• Title/Summary/Keyword: -galactosidase

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Effect of fur on pyrC Gene Expression

  • Chai, Sang-Ho;Song, Chang-Kyu;Kim, Seong-Kwun;Park, Jun-Ho;Wee, Se-Chan
    • Journal of Microbiology
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    • 제45권6호
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    • pp.583-589
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    • 2007
  • The promoter region of pyrC (dihydroorotase) gene of Escherichia coli was shown to have Fur protein binding properties by gel retardation assay. In vivo regulation of the pyrC expression was studied by measuring dihydroorotase activity and ${\beta}$-galactosidase level in the $fur^+$ and $fur^-$ genetic background. The expression of chromosomal dihydroorotase activity and ${\beta}$-galactosidase activity of pyrC-lacZ fusion plasmid was repressed to about 30% and 17%, respectively in the $fur^+$ strain compared to those in the $fur^-$ strain. Divalent ions such as $Fe^{2+}$ and $Zn^{2+}$ were not required for the repression. PyrC expression was also reduced to one half by 1 mM uracil. The effect of uracil was independent on the fur gene.

Selection of Human-Originated Lactobacillus acidophilus For Production of Probiotics

  • Kim, Wang-June;Hong, Seok-San;Cha, Seong-Kwan
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제4권2호
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    • pp.151-154
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    • 1994
  • Lactobacillus acidophilus KFRI 233, a strain isolated from human, was selected as a candidate for probiotics due to its excellent growth in MRS broth where no special anaerobic condition is required. Both simultaneous and deferred agar diffusion assays exhibited Lb. acidophilus KFRI 233 to possess an antagonistic effect against Clostridium perfringens. Its antagonistic effect was pH dependent Associative culture of KFRI 233 and Cl. perfringens in broth resulted in maximum 94.04% inhibition of Cl. perfringens. $\beta$-Galactosidase activity of KFRI 233 was higher than other tested strains that are sold as commercial probiotics. Survival of KFRI 233 in pasteurized skim milk (4$^{\circ}C$) and Sherbet mix (-15$^{\circ}C$) after 7 days of storage were 71.9 and 105.5%, respectively.

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Characterization of an Oxygen-Dependent Inducible Promoter Systems, the nar Promoter of Escherichia coli, and Gram negative host strains

  • Lee, Gil-Ho;Jo, Mu-Hwan;Lee, Jong-Won
    • 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국생물공학회 2001년도 추계학술발표대회
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    • pp.762-766
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    • 2001
  • The nar promoter of Escherichia coli was known to induce maximally under anaerobic or microaerobic conditions in the presence of nitrate. In this study, the nar promoter was tested to see whether the expression level of a reporter gene which fused lacZ gene at nar promoter's downstream, in the some gram negative host strains(Agrobacterium, Pseudomonas and Rhizobium). A nar promoter system(Combination of nar promoter and gram negative strain) was grown under aerobic conditions to absorbance at 600 nm of nearly 2.0 and then, the nar promoter was induced by lowering DO to 1-2% with alternating microaerobic and aerobic condition in the fermentor cultures, using different gram negative hosts. For a wild type nar promoter (pNW61), it was possible to maintain production of ${\beta}-galactosidase$ activity per cell(specific ${\beta}-galactosidase$ activity) at 14,000, 9600, 45 Miller units in the presence of 1% nitrate. and for a nitrate - independent nar promoter (pNW618) at 12,000, 10,400 and 58 Miller units in the absence of nitrate ion, respectively.

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The Optimization of Fermentation Parameters for Heterologous Protein Productivity Enhancement with Pichia pastoris (Methylotrophic Yeast를 이용한 외래단백질 발현에서의 발효 변수 최적화)

  • 강환구;이문원;전희진
    • KSBB Journal
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    • 제13권3호
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    • pp.325-330
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    • 1998
  • The methylotrophic yeast, Pichia pastoris, is known to be a potential host to offer many advantages for production of recombinant proteins. Fermentation parameters were optimized to enhance the heterologous ${\beta}$-galactosidase productivity with P. pastoris. Optimum concentration of methanol, used as inducer, was observed to be 8 g/L and the extent of repression of AOX1 promoter by glycerol was lower than by glucose. The degradation of the gene product ${\beta}$-galactosidase by protease was inhibited as the pH increased from 5 to 8 and the yeast extract(1%) as nitrogen source increased expression level 4 times higher compared to yeast nitrogen base(1%) as nitrogen source increased expression level 4 times higher compared to yeast nitrogen base(1%). Induction method, in which methanol is just added to fermentation medium without centrifugation, was found to be as much effective as the one with centrifugation.

