• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.439-445
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• 2012

The chitinase producing Lysobacter enzymogenes C-3 has previously been shown to suppress plant pathogens in vitro and in the field, but little is known of the regulation of chitinase production, or its role in antimicrobial activity and biocontrol. In this study, we isolated and characterized chitinase-defective mutants by screening the transposon mutants of L. enzymogenes C-3. These mutations disrupted genes involved in diverse functions: glucose-galactose transpoter (gluP), disulfide bond formation protein B (dsbB), Clp protease (clp), and polyamine synthase (speD). The chitinase production of the SpeD mutant was restored by the addition of exogenous spermidine or spermine to the bacterial cultures. The speD and clp mutants lost in vitro antifungal activities against plant fungal pathogens. However, the gluP and dsbB mutants showed similar antifungal activities to that of the wild-type. The growth of the mutants in nutrient rich conditions containing chitin was similar with that of the wild-type. However, growth of the speD and gluP mutants was defective in chitin minimal medium, but was observed no growth retardation in the clp and dsbB mutant on chitin minimal medium. In this study, we identified the four genes might be involved and play different role in the production of extracellular chitinase and antifungal activity in L. enzymogenes C-3.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.187-191
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• 2003

Proteolytic enzymes existing in plant cell cultured media are the major reason for the loss of secreted human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (hGM-CSF). The addition of pepstatin, aprotinin and PMSF relatively decreased the proteolytic degradation of hGM-CSF in a conditioned medium, but sufficient prevention against the proteolytic activity could not be obtained with chemical protease inhibitors. Gelatin, as a competitive substrate for protease, showed a stabilizing effect in a conditioned medium. Compared to the initial hGM-CSF concentration in a conditioned medium. with 10 g/L of gelatin, 68% of the hGM-CSF remained after 5 days. In a cell culture experiment, 5 g/L of gelatin significantly stimulated the hGM-CSF production and accumulation in culture media, with no growth inhibition. compared to the controls (4.72 $\mu\textrm{g}$/L), the extracellular hGM-CSF level could be increased to 39.78 $\mu\textrm{g}$/L with the addition of 5 g/L of gelatin.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.363-369
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• 1989

산업적으로 속성젓갈을 대량 생산하기 위하여, 우선 시중 젓갈에서 단백질분해력이 강한 균주 4 종을 분리하여 속성 분해정도와 분해 생성물의 풍미를 비교 검토한 결과 B. subtilis p-4 및 B. licheniformis p-5 균이 가장 양호하였으며, 이들 균주와 그 pretense의 특성은 다음과 같다. pH 7.0, $40^{\circ}C$ 식염$1\%$ 농도에서 균체 및 조효소 활성이 가장 양호하였으며, 이때의 비증식속도는 p-4 균 및 p-5 균이 각각 0.48/hr, 0.49/hr이었고, 최대 효소활성 농도는 p-4 는 30시간 후 335n mole-Tyr/min.ml, p-5는 28시간 후 300n mo1e-Tyr/min.ml이였다. 그리고 sephadex G-100 겔 여과에 의한 효소 정제도는 조효소에 비해 비활성이 p-4 및 p-5 균 protease의 경우 각각 25.4배, 8.6배씩 증가하였으며, pH 7.0, $50^{\circ}C$에서 활성이 가장 높았다. 또한 겔여과에 의한 분자량은 p-4가 18,000, p-5 protease가 30,000이었고, 저해제의 효과에서는 두 Protease 모두 $Ni^{2+},\;Cu^{2+}$ 이온과 EDTA, o-phenanthroline에 의해 강하게 활성이 소실되는 것으로 보아 metal chelator sensitive neutral protease에 속하는 것으로 추정되었다.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제59권4호
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• pp.285-288
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• 2016

단백질 분해효소는 단백질 내 아미노산의 펩티드 결합을 가수분해하며, 산업분야에서 가장 많이 사용되는 효소이다. 이전의 논문에서 부패한 나무로부터 Pseudoxanthomonas sp. WD12와 WD32를 분리하였다. 분비된 단백질 분해효소의 특성을 조사한 결과 WD12는 pH 9.0, $50^{\circ}C$, WD32의 경우 pH 8.0, $45^{\circ}C$에서 최적 활성을 나타내었다. 최적조건하에서 최고의 활성은 WD12는 768 unit/mL로 WD12의 활성이 WD32보다 2.6배 높았다. 금속 이온에 대한 분비효소 영향을 조사한 결과 두 균주 모두 KCl, NaCl, $CaCl_2$, $MnSO_4$를 첨가했을 때 활성이 증가하였으며, $AgNO_3$, $CuSO_4$, $FeCl_3$, $AlCl_3$를 첨가했을 때는 감소하였고, 최고의 활성은 $MnSO_4$의 첨가했을 때 두 균주 모두 활성 증가를 보인 반면 $FeCl_3$, $CuSO_4$는 활성저해를 보였다. 신종으로 생각되는 WD12 균주의 효소는 알칼리성 조건의 산업 환경에서 이용가능 하다고 생각된다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.603-613
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• 2019

