• 생명과학회지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.503-508
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• 2016

바이오센서는 간단하고 저렴하게 일차적으로 현장 시료를 분석할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 유전자 재조합으로 카드뮴을 검출할 수 있는 미생물 유래 바이오센서를 제작하였다. 이를 위해 카드뮴과 반응하는 CadC 유전자와 관련 프로모터를 PCR로 증폭하고 β-galactosidase 유전자(lacZ)와 결합하고 E. coli BL21 (DE3)에 형질 전환하였다. 이 바이오센서 세포는 카드뮴 존재 하에서 β-galactosidase를 발현하며 기질인 CPRG을 분해하여 붉은색으로 발색된다. 카드뮴 검출용 바이오센서는 카드뮴으로 3시간 유도하였을 때 β-galactosidase 활성의 최고값을 보여주었으며 pH 5에서 가장 좋은 활성도를 나타내었다. 카드뮴 검출용 바이오센서는 0.01 μM에서 10 mM 카드뮴에서 검출범위를 보여주었으며 0.01~10 μM에서 직선관계의 검정선(y= 0.98 X + 0.142, R²=0.98)를 나타내었다. 중금속 중에서 카드뮴과 납에서 높은 반응성을 보여주었으며 수은과 구리에서는 전혀 반응하지 않았으나 주석과 코발트에서도 약간의 반응성을 나타내었다. 카드뮴을 spike 한 폐수에서의 반응이 완충용액에 spike한 것(control)과 비슷하게 나타났다. 이는 카드뮴 검출용 바이오센서가 전처리를 하지 않은 현장시료에서도 반응성을 보여주어 현장시료의 간단하고 저렴한 일차적 검출에 활용될 수 있음을 시사한다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.1271-1277
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• 2000

토마토, 사과, 당근, 아욱, 돌미나리+솔잎, 신선초, 대추, 레몬의 착즙액을 3 : 3 : 3 : 1/2 : 1/2 : 1/2 : 1/2 : 1/5의 비율로 혼합하여 착즙 혼합액을 $96^{\circ}C$에서 15초간 가열살균하거나 한외여과 또는 한외여과액에 $121^{\circ}C$에서 15분간 가열한 한외여과 잔사를 혼합하였다. 각 시료는 병에 담아 밀봉하거나 살균된 film에 담아 질소가스로 충진포장 후 $4^{\circ}$와 $20^{\circ}C$에서 8주간 저장하였다. 제균처리한 주스의 pH는 $4.07{\sim}4.10$, 적정산도는 $66.35{\sim}84.08$, 가용성 고형분은 $7{\sim}9^{\circ}Brix$, 환원당은 $5.42{\sim}6.97%$로 glucose는 $1.96{\sim}2.30%$, fructose는 $3.45{\sim}4.14%$으로 저장기간동안 변화가 없었다. Peroxidase 활성과 미생물은 열처리와 한외여과에 의해 저해되었다. 색도는 한외여과구의 강우 황색을 띄었고, 그외 다른구는 주황색을 나타내었다. 혼합과채주스의 저장 중에 야기되는 갈변현상은 비타민 C의 산화와 그밖의 비효소적 갈변반응에 의해 야기된 것으로 비타민 C의 파괴와 갈변현상은 용기 중의 산소를 질소가스로 치환, 포장하여 저장함으로 줄일 수 있었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권7호
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• pp.943-953
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• 2014

The XylH gene (1,167-bp) encoding a novel hemicellulase (41,584 Da) was identified from the genome of Microbacterium trichothecenolyticum HY-17, a gastrointestinal bacterium of Gryllotalpa orientalis. The enzyme consisted of a single catalytic domain, which is 74% identical to that of an endo-${\beta}$-1,4-xylanase (GH10) from Isoptericola variabilis 225. Unlike other endo-${\beta}$-1,4-xylanases from invertebrate-symbiotic bacteria, rXylH was an alkali-tolerant multifunctional enzyme possessing endo-${\beta}$-1,4-xylanase activity together with ${\beta}$-1,3/${\beta}$-1,4-glucanase activity, which exhibited its highest xylanolytic activity at pH 9.0 and 60oC, and was relatively stable within a broad pH range of 5.0-10.0. The susceptibilities of different xylosebased polysaccharides to the XylH were assessed to be as follows: oat spelts xylan > beechwood xylan > birchwood xylan > wheat arabinoxylan. rXylH was also able to readily cleave p-nitrophenyl (pNP) cellobioside and pNP-xylopyranoside, but did not hydrolyze other pNP-sugar derivatives, xylobiose, or hexose-based materials. Enzymatic hydrolysis of birchwood xylan resulted in the product composition of xylobiose (71.2%) and xylotriose (28.8%) as end products.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.83-89
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• 2021

