• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제52권1호
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• pp.41-46
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• 2014

The mature domain of a cysteine protease of Spirometra erinacei plerocercoid larva (i.e., sparganum) was expressed in Escherichia coli, and its value as an antigen for the serodiagnosis of sparganosis was investigated. The recombinant protein (rSepCp-1) has the molecular weight of 23.4 kDa, and strongly reacted with the sparganum positive human or mice sera but not with negative sera by immunoblotting. ELISA with rSepCp-1 protein or sparganum crude antigen (SeC) was evaluated for the serodiagnosis of sparganosis using patient's sera. The sensitivity and specificity of ELISA using rSepCp-1 protein were 95.0% (19/20) and 99.1% (111/112), respectively. In contrast, the sensitivity and specificity of ELISA with SeC were 100% (20/20) and 96.4% (108/112), respectively. Moreover, in experimentally infected mice, the sensitivity and specificity of both ELISA assays were 100% for the detection of anti-sparganum IgG. It is suggested that the rSepCp-1 protein-based ELISA could provide a highly sensitive and specific assay for the diagnosis of sparganosis.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 1995

Photoinhibition and its recovery of spectrally adapted Anacystis nidulans were studied. Phycocyanin and Chl content and phycocyanin/Chl ratio were increased in cells grown under blue-green light compared with those grown in white light. Photosynthetic activities of white light and blue-green light grown cells were reduced by 50% after 15 min and 10 min of photoinhibitory light treatment (1.2 mmol·m-2s-1), respectively, largely due to the decline of PSII activities. However, their activities were recovered fully after 30 min incubation under weak light. Treatment of rifampicin and chloramphenicol magnified the photoinhibitory effects and suppressed the recovery with disappearance of susceptibility to photoinhibition and delayed the recovery process, indicating no significant differences in phosphorylation, dephosphorylation and protease activity between two cells. Therefore, it is suggested that the increased sensitivity of blue-green adapted cells might be attributed to the decline of protein synthesis, and phosphorylation-dephosphorylation of protein and protease activity might be involved in the recovery process.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.71-79
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• 1988

미생물에 의해 속성 저식염젓갈을 제조할 목적으로 저식염멸치젓(식염 $4\%$, KCl $4\%$, lactic acid $0.5\%$, 솔비톨 $6\%$ 및 고추가루 알코올추출물 $4\%$)에서 단백질분해력이 강한 미생물을 분리하여 그 특성을 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 숙성 40일경의 시료를 취하여 skim milk배지상에서 HC ratio 2.5이상인 단백질 분해력이 강한 균주를 선별하여 동정한 결과 A. anaeregenes, B. subtilis, S. saprophyticus 3균주이었으며 모두 pH 7.0, $30^{\circ}C$에서 균증식 및 효소활성이 양호하였다. 이들 균 중 B. subtilisrbs이 비증식속도는 $0.95hr^{-1}$, 12시간 배양후 $89\mu{g}-Tyr/hr.ml$의 효소환성을 나타내어 분리된 균주 중 활성이 가장 좋았으며 산업적 응용성이 기대되었다. 그리고 gel여과법으로 정제한 B. subtilis 프로테아제의 특성은 pH 7.0, $35^{\circ}C$에서 활성이 가장 우수하였으며 분자량은 23,000으로 추정되었다. 또 카제인을 기질로 하여 효소반응 속도를 측정한 결과 Km값이 $0.73\%$이었다. 효소저해제의 효과에서는 EDTA, o-phenanthroline에 의하여 거의 실활되었으며, 금속 이온으로는 $Fe^{2+},\;Ni^{2+},\;Cu^{2+}$ 이온등에 의해 강하게 저해되는 것으로 보아 metal chelator sensitive neutral protease로 추정되었다.

• 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.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.125-131
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• 1993

The s-type pyocin, one kind of bacteriocins, is a bactericidal substabce of protein nature produced by certain Pseudomonas aeruginosa and is active against some other strains of the same or closely related species. Among many Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains collected from the patients at the Hospitals in Seoul and Taegu cities, some Pseudomonas aeruginosa pyocinogeny were determined by pyocin typing. As a result, Pseudomonas aeruginosa 90-2-2205 was selected as the S-type pyocin producing microorganism due to its highest antimicrobial and protease sensitivity.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.269-277
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• 1992

Several insertion mutants of Escherichia coli in the ant gene, coding for $Na^{+}$ $H^{+}$ antiport activity, showed littel, if any, reduction in the antiport activity. $Na^{+}$ dependent transport activity also remained at wild type level. These facts led to the idea that E. coli has evolved at least two distinct systems for extrusion of $Na^{+}$ The antiport activities were studied under various conditions to reveal different properties of these systems. For convenience these activities are referred to as major and minor activities. The distinguishing properties of the two systems include : kinetics (Km, Vm) at pH 7.8, competition pattern between $Na^{+}$ and Li$^{+}$ , pH profiles, pattern of the change in kinetic parameters as a function of pH, and sensitivity to protease, chemicals and heat.

