• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.547-551
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• 2013

We recently reported a Philyra pisum lectin (PPL) that exerts mitogenic effects on human lymphocytes, and its molecular characterization. The present study provides a more detailed characterization of PPL based on the results from a monosaccharide analysis indicating that PPL is a glycoprotein, and circular dichroism spectra revealing its estimated ${\alpha}$-helix, ${\beta}$-sheet, ${\beta}$-turn, and random coil contents to be 14.0%, 39.6%, 15.8%, and 30.6%, respectively. These contents are quite similar to those of deglycosylated PPL, indicating that glycans do not affect its intact structure. The binding properties to different pathogen-associated molecular patterns were investigated with hemagglutination inhibition assays using lipoteichoic acid from Gram-positive bacteria, lipopolysaccharide from Gram-negative bacteria, and both mannan and ${\beta}$-1,3-glucan from fungi. PPL binds to lipoteichoic acids and mannan, but not to lipopolysaccharides or ${\beta}$-1,3-glucan. PPL exerted no significant antiproliferative effects against human breast or bladder cancer cells. These results indicate that PPL is a glycoprotein with a lipoteichoic acid or mannan-binding specificity and which contains low and high proportions of ${\alpha}$-helix and ${\beta}$-structures, respectively. These properties are inherent to the innate immune system of P. pisum and indicate that PPL could be involved in signal transmission into Gram-positive bacteria or fungi.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제19권9호
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• pp.951-959
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• 2009

Most, if not all, Basidiomycetes mushrooms have biologically active polysaccharides showing potent antitumor activity with immunomodulating properties. These polysaccharides have various chemical compositions and belong primarily to the $\beta$-glucan group. In this study, the crude water-soluble polysaccharide HEF-P, which was obtained from the fruiting body of Hericium erinaceus by hot water extraction and ethanol precipitation, was fractionated by DEAE-cellulose and Sepharose CL-6B column chromatographies. This process resulted in four polysaccharide fractions, named HEF-NP Fr I, HEF-NP Fr II, HEF-AP Fr I, and HEF-AP Fr II. Of these fractions, HEF-AP Fr II was able to upregulate the functional events mediated by activated macrophages, such as production of nitric oxide and expression ofcytokines (IL-1${\beta}$ and TNF-${\alpha}$). The molecular mass of HEF-AP Fr II was estimated by gel filtration to be 13 kDa. Its structural characteristics were investigated by a combination of chemical and instrumental analyses, including methylation, reductive cleavage, acetylation, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Results indicate that HEF-AP Fr II is a low-molecular-mass polysaccharide with a laminarin-like triple helix conformation of a ${\beta}$-1,3-branched-${\beta}$-1,6-glucan.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.324-329
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• 1999

엿기름의 적정 제조조건을 설정하기 위하여 발아조건를 달리하여 제조한 엿기름의 ${\beta}-glucanase$, ${\alpha}-amylase$ 및 ${\beta}-amylase$의 활성을 조사하였다. 보리는 발아가 진행됨에 따라 ${\beta}-glucanase$의 활성이 증가하였으며, 이로 인해 세포벽의 주요 구성다당류인 ${\beta}-glucan$이 분해되어 감소하였다. ${\beta}-Glucanase$ 활성은 $15^{\circ}C$의 발아온도에 비해 $18^{\circ}C$와 $21^{\circ}C$에서 발아초기에 급격히 증가하였으며 발아 6일경에는 최고값에 달하였다. 6조보리인 올보리의 ${\beta}-glucanase$ 활성이 2조보리인 진양보리에 비해 높게 나타났다. 올보리의 ${\alpha}-amylase$ 활성 역시 진양보리에 비해 현저히 높았으며 6일간의 발아일수에서 증가하는 경향이 있었다. 발아보리의 ${\alpha}-amylase$ 활성은 발아온도 $15^{\circ}C$에서 가장 낮았고 $18^{\circ}C$에서 가장 높았으며 $21^{\circ}C$에서는 약간 감소하였다. ${\beta}-Amylase$는 원맥에서 상당한 활성이 있었으며 발아과정중에 지속적으로 증가하는 경향을 보였다. $15^{\circ}C$에 비해 $18^{\circ}C$와 $21^{\circ}C$에서 발아일수에 따른 ${\beta}-amylase$ 활성의 증가폭이 컸으며 발아 5일 이후부터는 효소활성도에 있어서 크게 변화를 보이지 않았다. 엿기름의 당화력(diastatic power)은 올보리가 진양보리에 비해 $1.4{\sim}1.9$배 정도 높았으며 $18^{\circ}C$에서 $5{\sim}6$일의 발아가 당화력이 가장 우수한 것으로 나타나 발아조건으로서 적합한 것으로 제시되었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.247-255
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• 2006

