• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권10호
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• pp.1368-1376
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• 2014

This article focuses on the effects of glycine betaine on preventing caramelization, and increasing DCW and $\small{L}$-lysine production. The additional glycine betaine not only decreased the browning intensity (decreased 4 times), and the concentrations of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (decreased 7.8 times) and furfural (decreased 12 times), but also increased the availability of glucose (increased 17.5%) for $\small{L}$-lysine production. The DCW and $\small{L}$-lysine production were increased by adding no more than 20 mM glycine betaine, whereas the DCW and $\small{L}$-lysine production were decreased with the reduction of pH values, although pH had a better response to prevent caramelization than did glycine betaine. For $\small{L}$-lysine production, the highest increase (40%) was observed on the media with 20 mM glycine betaine. The crucial enzymes in glycolysis and $\small{L}$-lysine biosynthesis pathway were investigated. The results indicated that additional glycine betaine increases the activity of enzymes in glycolysis, in contrast to the effect of pH. All the results indicated that glycine betaine can be used to prevent caramelization and increase the $\small{L}$-lysine production. By applying this strategy, glucose would not be have to be separated from the culture media during autoclaving so that factories can save production costs and shorten the fermentation period.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.397-402
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• 1985

C. thermosaccharolyticum을 이용하여 xylose, glucose, cellobiose등을 각각 단일기질 및 혼합기질로 배양한 결과는 다음과 같다. 기질의 종류에 관계없이 에탄올의 생산양상은 Leudeking-Piret모델에 따랐으며 q$_{p}$=$\alpha$ $\mu$＋$\beta$의 식으로 나타낼 수 있었다. 단일당에서의 배양결과 glucose, xylose, cellobiose 각 당에서의 비증식속도는 0.363 h$^{-1}$, 0.242 h$^{-1}$, 0.144 h$^{-1}$로 균의 증식은 glucose를 기질로 사용하였을 때가 가장 좋았다. 에탄올 생산성은 xylose에서 가장 좋았으며, 각 당에서의 에탄올수율은 0.38g ethanol/g xylose, 0.34 g ethanol/g cellobiose, 0.242g ethano1/g glucose 이었다. glucose에서의 배양결과, 배양 12시간이후 균의 자기소화현상이 현저히 일어났으며, 다른 당에서와는 달리 에탄올 생산양상은 $\alpha$값이 음수를 나타내므로써, 균의 생육이 증가하면 오히려 에탄을 비생산속도는 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 서로 다른 당을 혼합하여 기질로 사용할 경우, 각 당의 이용특성은 이들을 단독기질로 배양하였을 때의 소비양상과 유사하여 각 당은 서로 영향을 미치지 않고, 독립적으로 자화되는 것으로 생각된다. 혼합당에서의 기질소비는 glucose, xylose, cellobiose순으로 소비되었으며, 또한 에탄을 생산성은 glucose가 첨가된 경우 glucose 농도가 낮고(5g/l), glucose를 기질로 하여 균이 왕성하게 증식한 상태에서 xylose나 cellobiose를 이용하므로써 glucose만을 단독기질로 배양한 결과보다 좋았다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.202-206
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• 2013

In this paper, a disposable glucose sensor was made of paper. Glucose sensor strip using carbon electrode is appropriate for the low price ones because it requires cheap materials and low cost production. Most of blood glucose sensors were developed with plastics, but it causes pollution problems. Therefore we developed disposable carbon electrode glucose sensor using paper. This sensor consists of upper and bottom plate. On the upper plate, three-dimensional channel are formed through pressing process. The fabricated paper glucose sensor shows relatively short sensing time of about 5seconds, excellent reproducibility ($R^2$=0.9558), and fabrication yield as well.

