• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.494-502
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• 1991

Diazotized chitin(CHITN) as supports of immobilized enzyme, which was obtained by alkaline hydrolysed chitin with NaN3 and HCI was employed to produce CHITN-Gase with glutaraldehyde as bifunctional reagent. Activities of CHITN-Gase were determined with reaction of p-nitro-pheol-$\beta$-D-glucopyranoside(PNG) in plug flow reactor as a reference of CHITA-Gase. Their optimum temperature, pH, Km and Vmax, mass transfer coefficient (h), effctiveness factor(η)were plotted with variation of flow rate and H/D. Mass transfer coefficient(h) of those enzymes increased because of their flux, as flow rates were increased and controlled by reaction rate. Effectiveness factor(η) of both enzymes were nearly 1.0.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.74-80
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• 2014

The peroxisome is an intracellular organelle that responds dynamically to environmental changes. Various model organisms have been used to study the roles of peroxisomal proteins in maintaining cellular homeostasis. By taking advantage of the zebrafish model whose early stage of embryogenesis is dependent on yolk components, we examined the developmental roles of the D-bifunctional protein (Dbp), an essential enzyme in the peroxisomal ${\beta}$-oxidation. The knockdown of dbp in zebrafish phenocopied clinical manifestations of its deficiency in human, including defective craniofacial morphogenesis, growth retardation, and abnormal neuronal development. Overexpression of murine Dbp rescued the morphological phenotypes induced by dbp knockdown, indicative of conserved roles of Dbp during zebrafish and mammalian development. Knockdown of dbp impaired normal development of blood, blood vessels, and most strikingly, endoderm-derived organs including the liver and pancreas - a phenotype not reported elsewhere in connection with peroxisome dysfunction. Taken together, our results demonstrate for the first time that zebrafish might be a useful model animal to study the role of peroxisomes during vertebrate development.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권8호
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• pp.1293-1298
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• 2018

Phosphomannomutase (ManB) converts mannose-6-phosphate (M-6-P) to mannose-1-phosphate (M-1-P), which is a key metabolic precursor for the production of GDP-D-mannose used for production of glycoconjugates and post-translational modification of proteins. The aim of this study was to express the manB gene from Escherichia coli in Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris NZ9000 and to characterize the encoded enzyme. The manB gene from E. coli K12, of 1,371 bp and encoding 457 amino acids (52 kDa), was cloned and overexpressed in L. lactis NZ9000 using the nisin-controlled expression system. The enzyme was purified by Ni-NTA column chromatography and exhibited a specific activity of 5.34 units/mg, significantly higher than that of other previously reported ManB enzymes. The pH and temperature optima were 8.0 and $50^{\circ}C$, respectively. Interestingly, the ManB used in this study had two substrate specificity for both mannose-1-phosphate and glucose-1-phosphate, and the specific activity for glucose-1-phosphate was 3.76 units/mg showing 70% relative activity to that of mannose-1-phosphate. This is the first study on heterologous expression and characterization of ManB in lactic acid bacteria. The ManB expression system constructed in this study canbe used to synthesize rare sugars or glycoconjugates.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.43-48
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• 1994

벼 세포 현탁배양여액으로부터 chitooligosaccharides에 의해 유도된 염기성 단백질 ICG를 순수분리하였다. 본 단백질은 chitin과 laminarin을 가수분해하므로 chitinase와 ${\beta}-1,3-glucanase$ 활성을 함께 보유하고 있는 것으로 나타났으며, 벼잎 단백질 RCG-2와는 달리 lysozyme 활성을 가지고 있지 않았다. 분자량이 52.53 kd인 본 효소의 chitinase 활성은 pH 5.0, $60^{\circ}C$, ${\beta}-1,3-glucanase$ 활성을 pH 4.0, $40^{\circ}C$의 조건에서 최대로 나타났다.$NAG_5$에 대한 $K_M$ 및 $V_{max}$ 수치는 각각 0.474 mM, 2.997 nM/min., laminarin에 대한 것은 각각 1.004 mM, 0.739 nM/min.로 나타나, ICG는 RCC-2보다 높은 기질친화성을 가지고 있으며 chitin을 chitooligosaccharide로 분해하는 endo형 chitinase로 판명되었다.

