선정된 균은 Gram 양성, rod형태의 homo균이며, 당 발효실험과 16S rRNA 분석결과 Lactobacillus zeae로 판명되었고, Lactobacillus zeae RMK354로 명명하였다. 발효유에 적합한 starter인지 확인하기 위해 생리적 특성을 조사하였다. L. zeae RMK354는 배양온도 $40^{\circ}C$에서 빠른 생장을 보였고, pH4.3에 도달하는데 10시간이 소요되었다. 16종의 항생제 중 polymyxin B와 vancomycin에 대해 내성이 높았으며, 효소활성실험에서 esterase와 leucine arylamidase의 활성도가 높았다. 담즙에 대한 내성이 있는 것으로 나타났으며, pH 내성 실험결과 pH 2에서 큰 변화가 없음에 따라 내신성이 있었다. 항균력 시험에서는 Escherichia coli와 Staphylococcus aureus에 대해 억제력이 없었으나 Salmonella typhimurium에 대해 60.0%의 항균력을 보였다. 이러한 결과를 토대로 ACE 억제활성능이 우수한 기능성 발효유 제품의 스타터로 L. zeae RMK354는 적합하다고 할 수 있다.