• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제29권12호
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• pp.1938-1946
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• 2019

Isomaltooligosaccharides (IMOs) have good prebiotic effects, and long IMOs (LIMOs) with a degree of polymerization (DP) of 7 or above show improved effects. However, they are not yet commercially available, and require costly enzymes and processes for production. The N-terminal region of the thermostable Thermoanaerobacter thermocopriae cycloisomaltooligosaccharide glucanotransferase (TtCITase) shows cyclic isomaltooligosaccharide (CI)-producing activity owing to a catalytic domain of glycoside hydrolase (GH) family 66 and carbohydrate-binding module (CBM) 35. In the present study, we elucidated the activity of the C-terminal region of TtCITase (TtCITase-C; Met740-Phe1,559), including a CBM35-like region and the GH family 15 domain. The domain was successfully cloned, expressed, and purified as a single protein with a molecular mass of 115 kDa. TtCITase-C exhibited optimal activity at 40℃ and pH 5.5, and retained 100% activity at pH 5.5 after 18-h incubation. TtCITase-C synthesized α-1,6 glucosyl products with over seven degrees of polymerization (DP) by an α-1,6 glucosyl transfer reaction from maltopentaose, isomaltopentaose, or commercialized maltodextrins as substrates. These results indicate that TtCITase-C could be used for the production of α-1,6 glucosyl oligosaccharides with over DP7 (LIMOs) in a more cost-effective manner, without requiring cyclodextran.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제25권9호
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• pp.1476-1484
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• 2015

Three endoxylanase-encoding genes from the moderately themophilic chemoorganotrophic bacterium Melioribacter roseus were cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. Genes xyl2091 (Mros_2091) and xyl2495 (Mros_2495) encode GH10 family hydrolases, whereas xyl2090 (Mros_2090) represents the GH30 family. In addition to catalytic domains, Xyl2090 and Xyl2091 contain carbohydrate-binding modules that could facilitate their binding to xylans and Por sorting domains associated with the sorting of proteins from the periplasm to the outer membrane, where they are covalently attached. Recombinant endoxylanase Xyl2495 exhibited a high specific activity of 1,920 U/mg on birchwood xylan at 40℃. It is active at low temperatures, exhibiting more than 30% of the maximal activity even at 0℃. Endoxylanases Xyl2090 and Xyl2091 have lower specific activities but higher temperature optima at 80℃ and 65℃, respectively. Analysis of xylan hydrolysis products revealed that Xyl2090 generates xylo-oligosaccharides longer than xylopentaose. Xylose and xylobiose are the major products of xylan hydrolysis by the recombinant Xyl2091 and Xyl2495. No activity against cellulose was observed for all enzymes. The presence of three xylanases ensures efficient xylan hydrolysis by M. roseus. The highly processive "free" endoxylanase Xyl2495 could hydrolyze xylan under moderate temperatures. Xylan hydrolysis at elevated temperatures could be accomplished by concerted action of two cell-bound xylanases; Xyl2090 that probably degrades xylans to long xylo-oligosaccharides, and Xyl2091 hydrolyzing them to xylose and xylobiose. The new endoxylanases could be useful for saccharification of lignocellulosic biomass in biofuels production, bleaching of paper pulp, and obtaining low molecular weight xylooligosaccharides.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.257-264
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• 2009

A $\beta$-agarase gene, agaB34, was functionally cloned from the genomic DNA of a marine bacterium, Agarivorans albus YKW-34. The open reading frame of agaB34 consisted of 1,362 bp encoding 453 amino acids. The deduced amino acid sequence, consisting of a typical N-terminal signal peptide followed by a catalytic domain of glycoside hydrolase family 16 (GH-16) and a carbohydrate-binding module (CBM), showed 37-86% identity to those of agarases belonging to family GH-16. The recombinant enzyme (rAgaB34) with a molecular mass of 49 kDa was produced extracellularly using Escherichia coli $DH5{\alpha}$ as a host. The purified rAgaB34 was a $\beta$-agarase yielding neoagarotetraose (NA4) as the main product. It acted on neoagarohexaose to produce NA4 and neoagarobiose, but it could not further degrade NA4. The maximal activity of rAgaB34 was observed at $30^{\circ}C$ and pH 7.0. It was stable over pH 5.0-9.0 and at temperatures up to $50^{\circ}C$. Its specific activity and $k_{cat}/K_m$ value for agarose were 242 U/mg and $1.7{\times}10^6/sM$, respectively. The activity of rAgaB34 was not affected by metal ions commonly existing in seawater. It was resistant to chelating reagents (EDTA, EGTA), reducing reagents (DTT, $\beta$-mercaptoethanol), and denaturing reagents (SDS and urea). The E. coli cell harboring the pUC18-derived agarase expression vector was able to efficiently excrete agarase into the culture medium. Hence, this expression system might be used to express secretory proteins.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.484-488
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• 1988

