• YAKHAK HOEJI
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• v.32 no.5
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• pp.295-303
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• 1988

For microbial production of acetaminophen, a popular analgesic-antipyretic from aniline, we screened various fungi and bacteria. And we succeeded to some extents in acetaminophen production by successful protoplast fusion between S. lividans and S. globisporus and also between S. rimosus and S. aureofaciens. However, more fertile results might be brought via performing the cloning of acetanilide p-hydroxylation genes of Streptomyces in yeast. This study was initiated to determine whether the acetanilide p-hydroxylase of Streptomyces is cytochrome P-450 species or non-heme iron protein species. The p-hydroxylationactivity on acetanilide in S. aureofaciens ATCC 10762 was found to be unstable on exposing to the air. However, 100,000xg supernatant of the cell free extracts which were prepared in $N_2$ atmosphere showed the p-hydroxylation activity. Characteristic absorption peak of cytochrome P-450 after reduction with dithionite and addition of CO was not observed in the region of 450nm. Moreover, metyrapone and 2, 6-dichloroindophenol did not affect this enzyme activity, but sodium azide, sodium cyanide, cupric sulfate, cadmium chloride, ${\alpha}$, ${\alpha}'-dipyridyl$, and o-phenanthroline reduced p-hydroxylase activity considerably. S. fradiae NRRL 2702 was shown to have strong p-hydroxylation activity in intact cells. This activity disappeared in its cell free extracts. In its 100,000xg supernatant, however, characteristic absorption peak of cytochrome P-450 after reduction with dithionite and addition of CO was observed at 446nm. Thus, the results herein presented suggest that acetanilide p-hydroxylase of Streptomyces aureofaciens is not related to cytochrome P-450 and may include non-heme iron protein for its activity. However, it is not clear whether acetanilide p-hydroxylase in S. fradiae belongs to the same category of S. aureofaciens.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.17 no.5
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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.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2010.02a
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• pp.426-426
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• 2010

유기발광소자는 고휘도, 광시야각, 저생산비용 및 빠른 응답속도의 장점을 갖고 디스플레이 소자와 조명 광원의 응용에 대하여 연구가 많이 진행되었다. 고효율과 색안정성을 가진 유기발광소자를 제작하기 위하여 소자의 다양한 구조에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 유기발광소자의 발광효율을 향상시키기 위해서는 정공의 수송이나 주입을 감소, 또는 전자의 수송이나 주입을 향상시켜 전자와 정공의 균형을 조절하는 방법이 많이 제안되었다. 본 연구에서는 전자수송층으로 사용되는 tris(8-hydroxyquinolate)aluminum ($Alq_3$) 보다 전자의 수송을 향상시킬 수 있으며 발광층에서 전자 수송층으로 빠져나가는 정공을 막는 정공장벽층의 역할을 하여 정공의 손실을 감소시킬 수 있는 7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline (BPhen)과 $Alq_3$를 혼합하여 혼합 전자 수송층을 사용하였으며, 이를 사용하여 제작된 소자에 대하여 전기적 성질과 광학적 성질의 변화를 조사하였다. 혼합 전자 수송층을 삽입한 소자는 Alq3만을 전자 수송층으로 사용한 소자에 비해 동일 전압에서 낮은 전류밀도와 높은 구동전압을 보였으나 발광세기와 발광효율은 많이 향상되었다. 혼합 전자 수송층을 사용하여 제작한 소자의 발광세기와 발광효율이 향상된 원인은 발광층으로 주입되는 전자가 증가하였고 전자 수송층 역할을 하는 BPhen 이 낮은 HOMO 에너지준위로 인한 정공의 손실을 작게하므로 전자-정공의 재결합 확률이 증가하였음을 알 수 있다. 전자 주입층 또는 정공주입층만을 삽입한 소자를 제작하여 전류밀도-전압특성을 측정하여 전자 및 정공의 전송특성을 조사하였다. 혼합 전자 수송층을 사용하여 제작된 유기발광소자의 발광효율에 대한 메카니즘을 실험결과를 사용하여 설명하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2010.02a
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• pp.423-423
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• 2010

