• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.1182-1189
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• 2004

Cytosine deaminase (cytosine aminohydrolase, EC 3.5.4.1) stoichiometrically catalyzes the hydrolytic deamination of cytosine and 5-fluorocytosine to uracil and 5-fluorouracil, respectively. The intracellular cytosine deaminase from Chromobacterium violaceum YK 391 was purified to apparent homogeneity with 272.9-fold purification with an overall yield of $13.8\%$. The enzyme consisted of dimeric polypeptides of 63 kDa, and the total molecular mass was calculated to be approximately 126 kDa. Besides cytosine, the enzyme deaminated 5-fluorocytosine, cytidine, 6-azacytosine, and 5-methylcytosine, but not 5-azacytosine. Optimum pH and temperature for the enzyme reaction were 7.5 and $30^{\circ}C$, respectively. The enzyme was stable at pH 6.0 to 8.0, and at 30T for a week. About $70\%$ of the enzyme activity was retained at $60^{\circ}C$ for 5 min. The apparent $K_{m}$ values for cytosine, 5-fluorocytosine, and 5-methylcytosine were calculated to be 0.38 mM, 0.87 mM, and 2.32 mM, respectively. The enzyme activity was strongly inhibited by 1 mM $Hg^{2+},\;Zn^{2+},\;Cu^{2+},\;Pb^{2+},\;and\;Fe^{3+}$, and by o-phenanthroline, $\alpha,\;{\alpha}'$-dipyridyl, p-choromercuribenzoate, N-bromosuccinimide, and cWoramine­T. In addition, the enzyme activity was strongly inhibited by I mM 2-thiouracil, and weakly inhibited by 2-thiocytosine, or 5-azacytosine. Finally, intracellular and extracellular cytosine deaminases from Chromobacterium violaceum YK 391 were found to have a different optimum temperature, apparent $K_{m}$ value, and molecular mass.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2005년도 생물공학의 동향(XVII)
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• pp.651-654
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• 2005

10 g/L yeast extract, 20 g/L peptone, 20 g/L dextrose가 첨가된 YPD 배지를 이용하여 200 rpm, 30 $^{\circ}C$에서 24시간 배양한 Pichia pastoris X-33과 KM71H를 각각 대수 증식기에 시료를 채취하여 4000 g, 4 $^{\circ}C$에서 5분간 원심분리하여 펠릿만을 얻어 멸균된 증류수를 500 ${\mu}{\ell}$ 넣고 4000 g, 4 $^{\circ}C$에서 5분간 원심분리하여 2-3회 세포 내 단백질과 아미노산 분석에 이용하였다. HPLC는 OPA 시약을 만들어 4 $^{\circ}C$에서 24시간 안정화시켜 사용하였고, 용액 A와 B를 미리 준비하여 기울기용리로 30 $^{\circ}C$에서 1ml/min, Ex 330/ Em 420 nm에서 80분간 분석하였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제19권10호
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• pp.1122-1126
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• 2009

The exogenously added cadaverine is effective in protecting Vibrio vulnificus from methyl viologen (MV)-induced superoxide stress at pH 8.5. Such a protective effect by cadaverine was not observed at pH 7.5. Consistently, the accumulated level of intracellular cadaverine at pH 8.5 is approximately four times as much as that of the control cell at pH 7.5. Cadaverine accumulation is not affected by MV. The protection of V. vulnificus by cadaverine from superoxide stress was abolished when cadB coding for the lysine-cadaverine antiporter was interrupted. However, the cadaverine-mediated protection was complemented with cadB DNA. Therefore, CadB of V. vulnificus not only acts as a lysine-cadaverine antiporter at acid pH to neutralize the external medium, but also mediates cadaverine uptake at alkaline pH to result in cell protection from superoxide stress.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.29-34
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• 1989

