• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.628-635
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• 2001

Recombinant E. coli DH5$\alpha$ harboring a dextransucrase gene (dsrB742) produced an extracellular dextransucrase in a 2% sucrose medium. The enzyme was purified by DEAE-Sepharose and Phenyl-Sepharose column chromatographies upto a 142.97-fold purification with a 11.11% recovery to near homogeneity. The enzyme had a calculated molecular mass of 168.6 kDa, which was in good agreement with the activity band of 170 kDa on a nondenaturing SDS-PAGE. An expression plasmid was constructed by inserting the dsrB742 into a pRSET expression vector. The activity after expression in E. coli BL21(DE3)pLysS increased about 6.7-fold compared to the extracellular dextransucrase from L. mesenteroides B-742CB. The expressed and purified enzyme from the clone showed similar biochemical properties (acceptor reaction, size of active dextransucrase, optimum pH, and temperature) to B-742CB dextransucrase, however, the ability to synthesize ${\alpha}$-(1$\rightarrow$3) branching decreased in comparison to that of L. mesenteroides B-742CB dextransucrase.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.317-322
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• 2005

A simple and convenient method of immobilizing dextransucrase via an affinity interaction is described, along with the use of this system to synthesize leucrose. Dextransucrase was produced in sucrose-free medium by fermenting a constitutive mutant of Leuconostoc mesenteroides NRRL B-512F and was separated using an ultrafiltration membrane. The purified enzyme was free of dextran polymer, which previously was always found with the sucrose-induced enzyme. Therefore, it was possible to immobilize the enzyme on dextran-based resins using an affinity interaction. Sephadex G-200 was the best resin for immobilizing the dextransucrase and gave a fast flow rate through the packed column. The immobilized dextransucrase retained more than 80% of its specific activity after immobilization ($K_m\;=\;18.1\;mM$ and $k_{cat}\;=\;450\;sec^{-1}$ vs. 13.1 mM and $640\;sec^{-1}$, respectively, for the free enzyme). The immobilized dextransucrase showed improved stability over a pH range of 4.0 to 6.5 and at moderately high temperatures over $40^{\circ}C$. When immobilized dextransucrase was used to synthesize leucrose via the transfer reaction with sucrose and fructose, about 74% of the sucrose was converted into leucrose after one day, and the half-life of the enzyme activity was 15 days. Regeneration of the resin by supplementation with dextransucrase enabled the recovery of the initial activity of the system, but both the reaction and the flow rate were lower, probably owing to the accumulation of dextran inside the resin.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.219-222
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• 1999

A simple sequence of membrane concentration and DEAE-Cellulose chromatography has been optimized to give a purified dextransucrase from Leuconostoc mesenteroides B-512FMCM with the highest specific activity (248.8 IU/mg protein) ever reported in high yield (overall 88.7%) for dextransucrase. When there was no sucrose in the dextransucrase and the dextran reaction digest, the dextransucrase hydrolyzed glucose from dextran. The glucose was transferred to the other glucoses from dextran and formed isomaltose and isomaltodextrin. The transglycosylation efficiency of glucose from dextran was much higher with acceptors. The dextransucrase can be used for the production of various kinds (or structures) of oligosaccharides using dextran and various acceptors with almost 100% theoretical yield.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2003년도 생물공학의 동향(XII)
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• pp.545-549
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• 2003

After irradiation of a cloned dextransucrase gene (dsrB742) with ultrasoft X-ray, an E. coli transformant (pDSRB742CK) was first developed for the expression of an extracellular dextransucrase, having increased activity and the synthesis of a highly branched dextran. Seven nucleotides of the parent gene (dsrB742) were changed in the nucleotide sequences of dsrB742ck. Among them, four nucleotides were changed at the ORF of dsrB742, resulting in a 30 amino acids deletion in the N-terminal of DSRB742 dextransucrase. The activity of DSRB742CK dextransucrase in culture supernatant was approximately 2.6 times higher (0.035 IU/ml) than that of the DSRB742 clone. The pDSRB742CK clone produced DSRB742CK dextransucrase when grown both on a sucrose medium (inducibly) and on a glucose medium (constitutively). The DSRB742 clone did not produce dextran constitutively on a glucose medium. DSRB742CK dextran had 15.6% branching and 2.7-times higher resistance to dextranase hydrolysis compared to DSRB742 dextran. $^{13}C-NMR$ showed that DSRB742CK dextran contained ${\alpha}-(1{\rightarrow}3)$ branch linkages that were not present in DSRB742 dextran.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.86-89
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• 1999

The liquid of ripened Kimchi was spread on phenylethylalcohol sucrose medium and incubated at 20$^{\circ}C$ for 2 days in order to isolate Leuconostoc sp. strains. Twenty isolated colonies were identified as Leuconostoc sp. strains from sugar fermentation test. Dextransucrase activities of the isolated strains were determined and the strain J-2 showed highest activity. The morphological, cultural and physiological studies on these 5 strains showed that gram(+), spores(-), motility(-) and produced gas from glucose, acid in Whittenbury C. Only Y-1 strain produced ammonia from arginine.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.176-181
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• 1991

