• BMB Reports
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.330-336
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• 2002

The lgtB genes that encode $\beta$-1,4-galactosyltransferases from Neisseria meningitidis ATCC 13102 and gonorrhoeae ATCC 31151 were isolated by a polymerase chain reaction using the pfu DNA polymerase. They were expressed under the control of lac and T7 promoters in Escherichia coli M15 and BL21 (DE3). Although the genes were efficiently expressed in E. coli M15 at $37^{\circ}C$ (33 kDa), most of the $\beta$-1,4-galactosyltransferases that were produced were insoluble and proteolysed into enzymatically inactive polypeptides that lacked C-terminal residues (29.5 kDa and 28 kDa) during the purification steps. When the temperature of the cell growth was lowered to $25^{\circ}C$, however, the solubility of the $\beta$-1,4-galactosyltransferases increased substantially. A stable N-terminal his-tagged recombinant enzyme preparation could be achieved with E. coli BL21 (DE3) that expressed lgtB. Therefore, the cloned $\beta$-1,4-galactosyltransferases were expressed under the control of the T7 promoter in E. coli BL21 (DE3), mostly to the soluble form at $25^{\circ}C$. The proteins were easily purified to homogeneity by column chromatography using Ni-NTA resin, and were found to be active. The galactosyltransferases exhibited pH optimum at 6.5-7.0, and had an essential requirement for the $Mn^{+2}$ ions for its action. The $Mg^{+2}$ and $Ca{+2}$ ions showed about half of the galactosyltransferase activities with the $Mn^{+2}$ ion. In the presence of the $Fe^{+2}$ ion, partial activation was observed with the $\beta$-1,4-galactosyltransferase from N. meningitidis(64% of the enzyme activity with the $Mn^{+2}$$Ni^{+2}$, $Zn^{+2}$, and $Cu^{+2}$ ions could not activate the $\beta$-1,4-galactosyltransferase activity. The inhibited enzyme activity with the $Ni^{+2}$ ion was partially recovered with the $Mn^{+2}$$Fe^{+2}$, $Zn^{+2}$, and $Cu^{+2}$ ions, the $Mn^{+2}$$\beta$-1,4-galactosyltransferase activity was 1.5-fold stimulated with the non-ionic detergent Triton X-100 (0.1-5%).

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.285-294
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• 2005

A bacterial strain M4-7 capable of degrading various polyesters, such as poly$(\varepsilon-caprolactone)$, poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate), poly(3-hydroxyoctanoate), and poly(3-hydroxy-5-phenylvalerate), was isolated from a marine environment and identified as Pseudomonas alcaligenes. The relative molecular mass of a purified extracellular medium-chain-length poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) (MCL-PHA) depolymerase $(PhaZ_{palM4-7})$ from P. alcaligenes M4-7 was 28.0 kDa, as determined by SDS-PAGE. The $PhaZ_{palM4-7}$ was most active in 50 mM glycine-NaOH buffer (pH 9.0) at $35^{\circ}C$. It was insensitive to dithiothreitol, sodium azide, and iodoacetamide, but susceptible to p-hydroxymercuribenzoic acid, N-bromosuccinimide, acetic anhydride, EDTA, diisopropyl fluorophosphate, phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride, Tween 80, and Triton X-100. In this study, the genes encoding MCL-PHA depolymerase were cloned, sequenced, and characterized from a soil bacterium, P. alcaligenes LB19 (Kim et al., 2002, Biomacro-molecules 3, 291-296) as well as P. alcaligenes M4-7. The structural gene $(phaZ_{palLB19})$ of MCL-PHA depolymerase of P. alcaligenes LB19 consisted of an 837 bp open reading frame (ORF) encoding a protein of 278 amino acids with a deduced $M_r$ of 30,188 Da. However, the MCL-PHA depolymerase gene $(phaZ_{palM4-7})$ of P. alcaligenes M4-7 was composed of an 834 bp ORF encoding a protein of 277 amino acids with a deduced Mr of 30,323 Da. Amino acid sequence analyses showed that, in the two different polypeptides, a substrate-binding domain and a catalytic domain are located in the N-terminus and in the C-terminus, respectively. The $PhaZ_{palLB19}$ and the $PhaZ_{palM4-7}$ commonly share the lipase box, GISSG, in their catalytic domains, and utilize $^{111}Asn$ and $^{110}Ser$ residues, respectively, as oxyanions that play an important role in transition-state stabilization of hydrolytic reactions.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제52권3호
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• pp.336-343
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• 2016

