• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.242-250
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• 2001

A Gram-positive bacterium (strain JB-13) that was isolated from soil as a producer of cyclodextrin glucanotransferase (CGTase) [EC 2.4.1.19] was identified as Panibacillus sp. JB-13. This CGTase could catalyze the transglucosylation reaction from soluble starch to L-ascorbic acid (AA). A main product formed by this enzyme with ${\alpha}-glucosidase$ was identified as $2-O-{\alpha}-D-glucopyranosyl{\;}_{L}-ascorbic$ acid (AA-2G) by the HPLC profile and the elemental analysis. CGTase was purified to homogeneity using ammonium sulfate fractionation, ion-exchange chromatography on DEAE-Seohadex A-50, and gel chromatography on Sephacryl S-200HR. The molecular weight was determined to be 66,000 by both gel chromatography and SDS-PAGE. The isoelectric point of the purified enzyme was 5.3. The optimum pH and temperature was PH 7.0 and $45^{\circ}C$ respectively. The enzyme was stable in the range of pH 6-9 and at temperatures of $75{\circ}C$ or less in the presence of 15 mM ${CaCl_2}.\;{Hg^2+},\;{Mn^+2},{Ag^+},\;and\;{Cu^2+}$ all strongly inhibited the enzyme's activity.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.31-36
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• 2001

AA의 2번 위치의 수산기에 부위특이적 활성을 갖는 Paenibacillus sp. JB-13 유래 CGTase의 AA-2G 생산최적조건을 검토하였다. AA-2G 생산에 효율적인 당공여체를 조사하기 위해 다양한 포도당 중합체를 당공여체로 사용하여 AA-2G 생산성을 검토한 결과 dextrin이 가장 높은 AA-2G 생산성을 나타내었으며, 대체적으로 중합도가 높은 당을 효율적으로 이용하였다. 최적 당공여체인 dextrin을 사용하여 AA-2G 생산최적조건을 검토한 결과 반응 혼합액을 2,500 units/ml의 CGTase, 기질농도, 15%, 기질농도비(AA-g/dextrin-g) 3:2으로 조성하여, $37^{\circ}C$ , pH 6.5에서 44시간 반응 시킨 후, 1,500 units/ml의 glucoamylase를 $55^{\circ}C$에서 15시간 반응시켰을 때 AA-2G의 생산이 최대를 나타내었다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.578-584
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• 1990

토양시료로부터 CGTase를 생산하는 중성의 호열성 미생물을 conogo red가 포함된 배지를 이용하여 분리하고, 분리균주의 형태학적, 생리학적 성질을 조사한 결과 Bacillus stearothermophilus No.239로 동정되었다. 초기 pH가 7.0인 soluble starch 2, defatted soybean meal 0.5, NaH_2PO_4.2H_2O$ 0.1및 $CaCl_2$ 0.01%5를 지닌 배지 에서$55^{\circ}C$, 48시간 진탕 배양하였을 때 배양액 1ml당 약 7.0unit로 가장 높은 효소생산량을 보였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.792-799
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• 2007

A gene encoding a putative glycogen-debranching enzyme in Sulfolobus shibatae(abbreviated as SSGDE) was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The recombinant enzyme was purified to homogeneity by heat treatment and Ni-NTA affinity chromatography. The recombinant SSGDE was extremely thermostable, with an optimal temperature at $85^{\circ}C$. The enzyme had an optimum pH of 5.5 and was highly stable from pH 4.5 to 6.5. The substrate specificity of SSGDE suggested that it possesses characteristics of both amylo-1,6-glucosidase and $\alpha$-1,4-glucanotransferase. SSGDE clearly hydrolyzed pullulan to maltotriose, and $6-O-\alpha-maltosyl-\beta-cyclodextrin(G2-\beta-CD)$ to maltose and $\beta$-cyclodextrin. At the same time, SSGDE transferred maltooligosyl residues to the maltooligosaccharides employed, and maltosyl residues to $G2-\beta-CD$. The enzyme preferentially hydrolyzed amylopectin, followed in a decreasing order by glycogen, pullulan, and amylose. Therefore, the present results suggest that the glycogen-debranching enzyme from S. shibatae may have industrial application for the efficient debranching and modification of starch to dextrins at a high temperature.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.123-129
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• 2007

