• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제59권3호
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• pp.173-178
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• 2016

Phenyllactic acid (PLA), which is a known antimicrobial compound, can be synthesized through the reduction of phenylpyruvic acid (PPA) by lactate dehydrogenase of lactic acid bacteria (LAB). PLA-producing LAB was isolated from coffee beans, and the isolated LAB was identified as Lactobacillus zeae Y44 by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. Cell-free supernatant (CFS) from L. zeae Y44 was assessed for both its capability to produce the antimicrobial compound PLA and its antifungal activity against three fungal pathogens (Rhizoctonia solani, Botrytis cinerea, and Colletotrichum aculatum). PLA concentration was found to be 4.21 mM in CFS when L. zeae Y44 was grown in MRS broth containing 5 mM PPA for 12 h. PLA production could be promoted by the supplementation with PPA and phenylalanine (Phe) in the MRS broth, but not affected by 4-hydroxy-phenylpyruvic acid, and inhibited by tyrosine as precursors. Antifungal activity assessment demonstrated that all fungal pathogens were sensitive to 5 % CFS (v/v) of L. zeae Y44 with average growth inhibitions ranging from 27.8 to 50.0 % (p<0.005), in which R. solani was the most sensitive with an inhibition of 50.0 %, followed by B. cinerea and C. aculatum. However, pH modification of CFS to pH 6.5 caused an extreme reduction in their antifungal activity. These results may indicate that the antifungal activity of CFS was caused by acidic compounds like PLA or organic acids rather than proteins or peptides molecules.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.205-212
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• 2001

One of the important characteristics of biological systems os their ability to change im-portant properties in response to small environmental signals. The molecular mechanisms that biological molecules utilize to sense and respond provide interesting models for the development of "smart" polymeric biomaterials with biomimetic properties. An important example of this is the protein coat of viruses, which contains peptide units that facilitate the trafficking of the virus into the cell via endocytosis, then out of the endosome into the cytoplasm, and from there into the nucleus, We have designed a family of synthetic polymers whose compositions have been de-signed to mimic specific peptides on viral coats that facilitate endosomal escape. Our biomimetic polymers are responsive to the lowered pH whinin endosomes, leading to distruption of the en-dosomal membrane and release of important biomolecular druges such as DNA, RNA, peptides and proteins to the cytoplasm before they are trafficked to lysosomes and degraded by lysosomal en-zymes. In this article, we review our work on the design, synthesis and action of such smart, pH-sensitive polymers.

• 한국버섯학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.162-167
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• 2016

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) producing phenyllactic acid (PLA), which is known as antimicrobial compound, was isolated from button mushroom bed and the isolated LAB was identified to Lactobacillus casei by 16 rRNA gene sequence analysis. Cell-free supernatant (CFS) from L. casei was assessed for both the capability to produce the antimicrobial compound PLA and the antifungal activity against three fungal pathogens (Rhizoctonia solani, Botrytis cinerea, and Collectotricum aculatum). PLA concentration was investigated to be 3.23 mM in CFS when L. casei was grown in MRS broth containing 5 mM phenylpyruvic acid as precursor for 16 h. Antifungal activity demonstrated that all fungal pathogens were sensitive to 5% CFS (v/v) of L. casei with average growth inhibitions ranging from 34.58% to 65.15% (p < 0.005), in which R. solani was the most sensitive to 65.15% and followed by C. aculatum, and B. cinerea. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) for commercial PLA was also investigated to show the same trend in the range of 0.35 mg mL-1 (2.11 mM) to 0.7 mg mL-1 (4.21 mM) at pH 4.0. The inhibition ability of CFS against the pathogens were not affected by the heating or protease treatment. However, pH modification in CFS to 6.5 resulted in an extreme reduction in their antifungal activity. These results may indicate that antifungal activities in CFS was caused by acidic compounds like PLA or organic acids rather than protein or peptide molecules.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.347-353
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• 2002

