• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.311-318
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• 2002

Lactobacillus plantarum에 대해 항균활성을 지니는 유산균을 김치로부터 분리하였다. 이 균은 Leuconostoc mesenteroides으로 동정되었으며 Leuconostoc mesenteroides B7으로 명명하였다. Leuconostoc mesenteroides B7이 생산하는 박테리오신은(박테리오신 B7) pH 및 열 안정성이 뛰어나 pH $2.5{\sim}9.5$ 그리고 $4^{\circ}C{\sim}120^{\circ}C$ 열처리에서도 항균활성을 안정하게 유지하였다. 박테리오신 B7은 proteinase K, trypsin, ${\alpha}-chymotrypsin$, 그리고 protease 처리에 의해 항균활성이 실활되므로 peptide나 단백질로 이루진 구조임을 알 수 있었다. 정제된 박테리오신 B7은 Tricine-SDS-PAGE를 통하여 분자량이 약 3,500 dalton임을 확인하였다. Leuconostoc mesenteroides B7과 이에 감수성인 균주, Lb. plantarum KFRI 464 혹은 Lb. delbruekii KFRI 347와의 혼합배양에 의하여 박테리오신 B7 생산이 증가됨을 확인하였고, 이는 박테리오신 생산 유도물질이(inducing factor) 감수성균주내에 존재함을 시사한다. 감수성균주의 세포분획을 통하여 inducing factor는 감수성균주의 세포벽과 세포내에 존재함을 알았다. 이 inducing factor가 proteinase K처리로 박테리오신 유도활성을 상실함으로써 이는 단백질성물질임을 시사하였다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.127-133
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• 2010

본 연구는 신생아 태변에서 분리된 Lactococcus lactis HK-9의 다양한 생리적 특성과 항균활성을 조사하기 위하여 실시하였다. 균주 HK-9을 MRS 배지에서 배양하였고, 형태 및 생리학적 특성에 대하여 조사하였으며, BIOLOG 시험과 16SrRNA 염기서열 분석을 통해 균주를 동정하였다. 그 결과 Lactococcus lactis으로 동정되었고, L. lactis HK-9로 명명하였으며, 이 균주의 계통수 분석을 통해 GenBank에 [GU936712]로 등록하였다. 배양기간에 따른 L. lactis HK-9의 생장과 중간 대사산물로서 lactic acid와 acetic acid의 생산 및 pH의 변화를 조사하였으며, 이들 유기산의 생성은 HPLC를 통하여 확인하였다. 유기산의 생성은 L. lactis HK-9의 생장에 따라 증가하는 것을 확인하였으며, 배양 60시간이 지난 후 생성된 lactic acid와 acetic acid의 농도는 각각 495.6 mM, 104.3 mM이었다. 배양 초기의 pH는 7.0이었으며 배양 기간 동안 4.1로 감소하였다. 다양한 그람양성 세균과 그람음성 세균을 대상으로 농축된 HK-9 배양상등액의 항균력을 조사하였으며, 그 결과 항균범위가 그람양성 세균에서만 나타나는 것이 관찰되었다. 농축된 배양상등액을 protease를 처리한 후 항균활성은 소멸하였으며, 상등액의 박테리오신 추정 분자의 분자량은 tricine-SDS-PAGE를 통하여 약 4 kDa으로 확인되었다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.378-384
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• 2015

누룩은 전통주를 빚기 위한 발효제이다. 본 연구의 목적은 누룩 발효시 온도의 영향을 알아보기 위한 것이다. 누룩 발효는 $36^{\circ}C$에서 30일간 발효한 처리구(TN-A)와 $45^{\circ}C$에서 10일간 전발효 후, $36^{\circ}C$에서 20일간 후 발효시킨 처리구(TN-B)로 실험하였다. 누룩 발효시 온도에 따른 ${\alpha}$-amylase, glucoamylase, acidic protease 등 효소활성과 누룩의 대사산물을 측정하였다. 초기 효소활성은 온도에 상관없이 급격하게 증가하였고 발효 3일 후, TN-A 누룩의 효소활성은 일정하게 유지됐으나 TN-B 누룩은 발효기간이 끝나는 동안 점진적으로 이들 활성이 감소하였다. $^1H$-MNR을 이용한 대사체 분석결과, TN-A 누룩은 glucose, glycerol, fructose, mannitol, lactose가 초기에 급격히 증가한 후 감소하였으나, TN-B 누룩은 초기에 대사체들이 감소한 후, 발효기간 동안 일정하게 유지되었다. Glycine, proline, serine 유리아미노산은 TN-B보다 TN-A 누룩에서 보다 높게 나타났다. 밀누룩 발효시 약 $36^{\circ}C$의 일정한 온도는 전분 및 단백질분해 효소의 높은 활성을 유지하는데 적절하였다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제31권12호
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• pp.1963-1973
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• 2018

Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of dietary energy and lipase supplementation on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, serum profiles, intestinal morphology, small intestinal digestive enzyme activities, biochemical index of intestinal development and noxious gas emission in weaning pigs. Methods: A total of 240 weaning pigs ([Yorkshire${\times}$Landrace]${\times}$Duroc) with an average body weight (BW) of $7.3{\pm}0.12kg$ were used in this 28-d experiment. Weaning pigs were randomly allocated to 4 dietary treatments in a $2{\times}2$ factorial arrangement with 2 levels of energy (net energy = 2,470 kcal/kg for low energy diet and 2,545 kcal/kg for basal diet) and 2 levels of lipase (0 and 1.5 U/g of lipase) according to BW and sex. There were 6 replications (pens) per treatment and 10 pigs per pen (5 barrows and 5 gilts). Results: Weaning pigs fed the low energy diet had lower (p<0.05) gain-to-feed ratio (G:F) throughout the experiment, apparent digestibility of dry matter, nitrogen, ether extract, and gross energy during d 0 to 14, average daily gain during d 15 to 28, lipase activity in duodenum and ileum and protein/DNA in jejunum (p<0.05), respectively. Lipase supplementation had no effect on growth performance but affected apparent nutrient digestibility (p<0.05) on d 14 and enhanced lipase activity in the duodenum and ileum and protease activity in duodenum and jejunum of pigs (p<0.05) fed the low energy diet. Lipase reduced serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and triglyceride (TG), $NH_3$ production (p<0.05) from the feces. Conclusion: The low energy diet decreased G:F throughout the experiment and nutrient digestibility during d 0 to 14 as well as lipase activity in duodenum and ileum. Lipase supplementation increased nutrient digestibility during d 0 to 14 and exerted beneficial effects on lipase activity in duodenum and ileum as well as protease activity in duodenum and jejunum, while reduced serum LDL-C, TG and fecal $NH_3$.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제31권8호
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• pp.1163-1174
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• 2021

Casein-derived antioxidant peptides by using microbial proteases have gained increasing attention. Combination of two microbial proteases, Protin SD-NY10 and Protease A "Amano" 2SD, was employed to hydrolyze casein to obtain potential antioxidant peptides that were identified by LC-MS/MS, chemically synthesized and characterized in a oxidatively damaged HepG2 cell model. Four peptides, YQLD, FSDIPNPIGSEN, FSDIPNPIGSE, YFYP were found to possess high 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging ability. Evaluation with HepG2 cells showed that the 4 peptides at low concentrations (< 1.0 mg/ml) protected the cells against oxidative damage. The 4 peptides exhibited different levels of antioxidant activity by stimulating mRNA and protein expression of the antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), as well as nuclear factor erythroid-2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), but decreasing the mRNA expression of Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (Keap1). Furthermore, these peptides decreased production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and malondialdehyde (MDA), but increased glutathione (GSH) production in HepG2 cells. Therefore, the 4 casein-derived peptides obtained by using microbial proteases exhibited different antioxidant activity by activating the Keap1-Nrf2 signaling pathway, and they could serve as potential antioxidant agents in functional foods or pharmaceutic preparation.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.537-547
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• 2006

This study was designed to determine whether or not Vibrio vulnificus metalloprotease VvpE can promote iron uptake via the proteolytic cleavage of human hemoglobin. We found that V. vulnificus utilized hemoglobin as an iron source more efficiently via the vulnibactin-mediated iron-uptake system than via the HupA-mediated iron-uptake system and, of the proteases produced by V. vulnificus, VvpE was found to be the only protease capable of destroying hemoglobin. However, VvpE expression, on both the transcriptional and protein levels, was suppressed in iron-limited media. However, vvpE transcription, but not extracellular VvpE production, was reactivated by the addition of hemoglobin or inorganic iron into iron-limited media. Moreover, vvpE transcription began only in the late growth phase when V. vulnificus had already consumed most of the iron for growth. In addition, neither vvpE mutation nor in trans vvpE complementation affected the ability of V. vulnificus to acquire iron or to grow in iron-limited media or in cirrhotic ascites containing hemoglobin. Hemoglobin added into iron-limited media was not destroyed, but gradually formed an insoluble aggregate during culture; this aggregation of hemoglobin occurred regardless of vvpE mutation or complementation. These results indicate that VvpE is not required for efficient iron uptake from hemoglobin. On the contrary, hemoglobin or iron is required for efficient vvpE transcription. In addition, a discrepancy exists between vvpE transcription and extracellular VvpE production in iron-limited media containing inorganic iron or hemoglobin, which suggests that additional unknown posttranscriptional events may be involved in the extracellular production of VvpE.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.83-89
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• 2005

