• Journal of Plant Biology
• /
• 제26권4호
• /
• pp.173-180
• /
• 1983

L-canavanine was added to GAs treated barley seeds, and induced amylase activity, soluble protein content, and arginine content were mesured. Canavanine, added at the beginning of the incubation period, inhibited amylase activity and protein accumulation. Amylase activity decreased markedly by addition of canavanine at 6 hr after incubation, where soluble protein content was not affected. The addition of canavanine after 12 hr incubation did not show serioud inhibited effect on the amylase activity and protein accumulation. GAs incubation caused decrement in arginine content per mg protein, but it was somewhat recovered by canavanine treatment. The longer the time between GAs and canavanine addition was, the less the recovery ration was. Arginine content in the $\alpha$-amylase fraction (ammonium sulfate 20~50% saturation) was lower than in 0~20% fraction, but higher than in 50~80% fraction. These results and control expreiments, using cordycepin and cycloheximide, support the idea that canavanine might incorporate into protein.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• /
• 제26권3호
• /
• pp.181-187
• /
• 2023

The control of intestinal α-amylase and α-glucosidase is an effective therapeutic strategy for prevention of post-prandial hyperglycemia associated with diabetes mellitus. The objective of this study was to evaluate the anti-diabetes activities of Korean edible seaweed against α-amylase and α-glucosidase, two carbolytic enzymes involved in serum glucose regulation. Of the 41 species initially screened, Cladophora wrightiana var. minor, Eisenia bicyclis, Ecklonia cava, Ishige foliacea, and Ishige okamurae exhibited the strongest inhibitory activities from brown seaweeds. Asparagopsis taxiformis showed the strongest inhibitory effects from red seaweeds. The results of this study suggest that the crude brown seaweed extracts (C. wrightiana var. minor, E. bicyclis, E. cava, I. foliacea, and I. okamurae) and crude red seaweed extracts (A. taxiformis) may have beneficial effects suppressing the rise in postprandial hyperglycemia through the inhibition of α-amylase and α-glucosidase.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
• /
• 제32권1호
• /
• pp.57-67
• /
• 2007

현대인들에게는 다양한 증상과 징후를 나타내는 스트레스성 질환이 증가되고 있는 추세에 있다. 이러한 스트레스 시에 구강 내에는 구강건조이나 구강작열감증후군, 구강점막질환, 구취 등이 호발 된다는 것은 이미 널리 알려진 사실이다. 이때 대부분의 환자에서 공통적으로 나타나는 현상은 타액선의 기능적 및 구조적 변화에 따른 타액성분의 변화이다. 이에 저자는 스트레스가 구강 내 타액선에 어떠한 영향을 미치며, 타액선으로부터 분비되는 ${\alpha}$-amylase에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지를 알아보고자 본 실험을 시행한 결과 다음과 같은 유의성 있는 결과를 얻었다. 1. 구속 스트레스에 의하여 타액선 조직은 선포세포가 공포화되며 변성되었고, 선포간극이 이개되었으며, 도관주위조직도 변성되었다. 2. 구속 3시간 후에는 선포세포가 위축되기 시작하였고, 구속 6시간 후에는 선포 간 이개현상이 관찰되었으며, 구속 72시간 후에는 도관 주위 조직도 변성되기 시작하였고, 점차 심화되어 구속 168시간 후에는 선포와 도관 주위조직이 모두 심하게 변성되었다. 3. 면역조직화학적 검사에서 구속 3시간 후에는 amylase의 발현이 부분적으로 불규칙하게 관찰되었으며, 구속 6시간 후에는 다소 감소되었고, 구속 12시간 후에는 amylase가 부분적으로 응집되었으며, 점차 감소되고 응집되어, 구속 48시간 후에는 전 타액선에 amylase의 응집현상이 심화되었고, 구속 168시간 후에는 amylase의 발현이 매우 감소되었다. 이상의 결과를 바탕으로 정서적인 스트레스를 받으면 타액선이 변성될 수 있으며, 타액선으로부터 분비되는 중요한 소화 효소인 amylase가 변화되어 소화 장애를 일으키거나 구강건강과 관계없이 구취발생에도 영향을 미칠 수 있다고 예측할 수 있어, 향후 amylase의 분비변화에 따른 지속적인 연구가 필요할 것으로 생각된다.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
• /
• 제7권1호
• /
• pp.52-55
• /
• 2002

