• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.65-70
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• 2006

Peptide mass mapping is the matching of experimentally generated peptides masses with the predicted masses of digested proteins contained in a database. To identify proteins by matching their constituent fragment masses to the theoretical peptide masses generated from a protein database, the peptide mass fingerprinting technique is used for the protein identification. Thus, it is important to know the theoretical mass distribution of the database. However, few researches have reported the peptide mass distribution of a database. We analyzed the peptide mass distribution of non-redundant protein sequence database in the NCBI after digestion with 15 different types of enzymes. In order to characterize the peptide mass distribution with different digestion enzymes, a power law distribution (Zipfs law) was applied to the distribution. After constructing simulated digestion of a protein database, rank-frequency plot of peptide fragments was applied to generalize a Zipfs law curve for all enzymes. As a result, our data appear to fit Zipfs law with statistically significant parameter values.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.247-253
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• 2002

환경오염원으로서 폭약 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT)에 대한 TNT 분해세균 Stenotrophomonas sp. OK-5의 세포반응에 대하여 조사하였다. 아치사조건의 TNT농도와 노출시간에 따른 균주 OK-5의 생존율을 분석한 결과, 이 세균의 생존율은 스트레스 충격 단백질의 생성과 비례하였다. 총세포 지방산 조성분석에서 균주 OK-5는 tryp-ticase soy agar에서 자랄 때보다 TNT 배지에서 자랄 때 여러 가지 종류의 지방산이 생성되거나 사라지는 것이 밝혀졌다. 주사전자현미경하에서 TNT에 노출된 세포는 쭈글쭈글하고 불규칙적인 간상형으로 나타났다. Anti-DnaK와 anti-GroEL을 이용하여 SDS-PAGE와 Western blot을 통한 분석으로 균주 OK-5는 70 kDa DanK와 60 kDa GroEL을 포함하는 몇가지 스트레스충격단백질을 생성하는 것으로 밝혀졌다. TNT에 노출된 OK-5 배양에서 수용성 단백질 분획에 대하여 2-D PAGE를 실시하였으며, pH 3에서 pH 10의 범위에서 약 300여 개 spot들이 silver로 염색된 gel상에서 관찰되었다. 이들 가운데 TNT의 반응으로 현저하게 유도되고 발현된 10개의 spot들을 확인하였으며, 2개의 단백질, spot #1과 spot #10에 대한 내부아미노산 서열을 ESI-Q TOF로 분석한 결과, Xylella fastidiosa의 DnaK protein XF2340와 Mesorhizobium loti의 스트레스 유도단백질로 각각 밝혀졌다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.67-73
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• 2002

폭약 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT)스트레스 조건하에서 토양세균 Pseudomonas sp. HK-6의 세포반응에 대하여 조사하였다. 다양한 농도의 TNT에 노출됨으로서 약 70-kDa DnaK와 60-kDa GroEL의 스트레스 충격단백질 (stress shock proteins, SSPs)이 단떠질이 유도되었다. 이들 SSPs의 존재는 SDS-PAGE과 anti-DnaK와 anti-GroEL monoclonal antibodies를 이용한 Western bolt을 통하여 확인되었다. SSPs은 0.5 mM TNT로 6-12 시간 처리된 세포에서 나타났으며, TNT에 노출 후8시간대 에서 최대의 단백질 유도가 관찰되었다. $30^{\circ}C$에서 $42^{\circ}C$로 열변환충격을 주었을 때의 SSPs는 TNT노출에서와 유사한 유도양상을 보여주었다. TNT에 노출된 Pseudomonas sp. HK-6세포에서 유도된 SSPs의 존재는 배양된 세포의 수용성 단백질 분획에 대하여 2-D PAGE를 통하여 확인되었다. Coomassie brilliant blue R25O로 염색된 젤로부터 pH 3-10 범위에서 약 450 개의 spots이 탐침되었으며, 이들 가운데 12 개의 spots이 TNT 스트레스에 대하여 현저하게 유도되었다. Gel상에서 가장 짙게 나타난 대표적 인 spot에 대한 N-말단 아미노산 서열을 분석한 결과, $^1XXAKDVKFGDSARKKML^17$로서, Pseudomonas putida의 GroEL의 N-말단 아미노산 염기서열인 $^1XXAKDVKFGDSARKKML^17$과 동일한 것으로 분석되었다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제20권12호
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• pp.1743-1749
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• 2010

