• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.568-574
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• 1998

Two types of chitosanases produced from Aspergillus fumigatus KH-94 were purified by ion exchange and gel permeation chromatography. Molecular weights of the enzymes are 22.5 kDa (chitosanase I) and 108 kDa (chitosanase II). pI, optimum pH, and temperature of chitosanase I are 7.3, 5.5, and 70-$80^{\circ}C$, respectively, and those of chitosanase II are 4.8, 4.5~5.5, and 50~$60^{\circ}C$, respectively. Activities of both chitosanases were increased by $Mn^{2+}$ but inhibited by $Cu^{2+}$ and $Hg^{2+}$ . Chitosanase I has endo-splitting activity that hydrolyzes chitopentaose, chitohexaose, and chitosan to chitobiose, chitotriose, and chitotetraose, whereas chitosanase II has exo-splitting activity that hydrolyzes chitobiose and chitosan to glucosamine. Chitosanase II was found to have transglycosylation activity also in the reaction of 2% more chitooligosaccharides as a substrate and at the initial reaction. The higher degree of deacetylation, the stronger activities of chitosanase Iand II toward chitosans. Both chitosanases could hydrolyze chitosan and glycol chitosan but not chitin, cellulose, and carboxymethyl cellulose. To produce higher degree of polymerization of chitooligosaccharides, chitosanase I was used and yielded 80% of recovery.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.191-195
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• 2003

The in vitro glycosylation of pentapeptide (Arg-Lys-Asp-Val-Tyr; RKDVY) and RNase A was carried out using PNGase F (peptide-N-glycosidase F), and the results were analyzed using MALDI-TOF-MS. Aminated N,N-diretyl chitobiose was used as the sugar in the glycosylation reaction, and the amination yield of N,N'-diacetyl chitobiose was about $60\%$. To reduce the water activity and shift the reaction equilibrium to a reverse reaction, 1,4-dioxane or ethylene glycol was used as the organic solvent in the enzymatic glycosylation. A certain extent of nonenzymatic glycosylaton, known as the Maillard reaction, was also observed, which occurs on an arginine or lysine residue when the length of tie sugar residue is one or two. However, the extent of glycosylation was much higher in the enzymatic reaction, indicating that PNGase F can be effectively used to produce glycopeptides and glycoproteins in vitro.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.19-25
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• 1996

Chitosanase from Bacillus sp. HW-002 was purified with CM-cellulose column chromatography, and HPLC with DEAE- TSK gel and YMC-pack Diol 120. The purified enzyme appeared as a single band on SDS-polyacrylamide gel. The molecular weight of the enzyme was estimated to be about 46 kDa on SDS-polyacrylamide gel, and was estimated to be about 23 kDa by GFC. The optimal pH of chitosanolytic activity was about pH 5.5-6.0, and the purified enzyme was most stable at pH 5.0. The optimal temperature of chitosanolytic activity was $65^{\circ}C$ and the enzyme was stable at $45^{\circ}C$ for 1 h. Chitosan was the most favorable substrate among various $\beta$-glucan. UVmax of the purified enzyme was 195 nmand was not noted around 280 nm. The main product of enzyme reaction with chitosan was chitobiose.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.208-214
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• 2000

A bacterial strain producing extracellular chitosanase was isolated from crab shells and identified as a member of the genus Aureobacterium The production of chitosanase was proportionally related to the microbial growth, induced by the presence of chitosan, and repressed by glucose at 0.5% (w/v) concentration or higher. The optimal culture conditions for the production of chitosase were 3$0^{\circ}C$ and pH 7.0. Among the nitrogen sources tested, incubation with 0.25% (w/v) concentrations of tryptone and casitione showed the best production of chitosanase. The chitosanase of Aureobacterium sp. YL produced chitobiose as a major product and glucosamine, chitotriose, chitotetraose, and chitopentaose as minor products from chitosan.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2000년도 추계학술발표대회 및 bio-venture fair
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• pp.563-566
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• 2000