본 연구에서 부산, 창원, 제주도 일대에서 채취한 토양으로부터 분리한 균주를 이용하여 식물 병원성 곰팡이에 대해서 길항작용을 나타내는 것을 확인하였으며, 또한 분리 균주의 경우 세균성 균주에 대해서도 길항작용을 나타내는 것을 확인하였다. 이러한 길항작용은 Bacillus 속이 생산하는 2차 대사산물인 siderophore, 항생물질, 세포 외 효소 활성 등에 의해서 식물 병원성 곰팡이에 대한 길항작용을 나타내는 것으로 보이며, 특히 분리 균주로부터 생산되는 세포 외 효소는 식물 병원성 곰팡이의 세포벽에 용균작용 일으킴에 따라 세포벽을 분해하여 식물 병원성 곰팡이의 생장을 저해할 것으로 생각된다. 또한 질소 고정능 및 IAA 생성능을 통해 식물 생장 촉진 및 식물 병원성 곰팡이 성장을 억제시킬 수 있는 생물학적 제제로서 식물재배에 도움을 줄 것으로 기대된다. 최종 선별된 Bacillus subtilis ANGa5, Bacillus aerius ANGa25, Bacillus methylotrophicus ANGa27를 이용하여 식물 병원성 곰팡이 방제 및 식물 생장촉진활성을 가지는 새로운 생물학적 제제로서 이용 가능성을 제시한다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.125-131
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• 2019

We have isolated and identified 72 bacterial strains from four bentonite samples collected at the mining areas located in Gyeongsangbuk-do, Republic of Korea, and measured their hydrolytic enzyme (${\alpha}$-amylase, protease, and cellulase) activities to identify the isolates with industrial-use potential. Most of the isolates belonged to the Bacillaceae, with minor portions being from the Paenibacillaceae, Micrococcaceae, and Bacillales Family XII at the family level. Of the strains isolated, 33 had extracellular ${\alpha}$-amylase activity, 30 strains produced cellulase, and 35 strains produced protease. Strain MBLB1268, having the highest ${\alpha}$-amylase activity, was identified as Bacillus siamensis ($0.38{\pm}0.06U/ml$). Bacillus tequilensis MBLB1223, isolated from Byi33-b, showed the highest cellulase activity ($0.26{\pm} 0.04U/ml$), whereas Bacillus wiedmannii MBLB1197, isolated from Zdb130-b, exhibited the highest protease activity ($54.99{\pm}0.78U/ml$). These findings show that diverse bacteria of the Bacillaceae family adhere to and exist in bentonite and are potential sources of industrially useful hydrolytic enzymes.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제45권8호
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• pp.564-574
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• 2022

Epithin/PRSS14 is a membrane serine protease that plays a key role in tumor progression. The protease exists on the cell surface until its ectodomain shedding, which releases most of the extracellular domain. Previously, we showed that the remaining portion on the membrane undergoes intramembrane proteolysis, which results in the liberation of the intracellular domain and the intracellular domain-mediated gene expression. In this study, we investigated how the intramembrane proteolysis for the nuclear function is initiated. We observed that ectodomain shedding of epithin/PRSS14 in mouse breast cancer 4T1 cells increased depending on environmental conditions and was positively correlated with invasiveness of the cells and their proinvasive cytokine production. We identified selenite as an environmental factor that can induce ectodomain shedding of the protease and increase C-C motif chemokine ligand 2 (CCL2) secretion in an epithin/PRSS14-dependent manner. Additionally, by demonstrating that the expression of the intracellular domain of epithin/PRSS14 is sufficient to induce CCL2 secretion, we established that epithin/PRSS14-dependent shedding and its subsequent intramembrane proteolysis are responsible for the metastatic conversion of 4T1 cells under these conditions. Consequently, we propose that epithin/PRSS14 can act as an environment-sensing receptor that promotes cancer metastasis by liberating the intracellular domain bearing transcriptional activity under conditions promoting ectodomain shedding.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.162-165
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• 2003

In order to study the secretion of the human urokinase-type plasminogen activator, u-PA, from the yeast yarrowia lipolytica, three kinds of integrative expression vector were constructed. These vectors differed only in their secretion control legions, pre-, pre-dip-(dipeptide Stretch) or pre-dip-pro sequences of the alkaline extracellular protease, which were joined inflame to the human u-PA cDNA. The recombinant Y. lipolytica Strains, transformed with the expression vectors, secreted the hyperglycosylated u-PA. A fibrin plate assay of the culture supernatants showed that the hyperglycosylated u-PA proteins could catalyze fibrinolysis, and that the pre-dip sequence was the most efficient secretory signal for the secretion of the u-PA from Y. lipolyica. This result suggests that Y. lipolytica can be developed as a potential host for the production of recombinant human u-PA.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.544-549
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• 1995

The alkaline elastase is an extracellular serine protease of the alkalophilic Bacillus strain Ya-B. To increase the gene copy number and the production level of the alkaline elastase Ya-B, we designed, on the B. subtilis chromosome, a gene amplification of the 10.6 kb repeating unit containing amyE, aleE (alkaline elastase Ya-B gene) and tmrB. The aleE was inserted between amyE and tmrB, and B. subtilis APT119 strain was transformed with this amyE-aleE-tmrB-junction region fragment. As a result, we succeeded in obtaining tunicamycin-resistant (Tm$^{r}$) transformants (Tf-1, Tf-2) in which the designed gene amplification of 10.6 kb occurred in chromosome. The transformants showed high productivity of $\alpha $-amylase and alkaline elastase Ya-B. The copy number of the repeating unit (amyE-aleE-tmrB) was estimated to be 25, but plasmid vector (pUC19) was not integrated. The amplified aleE of chromosome was more stable than that of plasmid in absence of antibiotics.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.452-458
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• 1996

A yeast strain TH65 producing a high level of proteinase under alkaline condition was isolated, and identified as Yarrowia lipolytica by morphological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics. In proteinase productivity, glycerol and glucose among tested carbon sources were very effective, and optimum concentration of glucose was 0.5%. Skim milk was found to be most effective nitrogen source in productivity, and its optimum concentration was 0.6%. But, cysteine, cystine and tryptophane decreased the proteinase productivity. Yeast extract was relatively effective at the range of 0.1-0.5%. The yeast showed maximum production of proteinase at 18$\circ$C, pH 9-11, and cultivation time of 36 hours.