• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.26-31
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• 1999

The advantages of the organism Streptomycs griseus HUT 6037 is that the chitinase and chitosanase using chitinaceouse substrate are capable of hydrolyzing both amorphous and crystalline chitin and chitosan. We attempted to investigate the optimization of induction protocol for high-level production and secretion of chitosanase and the influence of chitin and partially deacetylated chitosan sources (75∼99% deacetylation). The maximum specific activity or chitinase has been found at 5 days cultivation with the 48 hours induction time using colloidal chitin as a carbon source. To investigate characteristic of chitosan activity according to substrate, we used chitosan with various degree of deacetylation as a carbon source and found that this strain accumulates chitosanase in the culture medium using chitosanaceous substrates rather than chitinaceous substrates. The highest chitosanase activity was also presented on 4 days with 99% deacetylated chitosan. The partially 53% deacetylated chitosan can secrete both chitinase and chitosanase which was defined as a soluble chitosan. The specific activities of chitinase and chitosanase were 0.89 at 3 days and 1.33 U/mg protein at 5 days, respectively. It indicate that chitosanase obtained from S. griseus HUT 6037 can hydrolyze GlcNAc-GlcN and GlcN-GlcN linkages by exo-splitting manner. This activity increased with increasing degree of deacetylation of chitosan. It is the first attempted to investigate the effects of chitosanase on various degrees of deacetylations of chitosan by S. griseus HUT 6037. The highest specific activity of chitosanase was obtained with 99% deacetylated chitosan.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.18-24
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• 2001

The advantage of using Streptomyces griseus HUT 6037 in the production of chitinase or chitosanase is that the organism is capable of hydrolyzing amorphous or crystalline chitin and chitosan according to the type of the substrate used. We investigated the effects of the enzyme induction time and chitin sources, CM-chitosan and deacetylated chitosan (degree of deacetylation 75-99%), on production of chitosanase. We found that this strain accumulated chitosanase when cells were grown in the culture medium containing chitosanaceous substrates instead of chitinaceous substrates. The highest chitosanase activity was obtained at 4 dyas of cultivation with 99% deacetylated chitosan. The specific activities of chitinase and chitosanase were 0.91 and 1.33 U/mg protein at 3 and 5 days, respectively. From the study of the enzymatic digestibility of various degrees of deacetylated chitosan, it was found that (GlcN)$_3$, (GlcN)$_4$and (GlcN)(sub)5 were produced during the enzymatic hydrolysis reaction. The results of this study suggested that the sugar composition of (GlcN)$_3$was homogeneous and those of (GlcN)$_4$and (GlcN)(sub)5 were heterogeneous.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.337-343
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• 2004

A bacterial strain concurrently producing extracellular chitosanase and chitinase was isolated from soil and identified as a member of the $\beta$-subgroup of Proteobacteria through its 16S rRNA analysis and some biochemical analyses. The newly discovered strain, named as KNU3, had 99% homology of its 16S rRNA sequence with chitinolytic $\beta$-Proteobacterium CTE108. Strain KNU3 produced 34 kDa of chitosanase in addition to two chitinases of 68 kDa and 30 kDa, respectively. The purified chitosanase protein (ChoK) showed activity toward soluble, colloidal, and glycol chitosan, but did not exhibit any activity toward colloidal chitin. The optimum pH and temperature of ChoK were 6.0 and $70^{\circ}C$, respectively. The chitosanase was stable in the pH 4.0 to 8.0 range at $70^{\circ}C$, while enzyme activity was relatively stable at below $45^{\circ}C$. MALDI-TOF MS and N-terminal amino acid sequence analyses indicated that ChoK protein is related to chitosanases from Matsuebacter sp. and Sphingobacterium multivorum. HPLC analysis of chitosan lysates revealed that glucosamine tetramers and hexamers were the major products of hydrolysis.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.1312-1321
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• 2011

