• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제26권9호
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• pp.1586-1592
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• 2016

Klebsiella pneumoniae is a gram-negative, non-motile, rod-shaped, and encapsulated bacterium in the normal flora of the intestines, mouth, skin, and food, and has decarboxylation activity, which results in generation of diamines (cadaverine, agmatine, and putrescine). However, there is no specific information on the exact mechanism of decarboxylation in K. pnuemoniae. Specifically lysine decarboxylases that generate cadaverine with a wide range of applications has not been shown. Therefore, we performed a functional study of lysine decarboxylases. Enzymatic characteristics such as optimal pH, temperature, and substrates were examined by overexpressing and purifying CadA and LdcC. CadA and LdcC from K. pneumoniae had a preference for L-lysine, and an optimal reaction temperature of 37℃ and an optimal pH of 7. Although the activity of purified CadA from K. pneumoniae was lower than that of CadA from E. coli, the activity of K. pneumoniae CadA in whole cell bioconversion was comparable to that of E. coli CadA, resulting in 90% lysine conversion to cadaverine with pyridoxal 5'-phosphate L-lysine.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.20-26
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• 2019

Background: Ginsenosides, which are bioactive components in ginseng, can be converted to smaller compounds for improvement of their pharmacological activities. The conversion methods include heating; acid, alkali, and enzymatic treatment; and microbial conversion. The aim of this study was to determine the bioconversion of ginsenosides in fermented red ginseng extract (FRGE). Methods: Red ginseng extract (RGE) was fermented using Lactobacillus plantarum KCCM 11613P. This study investigated the ginsenosides and their antioxidant capacity in FRGE using diverse methods. Results: Properties of RGE were changed upon fermentation. Fermentation reduced the pH value, but increased the titratable acidity and viable cell counts of lactic acid bacteria. L. plantarum KCCM 11613P converted ginsenosides $Rb_2$ and $Rb_3$ to ginsenoside Rd in RGE. Fermentation also enhanced the antioxidant effects of RGE. FRGE reduced 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical scavenging activity and reducing power; however, it improved the inhibition of ${\beta}$-carotene and linoleic acid oxidation and the lipid peroxidation. This suggested that the fermentation of RGE is effective for producing ginsenoside Rd as precursor of ginsenoside compound K and inhibition of lipid oxidation. Conclusion: This study showed that RGE fermented by L. plantarum KCCM 11613P may contribute to the development of functional food materials.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.570-578
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• 2012

인삼 조사포닌 추출물 내의 ginsenoside를 CK로 전환을 하기 위하여 T. reesei 유래 cellulolytic 복합 효소를 사용하였다. 온도, pH, 인삼 조사포닌 추출물 농도, 효소 농도와 반응시간별 T. reesei 효소의 인삼 조사포닌 추출물로부터 CK 전환에 대한 적정조건을 살펴본 결과, 온도는 $50^{\circ}C$에서 691.51 mg/100 g으로, pH는 조건별 큰 차이는 보이지 않았지만 pH 5.0일때 701.88 mg/100 g으로 가장 높은 함량을 나타내었다. 인삼 조사포닌 추출물과 효소 농도에 있어서는 각각 2%(w/v) 농도(678.82 mg/100 g)와 9%(v/v) 농도(691.51 mg/100 g)일 때 가장 높은 CK 농도를 보였다. 온도 $50^{\circ}C$, pH 5.0, 인삼 조사포닌 추출물 농도 2%(w/v)와 효소농도 9%(v/v)에서 반응시간에 따른 CK 생산을 분석한 결과, 반응 48시간까지 급격히 증가하다가 그 이후에는 반응속도가 현저하게 느려지는 경향을 보였지만, 반응 96시간에 784.97 mg/100 g으로 가장 높은 CK 농도를 나타내었다. 이러한 결과를 토대로 인삼 조사포닌 추출물의 농도 2%(w/v), 효소 농도 7%(v/v)와 반응 시간 48 hr를 CK 생산에 중요 요인변수로 선정하여 pH 5.0와 온도 $50^{\circ}C$에서 반응표면분석법 실험을 진행하였다. 그 결과, 인삼 조사포닌 추출물 농도 2.38%, 효소농도 6.07%와 효소반응 시간 64.04 hr를 최적조건으로 설정하였으며, CK 생산 예측 값은 840.77 mg/100 g이었다. 반응표면분석법으로 선정한 최적조건에서 플라스크와 생물반응기를 이용하여 효소반응을 수행한 결과 플라스크에서는 CK 생산 예측 값 보다 약 1.2배 높은 1,017.93 mg/100 g이 생성되었고, 생물반응기에서는 예측 값과 비슷한 862.31 mg/100 g의 CK가 생성되었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권11호
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• pp.1859-1864
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• 2018

