• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.606-612
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• 2018

The enzyme xylose isomerase (E.C. 5.3.1.5, XI) is responsible for the conversion of an aldose to ketose, especially xylose to xylulose. Owing to the ability of XI to isomerize glucose to fructose, this enzyme is used in the food industry to prepare high-fructose corn syrup. Therefore, we studied the characteristics of XI from Anoxybacillus kamchatkensis G10, a thermophilic bacterium. First, the gene coding for XI (xylA) was inserted into the pET-21a(+) expression vector and the construct was transformed into the Escherichia coli competent cell BL21 (DE3). The expression of recombinant XI was induced in the absence of isopropyl-thio-${\beta}$-galactopyranoside and purified using Ni-NTA affinity chromatography. The optimum temperature of recombinant XI was $80^{\circ}C$ and measurement of the heat stability indicated that 55% of residual activity was maintained after 2 h incubation at $60^{\circ}C$. The optimum pH was found to be 7.5 in sodium phosphate buffer. Magnesium, manganese, and cobalt ions were found to increase the enzyme activity; manganese was the most effective. Additionally, recombinant XI was resistant to the presence of $Ca^{2+}$ and $Zn^{2+}$ ions. The kinetic properties, $K_m$ and $V_{max}$, were calculated as 81.44 mM and $2.237{\mu}mol/min/mg$, respectively. Through redundancy analysis, XI of A. kamchatkensis G10 was classified into a family containing type II XIs produced by the genera Geobacillus, Bacillus, and Thermotoga. These results suggested that the thermostable nature of XI of A. kamchatkensis G10 may be advantageous in industrial applications and food processing.

• Current Research on Agriculture and Life Sciences
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• 제14권
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• pp.111-122
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• 1996

Streptomyces chibaensis J-59 xylanase는 CSL 배지(1% corn steep liquor, 0.15% glucose, 0.1% $MgSO_4{\cdot}7H_2O$, pH 7.0)에서 1% xylan을 효소생산 유도물질로 첨가하였을 경우에 생산(0.83 unit/ml) 되었으나, xylose를 비롯한 각 종 탄소원을 포함하는 배지에서는 효소가 생산되지 않았다. S. chibaensis로 부터 생산된 세포외 xylanase를 $(NH_4)_2SO_4$ 분획침전, DEAE-Sephadex A-50 column chromatography, Sephadex G-200 gel filtration 과정으로 약 29%의 수율로 20배 정제하였다. 정제한 xylanase는 SDS-PAGE 및 Sephadex G-200 gel filtraion에서 분자량이 모두 25,000 Da으로 나타나 monomenc enzyme으로 확인되었다. 금속이온에 대한 영향은 $Fe^{3+}$, $Hg^{2+}$, $Cu^{2+}$, sodium dodecyl sulfate, N-bromosuccinide 등에서는 아주 강한 저해를 받았고, $Mn^{2+}$, $Zn^{2+}$에서는 약간의 저해를 받았다. 반면에 $Mg^{2+}$는 효소활성을 증가시켰다. Xylanase에 의한 xylooligo 당의 생산양상을 TLC로 조사한 결과 xylobiose, xylotriose 및 xylotetrose가 주 생산물이었으며, 반응 1시간 이후부터 소량의 xylose가 생성되었다. 따라서 본 효소는 전형적인 endotype xylanase로 확인되었으며 새로운 기능성식품인 자일로 올리고당(xylooligo-saccharides)의 제조에 이용할 수 있을 것이다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.397-401
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• 2009

Flavonoids are a group of polyphenolic compounds that have been recognized as important due to their physiological and pharmacological roles and their health benefits. Glycosylation of flavonoids has a wide range of effects on flavonoid solubility, stability, and bioavailability. We previously generated the E. coli BL21 (DE3) ${\Delta}pgi$ host by deleting the glucose-phosphate isomerase (Pgi) gene in E. coli BL21 (DE3). This host was further engineered for whole-cell biotransformation by integration of galU from E. coli K12, and expression of calS8 (UDP-glucose dehydrogenase) and calS9 (UDP-glucuronic acid decarboxylase) from Micromonospora echinospora spp. calichensis and arGt-4 (7-O-glycosyltransferase) from Arabidopsis thaliana to form E. coli (US89Gt-4), which is expected to produce glycosylated flavonoids. To test the designed system, the engineered host was fed with naringenin as a substrate, and naringenin 7-O-xyloside, a glycosylated naringenin product, was detected. Product was verified by HPLC-LC/MS and ESI-MS/MS analyses. The reconstructed host can be applied for the production of various classes of glycosylated flavonoids.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제22권11호
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• pp.1555-1565
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• 2009

Anaerobic rumen fungi have been regarded as good genetic resources for enzyme production which might be useful for feed supplements, bio-energy production, bio-remediation and other industrial purposes. In this study, an expressed sequence tag (EST) library of the rumen anaerobic fungus Neocallimastix frontalis was constructed and functional genes from the EST library were analyzed to elucidate carbohydrate metabolism of anaerobic fungi. From 10,080 acquired clones, 9,569 clones with average size of 628 bp were selected for analysis. After the assembling process, 1,410 contigs were assembled and 1,369 sequences remained as singletons. 1,192 sequences were matched with proteins in the public data base with known function and 693 of them were matched with proteins isolated from fungi. One hundred and fifty four sequences were classified as genes related with biological process and 328 sequences were classified as genes related with cellular components. Most of the enzymes in the pathway of glucose metabolism were successfully isolated via construction of 10,080 ESTs. Four kinds of hemi-cellulase were isolated such as mannanase, xylose isomerase, xylan esterase, and xylanase. Five $\beta$-glucosidases with at least three different conserved domain structures were isolated. Ten cellulases with at least five different conserved domain structures were isolated. This is the first solid data supporting the expression of a multiple enzyme system in the fungus N. frontalis for polysaccharide hydrolysis.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.50-54
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• 2003

Genome of an extreme thermophile, Thermus caldophilus GK24 has been analyzed to construct the genomic map. The genomic DNAs encapsulated in agarose gel were digested with SspI, EcoRI, SpeI, and HpaI restriction endonucleases, and then the resulting genomic DNA fragments were analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Its restriction map has been constructed by analyzing sizes of the restriction fragments obtained from both complete and partial digestions. The circular form of its genome was composed of about 1.98 Mbp and a megaplasmid. The genomic loci for the genes of xylose isomerase, thioredoxin, tRNA-16S rRNA, 23S rRNA, L5 ribosomal protein, ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase, DNA-ligase, and Tca DNA polymerase were determined by both Southern hybridization and PCR.