• 대한화학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.295-303
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• 1985

연어(Salmo Salar)알 중의 Carboxypeptidase B를 CM-셀룰로오스, 0.5포화황산 암모늄, DEAE-셀룰로오스 및 세파덱스 G-75젤로 정제하여 그 성질을 조사하였다. 이 효소의 최적 온도는 55$^{\circ}C$였으며, 최적 pH는 4.0과 7.0이었고, pH안정성은 2.0∼3.0 및 5.5∼7.0이었다. 히푸릴-L-아르기닌 기질에 대하여 글리실-L-아르기닌 부위를 절단하는 특이성을 보였고, 그 K$_m$값은 0.21mM이었다. Cu$^{2+}$ 와 Fe$^{3+}$ 존재하에서는 효소의 활성도가 증가하였지만 Zn$^{2+}$의 경우에는 감소하였다. 특히 리신은 히푸릴-L-아르기닌 기질에 대하여 경쟁적 억제작용을 보였으며, K$_i$값은 4.3mM이었다. 분자량은 36,400돌톤이었고, 19종류의 아미노산으로 구성된 단위체이었다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.241-248
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• 2006

Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors have cardioprotective effects in different species including human. This cardioprotective effect is mainly due to the inhibition of bradykinin (BK) degradation rather than inhibition of the conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensir. II. Bradykinin, a nonapeptide, has been considered to be the potential target for various enzymes including ACE, neutral endopeptidase 24.11, carboxypeptidase M, carboxypeptidase N, proline aminopeptidase, endopeptidase 24.15, and meprin. In the present study, the coronary vascular beds of Sprague Dawley rat isolated hearts were perfused (single passage) with Krebs solution alone or with different concentrations of BK i.e. $2.75{\times}10^{-10},\;10^{-7},\;10^{-6}\;and\;10^{-5}M$ solution. Percent degradation of BK was determined by radioimmunoassay. The degradation products of BK after passing through the isolated rat-hearts were determined using RP-HPLC and mass spectroscopy. All the four doses of BK significantly decreased the perfusion pressure during their passage through the hearts. The percentage degradation of all four doses was decreased as the concentration of drug was increased, implying saturation of a fixed number of active sites involved in BK degradation. Bradykinin during a single passage through the hearts degraded to give [1-7]-BK as the major metabolite, and [1-8]-BK as a minor metabolite, detected on HPLC. Mass spectroscopy not only confirmed the presence of these two metabolites but also detected traces of [1-5]-BK and arginine. These findings showed that primarily ACE is the major cardiac enzyme involved in the degradation of bradykinin during a single passage through the coronary vascular of bed the healthy rat heart, while carboxypeptidase M may have a minor role.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.256-266
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• 2020

Carboxypeptidase D (CPD) is a zinc-dependent protease, which is highly expressed in macrophages, and is thought to participate in inflammatory processes. In the present study, we investigated the possible regulatory effect of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA), which is an active form of vitamin A and plays a critical regulatory role in both the innate and adaptive immunity, on CPD expression and secretion in human monocytic THP-1 cells. CPD mRNA expression first increased, from a concentration as low as 10 nM ATRA to a maximum level of expression, at 1 μM. ATRA enhanced intracellular CPD expression in a time- and concentration-dependent manner but did not affect cell surface CPD expression. Interestingly, 9-cis-RA did not affect CPD expression. Additionally, an experiment with RAR/RXR selective agonist or antagonists demonstrated that ATRA-induced enhancement of CPD expression was RAR/RXR dependent. ATRA also enhanced CPD secretion from THP-1 cells; however, this enhancement was RAR/RXR-independent. The anti-inflammatory agent dexamethasone reversed ATRA-induced enhancement of CPD expression and secretion. Our results suggest ATRA exerts regulatory effects on expression and secretion of CPD in human monocytes, and ATRA-induced CPD secretion may be associated with inflammatory response.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.366-372
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• 1993

본 연구는 미림 제조시 미림의 품질을 높이기 위한 방법의 하나로 세포 원형질체의 융합체 의해 ACPase 활성이 높은 균주를 얻으려고 시도하였다. 돌연변이 방법으로 acid carboxypeptidase(ACPase) 활성이 높은 A. oryzae 9-12와 A. shirousamii IFO 6082-60을 선별하여 사용하였다. A. oryzae 9-12와 A. shirousamii IFO 608260의 원형질체의 형성조건은 chitinase (10mg/ml), cellulase(10mg/ml) 및 zymolase(20T(5mg/ml)등의 효소 혼합용액에서 $30^{\circ}C$에서 4시간 반응시켰을 때 가장 높았으며, pH6.0일 때, 안정제로서는 0.6M KCl 및 무기 염류로서는 0.01M $CaCl_2\;2H_2O$가 가장 높았고, 30% PEG 6,000이 가장 좋았다. 이때의 융합빈도는 0.71%였다. 융합주의 ACPase의 활성은 F-50이 20,800unit/g으로 변이주보다 1.4배 높았다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.189-193
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• 1998