• BMB Reports
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.503-506
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• 2004

Glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase from E. coli K12 was used to convert uridine-5'-triphosphate and glucose-1-phosphate to UDP-D-glucose. The conversion was efficient and completed within 5 minutes under the employed conditions. In addition, thymidine-5'-monophosphate kinase and acetate kinase were proven to be non-specific, converting udridine-5'-monophosphate to uridine-5'-triphosphate with 55% conversion after 6 h, which was much slower than the production of TTP under the same conditions (complete conversion within one hour). Since these two reactions could proceed under the same conditions, a one-pot synthesis of UDP-D-glucose with ATP regeneration was designed from easily available starting materials, and conversion up to 40% by HPLC peak integration was achieved given a reaction time of 4 h.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제17권8호
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• pp.1062-1068
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• 2004

Leptin has a major role in the regulation of food intake and energy homeostasis. In addition, leptin participates in many physiological functions including regulation of lipid metabolism. Bovine recombinant leptin protein was produced in E. coli cells in order to understand function of leptin in the regulation of lipid metabolism. The leptin expression vector was constructed in pGEX-4T-3 vector and transformed into E. coli BL21 cells. Expression of the GST-leptin fusion protein was induced with IPTG. The fusion protein was purified using glutathione sepharose 4B batch method, and the recombinant leptin was eluted after thrombin protease digestion. The effect of leptin on glucose transport was examined in the differentiated adipocytes of 3T3-L1 cells. Leptin had no effect on basal and insulin-stimulated glucose transport in 3T3-L1 cells (p>0.05). Effect of recombinant leptin on glucose and acetate transport was examined in adipose tissues of Korean cattle (Hanwoo). Insulin stimulated glucose transport in both intramuscular and subcutaneous adipose tissues (p<0.05), but leptin did not affect glucose transport in both adipose tissues (p>0.05). Insulin stimulated acetate transport in bovine adipose tissues (p<0.05), but leptin did not affect acetate transport (p>0.05). Northern and RT-PCR analyses showed that mRNA levels of uncoupling protein-2 were increased by leptin treatment in 3T3-L1 cells without statistical difference (p>0.05). In conclusion, bovine recombinant leptin did not affect glucose and acetate transport in both 3T3-L1 adipocytes and bovine adipose tissues, while it stimulates UCP-2 mRNA expression in 3T3-L1 cells.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.477-483
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• 1999

For Trametes sp. CJ-105, a kind of white-rot fungi which was collected from the mountain of Korea and was proven to be effective in decolorizing a wide range of structurally different synthetic dyes, the optimum conditions for mycelial growth and laccase(E.C. 1.10.3.2) production were investigated. Among various carbon sources, glucose showed the highest potential for the mycelial growth and laccase production, the optimum concentration being 2% glucose. For the nitrogen source, asparagine was good for the mycelial growth, while ammonium tartrate for laccase production(optimum concentration: 0.04%). The addition of thiamine and biotin increased both th emycelial growth and laccase production. When 2,5-xylidine was added as an inducer after the first day of culture, the production of alccase was seven-times higher than that in the absence of the inducer. The optimum pH and temperature conditions for laccase production by Trametes sp. CJ-105 were pH 5.0 and $25^{\circ}C$, respectively. In the 5L fermentation, the production of laccase reached a maximum of 340U/ml at the time when the ammonium ion was being rapidly depleted.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제27권8호
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• pp.1428-1440
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• 2017

Phomopsis sp. XP-8 (an endophytic fungus) was previously found to produce pinoresinol diglucoside (PDG), a major antihypertensive compound of Tu-Chung (the bark of Eucommia ulmoides Oliv.), which is widely used in Chinese traditional medicines. In the present study, two bioconversion systems were developed for the production of PDG in Tris-HCl buffer containing glucose and Phomopsis sp. XP-8 cells (both resting and freeze-dried). When other factors remained unchanged, the bioconversion time, glucose concentration, cell ages, cell dosage, pH, temperature, and stirring speed influenced PDG production in a similar and decreasing manner after an initial increase with increasing levels for each factor. Considering the simultaneous change of various factors, the optimal conditions for PDG production were established as 70 g/l cells (8-day-old), 14 g/l glucose, $28^{\circ}C$, pH 7.5, and 180 rpm for systems employing resting cells, and 3.87 g/l cells, 14.67 g/l glucose, $28^{\circ}C$, pH 7.5, and 180 rpm for systems employing freeze-dried cells. The systems employing freeze-dried cells showed lower peak PDG production ($110.28{\mu}g/l$), but at a much shorter time (12.65 h) compared with resting cells (23.62 mg/l, 91.5 h). The specific PDG production levels were 1.92 and $24{\mu}g$ per gram cells per gram glucose for freeze-dried cells and resting cells, respectively. Both systems indicated a new and potentially efficient way to produce PDG independent of microbial cell growth.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제23권4호통권75호
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• pp.325-331
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• 1995