두 종류의 mannanases를 생산하는 Cellulosimicrobium sp. YB-43로부터 mannanase 유전자를 클로닝하고 그 염기서열을 결정하였다. Mannanase 유전자는 manB로 명명되었으며, 427 아미노 잔기로 구성된 단백질을 코드하는 1,284개 염기로 구성되었다. ManB는 추론된 아미노산 배열에 근거해서 glycosyl hydrolase family 5에 속하는 mannanase와 상동성이 높은 활성영역과 함께 2개의 탄수화물 결합영역을 포함하고 있는 다영역 효소로 확인되었다. Cellulosimicrobium sp. YB-43의 manB 유전자를 함유한 재조합 대장균의 균체 파쇄상등액으로부터 정제된 ManB의 아미노 말단 배열이 QGASAASDG로 결정되었으며 이는 SignalP4.1 server로 그람 음성균을 기준으로 예측된 signal peptide의 결과와 정확하기 일치하였다. 정제된 ManB의 최적 반응조건은 $55^{\circ}C$와 pH 6.5-7.0이며 locust bean gum (LBG), konjac과 guar gum을 가수분해 하였으며, 셀룰로스, 자일란, 전분과 para-nitrophenyl-${\beta}$-mannopyranoside에 대해서는 분해활성이 없었다. ManB의 활성은 $Mg^{2+}$, $K^+$와 $Na^+$에 의해 약간 저해되었으며 $Cu^{2+}$, $Zn^{2+}$, $Mn^{2+}$과 SDS에 의해서는 크게 저해되었다. 또한 이 효소는 mannobiose 보다 큰 중합도를 갖는 만노올리고당을 가수분해하였으며, LBG와 만노올리고당을 가수분해하였을 때 mannobiose가 가장 많은 양으로 생성되었다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.570-579
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• 2020

Background: Many researchers reported that the various immune activities of red ginseng are due to acid polysaccharides. But, the exact structural characteristics of the acidic polysaccharide in red ginseng have not been fully elucidated. Therefore, we isolated the acidic polysaccharide from red ginseng and characterized the structural property of the active moiety of this polysaccharide, which contributes to the immunostimulatory activity of red ginseng. Methods: A polysaccharide (RGP-AP-I) was purified from red ginseng via size-exclusion chromatography using Sephadex G-100. Immunostimulatary activity of RGP-AP-I was investigated via anti-complementory and macrophage stimulatory activity. The structure of RGP-AP-I was characterized by HPLC, sugar composition, β-glucosyl Yariv reagent and methylation analysis. Results: Peritoneal macrophages stimulated using RGP-AP-I significantly augmented the production of various cytokines such as interleukin (IL)-6, IL-12, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α. The primary structure of RGP-AP-I was elucidated by assessing its sugar composition and methylation analysis. RGP-AP-I is a 96 kDa acidic polysaccharide, and comprises nine different monosaccharides, which mainly include sugars such as rhamnose (Rha, 9.5%), galacturonic acid (GalA, 18.4%), galactose (Gal, 30.4%), and arabinose (Ara, 35.0%). RGP-AP-I exhibited an considerable reaction with the β-glucosyl Yariv reagent, revealing the presence of arabino-β-3,6-galactan. Methylation analysis indicated that RGP-AP-I comprises 21 different glycosyl linkages, such as 3-, 4-, 6- and 3,6-linked Galp; 5-linked Araf; 2,4-linked Rhap; and 4-linked GalAp, which are characteristics of rhamnogalacturonan I (RG-I). Conclusion: we assumed that the immunostimulatory activity of RGP-AP-I may be due to the RG-I structure, which comprises a main chain with a repeating linkage unit, [→2)-Rhap-(1→4)-GalAp-(1→] and three groups of side chains such as (1→5)-linked arabinan, (1→4)-linked galactan, and arabino-β-3,6-galactan, which branch at the C(O)4 positions of Rha residues in the main chain of RGP-AP-I.

• 한국식물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국식물학회 2002년도 춘계학술발표대회:발표눈문요지록
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• pp.62-72
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• 2002