토양분리균 Pseudomonas sp.가 생산하는 inulinase를 분리.정제하여 얻은 단일 단백질 효소 PI과 PII는 탄수화물 함량이 각각 15%와 2.4%인 당 단백질 형태의 endo-inulinase로서 두 효소가 모두 촉매활성에 필수적인 tryptophan 잔기를 가지고 있었다. 분자량은 PI 210,000, PII 170,000으로 측정되었다. 1mM pCMB 존재에 의해 두 효소가 약80% 정도의 활성저해를 보였으나 5mM cysteine 또는 1mM dithiothreitol을 첨가하면 효소활성이 거의 완전 회복되는 특성을 나타내었다. 최종 가수분해산물인 fructose(1mM)에 의해 PI, PII 효소가 각각 15% 정도의 활성저해를 받는 반면 Co$^{+2}$ 이온은 50~60%의 높은 활성화 효과를 보였다. 두 효소는 pH 4.0~7.5사이에서 매우 안정하였으며, 열에 대하여서도 비교적 안정하여 6$0^{\circ}C$, 120분 가열에 의해 PI이 약 27%, PII가 약 40%의 실활을 나타낼 뿐이다. 또한 60units의 효소를 사용, 2% inulin을 5$0^{\circ}C$에서 72시간 가수분해 시켰을 때 PI약 70%, PII약56%의 기질 분해율을 보였다.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.212-218
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• 2012

Glycosyltransferases are enzymes (EC 2.4) that catalyze the transfer of monosaccharide moieties from activated nucleotide sugar to a glycosyl acceptor molecule which can be a carbohydrate, glycoside, oligosaccharide, or a polysaccharide. In this study, a UDP-glucosyltransferase cDNA was isolated from Brassica rapa using a rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) and subsequently named BrUGT. It has a full-length cDNA of 1,236 bp with 119 bp 5'-untranslated region (UTR), a complete ORF of 834 bp encoding a polypeptide of 277 amino acids (31.19 kDa) and a 3'-UTR of 283 bp. BLASTX analysis hits a catalytic domain of Glycos_transf_1 super family (cl12012) that belongs to the Glycosyltransferases group 1 with tetratricopeptide (TPR) regions located between 165 to 350 bp. Expression analysis showed high mRNA transcripts in pistil, followed by petal, seed and calyx of flower. Moreover, expression analysis of BrUGT in Chinese cabbage seedlings under stresses of cold, salt, PEG, $H_2O_2$, drought and ABA showed elevated mRNA transcript. Furthermore, when BrUGT gene was transformed into rice using pUbi-1 promoter, overexpression was evident among the $T_1$ plants. This study provides insights into the function of BrUGT in plants.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.43-50
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• 2021