Enzyme extracts of cellulase [filter paper cellulase (FPase) and carboxymethyl cellulase (CMCase)], chitinase, and chitosanase produced by Aspergillus niger NRRL-567 were evaluated. The interactive effects of initial moisture and different inducers for FP cellulase and CMCase production were optimized using response surface methodology. Higher enzyme activities [FPase $79.24{\pm}4.22$ IU/gram fermented substrate (gfs) and CMCase $124.04{\pm}7.78$ IU/gfs] were achieved after 48 h fermentation in solid-state medium containing apple pomace supplemented with rice husk [1% (w/w)] under optimized conditions [pH 4.5, moisture 55% (v/w), and inducers veratryl alcohol (2 mM/kg), copper sulfate (1.5 mM/kg), and lactose 2% (w/w)] (p<0.05). Koji fermentation in trays was carried out and higher enzyme activities (FPase $96.67{\pm}4.18$ IU/gfs and CMCase $146.50{\pm}11.92$ IU/gfs) were achieved. The nonspecific chitinase and chitosanase activities of cellulase enzyme extract were analyzed using chitin and chitosan substrates with different physicochemical characteristics, such as degree of deacetylation, molecular weight, and viscosity. Higher chitinase and chitosanase activities of $70.28{\pm}3.34$ IU/gfs and $60.18{\pm}3.82$ to $64.20{\pm}4.12$ IU/gfs, respectively, were achieved. Moreover, the enzyme was stable and retained 92-94% activity even after one month. Cellulase enzyme extract obtained from A. niger with chitinolytic and chitosanolytic activities could be potentially used for making low-molecular-weight chitin and chitosan oligomers, having promising applications in biomedicine, pharmaceuticals, food, and agricultural industries, and in biocontrol formulations.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.72-78
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• 2001

It is possible ot prepare protoplasts of the zygomycete fungus, Phycomyces blakesleeanus, by digesting the cell wall of spore germlings with commercially available chitinase and chitosanase. However, the cells without any cell walls immediately form large aggregates, and thus, it is difficult to isolate the individually separated protoplasts. Inherent problem with the formation of aggregates in preparing protoplasts could be solved by the use of bovine serum albumin (BSA). As a result, we were able to prepare a large number of single protoplsts quickly and easily. We took time-lapse photomicrographs of the formation of protoplasts, and found that there were certain regions of the cell wall of spore germlings that were sensitive to chitinase and chitosanase, although the cell wall of the original spores is known to be insensitive to these enzymes. There are two kinds of cell walls on a spore germling; one with a bound wheat germ agglutinin (WGA), and the other a bound concanavalin A (ConA). Furthermore, only cells with walls which had bound WGA were able to regenerate, while those with walls with bound ConA were not able to regenerate.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제51권5호
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• pp.387-394
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• 2009

본 연구는 키틴으로부터 면역증강물질인 N-acetyl-Dglucosamine을 축적시킴으로써 동물의 면역력을 향상시켜 폐사율을 줄이고자 키틴이 함유된 DFM을 급여한 생후 3~7개월령된 한우 송아지의 분변에서 키틴분해 효소능을 가진 미생물을 분리 동정하기 위해서 수행하였다. 송아지 분변 1g당 키틴이 함유된 배지상에서 $10^5$ 이상의 집락이 형성된 10균주 중 키틴을 분해하는 2균주와 키토산을 분해하는 2균주를 선발하였으며 이들은 모두 용혈성을 갖지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 키틴을 분해하는 균주는 선발한 4균주 모두 그람 음성균으로서 HANDI 110과 HANDI 309는 키틴을 분해하는 균주로 선발되었으며 HANWOO와 HANYOO는 키토산을 분해하는 균주로 선발되었다. 분리된 미생물은 형태학적, 물리화학적 및 유전학적 분류를 통해 HANDI 110는 Escherichia fergusonii으로, HANDI 309는 Acinetobacter parvus으로, HANWOO는 Comamonas koreensis으로 HANYOO는 Chryseobacterium indologenes으로 각각 동정하였다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.310-315
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• 2001

The uneven distribution of acidic and basic chitinases in different parts of rice seed, and also the characterization of hull-specific chitinases, are reported here. After extraction of chitinases from polished rice, bran, and rice hulls, the chitinases were separated into acidic and basic fractions, according to their behavior on an anion exchanger column. Both fractions from different parts of rice seed showed characteristic activity bands on SDS-PAGE that contained 0.01% glycol chitin. The basic chitinases from rice hulls were further purified using chitin affinity chromatography. The chitinase, specific to rice hulls (RHBC), was 88-fold purified with a 1.3% yield. RHBC has an apparent molecular weight of 22.2 kDa on SDS-PAGE. The optimal pH and temperature were 4.0 and $35^{\circ}C$, respectively. With [$^3H$]chitin as a substrate, RHBC has $V_{max}$ of 13.51 mg/mg protein/hr and $K_m$ of 1.36 mg/ml. This enzyme was an endochitinase devoid of ${\beta}$-1,3-glucanase, lysozyme, and chitosanase activities.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.95-100
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• 1997

