• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제61권3호
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• pp.233-238
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• 2018

Chitinases are glycosyl hydrolases which cleave the ${\beta}$-1,4 linkage of chitin into oligo or monomers of N-acetylglucosamine. These bacterial enzymes have been used for a wide range of applications in the food and pharmaceutical industries. In this study, we isolated two potential chitinolytic strains, BAO-01 and BAO-02, from salt-fermented shrimp, which were shown to belong to the genus Salinivibrio through genetic characterization using 16S rRNA. These isolates were gram-positive, rod-shaped, and non-spore forming. BAO-01 showed greater growth and chitinase activity than BAO-02 after the incubation at $37^{\circ}C$ for 4 days. Both strains grew on a wide range of carbon and nitrogen sources, pH values, temperatures, and salt levels. However, they showed minor biochemical differences. In addition, their antimicrobial activities against foodborne pathogens and antibiotic susceptibilities were evaluated. These Salinivibrio spp. did not show bioamine production, hemolytic activity, and mucin degradation. Therefore, the in vitro screening results suggested that these bacteria could be widely used as new candidates for chitin hydrolyzation and seafood fermentation.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.312-315
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• 2005

먹물버섯의 하나인 Coprinellus congregatus에서는 자실체가 성숙된 후 곧 자가분해되어 먹물로 전환된다. 이 자가분해 과정과 관련된 가수분재 효소의 역할을 이해하기 위한 첫 단계로서, 자가분해과정과 연관된 미세구조의 변화를 전자현미경으로 조사하였다. 자실체의 성숙과정에서 자실층과 자실하층에 존재하는 모든 세포질은 새로운 포자의 형성을 위하여 포자로 이동되는 것으로 보인다. 조직 내의 세포질의 고갈과 포자의 완성은 조직 내의 세포벽의 분해를 야기하는 것으로 보이며, 자실층과 자실하층의 세포벽은 동시적으로 분해 되는 것으로 생각된다. 본 연구는 먹물버섯의 자가분해가 세포질의 분해가 아닌 세포벽의 분해과정에 의한 것임을 보여 주었으며, chitin 분해효소와 같은 가수분해 효소의 중요성을 제시하였다.

• 농약과학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.152-158
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• 2016

배추좀나방의 죽은 유충을 사육상자에서 발견하여 죽은 원인을 조사 하였다. 죽은 유충으로부터 세균을 분리하여 생물검정으로 균주를 선발하였다. 선발된 세균의 형태 및 유전자 염기서열을 분석한 결과, Serratia marcescens로 동정되었다. 생물검정을 위하여 S. marcescens균주를 LB배양액으로 배양하여 증식하였다. 배양액을 100배로 희석하였을 때, 배추좀나방 3령 유충에 처리한 결과, 처리 2일 후에 100%의 사충률을 보였으며, 상청액만으로 처리하였을 경우에는 10배 희석액에서 86.6%의 사충률을 나타냈다. 또한 파밤나방유충에 접촉독성은 20%의 사충율을 나타냈고, 섭식독성은 8%의 효과를 보였으며, 접촉독성과 섭식독성을 동시에 수행하였을 경우에는 28%의 사충률을 보였다. 또한 국내 5개의 주요 식물병원성균에 대한 항균활성 검정에서 Fusarium oxysporum에 대해서는 4.7%, Rhizoctonia solani은 11.3%, Phytophthora capsici은 15.7%, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides은 20% 그리고 Sclerotinias clerotiorum은 42.6%의 control value를 보였다. 또한 S. marcescens 균주에 대하여 단백질과 chitin분해능력을 검토하였다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.303-307
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• 1996

The degree of autolysis and presence of cell-wall degrading enzymes in an anaerobic ruminal fungus, Piromyces communis OTSI, grown in liquid medium, was monitored to evaluate the effect of self-digestion on fungal biomass. After a 30 days incubation period fungal dry weight decreased by 45% and the cell wall component chitin decreased by 22%. Chitinase activity detected in the supernatant was mainly of the endotype and peaked at day 6 of the incubation. ${\beta}-1$, 3-glucanase was detected from day 4 and increased throughout the incubation period. Autolysis was a slow process, and under natural conditions it is unlikely that it plays a significant role in the degradation of the spent fungal vegetative stage in the rumen.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.90-98
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• 2003