Studies on the optimum conditions for dextran production and the properties of dextransucrase (DS) were performed with Leuconostoc mesenteroides from Sikhae and Leuconostoc mesenteroides NRRL B-512(F). Dextransucrases were partially purified by lyophilization of the culture supernatant and subsequent gel chromatography on Bio-Gel A-5(m). The storage stabilities of Sikhae DS and B-512(F) DS were decreaed by the addition of dextranase. The optimum conditions for the enzyme stability were pH 5 and below $30^{\circ}C$. The B-512(F) DS lost the activity at pH 4, while Sikhae DS had 30% of the activity at the same pH. The activity of DS was decreased by EDTA. confirming the metalloprotein character of the enzymes, and was restored by the addition of calcium ions. Concanavalin A completely removed the activity of DSs, confirming the glycoprotein character of the enzymes.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.707-712
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• 1999

Dextransucrse와 ${\alpha}$-amylase의 혼합효소반응 통하여 새로운 구조의 올리고당을 생산하였고, 그 특성을 조사하였다. 기질인 설탕과 녹말의 농도를 10%(w/v), 5%(w/v)로 하였을 때 dextransucrase와 ${\alpha}$-amylase의 활성비가 100U대 1000U일 경우 올리고당의 종류와 생산수율이 66.4%로 가장 높았다. 녹말의 분해산물이 dextransucrase의 수용체 반응을 활성화시켜 dextransucrase 활성을 증가시켰다. 혼합효소의 활성이 증가할수록 올리고당보다는 다당을 생산하였다. 5%(w/v)의 녹말을 1시간동안 반응시켜 수용체로 이용될 수 있는 산물의 양을 증가시킨 후 설탕의 농도가 10%(w/v)가 되도록 반응시킨 방법이 녹말과 설탕을 반응초기부터 모두 반응시킨 방법보다 올리고당 생산수율이 12% 더 증가하였다. 새로운 구조의 올리고당은 pH 3에서는 10.6, pH 4에서는 7.8%의 분해를 보였다. 새로운 구조의 올리고당은 pH 6과 140$^{\circ}C$ 고온에서 89.3%까지 안정하였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제19권12호
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• pp.1644-1649
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• 2009

This study investigates the buffering effects of calcium salts in kimchi on the total acidity, microbial population, and dextransucrase activity. Calcium chloride or calcium carbonate was added to dongchimi-kimchi, a watery radish kimchi, and the effects on various biochemical attributes were analyzed. The addition of 0.1% calcium chloride produced a milder decrease in the pH after 24 days of incubation, which allowed the lactic acid bacteria to survive longer than in the control. In particular, the heterofermentative Leuconostoc genus population was 10-fold higher than that in the control. When sucrose and maltose were also added along with the calcium salts, the dextransucrase activity in the kimchi was elevated and a higher concentration of isomaltooligosaccharides was synthesized when compared with the control. Calcium chloride was determined as a better activator compound of dextransucrase than calcium carbonate, probably because of its higher solubility. Therefore, the results of this study confirm the ability of the proposed approach to modulate the kimchi fermentation process and possibly enhance the quality of kimchi based on the addition of dietary calcium salts.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.1085-1090
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• 2002

Dextransucrase의 수용체반응(acceptor reaction)을 이용하여 판노스(panose)를 포함한 다양한 당전이화합물을 발효식품에서 생성하기 위하여 고활성 dextransucrase를 저온에서 생성하는 Leuconostoc속 균주를 동치미김치로부터 분리 및 선발하였다. 동치미를 제조하여 $8^{\circ}C$에서 발효시키면서 분리한 Leuconostoc속 균주중에서 균체의 증식유도기간(lag phase), 최대균체량(g/L), 균체의 비성장속도$(\mu)$ 및 dextransucrase 활성을 종합적으로 비교하여 우수균주를 선발하였고, 최종적으로 MIDI를 이용하여 Leuc. mesenteroides로 동정하였다. 본 균주는 김치를 포함한 저온성 발효식품에서 당전이화합물을 생성하여 기능성을 부여하는 스타터로 사용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.1050-1058
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• 2008

A gene encoding a dextransucrase (dsrBCB4) that synthesizes only ${\alpha}$-1,6-linked dextran was cloned from Leuconostoc mesenteroides B-1299CB4. The coding region consisted of an open reading frame (ORF) of 4,395 bp that coded a 1,465-amino-acids protein with a molecular mass of 163,581 Da. The expressed recombinant DSRBCB4 (rDSRBCB4) synthesized oligosaccharides in the presence of maltose or isomaltose as an acceptor, plus the products included ${\alpha}$-1,6-linked glucosyl residues in addition to the maltosyl or isomaltosyl residue. Alignments of the amino acid sequence of DSRBCB4 with glucansucrases from Streptococcus and Leuconostoc identified conserved amino acid residues in the catalytic core that are critical for enzyme activity. The mutants D530N, E568Q, and D641N displayed a 98- to 10,000-fold reduction of total enzyme activity.