A newly cloned 4-α-glucanotransferase (αGT) from Deinococcus geothermalis and two typical bacterial αGTs from Thermus scotoductus and Escherichia coli (MalQ) were investigated. Among 4 types of catalysis, the cyclization activity of αGTs that produces cycloamylose (CA), a valuable carbohydrate making inclusion complexes, was intensively studied. The new αGT, DgαGT, showed close protein sequence to the αGT from T. scotoductus (TsαGT). MalQ was clearly separated from the other two αGTs in the phylogenetic and the conserved regions analyses. The reaction velocities of disproportionation, cyclization, coupling, and hydrolysis of three αGTs were determined. Intriguingly, MalQ exhibited more than 100-fold lower cyclization activity than the others. To lesser extent, the disproportionation activity of MalQ was relatively low. DgαGT and TsαGT showed similar kinetics results, but TsαGT had nearly 10-fold lower hydrolysis activity than DgαGT. Due to the very low cyclizing activity of MalQ, DgαGT and TsαGT were selected for further analyses. When amylose was treated with DgαGT or TsαGT, CA with a broad DP range was generated immediately. The DP distribution of CA had a bimodal shape (DP 7 and 27 as peaks) for the both enzymes, but larger DPs of CA quickly decreased in the DgαGT. Cyclomaltopentaose, a rare cyclic sugar, was produced at early reaction stage and accumulated as the reactions went on in the both enzymes, but the increase was more profound in the TsαGT. Taken together, we clearly demonstrated the catalytic differences between αGT groups from thermophilic and pathogenic bacteria that and showed that αGTs play different roles depending on their lifestyle.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.738-747
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• 2018

Objective: In a previous study, analysis of Illumina sequenced metagenomic DNA data of bacteria in Vietnamese goats' rumen showed a high diversity of putative lignocellulolytic genes. In this study, taxonomy speculation of microbial community and lignocellulolytic bacteria population in the rumen was conducted to elucidate a role of bacterial structure for effective degradation of plant materials. Methods: The metagenomic data had been subjected into Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLASTX) algorithm and the National Center for Biotechnology Information non-redundant sequence database. Here the BLASTX hits were further processed by the Metagenome Analyzer program to statistically analyze the abundance of taxa. Results: Microbial community in the rumen is defined by dominance of Bacteroidetes compared to Firmicutes. The ratio of Firmicutes versus Bacteroidetes was 0.36:1. An abundance of Synergistetes was uniquely identified in the goat microbiome may be formed by host genotype. With regard to bacterial lignocellulose degraders, the ratio of lignocellulolytic genes affiliated with Firmicutes compared to the genes linked to Bacteroidetes was 0.11:1, in which the genes encoding putative hemicellulases, carbohydrate esterases, polysaccharide lyases originated from Bacteroidetes were 14 to 20 times higher than from Firmicutes. Firmicutes seem to possess more cellulose hydrolysis capacity showing a Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio of 0.35:1. Analysis of lignocellulolytic potential degraders shows that four species belonged to Bacteroidetes phylum, while two species belonged to Firmicutes phylum harbouring at least 12 different catalytic domains for all lignocellulose pretreatment, cellulose, as well as hemicellulose saccharification. Conclusion: Based on these findings, we speculate that increasing the members of Bacteroidetes to keep a low ratio of Firmicutes versus Bacteroidetes in goat rumen has resulted most likely in an increased lignocellulose digestion.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.155-161
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• 2017

Paenibacillus woosongensis의 유전체 부분 염기서열로부터 유추된 xylanase 유전자를 PCR 증폭하여 클로닝하고 염기서열을 결정하였다. 클로닝된 xylanase 유전자는 xyn11B로 명명되었으며, 356 아미노산으로 구성된 단백질을 코드하는 1,071 뉴클레오티드로 이루어졌다. Xyn11B의 아미노산 배열을 분석한 결과 glycosyl hydrolase family 11에 속하는 xylanase와 상동성이 높은 활성영역과 탄수화물 결합영역을 포함하고 있는 다영역 효소로 확인되었다. SignalP4.1 server로부터 아미노 말단의 26개 잔기가 signal peptide로 예측되었다. DEAE-Sepharose와 Phenyl-Separose 컬럼 크로마토그래피 과정을 통해 xyn11B 유전자를 함유한 재조합 대장균의 균체 파쇄상등액으로부터 Xyn11B를 부분 정제하였다. 부분 정제된 Xyn11B의 반응특성을 조사한 결과 pH 6.5와 $50^{\circ}C$에서 최대 반응활성을 보였고 birchwood xylan이나 oat spelt xylan보다 arabinoxylan에 대한 활성이 높았으며 셀룰로스, 만난과 para-nitrophenyl-${\beta}$-xylopyranoside에 대해서는 분해활성이 없었다. Xyn11B의 활성은 $Ca^{2+}$과 $Mg^{2+}$에 의해서는 약간 증가한 반면에 $Cu^{2+}$, $Ni^{2+}$, $Fe^{3+}$, $Mn^{2+}$에 의해서는 크게 저해되었고 SDS에 의해서 완전히 저해되었다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제52권3호
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• pp.336-343
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• 2016