This study has investigated the biosynthesis and function of the heavy metal binding peptides, the phytochelatins, in plants. PCs are synthesised enzymatically from glutathione by the enzyme PC synthase in the presence of heavy metal ions. Using Arabidopsis thaliana as a model organism cadmium-sensitive, phytochelatin-deficient mutants have been isolated and characterised in previous studies. The cadl mutants have wildtype levels of glutathione, are PC deficient and lack PC synthase activity. Thus, the CADl gene has been proposed to encode PC synthase. The CADl gene was isolated by a positional cloning strategy The gene was mapped and a candidate identified. Each of four cadl mutants had a single base pair change in the candidate gene and the cadmium-sensitive, cadl phenotype was complemented by the candidate gene. This demonstrated the CADl gene had been cloned. A homologous gene in the fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe was identified through database searches. A targeted-deletion mutation of this gene was constructed and the mutant, like cadl mutants of Arabidopsis, was cadmium-sensitive and PC-deficient. A comparison of the redicted amino acid sequences reveals a highly conserved N-terminal region Presumed to be the catalytic domain and a variable C-terminal region containing multiple Cys residues proposed to be involved in activation of the enzyme by metal ions. Similar genes were also identified in animal species. The Arabidopsis CADl/AtPCSl and S. pombe SpbPCS genes were expressed in E. coli and were shown to be sufficient for glutathione-dependent, heavy metal activate PC synthesis in vitro, thus demonstrating these genes encode PC synthase enzymes. Using RT-PCR, AtPCSl expression appeared to be independent of Cd exposure. However, at higher levels of Cd exposure a AtPCSl-CUS reporter gene construct appeared to be more highly expressed. Using the reporter gene construct, AtPCSl was expressed most tissues. Expression appeared to be greater in younger tissues and same higher levels of expression was observed in some regions, including carpels and the base of siliques. AtPCS2 was a functional gene encoding an active PC synthase. However, its Pattern of expression and the phenotype of a mutant (or antisense line) have not been determined. Assuming the gene is functional then it has clearly been maintained through evolution and must provide some selective advantage. This implies that, at least in some cells or tissue, it is likely to be the dominant PC synthase expressed. This remains to be determined

• 동아시아식생활학회지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.289-300
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• 1997

생후 2주일 되는 강아지의 위에서 카이모신을 추출하고 이온교환 크로마토그래피로 정제하였다. 카이모신 아미노산 서열의 반은 아미노산 서열 분석법으로, 또 프로카이모신의 전아미노산 서열은 프로카이모신 cDNA의 염기서열로부터 결정하였다. 강아지 프로카이모신의 아미노산 서열은 송아지와는 79%, 돼지 펩신노진 A와는 54%의 상동성을 보였다. 프로펩티드의 크기와 활성효소의 N-말단 아미노산 잔기의 위치는 다른 프로카이모신과 같았다. 강아지 카이모신의 pH 3.2에서 단백질 분해활성의 최대 값은 돼지 펩신의 pH 2에서 값의 3-4% 밖에 되지 않았으나, 웅유활성은 송아지보다 훨씬 높았다. 강아지의 위 추출물에 대한 pH 5.2에서의 한천 젤 전기이동으로 프로카이모신과 카이모신에는 두 가지의 현저한 유전적 변이형이 존재함을 확인하였다. 두 변이형은 아미노산 조성, N-말단 서열, 그리고 효소성질에서 차이가 없었다. 송아지와 강아지 카이모신의 기질결합에 관여하는 아미노산 잔기는 다음과 같이 서로 달랐다(돼지 펩신의 서열번호로 표시함) : Ser12 Thr (S$_4$), Leu30 Val (S$_1$/S$_3$), His 74 Gln (S'$_2$), Val111 Ile (S$_1$/S$_3$), Lys220 Met (S$_4$). 강아지 카이모신의 단백질 분해활성이 낮은 것은 송아지의 Asp 303이 강아지에서는 Val303으로 바뀐 때문이라고 생각된다.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.461-468
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• 1999

Acetolactate synthase (ALS)는 가지를 가진 필수아미노산 Val, Leu, Ile의 생합성 과정에서 공통적으로 작용하는 효소이다. ALS는 서로 구조적 유사성이 없는triazolopyrimidine, imidazolinone,sulfonylurea, 그리고 pyrimidyl-oxy-benzoate 제초제들의 공통적인 작용 표적이다. 보리로부터 부분 정제한 ALS를 이용하여 새로이 합성한 triazolopyrimidine sulfonamide 유도체들의 저해 활성을 측정하였다. 활성을 가진 유도체들의 $IC_{50}$ 값은 0.5nM∼8${\mu}M$ 범위였으며, 그 중에서 탁월한 저해 활성을 갖는 것은 TP1과TP2 유도체로 $IC_{50}$ 값은 각각 0.5 nM과 1.6 nM이였다. 이 저해제들은 기존의 상품화된 제초제인 Metosulam ($IC_{50}$;3.6 nM), Flumetsulam ($IC_{50}$;126 nM), 그리고 Cadre ($IC_{50};4 {\mu}M$)에 비해 보리 ALS에 대한 저해 활성이 보다 우수하였다. 보리 ALS에 대한 TP2의 저해 활성은 반응시간이 증가함에 따라 증가하였고, 혼합형 저해 유형을 보였다. TP2와 imidazolinone 계열의 제초제인 Cadre, 그리고 되먹임(feedback) 저해제인 Leu에 대한 이중저해 (dual inhibition) 실험 결과 TP2와 Cadre의 경우는 평행한 반응속도론적 형태가 그러나 TP2와 Leu의 경우는 한 점에서 만나는 반응속도론적 헝태가 얻어졌다. 이는 TP2와 Cadre의 결합 부위가 최소한 부분적으로 중복되고 있음을 시사한다. Cys 잔기에 대한 화학적 변형은 TP2와 Cadre의 결합에는 영향을 미치지 않으나, Leu의 결합에는 영향을 미쳤다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.1152-1156
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• 2009

