• BMB Reports
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.112-117
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• 1995

Succinic semialdehyde reductase was inactivated by o-phthalaldehyde. The inactivation followed pseudo-first order kinetics, and the second-order rate constant for the inactivation process was 28 $M^{-1}s^{-1}$ at pH 7.4 and $25^{\circ}C$. The absorption spectrum ($\lambda_{max}$ 337 nm) and fluorescence excitation ($\lambda_{max}$ 340 nm) and fluorescence emission spectra ($\lambda_{max}$ 409 nm) were consistent with the formation of an isoindole derivative in the catalytic site between a cysteine and a lysine residue approximately about 3 $\AA$ apart. The substrate, succinic semialdehyde, did not protect enzymatic activity against inactivation, whereas the coenzyme NADPH protected against o-phthaladehyde induced inactivation of the enzyme. About 1 isoindole group per mol of the enzyme was formed following complete loss of enzymatic activity. These results suggest that the amino acid residues of the enzyme participating in a reaction with o-phthalaldehyde are cysteinyl and lysyl residues at or near the NADPH binding site.

• BMB Reports
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.370-377
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• 1997

A novel assay method is described for rapid quantitation of reaction rate of sterol ${\Delta}^7$-reductase (${\Delta}^7$-SR) which catalyzes reduction of the ${\Delta}^7$-double bond of sterols. Of six different organ tissues-liver, small intestine, brain, lung, kidney, and testis-. ${\Delta}^7$-SR activity was detected only in liver (2.30 nmol/min/mg protein) and testis (0.11 nmol/min/mg protein). Using a newly developed method which employs diet-induced enzyme proteins and ergosterol as substrate, we assessed both kinetics ($K_m=210\;{\mu}M$, $V_{max}=1.93\;nmol/min/mg$) and inhibition of the rat hepatic ${\Delta}^7$-SR against well-studied cholesterol lowering agents such as triparanol ($IC_{50}=16\;{\mu}M$). 3-$\beta$-[2-(diethylamino)ethoxy]androst-5-en-17-one (U18666A) ($IC_{50}=5.2\;{\mu}M$), and trans-1.4-bis(2-chlorobenzylaminomethyl)cyclohexane dihydrochloride (AY-9944) ($IC_{50}=0.25\;{\mu}M$). Of the three well-known AY-9944-sensitive cholesterogenic enzymes (i.e., ${\Delta}^7$-SR, sterol ${\Delta}^8$-isomerase, and sterol ${\Delta}^14$-reductase). ${\Delta}^7$-SR was found to be the most sensitive enzyme with a noncompetitive inhibition of this compound ($K_i=0.109\;{\mu}M$). Substrate specificity studies of the microsomal ${\Delta}^7$-SR indicate that the relative reaction rate for 7-dehydrocholesterol and ergosterol are 5.6-fold and 1.6-fold higher than that for lathosterol. ${\Delta}^7$-SR activity was also modulated by feeding rats a diet supplemented with 0.5% ergosterol (>2.6-fold) in addition to 5.0% cholestyramine plus 0.1% lovastatin ($\simeq$5.0-fold). Finally, microsomal ${\Delta}^7$-SR was solubilized by 1.5% 3-[3-(cholamidopropyl)-dimethylammonio]-1-propanesulfonate (CHAPS) and enriched on PEG (0~10%) precipitation, which should be suitable for further purification of the enzyme.

• BMB Reports
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.47-52
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• 2009

Alanine racemase catalyzes the interconversion of L-alanine and D-alanine and plays a crucial role in spore germination and cell wall biosynthesis. In this study, alanine racemase produced by Bacillus anthracis was expressed and purified as a monomer in Escherichia coli and the importance of lysine 41 in the cofactor binding octapeptide and tyrosine 270 in catalysis was evaluated. The native enzyme exhibited an apparent $K_m$ of 3 mM for L-alanine, and a $V_{max}$ of $295\;{\mu}moles/min/mg$, with the optimum activity occurring at $37^{\circ}C$ and a pH of 8-9. The activity observed in the absence of exogenous pyridoxal 5'-phosphate suggested that the cofactor is bound to the enzyme. Additionally, the UV-visible absorption spectra indicated that the activity was pH independece, of VV-visible absorption spectra suggests that the bound PLP exists as a protonated Schiff's base. Furthermore, the loss of activity observed in the apoenzyme suggested that bound PLP is required for catalysis. Finally, the enzyme followed non-competitive and mixed inhibition kinetics for hydroxylamine and propionate with a $K_i$of $160\;{\mu}M$ and 30 mM, respectively.

