• KSBB Journal
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.409-414
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• 2001

본 연구에서는 Alcaligenes faecalis에 의해 생산되는 세포 외 다당류인 $\beta$-glucan의 생합성에서 탄소원, 질소원의 영향과 생합성된 curdlan의 구조를 살펴보았다. 먼저 $\beta$-glucan의 생합성을 확인하기 위해 Aniline Blue 배지에서 청색 colony들을 선별하고 Cellufluor 배지에서 형광성을 보임으로 $\beta$-1,3 glucan의 생합성을 확인하였다. Flask 배양에서는 탄소원이 glucose이고 질소원이 ($NH_4$)$_2$$SO_4$일 때 가장 많은 $\beta$-glucan을 생산하였다. 탄소원을 glucose로 질소원을 (NH$_4$)$_2$$SO_4$로 사용한 발효조 배양에서는 flask 배양에 비해 생산량이 7.2%가 증가되었다. 질소원을 제한한 발효에서는 최종 생산수율이 38.82%였고 질소원을 제한하지 않은 발효보다 3.02%가 증가 되었다. 분리 정제된 curdlan의 FT-IR의 분석에서는 지문영역인 890$cm^{-1}$ /에서 $\beta$-form이 관찰되었고 $^{13}C$-NMR 분석에서는 $C_1$-103.5 ppm, $C_2$-74.3 ppm, $C_3$-89.8 ppm, $C_4$-68.8 ppm, $^{5}C$-75.5 ppm, $C_2$-61.8 ppm에서 검출되어 homogeneous $\beta$-1,3 glucan으로 확인되었다. curdlan의 triple-helix coil 형태에서 random coil 형태로의 전이는 0.1에서 0.25 N NaOH의 농도에서 일어남이 확인되어 중성 상태의 curdlan은 triple-helix coil 형태를 가지지만 알칼리 상태에서는 그 구조가 약해져 random-coil로 전이 되어짐을 알 수 있었다. 이는 본 연구에서 분리 정제된 curdlan이 정확한 $\beta$-결합을 가진 glucan임이 확인되었으며 생합성된 curdlan의 구조와 분자적인 특성을 확인하였다. 본 연구를 통하여 $\beta$-결합을 가지는 glucan의 신속한 선별법을 구축할 수 있었고 이는 새로운 기능을 가지는 $\beta$-glucan 생합성 효소나 분해효소의 탐색에 이용될 것으로 기대된다.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.546-551
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• 2005

[ ${\beta}-1,3-Glucan$ ] (curdlan) is a water-insoluble polysaccharide composed exclusively of ${\beta}-1,3\;linked$ glucose residues. Extracellular curdlan was mostly synthesized by Agrobacterium species and Alcaligenes faecalis under nitrogen-limiting conditions. In this study, we screened the microorganisms capable of producing extracellular curdlan from soil samples. For the first time, we reported Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus sp. SNC 107 capable of producing extracellular curdlan in appreciable amounts. The effect of different carbon sources on curdlan production was studied and found that the yield of curdlan was more when glucose was used as carbon source. It was also found that maximum production was achieved when the initial concentration of ammonium and phosphate in the medium was 0.5 and 1.9 g/L respectively. In this study the curdlan production was increased from 3 to 7g/L in shake flask cultures.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2005년도 생물공학의 동향(XVII)
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• pp.674-679
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• 2005

With addition of uracil during fermentation, the production rate of $1,3-{\beta}-glucan(curdlan)$ was enhanced. Since uracil was used as precursor of UDP-Glucose, the UDP-glucose level was increased and further glucan synthesis rate was increased.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2005년도 생물공학의 동향(XVII)
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• pp.668-671
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• 2005

In this study, the full gene of the putative ${\beta}-1,3-glucan$ synthase catalytic subunit(gi:40556679) in Agrobacteriujm sp. ATCC31750 was cloned into E. coli BL21(DE). We found that putative ${\beta}-1,3-glucan$ synthase catalytic subunit full gene mutant(E. coli mutant FC) produced soluble glucan.instead of curdlan(insoluble glucan).

• KSBB Journal
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.406-409
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• 2004

Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption ionization Time of Flight (MALDI-TOF) was used for enzymes identification related to B -1,3-glucan synthesis. Agrobacterium sp. ATCC31750 was cultivated with two stage Continuous Stirrer Tank Reactor (CSTR) and the cells were harvested and their protein profiles were analysed by two dimensional electrophoresis. The specific enzyme spot was treated with trypsin and ana lysed by MALDI-TOF to get peptide molecular weight. The peptide molecular weights were matched with Agrobacterium tumefacience's Data Base from the matrix science site, then could identify the avaliable key enzymes. In this study, we identified key metabolite of synthesis of beta-1,3-glucan, such as glucose-6-phosphate isomerase, phosphoglucomutase, B-1,3-glucan synthase and glucokinase, and we also identified uracil phosphoribocyl transferase and Ribosome recycling factor also.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.200-204
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• 2000