Yeast cell wall matrix particles are composed entirely of mannoprotein and ${\beta}-glucan$. The mannoproteins of yeast cell wall can systemically enhance the immune system. We previously purified and analyzed alkali-soluble ${\beta}-glucans$ [${\beta}$-(1,3)- and ${\beta}$-(1,6)-glucans] [10]. In the present study, a wild-type strain was first mutagenized with ultraviolet light, and the cell wall mutants were then selected by treatment with 1.0 mg/ml laminarinase (endo-${\beta}$-(1,3)-D-glucanase). Mannoproteins of Saccharomyces cerevisiae were released by laminarinase, purified by concanavalin-A affinity and ion-exchange chromatography. The results indicated that the mutants yielded 3-fold more mannoprotein than the wild-type. The mannoprotein mass of mutant K48L3 was 2.25 mg/100 mg of yeast cell dry mass. Carbohydrate analysis revealed that they contained mannose, glucose, and N-acetylglucosamine. Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell wall components, mannoproteins, are known to interact with macrophages through receptors, thereby inducing release of tumor necrosis factor alpha ($TNF-{\alpha}$) and nitric oxide. Mannoprotein tractions in the present study had a higher macrophage activity of secretion of $TNF-{\alpha}$ and nitric oxide and direct phagocytosis than positive control ($1{\mu}g$ of lipopolysaccharide). In particular, F1 and F3 fractions in mannoproteins of K48L3 enhanced and upregulated the activity of nitric oxide secretion and macrophage phagocytosis by approximately two- and four-fold, respectively.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.457-464
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• 2008

An extracellular enzyme (RMEBE) possessing ${\alpha}-(1{\rightarrow}4)-(1{\rightarrow}6)$-transferring activity was purified to homogeneity from Rhodothermus marin us by combination of ammonium sulfate precipitation, Q-Sepharose ion-exchange, and Superdex-200 gel filtration chromatographies, and preparative native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The purified enzyme had an optimum pH of 6.0 and was highly thermostable with a maximal activity at $80^{\circ}C$. Its half-life was determined to be 73.7 and 16.7 min at 80 and $85^{\circ}C$, respectively. The enzyme was also halophilic and highly halotolerant up to about 2M NaCl, with a maximal activity at 0.5M. The substrate specificity of RMEBE suggested that it possesses partial characteristics of both glucan branching enzyme and neopullulanase. RMEBE clearly produced branched glucans from amylose, with partial ${\alpha}-(1{\rightarrow}4)$-hydrolysis of amylose and starch. At the same time, it hydrolyzed pullulan partly to panose, and exhibited ${\alpha}-(1{\rightarrow}4)-(1{\rightarrow}6)$-transferase activity for small maltooligosaccharides, producing disproportionated ${\alpha}-(1{\rightarrow}6)$-branched maltooligosaccharides. The enzyme preferred maltopentaose and maltohexaose to smaller maltooligosaccharides for production of longer branched products. Thus, the results suggest that RMEBE might be applied for production of branched oligosaccharides from small maltodextrins at high temperature or even at high salinity.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권9호
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• pp.1555-1563
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• 2008