The trehalose $({\alpha}-D-glucopyranosyl-[1,1]-{\alpha}-D-glucopyranose)$ biosynthesis genes MhMTS and MhMTH, encoding a maltooligosyltrehalose synthase (MhMTS) and a maltooligosyltrehalose trehalohydrolase (MhMTH), respectively, have been cloned from the hyperthermophilic archaebacterium Metallosphaera hakonesis. The ORF of MhMTS is 2,142 bp long, and encodes 713 amino acid residues constituting a 83.8 kDa protein. MhMTH is 1,677 bp long, and encodes 558 amino acid residues constituting a 63.7 kDa protein. The deduced amino acid sequences of MhMTS and MhMTH contain four regions highly conserved for MTSs and three for MTHs that are known to constitute substrate-binding sites of starch-hydrolyzing enzymes. Recombinant proteins obtained by expressing the MhMTS and MhMTH genes in E. coli catalyzed a sequential reaction converting maltooligosaccharides to produce trehalose. Optimum pH of the MhMTS/MhMTH enzyme reaction was around 5.0 and optimum temperature was around 70 C. Trehalose-producing activity of the MhMTS/ MhMTH was notably stable, retaining 80% of the activity after preincubation of the enzyme mixture at $70^{\circ}C$ for 48 h, but was gradually abolished by incubating at above $85^{\circ}C$. Addition of thermostable $4-{\alpha}-glucanotransferase$ increased the yield of trehalose production from maltopentaose by 10%. The substrate specificity of the MhMTS/MhMTH-catalyzed reaction was extended to soluble starch, the most abundant maltodextrin in nature.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.323-330
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• 1998

호알카리성 Bacillus firmus var. alkalophilus가 생산하는 cyclodextrin glucanotransferase(CGTase)를 호화시킨 팽윤감자전분을 이용한 흡착 및 탈착, 한외여과, DEAE-cellulose 이온교환 크로마토그래피, 그리고 Sephacryl HR-100을 이용한 gel filtration 등의 분리정제 과정을 통하여 정제하였다. 정제된 CGTase의 분자량은 약 77,000 Da이었으며, 등전점은 6.2～6.3이었다. 최적 효소반응 온도 및 pH는 각각 5$0^{\circ}C$ 와 6.0 였고, 열 및 pH 안정성은 5$0^{\circ}C$까지와 pH 6.0~9.5 사이였다, 정제된 CGTase는 $Ca^{2+}$ 에 의하여 열 안정성이 크게 상당히 향상되었으며 최적 효소반응 온도와 열 안정성도 55~6$0^{\circ}C$와 6$0^{\circ}C$로 증가하였다. CGTase의 기질 특이성을 검토한 결과 여러 종류의 전분들로부터 $\beta$-CD를 주로 생성하였으며, ${\gamma}$-CD도 소량 생성하였으나 $\alpha$-CD는 거의 생성되지 않았다. Sweet potato starch, corn starch, 그리고 amylopectin을 기질로 할 때 높은 CD전환율을 보였으며 $\beta$-CD와 ${\gamma}$-CB의 생성비가 5.8~8.4:1로서 $\beta$-CD를 고 수율로 생산하는 전형적인 $\beta$-type의 CGTase였다. 또한 본 효소의 최적 CD 생산조건은 기질농도 5.0%(w/v) corn starch, 효소첨가량 25 unit/g of starch로서 반응 8시간 후의 전체 CD량도 약 25 g/l로서 전환율은 50%였고, 이 때 $\beta$-CD농도는 21 g/l로서 전체 CD 중 84% 였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.43-50
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• 2021

A newly cloned 4-α-glucanotransferase (αGT) from Deinococcus geothermalis and two typical bacterial αGTs from Thermus scotoductus and Escherichia coli (MalQ) were investigated. Among 4 types of catalysis, the cyclization activity of αGTs that produces cycloamylose (CA), a valuable carbohydrate making inclusion complexes, was intensively studied. The new αGT, DgαGT, showed close protein sequence to the αGT from T. scotoductus (TsαGT). MalQ was clearly separated from the other two αGTs in the phylogenetic and the conserved regions analyses. The reaction velocities of disproportionation, cyclization, coupling, and hydrolysis of three αGTs were determined. Intriguingly, MalQ exhibited more than 100-fold lower cyclization activity than the others. To lesser extent, the disproportionation activity of MalQ was relatively low. DgαGT and TsαGT showed similar kinetics results, but TsαGT had nearly 10-fold lower hydrolysis activity than DgαGT. Due to the very low cyclizing activity of MalQ, DgαGT and TsαGT were selected for further analyses. When amylose was treated with DgαGT or TsαGT, CA with a broad DP range was generated immediately. The DP distribution of CA had a bimodal shape (DP 7 and 27 as peaks) for the both enzymes, but larger DPs of CA quickly decreased in the DgαGT. Cyclomaltopentaose, a rare cyclic sugar, was produced at early reaction stage and accumulated as the reactions went on in the both enzymes, but the increase was more profound in the TsαGT. Taken together, we clearly demonstrated the catalytic differences between αGT groups from thermophilic and pathogenic bacteria that and showed that αGTs play different roles depending on their lifestyle.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.323-328
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• 1997