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Two-stage Enzymatic Conversion of Lactose to Galactooligosaccharides by Two-type ${\beta}-galactosidases$ (두 종류 ${\beta}-galactosidases$ 의 이단 반응을 이용한 갈락토올리고당의 제조)

  • In, Man-Jin;Kim, Min-Hong;Chae, Hee-Jeong
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • 제29권2호
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    • pp.376-378
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    • 1997
  • In an attempt to increase the conversion of lactose to galactoligosaccharides, two types of ${\beta}-galactosidases$ originated from Thermus caldophilus and Bacillus sp. A4442 reacted with 60% (w/w) lactose consecutively. Concentration of galactooligosaccharides reached up to 60% at the 85% conversion of the initial lactose maintaining transgalactosylation ratio ca. 90%.

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Expression of a Yeast Superkiller Gene(SK13) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Saccharomyces cerevisiae에서 효모 Superkiller 유전자(SK13)의 발현)

  • ;Wickner, Reed B.
    • Korean Journal of Microbiology
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    • 제28권2호
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    • pp.114-119
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    • 1990
  • A yeast chromosomal superkiller gene (SK13) was cloned and expressed in $ski3^{-}$ Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains. The gene was fused to the structural region of E. coli lacZ gene at its C-terminus in a yeast-E. coli shuttle vector, pSR605. The fused gene complemented $ski3^{-}$ strains with SK13 activity and the quantitative level of expression was measured as determined by assaying $\beta$-galactosidase activity. The SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and the Western blot analysis of this fused protein showed the immuno-reacted bands with a protein of the estimated molecular size (ca.250Kd).

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DEVELOPMENT OF DRIED LIPOSOMES CONTAUBUBG $\beta$-GALACTO-SIDASE FOR THE DIGESTION OF LACTOSE IN MILK.

  • Lee, Na-Choi;Kim, Chong-Kook
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Applied Pharmacology
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    • 한국응용약물학회 1996년도 춘계학술대회
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    • pp.283-283
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    • 1996
  • The hydrolyzed-lactose milk for the lactase-deficient subject is sweeter than whole milk, and some subjects dislike its taste. To overcome this shortcoming the dried liposomes containing ${\beta}$-galactosidase to digest lactose in milk after drinking were prepared and examined the possible application of this dried liposomes to the lactase-deficient subjects. To improve the stability of conventional liposome suspension, the dried liposomes in the presence of trehalose were prepared by the dehydration-rehydration vesicles method. Small unilamellar vesicles, prepared with egg phosphatidyl cholesterol, and cholesterol, were mixed with ${\beta}$-galactosidase solution and then ;up[jo;ozed. The freeze-dried liposome was rehydrated and centrifuged. The resultant multilamellar vesicles were mixed with trehalose(4g/g lipid) and then lyophilized to produce final dried liposome. Trehalose increased the entrapping efficiency of liposomes by 3 fo1d compared to the liposomes without trehalose (13% vs. 46%).

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Rheological Characteristics of Wheat Flour Dough with Bifidobacterium sp. (Bifidobacterium sp.로 제조된 반죽의 물성적 특성)

  • An, Duek-Jun;Hong, Jeong-Hoon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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    • 제17권2호
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    • pp.165-170
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    • 2002
  • In order to economically utilize dough with B. longum, B. infantis and B. brevis as a bread improver, aerotolerance, ${\alpha}-galactosidase$ activity, organic acids, farinograph and extensograph of dough were investigated. In aerotolerance of Bifidobacterium sp., B. longum was highest among tested starters, followed by B. infantis. The ${\alpha}-galactosidase$ activity was highest in the B. longum among tested starters. In organic acids, the contents of lactic acid and acetic acid were the highest in the among tested starters, followed by B. infantis. In farinograms of dough, water absorption and peak time were highest in the B. brevis among tested dough. Extensogram showed that the area increased remarkably in B. longum and B. infantis at 135min of fermentation. Extensibility and resistance to extension of dough were highest in the B. infantis among the dough, followed B. longum.