• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.519-524
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• 1997

Steroid $9{\alpha}$-hydroxylase is an enzyme found in nocardioform microorganisms which can utilize steroids as a sole carbon source. After fractional centrifugation of the cell homogenates, the enzyme activity in Nocardia and Rhodococcus was found in cytoplasmic membrane fraction. On the contrary, Mycobacterium had its 9.alpha.-hydroxylation activity in cytosolic fraction. To characterize the enzyme in these microorganisms, several potential inhibitors of 9.alpha.-hydroxylase were tested and the cofactor requirement for the same enzyme was also examined. The inhibitory effect of ferrous ion chelators indicated involvement of iron containing proteins in the 9.alpha.-hydroxylase system. On the other hand, metyrapone, an inhibitor known to be specific for cytochrome P450 interfered with the enzyme in Mycobacterium, but didn't inhibit the enzyme activity in Nocardia and Rhodococcus. While the $9{\alpha}$-hydroxylase system in Nocardia and Rhodococcus required NADPH, NADH was required as an election donor in Mycobacterium.

• BMB Reports
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.12-16
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• 1995

The branched-chain ${\alpha}$-keto acid dehydrogenase (BCKAD) complex is a rate limiting enzyme which catalyzes the oxidative decarboxylation of branched-chain ${\alpha}$-keto acids. Numerous studies have suggested that BCKAD is subject to covalent modification in vitro via phosphorylation and dephosphorylation, which are catalyzed by a specific kinase and phosphatase, respectively. The biggest difficulty in the assay of BCKAD activity is to arrest the interconversion between the active and inactive forms. BCKAD activity was determined from fresh rat heart and liver tissues using homogenizing and assay buffers containing inhibitors of phosphatase and kinase. The results suggest that a radiochemical assay using ${\alpha}$-keto[1-$^{14}C$]-isovalerate as a substrate for the enzyme can be applied as a reliable method to determine in vitro enzyme activity with arrested interconversion between the active and inactive forms of the BCKAD complex.

• BMB Reports
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.254-257
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• 1998

The gshI gene from the Escherichia coli K-12 strain codes for ${\gamma}-glutamylcysteine$ synthetase which mediates the rate-limiting step of glutathione biosynthesis. The isolated gshI gene from E. coli K-12 has an unusual translation initiation codon, UUG. The 494th amino acid is Ala rather than Gly which was found in a mutant strain E. coli B. In order to improve the translational rate of the gshI gene of E. coli K-12, the initiation codon, UUG, was changed to the usual AUG codon by the site-specific mutagenesis. This change has resulted in a 53% increase of ${\gamma}-glutamylcysteine$ synthetase activity. The enzyme activity was also improved by replacing $Ala^{494}$ with Val (A494V) or Leu (A494L). The replacement of $Ser^{495}$ with Thr (S495T) also resulted in a 62% increase of the enzyme activity. Therefore, the specific activity of ${\gamma}-glutamylcysteine$ synthetase was increased with the increasing chain length of the aliphathic amino acid at the site of the 494th amino acid (Ala<$Val{\leq}Leu$).

• 약학회지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.12-19
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• 1994

Capsaicin(8-methyl-N-vanillyl-6-nonenamide) is the principal pungent component of Capsicum fruits. This work is directed to the capsaicin-hydrolyzing enzyme playing a key role in the rate limiting and critical step of capsaicin metabolism. In order to get precise information on the enzyme's subcellular location, rat liver homogenate was divided into six subcellular fractions by differential centrifugation technique: crude nuclear pellet, PNS(post nuclear supernatant) fraction, lysosomal pellet, cytosol, Tris wash fraction, micrisomes. Capsaicin-hydrolysing enzyme activity was analysed by high performance liquid chromatography(HPLC). This enzyme was found at the highest specific activity in the microsomal fraction and co-distributed with marker enzymes of the endoplasmic reticulum, NADPH-cytochrome c reductase and nucleoside diphosphatase. This is compatible with the result of ninhydrin color reaction of vanillylamine, primary metabolite of capsaicin hydrolysis, on thin layer chromatography(TLC). This enzyme is most active at pH $8.0{\sim}9.0$. Definite subcellular location of this enzyme will make it easy to proceed with further study.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.81-86
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• 1989

The proteolytic enzyme extracted from Neungee [Sarcodon aspratus (Berk.) S. Ito] was purified by using Tris-acryl CM-cellulose column chromatography and chromatofocusing. The specific activity of the purified enzyme increased 15.8 times as compared with that of the crude enzyme. The enzyme was homogeneous on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and stable at pH values ranging from 4.0 to 10.8. The enzyme activity remained unchanged when the mushroom and the purified enzyme were stored for 3 years and 6 months at 4°C, respectively. The enzyme was found to be an endogeneous protease.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.33-38
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• 2002

Lactobacillus plantarum 용균 효소를 생산하는 균주를 배양하여 생산된 효소를 정제한 결과 비활성도가 5.8 units/mg protein 이었고 정제도 8.3배, 수율은 30%이었다. 정제효소의 분자량은 gel filtration과 SDS-polyacrylamide gel eletrophoresis를 이용하여 측정한 결과 60,000 kDa 이었다. 용균 효소의 최적 반응 시간은 20분이었으며 최적 온도는 4$0^{\circ}C$, 최적 pH는 3.0이었다. 온도 안정성은 각 온도에서 30분간 처리하였을 때 $30^{\circ}C$까지는 안정하였으나 4$0^{\circ}C$에서는 80% 활성을 나타내었다. 효소의 pH 안정성은 실온에서 1시간 처리하였을 때 pH 4~7에서 안정성을 나타내었다.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.79-86
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• 1990