대파 흑색썩음균핵병균 (Sclerotium cepivorum)에 길항력을 가진 Serratia plymuthica L-1의 길항 메카니즘을 조사한기 위해 S. plymuthica L-1이 생산하는 세포외 chitinase를 정제하여 그 특성을 조사하였다. Colloidal chitin이 함유된 배지에서 생산된 S. plymuthica L-1 chitinase는 $(NH_4)_2$$_2$$SO_2$ 40~70% precipitation, affinity adsorption, DEAE-sephadex A-50 column chromatography 및 sephadex G-200 column filtration 과정을 통하여 정제하였다. 정제된 chitinase는 7.3% 회수율과 19.8의 정제도를 나타내었으며, 전기영동시 단일밴드를 얻었으며, 분자량은 55kDa로 나타났다. 정제된 chitinase의 최적 pH 및 온도는 5.5, $55^{\circ}C$이었고, 온도안정성 조사에서 정제효소는 $50^{\circ}C$까지 90%의 잔존활성을 유지하였으나 $60^{\circ}C$이상에서는 급격하게 효소활성이 실활되었다. $Ca^{2+}$, $Mn^{2+}$, $Mg^{2+}$ 등의 이온은 대략 20군 이상의 효소를 활성화시켰으나 $Cu^{2+}$이온은 약 80%의 효소활성을 억제시켰고, SDS, p-CMB, MIA 등도 효소활성을 저해하는 작용을 하였으며, colloidal chitin에 대한 Km값은 3.26 mg/$m\ell$로 나타났다. 정제효소에 의한 각종 병원균에 대한 생육 억제정도는 흑색썩음균핵병균, 고추 검은무의병균, 고추 탄저병균, 도라지 줄기마름병균, 고추 흰별무늬병균, 오이 균핵병균, 수박 덩굴쪼김병균 등에는 길항력을 나타내었으나 고추 역병균과 무 모잘록병균에서는 길항력이 아주 낮게 나타났다. 정제 chitinase에 의해 대파 흑색썩음균핵병 S.. cepivorum의 균사는 팽창과 균사 끝의 용균, 분해 및 변색현상을 관찰할 수 있었고 chitinase 기능과 Iysozyme 기능을 모두 가지고 있을 것으로 추정된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제23권11호
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• pp.1519-1528
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• 2013

Bacillus pumilus SG2, a halotolerant strain, expresses two major chitinases designated ChiS and ChiL that were induced by chitin and secreted into the supernatant. The present work aimed to obtain a mutant with higher chitinolytic activity through mutagenesis of Bacillus pumilus SG2 using a combination of UV irradiation and nitrous acid treatment. Following mutagenesis and screening on chitin agar and subsequent formation of halos, the mutated strains were examined for degradation of chitin under different conditions. A mutant designated AV2-9 was selected owing to its higher chitinase activity. To search for possible mutations in the whole operon including ChiS and ChiL, the entire chitinase operon, including the intergenic region, promoter, and two areas corresponding to the ChiS and ChiL ORF, was suquenced. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the complete chitinase operon from the SG2 and AV2-9 strains showed the presence of a mutation in the catalytic domain (GH18) of chitinase (ChiL). The results demonstrated that a single base change had occurred in the ChiL sequence in AV2-9. The wild-type chitinase, ChiL, and the mutant (designated ChiLm) were cloned, expressed, and purified in E. coli. Both enzymes showed similar profiles of activity at different ranges of pH, NaCl concentration, and temperature, but the mutant enzyme showed approximately 30% higher catalytic activity under all the conditions tested. The results obtained in this study showed that the thermal stability of chitinase increased in the mutant strain. Bioinformatics analysis was performed to predict changes in the stability of proteins caused by mutation.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.134-140
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• 1994