Silent information regulator 2 (Sir2) or sirtuins are NAD(+)-dependent deacetylases, which hydrolyze the acetyllysine residues. In mammals, sirtuins are classified into seven different classes (SIRT1-7). SIRT1 was reported to be involved in age related disorders like obesity, metabolic syndrome, type II diabetes mellitus and Parkinson’s disease. Activation of SIRT1 is one of the promising approaches to treat these age related diseases. In this study, we have used HipHop module of CATALYST to identify a series of pharmacophore models to screen SIRT1 enhancing molecules. Three molecules from Sirtris Pharmaceuticals were selected as training set and 607 sirtuin activator molecules were used as test set. Five different hypotheses were developed and then validated using the training set and the test set. The results showed that the best pharmacophore model has four features, ring aromatic, positive ionization and two hydrogen-bond acceptors. The best hypothesis from our study, Hypo2, screened high number of active molecules from the test set. Thus, we suggest that this four feature pharmacophore model could be helpful to screen novel SIRT1 activator molecules. Hypo2-virtual screening against Maybridge database reveals seven molecules, which contains all the critical features. Moreover, two new scaffolds were identified from this study. These scaffolds may be a potent lead for the SIRT1 activation.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.1635-1641
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• 1999

재래식 메주로부터 분리한 Bacillus subtilis PCA203이 생산하는 protease를 분리 정제하였다. 먼저 효소 생산용 배지$(0.2%\;soytone,\;2%\;soluble\;starch,\;0.1%\;(NH_4)_2SO_4,\;0.1%\;CaCl_2,\;0.01%\;yeast\;extract,\;0.1%\;K_2HPO_4,\;0.1%\;KH_2PO_4)$를 이용하여 $30^{\circ}C$에서 20시간 배양한 다음, 원심분리하여 상징액을 분획한 후, 80% 포화 황산암모늄에 의한 염석과 CM Sephdex C-50 및 Sephadex G-100을 이용하여 비활성도 76.0 unit/mg, 수율 2.7%, 정제배수 7.6배로 효소를 정제하였다. 정제 단백질의 YMC-pack protein-RP column chromatography에 의한 순도검증에서 순도가 95% 이상인 것으로 나타났다. SDS-PAGE 분석에서 주 밴드의 분자량은 약 31.5 kDa이었고 아미노산 조성은 alanine, glycine, serine, valine의 함량이 많았으며 분자량 31,500 Da를 기준으로 하였을 경우 본 protease의 잔기수는 321잔기였다. RP-HPLC로 분획한 main peak의 N-terminal amino acid sequence를 확인한 결과 $Val^1-Pro^2-Tyr^3-Gly^4-Val^5-Ser^6-Gln^7-Gly^8-Lys^9-Ala^{10}$인 것으로 밝혀졌다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제27권12호
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• pp.1410-1414
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• 2017

대장균 트립토판 생성효소는 ${\alpha}_2{\beta}_2$ 복합체로 구성되며, 트립토판 생합성에서 최종 2 단계의 반응에 관여한다. 두 개의 소단위체는 분자 터널로 연결되어 있어, 기질 채널링이 일어난다. 활성 부위간 상호 조절하는 정교한 조절 기작에는 ${\alpha}$-루프 L6(${\alpha}L6$), ${\alpha}L2$, ${\alpha}L3$이 관여한다. 본 연구에서는 이 자리의 잔기치환체를 써서 소단위체에 특이적으로 결합하는 리간드의 영향을 조사하여 소단위체간 상호 조절기작에 따른 구조 변화를 살펴보았다. ${\alpha}TS$의 활성부위에 결합하는 D,L-${\alpha}$-glycerophosphate(GP)는 모든 잔기치환체를 야생형 수준으로 회복시켰다. ${\beta}TS$의 기질인 L-Ser는 다양한 효과를 나타낸다. 야생형과 NS104에서는 속도가 감소한 반면, GD51과 PH53에서는 거의 영향이 없었고, PT53와 DG56은 증가하였다. 이는 반응 중간 화학종의 분포의 변화와 연관될 가능성을 제시한다. GP와 L-Ser를 동시에 처리했을 때는 특이하게도 PH53는 가장 안정한 잔기치환체였다. 이는 Pro53가 소단위체간의 조절기작에서 중요한 역할을 하는 것을 시사한다.