• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권11호
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• pp.1850-1858
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• 2018

Glucosamine (GlcN) is widely used in the nutraceutical and pharmaceutical industries. Currently, GlcN is mainly produced by traditional multistep chemical synthesis and acid hydrolysis, which can cause severe environmental pollution, require a long prodution period but a lower yield. The aim of this work was to develop a whole-cell biocatalytic process for the environment-friendly synthesis of glucosamine (GlcN) from N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc). We constructed a recombinant Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis strains as efficient whole-cell biocatalysts via expression of diacetylchitobiose deacetylase ($Dac_{ph}$) from Pyrococcus furiosus. Although both strains were biocatalytically active, the performance of B. subtilis was better. To enhance GlcN production, optimal reaction conditions were found: B. subtilis whole-cell biocatalyst 18.6 g/l, temperature $40^{\circ}C$, pH 7.5, GlcNAc concentration 50 g/l and reaction time 3 h. Under the above conditions, the maximal titer of GlcN was 35.3 g/l, the molar conversion ratio was 86.8% in 3-L bioreactor. This paper shows an efficient biotransformation process for the biotechnological production of GlcN in B. subtilis that is more environmentally friendly than the traditional multistep chemical synthesis approach. The biocatalytic process described here has the advantage of less environmental pollution and thus has great potential for large-scale production of GlcN in an environment-friendly manner.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.79-87
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• 1997

A study on the processing method of anchovy hydrolysate paste (AHP) was carried out to improve the sensory quality of salted and fermented fish. Homogenized whole anchovy was hydrolyzed using commercial pretenses, Complex enzyme-2000 (CE, Pacific Chem. Co.) and Alcalase (AL, Novo), in a cylindrical vessel with 4 baffle plates and 6-bladed turbine impeller. Optimal pH, temperature, and enzyme concentration for the hydrolysis with CE and AL were $7.0,\;52^{\circ}C,\;7\%$, and $8.0,\;60^{\circ}C,\;6\%$, respectively. The rational amount of water for homogenization, agitation speed, and hydrolyzing time were $100\%\;(w/w)$, 100 rpm, and 210 min, respectively. To make the hydrolysate to paste type, it was effective to mix the additives, such as starch, soybean protein, agar, and carrageenan gum to the hydrolysate 5 min before the end of boiling at $100^{\circ}C$ for 30 min. Minimal NaCl concentration for long-term preservation was $15\%$, and this could be reduced to $12\%$ by adding $5\%$ of KCl. yield of the AHP based on the total nitrogen content was $94.6\~97.0\%,\;and\;86.0\~89.2\%$, of the nitrogen was amino nitrogen. Salinity, pH and histamine content of the AHP prepared with $12\%$ NaCl and $5\%$ KCl were $9.3\~9.9\%,\;6.1\~6.2$, and below 13 mg/100 g, respectively. The AHP was stable at $26{\pm}3^{\circ}C$ for 60 days on bacterial growth, and addition of $0.05\%$ of rosemary (Herbalox) extract was effective to inhibit the lipid oxidation of the AHP during storage.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.673-679
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• 2003

Glutamine and urea, abundant in body fluids or plasma, yield net ammonium ions upon hydrolysis by ${\gamma}-glutamyl$ transpeptidase (${\gamma}-GTP$) and urease, respectively, and these two enzymes are largely produced from Helicobacter pylori. To investigate bacterial potential of ammonium production, we first quantified those in whole-cell systems and found that the relative ratio of their amounts varied greatly, especially with pH values and the cell's aging. During the H. pylori cultivation, the ratio appeared to be inversely proportional to each other, showing a progressive increase of the ${\gamma}-GTP$ with decreasing of the urease. Under the urease-defective conditions due to low pH or coccoids, the bacterial cells still possessed a considerable amount of ${\gamma}-GTP$, which was found exclusively in the external compartment, therefore, the cell's ammonium production was found to be solely dependent upon glutamine, and the external ammonium concentration was constant without any contribution of urea concentration. Such ammonium constancy would definitely have an adverse effect on the host, because of its absolute requirement for vacuolar degeneration by H. pylori VacA, maximized at approximately 10 mM $NH_4Cl$. It was also found that, by using the metal-saturated membrane vesicles, ammonium ions were likely to be involved in the pH-dependent cation-flux across the H. pylori membrane, where the role of ${\gamma}-GTP$ in ammonium homeostasis around cells was suggested, especially under the hostile conditions against H. pylori.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.136-141
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• 1989

