• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.201-206
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• 2005

Microalgae are widely used for mass culture of the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis in aquaculture. Since the nutritional value of the rotifer is closely related to its food, the nutritional value of its food should be known in detail. Chlorella ellipsoidea and Nannochloris oculata are re­presentative food organisms for rotifers that are easily cultured. Therefore, the nutritional values of these micro algae were examined for ultrasmall, small, and large rotifers and Artemia nauplii. Chlorella ellipsoidea contained seven times more total fatty acids than N. oculata. The three types of rotifer fed N. oculata contained more amino acids than those fed C. ellipsoidea. However, the total fatty acids of the rotifers fed each microalga species differed according to the type of rotifer. Newly hatched Artemia nauplii contained more protein and had a higher dry weight than those fed microalgae for 6 h. As with the rotifers, the Artemia nauplii fed N. oculata contained more protein and amino acids than those fed C. ellipsoidea, while the reverse was true for the total fatty acid content. Our results suggest that N. oculata is a good supply of protein, while C. ellipsoidea is a good source of lipids as food organisms for rotifers and Artemia nauplii in aquaculture.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.257-262
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• 2004

ErmSF는 235 rRNA에 존재하는 $A_{2058}$에 이중메틸화(dimethylation)시킴으로써 항생제가 부착되는 것을 억제하여 미생물에게 MLS (macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B)항생제에 대하여 내성을 나타내게 하는 ERM계열 단백질(Erm family protein)중의 하나이다. 다른 ERM 단백질과는 달리 ErmSF는 상당히 긴 N-말단부위 (N-terminal end region, NTER)를 가지고 있고 이겻은 RNA와 잘 결합하는 것으로 알려진 arginine이 약 $25\%$를 구성 하고 있다. ErmSF로부터 점차적으로 NTER을 절단하면서 절단된 단백질의 활성을in vivo에서 검색하였다. 다른 변이단백질과는 달리 R60번째까지 제거된 변이단백질은 활성이 많이 소실된 것을 in vivo상에서 관찰하였다. 이 단백질을 대량생산하여 정제하고 in vivo상에서 그 활성을 검색한 결과 wild type 단백질에 비해 약 $98\%$의 활성이 소실된 것을 밝혔다. 이러한 사실은 R60이 메틸화되는 아데닌 (methylatable adenine)의 근처에 존재하는 RNA와 작용하여 메틸화되는 아데닌이 활성화부위에 적절히 위치하도록 하는 역할을 담당한다는 것을 암시하고 있다.

• Laboraroty Animal Research
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.232-238
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• 2018

Animal models have been used to elucidate the pathophysiology of varying diseases and to provide insight into potential targets for therapeutic intervention. Although alternatives to animal testing have been proposed to help overcome potential drawbacks related to animal experiments and avoid ethical issues, their use remains vital for the testing of new drug candidates and to identify the most effective strategies for therapeutic intervention. Particularly, the study of metabolic diseases requires the use of animal models to monitor whole-body physiology. In line with this, the National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation (NIFDS) in Korea has established their own animal strains to help evaluate both efficacy and safety during new drug development. The objective of this study was to characterize the response of C57BL/6NKorl mice from the NIFDS compared with that of other mice originating from the USA and Japan in a chemical-induced diabetic condition. Multiple low-dose treatments with streptozotocin were used to generate a type-1 diabetic animal model which is closely linked to the known clinical pathology of this disease. There were no significantly different responses observed between the varying streptozotocin-induced type-1 diabetic models tested in this study. When comparing control and diabetic mice, increases in liver weight and disturbances in serum amino acids levels of diabetic mice were most remarkable. Although the relationship between type-1 diabetes and BCAA has not been elucidated in this study, the results, which reveal a characteristic increase in diabetic mice of all origins are considered worthy of further study.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.1673-1678
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• 2013

