• 약학회지
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.245-250
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• 2001

Aminoacyl tRNA synthetases of bacteria are known as potential targets for new anti-microbial agents. To isolate new inhibitors of bacterial methionyl-tRNA synthetases from natural sources, a new target-oriented screening system using whole cells which are over-expressing a target enzyme was developed. Approximately 8,000 culture broths of microorganisms from soils were tested by this screening system. Among them, ten culture broths was found to contain inhibitory activity against methionyl -tRNA synthetases of Escherichia coli. For the validation of the screening system, this new method was compared with in vitro enzymatic method. Seven out of 10 culture broths showed inhibitory activity against methionyl-tRNA synthetases of E. coli. This result showed that the new screening system was comparable to the enzyme assay. Thus we believe that our screening system as a new method can be applied for the screening of new antibiotics inhibiting bacterial methionyl-tRNA synthetases from natural products.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.281-287
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• 2002

소 간으로부터 퀴논 환원효소를 정제하였으며 정제된 효소는 벤조퀴논과 나프토퀴논 뿐만 아니라 페난트렌 퀴논의 환원도 촉매하였다. 소 간으로부터 정제된 퀴논 환원 효소는 아릴니트로소 화합물의 생변환을 촉매하였으며 반응 생성물은 TLC, GC, GC-MS, NMR을 사용하여 확인되었다. 이 반응은 포유동물 퀴논 환원효소의 강력한 저해제인 Cibacron blue 3GA나 dicumarol에 의하여 크게 저해되었다.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.87-92
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• 1970

본(本) Sericin 분해(分解) 효소(酵素) 강력(强力) 분필균주(分泌菌株) $S_4-1-1$이 생성(生成)하는 Sericinase 는 1. 열(熱)에 대(對)해 안정(安定)하여 $5^{\circ}C$에서 1개월간(個月間) $20^{\circ}C$에서 약(約) 30시간(時間)까지 그 활성(活性)이 지속(持續)되며 2. Fibroin 물질(物質)에 대(對)한 분해력(分解力)은 전연(全然) 인정(認定)되지 않았고 3. EDTA 및 $Ag^{++}$, $Hg^{++}$에 의(依)해 거의 완전실활(完全失活)되며 $Cu^{++}$, $Cd^{++}$에 의(依)해서도 비교적(比較的) 강(强)하게 실활(失活)되였다. 4. 계면활성제(界面活性劑) Peretex N의 혼존시(混存時) 그 활성(活性)이 다소(多少) 촉진(促進)되었다. 이와 같은 Sericin분해효소(分解酵素)를 가잠견(家蠶繭)의 해서(解舒)에 이용(利用)하므로서 현행(現行)되고 있는 자견(煮繭)에 비(比)해 1. 조사성적(繰絲成績) 즉 해서율(解舒率), 생사량비율등(生絲量比率等)이 오히려 우수(優秀)했으며 2, 사조반(絲條班), 소절(小節), 인장강도(引長强度)의 성적(成績) 역시(亦是) 자견(煮繭)에 비(比)해 하등(下等)의 손색(遜色)이 없었다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.377-384
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• 2009

전통 메주로부터 plasmin의 혈전용해 활성보다 약 58% 더 높은 활성을 나타내는 MJ-226을 분리하여 동정한 결과, Bacillus subtilis와 유사한 형태학적, 생화학적 및 당 발효능을 나타내었다. B. subtilis MJ-226은 Tryptic Soy Broth (TSB) 배지 상에서 최대의 혈전용해효소 활성을 나타내었고, $37^{\circ}C$에서 24~26시간 배양했을 때 가장 높은 활성을 나타내었고, TSB 배지 내에 glucose와 fructose 2.0%와 peptone 및 yeast extract 1.0% 각각을 첨가한 경우 활성이 증가되었다. 하지만 lactose, sucrose, beef extract, casein 및 tryptophan 등에 의해선 활성이 오히려 감소되었다. B. subtilis MJ-226이 생산하는 혈전용해효소는 pH 6.0~8.0 및 온도 $35\sim40^{\circ}C$에서 매우 안정하였으며, 또한 $MnSO_4$, $CaCl_2$, KCl 및 NaCl 5 mM 농도의 금속이온에 대해서도 비교적 안정함을 유지하였다. 그러나 $CuSO_4$, $MgSO_4$, $ZnSO_4$, $FeSO_4$와 $BaCl_2$에 등의 금속이온과 iodoacetic acid, leupeptin, phenylmethanesulphonyl fluoride (PMSF), sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), thiourea, trans-1,2-diaminocyclohexane-N,N,N',N'- tetraacetic acid (CDTA) 및 ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) 등의 저해제들과 반응한 경우에는 매우 불안정한 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.245-253
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• 2014

