• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.48-51
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• 2008

Dipalmitoyl phosphatidyl choline and p-nitrophenyl palmitate were directly sonicated in acidic water for 6 minutes to give clear stock solutions. The catalytic hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl palmitate was studied at $30-50^{\circ}C$ in the presence of unilamellar vesicle and mixture of unilamellar and multilamellar aggregates. The difference of reaction rate between unilamellar and multilamellar was observed. The rate of unilamellar reaction compared to the rate of mixture reaction showed more catalytic effect. The phase transition temperature of vesicle was measured at $37-44^{\circ}C$.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.389-390
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• 1989

• Molecular & Cellular Toxicology
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.189-195
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• 2005

Industrial development has increase consumption of crude oil and environmental pollution. A large number of microbial lipolytic enzymes have been identified and characterized to date. To development for a new lipase with catalytic activity in degradation of crude oil as a microbial enzyme, Acinetobactor sp. B2 was isolated from soil samples that were contaminated with oil in Daejon area. Acinetobactor sp. B2 showed high resistance up to 10 mg/mL unit to heavy metals such as Ba, Li, Al, Cr, Pb and Mn. Optimal growth condition of Acinetobactor sp. B2 was confirmed $30^{\circ}C$. Lipase was purified from the supernatant by Acinetobactor sp. B2. Its molecular mass was determined to the 60 kDa and the optimal activity was shown at $40^{\circ}C$ and pH 10. The activation energies for the hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl palmitate were determined to be 2.7 kcal/mol in the temperature range 4 to $37^{\circ}C$. The enzyme was unstable at temperatures higher than $60^{\circ}C$. The Michaelis constant $(K_{m})\;and\;V_{max}$ for p-nitrophenyl palmitate were $21.8{\mu}M\;and\;270.3{\mu}M\;min^{-1}mg\;of\;protein^{-1}$, respectively. The enzyme was strongly inhibited by $Cd{2+},\;Co^{2+},\;Fe^{2+},\;Hg^{2+},\;EDTA$, 2-Mercaptoethalol. From these results, we suggested that lipase purified from Acinetobactor sp. B2 should be able to be used as a new enzyme for degradation of crude oil, one of the environmental contaminants.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.57-63
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• 2003

Using fungal (Fusarium solani f. pisi) and bacterial (Pseudomonas mendocina) cutinases, the initial hydrolysis rate of p-nitrophenyl esters was systematically estimated for a wide range of enzyme and substrate concentrations using a 96-well microplate reader. Both cutinases exhibited a high substrate specificity; i.e. a high hydrolytic activity on p-nitrophenyl butyrate (PNB), yet extremely low activity on p-nitrophenyl palmitate (PNP). When compared to the hydrolysis of PNB and PNP by other hydrolases [lipases and esterases derived from different microbial sources, such as bacteria (Pseudomonas cepacia, Psedomonas furescens, Baciilus stearothermophilus), molds (Aspeillus niger, mucor miehei), and yeasts (Candida rugosa, Candida cylindracea)], the above substrate specificity would seem to be a unique characteristic of cutinases. Secondly, the hydrolytic activity of the cutinases on PNB appeared much faster than that of the other hydrolytic enzymes mentioned above. Furthermore, the current study proved that even when the cutinases were mixed with large amounts of other hydrolases (lipases or esterases), the Initial hydrolysis rate of PNB was determined only by the cutinase concentration for each PNB concentration. This property of cutinase activity would seem to result from a higher accessibility to the substrate PNB, compared with the other hydrolytic enzymes. Accordingly, these distinct properties of cutinases may be very useful in the rapid and easy isolation of various natural cutinases with different microbial sources, each of which may provide a novel industrial application with a specific enzymatic function.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.320-327
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• 2004

