• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.199-208
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• 1977

수종의 식물병원균(흰비단병균, 균핵병균, 좀검은균 핵병균)이 생산하는 가수분해산소(Cellulase Cx, Invertase, $\beta-amylase$, Xylanase, PMG, PG, Phosphatase, Protease)를 균계체내의 효소 및 배양여액내의 효소와 균핵내의 효소(좀검은균핵병균은 제외)로 나누어 그의 생산량과 pH에 따른 활성의 변화를 검토한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 배양 10일후의 Cx활성은 균핵병균이 다른 균에 비하여 활성이 높았고 흰비단병균과 균핵병균은 산성측(pH 3.0 부근)에서, 좀검은균핵병균은 중성측(pH6.0 부근)에서 활성이 높았다. 2. 흰비단병균의 Invertase는 다른균에 비하여 약 20배정도 높은 활성을 보였고 3균주 모드 배양여액과 균계체간에 효소활성의 차가 인정되지 않았다. 3. Xylanase의 활성은 3균주 모두 균계체, 균핵 및 배양여액에 따라 또 pH에 따라 아주 다양한 변화를 나타냈고 균핵내에서 활성이 높았다. 4. $\beta-amylase$의 활성은 공시균중 좀검은균핵병균의 균계체, 배양여액이 가장 높았다. (약 12.0ug/min) 흰비단병균과 균핵병균ㅇ서는 균계체나 균핵에서 보다 배양여액에서 높았는데 활성최적pH는 균계체, 균핵 모두 pH 6.2였으나 배양여액에서는 흰비단 병균과 균핵병균이 pH3.0이었는데 반해 좀검은균핵병균은 pH6.2였다. 5. PMG의 활성은 공시균 모두 배양여액에서 높았고 균계체에서는 균핵병균과 좀검은균핵병균이 높았으며 활성최적 pH는 균에 따라 또는 측정부분에 따라 다양하게 나타났다. 6. PG의 활성은 흰비단 병균과 균핵병균의 균계체에서 각각 9,1ug/min. 9.5ug/min으로서 가장 높았고 활성최적 pH는 흰비단병균이 pH4.5부근 균핵병균이 pH.3.0부근이었다. 7. 흰비단병균과 균핵병균의 Phosphatase는 산성측(최적 pH3.5)에서 활성이 높았고 좀검은 균핵 병균은 산성, 중성, 알카리측에서 각각 Peak가 나타났으나 최적 pH는 9.5였다. 8. 공시균주 모두 Protease는 pH 10.0에서 최고활성을 나타냈고 특히 좀검은균핵 병균의 배양여액내 효소활성이 높았다.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.80-88
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• 2003

대두단백 가수분해 산물의 맛과 향을 개선하기 위해 효소에 의한 가수분해 system을 확립하기 위하여 단백질 가수분해 패턴이 서로 다른 효소로 생산된 단백 분해산물의 가수분해도와 표면 소수도 등을 측정하였다. 이들 분해물의 pattern을 SDS 전기영동으로 조사하였고, 효소반응에 의한 단백질분해물의 관능검사를 실시하였다. 각 균주가 생산한 단백질 분해효소의 pH 변화에 따른 효소의 활성은 No. 16 효소(Bacillu megarerium Bl6)와 No. 4효소(Aspergillus oryzae M4)는 pH 7.0에서 No. 95효소(Bacillu subtilis YG 95)와 No. 5효소(Mucor circinelloides M5)는 8.0에서 가장 높은 효소반응 활성을 보였다. 또한 반응온도에 따른 효소활성의 크기는 4가지 효소 모두 45$^{\circ}C$에서 가장 높은 활성을 나타내었다. 대두단백질 분해물의 SDS 전기영동 pattern변화에서, Bacillus megaterium Bl6과 Mucor circinelloides M5의 효소 (No. 16, No. 5)는 반응 후 분자량이 비교적 큰 peptide가 많이 생성되었으며, 효소반응 3시간 경과 후에도 분자량 66KD의 peptide를 확인할 수 있었다. 반면에 Bacillus subtilis YG 95와 Aspergillus oryzae M4의 효소(No. 95, No. 4)는 분자량 15KD∼45KD 미만의 작은 분자량의 peptide 물질이 주로 생성되었으며, 반응 2시간 경과후에는 30KD 미만의 저분자 Peptide가 주로 생성되었다. 이와 같은 결과는 HPLC 분석 결과와 일치하였다. 가수분해가 진행됨에 따라서 SDS 표면소수도가 크게 저하되었으며, Aspergillus oryzae M4 효소의 분해물의 가수분해도가 가장 높았다. 관능검사 결과, No. 4(Aspergillus oryzae M4)와 No. 95(Bacillus subtilis YG 95) 가 강한 쓴맛을 나타내었다. 각각의 효소들을 조합해서 분해한 단백분해물을 관능검사한 결과, Aspergillus oryzae M4 효소와 조합된 것의 대두단백질 분해물이 비교적 강한 쓴맛을 나타내었다. 분해물의 단맛은 시료별로 큰 차이가 나타나지 않았으나 Bacillu megarerium Bl6과 Aspergillus oryzae M4를 조합하였을 때 상대적으로 단맛의 정도가 높게 나타났다. 따라서 이와 같은 효소특성을 이용하여 대두단백질을 가수분해를 하였을 때 다양한 단백질 분해물의 제조에 이용이 가능할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제22권11호
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• pp.1457-1464
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• 2013

