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Bioactive function of alkaline protease inhibitor in soy bean miso.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 61580056
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 家政学
Research InstitutionFaculty of Education, Tokyo Gakugei University

Principal Investigator

ITO Kiyoe  Tokyo Gakugei University,Professor., 教育学部家庭科, 教授 (90014654)

Project Period (FY) 1986 – 1987
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1987)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000)
Fiscal Year 1987: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 1986: ¥1,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000)
Keywordsbioactive function / antimicrobial test / alkaline protease inhibitor / inhibition of cleavage of fertilized egg / soy bean miso / rice koji / イトマキヒトデ / アルカリ性 / プロテアーゼ / インヒビター
Research Abstract

We tried to isolate alkaline protease inhibitor(API) and studied its physicochemical properties and bioactive function. The API activity was detected in two kinds of soy bean misos(Edo-miso and Saikyo-miso) and rice koji which is the raw material for processing soy bean miso. The inhibiting activity to AP was strong in the order of rice koji, Saikyo-miso and Edo-miso, when tested by using crude preparations of API. The API was further purified from rice koji by Sephadex G-50 gel filtration and DEAE-Toyopearl 650S ion exchenge column chromatography. The molecular weight of the purified API was about 20,000 and the pI was 5.6. The API activity was scarcely affected by heated at 70゜C for 30 min. Even heated at 100゜C for 20 min, 76% of the API activity was detected, so the API was high in heatstability. It showed the optimum pH at around 9 and was stable between pH9 and 11.
Antimicrobial test was carried out by auto-biography using 8 species of microorganisms, but API did not suppress the growth of these species. But, API inhibits the cleavage of 32 to 64 stage fertilized egg of starfish(Asterina pectinifera) and the fact suggested the inhibitory function of API in DNA synthesis. From the result, API in miso may have some bioactive functions to human body such as suppressing the growth of eukaryotic organisms.

Report

(2 results)
  • 1987 Final Research Report Summary
  • 1986 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1987-03-31   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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