• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제25권11호
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• pp.1944-1953
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• 2015

A novel alkaline protease from Streptomyces sp. M30, SapHM, was purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation, hydrophobic interaction chromatography, and DEAE-Sepharose chromatography, with a yield of 15.5% and a specific activity of 29,070 U/mg. Tryptic fragments of the purified SapHM were obtained by electrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed that the gene sapHM contained 1,179 bp, corresponding to 392 amino acids with conserved Asp156, His187, and Ser339 residues of alkaline protease. The first 24 amino acid residues were predicted to be a signal peptide, and the molecular mass of the mature peptide was 37.1 kDa based on amino acid sequences and mass spectrometry. Pure SapHM was optimally active at 80℃ in 50 mM glycine-NaOH buffer (pH 9.0), and was broadly stable at 0-50℃ and pH 4.0-9.0. The protease relative activity was increased in the presence of Ni²⁺, Mn²⁺, and Cu²⁺ to 112%, 113%, and 147% of control, respectively. Pure SapHM was also activated by dimethylformamide, dimethyl sulfoxide, Tween 80, and urea. The activity of the purified enzyme was completely inhibited by phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride, indicating that it is a serine-type protease. The K_m and V_max values were estimated to be 35.7 mg/ml, and 5 × 10⁴ U/mg for casein. Substrate specificity analysis showed that SapH was active on casein, bovine serum albumin, and bovine serum fibrin.

• 대한바이러스학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.233-245
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• 1998

The gene encoding F protein of CBP-1 strain, a heat-stable Newcastle disease virus (NDV) isolated from the diseased pheasants in Korea, was characterized by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), nucleotide and amino acid sequences. Virus RNA was prepared from the chorioallatoic fluid infected with NDV CBP-1 virus and cDNA was amplified by RT-PCR, cloned and sequenced to analyze. The PCR was sensitive as to detect the virus titer above $2^5$ hemagglutination unit. 1.7kb (1,707bp) size of the cDNA was amplified and cloned into BamHI site of pVL1393 Baculo transfer vector. The nucleotide sequences for F protein were determined by dye terminator cyclic sequencing using four pairs of primers, and 553 amino acid sequences were predicted. In comparison of the nucleotide sequence of F gene of CBP-1 with those of other NDV strains, the homology revealed 88.8%, 98.5% and 98.7% with Kyojungwon (KJW), Texas GB and Beaudette C strains, respectively. As the deduced 553 amino acid sequences of F protein of CBP-1 were compared with those of other NDV strains, the homology appeared 89.9%, 98.7% and 98.9% with KJW, Texas GB and Beaudette C strains, respectively. The putative protease cleavage site (112-116) was R-R-Q-K-R, indicating that CBP-1 strain is velogenic type. The amino acid sequences include 6 sites of N-asparagine-linked glycosylation and 13 cysteine residues. These data indicate that the genotype of CBP-1 strain is more closely associated with the strains of Texas GB and Beaudette C than KJW strain.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.278-289
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• 2015

Indigenous strains of Trichoderma species isolated from rhizosphere soils of Tea gardens of Assam, north eastern state of India were assessed for in vitro antagonism against two important tea fungal pathogens namely Pestalotia theae and Fusarium solani. A potent antagonist against both tea pathogenic fungi, designated as SDRLIN1, was selected and identified as Trichoderma viride. The strain also showed substantial antifungal activity against five standard phytopathogenic fungi. Culture filtrate collected from stationary growth phase of the antagonist demonstrated a significantly higher degree of inhibitory activity against all the test fungi, demonstrating the presence of an optimal blend of extracellular antifungal metabolites. Moreover, quantitative enzyme assay of exponential and stationary culture filtrates revealed that the activity of cellulase, ${\beta}$-1,3-glucanase, pectinase, and amylase was highest in the exponential phase, whereas the activity of proteases and chitinase was noted highest in the stationary phase. Morphological changes such as hyphal swelling and distortion were also observed in the fungal pathogen grown on potato dextrose agar containing stationary phase culture filtrate. Moreover, the antifungal activity of the filtrate was significantly reduced but not entirely after heat or proteinase K treatment, demonstrating substantial role of certain unknown thermostable antifungal compound(s) in the inhibitory activity.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.22-27
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• 1993

