• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.442-448
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• 2003

Melanin concentrating hormone (MCH) regulating color change of fish skin was identified from brain cDNA library of Olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) during the analysis of Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs). Olive flounder MCH gene consisted of 598 nucleotides encoding 150 amino acids. Olive flounder MCH protein revealed to contain signal peptide of 19 amino acid residues, pro-MCH of 131 amino acids being processed to biologically active and mature form of hormone with 25 amino acid residues at the carboxyl terminus. A comparative structural analysis revealed that Olive flounder MCH precursor had low sequence identity with other fish species and mammalian counterparts, while the amino acid sequences of mature hormone had a relatively high identity and more conserved. RT-PCR analysis revealed that olive flounder MCH precersor gene was expressed spectically only in the brain and not in other tissues.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.246-255
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• 1996

연속식 3단계 막반응기로부터 각 단계별로 분리한 가자미피 젤라틴 가수분해물의 항산화성을 측정한 결과, 2단계 가수분해물의 항산화력이 가장 뛰어날 뿐만 아니라, 천연항산화제인 $\alpha-tocopherol$보다 $10\%$ 정도의 높은 항산화력을 나타낸 반면, 1단계 및 3단계 가수분해물은 $\alpha-tocopherol$보다 오히려 $10\~15\%$ 정도 낮은 항산화력을 보였다. 가수분해물의 첨가한 농도에 따른 항산화성은 유지중량에 대해 $1.0\%(w/w)$로 첨가한 농도에서 최대 항산화력을 나타내었다. 한편, 천연항산화제인 $\alpha-tocopherol$과 합성항산화제인 BHT와의 상승효과를 검토한 결과, 각 단계별 가수분해물은 $\alpha-tocopherol$과 우수한 상승효과를 관찰할 수 있었으며, 그 중 2단계 가수분해물의 상승효과가 가장 강하였다. 또한 항산화성이 가장 뛰어난 2단계 가수분해물로부터 gel column, ion exchange column 및 ODS column을 사용하여 항산화력이 특히 우수한 부분만을 분리한 단일 펩티드를 간세포에 첨가하여 세포생존율에 미치는 효과를 관찰한 결과, TBHP의 독성에 대해 펩티드 첨가구가 무첨가구에 비해 세포생존을 연장시켰으며, lipid peroxidation측정에서도 세포의 산화를 억제함으로써 세포의 생존율을 높였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.880-888
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• 2006

Pleurocidin, an $\alpha$-helical cationic antimicrobial peptide, was isolated from skin mucosa of winter flounder (Pleuronectes americamus). It had strong antimicrobial activities against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, but had very weak hemolytic activity. The Gly$^{13,17}\rightarrow$Ala analog (pleurocidin-AA) showed similar antibacterial activities, but had dramatically increased hemolytic activity. The bacterial cell selectivity of pleurocidin was confirmed through the membrane-disrupting and membrane-binding affinities using dye leakage, tryptophan fluorescence blue shift, and tryptophan quenching experiments. However, the non-cell-selective antimicrobial peptide, pleurocidin-AA, interacts strongly with both negatively charged and zwitterionic phospholipid membranes, the latter of which are the major constituents of the outer leaflet of erythrocytes. Circular dihroism spectra showed that pleurocidin-AA has much higher contents of $\alpha$-helical conformation than pleurocidin. The tertiary structure determined by NMR spectroscopy showed that pleurocidin has a flexible. structure between the long helix from $Gly^3$ to $Gly^{17}$ and the short helix from $Gly^{17}$ to $Leu^{25}$. Cell-selective antimicrobial peptide pleurocidin interacts strongly with negatively charged phospholipid membranes, which mimic bacterial membranes. Structural flexibility between the two helices may play a key role in bacterial cell selectivity of pleurocidin.

• 한국해양바이오학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.9-24
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• 2022

Low-molecular weight peptides derived from fish collagen exhibit several bioactivities, including antioxidant, antiwrinkle, antimicrobial, antidiabetic, and antihypertension effects. These peptides are also involved in triglyceride suppression and memory improvement. This study aimed to investigate the optimal processing condition for preparing low-molecular weight peptides from flounder skin, and the properties of the hydrolysate. The optimal processing conditions for peptic hydrolysis were as follows: a ratio of pepsin to dried skin powder of 2% (w/w), pH of 2.0, and a temperature of 50℃. Peptic hydrolysate contains several low-molecular weight peptides below 300 Da. Gly-Pro-Hyp(GPHyp) peptide, a process control index, was detected only in peptic hydrolysate on matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time-of-flight(MALDI-TOF) spectrum. 2,2'-azinobis-(3-3-ethylbenzothiazolline-6- sulfonic acid(ABTS) radical scavenging activity of the peptic hydrolysate was comparable to that of 1 mM ascorbic acid, which was used as a positive control at pH 5.5, whereas collagenase inhibition was five times higher with the peptic hydrolysate than with 1 mM ascorbic acid at pH 7.5. However, the tyrosinase inhibition ability of the peptic hydrolysate was lower than that of arbutin, which was used as a positive control. The antibacterial effect of the peptic hydrolysate against Propionibacterium acne was not observed. These results suggest that the peptic hydrolysate derived from a flounder skin is a promising antiwrinkle agent that can be used in various food and cosmetic products to prevent wrinkles caused by ultraviolet radiations.