An antagonistic bacterium Pseudomonas stutzeri YPL-1 liberated extracellular chitinase and $\beta$-1,3-glucanase which are key enzymes in the decomposition of fungal hyphal walls. The lytic enzymes caused abnormal swelling and retreating at the hyphal tips of plant pathogenic fungus Fusarium solani in a dual culture. Scanning electron microscopy revealed the hyphal degradation of F. solani in the regions interacting with P. stutzeri YPL-1. The production of chitinase and properties of a crude preparation of the enzyme from P. stutzeri YPL-1 were investigated. Peak of the chitinase activity was detected after 4 hr of cultivation. The enzyme had optimum temperature and pH of 50$^{\circ}C$ and pH 5.3, respectively. The enzyme was stable in the pH range of 3.5 to 6.0 up to 50$^{\circ}C$. The enzyme was significantly inhibited by metal compounds such as $HgCl_2$, but was stimulated by $CoCl_2$. P. stutzeri YPL-1 produced high levels of the enzyme after 84 hr of incubation. Among the tested carbon sources, chitin was the most effective for the enzyme production, at the concentration level of 3%. As a source of nitrogen, peptone was the best for the enzyme production, at the concentration level of 4%. The maximum amount of enzyme was produced by cultivating the bacterium at a medium of initial pH 6.8.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.59-67
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• 2018

A xylanolytic and cellulolytic anaerobic bacterium strain CtC72 was isolated from cattle rumen liquor. Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain CtC72 shared only 97.78% homology with its nearest phylogenetic affiliate Actinomyces ruminicola, showing its novelty. The strain could grow on medium containing xylan, carboxymethyl cellulose and avicel producing $CO_2$, acetate, and ethanol as major fermentation products. The whole genome analysis of the strain CtC72 exhibited a broad range of carbohydrate-active enzymes required for the breakdown and utilization of lignocellulosic biomass. Genes related to the production of ethanol and stress tolerance were also detected. Further there were several unique genes in CtC72 for chitin degradation, pectin utilization, sugar utilization, and stress response in comparison with Actinomyces ruminicola. The results show that the strain CtC72, a putative novel bacterium can be used for lignocellulosic biomass based biotechnological applications.

• 한국응용약물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국응용약물학회 1998년도 Proceedings of UNESCO-internetwork Cooperative Regional Seminar and Workshop on Bioassay Guided Isolation of Bioactive Substances from Natural Products and Microbial Products
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• pp.172-173
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• 1998

A research collection of Pseudomons solanacearum bacteria, a pathogen causing ‘bacteria wilt’ disease of more than 265 plant species, represented for northern provinces of Vietnam has recently been established and was saved for examination of antifungal activity in their culture fluids. All strains used in this work have been isolated from infected tomato, potato, and groundnut collected from production fields and they express different levels of virulence on their host plants. Cell-free culture fluids of these strains were tested for antifungal activity (to inhibit growth of mycelium and to destroy germination tube of fungal spores) on a number of fungi that either infect or associate with vegetable crops of Solanaceae family (tomato, potato, pepers...), fruit plants (banana), and even well-known by Vietnamese traditional medicine herbal plants belonging to Trifoliatus, Schefflera, Homalomena and Panax genera (Araliaceae family) of which roots are used as a resource of the herbal material. The antifungal activity was found in nearly all strains tested. Result of study on chitin, CMC, tween 80 and casein degradation abilities of the latter suggested that antifungal activity of positively-found strains may be due to their ability of extracelluar chitinase's excretion that destroy fungal cell wall.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.211-217
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• 1992

Stabilization of liposomes against degradation by bile salts has been investigated in order to develop a liposomal model system for oral drug delivery. Two polysaccharides, amylopectin (AP) and chitin (CT), were employed to coat both empty liposomes and bromthymol blue (BTB)-encapsulated liposomes by adsorption-coating techniques. Turbidity changes and BTB-release characteristics in pH 5.6 buffer solutions with or without bile salts, sodium cholate and sodium glycocholate, were observed to compare the differences between uncoated liposomes and polysaccharide-coated liposomes. Initial turbidities of both uncoated and polysaccharide-coated liposomes in buffer solution were kept constant within 3% range during 4 hours of experiments. But they were decreased in a different manner in bile salts-containing buffer solutions, showing 10% or less decrease for polysaccharide-coated liposomes and 25% or more decrease for uncoated liposomes. BTB release from uncoated liposomes has been greatly increased upto 90% after 4 hours in bile salts-containing buffer solution, which is a clue for breakdown of liposomal vesicles. However, polysaccharide-coated liposomes showed the controlled-release pattern which is proportional to square-root of time, followed by around 50% release for the same time period. Consequently, it is possible to conclude that these polysaccharide-coated liposomes might be an available system for oral delivery of a drug which is unstable in gut environment.