Lumazine protein is a member of the riboflavin synthase superfamily and the intense fluorescence is caused by non-covalently bound to 6,7-dimethyl 8-ribityllumazine. To figure out the binding modes and the structure of the N-terminal domain of lumazine protein, the wild type of protein extending to amino acid 118 (N-LumP 118 Wt) and mutants of N-LumP 118 V41W, S48W, T50W, D64W, and A66W from Photobacterium leiognathi were purified. The biochemical properties of the wild type and mutants of N-LumP 118 proteins were analyzed by absorbance and fluorescence spectroscope. The peak of absorbance and fluorescence of lumazine ligand were shifted to longer wavelength on binding to N-LumPs. The observed absorbance value at 410 nm of lumazine bound to N-LumP 118 proteins indicate that one mole of N-LumP 118 proteins bind to one mole of ligand of lumazine. Fluorescence analysis show that the maximum peak of fluorescence of N-LumP S48W was shifted to the longest wavelength by binding with 6,7-dimethyl 8-ribityllumazine and was shown to the greatest quench effect by acrylamide among all tryptophan mutants.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.337-345
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• 2014

Pichia pastoris is one of the most widely used expression systems for the secretory expression of recombinant proteins. The secretory expression in P. pastoris usually makes use of the prepro $MAT{\alpha}$ sequence from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which has a dibasic amino acid cleavage site at the end of the signal sequence. This is efficiently processed by Kex2 protease, resulting in the secretion of high levels of proteins to the medium. However, the proteins that are having the internal accessible dibasic amino acids such as KR and RR in the coding region cannot be expressed using this signal sequence, as the protein will be fragmented. We have identified a new signal sequence of 18 amino acids from a P. pastoris protein that can secrete proteins to the medium efficiently. The PMT1-gene-inactivated P. pastoris strain secretes a ~30 kDa protein into the extracellular medium. We have identified this protein by determining its N-terminal amino acid sequence. The protein secreted has four DDDK concatameric internal repeats. This protein was not secreted in the wild-type P. pastoris under normal culture conditions. We show that the 18-amino-acid signal peptide at the N-terminal of this protein is useful for secretion of heterologous proteins in Pichia.

• 공업화학
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.221-227
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• 1996

N-아실 아미노산계 음이온성계면활성제 중 sodium N-acyl-N-methyl-${\beta}$-alaninate, sodium N-acyl sarcosinate 그리고 sodium N-acyl-N-methyl taurate 유도체 12종을 선택하여 묽은 수용액내에서 임계미셀농도와 미셀화 영역을 결정하는 새로운 방법으로서 컴퓨터프로그래밍에 의한 표면장력 곡선의 최대화를 제안하였다. 임계미셀농도와 미셀화 영역은 몇몇 실험치를 직접 프로그램에 대입함으로써 곡선의 최대화에 의해서 이론적으로 산정할 수 있다. 이론적으로 구한 임계미셀농도값들은 실측치와 거의 일치함을 알 수 있다.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제55권2호
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• pp.189-198
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• 2011

두 가지 새로운 thiosemicarbazone으로, 예를 들면, 4[N-(4'-ethylbenzalidene)amino]antipyrine thiosemicarbazone(EBAAPTS) 및 4[N-(2',4'-dimethylbenzalidene)amino]antipyrine thiosemicarbazone(DMBAAPTS)를 합성하여 그 특성을 규명하였다. 이들 thiosemicarbazone(EBAAPTS 및 DMBAAPTS)의 코발트(II) 및 니켈(II)에 대한 착물화 특성을 조사하였다. EBAAPTS 및 DMBAAPTS와 코발트(II) 및 니켈(II) 염과의 반응을 뜨거운 에탄올 용액에서 수행한 결과, 일반적 조성으로 [$MX_2(L)H_2O$] (M=$Co^{2+}$ 또는 $Ni^{2+}$; X=$Cl^-$, $Br^-$, $NO_3^-$, $NCS^-$ 또는 $CH_3COO^-$; L=EBAAPTS 또는 DMBAAPTS)을 갖는 새로운 착물의 형성을 확인하였다. 새롭게 합성한 이들 착물에 대해 원소분석, 분자량, 몰전도도, 자기수자율, 적외선 및 자외선 분광학 등의 방법으로 특성을 규명하였다. 니트로벤젠 용액에서 이들 착물의 몰전도도를 측정한 결과, 비전해질 성질을 가짐을 알았다. 또한, 모든 착물은 높은-스핀 형태였다. 분광학적 연구로부터 [$MX_2(L)H_2O$] 형의 코발트(II) 및 니켈(II) 착물은 팔면체의 기하구조를 갖는 것으로 확인되었다. 이들 착물을 이용하여 항박테리아 및 항균 활성을 여러 종류의 병원균, 세균 및 박테리아에 대해 조사하여 생물학적 활성을 고찰하였다.