• BMB Reports
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.25-30
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• 1998

Kinetic studies of L-Alanine dehydrogenase from Bacillus subtilis-catalyzed reactions in the presence of $Zn^{2+}$ were carried out. The substrate (L-alanine) saturation curve is hyperbolic in the absence of the metal ion but it becomes sigmoidal when $Zn^{2+}$ is added to the reaction mixture indicating the positive cooperative binding of the substrate in the presence of zinc ion. The cooperativity of substrate binding depends on the xinc ion concentration: the Hill coefficients ($n_H$) varied from 1.0 to 1.95 when the zinc ion concentration varied from 0 to $60\;{\mu}m$. The inhibition of AlaDH by $Zn^{2+}$ is reversible and noncompetitive with respect to $NAD^+$ ($K_i\;=\;5.28{\times}10^{-5}\;M$). $Zn^{2+}$ itself binds to AlaDH with positive cooperativity and the cooperativity is independent of substrate concentration. The Hill coefficients of substrate biding in the presence of $Zn^{2+}$ are not affected by the enzyme concentration indicating that $Zn^{2+}$ binding does not change the polymerization-depolymerization equilibria of the enzyme. Among other metal ions, $Zn^{2+}$ appears to be a specific reversible inhibitor inducing conformational change through the intersubunit interaction. These results indicate that $Zn^{2+}$ is an allosteric competitive inhibitor and substrate being a non-cooperative per se, excludes the $Zn^{2+}$ from its binding site and thus exhibits positive cooperativity. The allosteric mechanism of AlaDh from Bacillus subtilis is consistent with both MWC and Koshland's allosteric model.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.355-362
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• 1998

병아리콩 근류의 호스트부분에서 플라스티드에 존재하는 것으로 추정되는 포스포프룩토오스 키나아제(EC 2.7.1.11; PFK)을 순수분리 정제하고, 정제된 단백질 분자량이 220 kDa인 비당단백질(N-linked)이다. SDS-PAGE와 Western blot의 결과는 정제된 효소가 4개의 55 kDa subunit로 이루어져 있음을 지적하고 있다. 이 효소는 pH 8에서 최적활성으로 날카로운 곡선을 나타내고 있으며, 최적 pH 8과 생리적으로 비슷한 pH 7에서 Fru-6-P 및 nucleoside triphosphate 기질에 Michaelis-Menten kinetics을 나타냈다. MgATP가 뉴크레오 삼인산중에 가장 효율적인 인산기 공여체로서 나타냈다. 포스포엔롤피루베이트는 마이너 형태의 PFK 활성에 가장 강력한 억제자이며, 또한 이 효소는 3-포스포글리세레이트와 2-포스포글리세레이트에 의해 강하게 억제된다. 마이너 형태의 PFK는 KCl, NaCl등 Pi에 의해 약하게 활성이 증진되지만, 높은 농도에서는 억제자로서 작용한다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.761-768
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• 2007

Serratia proteamaculans HY-3 isolated from the digestive tract of a spider produces an extracellular protease named arazyme, with an estimated molecular mass of 51.5 kDa. The purified enzyme was characterized as having high activities at wide pH and temperature ranges. We further characterized biochemical features of the enzymatic reactions under various reaction conditions. The protease efficiently hydrolyzed a broad range of protein substrates including albumin, keratin, and collagen. The dependence of enzymatic activities on the presence of metal ions such as calcium and zinc indicated that the enzyme is a metalloprotease, together with the previous observation that the proteolytic activity of the enzyme was not inhibited by aspartate, cysteine, or serine protease inhibitors, but strongly inhibited by 1,10-phenanthroline and EDTA. The araA gene encoding the exoprotease was isolated as a 5.6 kb BamHI fragment after PCR amplification using degenerate primers and subsequent Southern hybridization. The nucleotide sequence revealed that the deduced amino acid sequences shared extensive similarity with those of the serralysin family of metalloproteases from other enteric bacteria. A gene(inh) encoding a putative protease inhibitor was also identified immediately adjacent to the araA structural gene.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제23권11호
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• pp.1365-1370
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• 2013

