• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제33권8호
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• pp.1353-1358
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• 2004

국내산 충매 화분인 도토리 화분과 다래 화분에 단백질 분해효소를 이용하여 화분 추출물을 제조하고, 추출물의 조단백질 함량과 환원당 함량의 변화를 알아보았다. 도토리화분의 일반성분 분석결과 수분 5.2%, 회분 2.7%, 조지방 6.2%, 조단백질 함량은 22.3%였고, 다래화분은 수분 5.4%, 회분 2.8%, 조지방 1.8%, 조단백질 함량은 27.8%였다. Casein을 기질로 사용하여 측정한 효소의 비환성 (specific activity U/mg)은 Protease S>Flavozyme>Alcalase 2.4L>Protamex>Protease P>Protease A의 순이었다. 단백질 분해효소 처리에 의한 화분 추출물의 조단백질 함량은 효소 첨가군이 대조군보다 증가했고, Alcalase 2.4L을 0.2 U, 0.5 U 첨가시에 도토리 화분 추출물은 대조군보다 각각 35.8%, 45.8%, 다래 화분 추출물은 각각 68.8%, 101.5% 증가하였다. 단백질 분해효소 처리에 의한 화분 추출물의 환원당 함량은 효소 첨가군이 대조군보다 증가했고, Protease A를 0.2 U, 0.5 U 첨가 시 도토리 화분 추출물은 대조군보다 각각 11.4%, 18.4%, 다래 화분 추출물은 대조군보다 각각 12.2%, 14.2% 증가하였다. 단백질 분해 효소 처리에 의해 화분 추출물의 조단백질과 환원당의 함량이 증가되었고, 단백질 분해 효소는 화분 추출물의 조단백질 및 환원당 함량을 높이는 방법 중의 하나로 이용될 수 있다고 사료된다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.259-268
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• 2019

In this study, the extracellular metalloprotease from Serratia marcescens PPB-26 was purified to homogeneity via ethanol fractionation and DEAE-cellulose column chromatography. Thus, a 3.8-fold purification was achieved with a 20% yield and specific activity of 76.2 U/mg. The purified protease was a 50-kDa monomer whose optimum pH and temperature for activity were 7.5 and $30^{\circ}C$ respectively; however, it was found to remain active in the 5-9 pH range and up to $40^{\circ}C$ for 6 h. The protease had a half-life of 15 days at $4^{\circ}C$, an optimum reaction time of 10 min, and an optimum substrate (casein) concentration of 0.25%. Furthermore, the Michaelis constant ($K_m$) and reaction velocity ($V_{max}$) of the protease were calculated to be 0.28% and $111.11{\mu}moles/(min{\cdot}mg)^{-1}$, respectively. The protease was stable when subjected to metal ions (2 mM), showing increased activity with most (especially $CoCl_2$ and $MgSO_4$ (30.54% increase)). It was also stable when exposed to oxidizing agents, bleaching agents, and detergents (5% v/v for 60 min). It retained 93% of its activity in non-ionic detergents (Tween-20, Tween-80, and Triton X-100). Moreover, wash performance analysis in commercial detergents (Ariel and Tide) showed that not only was the protease capable of protein stain removal, but also reduced cleaning time by 80% when added to detergents. Thus, the Serratia marcescens PPB-26 metalloprotease appears to be a promising new candidate as a laundry additive in the detergent industry.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.7-14
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• 2006

