• Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.195-200
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• 2013

The ripening of cheese allows for the development of characteristic taste and flavour, nutritional substances, bio-active components and texture, helping to improve quality. Many different microbiological, biochemical and nutritional changes occur during the process depending on the quality of raw milk, added cultures and enzymes, as well as specific processing and ripening conditions. During the ripening lactose is hydrolyzed to lactic, propionic and acetic acid, helping to reduce potential effects of the problem of lactose intolerance. Fat is hydrolyzed to butyric, propionic and conjugated linoleic acid, which function as bio-active substances. Protein is hydrolyzed to different peptides and amino acids which all show various bio-activities. However, errors of cheese ripening can happen and affect the quality of the product. To guarantee good quality cheese the process needs to be managed carefully with the right microbes used and ensuring cleanliness of processing facilities, staff, ventilation and hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP). Research into and controlling of ripening technology is crucial for producing high quality cheeses.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.72-84
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• 1994

치즈의 숙성 전과정을 잘 설명하여 줄 수 있는 수학식을 만들었다. X(0)와 $e_2$(0) 및 $k_1$값들을 증가시킴으로써 숙성과정을 촉진시킬 수 있었고 낮은 $k_2$값과 높은 $a_2$값을 가지는 신 균주의 탐색도 필요도하다는 것을 알았다. 그러나, 치즈 숙성과정 중 나쁜 치즈맛의 생산을 피하기 위하여서는 낮은 단백질 분해요소 활동도를 갖는 균주가 절대적으로 필요하다. 따라서 이 제안된 수학적 모델식은 치즈덩어리 내에서 일어나는 효소반응들을 잘 묘사하고 있으며, 궁극적으로는 값싸고 질 좋은 치즈를 생산하는데 유용할 것이다.

• 한국자원식물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국자원식물학회 2003년도 춘계 학술발표대회
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• pp.40-60
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• 2003

Fruit ripening represents a genetically synchronized system that involves developmental process unique to plant species, The phenomenon of ripening includes changes in color, texture, respiration rate, flavor, and aroma. Ripe fruits generally exhibit increased susceptibility to pathogen infection. However, fruits as a reproductive organ have their own protection mechanism against pathogens to maintain their integrity during seed maturation. In several nonclimacteric fruits, such as cherry, grape, and pepper, that do not have an ethylene burst during ripening, resistance against phytopathogens increases during ripening. Colletotrichum gloeosporioides is a causal agent of anthracnose disease in pepper plants (Capsicum annuum). We have established that C. gloeosporioides has susceptible and resistant interactions with pepper fruits during pre- and post-ripening stages, respectively. And we have interested in looking for a molecular mechanism that would explain the fungal resistance during ripening of nonclimacteric pepper fruit. In this presentation, a molecular characterization of the pepper esterase gene (PepEST) that is highly expressed in the resistant response will be demonstrated as an example of development and industrial applications of versatile-usable genes of plant.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.86-92
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• 2007

이축 연신에 의한 폴리테트라플루오르에틸렌(PTFE) 막을 제조하기 위한 공정 조건을 확립하기 위하여 상용화되는 PTFE 막 및 PTFE 미세 분말을 선택하였다. 막 제조공정에 사용 되기 위해 PTFE 미세 분말은 전처리 되었고, 첨가제와 혼합되었으며, 혼합물의 숙성, 페이스트 압출 공정, 칼렌더 가공 공정 등이 수행되었고 막의 두께 및 기공크기와 다공성을 측정하였다. 기계적 물성을 강화하기 위하여 시료의 후처리가 실시되었고, PTFE 막 제조공정을 위한 페이스트 압출 공정에서의 PTFE 분말과 첨가제의 혼합비, 숙성 시간, 숙성 온도, 압력 등에 관한 공정 조건이 확립되었고, 기공크기(pore size)와 다공성(porosity)을 조절할 수 있는 이축연신 공정에 대한 최적공정 조건도 확립하였다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제45권9호
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• pp.660-672
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• 2022