Synthesis of flavonoid glycoside is difficult due to diverse hydroxy groups in flavonoids and sugars. As such, enzymatic synthesis or biotransformation is an approach to solve this problem. In this report, we used stepwise biotransformation to synthesize two quercetin bisglycosides (quercetin 3-O-glucuronic acid 7-O-rhamnoside [Q-GR] and quercetin 3-O-arabinose 7-O-rhamnoside [Q-AR]) because quercetin O-rhamnosides contain antiviral activity. Two sequential enzymatic reactions were required to synthesize these flavonoid glycosides. We first synthesized quercetin 3-O-glucuronic acid [Q-G], and quercetin 3-O-arabinose [Q-A] from quercetin using E. coli harboring specific uridine diphopsphate glycosyltransferase (UGT) and genes for UDP-glucuronic acid and UDP-arabinose, respectively. With each quercetin 3-O-glycoside, rhamnosylation using E. coli harboring UGT and the gene for UDP-rhamnose was conducted. This approach resulted in the production of 44.8 mg/l Q-GR and 45.1 mg/l Q-AR. This stepwise synthesis could be applicable to synthesize various natural product derivatives in case that the final yield of product was low due to the multistep reaction in one cell or when sequential synthesis is necessary in order to reduce the synthesis of byproducts.

• 한국미생물생명공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국미생물생명공학회 2000년도 Proceedings of 2000 KSAM International Symposium and Spring Meeting
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• pp.68-75
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• 2000

D-Tagatose is a potential bulking agent in food as a non-calorific sweetener. To produce D-tagatose from cheaper resources, plasmids harboring the L-arabinose isomerase gene (araA) from Escherichia coli was constructed because L-arabinose isomerase was previously suggested as an enzyme that mediates the bioconversion of galactose to tagatose as well as that of arabinose to ribulose. In the cultures of recombinant E.coli with pTC101, which harboring araA of E.coli, tagatose was produced from galactose in 9.9 % yield. The enzyme extract of E.coli containing pTC101 also converted galactose into tagatose in 96.4 % yield. For the economic production of D-tagatose, an L-arabinose isomerase of E.coli was immobilized using covalent binding on agarose. While the free L-arabinose isomerase produced tagatose with the rate of 0.48 mg/U$.$day, the immobilized one stably converted galactose into average 7.5 g/l$.$day of tagatose during 7 days with higher productivity of 0.87 mg/U$.$day. In the scaled up immobilized enzyme system, 99.9 g/l of tagatose was produced from galactose with 20 % equilibrium in 48 hrs. The process was stably repeated additional 2 times with tagatose production of 104.1 and 103.5 g/l.

• Plant Biotechnology Reports
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2011

Secondary walls have recently drawn research interest as a primary source of sugars for liquid biofuel production. Secondary walls are composed of a complex mixture of the structural polymers cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. A matrix of hemicellulose and lignin surrounds the cellulose component of the plant's cell wall in order to protect the cell from enzymatic attacks. Such resistance, along with the variability seen in the proportions of the major components of the mixture, presents process design and operating challenges to the bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass to fuel. Expanding bioenergy production to the commercial scale will require a significant improvement in the growth of feedstock as well as in its quality. Plant biotechnology offers an efficient means to create "targeted" changes in the chemical and physical properties of the resulting biomass through pathway-specific manipulation of metabolisms. The successful use of the genetic engineering approach largely depends on the development of two enabling tools: (1) the discovery of regulatory genes involved in key pathways that determine the quantity and quality of the biomass, and (2) utility promoters that can drive the expression of the introduced genes in a highly controlled manner spatially and/or temporally. In this review, we summarize the current understanding of the transcriptional regulatory network that controls secondary wall biosynthesis and discuss experimental approaches to developing-xylem-specific utility promoters.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.47-51
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• 2014

The transformation of ginsenoside Rb1 into a specific minor ginsenoside using Aspergillus niger KCCM 11239, as well as the identification of the transformed products and the pathway via thin layer chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography were evaluated to develop a new biologically active material. The conversion of ginsenoside Rb1 generated Rd, Rg3, Rh2, and compound K although the reaction rates were low due to the low concentration. In enzymatic conversion, all of the ginsenoside Rb1 was converted to ginsenoside Rd and ginsenoside Rg3 after 24 h of incubation. The crude enzyme (b-glucosidase) from A. niger KCCM 11239 hydrolyzed the ${\beta}$-($1{\rightarrow}6$)-glucosidic linkage at the C-20 of ginsenoside Rb1 to generate ginsenoside Rd and ginsenoside Rg3. Our experimental demonstration showing that A. niger KCCM 11239 produces the ginsenoside-hydrolyzing b-glucosidase reflects the feasibility of developing a specific bioconversion process to obtain active minor ginsenosides.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.289-296
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• 2017