Bacillus stearothermophilus KFCC 21203를 배양하여 cyclodextrin(CD)을 분해하는 효소를 분리, 정제하고 정제효소의 몇 가지 특성을 조사하였다. 배양액에서 얻은 조효소를 염석, DEAE-cellulose column chromatography, Ultro AcA 34 gel filtration등의 방법으로 15배 정제하였으며 회수율은 77.2%이었다. 정제효소의 specific activity는 12.30units/mg protein 이었고 분자량은 약 29,500정도였다. 이 효소의 작용최적 PH는 5.5, 작용최적온도는 $55^{\circ}C$였으며 $40^{\circ}C$이하의 온도와 pH $5.0{\sim}8.0$의 범위에서 안정하였고 ${\gamma}-CD$에 대한 Km치는 $3.78{\times}10^{-3}$ M이었다. 정제효소는 ${\beta}-CD$에 대한 활성이 매우 낮았고 ${\alpha}-CD$에는 거의 활성이 없었으나 ${\gamma}-CD$에는 매우 높은 활성을 나타내었으며, 이의 분해산물로는 주로 glucose 및 maltose 그리고 소량의 maltotriose였다. 또한 amylose, potato starch, corn starch, amylopectin 및 maltooligomer등에는 높은 활성을, 그리고 glycogen, dextrin에도 비교적 높은 활성을 나타내었고 분해산물로는 주로 glucose와 maltose였다.

• Korean Membrane Journal
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.58-66
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• 2006

The ${\beta}-glucosidase$ from olive fruit is of particular interest compared to the ones from other sources because it has shown to have high specifity to convert the oleuropein into dialdehydes, which have antibacterial activity and are of high interest for their application in the food and pharmaceutical fields. The enzyme is not yet commercially available and advanced clean and safe technologies for its purification able to maintain the functional stability are foreseen. The purification of this protein from fruit extracts has been already tempted by electrophoresis but either enzyme deactivation or high background with unclear profiles occurred. In this work, fruit extracts obtained from the ripening stage that showed the highest enzyme activity have been processed by diafiltration and ultrafiltration. Asymmetric membranes made of polyamide or polysulphone having 50 and 30 kDa molecular weight cut-off, respectively, were tested for the diafiltration process. Ultrafiltration membranes made of polyethersulfone with 4 kDa molecular weight cut-off were used to concentrate the dia-filtered permeate solutions. The efficiency of the separation processes was evaluated byenzyme activity tests using the hydrolysis of p-D-nitrophenyl-${\beta}$-D-glucopyranoside (pNPGlc) as reaction model. Qualitative and quantitative electrophoresis were applied to analyze the composition of protein solution before and after the membrane separation; in addition dot blot and western blot analyses were applied to verify the presence of ${\beta}-glucosidase$ in the processed fractions. The overall results showed that the ${\beta}-glucosidase$ functional stability was preserved during the membrane operations and the removal of 20 kDa proteins allowed to increase the specific activity of the enzyme of about 52% compared to the one present in the initial fruit extract.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.462-469
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• 2000

Sixty-one strains representing the main genera of wood-decaying xylariaceous fungi (mainly in Daldinia, Hypoxylon, Kretzschmaria, Rosellinia, Penzigia, and Xylaria) were tested for their ability to produce ligninolytic enzymes. The phenol oxidase activity and fungal growth of the xylariaceous fungi on gallic aicid and tannic acid media showed a variation in their ability to degrade lignocellulose. A number of species showed equal 개 betterligninolytic enzyme activities than Coriolus versicolor, a known basidiomycete wood-degrader. A large variation of the enzyme activity was observed by individual strains as well as a substantial variation between the isolates of the same species. The most frequent ligninolytic enzymes were peroxidase and general oxidase. With 19% of the strains tested, peroxidase showed the strongest ligninolytic enzyme activity, while tyrosinase activity was detected only in 7% of the strains. All strains of Kretzschmaria and Rosellinia tested was positive for laccase. Xylariaceous fungi were able to degrade the macromolecule, lignin, using each specific ligninolytic enzyme in the specfic lignin degradation pathway.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.132-138
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• 1994

Neurospora crass에서 L-ascorbic acid 합성 효소는 mitochondria에 위치하며 배지에 D- glucono-${\gamma}$-lactone과 L-gluno-${\gamma}$-lactone을 첨가하였을 때 각각의 기질에 대한 효소 활성도가 증가함을 볼 수 있었다. 이 효소의 순수 분리에는 ammonium sulfate 분획, DEAE-Sepharose CL-6B 에 의한 이온 교환 크로마토그래피, Sephacryk S-200에 의한 gel filtrarion 크로마토그래피, Reactive yellow 3-agarose dye column 크로마토그래피 등의 방법들이 이용되었다. 그 결과 2.1%의 수율에 specific activity가 239.6배 증가되었다. Sephacryl S-200 gel filtration을 통해 본 이 효소의 분자량은 약 150,000 dalton 이었다. 그리고 SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis를 실시하였을 때는 분자량이 약 75,000 dalton이었으므로 이 효소는 동일한 단위체로 구성된 이합체로 생각되었다. 이 효소의 최적 반은 pH는 9.0으로 나타났으며 D-glucono-${\gamma}$-lactone을 기질로 하였을때의 $K_m$값은 0.073이었다.