• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2000년도 추계학술발표대회 및 bio-venture fair
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• pp.56-59
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• 2000

Thermophilic bacterium, Bacillus stearothermophilus NUB3621, was engineered to produce ethanol from glucose by introducing cloned thermostable pyruvate decarboxylase and alcohol dehydrogenase genes. A novel promoter sequence was screened and used for the enhancement of these two enzymes. Successful redirection of metabolic flux into ethanol was obtained. In addition, gene expression profiling using Bacillus subtilis DNA microarray was analyzed to overcome the intrinsic low glucose utilization of B.stearothermophilus. Many known and unknown genes were identified to be up or down regulated under glucose-containing media.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.115-122
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• 1993

Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)(P(3HB)) accumulation under nutrient-rich condition with various amounts of $(NH_4)_2 SO_4$ was systematically investigated. The results of the electron-microscopy and the solvent extraction showed that the P(3HB) accumulation is unavoidable even under nutrient-rich condition. This indicates that in a two-step culture of Alcaligenes eutrophus H16, the researches should be careful in interpreting the data of polyhydroxyalkanoates(PHAs) accumulation in terms of the carbon-source fed in the second step because the two-step culture product contains the P(3HB) produced under nutrient-rich condition. The polyester production capability in a two-step batch culture of A. eutrophus H16(ATCC 17699) was also investigated using various saccharides and their derivatives such as glucose, fructose, gluconic acid, glucaric acid, sorbitol, lactose, galactose, and mannose. The polyesters synthesized were characterized by 500 MHz$^{1}H-NMR$ spectroscopy, intrinsic viscosity$[\eta]$ measurement in chloroform and differential scanning calorimetry(DSC). 500 MHz $^{1}H-NMR$ analysis showed that all polyesters synthesized generally contained 1~2 mol% of 3HV. Another finding is that the glucose utilization can be increased by changing the autoclaving procedure of the substrate to enhance the P(3HB) production yield up to 46 wt% of P(3HB) in dry cells.

• 한국버섯학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.77-81
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• 2014

Mushrooms are considered not only as food but also for source of physiologically beneficial medicines. The culinary-medicinal mushrooms may important role in the prevention of age-associated neurological dysfunctions, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. Hericium erinaceus (H. erinaceus), is edible mushrooms, is a parasitic fungus that grows hanging off of logs and trees and well established candidate for brain and nerve health. H. erinaceus contains high amounts of antioxidants, beta-glucan, polysaccharides and a potent catalyst for brain tissue regeneration and helps to improve memory and cognitive functions. Its fruiting bodies and the fungal mycelia exhibit various pharmacological activities, including the enhancement of the immune system, antitumor, hypoglycemic and anti-aging properties. H. erinaceus stimulates the synthesis of Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) which is the primary protein nutrient responsible for enhancing and repairing neurological disorders. Especially hericenones and erinacines isolated from its fruitin body stimulate NGF, synthesis. This fungus is also utilized to regulate blood levels of glucose, triglycerides and cholesterol. H. erinaceus can be considered as useful therapeutic agents in the management and/or treatment of neurodegeneration diseases. However, this review focuses on in vitro, in vivo and clinical trials for neurodegerative disease.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.164-170
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• 2008

Carbon utilization by Chryseobacterium strain KJ1R5 was studied to enhance its biocontrol activity against Phytophthora capsid. Chryseobacterium strain KJ1R5 has previously been shown to control Phytophthora blight of pepper (Capsicum annuum L.). Strain KJ1R5 could utilize carbon sources such as L-arabinose, D-cellobiose, ${\beta}-lactose$ and D-galactose well. P. capsici could utilize D-glucose well, showing the absorbencies ranged from 0.577 to 0.767 at 600nm. When 2% L-arabinose, which could only be utilized by the bio-control strain KJ1R5, was amended into the bacterial suspension, the efficacy of biological control increased. Among the amendments of various carbon sources into bacterial suspension, L-arabinose and D-(+)-glucose significantly enhanced biological control activity, resulting in a reduction of disease incidence to 6.9%, compared to 21.9% for the strain KJ1R5 alone and 81.3% for P. capsici inoculation alone, indicating that amendment with specific carbon sources could increase the biological control activity.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.167-175
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• 2014