We investigated the optimal conditions for keratinase production by feather-degrading Pseudomonas geniculata H10 using one variable at a time (OVT) method. The optimal medium composition and cultural condition for keratinase production were determined to be glucose 0.15% (w/v), beef extract 0.08% (w/v), $KH_2PO_4$ 0.12% (w/v), $K_2HPO_4$ 0.02% (w/v), NaCl 0.07% (w/v), $MgSO_4{\cdot}7H_2O$ 0.03%, $MgCl_2{\cdot}6H_2O$ 0.04% along with initial pH 10 at 200 rpm and $25^{\circ}C$, respectively. The production yield of keratinase was 31.6 U/ml in an optimal condition, showing 4.6-fold higher than that in basal medium. The strain H10 also showed plant growth promoting activities. This strain had ammonification activity and produced indoleacetic acid (IAA), siderophore and a variety of hydrolytic enzymes such as protease, lipase and chitinase. Therefore, this study showed that P. geniculata H10 could be not only used to upgrade the nutritional value of feather wastes but also useful in situ biodegradation of feather wastes. Moreover, it is also a potential candidate for the development of biofertilizing agent applicable to crop plant soil.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.188-193
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• 2004

Xanthobacter flavus strain UE15 was isolated in wastewater obtained from the Ulsan industrial complex, Korea. This strain functions as a 1,2-dichloroethane (1,2-DCA) degrader, via a mechanism of hydrolytic dechlorination, under aerobic conditions. The UE15 strain was also capable of dechlorinating other chloroaliphatics such as 2-chloroacetic acid and 2-chloropropionic acid. The dhlA gene encoding 1,2-DCA dechlorinase was cloned from the genomic DNA of the UE15 strain, and its nucleotide sequence was determined to consist of 933 base pairs. The deduced amino acid sequence of the DhlA dechlorinase exhibited 100％ homology with the corresponding enzyme from X. autotrophicus GJ10, but only 27 to 29％ homology with the corresponding enzymes from Rhodococcus rhodochrous, Pseudomonas pavonaceae, and Mycobacterium sp. strain GP1, which all dechlorinate haloalkane compounds. The UE15 strain has an ORF1 (1,356 bp) downstream from the dhlA gene. The OFR1 shows 99％ amino acid sequence homology with the transposase reported from X. autotrophicus GJ10. The transposase gene was not found in the vicinity of the dhlA in the GJ10 strain, but rather beside the dhlB gene coding for haloacid dechlorinase. The dhlA and dhlB genes were confirmed to be located at separate chromosomal loci in the Xanthobacter flavus UE15 strain as well as in X. autotrophicus GJ10. The dhlA and transposase the UE15 strain were found to be parenthesized by a pair of insertion sequences, 181247, which were also found on both sides of the transposase gene in the GJ10 strain. This unique structure of the dhlA gene organization in X. flavus strain UE15 suggested that the dechlorinase gene, dhlA, is transferred with the help of the transposase gene.