Streptomyces sp. 4M-2의 생전분 분해효소를 황산 암모니움 염석과 이온교환 크로마토그라피 및 Gel 여과 등으로 비활성이 51.22 RSU/mg, 수율 4.5%로 정제할 수 있었다. 정제효소의 분자량은 102,000이었으며 생옥수수 전분에 대한 Km값은 44.44mg/m1 이었다 정제효소의 작용 최적온도는42$^{\circ}C$, pH는 5.5였고 $Ca^{2+}$와 $Ba^{2+}$의 첨가에 의해 효소활성이 증가되었다. 정제효소는 옥수수 amylose를 가장 잘 분해하고 감자전분도 비교적 잘 분해하였다. 이 효소에 의한 옥수수 생전분의 분해산물은 주로 maltose와 maltotriose였고 소량의 glucose와 oligosaccharide도 검출되었으므로 $\alpha$-amylase 계통의 효소로 추정된다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.415-420
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• 1986

주정효소의 전분질 원료인 쌀보리 (Naked barley)에 대한 분해, 당화작용이 강한 maceration enzyme 및 glucoamylase 를 검토하고 이 효소들을 이용한 무증자 alcohol효소에 대하여 연구하였다. 이 효소들은 곰팡이 기원의 조효소제로서 쌀보리입자의 maceration 작용이 강하였고 생전분 분해력은 pH4.5, 온도 3$0^{\circ}C$, 76시간에서 70% 이상되었다. 또한 황산을 요에 대하여 0.15%(w/v)되도록 가하고 55$^{\circ}C$에서 2시간 동안 침지한 후 이 효소들을 처리하여 무증자 alcohol 발효를 행한 경우, 3$0^{\circ}C$, 96시간 발효에서 alcohol 농도가 10.8%, 발효 효율이 89.5%로서 증자 alcohol 발효에 비해 고농도의 alcohol이 생성되었고 약 3.5% 정도의 효율증가를 나타내었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제22권9호
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• pp.1224-1229
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• 2012

Puerarin (P), an isoflavone derived from kudzu roots, has strong biological activities, but its bioavailability is often limited by its low water solubility. To increase its solubility, P was glucosylated by three dextransucrases from Leuconostoc or Streptococcus species. Leuconostoc lactis EG001 dextransucrase exhibited the highest productivity of puerarin glucosides (P-Gs) among the three tested enzymes, and it primarily produced two P-Gs with a 53% yield. Their structures were identified as ${\alpha}$-$_D$-glucosyl-($1{\rightarrow}6$)-P (P-G) by using LC-MS or $^1H$- or $^{13}C$-NMR spectroscopies and ${\alpha}$-$_D$-isomaltosyl-($1{\rightarrow}6$)-P (P-IG2) by using specific enzymatic hydrolysis, and their solubilities were 15- and 202-fold higher than that of P, respectively. P-G and P-IG2 are easily applicable in the food and pharmaceutical industries as alternative functional materials.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.75-84
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• 1970

蛋白質의 放射線分解의 기작을 밝히는 연구의 일환으로, 특히 peptide 結合의 분해의 기작을 구명하기 위하여 Glycylglycylglycine의 水溶液과 固體를 酸素의 존재하에서와 無酸素하에서 r 線을 조사하여 分解生成物을 여지크로마토그라프로 분리하였고, carbonyl 化合物과 amide를 각각 分光光度法과 微凉摘定法으로 정량하였으나 放射線障害를 평가하기 위하여 赤外線 spectrum과 紫外線 spectrum을 얻어 검토하였다. 水溶液과 固體에 있어서의 peptide 結合의 분해기작은 근본적인 차이가 있는 것으로 여겨지며, 전자에서는 월등하게 분해가 많이 일어난데 반해서 후자에서는 무시할 정도에 지나지 않았다. 한편, 水溶液의 경우 酸素의 유무에 따라 현저한 영향은 보이지 않았으나 無酸素하에서는 遊離基의 再結合이 일어나는 점이 특기할만 하였다. 水溶液에 있어서의 peptide 結合의 분해기구는 Garrison 一派가 주장한 기작에 의해서 일어나는 것이 분명하여 脫水素反應에 뒤이어 加水分解反應에 의해서 amide 와 carbonyl 이 생성되는 것으로 보이며, 固體의 경우도 $\\alpha$-炭素의 부위가 방사선의 공격을 가장 많이 받는 것으로 추정되나 그 정도는 미미한 것에 지나지 않는 것으로 생각되었다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.264-269
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• 2003