키토산으로부터 키토산 올리고당을 생산하기 위한 유용 효소원을 개발하기 위해서 토양에서 4종의 미생물을 분리하였으며, 가장 높은 활성의 chitosanase를 생산하는 Bacillus sp. HSB-21 균주를 선정하였다. 분리균주로부터 생산된 chitosanase는 endo-type의 효소로 분자량이 약 21,000이었다. 최적 pH와 온도는 각각 5.5, $50^{\circ}C$이었으며, pH $3{\sim}8$ 범위와 $40^{\circ}C$까지 비교적 안정한 효소로 나타났다. 본 효소는 키토산을 분해하여 단당을 형성하지 않았으며 주로 $2{\sim}8$당을 포함하는 키토산 올리고당을 만들었다. 그러므로 본 효소는 고중합도 키토산 올리고당의 생산을 위한 응용 가능성이 큰 것으로 판단된다.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.38-42
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• 2002

A chitinase gene (pCHi58) encoding a 58 kDa chitinase was isolated from the Serratia marcescens KCTC 2172 cosmid library. The chitinase gene consisted of a 1686 bp open reading frame that encoded 562 amino acids. Escherichia coil harboring the pChi58 gene secreted a 58 kDa chitinase into the culture supernatant. The 58 kDa chitinase was purified using a chitin affinity column and mono-S column. A nucleotide and N-terminal amino acid sequence analysis showed that the 58 kDa chitinase had a leader peptide consisting of 23 amino acids which was cleaved prior to the 24th alanine. The 58 KDa chitinase exhibited a $98\%$ similarity to that of S. marcescens OMB 1466 in its nuclotide sequence. The chitinolytic patterns of the 58 kDa chitinase released N,N'-diacetyl chitobiose (NAG2) as the major hydrolysis end-product with a trace amount of N-acetylglucosamine. When a 4-methylumbellyferyl-N-acetylglucosamin monomer, dimmer, and tetramer were used as substrates, the 58 kDa chitinase did not digest the 4-Mu-NAG monomer $(analogue\;of\;NAG_2)$, thereby indicating that the 58 kDa chitinase was likely an endochitinase. The optimum reaction temperature and pH of the enzyme were $50^{\circ}C$ and 5.0, respectively.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.358-361
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• 2009

The purified endochitosanase(Mw 41 kDa) from bacterium Bacillus cereus D-11 hydrolyzed chitooligomers $(GlcN)_{5-7}$ into chitobiose, chitotriose, and chitotetraose as the final products. The minimal size of the oligosaccharides for enzymatic hydrolysis was a pentamer. To further investigate the cleavage pattern of this enzyme, chitooligosaccharide alcohols were prepared as substrates and the end products of hydrolysis were analyzed by TLC and HPLC. The chitosanase split $(GlcN)_4GlcNOH$ into $(GlcN)_3+(GlcN)_1GlcNOH$, and $(GlcN)_5GIcNOH$ into $(GlcN)_4+(GlcN)_1GlcNOH$ and $(GlcN)_3+(GlcN)_2GlcNOH$. The heptamer $(GlcN)_6GlcNOH$ was split into $(GlcN)_5$ [thereafter hydrolyzed again into $(GlcN_3+(GlcN)2]+(GlcN)_1GlcNOH$, $(GlcN)_4+(GlcN)_2GlcNOH$, and $(GlcN)_3+(GlcN)_3GlcNOH$, whereas $(GlcN)_{1-3}GlcNOH$ was not hydrolyzed. The monomers GlcN and GIcNOH were never detected from the enzyme reaction. These results suggest that D-11 chitosanase recognizes three glucosamine residues in the minus position and simultaneously two residues in the plus position from the cleavage point.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.560-567
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• 1998