고도 카드뮴 내성 효모, Hansenula anomala B-7 의 intact cell에 의한 카드뮴의 세포내 축적에 미치는 계면활성제의 영향를 검토하고, Triton X-100의 존재하에서의 카드뮴 축적에 미치는 제인자 등을 검토했다. 카드뮴의 축적은 0.1% Triton X-100과 Aerosol OT에 의하여 약 40% 이상 증가되었다. 카드뮴 이온에 대한 Km값은 0.247mM로 계산되었다. 카드뮴의 축적 최적 pH는 pH7.0에서 pH10.0 사이였으며, 최적온도는 4$0^{\circ}C$였다. 카드뮴의 최적 축적은 정치보다 진탕하므로 약 3배 증가되었으며, 진탕속도는 영향을 미치지 않았다. 카드뮴과 아연 이온을 공존시키므로 카드뮴의 축적이 아연 이온에 의하여 저해되었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.659-667
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• 2012

2,3-Butanediol (2,3-BDO) is an organic compound with a wide range of industrial applications. Although Escherichia coli is often used for the production of organic compounds, the wild-type E. coli does not contain two essential genes in the 2,3-BDO biosynthesis pathway, and cannot ferment 2,3-BDO. Therefore, a 2,3-BDO biosynthesis mutant strain of Escherichia coli was constructed and cultured. To determine the optimum culture factors for 2,3-BDO production, experiments were conducted under different culture environments ranging from strongly acidic to neutral pH. The extracellular metabolite profiles were obtained using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), and the intracellular metabolite profiles were analyzed by ultra-performance liquid chromatography and quadruple time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC/Q-TOF-MS). Metabolic flux analysis (MFA) was used to integrate these profiles. The metabolite profiles showed that 2,3-BDO production favors an acidic environment (pH 5), whereas cell mass favors a neutral environment. Furthermore, when the pH of the culture fell below 5, both the cell growth and 2,3-BDO production were inhibited.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.239-245
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• 2006

본 연구는 소의 미성숙 난포란의 체외성숙시 ${\beta}-mercaptoethanol({\beta}-ME)$의 첨가가 체외성숙, 체외수정 후 웅성전핵의 형성 및 세포질 내의 GSH 수준에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 실시하였다. 체외성숙시 $25\;{\mu}M$과 $50\;{\mu}M$의 ${\beta}-ME$를 첨가한 경우 대조구에 비하여 성숙율이 증가하는 것으로 나타났으며(p<0.05), 모든 실험구에 있어서 12시간 체외성숙보다 24시간 체외성숙에서 높은 성숙율을 나타냈다(p<0.05). 체외수정 후 웅성전핵 형성에 있어서는 $25\;{\mu}M$와 $50\;{\mu}M$ 농도의 ${\beta}-ME$ 첨가구에서 대조구에 비하여 높게 나타났으나(p<0.05), $25\;{\mu}M$과 $50\;{\mu}M$ 농도구와의 유의적인 차이는 없었다. GSH의 수준은 체외성숙 후 $50\;{\mu}M$의 ${\beta}-ME$ 첨가구가 다른 처리구에 비교하여 높게 나타났으며(p<0.05), 체외수정 후 웅성전핵이 형성된 다음 세포질 내 GSH 수준 역시 $50\;{\mu}M$의 ${\beta}-ME$ 첨가구에서 가장 높은 결과를 나타냈다(p<0.05).

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2000년도 추계학술발표대회 및 bio-venture fair
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• pp.321-324
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• 2000

Monascus purpureus ATCC 16365에 의한 5-liter 배양기에서 pH 조절을 통하여 세포외로 이차대사물인 수용성 적색소의 생산 증가 현상 와 황색소 보다 적색소로의 대사과정을 촉진시켜 적색소의 생산성을 향상시킬수 있는지의 가능성에 대하여 실험을 수행하였다. 황색소와 적색소의 분석은 UV-Vis spectrophotometer를 이용하여 각각 385nm 와 495nm에서 측정하였다. 실험결과 곰팡이의 최대균체량과 황${\cdot}$적색소를 포함한 총 색소 생산양은 pH 8보다 pH 4.0-5.5인 산성조건에서 2배 및 4배정도 증가하였다. 적색소 및 황색소의 전구물질인 홍색소는 pH 4.0에서 많이 생성되며 또한 홍색소에서 적색소로의 대사과정도 산성 조건 하에서 촉진된다고 보고되었다. 본 실험에서도 같은 경향을 보였으며 또한, 산성 조건 하에서 특히 수용성 적색소가 곰팡이 세포 외로 유출되는 양이 증가하는 경향을 나타내었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제33권9호
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• pp.1130-1140
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• 2023