대전 근교의 유류로 오염된 토양으로부터 유류를 분해하는332개의 세균 콜로니를 분리한 후 이 중 lipase 활성이 우수한 한 균주를 최종 선별하여 생리생화학적 조사와 16S rRNA 염기서열분석 등을 통하여 동정한 결과 Acinetobactor sp. B2로 확인되었다. 최종 선별된 Acinetobactor sp. B2는 trehalose, mannitol을 제외한 다양한 당을 이용하였고, kanamycin, streptomycin, tetracycline, spectinomycin의 항생제에 대해서 약한 내성을, 그리고 Ba, Li, Mn, Al, Cr, Pb 등의 중금속에 대해서는 mg/ml 단위까지 강한 내성을 나타냈고 생장 최적 온도는 $30^{\circ}C$로 확인되었다. Acinetobactor sp. B2에서 정제된 lipase의 분자량은60 kDa이었고, 이 효소의 최적 온도와 PH는 각각 $40^{\circ}C$와 pH 10이었다. 그리고p-nitrophenyl palmitate (pNPP)를 가수분해하는데 필요한 활성에너지는 $4-37{\circ}C$의 범위에서 2.7 kcal/mol 이었고, $60^{\circ}C$ 이상의 온도에서는 불안정한 효소임이 확인되었다. 또 pNPP에 대한 이 효소의 Michaelis constant (Km)와 최대속도상수 $(V_{max})$값은 각각 21.8 ${\mu}M$과 $270.3\;{\mu}M\;min^{-1}mg^{-1}$ 이었고, 이 효소는 $Cd^{2+},\;Co^{2+},\;Fe^{2+},\;Hg^{2+},$ EDTA, 2-mercaptoethanol에 의해 강하게 억제되었다.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.367-371
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• 2005

About 3,000 bacterial colonies with esterase activities were isolated from soil samples by enrichment culture and halo-size on Luria broth-tributyrin (LT) plates. The colonies were assayed for esterase activity in microtiter plates using enantiomerically pure (R)- and (S)-2-phenylbutyric acid resorufin ester (2PB-O-res) as substrates. Two enantioselective strains (JH2 and JH13) were selected by the ratio of initial rate of hydrolysis of enantiomerically pure (R)- and (S)-2-PB-O-res. When cell pellets were used, both strains showed high apparent enantioselectivity ($E_{app}>100$) for (R)-2PB-O-res and were identified as Exiguobacterium acetylicum. The JH13 strain showed high esterase activity on p-nitrophenyl acetate (pNPA), but showed low lipase activity on p-nitrophenyl palmitate (pNPP). The esterase was located in the soluble fraction of the cell extract. The crude intracellular enzyme preparation was stable at a pH range from 6.0 to 11.0.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.187-193
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• 2009

A metagenomic library of surface-water microbes from the Yangtze River in China was constructed, and a novel esterase, designated as EstY, was isolated and characterized. EstY had 423 amino acids with an estimated molecular mass of 44 kDa and pI of 7.28. It hydrolyzed various p-nitrophenyl esters(acetate, butyrate, caprate, caprylate, laurate, myristate, and palmitate) and its best substrate was p-nitrophenyl caprate(C8). The optimum pH for EstY activity was 9.0 and the optimum temperature was $50^{\circ}C$. Metal ions, such as $Mn^{2+},\;Co^{2+},\;Hg^{2+},\;Zn^{2+},\;and\;Fe^{3+}$, strongly inhibited the activity of EstY, whereas $Mg^{2+}$ was required for maximal activity. Activity remained in the presence of 10% alcohol, acetone, isopropanol, and dimethyl sulfoxide, respectively. An analysis of the amino acid sequence deduced from estY revealed that it had 7 closely related lipolytic enzymes. Moreover, a sequence analysis showed that EstY, like its 7 relatives, did not belong to any known lipolytic enzyme family.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.277-288
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• 2017

Rhizomucor miehei NRRL 5282 and Rhizopus oryzae NRRL 1526 can produce lipases with high synthetic activities in wheat bran-based solid-state culture. In this study, the purification and biochemical characterization of the lipolytic activities of these lipases are presented. SDS-PAGE indicated a molecular mass of about 55 and 35 kDa for the purified R. miehei and Rh. oryzae enzymes, respectively. p-Nitrophenyl palmitate (pNPP) hydrolysis was maximal at $40^{\circ}C$ and pH 7.0 for the R. miehei lipase, and at $30^{\circ}C$ and pH 5.2 for the Rh. oryzae enzyme. The enzymes showed almost equal affinity to pNPP, but the $V_{max}$ of the Rh. oryzae lipase was about 1.13 times higher than that determined for R. miehei using the same substrate. For both enzymes, a dramatic loss of activity was observed in the presence of 5 mM $Hg^{2+}$, $Zn^{2+}$, or $Mn^{2+}$, 10 mM N-bromosuccinimide or sodium dodecyl sulfate, and 5-10% (v/v) of hexanol or butanol. At the same time, they proved to be extraordinarily stable in the presence of n-hexane, cyclohexane, n-heptane, and isooctane. Moreover, isopentanol up to 10% (v/v) and propionic acid in 1 mM concentrations increased the pNPP hydrolyzing activity of R. miehei lipase. Both enzymes had 1,3-regioselectivity, and efficiently hydrolyzed p-nitrophenyl (pNP) esters with C8-C16 acids, exhibiting maximum activity towards pNP-caprylate (R. miehei) and pNP-dodecanoate (Rh. oryzae). The purified lipases are promising candidates for various biotechnological applications.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.130-139
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• 2016