Protein conjugation of curdlan belonging to $\beta$-1, 3-glucan was carried out to improve it surface functionalities. The glucan was mixed with phosvitin, {TEX}$$\alpha$_{s}${/TEX}-casein, lysozyme or ovalbumin, respectively. The mixture was freeze-dried, and he resulting powder was incubated at 6$0^{\circ}C$ and 79% relative humidity for 12 days in order to generate a controlled Maillard reaction between curdlan and proteins. conjugation with unfolding proteins, i.e., phosvitin and {TEX}$$\alpha$_{s}${/TEX}-casein, drastically increased the solubility of the glucan, whereas lysozyme and ovalbmin did not. The solubility in water of curdlan was 3.44% for the phosvitin conjugate and 1.09% for the {TEX}$$\alpha$_{s}${/TEX}-casein conjugate. SDS-slab polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed that curdlan was solubilized due to covalent binding with phosvitin. Emulsifying properties of curdlan were substantially improved by the conjugation with phosvitin and {TEX}$$\alpha$_{s}${/TEX}-casein. Emulsion stability of the curdlan-phosvitin conjugate was about 2.9 times greater than that of the curdlan-phosvitin mixture.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.109-113
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• 2001

Curdlan is a natural $\beta$-1,3-glucan produced by Agrobacterium biovar 1. In this study, the anticoagulant activity of sulfoalkyl derivatives of curdlan was investigated by carrying out activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) assay and compared with that of o-sulfonated curdlan. Approximately 100-fold higher concentration of o-sulfonated curdlan than heparin was required to obtain the same level of the clotting time. Anticoagulant activity of curdlan derivatives was dependent on the degree of sulfation in prolonging the clotting time. However, the chain length of the substituent did not play a role in prolonging the clotting time. The curdlan derivatives enhanced thrombin inhibition by mediating through antithrombin III. The inhibition of thrombin by o-sulfonated curdlan was found to be approximately 10-fold weaker than that by heparin.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.94-99
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• 2004

Background: We previously reported that ginsan, a polysaccharide extracted from Panax ginseng had an immunostimulatory activity such as mitogenic activity, activation of macrophages and killer cells, and production of a variety of cytokines which resulted in antitumor and antiseptic effects. We further purified $\alpha$-(1$\longrightarrow$6)-glucan and $\beta$-(2$\longrightarrow$6)-fructan from the ginsan with size exclusion and ion-exchange column chromatography successively. In this study, we performed the structure-based activity of ginsan by comparison with known polysacchrides such as $\beta$-glucan, curdlan, laminarin, levan, dextran, lentinan and OK-432. Methods: To investigate the immunostimulatory activity of several polysaccharide compounds, we investigated the stimulation of lymphocytes proliferation, the generation of activated killer cells and the secretion of nitrites from activated macrophages. Results: Of polysaccharides tested, curdlan and ginsan stimulated lymphocyte proliferation, suggesting that the molecular weight and composition of polysaccharide are dependent on the mitogenic activity. The production of nitric oxide was significantly increased in curdlan, levan, ginsan and its fraction, indicating that fructan has also capacity to activate macrophages and may devote to kill pathogens. In addition, the activation of macrophages was seemed to be independent of molecular weight of polysaccharide. The generation of AK cells was exhibited in order of curdlan, OK-432> F1, ginsan, F3> levan> etc. The AK activity may be dependent on molecular weight and composition of polysaccharides. Conclusion: Unfortunately, purified polysaccharide from ginsan were less active on immunostimulatory activity than mixed compounds of polysaccharides. From the viewpoint of structure and activity relationships, we found several characteristic features.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.46-49
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• 2005

생분해성인 curdlan을 아세틸화하여 소수성 약물인 IND의 치료효과를 증진시킬 수 있는 약물전달시스템 개발을 위한 실험을 수행한 결과, IND가 포함된 CAMs를 제조할 수 있었고, IND의 loading efficiency는 $58.44\%$였다. 약물 방출 거동에 영향을 미치는 요인 중 제조한 CAMs의 swelling 특성은 처음 1시간 동안 pH 1.4에서는 아무런 변화가 없었고 PH 7.4에서는 $30\%$의 swelling을 보였고 pH 1.4에서보다 pH 7.4에서의 swelling이 약 3배 높았다. 또한 CAMs로부터 IND의 방출은 pH 1.4에서보다 pH 7.4에서 약 15배 이상 증가하였다. 이러한 결과로 CAMs는 IND의 약물전달시스템으로 유용할 것이며 특히 pH에 의존하는 약물방출 경향을 보였다.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2005년도 생물공학의 동향(XVII)
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• pp.663-667
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• 2005

Water-soluble glucan was produced by mutants of E. coli BL21(DE)/CrdS-F and E. coli BL21(DE)/CrdS-C in a fermentor. Mutants of E. coli BL21(DE)/CrdS-F which has putative ${\beta}-1,3-glucan$ synthase catalytic subunit (gi:40556679) gene and E. coli BL21(DE)/CrdS-C which contains the active catalytic domain of partial curdlan synthase gene. The molecular weight of water-soluble glucan was analysed with HPLC.