두 종류의 mannanases를 생산하는 Cellulosimicrobium sp. YB-43로부터 mannanase 유전자를 클로닝하고 그 염기서열을 결정하였다. Mannanase 유전자는 manB로 명명되었으며, 427 아미노 잔기로 구성된 단백질을 코드하는 1,284개 염기로 구성되었다. ManB는 추론된 아미노산 배열에 근거해서 glycosyl hydrolase family 5에 속하는 mannanase와 상동성이 높은 활성영역과 함께 2개의 탄수화물 결합영역을 포함하고 있는 다영역 효소로 확인되었다. Cellulosimicrobium sp. YB-43의 manB 유전자를 함유한 재조합 대장균의 균체 파쇄상등액으로부터 정제된 ManB의 아미노 말단 배열이 QGASAASDG로 결정되었으며 이는 SignalP4.1 server로 그람 음성균을 기준으로 예측된 signal peptide의 결과와 정확하기 일치하였다. 정제된 ManB의 최적 반응조건은 $55^{\circ}C$와 pH 6.5-7.0이며 locust bean gum (LBG), konjac과 guar gum을 가수분해 하였으며, 셀룰로스, 자일란, 전분과 para-nitrophenyl-${\beta}$-mannopyranoside에 대해서는 분해활성이 없었다. ManB의 활성은 $Mg^{2+}$, $K^+$와 $Na^+$에 의해 약간 저해되었으며 $Cu^{2+}$, $Zn^{2+}$, $Mn^{2+}$과 SDS에 의해서는 크게 저해되었다. 또한 이 효소는 mannobiose 보다 큰 중합도를 갖는 만노올리고당을 가수분해하였으며, LBG와 만노올리고당을 가수분해하였을 때 mannobiose가 가장 많은 양으로 생성되었다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제27권9호
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• pp.1003-1010
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• 2017

Paenibacillus woosongensis의 유전체 부분 염기서열로부터 mannanase를 코드하는 것으로 유추되는 open reading frame을 중합효소연쇄반응으로 증폭하여 대장균에 클로닝하고 염기서열을 결정하였다. Mannanase 유전자는 man26AT로 명명하였으며 1,053 아미노산으로 구성된 단백질을 코드하는 3,159 뉴클레오티드로 이루어졌다. 아미노산 잔기배열을 분석한 결과 Man26AT는 glycosyl hydrolase family 26의 mannanase와 상동성이 높은 활성영역, 탄수화물 결합영역 CBM27과 CBM11로 구성되어 있었다. Man26AT의 아미노산 배열은 P. ihumii의 유추된 mannanase와 상동성이 81%이고 다른 Paenibacillus 속 균주의 여러 mannanases와 57% 이하의 상동성을 보였다. man26AT 유전자를 함유한 재조합 대장균의 균체 파쇄상등액은 $55^{\circ}C$와 pH 5.5에서 최대의 mannanase 활성을 보였고, $50^{\circ}C$에서 1시간 열처리한 후에 80% 이상의 잔존활성을 보였다. Man26AT는 locust bean gum (LBG) galactomannan과 konjac glucomannan에 대한 분해활성이 유사하였으며, carboxymethylcellulose, xylan과 para-nitrophenyl-${\beta}$-mannopyranoside는 분해하지 못하였다. Man26AT에 의해 mannotriose, mannotetraose, mannopentaose와 mannohexaose 등의 만노올리고당이나 LBG로부터 공통의 최종 가수분해 산물로 mannose, mannobiose와 mannotriose가 생성되었다. 또한 mannotriose 보다 큰 만노올리고당이 LBG와 guar gum의 분해산물로 각각 생성되었다. 그러나 Man26AT는 mannobiose를 분해하지는 못하였다. 활성염색을 통해 Man26AT는 균체 내에서 3개 이상의 크기가 다른 활성 단백질로 분해된 것이 확인되었다.