Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology (한국식품과학회지)

Korean Society of Food Science and Technology (한국식품과학회)
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Changes of Protein Profiles in Cheonggukjang during the Fermentation Period

전통 청국장의 발효 기간 동안 변화하는 수용성 단백질 개요

  • Santos, Ilyn (Department of Life and Food Sciences, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Sohn, Il-Young (Department of Life and Food Sciences, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Choi, Hyun-Soo (Department of Life and Food Sciences, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Park, Sun-Min (Department of Life and Food Sciences, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Ryu, Sung-Hee (Department of Life and Food Sciences, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Kwon, Dae-Young (Korea Food Research Institute) ;
  • Park, Cheon-Seok (Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, and Institute of Life Science & Resources, KyungHee University) ;
  • Kim, Jeong-Hwan (Department of Food Science and Technology, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Kim, Jong-Sang (Department of Life and Food Sciences, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Lim, Jin-Kyu (Department of Life and Food Sciences, Kyungpook National University)
  • Published : 2007.08.31
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Abstract

The fermented soybean product, cheonggukjang, is favored by many people, partly due to its bio-functional ingredients. Since the fermentation process of cheonggukjang is mediated by enzymes, including proteases, produced by microbes, analysis of the proteome profile changes in cheonggukjang during fermentation would provide us with valuable information for fermentation optimization, as well as a better understanding of the formation mechanisms of the bio-functional substances. The soluble proteins from cheonggukjang were prepared by a phenol/chloroform extraction method, in order to remove interfering molecules for high resolution 2-D gel analysis. Proteomic analysis of the cheonggukjang different fermentation periods suggested that most of the soluble soy proteins were degraded into smaller forms within 20hr, and many microbial proteins, such as mucilage proteins, dominated the soluble protein fraction. The proteomic profile of cheonggukjang was very different from natto, in terms of the 2-D gel protein profile. Among the separated protein spots on the 2-D gels, 50 proteins from each gel were analyzed by MALDI-TOF MS and PMF for protein identification. Due to database limitations with regard to soy proteins and microbial proteins, identification of the changed proteins during fermentation was restricted to 9 proteins for cheonggukjang and 15 for natto. From de novo sequencing of the proteins by a tandem MS/MS, as well as by database searches using BLASTP, a limited number of proteins were identified with low reliability. However, the 2-D gel analysis of proteins, including protein preparation methods, remains a valuable tool to analyze complex mixtures of proteins entirely. Also, for intensive mass spectrometric analysis, it is also advisable to focus on a few of the interestingly changed proteins in cheonggukjang.

콩 발효식품인 청국장은 어느 정도는 그 기능성 때문에 많은 사람들이 선호하고 있다. 청국장의 발효 과정은 발효미생물이 분비하는 단백질 분해 효소를 포함하는 여러 효소들에 의해 이루어지기 때문에 발효기간 동안 청국장의 단백질체 분석은 발효의 최적화를 이루기 위해서 그리고 청국장에 생성되는 기능성물질 생성 과정을 이해하는 데 도움이 된다. 청국장의 수용성 단백질을 phenol/chloroform 추출 방법으로 분리하여 2-D gel 분석에 방해되는 물질들을 제거하였다. 각 발효 단계에서 단백질 분석을 하였을 때 20시간 안에 대부분의 단백질들이 작은 분자로 분해되었고 수용성 단백질에는 미생물 유래 단백질들이 점차 증가하였다. 청국장의 단백질 프로파일은 natto의 것과는 매우 다른 양상을 2-D gel 상에서 보였다. 각 gel에서 50개의 단백질을 임의로 선발하여 MALDI-TOF MS 분석을 하고 PMF로 단백질을 동정하였다. 결과는 콩이나 발효 미생물들의 유전체 정보가 부족하여 청국장에서 9종 natto에서 15종의 단백질만을 동정할 수 있었다. MS/MS 분석을 통한 아미노산 서열 분석을 통해 얻은 정보를 가지고 BLASTP 검색엔진으로 database를 검색한 결과 제한된 수의 단백질이 낮은 신뢰도 범위에서 동정되었다. 그렇지만 청국장과 같이 복잡한 단백질체를 분석하기에는 본 연구에서 고안한 전체 단백질 분리 기술과 2-D gel 분석적 접근은 단백질을 전체적으로 분석함에 있어 훌륭한 방법이다. 앞으로 청국장의 단백질 변화에 대한 연구는 의미 있는 변화를 보이는 소수의 단백질을 선발하고 이들에 대해 집중적으로 질량분석 하여 단백질을 동정하는 것이 필요하다.

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