• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제53권2호
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• pp.71-76
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• 2010

가정에서 제조된 된장으로부터 분리된 Bacillus licheniformis WL-12의 mannanase 유전자를 크로닝하여 그 염기서열을 결정한 결과 mannanase 유전자는 360 아미노산으로 구성된 단백질을 코드하며 1,080 뉴클레오티드로 이루어졌다. 아미노산 잔기배열을 분석한 결과 WL-12의 mannanase는 GH family 26에 속하는 B. licheniformis DSM13의 mannanase와 동일하였다. B. lichenifromis WL-12의 mannanase 유전자를 함유한 재조합대장균의 균체파쇄상등액으로부터 부분정제된 효소를 사용하여 반응특성을 조사하였다. pH 6.0과 $65^{\circ}C$에서 최대 반응활성을 보였으며, locust bean gum (LBG)과 konjac의 분해능은 높으나 guar gum의 분해능은 낮았다. Mannanase로 LBG와 mannooligosaccharides를 분해하였을 때 mannose, mannobiose와 mannotriose가 주된 최종 반응산물로 관찰되었으며 mannobiose는 분해하지 못하였으나 이보다 중합도가 큰 mannooligosaccharides은 분해하였다.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.311-314
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• 2005

토양으로부터 분리된 약 1,200여주의 방선균으로부터 세포외로 phytase를 분비 생산하는 방선균 YB-26이 분리되었다. 분리균의 16S rRNA 염기서열을 조사한 결과 Streptomyces속에 속하는 균주의 서열과 상동성이 높았다. G.S.M 배지에서 분리균을 배양하여 얻은 배양 상등액을 ammonium sulfate 분획(15-70%), DEAE-Sepharose column 및 Q-Sepharose column 크로마토그래피를 하여 phytase를 부분 정제하였다. 부분정제된 phytase를 사용하여 효소반응을 실시한 결과 $60^{\circ}C$와 pH 7.0에서 최대활성을 보였으며, pH 6.0-8.0 범위에서 최대활성의 90%이상이 되는 활성을 나타냈다. 이 효소는 열안정성이 높지 않으며, $CaCl_2$의 존재하에서도 열안정성이 변화가 없는 것으로 확인되었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.1125-1129
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• 2005

Cloning of a 6.6-kb BamHI digested chromosomal DNA from S. griseus IFO13350 revealed the presence of an additional gene encoding a novel trypsin-like enzyme, named SprU. The SprU protein shows a high homology ($79\%$ identity, $88\%$ similarity) with the SGT protease, which has been reported as a bacterial trypsin in the same strain. The amino acid sequence deduced from the nucleotide sequence of the sprU gene suggests that SprU is produced as a precursor consisting of an amino-terminal presequence (29 amino acid residues), prosequence (4 residues), and mature trypsin consisting of 222 amino acids with a molecular weight of 22.94 kDa and a calculated pI of 4.13. The serine, histidine, and aspartic acid residues composing the catalytic triad of typical serine proteases are also well conserved. When the trypsin activity of the SprU was spectrophotometrically measured by the enzymatic hydrolysis of the artificial chromogenic substrate, N-${alpha}$-benzoyl-DL-arginine-p-nitroanilide, the S. lividans transformant with pWHM3-U gave 3 times higher activity than that of control. When the same recombinant plasmid was introduced into S. griseus, however, the gene dosage effect was not so significant, as in the cases of other genes encoding serine proteases, such as sprA, sprB, and sprD. Although two trypsins, SprU and SGT, have a high degree of homology, the pI values, the gene dosage effect in S. griseus, and the gene arrangement adjacent to the two genes are very different, suggesting that the biochemical and biological function of the SprU might be quite different from that of the SGT.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.296-302
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• 2012