A fibrinolytic enzyme was produced by an edible mushroom of Pleurotus ostreatus using submerged culture fermentation. The enzyme was purified from the culture supernatant by applying a combination of freeze-thaw treatment, ammonium sulfate precipitation, hydrophobic interaction, and gel filtration chromatographies. The enzyme was purified by a 147-fold, with a yield of 7.54%. The molecular masses of the enzyme an determined by gel filtration and SDS-PAGE were 13.6 and 18.2 kDa, respectively. The isoelectric point of the enzyme was 8.52. It hydrolyzed fibrinogen by cleaving the ${\alpha}$ and ${\beta}$ chains of fibrinogen followed by the ${\gamma}$ chains, and also activated plasminogen into plasmin. The enzyme was optimally active at $45^{\circ}C$ and pH 7.4. The enzyme activity was completely inhibited by EDTA, whereas protease inhibitors of TPCK, SBTI, PMSF, aprotinin and pepstatin showed no inhibition on its activity. The partial amino acid sequences of the enzyme as determined by Q-TOF2 were ATFVGCSATR, GGTLIHESSHFTR, and YTTWFGTFVTSR. These sequences showed a high degree of homology with those of metallo-endopeptidases from P. ostreatus and Armillaria mellea. The purified enzyme can also be applied as a natural agent for oral fibrinolytic therapy or prevention of thrombosis.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.207-214
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• 1988

A cytosine deaminase from the cell-free extract of an isolate was examined after ethyl alcohol reactionation. The enzyme catalyzed the conversion of 5-fluorocytosine to 5-fluorouracil by the possession of specificity to the substrate. The optimum temperature and storage time on the stability of the enzyme were at below $50^{\circ}C$ and near 2 days in tris-HCl buffer. The maximum activity was also presented ar 9.0 in pH and $45^{\circ}C$ in temperature. The pHs and temperatures for the enzyme activity ranged from 8.5-9.5 and from 40-$50^{\circ}C$, respectively. the presence of $Ag^{+}, Hg^{2+}, Zn^{2+}$ in the reaction mixture resulted in the marked inhibition in the activity, but 1mM of $Fe^{3+}, K^{+}$, or $Na^{+}$ increased the enzyme activity. The enzyme preparation was vot affected by inhibitors used except N-ethylmaleimide of 1 and 10mM, and considerably activated by 1mM of pyrophosphate and 10mM of phosphate.

• 한국식물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국식물학회 1987년도 식물생명공학 심포지움 논문집 Proceedings of Symposia on Plant Biotechnology
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• pp.157-167
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• 1987

The have been many reports that phenoloxidase are correlated with development in many fungi. C. congregatus, one of nushroom-forming basidiomycetes, which requires light for its development also has phenoloxidases. In C. congragatus, there are two sets of membrane-associated phenoloxidase (PHO I and PHO II) which are differentiated by their isozyme patterns, and each enzyme set consists of two different subtrate specific enzyme protein; o-tolidine reacting enzyme, and DOPA reacting enzyme. PHO I which is localized by a protoplast-concanavalin A technique by using a new solidifying agent, Pluronic Polyol F 127, instead of agar appears in the vegetative hyphae, and PHO II appears at the early primordial stage on agar and at the sclerotial stage of liquid shake cultures. Inhibition of PHO I with the enzyme inhibitors inhibits mushroom formation as well as melanization of the vegetative hyphae at concentrations which do not inhibit the vegetative growth. PHO I deficient mutants do not form mushrooms or melanins, and the mutants show abnormal nuclear migration patterns. PHO II has roles; possibly cementing the adjacent hyphae during the actual three dimensonal structure formation, and melanizing mushrooms and sclerotia. The possible roles of PHO I in the light reception complex and in melanin formation, the function of malanin, and possible roles of postulated post translational modifying enzymes which regulate the phenoloxidases, nuclear migration pattern, and self-nonself recognition mechanism are discussed.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제6권5호
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• pp.312-317
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• 1985