개불 라이소자임(Uu-ilys)은 개불(Urechis unicinctus)로부터 정제된 무척추형 라이소자임으로 병원균에 대한 방어에 주요하게 작용하는 선천성 면역 물질이며, 비효소적 항균 활성을 가지고 있어 항균 활성을 지닌 유도체의 개발 가능성을 가지고 있다. 본 논문은 개불 라이소자임에서 유래된 항균 활성을 가지는 유도체의 디자인과 생산을 기술하고 있다. 여러 항균성 펩타이드(antimicrobial peptide, AMP) 데이터베이스에서 제공하는 항균성 펩타이드 예측 도구를 사용하여 개불 라이소자임에서 항균 활성을 가지는 부위를 예측하였다. 개불 라이소자임 C-말단의 절편이 항균 활성을 나타낼 것으로 예측되었으며, 이 펩타이드는 C-말단 절편, Uu-ilys-CF라 명명하였다. Uu-ilys-CF은 이형 발현 시스템인 TrxA-Uu-ilys-CF 퓨전 단백질을 사용하여 생산하였다. 만들어진 퓨전 단백질은 브롬화시안을 사용하여 메티오닌 잔기를 절단하였으며, 절단된 Uu-ilys-CF은 고성능액체크로마토그래피와 역상 컬럼인 CapCell-Pak C18을 사용하여 분리되었다. Uu-ilys-CF의 항균 활성을 조사하기 위해서 여러 균주(그람양성균 4개, 그람음성균7개, 진균 1개)를 사용하였다. Uu-ilys-CF의 항균 활성은 살모넬라에서 가장 높은 반응을 보였다. 비록 Uu-ilys-CF는 진균에 활성을 나타내지 않았지만, 사용한 균주들에서 넓은 범위의 항균 활성을 나타내었다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.151-158
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• 1996

섬유소는 효소에 의한 가수분해에 의하여 유용한 화학물질이냐 연료 등으로 전환될 수 있다. 그러나 효소가 온도나 전단응력에 의해 쉽게 비활성화 되고 생성물인 당에 의한 억제 효과가 심각하기 때문에 효과적인 당화공정이 이루어지지 못하는 실정이다. 본 실험에서는 섬유소 가수분해에서의 두 효소, 즉 셀룰라아제 와 ${\beta}$-glucosidase의 통력학적 특정틀 을 이해하고, 생성물 억제영향 빛 효소의 비활성화 를 관찰하여, 섬유소의 고농도 당화 공정에 적용가 능한 통력학적 이론을 규명하고자 하였다. 셀룰라아제 벚 ${\beta}$-glucosidase는 다양한 통력학적 특정들을 보였으며, 반응기내에 5gN 의 포도당이 존재하여도 $\beta$glucosidase의 역가가 70% 이상 감소하는 것으로 나타나, 포도탕에 의한 ${\beta}$-glucosi­d dase의 억 제 영향이 가장 심각한 것으로 나타났다. 또한 셀로바이오스의 농도가 109/p 일때 역시 셀롤 라야제의 역가가 약 70% 감소하였다. ${\beta}$-glucosi dase의 경우 셀룰라아제와 비교하여 약 1.6배 정도 비활성화에 더 민강한 것으로 밝혀졌다. 당화 공정 모사 결과는 대체척으로 신뢰할 수 있는 범위의 결 과를 얻었으며, 가수분해가 진행되는동안 실험결과 와 모사에 의한 계산값은 잘 일치하였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제22권12호
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• pp.1636-1643
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• 2012