Carboxypeptidase-B (CPB) is involved in the biosynthesis of numerous peptide hormones and neurotransmitters. CPB catalyzes hydrolysis of the basic amino acids from the C-terminal position in polypeptides during posttranslational prohormonal processing. Various peptides containing thiaarginine residue at C-terminal position were synthesized and tested for their hydrolysis by CPB. A colorimetric assay, employing Ellman's reagent to detect the thioguanidine released upon hydrolysis of the dipeptide substrates, showed that thiaarginine is a suitable mimetic for arginine. Kinetic studies on the four substrates, Z-L-Ala-DL-thia-Lys, Z-L-Ala-DL-thia-Arg, Z-L-Lys-DL-thia-Arg, and Z-L-Lys(Boc)-DL-thia-Arg, gave Km (mM) of 0.66, 5.08, 0.024, and 0.006 and kcat (min-1) of 340, 5200, 151 and 335, respectively.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.246-251
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• 1975

Dideptidyl carboxypeptidases와 angiotenisn-coverting enzyme의 새로운 기질불질로서 thiol ester 인 S-Hippuryl thioglycolyl glycine을 합성하였으며, 이 기질에 의한 간편하고도 예민한 효소 활성도의 정량방법을 제시하였다. 이 경우 효소반응 생성물인 thioglycolyl glycine은 반응계중에 첨가한 5,5-dithio-bis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid), DTNB와 쉽게 반응하여 410nm에서 강한 흡광스펙트럼을 갖는 5-thio-2-nitrobenzoic acid(${\varepsilon}M=1.36{\times}10^4$)을 형성함으로서 효소의 새로운 미량정량 방법으로 이용 가치가 크다고 본다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.49-54
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• 2008

인간 췌장 유래 pro-carboxypeptidase B(CPB) 유전자를 클로닝한 후 GAL10 promoter 하류에 Saccharomyces cerevisiae mating factor alpha-1 secretion signal $(MF{\alpha}-1)$과 연결하여 $MF{\alpha}1$-pro-CPB를 구축하였다. 구축된 plasmid $pY{\alpha}$-hproCPB(7.72 kb)를 S. cerevisiae 2805에 형질 전환시켰다. 재조합 인간 proCPB(hproCPB)는 galactose 유도로 S. cerevisiae에서 성공적으로 발현되었고, 배양상등액으로 분비되었다. SDS-PAGE와 western blot 분석에 의해, 정제된 hproCPB 단백질이 약 45.9kDa임을 확인하였다 S. cerevisiae $2805/pY{\alpha}$-hproCPB의 발효조 회분배양 시 trypsin 처리에 의해 pro영역을 제거한 후 hCPB의 세포외 활성은 60시간째에 10.16 unit/mL이었다. 또한 재조합 hCPB의 Km 값은 약 0.43 mM 이었다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.682-687
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• 2002

다양한 금속이온의 첨가에 따른 CPase Taq의 효소활성의 개선에 관한 연구를 행하였다. 1 mA의 코발트이온의 첨가에 의해 효소활성이 4배 이상 증가했고, 1 mA의 칼슘이온의 첨가에 의해서는 효소활성이 거의 3배 정도로 증가했다. 하지만 활성중심에 존재하는 아연이온은 효소활성에 영향을 주지 않았다. 활성중심의 금속 이온이 효소활성에 영향을 주는지를 알아보기 위해 활성중심을 차지하고 있는 아연이온을 본 효소를 효과적으로 활성화시키는 코발트이온으로 치환하였다. 그 결과, 코발트이온으로의 치환이 CPase Taq의 효소활성에 영향을 주지 않으므로, 코발트이온은 본 효소의 활성중심의 금속이온인 아연이온을 대신하여 CPase Taq가 효소활성을 가지는데 있어서 동일한 역할을 할 수 있는 금속이온이라 사료된다.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.389-392
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• 2004

In order to produce a harmful protein more efficiently, this expression cassette, dubbed pCol-MICT, is directed by the colicin promoter, and was constructed by the insertion of a $rrnBT_1T_2$ fragment of pEXP7, and a MxelnteinCBD fragment of pTXB3, into pSH375. To test whether harmful proteins, including proteolytic enzymes, could be effectively produced by this cassette, the carboxypeptidase (CPase) Taq gene was inserted into the pCol-MICT cassette to yield pCol-CPase Taq-MICT. E coli W3l 10 tells harboring pCol-CPase Taq-MICT produced a large quantity of this enzyme, as much as 47.2 mg of purified from per liter of culture, when cultured in the presence of mitomycin C ($0.4{\mu}g/mL$). This indicates that the colicin promoter-controlled E, coli expression cassette was able to produce almost 8 times of protein than the conventional tar promoter-based system, and that this cassette may be useful in the Synthesis of other harmful proteins.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.648-657
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• 2008

In this study, we used functional genomic strategies, proteomics and quantitative real-time (qRT)-PCR, to advance our understanding of genes associated with fumonisin production in the fungus Fusarium verticillioides. Earlier studies have demonstrated that deletion of the FCC1 gene, which encodes a C-type cyclin, leads to a drastic reduction in fumonisin production and conidiation in the mutant strain (FT536). The premise of our research was that comparative analysis of F. verticillioides wild-type and FT536 proteomes will reveal putative proteins, and ultimately corresponding genes, that are important for fumonisin biosynthesis. We isolated proteins that were significantly upregulated in either the wild type or FT536 via two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and subsequently obtained sequences by mass spectrometry. Homologs of identified proteins, e.g., carboxypeptidase, laccase, and nitrogen metabolite repression protein, are known to have functions involved in fungal secondary metabolism and development. We also identified gene sequences corresponding to the selected proteins and investigated their transcriptional profiles via quantitative real-time (qRT)-PCR in order to identify genes that show concomitant expression patterns during fumonisin biosynthesis. These genes can be selected as targets for functional analysis to further verify their roles in $FB_1$ biosynthesis.