The target of rapamycin complex (TORC) plays a key role in plant cell growth and survival by regulating the gene expression and metabolism according to environmental information. TORC activates transcription, mRNA translation, and anabolic processes under favorable conditions, thereby promoting plant growth and development. Tomato fruit ripening is a complex developmental process promoted by ethylene and specific transcription factors. TORC is known to modulate leaf senescence in tomato. In this study, we investigated the function of TORC in tomato fruit ripening using virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) of the TORC genes, TOR, lethal with SEC13 protein 8 (LST8), and regulatory-associated protein of TOR (RAPTOR). Quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction showed that the expression levels of tomato TORC genes were the highest in the orange stage during fruit development in Micro-Tom tomato. VIGS of these TORC genes using stage 2 tomato accelerated fruit ripening with premature orange/red coloring and decreased fruit growth, when control tobacco rattle virus 2 (TRV2)-myc fruits reached the mature green stage. TORC-deficient fruits showed early accumulation of carotenoid lycopene and reduced cellulose deposition in pericarp cell walls. The early ripening fruits had higher levels of transcripts related to fruit ripening transcription factors, ethylene biosynthesis, carotenoid synthesis, and cell wall modification. Finally, the early ripening phenotype in Micro-Tom tomato was reproduced in the commercial cultivar Moneymaker tomato by VIGS of the TORC genes. Collectively, these results demonstrate that TORC plays an important role in tomato fruit ripening by modulating the transcription of various ripening-related genes.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.113-120
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• 1996

This study was conducted to understand the characteristics of fruit softening during ripening which causes deep loses in quality of horticultural products during storage and marketing process after harvest. The changes of cell wall components during ripening was investigated. The climacteric rise was between 42 and 49 days after anthesis and then decreased. Ethylene evolution was similar to respiration. The hardness of fruit decreased markedly at this climacteric period and significances of textural parameters among the ripening periods were recognized but the significance between 50 and 55 days after anthesis was not. Sugar components of cell wall polysaccharides were uronic acid, galactose, glucose, arabinose, xylose, rhamnose, mannose and fucose. The contents of arabinose and mannose in alcohol-insoluble solids fraction increased, but other sugars were not changed. In cell wall fraction, the contents of uronic acid, galactose, glucose and arabinose were comparatively high, but galactose, arabinose and ironic acid were decreased markedly during ripening. ironic acid occupied above 75% of total monosaccharide in pectin fraction and decreased markedly during ripening. In acid-soluble hemicellulose fraction, the contents of uronic acid, glucose, galactose and rhamnose were high and they decreased from 50 days after anthesis. The contents of glucose and xylose were high in a alkali-soluble hemicellulose fraction and they decreased markedly at 55days after anthesis.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.305-311
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• 1998

These studies were undertaken to investigate changes of neutral lipid content and fatty acid composition were determined. Also accumulation process of monoglyceride, diglyceride and triglyceride content, and fatty acid composition were investigated during the development. The results were summarized as follows ; Changes of lipid during development sesame seeds, glycolipid contents which showed the highest in the early ripening stage and after that rapidly decreased, and phospholipid contents showed a similar pattern as glycolipid occurred. In contrast, the content of neutral lipid was rapidly increased by 29.21% 10 days after flowering(DAF), and showed the highest value by 91.84% at 40th day after flower. The neutral lipid, triglyceride content was rapidly increased as the seeds developed, and consisted of over 60% of the neutral lipid since 30 DAF. In the changes of neutral lipid, phospholipid and glycolipid, stearic acid and palmitic acid decreased during the seed ripening. However, oleic acid and linoleic acid increased during the same periods. Linolenic acid, which showed relatively higher value in the early ripening stage, but rapidly decreased as much as 1% at the later ripening stage.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.179-185
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• 2021