약 염기성 이온교환 수지에 cellulase를 고정화하였고 고정화 cellulase는 흡착 특성이 Langmuir 흡착 등온선을 잘 따랐다. pH와 온도에 대한 효소 활성은 고정화 효소가 우수한 특성을 보였다. 열에 대한 효소 활성은 1차식으로 감소하였고 고정화 효소가 자유 효소에 비해 열 안정성이 우수하였다. 초기 속도법을 통해서 자유 효소와 고정화 효소의 Michaelis-Menten 속도 상수를 결정하였고 속도상수 Km은 고정화 효소가 큰 값을 나타내었다. 충진층 반응기에서 셀룰로스의 전환 공정을 재순환에 의해 측정하였다. 투입되는 셀룰로스의 유량 변화에 대한 셀룰로스의 변환을 연속 공정에서 조사하였다. 장기 운전의 성능을 평가하기 위해 7일 통한 연속공정을 실시하였고 고정화 효소는 48%의 활성을 유지하였다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.1158-1167
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• 2000

{\beta}-CD를 생산하기 위하여 CGTase를 생성하는 Aspergillus sp. CC-2-1 균주를 토양으로부터 분리하였으며, CGTase생성을 위하여 0.1% albumin, 2% $(NH_4)_2S_2O_8$, 2% soluble starch, 0.2% $KH_2PO_4$를 밀기울 배지에 첨가하여 $37^{\circ}C$에서 5일간 배양 시 최대의 활성을 나타내었다. Sephadex G-100과 G-150을 사용한 gel filtration과 DEAE-cellulose를 이용한 이온 교환크로마토그래피로 13.14배 정제하였으며, specific activity는 172.14 unit/mg이었다. 정제효소는 poly-acrylamide gel 전기영동에 의하여 단일밴드로 확인되었으며, 분자량은 gel filtration과 SDS-polyacryl amide 전기영동으로 측정한 결과 27,800정도로 측정되었다. CGTase의 효소학적 특성은 최적 pH, 최적 온도는 pH 9.0과 $80^{\circ}C$였으며, pH $8.0{\sim}11.0$과 $60{\sim}80^{\circ}C$에서 안정하였다. 금속이온 중 $K^+,\;Cu^{++},\;Zn^{++}$에서 효소활성이 증대하였고, 효소활성 저해제 중 iodine과 DNP에 의해서 저해가 나타나 효소분자 중 tyrosine의 phenolic hydroxyl group과 histidine imidazole group과 말단아미노기가 효소구조에서 활성중심에 존재한다고 판단되었다. 효소의 $K_m$값과 $V_{max}$값은 18.182 g/L, 188.68 ${\mu}mol/min$이며, 활성화 에너지는 1.548 kcal/mol이였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권12호
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• pp.1897-1903
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• 2006

In order to investigate the functions of the C-terminal region of chitinase ChiCW of Bacillus cereus 28-9, a C-terminal truncated enzyme, ChiCW$\Delta$FC, was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified to homogeneity for biochemical characterization. Compared with ChiCW, ChiCW$\Delta$FC exhibited higher chitinase activity at high temperature and pH, but expressed lower hydrolytic and binding activities toward insoluble substrates. In addition, kinetic properties indicated that ChiCW$\Delta$MC hydrolyzed oligomeric and polymeric substrates less efficiently than ChiCW. These results suggest that the C-terminal region of ChiCW plays important roles in substrate binding and hydrolysis of chitin. In addition, the biological meaning of C-terminal proteolytic modification of ChiCW is discussed.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.610-613
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• 1991

Pseudomonas synxantha A3으로부터 정제된 결정화 효소를 사용하여 몇가지의 성질을 검토하였다. 본 효소에 대한 nucleoside 관련물질의 저해관계를 검토한 결과, 그 중에서 adenine, 8-azaadenine, 2-methyladenine, guanine, 8-azaguanine에 의해서 강한 저해를 받는 것으로 나타났으며, caffenine에 의해서는 저해를 받지 않았다. Adenine과 guanine은 비길항저해제로서, 그 저해상수($K_i$)는 각각 0.037mM과 0.098mM 이었다.