가금류의 feather은 전 세계적으로 발생되지 않는 지역이 없을 만큼 광범위하게 발생되어지는 폐기물로써, 현재까지 많은 연구자들에 의하여 그 이용성에 대한 연구가 활발하게 이루지고 있다. 그러나 disulfide 결합, 수소결합 및 이온결합에 의하여 매우 강한 결합력을 가지는 feather 구성 단백질의 화학적인 성질 때문에 분해하여 사용하기에 많은 어려움이 있다. 가금류 폐기물을 이용한 사료의 제조과정에서 가열 및 가압 등의 과정을 거치면서 아미노산의 손실이 발생하고 낮은 소화율 등이 문제로 야기되어지고 있다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위한 노력으로 미생물이 생산하는 keratinolytic protease를 이용하고자 산업적으로 이용 가능성을 가지는 균주를 분리하였다. 토양 시료로부터 Bacillus sp. SMMJ-2, FL-3, NO-4 및 RM-12 4종의 keratinolytic protease 생성균을 분리하였다. 이 균주들은 5.0% skim milk agar plate에서 높은 protease 활성을 나타내었으며, 2.0% whole chicken feather agar plate에서도 많은 점질성의 물질을 생산하였다. Keratinolytic protease 생산을 위하여 배지4($0.7%\;K_{2}HPO_{4},\;0.2%\;KH_{2}PO_{4},\;0.1%$ fructose, 1.2% soybean meal, $0.01%\;Na_{2}CO_3$, pH 7.0)에서 Bacillus sp. SMMJ-2에 의한 keratinolytic protease의 생산을 조사한 결과, 배양 3일에 가장 높은 keratinolytic protease 활성을 나타내었다. 그러나, Basal medium(0.05% NaCl, $0.03%\;Na_{2}HPO_{4},\;0.04%\;NaH_{2}PO_{4},\;0.5%$ whole chicken feather, pH 7.0)에 유일한 탄소 및 질소원으로 whole chicken feather를 첨가하고 배양한 결과, $30^{\circ}C$에서 일주일 이상 배양하였을 때 feather은 모두 분해되었으나 깃대는 분리하지 못하였고 배지 4에 질소원으로 1.2% whole chicken feather를 첨가하였을 때 40시간 이내에 깃대를 포함한 feather를 모두 분해하였다. Bacillus sp. SMMJ-2에 의한 keratinolytic protease의 생산은 접종 후 9시간이 지나면서 생산되기 시작하여 24시간 동안 배양하였을 때 최대 활성의 86%를 나타내는 것으로 조사되었다. Bacillus sp. SMMJ-2에 의하여 생산되어지는 keratinolytic protease 활성은 $30^{\circ}C$, 180 rpm으로 3일간 배양했을 때 106 units/ml/min 이였으며, protease 활성은 540 units/ml/min을 나타내었다. 온도와 pH에 대한 효소의 안정성은 $50\%$ acetone을 이용하여 분리한 효소로 조사한 결과, $30{\sim}50^{\circ}C$까지는 80% 이상의 잔존효소활성을 나타내었고, $60^{\circ}C$ 이상에는 20분간 열처리로 효소가 거의 실활 되었다. 효소의 pH 안정성은 pH $6.0{\sim}12.0$에서는 비교적 안정한 것으로 조사되었다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.6-10
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• 1995

대롱새우껍질로부터 Neutrase처리로 단백질을 제거하고 0.1 M EDTA 2Na로 무기질을 제거하여 키틴을 분리 정제하였다. 키틴의 정제시 Neutrase 3 mg/ml을 첨가하여 pH 6.0, $50^{\circ}C$에서 처리하였을 때 단백질 제거 효과가 제일 좋았다. Neutrase처리에 의한 단백질 제거, 탈 아세틸화도 그리고 칼슘, 인함량은 시판 키틴과 거의 비슷하였다. 분자량은 $1.2{\times}10^{8}$ dalton이었고 키틴의 수율은 28.5%이었다.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.209-215
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• 1990

The activities of s-amylase, ${\alpha}-amylase$ and protease of three combination products containing digestive enzymes, antacids and herbal drugs on the Korean market were estimated. The effects of antacids and herbal drugs on the activities of digestive enzymes were investigated. Starch-saccarifying activity of s-amylase, starch-dextrinizing activity of ${\alpha}-amylase$ and protein-peptic activity of protease were estimated by Somogy, Mc'Credy, and Casein-Folin method, respectivley. The optimal pH of s-amylase, ${\alpha}-amylase$ and protease were pH 5.0, 4.8 and 7.0, rcspectively. The digestive activities at optimal pH continued about eight hours. The digestive activities of individual enzymes were reduced to 40-90% by antacids and were affected somewhat positively or negatively by herbal drugs. Enzyme activities of the combination products were also affected by pH and reaction time.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제29권7호
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• pp.998-1003
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• 2016