HtrA2/Omi is a mammalian mitochondrial serine protease homologous to the E. coli HtrA/DegP gene products. Recently, HtrA2/Omi was found to have a dual role in mammalian cells, acting as an apoptosis-inducing protein and being involved in maintenance of mitochondrial homeostasis. By screening a human brain cDNA library with $A{\beta}$ peptide as bait in a yeast two-hybrid system, we identified HtrA2/Omi as a binding partner of $A{\beta}$ peptide. The interaction between $A{\beta}$ peptide and HtrA2/Omi was confirmed by an immunoblot binding assay. The possible involvement of HtrA2/Omi in $A{\beta}$ peptide metabolism was investigated. In vitro peptide cleavage assays showed that HtrA2/Omi did not directly promote the production of $A{\beta}$ peptide at the ${\beta}/{\gamma}$-secretase level, or the degradation of $A{\beta}$ peptide. However, overexpression of HtrA2/Omi in K269 cells decreased the production of $A{\beta}40$ and $A{\beta}42$ by up to 30%. These results rule out the involvement of HtrA2/Omi in the etiology of Alzheimer's disease. However, the fact that overexpression of HtrA2/Omi reduces the generation of $A{\beta}40$ and $A{\beta}42$ suggests that it may play some positive role in mammalian cells.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.561-565
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• 2009

인간조직인자는 혈액응고인자 factor VII 과 복합체를 형성하며 연속적인 혈액응고 연쇄반응을 촉매하는 효소 활성체이다. 복합체 형성에 필수적인 이 조직인자의 세포 외 부분이, 기존의 융합 단백질 및 히스티딘 말단이 없는 새로운 발현 벡터에 의해 대장균 내에서 과량 발현 되었다. 봉입체 형태로 발현된 재조합 인간조직인자는 DEAE-Sephacel 크로마토그라피 기술을 적용하여 분리, 정제 및 구조적 복원이 동시에 시도 되었다. 정제된 재조합 단백질은 SDS-PAGE 분석에서 순수한 형태로 나타났으며, 생물학적 활성도 또한 기존의 조직인자와 거의 동등함을 보였다. 본 연구의 발현 및 정제 시스템은 이전의 보고에서 보여진 방법들에 비해 단백질 분해효소를 사용하지 않아 추가적인 크로마토그라피 과정이 필요 없어 좀 더 효율적이기 때문에 기존의 발현 시스템에 대해 대체할 수 있는 매우 유용한 방법으로 제공된다.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.296-303
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• 2005

A strain named as HJ35 was isolated from the skin of sixty-five men and fourteen women for acne therapy, in order to find an effective antimicrobial agent against Propionibacterium acnes. Isolate HJ35 was identified as Enterococcus faecium based on 16 rDNA sequence and produced enterocin HJ35 having antimicrobial activities against most lactic acid bacteria, En­terococcus spp., Staphylococcus aureus, S. epidermidis, Clostridium perfringens, some bacilli, Mi­crococcus flavus, Listeria monocytogenes, L. ivanovii, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas fluorescens and Propionibacterium acnes, in the modified well diffusion method. Especially, enterocin HJ35 showed a bactericidal activity against Propionibacterium acnes P1. The antimicrobial activity of enterocin HJ35 was disappeared completely with the use of protease XIV. But enterocin HJ35 activity is very stable at high temperature (up to $100^{\circ}C$ for 30 min), in wide range of pH (3.0${\~}$9.0), and by treatment with organic solvents. The apparent molecular mass of enterocin HJ35 was estimated to be approximately 4${\~}$4.5 kDa on detection of its bactericidal activity after SDS-PAGE. In batch fermentation of E. faecium HJ35, enterocin HJ35 was produced at the mid­log growth phase, and its maximum production was obtained up to 2,300 AU/mL at the late stationary phase. By employing fed-batch fermentation, the enhanced production of enterocin HJ35 was achieved up to 12,800 AU/mL by feeding with 10 g/L glucose or 6 g/L lactate.

• BMB Reports
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.189-193
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• 2001

Curcumin a yellow pigment from Curcuma Tonga, has been known to possess antioxidative and anticarcinogenic properties, as well as to induce apoptosis in some cancer cells. There have been, however, several contradictory reports that hypothesized curcumin (a hydrophobic molecule) can bind a membrane Gpid bilayer and induce nonspecific cytotoxicity in some cell lines. Why curcumin shows these contradictory effects is unknown. In A-431 cells, growth inhibition by curcumin is due mostly to the specific inhibition of the intrinsic tyrosine kinase activity of the epidermal growth factor receptor, as reported earlier by Korutla et al. Thus, we assumed that the cell death of A-431 by curcumin might be due to the specific induction of apoptosis. In this paper we clearly show that curcumin induces apoptosis in A-431 cells. The cureumin-induced cell death of A-431 exhibited various apoptotic features, including DNA fragmentation and nuclear condensation. Furthermore, the curcumin-induced apoptosis of A-431 cells involved activation of caspase-3-like cysteine protease. Involvement of caspase-3 was further confirmed by using a caspase-3 specific inhibitor, DEVD-CHO. In another study, decreased nitric oxide (NO) production was also shown in A-431 cells treated with curcumin, which seems to be the result of the inhibition of the iNOS expression by curcumin, as in other cell lines. However, 24 h after treatment of curcumin there was increased NO production in A-431 cells. This observation has not yet been clearly explained. We assumed that the increased NO production may be related to denitrosylation of the enzyme catalytic site in caspase-3 when activated. Taken together, this study shows that the cell death of A-431 by curcumin is due to the induction of apoptosis, which involves caspase-3 activation.