${\beta}$-Glucuronidase (EC 3.2.1.31) which hydrolizes D-glucuronate from ${\beta}$-D-glucuronide was purified from rat liver, using ammonium sulfate fractionation, DEAE-cellulose chromatography, Concanavalin-A Sepharose 4B chromatography and gel filtration on Sephadex G-200. This enzyme has the molecular weight of 280,000 daltons by gel filtration and 75,000 daltons by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. As its funtion is reverse of detoxification in the liver, the inhibition of the enzyme was tested with extracts of several food products and medicinal herbs, some are known as anti-cancer agents. Among them, Panax ginseng and Cortnellus shiiake inhibited the enzyme competitively and the $K_1$ values were $9.22 {\times}\;10^{-2}$ and 0.102 mg/ml, respectively. These inhibitors strongly bound to DEAE-cellulose. The negatively charged amino acids, L-aspartate and L-glutamate, inhibited the enzyme, and $K_1$ value of L-aspartate was 0.80 mM. The interaction between ${\beta}$-glucuronidase and p-nitrophenyl-${\beta}$-D-glucuronide was found to involve ionic forces by the effect of ionic strength on the kinetic constant, Vmax/Km. It was inferred from these findings that cationic group at the active center of the enzyme is probably involved in attacking the substrate.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.251-257
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• 2000

Chitin synthases are identified as key enzymes of chitin biosynthesis in most of the fungi. Among them, chitin synthase II has been reported to be and essential enzyme in chitin biosynthesis, and exists as a membrane-bound form. To search and screen new antifungal agents from natural resources to inhibit chitin synthase II, the assay conditions were established using the enzyme isolated from Saccharomyces cerevisiae ECY38-38A(pAS6) that overproduces only chitin synthase II. This enzyme was activated only by partial proteolysis with trypsin. Its actibity reached the maximum at $80{\;}\mu\textrm{g}/ml$ of trypsin and was strongly stimulated by 2.0 mM $Co^{2+}$, 1.0 nM UDP-[$^{14}C$]-GicNAc, and 32 mM free-GlcNAc. Under these assay conditions, the highest chitin synthase II activity was observed by incubation at $30^{\circ}C$ for 90 min. However, and extremely narrow range of organic solvents up to as much as 25% of DMSO and 25% of MeOH was useful for determining optimal assay conditions. After a search or potent inhibitors of chitin synthase II from natural resources, prodigiosin was isolated from Serratia marcescens and purified by solvent extration and silica gel column chromatographies. The structure of prodigiosin was determined by UV, IR, Mass spectral, and NMR spectral analyses. Its molecular weight and formula were found to be 323 and $C_{20}H_{25}N_{3}O$, respectively. Prodigiosin ingibited chitin synthase II by 50% at the concentration of $115{\;}\mu\textrm{g}/ml$.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.261-265
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• 2007

Hydroxyproline (HYP) is a post-translational product of proline hydroxylation catalyzed by an enzyme prolyl 4-hydroxylase (P4H) which plays a crucial role in the synthesis of all collagens. Considering the role of collagen and its significance in many clinically important diseases such as liver fibrosis, a great deal of attention has been directed toward the development of an assay at cell-based system. The reason is that cell-based assay system is more efficient than enzyme-based in vitro system and takes much less time than in vivo system. Several assay procedures developed for P4H are laborious, time-consuming and not feasible for the massive-screening. Here, we report the cell-based assay method of prolyl 4-hydroxylase in immortalized rat hepatic stellate HSC-T6 cells. To optimize the cell culture condition to assay for HYP content, various concentrations of reagents were treated for different times in HSC-T6 cells. Our data showed that the treatment with ascorbate in a hypoxic condition for 24 h resulted in the maximal increase of HYP by 1.8 fold. Alternatively, cobalt chloride ($5\;{\mu}M$) and ascorbate ($50\;{\mu}M$) in normoxic states exhibited similar effect on the production of HYP as in a hypoxic condition. Therefore, cobalt chloride can be substituted for a hypoxic condition when an anaerobic chamber is not available. Rosiglitazone and HOE077, known as inhibitors of collagen, synthesis decreased P4H enzyme activity by 32.3% and 15%, respectively, which coincided with previous reports from liver tissues. The level of the smooth muscle ${\alpha}$-actin, a marker of activated stellate cells, was significantly increased under hypoxia, suggesting that our experimental condition could work for screening the anti-fibrotic compounds. The assay procedure took only 3 days after treatment with agents, while assays from the primary stellate cells or liver tissues have taken several weeks. Considering the time and expenses, this assay method could be useful to screen the compounds for the inhibitor of prolyl 4-hydroxylase.