Although exogenous protease enzymes have been used in poultry diets quite extensively, this has not been the case for pig diets. In general, due to their better gut fermentative capacity and longer transit time, pigs have greater capacity to digest dietary proteins than poultry. However, in early-weaned piglets, the stress brought about by weaning adversely affects the digestion of dietary proteins. Therefore, a study was conducted to determine the effects of a commercial protease enzyme in weanling pigs. Indices of growth, nutrient digestibility, blood profiles, fecal microflora, fecal gas emission and fecal scores were measured during the study. A total of 50 weanling pigs ($6.42{\pm}0.12kg$) at 28 d of age were randomly assigned to receive 1 of 2 dietary treatments: i) control diet (corn-soy based) with no supplemental protease (CON), and ii) control diet+200 g/ton protease (PROT) for 42 d. A completely randomized design consisting of 2 treatments, 5 replicates, and 5 pigs in each replicate was used. Growth performance in terms of body weight ($27.04{\pm}0.38kg$ vs $25.75{\pm}0.39kg$; p<0.05) and average daily gain ($491{\pm}7.40g$ vs $460{\pm}7.46g$; p<0.05) in PROT fed pigs were increased significantly, but gain per feed ($0.700{\pm}0.01$ vs $0.678{\pm}0.01$; p>0.05) was similar between treatments at d 42. Relative to CON pigs, PROT fed pigs had increased (p<0.05) apparent total tract digestibility ($84.66%{\pm}0.65%$ vs $81.21%{\pm}1.13%$ dry matter and $84.02%{\pm}0.52%$ vs $80.47%{\pm}1.22%$ nitrogen) and decreased (p<0.05) $NH_3$ emission ($2.0{\pm}0.16ppm$ vs $1.2{\pm}0.12ppm$) in the feces at d 42. Except for a decreased (p<0.05) in blood creatinine level, no differences were observed in red blood cell, white blood cell, lymphocyte, urea nitrogen, and IgG concentrations between treatments. Fecal score and fecal microflora (Lactobacillus and E. coli) were also similar between CON and PROT groups. Overall, the supplementation of protease enzyme in weanling pigs resulted in improved growth rate and nutrient digestibility. Exogenous protease enzyme reduced fecal $NH_3$ emission, thus, potentially serving as a tool in lowering noxious gas contribution of livestock production in the environment.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.167-175
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• 1996

This studies were conducted to select optimal enzyme that produced hydrolysate from soybean, and to evaluated functionality of hydrolysate. Soybean powder was suspended with water and hydrolyzed by seven commercial proteases. Hydrolysate produced with protease from Bacillus subtilis showed the highest inhibition effect on the activity of angiotension converting enzyme(ACE), and the condition of enzymatic hydrolysis was 5cA substrate concentration, 0. l% enzyme concentration, 4 hour hydrolysis time. Under above optimum condition, soybean was hydrolyzed with protease from Bacillus subtilis yielding a DH (degree of hydrolysis) of about 49%. Hyrophobicity of hydrolysate was not correlated with the inhibition effect on ACE activity. The functionality of hydrolysate was significantly influenced by pH. Solubility of hydrolysate at alkali solution was greater than that at acidic solution.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제32권7호
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• pp.885-891
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• 2022