5-Aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) is an active ingredient of therapeutic agents used for Crohn s disease and ulcerative colitis. Because it is absorbed rapidly and extensively in the upper intestine, delivery of the agent specifically to the colon is necessary. We selected taurine as a colon-specific promoiety and designed 5-aminosalicyltaurine (5-ASA-Tau) as a new colon-specific prodrug of 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA). It was expected that introduction of taurine would restrict the absorption of the prodrug and show additive effect to the anti-inflammatory action of 5-ASA after hydrolysis. 5-ASA-Tau was prepared in good yield by a simple synthetic route. The apparent partition coefficient of 5-ASA-Tau in 1-octanol/pH 6.8 phosphate buffer or $CHCl_3$/pH 6.8 phosphate buffer was 0.10 or 0.18, respectively, at $37^{\circ}C$. To determine the chemical and biochemical stability in the upper intestinal environment, 5-ASA-Tau was incubated in pH 1.2 and 6.8 buffer solutions, and with the homogenates of tissue and contents of stomach or small intestine of rats at $37^{\circ}C$. 5-ASA was not detected from any of the incubation medium with no change in the concentration of 5-ASA-Tau. On incubation of 5-ASA-Tau with the cecal and colonic contents of rats, the fraction of the dose released as 5-ASA was 45% and 20%, respectively, in 8 h. Considering low partition coefficient and stability in the upper intestine, 5-ASA-Tau might be nonabsorbable and stable in the upper intestine. After oral administration, it would be delivered to the colon in intact form and release 5-ASA and taurine. These results suggested 5-ASA-Tau as a promising colon-specific prodrug of 5-ASA.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.165-174
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• 1995

PVA를 첨가하여 제조한 collloidal $ZrO_2$ 졸에 있어서 입자의 분산성 및 입성장에 미치는 PVA의 영향을 고찰하였다. 적정량의 PVA를 첨가하여 제조된 colloidal 졸은 균일한 흡착층의 형성으로 입자간의 응집이 효과적으로 억제된 분산이 양호한 안정된 졸이었으며 이러한 분산성은 PVA가 $ZrO_2$ 일차입자 표면에 흡착층이 형성되어 입성장을 억제하기 때문이었다. $ZrO_2$ 입자의 핵생성은 수화반응 초기에 대부분 일어났으며, 숙성 시간 에 따라 판상의 단사정상 입자가 성장하였는데 PVA의 첨가량이 증가할수록 입성장 속도와 반응수율이 감소하였다. PVA 첨가에 의해 잘 분산된 현탁액으로부터 제조된 충진체는 입자가 고르게 배열되고 응집체간에 형성된 기공이 균일하였다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제53권5호
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• pp.707-716
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• 2020

Red sea cucumber Stichopus japonicus, was dried using three methods-far-infrared ray, vacuum, and freeze drying and then enzymatically hydrolyzed using nine proteases: Alcalase, Flavourzyme, Kojizyme, Neutrase, Protamex, trypsin, α-chymotrypsin, and papain. In addition, the potential ability of hydrolysates to inhibit lipid accumulation in 3T3-L1 adipocytes was evaluated. The yield of hydrolysates from red sea cucumbers dried using each method was higher than that of the distilled water extract, and protein contents were either similar or higher. The hydrolysates that exhibited inhibitory effects on lipid accumulation, as demonstrated via Oil red O staining, were those obtained by far-infrared ray drying coupled with Alcalase, Flavourzyme, Kojizyme, or Neutrase treatment. In addition to the advantages of far-infrared drying and the characteristics of Flavourzyme, the Flavourzyme hydrolysate of far-infrared-dried red sea cucumber showed the highest inhibitory effect on lipid accumulation. In addition, this hydrolysate significantly decreased the expression of the protein factor fatty acid-binding protein 4, which is related to the late differentiation of 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Taken together, these results suggest that Flavourzyme hydrolysates from farinfrared-dried red sea cucumber may be used as a functional food and/or a pharmaceutical ingredient for the inhibition of lipid accumulation.