• Mycobiology
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.382-388
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• 2022

White mold (or Sclerotinia stem rot), caused by Sclerotinia species, is a major air, soil, or seed-transmitted disease affecting numerous crops and wild plants. Microscopic or culture-based methods currently available for their detection and identification are time-consuming, laborious, and often erroneous. Therefore, we developed a multiplex quantitative PCR (qPCR) assay for the discrimination, detection, and quantification of DNA collected from each of the three economically relevant Sclerotinia species, namely, S. sclerotiorum, S. minor, and S. nivalis. TaqMan primer/probe combinations specific for each Sclerotinia species were designed based on the gene sequences encoding aspartyl protease. High specificity and sensitivity of each probe were confirmed for sclerotium and soil samples, as well as pure cultures, using simplex and multiplex qPCRs. This multiplex assay could be helpful in detecting and quantifying specific species of Sclerotinia, and therefore, may be valuable for disease diagnosis, forecasting, and management.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.620-631
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• 2015

A total of 59 lactic acid bacteria (LAB) strains were isolated from corn stover silage. According to phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characteristics, 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) sequences and recA gene polymerase chain reaction amplification, these LAB isolates were identified as five species: Lactobacillus (L.) plantarum subsp. plantarum, Pediococcus pentosaceus, Enterococcus mundtii, Weissella cibaria and Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides, respectively. Those strains were also screened for antimicrobial activity using a dual-culture agar plate assay. Based on excluding the effects of organic acids and hydrogen peroxide, two L. plantarum subsp. plantarum strains ZZU 203 and 204, which strongly inhibited Salmonella enterica ATCC $43971^T$, Micrococcus luteus ATCC $4698^T$ and Escherichia coli ATCC $11775^T$ were selected for further research on sensitivity of the antimicrobial substance to heat, pH and protease. Cell-free culture supernatants of the two strains exhibited strong heat stability (60 min at $100^{\circ}C$), but the antimicrobial activity was eliminated after treatment at $121^{\circ}C$ for 15 min. The antimicrobial substance remained active under acidic condition (pH 2.0 to 6.0), but became inactive under neutral and alkaline condition (pH 7.0 to 9.0). In addition, the antimicrobial activities of these two strains decreased remarkably after digestion by protease K. These results preliminarily suggest that the desirable antimicrobial activity of strains ZZU 203 and 204 is the result of the production of a bacteriocin-like substance, and these two strains with antimicrobial activity could be used as silage additives to inhibit proliferation of unwanted microorganism during ensiling and preserve nutrients of silage. The nature of the antimicrobial substances is being investigated in our laboratory.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제33권10호
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• pp.1709-1714
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• 2004

숙성온도 조건(5$^{\circ}C$, 2$0^{\circ}C$ 및 변온조건)을 달리한 명태식해에서 숙성에 지배적으로 관여하는 미생물상의 변화 및 효소학적 특성을 구명하였다. 2$0^{\circ}C$조건의 숙성초기에는 단백질분해균이나 Lactobacillus속 및 Pediococcus속이 총균수의 대부분을 차지하였으며, 숙성 10일 이후에는 단백질분해 3, Leuconostoc속, Streptococcus속 및 Pediococcus속의 감소가 총균수의 감소에 기여하였고 숙성 10일 이후의 총균수는 Lactobacillus속, Pediococcus속 및 효모가 대부분이었다. 변온조건의 경우 숙성 10일 이후에도 총균수가 일정수준을 유지하였는데, 이는 Lactobacillus속, Pediococcus속 및 Streptococcus속이 변온 이후에도 균수가 일정하게 유지되었기 때문이다. 따라서 2$0^{\circ}C$와 변온에서 숙성 10일 이후의 균증식 양상은2$0^{\circ}C$의 경우효모의 증식이 우세한 반면에, 변온에서는 Streptococcus속의 증식이 우세하였다. 반면 5$^{\circ}C$의 경우 Lactobacillus속이 숙성초기에 대부분을 차지하였고 특히 Leuconostoc속이 다른 조건의 비해 오래 지속되었다. 산성단백질분해효소 및 지방분해효소 활성은 온도에 민감하여 2$0^{\circ}C$일 때가 5$^{\circ}C$보다 활성이 높은 반면 중성 단백질분해효소와 지방분해효소는 온도에 따른 활성의 차이가 나타나지 않았다. 그리고 변온조건에서는 단백질분해효소의 경우 실활 되었고, 지방분해효소는 온도변화에 적응력이 존재하여 활성 이 유지되었다.

• 대한세포병리학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.75-81
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• 2000

Cathepsin D is a protease which is known to facilitate invasion and metastasis of breast carcinoma. Overexpression of cathepsin D is associated with poor clinical outcome and biologic aggressiveness of the breast cancer. We underwent immunocytochemical assay(ICA) for cathepsin D in fine needle aspiration cytology(FNAC) specimens from the breast carcinoma and benign breast diseases. In FNAC specimens cathepsin D was expressed in 21(42.9%) out of 49 cases of invasive ductal carcinoma, whereas negative result was observed in all 15 cases of benign breast diseases including 7 fibroadenomas, 6 fibrocystic diseases, and 2 benign ductal hyperplasias. Among the 11 FNAC specimens from ductal carcinoma in situ(DCIS), cathepsin D was expressed in 3 cases(27.3%). In FNAC specimens immunocytochemistry for cathepsin D showed positive result in 24 out of 60 carcinomas(sensitivity, 40%) and negative result in 15 out of all 15 benign breast diseases(specificity, 100%). No significant correlation was noted between cathepsin D expression in FNAC specimen and clinicohistological characteristics of the breast carcinoma, such as hormone receptors and cell differentiation. In conclusion, ICA of cathepsin D in FNAC specimens thought to be a good adjunct to differentiate malignancy from benign breast diseases.