Korean Journal of Microbiology (미생물학회지)

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Detection of Zymogenic ChsC Activity in Vegetative Hyphae of Aspergillus nidulans.

Aspergillus nidulans 영양균사에서 효소전구체형 ChsC 활성의 검출

  • 박범찬 (충남대학교 생명과학부 미생물학전공) ;
  • 박윤희 (충남대학교 생명과학부 미생물학전) ;
  • 박희문 (충남대학교 생명과학부 미생물학전공)
  • Published : 2004.06.01
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Abstract

In the vegetative hyphae of Aspergillus nidulans, a zymogenic form of the class I chitin synthase activity was successfully measured by the assay condition for Saccharomyces cerevisiae class I chitin synthase, Chsl. The class I chitin synthase activity of the A. nidulans chsC wild type strain was increased about six-fold by trypsin-pretreatment, but that of the chsC disruption strain revealed no increase. Interestingly enough, level of the class I chitin synthase activity of the chsC disruption strain was almost the same as that of the chsC wild type without trypsin-pretreatment. These results indicated that the A. nidulans ChsC activity could be measured by account-ing the class I chitin synthase activity without the trypsin-pretreatment as an internal control. Consistence to the expression pattern of the chsC revealed by northern blot analysis, the activity of ChsC was increased upon reaching the culture time for acquiring developmental competence. Our results shown here also supported the previous report suggesting the possible involvement of ChsC in vegetative hyphal growth of A. nidulans.

Saccharomyces cerevisiae의 class I 키틴생합성 효소인 Chsl의 활성측정법을 적용하여 Aspergillus nidulans의 영양균사에서 class I 키틴생합성 효소인 ChsC의 활성측정을 시도하였다. 그 결과, A. nidulans의 class I 키틴생합성효소도 효모류의 경우와 마찬가지로 트립신 처리에 의하여 활성화되는 효소전구체형태(zymogenic form)로 존재함을 알 수 있었다. 그리고 A. nidulans 야생형의 class I 키틴 생합성 효소활성은 트립신 처리에 의하여 6배 가량 증가되었다. 반면, chsC 유전자가 파괴된 돌연변이주는 트립신 처리에 의하여 효소활성이 증가되지 아니하였을 뿐만 아니라, 효소활성의 수준도 트립신을 처리하지 아니한 야생형의 class I 키틴생합성 효소활성과 거의 동일한 수준이었다. 따라서, 트립신을 처리하여 측정한A. nidulans 야생형의 class I 키틴생합성 효소활성 값에서 트립신을 처리하지 아니한 야생형의 class I 키틴생합성 효소활성을 제외한 값이 A. nidulans 야생형의 ChsC 효소활성임을 알았다. 이러한 조건을 토대로 영양균사 생장과정 동안 ChsC의 효소활성을 측정한 결과, chsC 유전자의 발현양상과 유사하게 액체배양상태의 영양균사가 무성분화능을 획득하는 시기로 알려진 시간대에 효소의 활성이 증가하였다. 이러한 결과는 이미 보고된 바와 같이 chs 유전자가 A. nidulans의 영양균사 생장에 관여함을 시사하고 있다.

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