국내 사찰에서 제조된 된장으로부터 내열성 ${\alpha}$-amylase 생산균으로 분리된 YB-1234는 형태적 특성, 생화학적 성질 및 16S rRNA 유전자 염기서열에 근거하여 Bacillus licheniformis로 동정되었다. B. licheniformis YB-1234의 ${\alpha}$-amylase 유전자를 클로닝하여 그 염기서열을 결정하였으며 그로부터 유추된 ${\alpha}$-amylase의 아미노산 서열은 glycosyl hydrolase family 13에 속하는 B. licheniformis의 내열성 ${\alpha}$-amylases와 매우 높은 상동성을 보였다. ${\alpha}$-Aamylase 유전자를 함유한 재조합 대장균과 B. licheniformis에 의해 각각 생산된 ${\alpha}$-amylase는 pH 6.0에서 최대활성을 보였으나, 최적 반응온도는 약간의 차이가 있었다. 또한 B. licheniformis로부터 ${\alpha}$-amylase는 재조합 대장균에서 생산된 효소보다 열안정성이 매우 높았다. 이들 효소에 의한 maltotetraose와 maltohexaose의 주된 가수분해산물로는 glucose, maltose 및 maltotriose가 관찰되었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권9호
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• pp.1283-1287
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• 2010

In eukaryotes, eRF3 participates in translation termination and belongs to the superfamily of GTPases. In this work, the dissociation constants for nucleosides bound to Euplotes octocarinatus eRF3 in the presence and absence of eRF1a were determined using fluorescence spectra methods. Furthermore, a GTP hydrolyzing assay of eRF3 was carried out using an HPLC method, and the kinetic parameters for GTP hydrolysis by eRF3 were determined. Consistent with data from humans, the results showed that eRF1a promoted the binding of GTP to eRF3 and the GTP hydrolyzing activity of eRF3. However, in contrast to the lack of GTP binding in the absence of eRF1 in human eRF3, the E. octocarinatus eRF3 was able to bind GTP by itself. The nucleotide binding affinity of the E. octocarinatus eRF3 also differed from the human data. A structure model and amino acid sequence alignment of potential G domains indicated that these differences may be due to valine 317 and glutamate 452 displacing the conserved glycine and lysine involved in GTP binding.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.457-463
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• 1999

The physical map of bacteriophage $\PhiFC1$ DNA was constructed with the restriction endonucleases SalI, BamHI, EcoRI, XbaI, and AvaI. The 40.5-kb DNA restriction map is shown to be circularly permuted representing the headful packaging mechanism of the phage. The DNA restriction fragments containing the packaging initiation site(pac) was localized on the restriction map and the nucleotide sequences of the region were analyzed. Four open reading frames (ORFs), following one another with the same orientation, were found at the region. The 2nd ORF (ORF-ts) has significant amino acid sequence homologies to the previously known terminase small subunits of other bacteriophages. The putative terminase small subunit gene has a presumptive NTP-hydrolysis motif and a helix-turn-helix motif. The cleavage site for the first round of packaging was found to be located at the coding sequence of the putative terminase small subunit gene. The fourth ORF, even if partially sequenced, has a good amino acid sequence homology to the portal vertex proteins of other bacteriophages representing the evolutionarily conserved arrangements of genes near the pac site of this bacteriophage, $\PhiFC1$.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.252-258
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• 2011

탄소원으로 palm kernel meal(PKM)과 밀기울을 함유한 배지에서 농후배양하여 작물 재배 토양으로부터 xylan과 locust bean gum(LBG)에 대한 분해활성이 있는 균을 분리하였다. 분리균 YB-1107의 16S rDNA 서열이 Cellulosimicrobium 속 균주와 유사도가 높은 균주로 판명되었다. 분리균의 mannanase는 LBG와 PKM에 의해 생산성이 증가된 반면에 xylanase는 oat spelt xylan과 밀기울에 의해 생산성이 증가되었다. Mannanase는 0.7% PKM을 첨가한 배지, xylanase는 1% 밀기울을 첨가한 배지에서 각각 최대 생산성을 보였으며 모두 정지기에서 생산이 되었다. 분리균의 배양상등액은 $55^{\circ}C$와 pH 6.5에서 mannanase의 최대활성을 보였으며, $65^{\circ}C$와 pH 5.5에서 xylanase의 최적반응 활성을 나타냈다. Mannanase에 의해 분해된 LBG와 xylanase에 의해 분해된 xylan으로부터 각각 올리고당이 관찰되었으며, 또한 이들 효소는 밀기울과 미강도 분해하여 올리고당으로 전환하는 것으로 확인되었다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.509-514
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• 1995