유기발광소자의 제작 기술이 빠르게 발전함에 따라 디스플레이와 조명 분야에서 많은 응용 가능성을 보여주고 있다. 유기발광소자의 발광효율은 발광층내에서 전자와 정공의 비와 밀접한 관계가 있기 때문에 전자 수송층과 정공 수송층내에서 전하의 이동도를 제어하는 구조에 대한 연구는 매우 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 전자 수송층으로 tris(8-hydroxyquinoline)aluminum ($Alq_3$)와 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline (BPhen)의 다중 이종구조를 사용하여 제작된 녹색 유기발광소자의 전기적 성질과 광학적 성질을 연구하였다. $Alq_3$와 BPhen 다중 이종구조의 위치와 이종구조 개수의 변화에 따라 전자의 변하는 전송특성으로 인하여 변화되는 발광특성을 체계적으로 조사하였다. 유기발광소자의 구동전압은 $Alq_3$/BPhen 이종구조의 수가 증가할수록 증가하는 경향을 보인다. $Alq_3$와 BPhen 내에서 전자의 이동도가 다르기 때문에 $Alq_3$/BPhen 이종계면에 전자가 축적되어 공간전하를 형성하므로 계면에서 내부전계가 형성되어 구동전압이 약간 증가하는 경향을 보인다. 또한 $Alq_3$/BPhen 이종계면에서 축적된 전자들로 인하여 형성된 내부 전계로 인해 저전압에서 누설 정공의 수가 증가하였다. 그러나 다중 이종구조로 된 전자 수송층을 포함한 유기발광소자의 발광 효율은 구동전압이 증가할수록 안정화 되었다. 이는 이종계면의 수가 증가함에 따라 각각의 이종계면에서 축적되는 전자의 양이 감소하기 때문에 고전압에서 효율감소율이 작아졌다. $Alq_3$/BPhen 다중 이종구조를 가진 전자 수송층내에서 전자의 전송 메카니즘에 대한 이해는 유기발광소자의 발광효율이 안정화된 구조를 설계하는데 중요한 실험적 결과를 제공한다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.244-251
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• 1995

An extracellular protease of Salmonella schottmulleri was purified from culture filtrate by using 0-75% ammonium sulfate precipitation, DEAE Sepharose Fast Flow ion exchange chromatography, Ultrogel HA chromatography and Sephacryl S-200 HR molecular sieve chromatography. To measure enzyme activity, synthetic dipeptide substrate (CBZ-arg-arg-AFC) with low molecular weight was employed as substrate. The molecular weight of the purified enzyme was approximately 80 kDa when determined by gel filtration on Sephacryl S-200 HR and 73 kDa when estimated by SDS-PAGE. The isoelectric point was 5.45. The activity of the purified enzyme was inhibited by metal chelating agesnts such as EDTA and 1.10-phenanthroline. The divalent cations, such as Ca$\^$2+/, Zn$\^$2+/, Fe$\^$2+/, Mg$\^$2+/ enhanced its activity. These results suggested that it was a metalloprotease. It had a narrow pH optimum of 6.5-7.5 with a maximum at pH 7.0 and a temperature optimum of 40.deg.C. It was stable at least for 1 week at 40.deg.C and maintained its activity for 24 hours at 50.deg.C, but it was rapidly inactivated at 65.deg.C. This protease was shown to be sensitive to sodium 50.deg.C, but it was rapidly inactivated at 65.deg.C. This protease was shown to be sensitive to sodium 50.deg.C, but it was rapidly inactivated at 65.deg.C. This protease was shown to be sensitive to sodium 50.deg.C, but it was rapidly inactivated at 65.deg.C. This protease was shown to be sensitive to sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and was inactivated in a dose-dependent manner. However, it was resistant to Triton X-100 and the activity was enhanced to 32.3% with treatment of 0.025% Triton X-100.