The recombinant Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)pLysE : pTCGT1 was grown to overproduce Bacillus macerans cyclodextrin glucanotransferase (CGTase) able to synthesize ${\alpha}$-cyclodextrin (CD) with a selectivity of 67%. A number of batch fermentations were performed to test the possibility of using lactose as an inducer of the E. coli T7 promoter system. A mixture of isopropyl ${\beta}$-D-thiogalactoside (IPTG) and lactose (1 : 1) gave a maximum CGTase activity of 2.4 U/ml, which was higher than the value obtained with induction by IPTG alone. Fed-batch fermentations involving a glucose-controlled growth period followed by a gene-expression phase with mixtures of IPTG and lactose were employed to achieve high cell density and thereby increase total CGTase activity. Optimized fed-batch fermentation using the modified inducer (IPTG : lactose=1 : 3) and 100 g/l yeast extract solution in the gene-expression phase resulted in a maximum CGTase activity of 62.9 U/ml and a final cell mass of 53.5 g/l, corresponding to a 31-fold increase in CGTase activity and a 29-fold increase in cell mass compared with the control batch fermentation.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.29-39
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• 2018

Vibrio vulnificus needs various responsive mechanisms to survive and transmit successfully in alternative niches of human and marine environments, and to ensure the acquisition of steady energy supply to facilitate such unique life style. The bacterium had genetic constitution very different from that of Escherichia coli regarding metabolism of glycogen, a major energy reserve. V. vulnificus accumulated more glycogen than other bacteria and at various levels according to culture medium and carbon source supplied in excess. Glycogen was accumulated to the highest level in Luria-Bertani (3.08 mg/mg protein) and heart infusion (4.30 mg/mg protein) complex media supplemented with 1% (w/v) maltodextrin at 3 h into the stationary phase. Regarding effect of carbon source, more glycogen was accumulated when maltodextrin (2.34 mg/mg protein) was added than when glucose or maltose (0.78.1-14 mg/mg protein) was added as an excessive carbon source to M9 minimal medium, suggesting that maltodextrin metabolism might affect glycogen metabolism very closely. These results were supported by the analysis using the malP (encoding a maltodextrin phosphorylase) and malQ (encoding a 4-${\alpha}$-glucanotransferase) mutants, which accumulated much less glycogen than wild type when either glucose or maltodextrin was supplied as an excessive carbon source, but at different levels (3.1-80.3% of wild type glycogen). Therefore, multiple pathways for glycogen metabolism were likely to function in V. vulnificus and that responding to maltodextrin might be more efficient in synthesizing glycogen. All of the glycogen samples from 3 V. vulnificus strains under various conditions showed a narrow side chain length distribution with short chains (G4-G6) as major ones. Not only the comparatively large accumulation volume but also the structure of glycogen in V. vulnificus, compared to other bacteria, may explain durability of the bacterium in external environment.

• Journal of Genetic Medicine
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.72-79
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• 2007

목 적 : 제3형 당원병은 상염색체 열성으로 유전되는 드문 글리코겐 대사 질환이다. 글리코겐 debranching 효소는 두 가지 효소의 기능을 가지는데, amylo-1,6-glucosidase와 4-alpha-glucanotransferase가 그것이며, 제3형 당원병에서는 글리코겐 debranching 효소의 결핍으로 글리코겐의 불완전한 분해가 초래되며, 다양한 임상 및 생화학적 양상을 보이는 것으로 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 3명의 한국인 환자의 임상 및 생화학적 양상을 분석하고, AGL 유전자의 돌연변이 형태를 밝히고자 하였다. 방 법 : 서로 혈연 관계가 없는 3명의 한국인 제3형 당원병 환자를 대상으로, 생화학적, 조직학적, 방사선학적 특징을 포함한 임상 양상을 의무 기록을 통하여 조사하였다. 환자의 말초혈액에서 백혈구를 분리하여 추출한 genomic DNA를 사용하여 직접적 염기 서열 분석법으로 AGL 유전자의 35개 exon 및 exon과 intron의 경계 부분을 조사하여 돌연변이를 조사하였다. 결 과 : 간비대, 경련, 저신장, 고지혈증, 간효소 수치의 증가, creatine kinase 수치의 증가, 경도의 심근증 등 다양한 임상 양상이 관찰되었고, 한 명의 환자는 진행성 간섬유화로 인하여 간이식 수술을 시행 받았다. 생옥수수 전분가루의 복용은 모든 환자에서 정상 혈당을 유지시키고, 생화학적 검사 소견을 개선시키며 정상적인 성장 속도를 보이게 하였다. AGL 유전자 분석 결과 6개의 대립유전자 중 5개에서 돌연변이를 확인할 수 있었으며, 이중에 p.R428K를 제외한 4개의 돌연변이는 이제까지 보고된 적이 없는 새로운 돌연변이(c.1306delA, c.1510-1511insT, c.3416 T>C, c.1735+1 G>T)였다. 결 론 : 제3형 당원병은 임상 증상 및 중등도가 다양한 질환으로, 제1형 당원병의 증상과 유사하여 초기에 감별이 쉽지 않으며, 한국인 환자에서의 AGL 유전자의 돌연변이 양상도 매우 이질적이다.