We have found that Thermoactinomyces vulgaris KFB-Cl00 produces a chitinase. The optimum temperature and pH of the enzyme activity were $55^{\circ}C$ and 6.5. The enzyme was stable after heat treatment at $80^{\circ}C$ for 30 min and stable in acidic and basic conditions (PH 6.0~11.0). The thermostable endo-chitinase from Thermoactinomyces vulgaris KFB-C100 was cloned into the plasmid pBR322 by using E. coli DH5$\alpha$ as a host strain. The positive clone carrying a recombinant plasmid (PKCHI23) with a 4.1-kb fragment containing the chitinase gene was found. The recombinant plasmid was analyzed to determine the essential region for chitinase activity and obtained a 2.3-kb fragment, which was sub cloned into pTrc99A using the PstI and SalI sites to construct pTrc99A/pKCHI23-3. The resulting plasmid exerted high chitinase activity upon transformation of E. coli XL1-Blue cells. Chitinase was overproduced 14 times more in the clone cells than in the wild-type cells and the enzyme was purified to homogeneity. The purified enzyme showed the similar properties as the native chitinase from T. vulgaris in terms of molecular weight and substrate specificity. The catalytic action of the cloned enzyme was an endo type, producing chitobiose as a major reaction product.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.125-137
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• 1974

Selenomonas ruminantium 균체(菌體)를 TCA로 가열(加熱) 분해(分解)한 후 chloroform : methanol (1 : 3)로 추출(抽出)한 당지질(糖脂質)을 분리(分離)하고 이 당지질(糖脂質)을 acetone가용부분(可溶部分) spot A화합물(化合物)과 acetone불용부분(不溶部分)에서 ether로 다시 가용부분(可溶部分)을 추출(抽出)한 spot B화합물(化合物)의 두 부분(部分)으로 분리(分離)하고 이 두 화합물(化合物)에 대(對)하여 각각(各各) 그 화학구조(化學構造)를 구명(究明)하며 당지질(糖脂質)의 구조(構造)를 추정(推定)한 바 다음과 같은 결과(結果)를 얻었다. 1. 두 화합물(化合物)의 적외선흡수분석결과(赤外線吸收分析結果) spot A는 amino당(糖)에 O-acyl 및 N-acyl지방산(脂肪酸)이 결합(結合)하였으며 spot B는 amino당(糖)에 O-acyl 및 N-acyl지방산(脂肪酸)이 결합(結合)하고 인(燐)을 함유(含有)하고 있음을 알았다. 2. 두 화합물(化合物)을 GLC에 의(依)하여 지방산조성(脂肪酸組成)을 조사(調査)한 바 spot A.B화합물중(化合物中)에 있는 O-acyl 및 N-acyl 지방산(脂肪酸)은 ${\beta}-OH\;C_{13:0}$지방산(脂肪酸)이 대부분(大部分)이 였는데 저급(低級)의 hydroxy지방산(脂肪酸) ${\beta}-OH\;C_{9:0}$도 특이적(特異的)으로 함유(含有)되여 있음을 알았다. 3. 두 화합물(化合物)을 hydrazine분해(分解)를 시킨 결과(結果)를 paper chromatography로 조사(調査)한 바 spot A화합물(化合物)은 glucosamine 이 2분자(分子) 결합(結合)하여 있는 chitobiose와 같은 Rf 치(値)를 나타냈음으로 2분자(分子)의 glucosamine이 결합(結合)됨을 확인(確認)하고 spot B 화합물(化合物)의 낮은 Rf치(値)는 glucosamine에 인(燐)이 결합(結合)되여 있음을 알았다. 4. spotA화합물(化合物)의 산분해물(酸分解物)을 다시 ninbydrine으로 산화분해(酸化分解) 시키면 arabinose만이 생기는 것으로 보아 glucosamine의 amino기(基)는 $C_2$의 위치(位置)에 결합(結合)하여 있음을 알았다. 5. N-acetyl화(化)한 spot A에 $NaBH_4$를 추리(處理)한 결과(結果) glucosamine의 전량(全量)이 반감(半減)하는 것으로 보아 2분자(分子)의 glucosamine이 결합(結合)되여 있는 것을 알 수 있고 Morgan-Elson반응(反應) 및 $NaIO_4$분해(分解)에 의(依)하여 2개(個)의 glucosamine은 1.6결합(結合)임을 확인(確認)하였다. 6. N-acetyl화(化)한 spot A.B화합물(化合物)에 ${\beta}-N-acetyl$ glucosarninidase를 반응(反應)시킨 결과(結果) spot A화합물(化合物)은 100% N-acetyl glucosamine으로 분해(分解)되고 spot B화합물(化合物)은 분해(分解)되지 않았으므로 spot A화합물(化合物)만이 ${\beta}$결합(結合)을 하고 있음을 알았다. 7. $^{32}P$함유(含有) spot B화합물(化合物)에 phosphodiesterase 및 phosphomonoesterase를 작용(作用)시킨 결과(結果) phosphodiesterase는 반응(反應)치 않고 phosphomonoesterase에 의(依)하여 100% $^{32}P$가 유리(遊離)되는 것으로 보아 glucosamine 2분자(分子)에 한계의 인(燐)이 monoester결합(結合)을 하고 있음을 알 수 있다. 8. spot A화합물(化合物)은 glucosaminiyl ${\beta}-1.6-glucosamine$의 결합(結合)을 하였고 O-acyl 및 N-acyl지방산(脂肪酸)이 결합(結合)되여 있으며 주지방산(主脂肪酸)은 ${\beta}-OH\;C_{13:0}$임을 알았다. 9. spot B화합물(化合物)도 glucosaminyl ${\beta}-1.6-glucosamine$의 결합(結合)을 하고 O-acyl 및 N-acyl지방산(脂肪酸)이 결합(結合)되여 있으며 주지방산(主脂肪酸)은 ${\beta}-OH\;C_{13:0}$이나 인(燐)이 monoester결합(結合)을 하고 있는 것이 spot A화합물(化合物)과 특이(特異)함을 알았다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.77-86
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• 2002

