• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.360-363
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• 1994

A colorimetric assay for $\gamma$-glutamyl transpeptidase ($\gamma$-CTP; E.C 2.3.2.2) employing 2, 4, 6-trinitrobenzene sulfonate (TNBS) to detect the amount of disappeared acceptor via transpeptidation, has been developed. Under the experimental conditions using L-$\gamma$-glutamyl ethyl ester and L-phenylalanine as $\gamma$-glutamyl donor and acceptor, respectively, it was found that the decreased absorbance of yellow color at 420 nm was strictly related to the amount of L-$\gamma$-glutamyl-L-phenylalanine (L-$\gamma$-Glu-L-Phe) formed, which was determined by DEAE-cellu-lose column chromatography. Concentrations of the enzyme and $\gamma$-glutamyl products were able to be determinedin the nanogram and nanomoles per milliliter range, respectively, with high precision and reliability. This novel assay system may therefore be a useful means for understanding of catalytic function of the $\gamma$-CTP spectrophotometrically without any usage of sophisticated instruments.

• BMB Reports
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.609-618
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• 2005

$\gamma$-Glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT, EC 2.3.2.2.) catalyzes the transfer of the $\gamma$-glutamyl moiety from $\gamma$-glutamyl containing ompounds, notably glutathione (GSH), to acceptor amino acids and peptides. A second gene (GGTII) encoding GGT was previously isolated and characterized from the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. In the present work, the GGTII-lacZ fusion gene was constructed and used to study the transcriptional regulation of the S. pombe GGTII gene. The synthesis of $\beta$-galactosidase from the GGTII-lacZ fusion gene was significantly enhanced by NO-generating SNP and hydrogen peroxide in the wild type yeast cells. The GGTII mRNA level was increased in the wild-type S. pombe cells treated with SNP. However, the induction by SNP was abolished in the Pap1-negative S. pombe cells, implying that the induction by SNP of GGTII is mediated by Pap1. Fermentable carbon sources, such as glucose (at low concentrations), lactose and sucrose, as a sole carbon source, enhanced the synthesis of $\beta$-galactosidase from the GGTII-lacZ fusion gene in wild type KP1 cells but not in Pap1-negative cells. Glycerol, a non-fermentable carbon source, was also able to induce the synthesis of $\beta$-galactosidase from the fusion gene, but other non-fermentable carbon sources such as acetate and ethanol were not. Transcriptional induction of the GGTII gene by fermentable carbon sources was also confirmed by increased GGTII mRNA levels in the yeast cells grown with them. Nitrogen starvation was also able to induce the synthesis of $\beta$-galactosidase from the GGTII-lacZ fusion gene in a Pap1-dependent manner. On the basis of the results, it is concluded that the S. pombe GGTII gene is regulated by oxidative and metabolic stress.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제49권6호
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• pp.610-616
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• 2017

본 연구를 통해 BAGGT를 재조합 B. subtilis를 이용하여 대량 생산하기 위하여 유전자 클로닝, 발현 시스템 구축 및 배지 최적화를 진행하였다. 이중프로모터 시스템을 이용하여 야생형 균주에 비해 42배 효소 생산성이 향상된 발현 시스템을 구축하였다. 또한 PBD 분석을 통해 당밀과 CSL이 재조합 B. subtilis 시스템에서 BAGGT의 생산성에 큰 영향을 주는 인자임을 확인하였으며, 염류의 첨가에 의한 효소 생산성 증대 효과는 미비하거나 부정적이었다. 탄소원으로 당밀을 선택하고 고가의 질소원인 트립톤을 저가의 CSL로 교체한 후 CCD 분석을 통해서 결정된 최적배지 사용 시 최적화 이전의 LB 배지 대비 4.3배의 생산성 증대를 이루었으며, 이는 LB 배지에서 야생형 균주의 BAGGT 생산성 대비 180배의 효소 생산성 개선에 해당하였다. 본 연구를 통해 식품용 효소로서 BAGGT의 대량생산을 위한 공정을 구축하였으며, 이후 정미성 소재 생산에 활용할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.