• Journal of Photoscience
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.133-139
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• 2004

The metal-ligand complex, $[Ru(phen)_2(dppz)]^{2+}$ (phen=1,10-phenanthroline, dppz=dipyrido[3,2-a:2',3'-c]phenazine) (RuPD), was used as a spectroscopic probe for studying nucleic acid dynamics. The RuPD complex displays a long lifetime and a molecular light switch property upon DNA binding due to shielding of its dppz ligand from water. To show the usefulness of this luminophore (RuPD) for probing nucleic acid dynamics, we compared its intensity and anisotropy decays when intercalated into the $tRNA^{val}$ and pBluescript (pBS) II SK(+) phagemid through a comparison with ethidium bromide (EB), a conventional nucleic acid probe. We used frequency-domain fluorometry with a blue light-emitting diode (LED) as the modulated light source. The mean lifetime for the $tRNA^{val}$ (<${\tau}$> = 166.5 ns) was much shorter than that for the pBS II SK(+) phagemid (<${\tau}$> = 481.3 ns), suggesting a much more efficient shielding from water by the phagemid. Because of their size difference, the anisotropy decay data showed a much shorter rotational correlation times for the $tRNA^{val}$ (99.9 and 23.6 ns) than for the pBS II SK(+) phagemid (968.7 and 39.5 ns). These results indicate that RuPD can be useful for studying nucleic acid dynamics.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.240-245
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• 1993

The optimum pH and temperature for the purified extracellular enzyme activity were 8.0 and 37$^{\circ}C$, respectively. NaCl was required for the activation of the enzyme and optimum concentration was 0.5M. This enzyme activity was inhibited by HgC $l_2$, CoC $l_2$ and ZnC $l_2$ and stimulated by CaC $l_2$. The activity of enzyme was increased by L-cysteine and 2-mercaptoethanol, but decreased by ο-phenanthroline, $\rho$-CMB, EDTA and iodoacetate. The $K_{m}$ and $V_{max}$ values of extracellular enzyme appeared as 0.717% and 15.39U/mg, respectively.y.

• Development and Reproduction
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.23-33
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• 2001

When mammalian oocytes ovulate into the oviduct, associating follicular fluid components are exposed to the oviductal environment, possibly resulting in the mutual interaction between fillicu1ar and oviductal fluids. In the Present study, we have demonstrated for the first time that components of fallicular fluid could be modified by the oviductal fluid. Gelatin zymographic analyses of human follicular fluid (hFF) obtained from IVF patients showed consistently the presence of 110 kDa gelatinase (GA110) in addition to many bands among which 62 kDa gelatinase was predominant. Addition of EDTA or phenanfhroline to the gelatinase substrate buffer during gel incubation abolished GA110 band whereas phenylmethylsulffnyl fluoride (PMSF) did not. In contrast, bovine oviductal fluid(bOF) exhibited only 62 kDa gelatinase. Surprisingly, when bOF was added to hFF in 1:1 ratio and then the mixture was incubated for 3 h at 37$^{\circ}$C, GA110 of hFF disappeared. Disappearance of GA110 by bOF was observed even within 30 min after mixing with hFF. Addition of aminophenylmercuric acetate (APMA) to hFF also abolished enzymatic activity of GA110 but increased the activityof 62 kDa gelatinase. However, APMA abolished many other gelatinases as well unlike bOF. Interestingly, treatment of hFF with EDTA for 3 h remarkably increased the enzymatic activity of GA110 but not that of other gelatinases. Addition of phenanthroline, PMSF or soybean trypsin inhibitor (SBTI) did not affect overall gelatinase activities. Again, addition of bOF to the hFF pretreated with any of the above proteinase inhibitors abolished the appearance of GA110. Human serum also showed GAI 10 of which activity was greatlyenhanced by EDTA treatment. Similar to hFF, serum GA110 also disappeared by the addition of bOF. Human granulosa cell homogenate did not reveal any appreciable gelatinase activity except 92 kDa gelatinase. Anti-human gelatinase A antibody reacted with 62 kDa gelatinase of hFF. Based upon these results, it is concluded that bOF could selectively degrade an isoform of gelatinase A present in hFF and human serum.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.121-126
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• 1999