보리를 thermostable ${\alpha}-amylase$와 amyloglucosidase로 처리하여 ${\beta}-glucan$을 얻은 후 정제과정을 통해 순수한 ${\beta}-glucan$을 얻어 보리 ${\beta}-glucan$의 열적특성을 연구하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 보리${\beta}-glucan$의 DSC thermogram은 3개의 흡열곡선을 나타냈으며 1차 흡열곡선은 겔화상전이 현상을 나타냈다. 보리 ${\beta}-glucan$의 농도가 증가함에 따라 겔화 온도범위와 엔탈피가 최대값을 나타냈으며 4 g/dl ${\beta}-glucan$의 To, Tp 및 Tc는 각각 $48.8^{\circ}C,\;61.2^{\circ}C$ 및 $78.5^{\circ}C$였고 엔탈피는 0.23 ca1/g이었다. pH 의존성에서 pH 7일 때 겔화온도의 범위가 넓었고 엔탈피도 가장 컸으며 산성과 알칼리성이 강할수록 낮은 값을 나타냈다. 염농도 의존성에서는 염을 가하지 않았을 때 겔화 온도범위와 엔탈피가 높았고 염을 첨가했을 경우 엔탈피는 급격히 감소하였으며 Tp와 Tc는 저온으로 이동되었으나 염농도 증가에는 영향을 받지 않았다. 보리 ${\beta}-glucan$의 열적특성에서 urea는 겔형성을 촉진시키는 active-reagent이었고 glycerol은 inactive-reagent임이 확인되었다. 열분해 현상에서 보리 ${\beta}-glucan$의 "true melting" 온도는 $184^{\circ}C$ 였고 엔탈피는 34.6 cal/g이었으며 분해온도는 $316^{\circ}C{\sim}346^{\circ}C$ 범위로 열에 대해 매우 안정한 물질임을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.15-21
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• 1993

보리를 thermostable ${\alpha}-amylase$와 amyloglucosidase로 처리하여 ${\beta}-glucan$을 제조하였으며 이를 정제한 후, 보리 ${\beta}-glucan$의 여러가지 리올로지 특성치들을 측정하였다. 본 실험에서 제조한 ${\beta}-glucan$의 함량은 64%이었다. crude한 시료를 정제과정을 통해 순수한 ${\beta}-glucan$을 얻었으며 순수한 ${\beta}-glucan$의 고유점도는 2.290 dl/g 이었다. pH 의존성은 pH 7일 때, 고유점도가 2.290 dl/g로 최대값을 나타냈으며, 산성과 알칼리성이 강할수록 낮은 값을 보였다. 산성보다는 알칼리성이 pH 의존성이 크게 나타났다. 염농도의존성에서는 염을 가하지 않았을 때 보리 ${\beta}-glucan$의 고유점도는 2.290 dl/g이었으나, 염존재하에서는 고유점도가 급격히 감소하는 염농도의존성을 나타냈다. 10% glycerol 용액에서 보리 ${\beta}-glucan$의 고유점도는 1,360 dl/g이었으며 8 M urea 용액에서 고유점도는 4.114 dl/g로 나타났고, urea 제거후의 고유점도는 1.686 dl/g로 낮은 수치를 나타냈다. Chain stiffness는 0.05이었으며 온도에 대해서는 매우 안정하였다. Zero shear specific viscosity에서는 $C{\cdot}[{\eta}]=0.573$이었으며, specific viscosity는 0.327로서 0.573 g/dl농도 이상에서 entanglement가 시작되며, 보리 ${\beta}-glucan$의 농도의존성은 1.0 g/dl, 2.0 g/dl 농도용액에서 newtonian fluid 성질을 나타냈고, 3.0 g/dl 농도 이상일 때는 pseudoplastic behavior를 보여주는 동시에 thixotropic hysteresis가 일어나는 특성을 보였다. Dynamic 성질로서는 4.0 g/dl 용액에서 damping이 0.5 frequency에서 나타나며, 0.5 frequency 이하일 때는 viscous behavior 성질이 있고 0.5 frequency 이상일 때는 elastic behavior 성질을 나타냈다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제21권8호
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• pp.861-868
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• 2011

A xylanase gene, xyn7c, was cloned from Paenibacillus sp. 12-11, an alkalophilic strain isolated from the alkaline wastewater sludge of a paper mill, and expressed in Escherichia coli. The full-length gene consists of 1,296 bp and encodes a mature protein of 400 residues (excluding the putative signal peptide) that belongs to the glycoside hydrolase family 10. The optimal pH of the purified recombinant XYN7C was found to be 8.0, and the enzyme had good pH adaptability at 6.5-8.5 and stability over a broad pH range of 5.0-11.0. XYN7C exhibited maximum activity at $55^{\circ}C$ and was thermostable at $50^{\circ}C$ and below. Using wheat arabinoxylan as the substrate, XYN7C had a high specific activity of 1,886 U/mg, and the apparent $K_m$ and $V_{max}$ values were 1.18 mg/ml and 1,961 ${\mu}mol$/mg/min, respectively. XYN7C also had substrate specificity towards various xylans, and was highly resistant to neutral proteases. The main hydrolysis products of xylans were xylose and xylobiose. These properties make XYN7C a promising candidate to be used in biobleaching, baking, and cotton scouring processes.