• BMB Reports
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.364-369
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• 1998

Insect plasma protein is abundant in the hemolymph of holometabolous insect larvae and is used as a source of amino acids and energy for construction of adult structures during metamorphosis. In order to understand the mechanism of decomposition of larval plasma proteins by hemocyte protease, we tried to purify a cysteine protease from the hemocyte lysate by using Carbobenzoxy-L-Phenylalanyl-L-Arginine-4-Methyl-Coumaryl-7-Amide (Z-Phe-Arg-MCA) as substrate and to identify plasma proteins that are selectively susceptible to the purified protease. Here, we describe the purification and characterization of a cysteine protease that specifically hydrolyzes the plasma protein of the coleopteran insect, Tenebrio molitor, larvae. The molecular mass of this enzyme was 25 kDa, as determined by SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions. The amino acids sequence of its $NH_{2}-terminus$ was determined to be Leu-Pro-Gly-Gln-Ile-Asp-Trp-Arg-Asp-Lys-Gly. This sequence contained Pro, Asp, and Arg residues, conserved in many papain superfamily enzymes. The specific cysteine protease inhibitors, such as E-64 and leupetin, inhibited its hydrolytic activity. One plasma protein with a molecular mass of 48 kDa was selectively hydrolyzed within 3 h when the purified enzyme and plasma proteins were incubated in vitro. However, the 48 kDa protein was not hydrolyzed by the purified 25 kDa protease in the presence of E-64. Western blotting analysis at various developmental stages showed that the purified enzyme was detected at larvae, pupae, and adult stages, but not the embryo stage.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.323-328
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• 2006

Serratia marcescens W1, isolated from cucumber-cultivated soil in Suwon, Korea, evidenced profound antifungal activity and produced the extracellular hydrolytic enzymes, chitinase and protease. In order to isolate the antifungal genes from S. marcescens W1, a cosmid genomic library was constructed and expressed in Escherichia coli. Transformants exhibiting chitinase and protease expression were selected, as well as those transformants evidencing antifungal effects against the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe grisea, and the cucumber leaf spot fungus, Cercospora citrullina. Cosmid clones expressing chitinase or protease exerted no inhibitory effects against the growth of fungal pathogens. However, two cosmid clones evidencing profound antifungal activities were selected for further characterization. An 8.2 kb HindIII fragment from these clones conditioned the expression of antagonistic activity, and harbored seven predicted complete open reading frames(ORFs) and two incomplete ORFs. The deduced amino acid sequences indicated that six ORFs were highly homologous with genes from S. marcescens generating pyrroloquinoline quinone(PQQ). Only subclones harboring the full set of pqq genes were shown to solubilize insoluble phosphate and inhibit fungal pathogen growth. The results of this study indicate that the functional expression of the pqq genes of S. marcescens W1 in E. coli may be involved in antifungal activity, via as-yet unknown mechanisms.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.1064-1069
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• 2008

Levan fructotransferase (LFTase) preferentially catalyzes the transfructosylation reaction in addition to levan hydrolysis, whereas other levan-degrading enzymes hydrolyze levan into a levan-oligosaccharide and fructose. Based on sequence comparisons and enzymatic properties, the fructosyl transfer activity of LFTase is proposed to have evolved from levanase. In order to probe the residues that are critical to the intramolecular fructosyl transfer reaction of the Microbacterium sp. AL-210 LFTase, an error-prone PCR mutagenesis process was carried out, and the mutants that led to a shift in activity from transfructosylation towards hydrolysis of levan were screened by the DNS method. After two rounds of mutagenesis, TLC and HPLC analyses of the reaction products by the selected mutants revealed two major products; one is a di-D-fructose-2,6':6,2'-dianhydride (DFAIV) and the other is a levanbiose. The newly detected levanbiose corresponds to the reaction product from LFTase lacking transferring activity. Two mutants (2-F8 and 2-G9) showed a high yield of levanbiose (38-40%) compared with the wild-type enzyme, and thus behaved as levanases. Sequence analysis of the individual mutants responsible for the enhanced hydrolytic activity indicated that Asn-85 was highly involved in the transfructosylation activity of LFTase.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제30권10호
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• pp.1536-1542
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• 2020