BACKGROUND: Tomato genome editing using CRISPR-Cas9 is being actively conducted in recent days, and lots of plant researches have been aiming to develop high valued crops by editing target genes without inserting foreign genes. Many researchers have been involved in the manipulation of the crop ripening process because fruit ripening is an important fruit phenotype for increasing fruit shelf life, taste, and texture of crops. This paper intends to evaluate target sgRNA to edit the two ripening-related genes encoding pectate lyase (PL) and phytoene synthase (Psy) with the CRISPR-Cas9 system. METHODS AND RESULTS: The CRISPR-Cas9 expression vector was cloned to target the PL (Solyc03g111690), Psy1 (Solyc03g031860), and Psy2 (Solyc02g081330) genes, which are the ripening genes of tomatoes. Tomatoes injected with Agrobacterium containing the CRISPR-Cas9 expression vector were further cultured for 5 days and used to check gene editing efficiency. As a result of the target gene sequence analysis by the next generation sequencing method, gene editing efficiency was calculated, and the efficient target location was selected for the PL and Psy genes. CONCLUSION: Therefore, this study was aimed to establish target sgRNA data that could have higher efficiency of the CRISPR-Cas9 system to obtain the delayed ripening phenotype of tomato. The developed method and sgRNA information is expected to be utilized in the development of various crops to manage its ripening processes.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.648-660
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• 2014

Doenjang, a traditional Korean fermented soybean paste, is made by mixing and ripening meju with high salt brine (approximately 18%). Meju is a naturally fermented soybean block prepared by soaking, steaming, and molding soybean. To understand living bacterial community migration and the roles of bacteria in the manufacturing process of doenjang, the diversity of culturable bacteria in meju and doenjang was examined using media supplemented with NaCl, and some physiological activities of predominant isolates were determined. Bacilli were the major bacteria involved throughout the entire manufacturing process from meju to doenjang; some of these bacteria might be present as spores during the doenjang ripening process. Bacillus siamensis was the most populous species of the genus, and Bacillus licheniformis exhibited sufficient salt tolerance to maintain its growth during doenjang ripening. Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium, the major lactic acid bacteria (LAB) identified in this study, did not continue to grow under high NaCl conditions in doenjang. Enterococci and certain species of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) were the predominant acid-producing bacteria in meju fermentation, whereas Tetragenococcus halophilus and CNS were the major acid-producing bacteria in doenjang fermentation. We conclude that bacilli, LAB, and CNS may be the major bacterial groups involved in meju fermentation and that these bacterial communities undergo a shift toward salt-tolerant bacilli, CNS, and T. halophilus during the doenjang fermentation process.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.678-684
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• 2013

오징어 먹즙을 첨가하지 않은 저염 오징어 젓갈은 숙성 발효에 따라 숙성 초기에 젖산균 총수가 급속히 증가하고, Leuconostoc이 증가하여 숙성 적기에 최대량을 나타내고 이후 서서히 감소하였다. Lactobacillus는 숙성 적기 이후의 총 균수의 대부분을 차지할 만큼 균수가 많아지므로 숙성 적기 이후 품질에 관여하는 것으로 보인다. Streptococcus와 Pediococcus는 숙성 적기까지 완만하게 증가하다가 이후 급격히 감소하였다. Yeast는 숙성 중기 이후에 검출되고, 숙성 말기에 급격히 증가하므로 부패에 주로 관여하는 것으로 보인다. 오징어 먹즙을 첨가한 저염 오징어 젓갈의 숙성발효에 따른 젖산균의 변화를 보면 총 균수는 숙성 중반까지 증가하다가 중반 이후 약간 감소하였으나, 최대치에 도달하는 기간은 무 첨가군에 비하여 길었고, 젖산균 중 Leuconostoc, Streptococcus 및 Pediococcus는 숙성 후반까지 증가하였다가 후반에 감소하는 반면에, Lactobacillus는 숙성 후반까지 계속 증가하였다. Yeast는 숙성 초기에는 거의 증가하지 않다가 숙성 중반 이후 증가하였는데, 이러한 경향은 무 첨가군과 유사하였으나 젖산균의 수가 무 첨가군에 비하여 적었다. 오징어 먹즙을 첨가한 저염 오징어 젓갈에서 모든 균들의 수가 감소되어 오징어 먹즙이 균들의 성장을 억제하는 것으로 확인되었다.