In order to degrade chitin by enzymatic hydrolysis, it is required from screening highly active deacetylase. To this end, we examined three fungal strains and it turned out that Mucor rouxii produced highly active deacetylase, this enzyme exhibited the highest enzymatic activity against colloidal chitin. The conditions for growing Mucor rouxii are as follows; the effective carbon source, nitrogen source, adequate initial pH, temperature and incubation time were $2\%$ glucose, $1.33\%$ yeast extract, $0.66\%$ pepton, 4.5, $25{\pm}2^{\circ}C$ and 48hr, respectively. The optimum pH and temperature for purified enzyme activity were 5.5 and $40^{\circ}C$, respectively. The purified enzyme was stable at pH ranging from 4.5 to 5.5. However, the enzyme activity was decreased to less than $50\%$ at pH blow 45 and above 7.5. At temperatures above $50^{\circ}C$, the enzyme activity was decreased remarkably. The enzyme was inhibited by LiC1, $HgCl_2$, and $BaCl_2$, but stimulated by $CaCl_2$ and $ZnC1_2$, The activity of purified enzyme was increased by L-cysteine and 2-mercaptoethanol, while decreased by O-phenanthroline, p-CMB, EDTA, and iodoacetate. The $K_m$ and the $V_{max}$ value of purified enzyme were $1.2\%$ and 59.5 U/mg, respectively. The deacetylation activity of purified enzyme was not detected at optimal reaction condition when chitin particle suspension was used.

• The Korean Journal of Zoology
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.36-46
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• 1996

An endogenous phenoloxidase (EPO) from earthworm, Lumbricus rubellus, has been purified and characterized. The purified EPO using ammonium sulfate fractionation, Blue-2, Phenyl-, and Q-sepharose chromatography steps was revealed in SDS-PAGE as a single protein banri with Mr. of 59 kl)a. A native strudure of the enzyme was examined with an in situ staining of a nondenatudng-PAGE using DL-dopa as a substrate. The result showed that a single band due to the EPO activity was located siighdy above a standard polypeptide with Mr. of 210 kl)a. These fads indicate that the EPO is an oligomeric enzyme. The presence of a monophenolase activity of the purified EPO, which hydroxylates tyrosine to dopa, was confirmed by observing dopachrome accumulation at 475 nm at PH 8.0 with a typical lag phase during 60 mm. of meausrement. A series of inhibition study has been performed for the enzyme with several divalent cation chelators such as phenyithiourea (Flu), 1, lO-phenanthroline, EDTA, and EGTA. Among them, only V'flj inhibited the enzyme with 1C0.5 of 65 MM, which indicated that copper was critical for the catalysis of EPO. The enzyme was maximally active at 35'C and pH 8.0 when L-dopa to dopachrome conversion was spectrophotometricaily monitored at 475 nm. The apparent Km values of P0 for L-opa were obtained as 1.86 mM and 13.8 mM at pH 6.5 and 8.0, respectively. The catalytic efficiencies at both pH were almost identical [(kat/Km)pH8.0/(kcat/Km)pH6.5 = O.92] while the Vmax at p11 8.0 was 6.6-fold higher than that at pH 6.5. This fact may indicate that pH affeds the catalysis at substrate and/or enzyme-substrate complex level rather than the enzyme itself. Taken together, the EPO was an oligomeric enzyme which did not require proteolysis for its activation. These results also indicated that the enzyme can exist, at least, in part as a latent form In vivo, which might be distinct from the prophenoloxidase activating system. Therefore, it is pertinent to consider that there must be certain regulatory molecules or phenomena in L. rubellus which make the 1,0 in a latent form in vivo before the foreign invasions.