지렁이의 장내로부터 분리한 미생물 중에서 지질을 가수분해하는 활성이 높은 미생물을 선발하였으며, 동정하여 Aeromonas hydrophila PL43으로 명명하였다. A. hydrophila PL43이 생산하는 지질분해 효소의 정제는 황산암모늄 침전, DEAE-sepharose FF 이온교환 크로마토그래피, Sepharose S-300HR 겔 크로마토그래피 단계로 수행하였으며 최종적으로 정제한 지질분해 효소는 p-nitrophenyl butyrate (pNPB)를 기질로 사용했을 때, 84.5배로 정제되었고 효소 활성의 회수율은 3.7%이었다. p-nitrophenyl palmitate (pNPP)를 기질로 사용했을 때에는 56.6배로 정제되었고 효소 활성의 회수율은 2.5%이었다. SDS-PAGE를 수행한 결과, A. hydrophila PL43이 생산하는 지질분해효소의 분자량은 약 74 kDa으로 추정되었다. 지질분해 효소의 pH에 대한 영향은 pNPB와 pNPP 기질에서 pH 8.0에서 최대활성이 보였고 pH 7.0−10.0에서 안정하였다. pNPB를 기질로 사용한 경우에는 50℃에서 pNPP를 기질로 사용한 경우는 60℃에서 최대 활성을 나타냈으며, 정제한 지질분해 효소는 20−60℃에서 안정성을 나타내었다. 정제한 지질분해효소는 금속이온 Co²⁺, Cu²⁺, Fe²⁺에 의해서 효소활성이 억제되었으며, EDTA의 metal chelating에 의해 활성이 회복되었다. Inhibitor에 의한 저해는 효소 활성부위의 serine 잔기와 결합하여 효소 활성을 억제하는 PMSF에서 가장 우수하였으며 효소 활성부위의 aspatyl 잔기에 결합하여 효소활성을 억제하는 pepstatin A는 농도가 높아짐에 따라 효소활성을 저해하였다. 따라서 정제한 지질분해 효소는 활성부위에 serine 잔기와 aspartyl 잔기가 있는 것으로 사료되었다. 정제한 지질분해 효소의 K_m 값과 V_max 값은 pNPB를 기질로 사용 했을 때 K_m 값과 V_max 값은 1.07 mM과 7.27 mM/min이고, 기질이 pNPP일 때 K_m 값과 V_max 값은 1.43 mM 과 2.72 mM/min이었다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.401-406
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• 1995

The P. fragi lipase overexpressed in E. coli as a fusion protein of 57 kilodalton (kDa) has been purified through glutathione-agarose affinity chromatography by elution with free glutathione. The general properties of the purified GST-fusion protein were characterized by observing absorbance of released p-nitrophenoxide at 400 nm which was hydrolyzed from the substrate p-nitrophenyl palmitate. The optimum condition was observed at 25 $^{\circ}C$, pH 7.8 with 0.4 ${\mu}g$ of protein and 1.0 mM substrate in 0.6% (v/v) TritonX-100 solution. Also the lipase was activated by Ca+2, Mg+2, Ba+2 and Na+ but it was inhibited by Co+2 and Ni+2. pGEX-2T containing P. fragi lipase gene as expression vector was named pGL191 and used as a template for the site-directed mutagenesis by sequential PCR steps. A Ser-His-Asp catalytic triad similar to that present in serine proteases may be present in Pseudomonas lipase. Therefore, the PCR fragments replacing Asp217 to Arg and His260 to Arg were synthesized, and substituted for original fragment in pGL19. The ligated products were transformed into E. coli NM522, and pGEX-2T harboring mutant lipase genes were screened through digestion with XbaI and StuI sites created by mutagenic primers, respectively. No activity of mutant lipases was observed on the plate containing tributyrin. The purified mutant lipases were not activated on the substrate and affected at pH variation. These results demonstrate that Asp217 and His260 are involved in the catalytic site of Pseudomonas lipase.