본 연구에는 SCLE를 이용하여 시도된 바가 없는 glucose uptake 유도 실험을 수행하여 HepG2 세포에서 포도당흡수가 증가함을 확인하였다. 또한 이런 포도당의 흡수는 HNF-$1{\alpha}$라는 transcription factor의 활성화를 통해 GLUT-2의 발현을 증가시키기 때문인 것을 실험적으로 증명하였다. 뿐만 아니라 Bacillus stearothermophilus 유래의 GK를 이용하여 활성을 측정한 결과 SCLE가 직접적으로 GK를 활성화하여 포도당의 인산화에 영향을 주는 것을 확인할 수 있었으며 그 실험결과들은 Fig. 8에서 도식화 하였다. 본 연구를 통해 SCLE가 ${\alpha}$-glucosidase inhibition 활성에 의한 혈당의 개선과 당뇨예방 효과뿐만 아니라 다양한 세포내 기전을 통해 혈당 및 당뇨의 개선을 유도할 수 있음을 확인하였고, 이는 SCLE가 neutraceuticals 소재로서의 개발가치가 높음을 시사한다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제43권11호
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• pp.964-973
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• 2020

Recent studies have highlighted that early enhancement of the glycolytic pathway is a mode of maintaining the proinflammatory status of immune cells. Thiamine, a wellknown co-activator of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, a gatekeeping enzyme, shifts energy utilization of glucose from glycolysis to oxidative phosphorylation. Thus, we hypothesized that thiamine may modulate inflammation by alleviating metabolic shifts during immune cell activation. First, using allithiamine, which showed the most potent anti-inflammatory capacity among thiamine derivatives, we confirmed the inhibitory effects of allithiamine on the lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced pro-inflammatory cytokine production and maturation process in dendritic cells. We applied the LPS-induced sepsis model to examine whether allithiamine has a protective role in hyper-inflammatory status. We observed that allithiamine attenuated tissue damage and organ dysfunction during endotoxemia, even when the treatment was given after the early cytokine release. We assessed the changes in glucose metabolites during LPS-induced dendritic cell activation and found that allithiamine significantly inhibited glucose-driven citrate accumulation. We then examined the clinical implication of regulating metabolites during sepsis by performing a tail bleeding assay upon allithiamine treatment, which expands its capacity to hamper the coagulation process. Finally, we confirmed that the role of allithiamine in metabolic regulation is critical in exerting anti-inflammatory action by demonstrating its inhibitory effect upon mitochondrial citrate transporter activity. In conclusion, thiamine could be used as an alternative approach for controlling the immune response in patients with sepsis.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제27권9호
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• pp.1649-1656
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• 2017

In simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) for production of cellulosic biofuels, engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae capable of fermenting cellobiose has provided several benefits, such as lower enzyme costs and faster fermentation rate compared with wild-type S. cerevisiae fermenting glucose. In this study, the effects of an alternative intracellular cellobiose utilization pathway-a phosphorolytic pathway based on a mutant cellodextrin transporter (CDT-1 (F213L)) and cellobiose phosphorylase (SdCBP)-was investigated by comparing with a hydrolytic pathway based on the same transporter and an intracellular ${\beta}$-glucosidase (GH1-1) for their SSF performances under various conditions. Whereas the phosphorolytic and hydrolytic cellobiose-fermenting S. cerevisiae strains performed similarly under the anoxic SSF conditions, the hydrolytic S. cerevisiae performed slightly better than the phosphorolytic S. cerevisiae under the microaerobic SSF conditions. Nonetheless, the phosphorolytic S. cerevisiae expressing the mutant CDT-1 showed better ethanol production than the glucose-fermenting S. cerevisiae with an extracellular ${\beta}$-glucosidase, regardless of SSF conditions. These results clearly prove that introduction of the intracellular cellobiose metabolic pathway into yeast can be effective on cellulosic ethanol production in SSF. They also demonstrate that enhancement of cellobiose transport activity in engineered yeast is the most important factor affecting the efficiency of SSF of cellulose.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.297-304
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• 2007