• 약학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.239-244
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• 1988

Transcriptional rate of lactate dehydrogenase A-gene(LDH-A) during the prereplicative phase of regenerating rat liver was determined by in vitro run-off transcription assay. The results show that the transcription rate of LDH A-gene increases between 12 hours and 15 hours peaking at 13 hours after partial hepatectomy of rat liver. The increased rate of LDH A-gene transcription was interfered after DL-propranolol treatment intraperitoneally injected twice at 1 hour and 8 hours after partial hepatectomy indicating that the transcriptional control of LDH A-gene expression may be mediated by beta adrenergic receptor and cAMP as a second messenger. And also was it shown that the temporally increased rate of LDH A-gene transcription was maximum one hour after the second cAMP-surge which is known to play an important role for the initiation of DNA replication during regeneration of rat liver. And the transcriptional rate of LDH A-gene was decreased to the basal level at the time period when the hepatocytes proliferate rapidly suggesting that the induced LDH Aisozyme may be required for the initiation of DNA replication during regeneration of rat liver. These data may be supporting for the hypothesis suggesting that the induced LDH A-isozyme during the pre-replicative phase of regenerating rat liver may play bifunctional roles as a glycolytic enzyme and a helix destablizing protein as well.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제6권5호
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• pp.331-335
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• 1996

The second $\beta$-Xylosidase gene (xylB) from Bacillus stearothermophilus was isolated from the genomic library, cloned into pBR322, and subsequently transferred into Escherichia coli HB101. Six out of 10, 000 transformants were selected from the selective LB medium supplemented with p-nitrophenyl-$\alpha$-L-arabinofuranoside (pNPAf) and ampicillin ($50\mu g$/ml) based on their ability to form a yellow ring around the colony. One of the clones was found to harbor the recombinant plasmid with 5.0 kb foreign DNA, which was identical to the $\alpha$-L-arabinofuranosidase gene (arfI) previously cloned in this lab, while the other five had 3.5 kb of the foreign DNA. Southern blotting experiments confirmed that the 3.5 kb insert DNA was from B. stearothermophilus chromosomal DNA. A zymogram with 4-methylumbelliferyl-$\alpha$-L-arabinofuranoside as the enzyme substrate revealed that the cloned gene product was one of the mutiple $\alpha$-L-arabinofuranosidases produced by B. stearothermophilus. Unlike the arfI gene product, the product of the gene on the insert DNA (xylB) showed an activity not only on pNPAf but also on oNPX suggesting that the cloned gene product could be a bifunctional enzyme having both $\alpha$-L-arabinofuranosidase and $\beta$-xylosidase activities.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.279-291
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• 1990

Chitin을 35 mesh로 분쇄하여 강산과 강알카리로 처리하여 CHITA와 CHITB를 만들고 여기에 glutaraldehyde를 작용시켜 $\beta$-glucosidase를 고정하여 CHITA-Gase 및 CHITB-Gase를 제조하였다. 이 두 종류의 고정화 효소를 기질 p-nitropheol-$\beta$-D-gliucopyranoside(PNG)과 회분식 반응기, 연속 흐름 반응기 및 플러그 흐름 반응기에서 반응시켜 최적 온도, 최적 pH, 반응 속도 상수, 물질 전달 계수, 효율 인자 및 효소 불활성화 속도 등을 구하여 반응기별 효율을 검토하였다. 반응 최적 온도는 세가지의 반응기 모두 5$0^{\circ}C$였으며, 최적 pH는 플러그 흐름 반응기에서는 Nat-Gase와 같이 pH5.0이었고 회분식 반응기 및 연속 흐름 반응기에서는 최적 pH의 이동이 일어나 pH6.0으로 이었다. 반응기의 최적 조건에서 km값은 회분식 반응기에서 CHITB-Gase$1.725$\times$10^-^5M/1$가 CHITA-Gase($1.725$\times$10^-^5M/1$)보다 작았으며, 연속 흐름 반응기 및 플러그 흐름 반응기에서는 유속 증가에 따라 Km'치가 감소하는 경향을 보였고, CHITB-Gase가 CHITB-Gase보다 더 작았다. $V^m^a^x'$값은 회분식 반응기, 연속 흐름 반응기, 플러그 흐름 반응기에서 모두 CHITA-Gase가 CHITB-Gase보다 높은 것으로 나타났다. 그리고, 물질전달계수 및 효율인자, 효소 불활성화 속도등의 값은 환경은 CHITB-Gase의 것이 나은 것으로 나타났다. 이들의 결과에서 CHITA-Gase 및 CHITB-Gase는 기질과의 반응 환경이 좋으므로 chitind은 $\beta$-glucosidase의 좋은 지지체라고 판단되어 공업적 응용이 기대된다.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.299-304
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• 2000

The modulation of cytochrome P450(P450) activities and glutathione S-transferase (GST) was investigated after i.p. administration of glucose-diethyldithiocarbamate (Glu-DDTC) to rats. P450 1 A2 and 2El activities were inhibited by 60% 4 hr after the administration of 200 mg Glu-DDTC/kg and those activities were recovered to original levels 24 hr after dosing. In contrast, GST activities were enhanced up to 24 hr after dosing. These results seem to be due to the bifunctional activity of Glu-DDTC. Glu-DDTC acts as an inhibitor of P450 enzymes as well as inducer of GST enzyme. Glu-DDTC inhibited PNP hydroxylation (P450 2El) and ethoxycoumarin O-deethylation (P450 1A2) in a dose-dependent manner up to 200 mg/kg wherease it did not affect testosterone 6$\beta$-hydroxylation (P450 3A) and pentoxyresorufin O-dealkylation (P450 2B) activities. Induction of GST activity toward 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (CDNB) and 1,2-dichloro-4-nitrobenzenen (DCNB) was dependent on the dose of Glu-DDTC and no species difference in the GST induction was seen between rat and mouse. Amoung GST subunits, Ya, Yb1 and partially Yb2 were induced by Glu-DDTC as conjugated by western blotting. The levels Yp, Yk and Yc subunits were not affected by Glu-DDTC treatment. Therefore the enhanced activity of GST toward CDNB and DCNB might be due to the induction of Ya, Ybl and partially Yb2 subunits. In conclusion, Glu-DDTC selectively inhibited P45O 1A2 and P450 2El activities whereas it enhanced Ya, Ybl subunits and partially Yb2 subunits of GST and the antimutagenic activity of this compound might be attributed from the modulation of these enzyme activities in animals.