토양으로부터 chitinase를 생성하는 균주를 분리하여 동정한 결과 Bacillus subtilis로 판명되었으며, 분리한 균주를 Bacillus subtilis JK-56이라 명명하였다. B. subtilis JK-56의 chitinase 생산 최적 조건을 검토한 결과 1% chitin, 0.5% polypeptone, 0.1% KCI, 0.05% MnS $O_4$.4$H_2O$이며 초발 pH 7.0, 배양온도 37$^{\circ}C$에서 가장 많은 효소를 생산하였다. 본 균주가 생산하는 chitinase를 정제하기 위해서 native-PAGE를 이용해 효소활성 band를 확인한 결과, 1개의 강한 활성 band와 2개의 약한 활성 band를 가지는 isozyme으로 확인되었다. 확인된 isozyme을 정제한 결과, isozyme 중 1개의 강한 활성 band를 정제하였고 정제된 효소를 Chi-56A라고 명명하였다 Chi-56A의 효소 특성에 관해서 실험한 결과 분자량은 약 53kDa, pI는 4.3으로 확인되었다. 본 효소는 $65^{\circ}C$까지 상당히 안정하였으며 효소의 최대활성 온도도 $65^{\circ}C$로 확인되는 등 열에 대해 상당히 안정한 효소로 확인되었다. Collidal chitin에 대한 정제효소 Chi-56A의 $K_{m}$ 값은 17.33g/L였다. 그리고 pH 6.0에서 최대의 활성을 나타내었고, 산성범위보다 알칼리범위에서 안정한 것으로 나타났다. 또한 $Mn^{2+}$ 존재 하에서 높은 활성을 나타내었고 C $O^{2+}$와 $Mg^{2+}$ 존재 하에서도 활성이 약간 증가한 반면에 H $g^{2+}$ 존재 하에서는 상당한 저해를 받았다. Chito 올리고당에 대한 분해 산물을 HPLC로 확인해 본 결과 짝수개의 올리고당의 분해산물은 (GlcNAc)$_2$만을 생산하였고 홀수개의 올리고당에 대해서는 GlcNAc와 (GlcNAc)$_2$를 생산하는 것으로 비환원성 말단으로부터 이당체인 diacetyl chitobiose ((GlcNAc)$_2$)를 생산하는 exo형 chitinase로 추정 된다.