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Detect of Hypericin (HyH) gene in Hypericum erectum in Korea and Comparison of H. perforatum in Europe

한국내 고추나물의 하이퍼리신 유전자(HyH)의 탐색과 유럽의 서양고추나물과 비교

  • Huh, Man-Kyu (Department of Molecular Biology, Dong-eui University)
  • 허만규 (동의대학교 분자생물학과)
  • Published : 2007.08.30
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Abstract

Hypericin (HyH) is a substance which is isolated a medicinal herb, Hypericum perforatum L., commonly known as St. John's Wort. Hypericum erectum is a long-lived herb that is distributed in Korea. Cloned HyH genes H. erectum of were conformed by sequencing. The cDNA Hyp-1 sequence has 732 bp with an open reading frame of 567. Thus coding for a protein of 152 amino acid residues. A BLAST re-search using the deduced nucleotide sequences in HyH gene produced significant alignments with the H. perforatum. Sequences in HyH gene showed significant homology with Rubus idaeus putative allergen Rub-i-1 mRNA, Protein sequence comparisons revealed significant homology between Hyp-1 and the phenolic oxidative coupling protein hyp-1 of H. perforatum (98%). Additionally, Hyp-1 showed sig-nificant homology with various other classes of allergens, including Pru-av-1 (62%) from Prunus avium and allergen Bet-vl-Sc3 from Betula pendula (60%). Thus, the result of this study may offer an important information to establish an assay system for chemicals of the herbal medicines for H. erectum as well as H. perforatum.

하이퍼리신(Hypericin, HyH)은 예로부터 성 요한의 풀(St. John's Wort)로 널리 알려져 있는 서양고추나물(Hypericum perforatum)에서 추출되는 약리성분이다. 서양고추나물은 국내에서는 자생하지 않으나 같은 속의 고추나물(H. erectum) 등이 이속에 속하며 우리나라에 자생한다 . 고추나물을 조직배양으로 RNA를 추출하고 cDNA를 합성한 후 Hyp 유전자를 추출하여 서열화한 결과, 전체 크기는 732 bp로 나타났으며 서양고추나물의 HyH-1과 거의 99.8% 서열 일치를 나타내었다. 이 서열의 152개 아미노산 역시 서양고추나물의 항산화효소와 98% 일치하였으며 자작나무와 능금속 식물에서 유발되는 알레르기 유발유전자와 약 60% 일치를 나타내었다. 본 연구 결과 우울증치료제로 사용되는 하이퍼리신 추출에 우리나라 자생종인 고추나물이 이용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

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