수용액에 포함된 수소이온$(H^+)$의 농도를 측정하는 유리 전극형 수소이용 농도(pH) 센서의 기본 구조를 bulk micromachining 기술로 구현하여 소형의 pH 센서를 제작하였다. 박막 증착이 가능한 경사 식각으로 개방된 2개의 기본 구조물을 형성하고, 일정 전위를 유지하기 위한 기준전극은 식각된 구조물 경사면에 박막형 Ag/AgCl으로 확보하였다. $H^+$과 교환 반응으로 전위를 발생시키는 감응부는 Na이 20%이상 포함된 glass로 $100{\mu}m$ 내외로 미세 연마하여 기본 구조물에 접합하여 완성하였다. 또한 외부 용액과 기준 용액의 혼합을 방지하면서 전류 도통 역할을 하는 액간 접촉부는 $50{\mu}m{\times}50{\mu}m$ 크기의 Si 이방성 식각 부분에 한천을 삽입하고 난 다음 기존의 구조물에 접합하여 형성하였다. 각 구조물을 완성한 다음 2M 농도의 KCI 기준 용액을 구조물에 채우고, 상용 에폭시로 센서 구조물을 밀봉하여 센서를 완성하였다. 제작된 pH 센서들은 표준 pH 용액에 대하여 약 90mV/pH의 전위값이 측정되었다.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.655-661
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 대표적인 HNS 중 하나인 질산($HNO_3$)의 유출사고가 해양생태계에 미치는 영향을 평가하고자, (1) 식물플랑크톤(Skeletonema costatum)을 이용한 성장저해시험, (2) 무척추 동물(Brachionus plicatilis, Monocorphium acherusicum), (3) 어류(Cyprinodon variegatus) 및 (4) 발광박테리아(Vibrio fischeri)를 이용한 급 만성 독성시험을 질산의 유출로 인한 (1) pH 변화와 사고 후 질산에서 해리된 (2) 질산염($NO_3{^-}$) 농도의 변화에 대해 각각 수행하였다. $HNO_3$를 이용한 pH 변화에 대한 독성시험 결과, M. acherusicum이 무영향농도(NOEC), 최저관찰영향농도(LOEC) 및 반수영향농도($72h-EC_{50}$) 값이 각각 pH 7(0.3 mM), pH 5(1.1 mM) 및 pH 5.2(1.4 mM)로 가장 민감한 영향이 나타났다. $NO_3{^-}$에 대한 독성시험의 결과, B. plicatilis의 만성독성시험(개체군 성장률시험)결과, NOEC, LOEC 및 $96h-EC_{50}$ 값이 각각 5.9 mM, 11.8 mM 및 32.6 mM로 가장 민감한 영향이 나타났다. 결론적으로 질산 유출사고로 인한 해양생물의 독성영향은 pH의 경우, 선박의 최단 인접지역을 제외하면 그 영향은 극히 미미할 것으로 판단되며 질산염의 경우, 해양생물의 생존 및 번식에 직접적으로 영향을 미칠 수 있을 정도의 농도는 일반적인 사고해역에 현실적으로 존재 할 수 없는 농도로 판단된다.

• 대한약리학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.41-45
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• 1974

Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate 완충용액(pH 7.4, 4%(w/v) bovine serum albumin 함유)에 백서부고환지방조직을 incubation 하면서 FFA 유리에 대한 인삼 saponin의 작용을 관찰한 saponin 농도 1mg/ml에서 FFA의 유리가 현저히 증가되었으며 0.01mg/ml에서는 오히려 감소하였다. Epinephrine으로 전처치하여 hormone-sensitive lipase system을 활성화시킨 백서부고환지방조직 homogenate에서는 $0.1{\sim}1mg/ml$의 인삼 saponin에 의하여 FFA 동원이 현저히 증가하였으며 0.01mg/ml에서는 역시 감소하였다. 유효농도에서의 인삼 saponin은 epinephrine에 의한 지방조직으로 부터의 FFA 동원에 아마도 협동적으로 작용할 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.14-17
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• 1995