Flow cytometric techniques were used to investigate cell size, protein content and cell cycle behavior of recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains producing human lysozyme (HLZ). Two different signal sequences, the native yeast $MF\alpha1$ signal sequence and the rat $\alpha-amylase$ signal sequence, were used for secretion of HLZ. The strain containing the rat $\alpha-amylase$ signal sequence showed a higher level of internal lysozyme and lower specific growth rates. Flow cytometric analysis of the total protein content and cell size showed the strain harboring the native yeast signal sequence had a higher total protein content than the strain containing the rat $\alpha-amylase$ signal sequence. Cell cycle analysis indicated that the two lysozyme producing recombinant strains had an increased number of cells in the $G_2+M$ phase of the yeast cell cycle compared with the host strain SEY2102.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
• /
• 제20권12호
• /
• pp.1696-1701
• /
• 2010

The ${\alpha}$-amylases activity was improved by random mutagenesis and screening. A region comprising residues from the position 34-281 was randomly mutated in B. licheniformis ${\alpha}$-amylase (AmyL), and the library with mutations ranging from low, medium, and high frequencies was generated. The library was screened using an effective liquid-phase screening method to isolate mutants with an altered pH profile. The sequencing of improved variants indicated 2-5 amino acid changes. Among them, mutant TP8H5 showed an altered pH profile as compared with that of wild type. The sequencing of variant TP8H5 indicated 2 amino acid changes, Ile157Ser and Trp193Arg, which were located in the solvent accessible flexible loop region in domain B.

• 한국생명과학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 한국생명과학회 2007년도 제48회 학술심포지움 및 추계국제학술대회
• /
• pp.109.1-109.1
• /
• 2007

See Full Text

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
• /
• 제18권6호
• /
• pp.923-929
• /
• 2011

본 연구는 당뇨처방을 근거로 구성된 생약재 복합물의 항당뇨 효능을 조사하기 위하여 복합물의 인슐린성 물질을 탐색하고 ${\alpha}$-amylase 및 ${\alpha}$-glucosidase 저해활성을 평가하였다. 3T3-L1 세포에 복합 생약재 추출물을 $10{\mu}g/mL$의 농도로 처리하였을 때 지방세포로의 분화능은 151.7%로 인슐린의 작용을 향상시키는 것으로 확인되었다. 혈당저하제로서 생약재 복합 추출물의 ${\alpha}$-amylase에 대한 저해활성은 생약재 복합 추출물 10.0, 1.0 및 0.1 mg/mL의 농도에서 각각 38.4, 31.5 및 16.6%이었으며, ${\alpha}$-glucosidase에 대한 생약재 복합 추출물의 저해활성은 같은 농도에서 각각 81.3, 35.8 및 26.7%였다. 열수 추출물과 80% ethanol 추출물의 각종 용매 분획물에 대한 ${\alpha}$-glucosidase 저해활성은 다양한 용매 분획물 가운데 ethyl acetate층에서 66.9%와 55.1%로 가장 높은 활성을 나타내었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
• /
• 제19권11호
• /
• pp.1306-1318
• /
• 2009