Among the AAA+ proteases in bacteria, FtsH is a membrane-bound ATP-dependent metalloprotease, which is known to degrade many membrane proteins as well as some cytoplasmic proteins. In the intracellular pathogen Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, FtsH is responsible for the proteolysis of several proteins including MgtC virulence factor and MgtA/MgtB Mg²⁺ transporters, the transcription of which is controlled by the PhoP/PhoQ two-component regulatory system. Given that PhoP response regulator itself is a cytoplasmic protein and also degraded by the cytoplasmic ClpAP protease, it seems unlikely that FtsH affects PhoP protein levels. Here we report an unexpected role of the FtsH protease protecting PhoP proteolysis from cytoplasmic ClpAP protease. In FtsH-depleted condition, PhoP protein levels decrease by ClpAP proteolysis, lowering protein levels of PhoP-controlled genes. This suggests that FtsH is required for normal activation of PhoP transcription factor. FtsH does not degrade PhoP protein but directly binds to PhoP, thus sequestering PhoP from ClpAP-mediated proteolysis. FtsH's protective effect on PhoP can be overcome by providing excess ClpP. Because PhoP is required for Salmonella's survival inside macrophages and mouse virulence, these data implicate that FtsH's sequestration of PhoP from ClpAP-mediated proteolysis is a mechanism ensuring the amount of PhoP protein during Salmonella infection.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.756-762
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• 1996

In order to develop the method for mass production of natural food colorant from Monascus anka, optimum cultivation conditions for producing red and yellow pigments by cultiva- ting the mold in a jar fermenter and their color characteristics were investigated. The mold produced red and yellow pigments both intracellularly and extracellularly. These pigments showed unique light absorption characteristics with maximum absorption of 494, 380, 506, and 388 nm for extracellular red pigment (ERP), extracellular yellow pigment (EYP), intracellular red pigment (IRP), and intracellular yellow pigment (IYP), respectively. Optimum conditions for producing red pigments were found to be temperature 30$\circ$C, initial pH 6.0, rice powder 3-5%, peptone 0.05%, magnesium sulfate 0.25%, aeration rate 0.1 vvm. Optimum temperature for producing yellow pigments was around 35$\circ$C which is higher than that of producing red pigments. The initial pH and rice powder concentration for producing yellow pigments were the same as those of producing red pigments. The higher concentration of nitrogen source and inorganic salt, aeration rate, the more the yellow pigments were produced. The optimum agitation speed was 100 - 300 rpm for pigment production.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.433-440
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• 2016

Inositol-1,4,5-triphosphate [$IP_3$] receptors binding protein released with $IP_3$ (IRBIT) was previously reported as an activator of NBCe1-B. Recent studies have characterized IRBIT homologue S-Adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase-like 2 (AHCYL2). AHCYL2 is highly homologous to IRBIT (88%) and heteromerizes with IRBIT. The two important domains in the N-terminus of AHCYL2 are a PEST domain and a coiled-coil domain which are highly comparable to those in IRBIT. Therefore, in this study, we tried to identify the role of those domains in mouse AHCYL2 (Ahcyl2), and we succeeded in identifying PEST domain of Ahcyl2 as a regulation region for NBCe1-B activity. Site directed mutagenesis and coimmunoprecipitation assay showed that NBCe1-B binds to the N-terminal Ahcyl2-PEST domain, and its binding is determined by the phosphorylation of 4 critical serine residues (Ser151, Ser154, Ser157, and Ser160) in Ahcyl2 PEST domain. Also we revealed that 4 critical serine residues in Ahcyl2 PEST domain are indispensable for the activation of NBCe1-B using measurement of intracellular pH experiment. Thus, these results suggested that the NBCe1-B is interacted with 4 critical serine residues in Ahcyl2 PEST domain, which play an important role in intracellular pH regulation through NBCe1-B.