• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.52-59
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• 1988

A partially purified preparation of L-galactonolactone oxidase which catalyzes the last step of L-ascorbic acid biosynthesis was obtained from Saccharomyces cerevisiae ATCc 26787. The purification procedures included Triton X-100 treatment, protamine sulfate precipitation, ammonium sulfate precipitation, DEAE-Sepharose CL-6B ion exchange chromatography, Sephadex G-150 gel filtration chromatography, and Phenyl-Sepharose CL-4B hydrophobic interaction chromatography. The optimum temperature for the enzyme activity was about $34^{\circ}C$ and the optimum pH was 6.8-7.0. The substrate specificity was confined to L-aldonolactones, L-galactono-1,4-lactone and L-gulono-1,4-lactone. An apparent Km value of 0.294mM with L-galactono-1,4-lactone as a substrate was found. By comparing the substrate specificities of this enzyme with those of isofunctional enzymes of higher plants and animals, it becomes evident that the enzyme of S. cerevisiae ATCC 26787 is rather similar to the L-gulonolactone oxidase of animals than the galactonolactone dehydrogenase of higher plants.

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.678-683
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• 2011

The effects of coagulant types (magnesium chloride, calcium chloride, calcium sulfate, glucono-${\delta}$-lactone) on yield, quality properties and storability of astringent persimmon powder added tofu were investigated. Yield, hardness, chewness, crispness, and overall acceptability of tofu coagulated by glucono-${\delta}$-lactone were higher than those coagulated by the others. L value, a value, pH, soaking-solution turbidity, and total aerobic bacteria of glucono-${\delta}$-lactone coagulated tofu were lower than those coagulated by the others. Calcium sulfate and calcium chloride coagulated tofu showed relatively high L and b values. Magnesium chloride coagulated tofu had higher sensory score for firmness, taste, overall acceptability than calcium chloride and calcium sulfate coagulated tofu, but there was no significant difference between magnesium chloride and glucono-${\delta}$-lactone. The results suggested that glucono-${\delta}$-lactone and magnesium chloride were found to be the suitable coagulants for processing of the persimmon powder added tofu.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.39 no.2
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• pp.103-110
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• 1995

Phenylthio substituted 14-membered lactone(23) which can serve as a precursor of a potential antitumor antibiotics (6), was successfully prepared. The synthesis of the lactone was accomplished via lactonization of the corresponding enediyne hydroxy acid (22). This hydroxy acid was derived from Pd(0)-catalyzed coupling reaction of methyl pentynoate and cis-1,2-dichloroethylene followed by another Pd(0)-catalyzed coupling reaction of the resulting methyl chloroenyne ester (20) and enyneol (17). The required enyne alcohol was successfully synthesized from vinyltin compound (12) in good overall yield.

• YAKHAK HOEJI
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.166-170
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• 1990

An efficient synthetic route to macrolide is described. Eight-membered lactone was synthesized via palladium catalyzed intramolecular alkylation of allylic carbonate in high yield.

• YAKHAK HOEJI
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.206-210
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• 1989

Bromolactonization of 2-Substituted-1-cyclohexenyl-1-acetic acid (1) with 1,3-dibromo-5,5-dimethylhydantoin (dibromantin) in N,N-dimethylformamide gave the corresponding ${\gamma}-bromo-{\beta}-lactone$ (2) and ${\beta}-bromo-{\gamma}-lactone$ (3). The effect of the substituents, the reaction temperature, and the solvent on the regioselectivity was discussed.

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.132-138
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• 1994

L-Ascorbic acid-producing enzyme in Neurospora crassa was found to exist in mitochondria and the activity of this enzyme was increased by the addition of D-fluconno-${\gamma}$-lactone or L-gulono-${\gamma}$-lactone in the media. L-Ascorbic acid-producin enzyme in N. crassa has been purified with ammonium sulfate precipitation. DEAE Sepharose CL-6B ion exchange chromatography. Sephacryl S-200 gel filtration chromatography and Reactive yellow 3-agarose dye affinity column chromatography. The specific activity of this enzyme was increased to 239.6 fold and the yield was 2.1%. The molecular weight of the native enzyme was 150.000 dalton when it was estimated with Sephacryl S-200 gel filtration chromatography. Its molecular weight appeared as 75.000 dalton by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. which suggested that this enzyme was consisted with two identical subunits. The optimal pH for this enzyme was 9.0 and the $K_m$ value for D-galactono-${\gamma}$-lactone was 0.073 mM.

• YAKHAK HOEJI
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.31-35
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• 1995

An unusual 10-membered lactone possesing ring-olefin at 7, 8-position has been efficiently synthesized. The $\omega$-hydroxy acid as a cyclization precusor was derived from $\varepsilon$-caprolactone in 41% overall yield of 7 steps and efficiently cyclized by Mukaiyama procedure.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.117-121
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• 2000

Recent advances in studies of bacterial gene expression and light microscopy show that cell-to cell communication and communication and community behavior are the rule rather than the exception. One type of cell-cell communication, quorum sensing in Gram-negative bacteria involves acyl-homoserine lactone signals. This type of quorum sension represents a dedicated communication system that enables a given species to sense when it has reached a critical population density. and to respond by activating expression of specific genes. The LuxR and LuxI proteins of Vibrio fisheri are the founding members of the acyl-homoserine lactone quorum sensing signal receptor and signal generator families of proteins. Acyl-homeserine lactone signaling in Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one model for the relationship between quorum sensing community behavior, and virulence. In the P. aeruginosa model. quorum sensing is required for normal biofilm maturation and virulence. There are multiple quorum-sensing circuits that control the expression of dozens of specific genes in P. aeruginosa.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.38 no.5
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• pp.473-477
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• 1995

The dichloromethane extracts of the above ground parts of Hymenoxys brachyactis afforded three sesquiterpene lactones already reported, one new sesquiterpene lactone, biennin C and hispidulin as known toxic flavone. Structures of all compounds were established by spectroscopy and biennin C was determined as an adduct of the modified pseudoguanolide and hymenoxon by Gas Chromatograpy and MS spectrometer These sesquiterpene lactones have the same ${\alpha},{\beta}$-unsaturated functional group like that of hymenovin which has been known as major toxic constituent of important livestock poison. And biennin C is also considered as toxic compound because of toxic hymenoxon.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.25 no.6
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• pp.937-943
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• 1996

The biggest Problem of low-salted Jeot-gal is the reduction of its shelf-life. Chitosan, glucono $\delta-lactone, $ and sykeeper were added to extend the shelf-life of low-salted Myungran-jeot, and various chemical and microbiological analyses were carried out during fermentation at $10^{\circ}C.$ Sykeeper inhibited the increase in pH, and production of lactic acid, VBN, TMA, TBA, and the microbial growth, whereas enhanced the production of amino-N. But, chitosan and glucono $\delta-lactone$ had no significant difference from the control. The estimated shelf-life periods of low-salted Myngran-jeot fermented at $10^{\circ}C$ for control, chitosan, glucono $\delta-lactone, $ and sykeeper were about 14, 12, 16, and 19 days, respectively.