• 대한유전성대사질환학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.108-112
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• 2012

제 3형 당원병 (Glycogen Storage disease, Type III: OMIM #232400)은 상염색체 열성 유전을 하는 매우 드문 유전 질환으로, 1p21 염색체에 존재하는 AGL 유전자 (OMIM *610860)로부터 전사되는 글리코겐을 분해하는 효소인 가지제거효소(amylo-1,6 Glucosidase; EC 3.2.1.33 and 1,4-${\alpha}$-D-glucan 4-${\alpha}$-D-glycosyltransferase; EC 2.4.1.25)의 결함으로 인해 유발되는 질환이다. 제 3형 당원병의 환자들은 분해되지 못한 글리코겐이 조직에 축적되면서 증상이 발생하는데, 효소가 분포하던 조직에 따라 그 증상은 다양하게 나타난다. 제 3a형 당원병에서 간비대, 저신장, 그리고 저혈당증 증상은 아동기에 주로 나타나나 나이가 들면서 증상이 호전되어 사춘기를 전후하여 정상이 되는 경우가 많으며, 심근병증 및 근무력감, 운동발달지연 등의 근질환 증상은 영아기나 아동기에는 뚜렷하지 않지만 나이가 들면서 심해져 30-40대 이후 성인기에 나타나는 경우가 많다. 저자들은 간비종대, 심근 약화 증상, 근무력증 등의 전형적인 제 3a형 당원병의 임상증상 및 생화학적 특성이 관찰된 25세 여환에게서, AGL 유전자의 분석을 통해 제 3a형 당원병을 확진하였기에 이를 보고하는 바이다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.9-19
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• 2011

Bacillus subtilis의 pyrimidine biosynthetic (pyr) operon은 UMP의 de nove 생합성에 관여하는 enzyme들을 encode할 뿐만 아니라, 조절단백질인 PyrR도 encode한다. PyrR은 pyr mRNA-binding 조절 기능과 uracil phosphoribosyltransferase activity를 동시에 가지는 bifunctional 단백질이다. 본 연구에서는 Proteomic analysis를 이용하여 Uracil - 환경에서 DB104${\Delta}$pyrR의 단백질 패턴을 분석하여 단백질 레벨에서 PyrR 단백질의 실질적인 조절 양상을 관찰하였다. 두 균주의 세포질 단백질은 다양한 발현의 차이를 보였으며, Silver 염색된 2D-gel의 pI 4~10 사이에서는 1,300여개의 단백질이 검출되었으며, 단백질 발현 차이를 보이는 172개의 spot 중에서 42개의 단백질이 identification 되었다. 그 결과 pyr operon의 단백질(PyrAa, PyrAb, PyrB, PyrC, PyrD, and PyrF)이 모두 Up regulation이 이루어지고 있음을 확인할 수 있었으며, 이것은 단백질 레벨에서 Pyrimidine 생합성 과정이 PyrR에 의해서 정확히 Regulation 되어짐을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 Pyrimidine 생합성의 Up regulation과 Down regulation 상태의 단백질의 패턴 양상도 분석할 수 있게 되었다. Pyrimidine의 생합성 과정은 DNA를 구성하는 기본적인 구성 요소를 생산하는 과정으로서 여러가지 Metabolism 가운데 중요한 위치를 차지하고 있다. 만약 Pyrimidine의 생합성 과정이 Over- expression된다면 다른 Metabolism의 균형에도 변화가 올 것이다. Proteomics Analysis에 이용한 DB104${\Delta}$pyrR 균주는 Pyrimidine 생합성의 조절에 관여하는 PyrR knock out 균주로서 Uracil - 환경에서는 전체적인 Pyrimidine 생합성 조절이 Up regulation이 되어지므로 Up regulation 동안 어떤 Metabolism에 영향을 주는지 관찰을 할 수 있게 되었다. 특히 Amino Acid Metabolism에 관계있는 단백질의 Up regulation이 이루어짐을 관찰할 수 있었으며 이것은 현재 각광을 받고 있는 단백질 산업에 응용함으로써 산업적으로 많은 기대를 할 수 있을 것으로 예상되어진다.