Lovastatin은 근사형성 균류인 Aspergillus terreus가 생합성하는 이차대사산물로 강력한 고지혈증 치료제로 널리 이용되는 물질이다. 본 연구에서는 lovastatin 고생산변이주를 이용하여 포자배지 최적화를 통한 miniature 배양 방법을 확립하고자 하였다. 우선 miniature 배양에 필수적인 효과적인 포자 형성 방법을 개발하고자 포자 형성 배지의 통계학적 배지 최적화를 수행하였다. Miniature 배양의 inoculum으로 이용되는 대량의 포자를 획득하기 위해 Plackett-Burman 실험법을 이용하여 포자 형성을 향상시키는 성분을 조사한 결과, glucose, sucrose, yeast extract 그리고 $KH_2PO_4$가 주목할 만한 효과를 보였다. 상기 성분의 최적 농도를 확인하기 위해 반응표면분석법 (RSM)을 이용한 결과, PDA 포자 형성 배지와 비교하여 볼 때, 최적 성분 농도에서 포자 형성이 약 190배 증가하였다. 최적화된 포자형성 배지를 이용하여 lovastatin 고생산성 변이주의 대량 선별을 위한 miniature 배양 방법을 확립하기 위해 기존의 실험 과정에 'PaB (adaptation)'라는 한 번의 계대배양을 더 추가한 결과 생산균주의 안정성과 재현성이 큰 폭으로 증가하는 주목할 만한 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. 단기간에 가능한 한 다량의 균주를 스크리닝하기 위해 성장배양과 생산배양 모두 조업부피가 7 ml인 tube를 이용해 miniature 배양을 반복 수행하여, lovastatin 생산성과 배양형태가 훌륭한 변이주를 선별할 수 있었는데, 이 균주는 7 ml tube배양과 250 ml flask배양 (조업부피 50 ml) 모두에서 생산성이 높은 것으로 보아 산소 의존도가 비교적 낮고 생산 안정성이 높은 균주인 것으로 판단되었다. 한편 miniature 배양을 이용해서 lovastatin 고생산성을 보이는 균주를 신속 선별하기 위해서는 균주의 적절한 배양형태 유도가 매우 중요한 것으로 관찰되었다. 즉 생산배양으로의 고활성 균주의 접종을 위해서, 또한 생산배양에서 pellet의 배양형태 유도를 위해서 성장배양 시에는 반드시 고농도의 균사모양을, 생산배양 시에는 직경 1 mm 이하의 pellet모양의 배양 형태를 유지해야만, 생산균주가 lovastatin을 안정적으로 고생산할 수 있는 것으로 관찰되었다. 초기에 선별된 균주를 이용하여 miniature 배양에 의해 고속 균주선별 실험을 반복함으로써 고생산성 균주들을 다량 선별할 수 있었는데, 이들의 lovastatin 생산성을 조사한 결과, 기존의 flask 배양대비 오차범위가 $\pm$20% 이내의 생산성을 보이는 균주가 초기 선별시의 32%에 비해 81%로 크게 증가함을 확인할 수 있었다. 이와 같은 결과는 lovastatin 고생산성, 고안정성 균주의 고속 스크리닝을 위해서 본 연구에서 개발한 tube를 이용한 miniature 배양이 기존의 flask 배양을 대체할 수 있는 훌륭한 배양방법임을 제시해 준다.