Plant-based protein sources such as soybean meal have low digestibility and are generally promoted accumulation of undigested proteins into the intestine by enzymatic treatments. Moreover, potential intestinal pathogens ferment undigested proteins, producing harmful substances, such as ammonia, amines and phenols, leading to an overactive immune response and diarrhea in weaned pigs. As a solution, dietary proteases hydrolyze soybean-based antinutritive factors, which negatively affect immune responses and gut microbiota. In this study, we investigated the effects of dietary proteases (PRO) in a low-crude protein (CP) commercial diet on the immune responses and gut microbiota of weaned pigs. The experimental design consisted of three dietary treatments: a commercial diet as a positive control (PC; phase1 CP = 23.71%; phase 2 CP: 22.36%), a lower CP diet than PC as negative control (NC; 0.61% less CP than PC), and NC diet supplement with 0.02% PRO. We found that PRO tended to decrease the frequency of diarrhea in the first two weeks after weaning compared with PC and NC. In addition, pigs fed PRO showed decreased TNF-α and TGF-β1 levels compared with those fed PC and NC. The PRO group had a higher relative proportion of the genus Lactobacillus and lower levels of the genus Streptococcus than the PC and NC groups. In conclusion, the addition of PRO to a low CP commercial weaned diet attenuated inflammatory responses and modified gut microbiota in weaned pigs.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.119-128
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• 2013

A protease inhibitor was fractionated from fish eggs using methods based on protein solubility. Fractionation efficiency was evaluated with regard to percent recovery and total inhibitory activity (U). The fractionation of protease inhibitor (PI) from egg extracts of skipjack tuna (ST, Katsuwonus pelamis), yellowfin tuna (YT, Thunnus albacores), and Alaska pollock (AP, Theragra chalcogramma) was performed by precipitation with cold acetone or ammonium sulfate (AS). Fractions exhibiting the strongest inhibitory activity contained 20-40% (v/v) cold acetone or 40-60% saturated AS fractions. AS fractionation was more effective in isolating PI than was precipitation with acetone. The total inhibitory activity and percent recovery of fraction obtained with AS 40-60% toward trypsin and $N{\alpha}$-benzoyl-L-arginine-p-nitroanilide (BAPNA) were 4,976 U and 24.2% for ST, 3,331 U and 38.1% for YT, and 4,750 U and 43.8% for AP, respectively. In comparisons against six commercial proteases, 40-80% AS fractions, made by combining the 40-60% and 60-80% AS fractions from fish egg extract, exhibited the strongest inhibition of trypsin when using a casein substrate. These results suggest that fish eggs act as serine protease inhibitors and may be useful for protease inhibition in foodstuffs.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제62권2호
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• pp.174-179
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• 2020

This experiment was conducted to investigate effects of dietary protease on immune responses of weaned pigs. Weaned pigs (n = 75; 7.06 ± 0.18 kg BW; 28 d old) were randomly assigned to 3 treatments (5 pigs/pen; 5 pens/treatment). Dietary treatments were positive control, a diet with required protein level (PC), negative control, a diet with lower protein level than PC (NC), and NC + 0.02% dietary protease (PRO). The dietary protease used in this experiment was a commercial product containing 75,000 protease units/g derived from Nocardiopsis prasina produced in Bacillus licheniformis. The dietary treatments did not contain any ingredients or additives that may provide antibacterial or physiological effects. Pigs were fed respective dietary treatments for 6 weeks. Blood was collected from randomly selected 2 pigs in each pen on d 1, 3, 7, and 14 after weaning. Measurements were number of white blood cells (WBC), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1), and C-reactive protein (CRP). Pigs fed PRO had lower WBC on d 7 (14.84 vs 20.42 × 10³/μL; p < 0.05) and TNF-α on d 7 (618 vs 889 pg/mL; p = 0.085) and 14 (437 vs 576 pg/mL; p = 0.069) than those fed NC, but there were no differences on WBC and TNF-α between PC and PRO. Pigs fed PRO had lower TGF-β1 on d 3 (630 vs. 1,588 and 1,396 pg/mL; p < 0.05) than those fed PC and NC. However, no differences were found on CRP among dietary treatments. In conclusion, addition of dietary protease reduced inflammatory immune responses of weaned pigs.