• 한국미생물생명공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국미생물생명공학회 2000년도 Proceedings of 2000 KSAM International Symposium and Spring Meeting
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• pp.157-167
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• 2000

A thermostable chitosanase gene from the isolated strain, Bacillus sp. CK4, was cloned, and its complete DNA sequence was determined. The thermostable chitosanase gene was composed of an 822-bp open reading frame which encodes a protein of 242 amino acids and a signal peptide corresponding to a 30 kDa enzyme in size. The deduced amino acid sequence of the chitosanase from Bacillus sp. CK4 exhibits 76.6%, 15.3%, and 14.2% similarities to those from Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus ehemensis, and Bacillus circulans, respectively. C-terminal homology analysis shows that Bacillus sp. CK4 belongs to the Cluster III group with Bacillus subtilis. The size of the gene was similar to that of a mesophile, Bacillus subtilis showing a higher preference for codons ending in G or C. The functional importance of a conserved region in a novel chitosanase from Bacillus sp. CK4 was investigated. Each of the three carboxylic amino acid residues were changed to E50D/Q, E62D/Q, and D66N/E by site-directed mutagenesis. The D66N/E mutants enzymes had remarkably decreased kinetic parameters such as $V_{max}$ and k$\sub$cat/, indicating that the Asp-66 residue was essential for catalysis. The thermostable chitosanase contains three cysteine residues at position 49, 72, and 211. Titration of the Cys residues with DTNB showed that none of them were involved in disulfide bond. The C49S and C72S mutant enzymes were as stable to thermal inactivation and denaturating agents as the wild-type enzyme. However the half-life of the C211S mutant enzyme was less than 60 min at 80$^{\circ}C$, while that of the wild type enzyme was about 90 min. Moreover, the residual activity of C211S was substantially decreased by 8 M urea, and fully lost catalytic activity by 40% ethanol. These results show that the substitution of Cys with Ser at position 211 seems to affect the conformational stability of the chitosanase.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.192-197
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• 1987

Bacillus subtilis S.N.U. 816 균주를 이용하여 natto 제조 중 발효시간에 따른 성분의 변화를 조사하였다. 아미노태질소 및 수용성질소의 함량은 발효 20시간 후 감소하는 경향이었고, pretense 역가는 16시간 후 최고치를 나타내었으며 그 후 강소하는 경향이었다. 동정된 유리당(fructose, glucose, sucrose, maltose) 중 fructose와 glucose는 발효 4시간에 최고치를 나타냈으나, 후에는 차츰 감소하였고 sucrose는 증자 직후 최고치였으나 발효됨에 따라 10% 수준까지 급격하게 감소하였다. 유리 아미노산의 함량은 증자 직후 보다 발효 20시간후에 11배에 달하였으며, 24시간 후에는 그 함량이 반으로 급격히 감소하였다. 관능검사 결과 20시간 발효한 natto가 가장 우수하게 나타나 성분치와 거의 일치하는 경향이었다. 이상의 결과로 볼 때 상기 균주로 제조한 natto의 최적발효조건은 $42^{\circ}C$에서 20시간이었다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.239-246
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• 2007

Riboflavin synthase from Escherichia coli is a homotrimer of 23.4 kDa subunits and catalyzes the formation of one molecule each of riboflavin and 5-amino-6-ribitylamino- 2,4(1H,3H)-pyrimidinedione by the transfer of a 4-carbon moiety between two molecules of the substrate, 6,7- dimethyl-8-ribityllumazine. Each subunit comprises two closely similar folding domains. Recombinant expression of the N-terminal domain is known to provide a $C_2$-symmetric homodimer. In this study, the binding properties of wild type as well as two mutated proteins of N-terminal domain of riboflavin synthase with various ligands were tested. The replacement of the amino acid residue A43, located in the second shell of riboflavin synthase active center, in the recombinant N-terminal domain dimer reduces the affinity for 6,7-dimethyl-8-ribityllumazine. The mutation of the amino acid residue C48 forming part of activity cavity of the enzyme causes significant $^{19}F$ NMR chemical shift modulation of trifluoromethyl derivatives of 6,7-dimethyl-8-ribityllumazine in complex with the protein, while substitution of A43 results in smaller chemical shift changes.