A novel $\alpha$-amylase ($\alpha$-1,4-$\alpha$-D-glucan glucanohydrolase, E.C. 3.2.1.1), ScAmy43, was found in the culture medium of the phytopathogenic fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum grown on oats flour. Purified to homogeneity, ScAmy43 appeared as a 43 kDa monomeric enzyme, as estimated by SDS-PAGE and Superdex 75 gel filtration. The MALDI peptide mass fingerprint of ScAmy43 tryptic digest as well as internal sequence analyses indicate that the enzyme has an original primary structure when compared with other fungal a-amylases. However, the sequence of the 12 N-terminal residues is homologous with those of Aspergillus awamori and Aspergillus kawachii amylases, suggesting that the new enzyme belongs to the same GH13 glycosyl hydrolase family. Assayed with soluble starch as substrate, this enzyme displayed optimal activity at pH 4 and $55^{\circ}C$ with an apparent $K_m$ value of 1.66 mg/ml and $V_{max}$ of 0.1${\mu}mol$glucose $min^{-1}$ $ml^{-1}$. ScAmy43 activity was strongly inhibited by $Cu^{2+}$, $Mn^{2+}$, and $Ba^{2+}$, moderately by $Fe^{2+}$, and was only weakly affected by $Ca^{2+}$ addition. However, since EDTA and EGTA did not inhibit ScAmy43 activity, this enzyme is probably not a metalloprotein. DTT and $\beta$-mercaptoethanol strongly increased the enzyme activity. Starting with soluble starch as substrate, the end products were mainly maltotriose, suggesting for this enzyme an endo action.

• Journal of Life Science
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.26-34
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• 1999

A thermostable pullulanase has been isolated and purified from Thermus caldophilus GK-24 to a homogeneity by gel-filtration and ion-exchange chromatography. The specific activity of the purified enzyme was 431-fold increase from the crude culture broth with a recovery of 11.4%. The purified enzyme showed $M_{r}$ of 65 kDa on denaturated and natural conditions. The pI of the enzyme was 6.1 and Schiff staining was negative, suggesting that the enzyme is not a glycoprotein. The enzyme was most active at pH 5.5. The activity was maximal at $75^{\cire}C$ and stable up to $95^{\cire}C$ for 30 min at pH 5.5. The enzyme was stable to incubation from pH 3.5 to pH 8.0 at $4^{\cire}C$ for 24hr. The presence of pullulan protected the enzyme from heat inactivation, the extent depending upon the substrate concentration. The activity of the enzyme was simulated by $Mn^{2+}$ ion, }$Ni^{2+}$, $Ca^{2+}$, $Co^{2+}$ ions. The enzyme hydrolyzed the ${\alpha}$-1,6-linkages of amylopectin, glycogens, ${\alpha}$, ${\beta}$-limited dextrin, and pullulan. The enzyme caused the complete hydrolysis of pullulan to maltotriose and the activity was inhibited by $\alpha$, $\beta$, or $\gamma$-cyclodextrins. The $NH_{2}$-terminal amino acid sequence [(Ala-Pro-Gln-(Asp of Tyr)-Asn-Leu-Leu-Xaa-ILe-Gly-Ala(Ser)] was compared with known sequences of various sources and that was compared with known sequences of various sources and that was different from those of bacterial and plant enzymes, suggesting that the enzymes are structurally different.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.384-388
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• 1999

단위진동전류 검출기를 정착한 고성능 액체 크로마토그래프를 이용하여 생체내에 저동도로 존재하며 항생제 및 면역억제제로 그 사용이 주목받고 있는 glucose-1-phosphate (G-1-P)를 분리, 분석하였다. 기존의 본석방법인 세 가지 효소의 혼합사용을 이용한 자외선분석법과 선형성 (2 - $20{\mu}M$ 범위에서 기울기는 $4.8{\times}10^4$ 피크면적/${\mu}M$)과 재현성을 비교한 결과 본 분석법이 더 효율적임을 알 수 있었다. 최저 측정한계는 $2{\mu}M$이었다. 실재 내열성 효소반응액을 이용한 분석에서 G-1-P 및 부산물인 glucose-G-phosphate도 분리되었다. 본 분석방법은 생체내에 존재하는 여러 형태의 탄수화물 이성질체의 분리를 가능케 해, 생체내 탄수화물 대사연구에 효율적으로 이용될 수 있다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.292-297
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• 2007