Endoglucanase gene of Pseudomonas sp. LBC505 was previously cloned in pUC19 to yield plasmid pLCl. The Pseudomonas sp. LBC505 endoglucanase gene was subcloned in a temperature-regulated Es-cherichia coli expression vector, pAS1, containing the leftward promoter $P_L$ of bacteriophage lambda. The level of gene expression was controlled by the thermal inactivation of the heat-sensitive lambda cI857 repressor. Best yield of endoglucanase was obtained by lowering the incubation temperature to $37^{\circ}C$ after induction at $42^{\circ}C$ for 1h. Under these conditions enzyme production continued for about 5h at a gradually decreasing rate. Ecoli harboring recombinant plasmid pASC10 expressed 4.3 times as much CMCase activity as E.coli containing pLCl. To enhance the expression level of endogl, ucanase gene, we have also changed the presumptive Shine-Dalgamo sequence (AGAGGT) of the gene to consensus sequence (AGGAGGT) by site-directed mutagenesis. The genes mutated were subcloned in pASl resulting in the formation of recombinant plasmid pASS50. E.coli harboring the plasmid pASS50 expressed 6.2-fold higher levels of CMCase activity than that of E.coli harboring pLC1.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.378-385
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• 1997

Cation motive ATPases on cell membranes of Helicobacter pylori were investigated using everted membrane vesicles. Latent ATPases could be ascertained from aggregated vesicle using N, N-dimethylformamide (DMF) and Triton X-100. By contrast, ultrasonication or chloroform treatments caused membranes to be disrupted, resulting in an alteration of sensitivities against azide or vanadate. Considerable amounts of vanadate-sensitive enzymes were identified from vesicle micelles, prepared by the dilution method. These were activated in the presence of either $Ni^{2+}\;or\;NH_4^+$. From studies employing H. pylori intact cell systems, we found that ATPase expression of this bacterium was markedly dependent upon air composition. It was interesting that cellular expression of $Ni^{2+}$- or $NH_4^{+}$-motive ATPases was significantly affected by extracellular pH, suggesting that these unique enzymes may physiologically be involved in cellular $Ni^2$ import and $NH_4^+$ export, respectively.

• BMB Reports
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.37-43
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• 1998

The catabolic ${\alpha}$-acetolactate synthase was purified to homogeneity from Serratia marcescens ATCC 25419 using ammonium sulfate fractionation, DEAE-Sepharose, Phenyl-Sepharose, and Hydroxylapatite column chromatography. The native molecular weight of the enzyme was approximately 150 kDa and composed of two identical subunits with molecular weights of 64 kDa each. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of the enzyme was determined to be Ala-Gln-Glu-Lys-Thr-Gly-Asn-Asp-Trp-Gln-His-Gly-Ala-Asp-Leu-Val-Val-Lys-Asn-Leu. It was not inhibited by the branched chain amino acids and sulfometuron methyl herbicide. The optimum pH of the enzyme was around pH 5.5 and the pI value was 6.1. The catabolic ${\alpha}$-acetolactate synthase showed weak immunological relationships with recombinant tobacco ALS, barley ALS, and the valine-sensitive ALS isozyme from Serratia marcescens.

• 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한약학회 2002년도 Proceedings of the Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Vol.2
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• pp.401.2-401.2
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• 2002

To study the pharmacokinetics of triflusal, more reliable and sensitive analytical method of triflusal in plasma sample was developed. Analytical method of triflusal in human plasma was developed using semi-microbore HPLC equipped with automated column switching system. p- Toluic acid, which is structural analogue of triflusal. was used as an internal standard and 2 M HCI was employed as a stabilizer. The load phase and mobile phase were prepared using acetonitrile and 20 mM $KH_{2}PO_{4}$ with the volume ratios of 10:90 (pH 2.5) and 43:57 (pH 2.3), respectively. (omitted)