• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제57권2호
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• pp.137-140
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• 2014

A gene encoding thermostable pectinase (TmPec) was isolated from hyperthermophilic microorganism, Thermotoga maritima. The open reading frame (ORF) of TmPec gene is 1,104 bp long and encodes 367 amino acid residues with a molecular weight of 40,605 Da. To analyze the enzymatic activity and biochemical properties, the ORF of TmPec gene excluding putative signal sequence of 27 amino acids was introduced into the E. coli expression vector, pRSET-B, and overexpressed in E. coli BL21. Protein concentration of purified recombinant TmPec was 1.1 mg/mL with specific activity of 56 U/mg protein on pectin. The recombinant TmPec showed the highest activity at around $85-95^{\circ}C$, and at around pH 6.5. It was stable at temperature below $85^{\circ}C$. In the presence of $Ca^{2+}$, the activity of recombinant TmPec was increased to 146.3% of normal level. In contrast, $Ba^{2+}$ and Mn2+ showed strong inhibition to the recombinant TmPec.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2000년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.501-504
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• 2000

The purification of a thermostable esterase expressed in Escherichia coli was investigated using thermoprecipitation of unclarified cell homogenates followed by after applying the heat-treated lysate to phenyl-sepharose column, and elution with detergent. Heat treatment at $70^{cdot}C$ was capable of removing to E. coli proteins. Specially, the thermoprecipitation with 15% polyethylene glycol 8000 can remove host proteins and nucleic acids efficiently. Various detergents were used to recover the esterase, which was strongly bound to phenyl-sepharose resin. Triton X-100, non-ionic detergent, was found to be the most efficient of all tested detergents.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.584-588
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• 2000

The optimum conditions for the production of an antifungal antibiotic from Bacillus sp. YJ-63 were investigated. The oprimumized medium consisted of 1.5% soluble starch, 1% tryptone and 0.5% yeast extract, and temperature and initial medium pH for production were optimal at 35$^{\circ}C$ and pH 6.0, respectively. Production yield was significantly improved by shaking culture using 50 ml medium in 500 ml flasks. Under these conditions, the production of the antifungal antibiotic was growth-dependent, from 35hrs into cultivation to the stationary phase and endospore formation.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제30권12호
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• pp.3143-3146
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• 2009

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제64권3호
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• pp.213-216
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• 2021

A gene encoding thermostable cellulase A (TmCelA) was isolated from Thermotoga maritima. The open reading frame of TmCelA gene was 774 bp long which predicted to encode 257 amino acid residues with a molecular weight of 29,732 Da. To examine the biochemical properties, the TmCelA was overexpressed in E. coli BL21, and expressed protein was purified. The optimum temperature of recombinant TmCelA was 90-95 ℃, and the optimum pH of recombinant TmCelA was approximately pH 5.0. Recombinant TmCelA was stable at temperature below 90 ℃.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.151-156
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• 2002

내열성 $\beta$-glycosidase 효소를 생성하는 균주를 분리하기 위해서 일본의 Atagawa 온천지역에서 시료를 채취하였다. 조효소액이 $70^{\circ}C$에서 4시간 동안 $\beta$-glycosidase활성을 유지하는 KNOUC 202를 선발하여 분리, 동정하였다. 선발된 KNOUC 202는 호기성으로 그람음성 간균이며, 포자를 형성하지 않으며, 운동성이 없으며, carotenoid를 생성하고, catalase, oxidase 양성으로 나타났으며, 최적 성장온도는 $70~72^{\circ}C$이고, 최적 pH는 7.0~7.2이었으며, NaCl 3% 농도에서 성장하였다. 세포내 지방산의 주성분은 iso-15:0과 iso-17:0이었다. KNOUC 202의 16S rRNA sequence는 Thermus thermophilus ATCC 27635(HB8)와 유사도가 99.9% 이었다. 따라서 형태학적, 이화학적, 생화학적 특성, 지방산조성 및 16S rRNA sequence 분석결과에 근거하여 KNOUC 202를 Thermus thermophilus로 동정하였다.

• 한국미생물생명공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국미생물생명공학회 2000년도 Proceedings of 2000 KSAM International Symposium and Spring Meeting
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• pp.157-167
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• 2000

A thermostable chitosanase gene from the isolated strain, Bacillus sp. CK4, was cloned, and its complete DNA sequence was determined. The thermostable chitosanase gene was composed of an 822-bp open reading frame which encodes a protein of 242 amino acids and a signal peptide corresponding to a 30 kDa enzyme in size. The deduced amino acid sequence of the chitosanase from Bacillus sp. CK4 exhibits 76.6%, 15.3%, and 14.2% similarities to those from Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus ehemensis, and Bacillus circulans, respectively. C-terminal homology analysis shows that Bacillus sp. CK4 belongs to the Cluster III group with Bacillus subtilis. The size of the gene was similar to that of a mesophile, Bacillus subtilis showing a higher preference for codons ending in G or C. The functional importance of a conserved region in a novel chitosanase from Bacillus sp. CK4 was investigated. Each of the three carboxylic amino acid residues were changed to E50D/Q, E62D/Q, and D66N/E by site-directed mutagenesis. The D66N/E mutants enzymes had remarkably decreased kinetic parameters such as $V_{max}$ and k$\sub$cat/, indicating that the Asp-66 residue was essential for catalysis. The thermostable chitosanase contains three cysteine residues at position 49, 72, and 211. Titration of the Cys residues with DTNB showed that none of them were involved in disulfide bond. The C49S and C72S mutant enzymes were as stable to thermal inactivation and denaturating agents as the wild-type enzyme. However the half-life of the C211S mutant enzyme was less than 60 min at 80$^{\circ}C$, while that of the wild type enzyme was about 90 min. Moreover, the residual activity of C211S was substantially decreased by 8 M urea, and fully lost catalytic activity by 40% ethanol. These results show that the substitution of Cys with Ser at position 211 seems to affect the conformational stability of the chitosanase.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제25권7호
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• pp.1070-1083
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• 2015