The filamentous ascomycete Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is well known for its ability to produce a large variety of hydrolytic enzymes. Two $\alpha$-amylases ScAmy54 and ScAmy43 predicted to play an important role in starch degradation were showed to produce specific oligosaccharides essentially maltotriose that have a considerable commercial interest. Primary structure of the two enzymes was established by N-terminal sequencing, MALDI-TOF masse spectrometry and cDNA cloning. The two proteins have the same N-terminal catalytic domain and ScAmy43 derived from ScAmy54 by truncation of 96 amino acids at the carboxyl-terminal region. Data of genomic analysis suggested that the two enzymes originated from the same $\alpha$-amylase gene and that truncation of ScAmy54 to ScAmy43 occurred probably during S. sclerotiorum cultivation. The structural gene of Scamy54 consisted of 9 exons and 8 introns, containing a single 1,500-bp open reading frame encoding 499 amino acids including a signal peptide of 21 residues. ScAmy54 exhibited high amino acid homology with other liquefying fungal $\alpha$-amylases essentially in the four conserved regions and in the putative catalytic triad. A 3D structure model of ScAmy54 and ScAmy43 was built using the 3-D structure of 2guy from A. niger as template. ScAmy54 is composed by three domains A, B, and C, including the well-known $(\beta/\alpha)_8$ barrel motif in domain A, have a typical structure of $\alpha$-amylase family, whereas ScAmy43 contained only tow domains A and B is the first fungal $\alpha$-amylase described until now with the smallest catalytic domain.

• 한국조리학회지
• /
• 제18권5호
• /
• pp.233-242
• /
• 2012

제호탕은 오매, 사인, 백단향, 초과 등의 한약재와 꿀을 넣어 만든 여름철 전통음료이다. 본 연구에서는 제호탕의 재료인 오매, 사인, 초과, 백단향의 항산화 활성, Total phenolic content, ${\alpha}$-glucosidase, ${\alpha}$-amylase inhibitory activity를 생리활성을 측정하였다. 또한, 전통적인 조리법(연밀)과 현대적인 조리법(중탕법, 모두 끓이는 방법)으로 제호탕을 만들었을 때 pH, 색도, 당도의 차이를 비교분석하였다. Total phenolic content는 사인이 120.45 mg GAE/g, 오매분말 연밀미비법이 152.66 mg GAE/g를 나타냈으며, DPPH free radical 소거활성은 사인이 93.13% 그리고 오매분말 연밀미비법이 56.44%를 나타내었다. ${\rho}$-nitrophenyl-${\alpha}$-Dglucopyranoside를 기질로 사용한 ${\alpha}$-glucosidase 저해효과는 $100{\mu}g/mL$ 농도에서 사인이 89.51% 저해율을 보였으며, 끓이는 방법이 ${\alpha}$-glucosidase 저해효과 52.38%, ${\alpha}$-amylase 저해활성 72.52%로 높은 저해능을 보였다. 이와 같은 결과, 제호탕 소재로는 사인이 항산화, 항당뇨 효과에 뛰어남을 확인할 수 있었다. 조리방법에 서는 오매분말 연밀미비법이 높은 항산화 활성을 나타내었으며, 항당뇨 효과는 끓이는 방법이 뛰어남을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
• /
• 제26권5호
• /
• pp.654-660
• /
• 2013

Three Korean native steers ($779{\pm}24$ kg) fitted with duodenal cannulas were used in a $3{\times}3$ Latin square design to investigate the influence of oral administration of soluble proteins, intact casein (IC) and acid hydrolyzed casein (AHC), on gastro-intestinal hormone (GIH) secretion in the blood and pancreatic ${\alpha}$-amylase activity in the duodenum. Oral treatment consisted of a basic diet (control), IC (C+100% protein), or AHC (C+80% amino acid, 20% peptide) for 21 d. Blood and duodenum samples were collected for measurement of serum GI hormones, and pancreatic ${\alpha}$-amylase activity was determined at 900, 1030, 1330, 1630, and 1930 h after feeding on d 21 of treatment. The levels of serum cholecystokinin (CCK) and secretin in the IC treatment group were higher compared to the other treatment groups (p<0.05). In addition to the changes in CCK and secretin levels upon IC treatment, the pancreatic ${\alpha}$-amylase activity in the duodenum was higher in the IC group compared to the control diet group (p<0.05). The response of serum ghrelin to IC and AHC treatment was in accordance with the response of serum secretin. The level of peptide fragments flowing in the duodenum was higher in the IC treatment group than the other treatment groups (p<0.05). In conclusion, this study demonstrated that an increase in duodenal CCK and secretin upon IC oral administration increased pancreatic ${\alpha}$-amylase secretion. In addition, ghrelin may be associated with GI hormone secretion in Korean native steers.