Dekkera anomala YAE-1 strain separated from "airag" (Mongolian fermented mare's milk) produces β-glucosidase, which can convert ginsenoside Rb₁ from Panax ginseng. Ginseng- derived bioactive components such as ginsenoside Rb₁ have various immunological and anticancer activities. Airag was collected from five different mare milk farms located near Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. YAE-1 strains were isolated from airag to examine the hydrolytic activities of β-glucosidase on Korean Panax ginseng using an API ZYM kit. Supernatants of selected cultures having β-glucosidase activity were examined for hydrolysis of the major ginsenoside Rb₁ at 40℃, pH 5.0. The YAE-1 strain was found to be nearly identical at 99.9% homology with Dekkera anomala DB-7B, and was thus named Dekkera anomala YAE-1. This strain exerted higher β-glucosidase activity than other enzymes. Reaction mixtures from Dekkera anomala YAE-1 showed great capacity for converting ginsenoside Rb₁ to ginsenoside Rd. The β-glucosidase produced by Dekkera anomala YAE-1 was able to hydrolyze ginsenoside Rb₁ and convert it to Rd during fermentation of the ginseng. The amount of ginsenoside Rd was highly increased from 0 to 1.404 mg/ml in fermented 20% ginseng root at 7 days.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제27권9호
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• pp.771-780
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• 2018

To develope a microbial weed control agent, HCN-producing bacteria were isolated, and their characteristics were investigated. A selected strain of WA15 was identified as Pseudomonas koreensis by morphological, cultural, biochemical and 16S rRNA gene analyses. The conditions for HCN production was investigated by a One-Variable-at-a-Time (OVT) method. The optimal HCN production conditions were tryptone 1%, glycine 0.06%, NaCl 1%, and an initial pH and temperature of 5.0 and $30^{\circ}C$, respectively. The major component for HCN production was glycine. Under optimal conditions, HCN production was about 3 times higher than that of the basal medium. The WA15 strain had physiological activities, such as indoleacetic acid that was associated with the elongation of plant roots and siderophore and ammonification inhibiting fungal growth, and produced hydrolytic enzymes, such as cellulase, pectinase and lipase. The strain was able to inhibit the growth of phytopathogenic fungi, such as Rhizoctonia solani, Botrytis cinerea and Fusarium oxysporum, by the synergistic action of volatile HCN and diffusible antimicrobial compounds. A microscopic observation of R. solani that was teated with the WA15 strain showed morphological abnormalities of fungal mycelia, which could explain the role of the antimicrobial metabolites that were produced by the WA15 strain. The volatile HCN produced by the WA15 strain was also found to have insecticidal activity against termites. Our results indicate that Pseudomonas koreensis WA15 can be applied as a microbial agent for weed control and also as a termite repellent. Furthermore, it could be applied as a microbial termiticidal agent to replace synthetic insecticides.

• 식물조직배양학회지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.357-362
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• 1994

키틴 가수분해 효소와 베타-1,3-글루카네이즈는 식물체의 주요 방어효소로 여겨지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 아기장대풀의 잎조직으로부터 고정된 현탁배양주를 만들고 이어서 에틸렌과 유인제 (elicitor) 처리에 의한 키틴 가수분해 효소유도양상을 분석하였다. 키틴 가수분해 효소활성은 $^3$H으로 표지된 키토산을 기질로 한 radiochemical 분석방법이나 담배식물체의 키틴 가수분해 효소를 대상으로 얻어진 항체를 이용하여 Western 분석방법을 사용하였다. 이 결과 에틸렌과 유인제 처리 공히 48시간후에 가장 활성이 높게 나타남을 관찰하였다. 또한 씨앗, 새싹, 식물체의 잎, 뿌리 등에서의 활성을 조사하여 뿌리에서 키틴 가수분해 효소 활성이 높음을 확인하였다.