신령버섯(Agaricus blazei Murill)의 액체 배양으로 다당체의 균사체외 분비를 유도하였으며, 버섯 균사체의 새포내 다당체와 세포외 분비 다당체의 면역증진활성을 in vitro 시험으로 비교하였다. 부분 정제된 세포내 다당체와 세포외 다당체의 총당 함량은 각각 85.6%와 95.3%였으며, ${\beta}$-glucan 함량은 각각 67.9%와 88.1%로 측정되었다. 면역활성 실험에는 시료의 닥 함량을 동일하게 맞추어 사용하였다. In vitro에서 균사체내외 다당체는 대식세포 주인 RAW 264.7을 활성화시켜 nitric oxide (NO) 생성을 농도 의존적으로 증가시켰으며, 각각 최대 53.9%, 53.1%의 비슷한 증가활성을 나타내었다. 또 균사채내외 다당체는 모두 RAW 264.7을 활성화시켜 염중성 cytokine류인 interleukin (IL)-$1{\beta}$, IL-6, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-${\alpha}$의 생성을 증가시켰으며, 이때 3종의 cytokine 모두에서, 세포내 다당체에 비해 세포외 다당체를 처리했을때 저농도에서 높은 증가률을 나타내었다. 두 다당체는 in vitro 상에서 비장세포를 증식시키는 효과를 나타내었으며, 세포내 다당체가 농도 의존적으로 증식효과를 보인데 반해 세포외 다당체는 저농도에서 증식이 높았고, $250\;{\mu}g/ml$ 농도 이상에서는 더 높아지지 않았다. 두 다당체 모두 암세포인 B16F0 melanoma에 대한 직접적인 세포독성 효과는 나타내지 않았다. 신령버섯 균사체 배양으로 생성된 세포내외 다당체는 in vitro에서 모두 면역활성을 증가시키는 것으로 나타났으며 전반적으로 그 활성은 세포내 다당체보다 세포외 다당체가 우수한 것으로 판단되었다.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.91-95
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• 2009

자연에서 채집한 치마버섯 자실체로부터 분리한 Schizophyllum commune 균을 배양하여 얻은 균사체 배양물로부터 추출한 다당류의 물리화학적 특성에 대하여 조사하였다. 액체배양 균사체로부터 추출된 다당류는 방법에 따라 $0.19{\sim}1.63%$의 수율을 나타내었다. 이들 다당류의 총 당은 $48.9{\sim}72.0%$이고, 단백질은 $15.3{\sim}32.0%$를 함유하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 추출한 SC-EP 다당류의 구성 당은 glucose가 69.6%로 주를 이루고, fructose가 26.1%, 소량의 xylose로 구성된 것으로 나타나는 것으로 보아 hetero 다당류인 것으로 추정되었다. 또한, 산성 아미노산인 aspartic acid, glycine 및 glutamic acid 등은 각각 12.5%, 18.1% 및 15.2%, 중성아미노산인 alanine은 9.9%, 당과 단백질의 O${\beta}-glycosidic$ 결합에 관여하고 있는 threonine과 serine의 경우는 2.9% 및 2.7%로 나타났다. IR 분석결과 이들은 ${\alpha}$ 와 ${\beta}$-glucan이 혼재된 다당류인 것으로 나타났다. 한외여과장치로 제조한 다당류(SC-UP)의 0.5% 용액의 점도는 20 rpm 시 70 cps로 나타났다. 이상의 치마버섯 액체배양 균사체를 열수추출하여 에탄올 침전시켜 얻은 다당류는 당과 단백질이 결합된 단백다당류의 결합 형태를 이루고, 당은 2가지 이상의 당이 혼재하고 있으며, 아미노산은 산성아미노산의 함량이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 다당류의 결합 양식은 ${\alpha}$ 와 ${\beta}$-glucan이 혼재하고 있으며, 강한 점성을 나타내었다.