A putative secondary structure of the mRNA for the human hepatitis B virus (HBV) X gene is proposed based on not only chemical and enzymatic determination of its single- and double-stranded regions but also selection by the computer program MFOLD for energy minimum conformation under the constraints that the experimentally determined nucleotides were forced or prohibited to base pair. An RNA of 536 nucleotides including the 461-nucleotide HBV X mRNA sequence was synthesized in vitro by the phage T7 RNA polymerase transcription. The thermally renatured transcripts were subjected to chemical modifications with dimethylsulfate and kethoxal and enzymatic hydrolysis with single strand-specific RNase T1 and double strand-specific RNase V1, separately. The sites of modification and cleavage were detected by reverse transcriptase extension of 4 different primers. Many nucleotides could be assigned with high confidence, twenty in double-stranded and thirty-seven in Single-stranded regions. These nucleotides were forced and prohibited, respectively, to base pair in running the recursive RNA folding program MFOLD. The results suggest that 6 different regions (5 within X mRNA) of 14~23 nucleotides are Single-stranded. This putative structure provides a good working model and suggests potential target sites for antisense and ribozyme inhibitors and hybridization probes for the HBV X mRNA.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.286-297
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• 2020

Mammalian patatin-like phospholipase domain containing proteins (PNPLAs) play critical roles in triglyceride hydrolysis, phospholipids metabolism, and lipid droplet (LD) homeostasis. PNPLA7 is a lysophosphatidylcholine hydrolase anchored on the endoplasmic reticulum which associates with LDs through its catalytic region (PNPLA7-C) in response to increased cyclic nucleotide levels. However, the interaction of PNPLA7 with LDs through its catalytic region is unknown. Herein, we demonstrate that PNPLA7-C localizes to the mature LDs ex vivo and also colocalizes with pre-existing LDs. Localization of PNPLA7-C with LDs induces LDs clustering via non-enzymatic intermolecular associations, while PNPLA7 alone does not induce LD clustering. Residues 742-1016 contains four putative transmembrane domains which act as a LD targeting motif and are required for the localization of PNPLA7-C to LDs. Furthermore, the N-terminal flanking region of the LD targeting motif, residues 681-741, contributes to the LD targeting, whereas the C-terminal flanking region (1169-1326) has an anti-LD targeting effect. Interestingly, the LD targeting motif does not exhibit lysophosphatidylcholine hydrolase activity even though it associates with LDs phospholipid membranes. These findings characterize the specific functional domains of PNPLA7 mediating subcellular positioning and interactions with LDs, as wells as providing critical insights into the structure of this evolutionarily conserved phospholipid-metabolizing enzyme family.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.99-105
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• 2014

가정에서 제조된 된장을 산성조건에서 계대 배양한 후 균체외 mannanase 를 생산하는 Bacillus sp. YB-1401를 분리하였다. 분리균의 당이용능을 비롯한 생화학적 특성은 Brevibacillus laterosporus와 유사도(61.1%)가 가장 높은 반면에 16S rRNA 유전자의 염기서열은 B. amyloliquefaciens와 유사도가 가장 높았다. 분리균 YB-1401의 mannanase 생산성은 mannans에 의해 급격하게 증가하였으며, 특히 곤약(4%)이 첨가된 배지에서 약 265 U/ml로 최대 생산성을 보였다. 분리균의 mannanase는 $55^{\circ}C$와 pH 5.5 반응조건에서 최대활성을 보였으며 pH 3.5-11.0의 범위에서 1시간 방치하였을 때 실활이 거의 일어나지 않았다. 또한 LBG와 guar gum 및 mannooligosaccharides를 mannanase로 분해하였을 때 주된 반응산물로 mannobiose와 mannotriose가 생성되었으며 mannose도 소량 생성되었다.