Enzymatic pre-bleaching by modification of pulp fibers with xylanases is an attractive approach to reduce the consumption of toxic bleaching chemicals in the paper industry. In this study, an alkaliphilic endoxylanase gene was isolated from metagenomic DNA of a structurally stable thermophilic lignocellulose-degrading microbial consortium using amplification with conserved glycosyl hydrolase family 10 primers and subsequent genome walking. The full-length xylanase showed 78% sequence identity to an endo-${\beta}$-1,4-xylanase of Clostridium phytofermentans and was expressed in a mature form with an N-terminal His6 tag fusion in Escherichia coli. The recombinant xylanase Xyn3F was thermotolerant and alkaliphilic, working optimally at $65-70^{\circ}C$ with an optimal pH at 9-10 and retaining >80% activity at pH 9, $60^{\circ}C$ for 1 h. Xyn3F showed a $V_{max}$ of 2,327 IU/mg and $K_m$ of 3.5 mg/ml on birchwood xylan. Pre-bleaching of industrial eucalyptus pulp with no prior pH adjustment (pH 9) using Xyn3F at 50 IU/g dried pulp led to 4.5-5.1% increase in final pulp brightness and 90.4-102.4% increase in whiteness after a single-step hypochlorite bleaching over the untreated pulp, which allowed at least 20% decrease in hypochlorite consumption to achieve the same final bleaching indices. The alkaliphilic xylanase is promising for application in an environmentally friendly bleaching step of kraft and soda pulps with no requirement for pH adjustment, leading to improved economic feasibility of the process.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.12-23
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• 2020

Edible films containing antimicrobial agents can be used as safe alternatives to preserve food products. Essential oils are well-recognized antimicrobials. However, their low water solubility, volatility and high sensitivity to oxygen and light limit their application in food preservation. These limitations could be overcome by embedding these essential oils in complexed product matrices exploiting the encapsulation efficiency of β-cyclodextrin. This study focused on the maximization of β-cyclodextrin production using cyclodextrin glucanotransferase (CGTase) and the evaluation of its encapsulation efficacy to fabricate edible antimicrobial films. Response surface methodology (RSM) was used to optimize CGTase production by Brevibacillus brevis AMI-2 isolated from mangrove sediments. This enzyme was partially purified using a starch adsorption method and entrapped in calcium alginate. Cyclodextrin produced by the immobilized enzyme was then confirmed using high performance thin layer chromatography, and its encapsulation efficiency was investigated. The clove oil/β-cyclodextrin inclusion complexes were prepared using the coprecipitation method, and incorporated into chitosan films, and subjected to antimicrobial testing. Results revealed that β-cyclodextrin was produced as a major product of the enzymatic reaction. In addition, the incorporation of clove oil/β-cyclodextrin inclusion complexes significantly increased the antimicrobial activity of chitosan films against Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Salmonella Typhimurium, Escherichia coli, and Candida albicans. In conclusion, B. brevis AMI-2 is a promising source for CGTase to synthesize β-cyclodextrin with considerable encapsulation efficiency. Further, the obtained results suggest that chitosan films containing clove oils encapsulated in β-cyclodextrin could serve as edible antimicrobial food-packaging materials to combat microbial contamination.

• 한국식품조리과학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.73-80
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• 1999