Lysine decarboxylase (CadA) converts ${\small{L}}-lysine$ into cadaverine (1,5-pentanediamine), which is an important platform chemical with many industrial applications. Although there have been many efforts to produce cadaverine through the soluble CadA enzyme or Escherichia coli whole cells overexpressing the CadA enzyme, there have been few reports concerning the immobilization of the CadA enzyme. Here, we have prepared a cross-linked enzyme aggregate (CLEA) of E. coli CadA and performed bioconversion using $CadA^{CLEA}$. $CadA^{free}$ and $CadA^{CLEA}$ were characterized for their enzymatic properties. The optimum temperatures of $CadA^{free}$ and $CadA^{CLEA}$ were $60^{\circ}C$ and $55^{\circ}C$, respectively. The thermostability of $CadA^{CLEA}$ was significantly higher than that of $CadA^{free}$. The optimum pH of both enzymes was 6.0. $CadA^{free}$ could not be recovered after use, whereas $CadA^{CLEA}$ was rapidly recovered and the residual activity was 53% after the $10^{th}$ recycle. These results demonstrate that $CadA^{CLEA}$ can be used as a potential catalyst for efficient production of cadaverine.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.905-912
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• 2019

Bioethanol has attracted much attention in recent decades as a sustainable and environmentally friendly alternative energy source. In this study, we compared the production of bioethanol by Candida molischiana and Saccharomyces cerevisiae at different initial concentrations of cellobiose and glucose. The results showed that C. molischiana can utilize both glucose and cellobiose, whereas S. cerevisiae can only utilize glucose. The ethanol yields were 43-51% from different initial concentrations of carbon source. In addition, different concentrations of microcrystalline cellulose (Avicel) were directly converted to ethanol by a combination of Trichoderma reesei and two yeasts. Cellulose was first hydrolyzed by a fully enzymatic saccharification process using T. reesei cellulases, and the reducing sugars and glucose produced during the process were further used as carbon source for bioethanol production by C. molischiana or S. cerevisiae. Sequential culture of T. reesei and two yeasts revealed that C. molischiana was more efficient for bioconversion of sugars to ethanol than S. cerevisiae. When 20 g/l Avicel was used as a carbon source, the maximum reducing sugar, glucose, and ethanol yields were 42%, 26%, and 20%, respectively. The maximum concentrations of reducing sugar, glucose, and ethanol were 10.9, 8.57, and 5.95 g/l, respectively, at 120 h by the combination of T. reesei and C. molischiana from 50 g/l Avicel.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제26권12호
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• pp.1477-1486
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• 2016

Lactulose는 lactose의 이성질체로 galactose와 fructose의 ${\beta}$-1,4-glycosidic 결합으로 구성된 비소화성 기능성 이당으로 소장에서 분해되지 않고 대장에 도달하여 장내 유산균에 의해 이용되어 대장의 pH를 저하시켜 유해균의 증식을 억제 시키고 장내 균총을 유익한 방향으로 개선하는 효과를 가지고 있다. 또한 수용성 식이섬유로 작용하여 변비와 간성뇌질환등의 치료에 이용되고 있고 lactose에 비해 감미도 및 용해도가 우수하여 다양한 식품산업으로 유용하게 사용될 수 있는 높은 잠재적 활용가치를 보유하고 있는 기능성 당류이기도 하다. Lactulose를 생산하기 위하여 화학적 방법과 효소적 방법이 보고 되어있는데, lactose를 강알칼리 조건에서 이성화시키는 화학적 방법에 의한 lactulose의 생산은 고온, 고압의 반응 조건 및 중화 과정에서 사용되는 강산으로 인해 생성물의 과분해 및 부산물 생성에 의한 복잡한 정제과정이 요구되며 환경오염에 대한 심각한 문제를 내포하고 있다는 단점이 있다. 이러한 화학적 방법과는 달리 ${\beta}$-galactosidase 또는 cellobiose 2-epimerase와 같은 효소를 이용한 lactulose의 생산은 반응의 정밀성, 특이성, 반응공정의 안전성 및 친환경적 생산방법이라는 다양한 장점을 가지고 있다. 하지만, 효소적 생산 방법 중에서 ${\beta}$-galactosidase를 이용한 lactulose의 생산은 기질로서 유당뿐 아니라 과당을 함께 사용해야 하며 높은 기질농도에서만 반응이 이루어 지기 때문에 경제적으로 비효율적이라는 단점이 지적되고 있기도 하다. Lactulose의 효소적 생산방법에 있어서 이러한 단점을 극복하기 위하여 lactose 단일 기질로부터 높은 수율의 lactulose를 생산할 수 있는 cellobiose 2-epimerase를 이용한 lactulose생산 방법에 대한 연구가 활발하게 진행되고 있지만 향후 효소 반응 공정 및 효소특성개량에 대한 지속적인 연구를 통하여 lactulose 산업적 생산을 위한 다양한 연구가 필요한 실정이다.