A gene (GT-SM3B) encoding a thermostable secreted oligoendopeptidase (GT-SM3B) was cloned from the thermophile Geobacillus thermoleovorans DSM 15325. GT-SM3B is 1,857 bp in length and encodes a single-domain protein of 618 amino acids with a 23-residue signal peptide having a calculated mass of 67.7 kDa after signal cleavage. The deduced amino acid sequence of GT-SM3B contains a conservative zinc metallopeptidase motif (His⁴⁰⁰-Glu⁴⁰¹-X-XHis⁴⁰⁴). The described oligopeptidase belongs to the M3B subfamily of metallopeptidases and displays the highest amino acid sequence identity (40.3%) to the oligopeptidase PepF_Ba from mesophilic Bacillus amyloliquefaciens 23-7A among the characterized oligopeptidases. Secretory production of GT-SM3B was used, exploiting successful oligopeptidase signal peptide recognition by Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3). The recombinant enzyme was purified from the culture fluid. Homodimerization of GT-SM3B was determined by SDS-PAGE. Both the homodimer and monomer were catalytically active within a pH range of 5.0–8.0, at pH 7.3 and 40℃, showing the K_m, V_max, and k_cat values for carbobenzoxy-Gly-Pro-Gly-Gly-Pro-Ala-OH peptidolysis to be 2.17 ± 0.04 × 10^-6 M, 2.65 ± 0.03 × 10^-3 µM/min, and 5.99 ± 0.07 s^-1, respectively. Peptidase remained stable at a broad pH range of 5.0–8.0. GT-SM3B was thermoactive, demonstrating 84% and 64% of maximum activity at 50℃ and 60℃, respectively. The recombinant oligopeptidase is one of the most thermostable M3B peptidase, retaining 71% residual activity after incubation at 60℃ for 1 h. GT-SM3B was shown to hydrolyze a collagenous peptide mixture derived from various types of collagen, but less preferentially than synthetic hexapeptide. This study is the first report on an extracellular thermostable metallo-oligopeptidase.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.673-679
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• 1995

Valencia 오렌지로부터 추출한 펙틴에스테라제(pectinesterase, PE) 중에서 가열처리하지 않은 PE 조효소를 CM-Sephadex C-50, Phenyl Sepharose CL-4B와 CM-Biogel A의 chromatography를 차례로 수행하여 내열성이 약한 TLPE(thermolabile pectinesterase)와 내열성이 강한 TSPE(thermostable pectinesterase)를 분리 정제하였다. PE 중에서 가열처리한 PE 조효소에서는 위와 같은 정제과정으로 TSPE 만을 분리하였다. TLPE는 비활성 1,005 units/mg이고 35배로 정제된 것을 13.6% 회수할 수 있었으며, 반면에 가열하지 않고 분리한 TSPE는 비활성 3,115 units/mg이고 100.5배로 정제된 것을 1.5% 얻을 수 있었으나 가열하여 분리한 TSPE는 비활성 1,803 units/mg이고 가열처리한 조효소가 140배로 정제된 것을 15.4% 얻을 수 있었다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.658-665
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• 1995

Pectinestrase(PE) 중에 열에 안정한 thermostable pectineterase(TSPE)를 열에 불안정한 thermolabile pectinesterase(TLPE)로부터 구분하기 위하여 $70^{\circ}C$에서 $5{\sim}10$분간 가열 처리하였다. TSPE의 추출 수율을 증가시키기 위하여 추출시간, pH, 온도, NaCl의 농도 그리고 세포벽을 분해하는 가수분해 효소의 사용 등 여러가지 변화를 주어 개발한 최적 조건은 오렌지 착즙액의 pH 4.14와 같은 1 M NaCl의 acetate buffer에 분말시료의 0.2% $Cytolase^{TM}$ 104(cellulase hemicellulase와 pectinase의 혼합물) 첨가하여 가수분해하여 추출하는 것이었다. 증류수로 추출하거나 황산암모늄 $0{\sim}0.3$ 포화도의 분획은 목적으로 하는 PE 이외의 단백질을 제거하는 수단으로 이용할 수 있었다. 또한 5.0% Triton TX-114의 두가지 액상을 이용한 분배의 방법은 추출한 조효소로부터 TLPE와 TSPE를 분리하는 수단으로 이용할 수 있었다.