상황 (Phellinus linteus) 의 균사체 생장과 다당류 생산 및 다당류에서의 단당류 구성비에 대한 배양 조건의 영향을 조사하였다. 여러 가지 배지를 사용하여 실험한 결과 GP(glucose-peptone)배지에서 균사 생장이 가장 양호하여, 이 배지를 사용하여 탄소원 및 pH 영향을 조사하였다. 탄소원중 glucose에서 최대 균사체 생장 (0.9 g/100 ml)을 보였고, 다당류의 수율은 $5{\sim}14%$ 로서 mannose에서 최대이었다. 최적 pH는 7 이였으며, 산성 pH에서는 비교적 좋은 생장을 보였으나, 알칼리 pH에서는 생장이 급격히 감소하였다. 한편 pH에 따른 다당류 수율은 $5{\sim}8%$로 큰 변화를 보이지 않았다. 또한 탄소원 및 pH에 따른 단당류 구성비의 변화가 관찰되었다. 즉 탄소원에 따라서 다당류에서 glucose, mannose, 및 galactose 함량은 각각 $80{\sim}95%,\;3{\sim}12%$, 그리고 $2{\sim}10%$이었다. 한편 pH 변화에 따라서, glucose는 $83{\sim}92%$, mannose 는 $4{\sim}8%$, 그리고 galactose는$5{\sim}8%$의 구성비를 보였다. 이 결과는 배양 조건에 의한 항암면역활성 다당류의 구조의 변환 및 생산 증강이 가능함을 시사한다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.41-48
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• 2008

Fermentative $H_2$ production was studied using microbial consortia isolated from heat-treated ($90{\circ}C$, 20 min) sewage sludge. Important parameters investigated were carbon(C) and nitrogen(N)-sources, C/N ratio, phosphate concentration, pH and temperature during anaerobic cultivation in serum bottles. Starch, ribose, sucrose and glucose were good C-sources for the culture growth and $H_2$ production. Yeast extract was better N-source than $(NH_4)_2SO_4$ or peptone when individually added to the synthetic media, however the combination of above three N-sources exhibited the additional effect for cell growth and $H_2$ evolution. Addition of 100 mM phosphate as a buffering agent prevented the rapid pH drop during the cultivation. The optimum initial pH for the cell growth was at 7.0, whereas $H_2$ production was observed at pH 5.5. Optimum temperature for the cell growth and $H_2$ production was $37{\circ}C$. Initial C/N ratio of 1.22 in the media using glucose and yeast extract as the C- and N-sources, respectively, showed the $H_2$ yield 1.0 mol $H_2$/mol glucose.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.165-178
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• 2014

Statistical medium optimization has been carried out for the production of succinic acid in anaerobic fermentations of Actinobacillus succinogenes. Succinic acid utilized as a precursor of many industrially important chemicals is a fourcarbon dicarboxylic acid, biosynthesized as one of the fermentation products of anaerobic metabolism by A. succinogenes. Through OFAT (one factor at a time) experiments, corn steep liquor (CSL), a very cheap agricultural byproduct, was found to have significant effects on enhanced production of succinic acid, when supplemented along with yeast extract. Hence, using these factors including glucose as a carbon/energy source, interactive effects were investigated through $2^n$ full factorial design (FFD) experiments, showing that the concentration of each component (i.e., glucose, yeast extract and CSL) should be higher. Further statistical experiments were conducted along the steepest ascent path, followed by response surface method (RSM) in order to find out optimal concentrations of each constituent. Consequently, optimized concentrations of glucose, yeast extract and CSL were observed to be 180 g/L, 15.08 g/L and 20.75 g/L respectively (10 g/L of $NaHCO_3$ and 100 g/L of $MgCO_3$ to be supplemented as bicarbonate suppliers), with the estimated production level of succinic acid to be 92.9 g/L (about 3.5 fold higher productivity as compared to the initial medium). Notably, the RSM-estimated production level was almost similar to the amount of succinic acid (92.9 g/L vs. 89.1 g/L) produced through the actual fermentation process performed using the statistically optimized production medium.