• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.292-295
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• 2013

Fermented whey solution presenting bifidogenic growth stimulation (BGS) activity was processed as prototypes such as sterilized fermented whey (SFW), spray-dried fermented whey (SDFW), and freeze-dried fermented whey (FDFW) and their BGS activities were compared. In optical density ($OD_{600}$) test, the BGS activity of three prototypes, which showed similar activities, were significantly different with non-fermented whey solution adjusted to pH 4.5 as a control (P<0.05). In viable cell count test, SDFW had the most positive influence than other prototypes on the BGS activity even though the difference was not significant. However, the activities of all prototypes were significantly different than the negative control (no addition). These results indicate that the processed prototypes of fermented whey solution show BGS activities and might be commercialized, with further evidences, in animal or human studies.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.867-873
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• 2015

1,4-Dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid (DHNA), a precursor of menaquinone (vitamin K2), has an effect on growth stimulation of bifidobacteria and prevention of osteoporosis, making it a promising functional food material. Therefore, we tried to clone the menB gene encoding DHNA synthase from Leuconostoc mesenteroides CJNU 0147. Based on the genome sequence of Leu. mesenteroides ATCC 8293 (GenBank accession no., CP000414), a primer set (Leu_menBfull_F and Leu_menBfull_R) was designed for the PCR amplification of menB gene of CJNU 0147. A DNA fragment (1,190 bp), including the menB gene, was amplified, cloned into pGEM-T Easy vector, and sequenced. The deduced amino acid sequence of MenB (DHNA synthase) protein of CJNU 0147 had a 98% similarity to the corresponding protein of ATCC 8293. The menB gene was subcloned into pCW4, a lactic acid bacteria - E. coli shuttle vector, and transferred to CJNU 0147. The transcription of menB gene of CJNU 0147 (pCW4::menB) was increased, when compared with those of CJNU 0147 (pCW4) and CJNU 0147 (−). The DHNA was produced from it at a detectable level, indicating that the cloned menB gene of CJNU 0147 encoded a DHNA synthase which is responsible for the production of DHNA, resulting in an increase of bifidogenic growth stimulation activity.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.442-449
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• 1998

CGTase를 이용한 당전이 xylitol의 합성과 당전이 xylitol의 비피더스균 생육증식 효과에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 수종의 세균류가 분비하는 CGTase의 xylitol에 대한 당전이능을 비교하였으며, Thermoanaerobacter sp. 유래의 CGTase가 가장 우수한 당전이능을 보였다. 각종 당공여체를 검토한 결과 압출전분이 가장 우수한 결과를 보였으며, 당전이 효소반응의 최적 조건을 검토하였다. 생성된 당전이 xylitol을 활성탄-셀라이트 칼럼 크로마토그래피를 이용하여 분리하여 두 개의 fraction인 F-I, F-II를 얻었다. 이들의 당쇄결합 양상을 FAB mass spectrometer와 $^{13}$C-NMR spectrometer, 그리고 glucoamylase을 이용한 효소소화법을 이용하여 분석한 결과 xylitol에 glucose와 maltose 분자가 $\alpha$-1,4 결합되어 있는 것으로 유추되었다. 얻어진 당전이 xylitol은 xylitol과는 달리 Bifidobacterium breve에 대한 생육촉진효과를 보였다.