This study was carried out to investigate the effects of enzyme treatments on the functional properties of soy protein isolate (SPI) and to examine the quality attributes of soy yogurt prepared by different enzyme treatments, sweeteners and starter cultures. Enzyme treatment increased the solubility and emulsifying capacity of soy proteins, but decreased the emulsifying stability; the enzymatic activity of ${\alpha}$-chymotrypsin was higher than that of trypsin. Enzyme treatments decreased the pH of soy yogurts prepared by both culture methods, the culture of L. bulgaricus and S. thermophilus and the culture of L. bulgaricus and K. fragilis, but increased the titratable acidity, total numbers of lactic acid bacteria and yeast. Trypsin was more effective than ${\alpha}$-chymotrypsin in decreasing pH and increasing titratable acidity and total numbers of lactic acid bacteria and yeast. Fructose decreased the pH of soy yogurts more than sucrose in the culture of L. bulgaricus and S. thermophilus, and vice versa in the culture of L. bulgaricus and K. fragilis. Fructooligosaccharides were more effective in the culture of L. bulgaricus and K. fragilis than in the culture of L. bulgaricus and S. thermophilus in increasing the titratable acidity, total count of lactic acid bacteria and yeast. In sensory evaluation, soy yogurts containing trypsin treated SPI, fructose and fructooligosaccharides (75%:25%) were more acceptable than those containing untreated or trypsin treated SPI and fructose. This was because of more smooth and less sour, in which the values of pH, titratable acidity, microbial growth, and viscosity were in the range of commercial yogurts. Soy yogurts fermented by L. bulgaricus and K. fragilis showed more smooth mouthfeel than those fermented by L. bulgaricus and S. thermophilus.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권11호
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• pp.1559-1565
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• 2014

Cellulase and xylanase are main hydrolysis enzymes for the degradation of cellulosic and hemicellulosic biomass, respectively. In this study, our aim was to develop and test the efficacy of a rapid, high-throughput method to screen hydrolytic-enzyme-producing microbes. To accomplish this, we modified the 3,5-dinitrosalicylic acid (DNS) method for microwell plate-based screening. Targeted microbial samples were initially cultured on agar plates with both cellulose and xylan as substrates. Then, isolated colonies were subcultured in broth media containing yeast extract and either cellulose or xylan. The supernatants of the culture broth were tested with our modified DNS screening method in a 96-microwell plate, with a $200{\mu}l$ total reaction volume. In addition, the stability and reliability of glucose and xylose standards, which were used to determine the enzymatic activity, were studied at $100^{\circ}C$ for different time intervals in a dry oven. It was concluded that the minimum incubation time required for stable color development of the standard solution is 20 min. With this technique, we successfully screened 21 and 31 cellulase- and xylanase-producing strains, respectively, in a single experimental trial. Among the identified strains, 19 showed both cellulose and xylan hydrolyzing activities. These microbes can be applied to bioethanol production from cellulosic and hemicellulosic biomass.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.102-110
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• 2006

Background: Dendritic cells (DC) are professional antigen-presenting cells in the immune system and can induce T cell response against virus infections, microbial pathogens, and tumors. Therefore, immunization using DC loaded with tumor-associated antigens (TAAs) is a powerful method of inducing anti-tumor immunity. For induction of effective anti-tumor immunity, antigens should be efficiently introduced into DC and presented on MHC class I molecules at high levels to activate antigen-specific $CD8^+$ T cells. We have been exploring methods for loading exogenous antigens into APC with high efficiency of Ag presentation. In this study, we tested the effect of the cationic liposome (Lipofectin) for transferring and loading exogenous model antigen (OVA protein) into BM-DC. Methods: Bone marrow-derived DC (EM-DC) were incubated with OVA-Lipofectin complexes and then co-cultured with B3Z cells. B3Z activation, which is expressed as the amount of ${\beta}$-galactosidase induced by TCR stimulation, was determined by an enzymatic assay using ${\beta}$-gal assay system. C57BL/6 mice were immunized with OVA-pulsed DC to monitor the in vivo vaccination effect. After vaccination, mice were inoculated with EG7-OVA tumor cells. Results: BM-DC pulsed with OVA-Lipofectin complexes showed more efficient presentation of OVA-peptide on MHC class I molecules than soluble OVA-pulsed DC. OVA-Lipofectin complexes-pulsed DC pretreated with an inhibitor of MHC class I-mediated antigen presentation, brefeldin A, showed reduced ability in presenting OVA peptide on their surface MHC class I molecules. Finally, immunization of OVA-Lipofectin complexes-pulsed DC protected mice against subsequent tumor challenge. Conclusion: Our data provide evidence that antigen-loading into DC using Lipofectin can promote MHC class I- restricted antigen presentation. Therefore, antigen-loading into DC using Lipofectin can be one of several useful tools for achieving efficient induction of antigen-specific immunity in DC-based immunotherapy.