키틴을 효소적인 방법으로 분해하여 키틴올리고머를 생산할 수 있는 값싸고 안정적인 효소원을 확보하기 위하여 농어, 방어, 대구, 닭 등의 동물체로 부터 키틴분해효소를 탐색하였다. 각 효소원의 장기와 소화액 및 달팽이 ${\beta}-glucuronidase$로 부터 키틴분해활성을 측정한 결과, 대구와 닭은 키틴을 주로 중합도 $3{\sim}5$의 크기로 분해하며 endochitinase의 활성도가 exochitinase활성보다 $7{\sim}10$배 높았다. 달팽이 ${\beta}-glucuronidase$는 키틴을 모두 N-acetylglucosamine으로 분해하였고 닭의 경우 소화기조직과 내용물에서 모두 endochitinase활성이 높았다. 어류중에서 농어는 키틴분해활성을 보이지 않았으며 방어와 대구는 비슷한 수준의 키틴분해활성을 보였다. 이들 효소의 최적pH는 $4{\sim}5$, 최적온도는 $50{\sim}60^{\circ}C$였다. 한편 키토산분해능력은 닭의 소화기내용물과 조직, 대구의 위조직에서 관찰되었으며, 닭 소화기내용물이 가장 높았으나 키틴분해능의 15%에 지나지 않았으며 그 다음은 달팽이의 ${\beta}-glucuronidase$로 닭 소화기내용물의 키토산분해능력의 약 30% 활성을 보였다. 키틴올리고머의 생산을 위한 가장 적합한 효소원으로 exochitinase활성이 적고, endochitinase활성이 높으며 값이 저렴하고 안정적인 공급이 가능한 닭의 소화기가 적합한 것으로 사료되었다.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.466-471
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• 1996

키틴을 효소적인 방법으로 분해하여 키틴 올리고머를 생산할 수 있는 값싸고 안정적인 효소원을 확보하기 위하여 벼, 콩, 참다래, 아몬드, 조(粗)파파인 등의 식물체로부터 키틴분해효소를 탐색하였다. 왕겨, 콩껍질, 참다래의 외피 등에서 키틴분해효소의 활성이 나타났으며 껍질을 제거한 콩, 쌀기울, 백미, 탈지 대두분 등에서는 활성이 없었다. 이들 키틴분해효소는 exochitinase와 endochitinase 형태의 두종류 활성을 갖는 것이 관찰되었으며, 참다래와 조(粗)파파인에서 endochitinase의 활성이 높았다. pH의 영향은 exochitinase의 경우 효소원에 따라 $pH\;5{\sim}7$ 사이에서 최대활성을 나타내었고 endochitinase는 모두 pH 3과 $pH\;5{\sim}6$의 두 곳에서 최대활성을 나타내었다. 온도변화에 의한 exochitinase의 활성은 $50^{\circ}C$에서도 비교적 안정했다. 반면에 endochitinase는 종류에 따라 다양한 최적 온도를 갖는 것이 관찰되었다. 또한 이들 조효소는 키토산분해 활성을 갖고 있었으며 왕겨가 가장 높고 콩껍질, 참다래의 순서였다. 키틴을 이용한 키틴올리고머의 생산을 위한 가장 적합한 효소원으로는 exochitinase의 활성이 가장 적으며 endochitinase의 활성이 높은 조(粗)파파인이 가장 적합한 것으로 사료되었다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.218-223
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• 1993

Conditions for the release and regeneration of protoplasts form Rhizopus oryzae and intergeneric protoplast fusion between Rhizopus oryzae and Aspergillus oryzae were studied. High yields of protoplast fusion between Rhizopus oryzae and Aspergillus oxyzae were studied. High yield of protoplasts from young germilings of R. oryzae were obtained by using lytic enzymes containing chitosanase (3 mg/ml), chitinase (3 mg/ml) and Novozym 234 (5 mg/ml). 0.5M glucose was used as the osmotic stabilizer and optimum pH of buffer was determined to be pH 7.5-8.0. Under these conditions, protoplasts were formed after about 3-4 hrs incubation. Approximately, 1.0%-4.9% of these protoplasts were formed after about 3-4 hrs incubation. Approximately, 1.0%-4.9% of these protoplasts regenerated on solid medium with a soft agar overlay. We have also carried out protoplasts fusion between R. oryzae and A. oryzae and have succeeded in obtaining three types of intergeneric fusants. In these experiments, 35% PEG-4000 and 10 mM CaCl$_{2}$ were used as fsogenic agents, and auxotrophic properties were used as a genetic marker to select fusants. Complementation frequency be protoplasts fusion of A. oxyzae and R. oryzae was 4.4% * 10$^{-5}$ . The fusant strains of the first type were prototrophs showing an Aspergillus type morphology with dark-yellow sporulation, those of the second type were also Apergillus type morphology but showed no sporulation. And the strains of the third type stopped growing when fusion products grown on regeneration minimal medium were transferred to fresh minimal medium. The formation of fusion products was observed by fluorescent vital stains for complementary labelling of protoplats from R. oryzae and A. oryzae. Rhodamine 6G and fluorescein diacetate wer useful complementary vital stains of Rhizopus and Aspergillus protoplasts for visualization of requency and type (dicell, multicell) of fusion.