Edwardsiella tarda는 그람 음성의 장내세균과의 주요 어병세균으로 어류에 edwardsiellosis를 유발하는 전신감염성 병원체이다. 최근 병원성 세균의 외막 단백질들은 세균성 감염에 있어서 숙주와 반응하여 면역반응을 유도하는 것으로 여겨져 연구가 되고 있다. 일본의 연구팀은 어류에서 에드워드병의 원인체인 E. tarda의 37 kDa 단백질이 넙치에서 높은 항원성을 제시하는 것을 보고하였다. 또한 그 연구자들은 37 kDa 단백질의 N-말단 아미노산 서열이 GAPDH와 대응하는 것을 밝혔다. 본 연구에서는 다른 세균에서 알려진 N-말단 서열을 기반으로 primer를 제작하여 이에 상응하는 E. tarda DNA를 증폭하고 클로닝하였다. 이 DNA단편의 염기서열은 예상한 바와 같이 세균의 GAPDH유전자인 gapA와 높은 상동성이 있고, E. tarda GAPDH (etGAPDH)의 아미노산 서열은 다른 장내세균의 GAPDH와 70% 이상의 상동성을 보이는 것을 확인하였다. E. tarda의 외막단백질에 특이적으로 반응하는 항체를 이용하여 E. tarda의 GAPDH가 외막에 존재한다는 것을 증명하였고, gapA의 염기서열을 바탕으로하여 재조합 GAPDH를 과발현 시켰다. 과발현된 재조합단백질 GAPDH는 GAPDH 특이적인 항체를 제조하는데 사용되었고, 또한 넙치에 면역시켜 단일 단백질 백신으로서의 활용도를 모색하였다. 비록 재조합 GAPDH가 면역된 넙치에서 GAPDH에 특이적인 항체가 증가하였음에도 불구하고, E. tarda로 공격실험을 하였을 때 면역된 넙치의 생존율이 12.5%로 측정되어 면역된 그룹과 면역되지 않은 그룹간에 큰 차이가 없는 것이 확인되었다.

• 환경생물
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.302-312
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• 2001

Immunoglobulin G was purified by 40% $(NH_4)_2SO_4$ precipitation, DEAE-Sephadex, Sephadex G-150 column chromatographies from rabbit antiserum against V. vulnificus ATCC 27562 O antigen and used for immunological test for V. vulnificus isolates. The profiles of cell lysate total protein and outer membrane protein from the isolates were analyzed by SDS-PAGE and densitometry. The overall profiles in all isolates were similar. Distict protein band was observed in comparison with V. parahaemolyticus. Western Blotting with rabbit Immunoglobulin G against cell lysates and OMP of V. vulnificus isolates showed a strong antigenic response to antigen 66, 60, 54, 48, 33 and 26 kDa which were common to all strains examined. The 26 kDa antigen showed V. vulnificus specific antigen in comparison with Vibrio parahaemolyticus. A sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was developed by using rat anti-V. vulnificus ATCC 27562 polyclonal antibodies as capture antibody, a purified rabbit IgG antibody as detector antibody, and goat anti-rabbit IgG-alkaline phosphatase conjugate as developer antibody. When four V. vulnificus isolates were tested, the reactivity showed from 50 to 70% by sandwich ELISA.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.483-488
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• 2015

This report describes the molecular characterization of the Tc8.2 gene of Trypanosoma cruzi. Both the Tc8.2 gene and its encoded protein were analyzed by bioinformatics, while Northern blot and RT-PCR were used for the transcripts. Besides, immunolocalization of recombinant protein was done by immunofluorescence and electron microscopy. Analysis indicated the presence of a single copy of Tc8.2 in the T. cruzi genome and 2-different sized transcripts in epimastigotes/amastigotes and trypomastigotes. Immunoblotting showed 70 and 80 kDa polypeptides in epimastigotes and trypomastigotes, respectively, and a differential pattern of immunolocalization. Overall, the results suggest that Tc8.2 is differentially expressed during the T. cruzi life cycle.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.318-324
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• 1998

A ${\beta}$-galactosidase with high transgalactosylic activity was purified from a Bacillus species, registered as KFCC10855. The enzyme preparation showed a single protein band corresponding to a molecular mass of 150 kDa on SDS-PAGE and gave a single peak with the estimated molecular mass of 250 kDa on Sephacryl S-300 gel filtration, suggesting that the enzyme is a homodimeric protein. The amino acid and sugar analyses revealed that the enzyme is a glycoprotein, containing 19.2 weight percent of sugar moieties, and is much more abundant in hydrophilic amino acid residues than in hydrophobic residues, the mole ratio being about 2:1. The pI and optimum pH were determined to be 5.0 and 6.0, respectively. Having a temperature optimum at $70^{\circ}C$ for the hydrolysis of lactose, the enzyme showed good thermal stability. The activity of the enzyme preparation was markedly increased by the presence of exogenous Mg (II) and was decreased by the addition of EDTA. Among the metal ions examined, the most severely inhibitory effect was seen with Ag (I) and Hg (II). Further, results of protein modification by various chemical reagents implied that 1 cysteine, 1 histidine, and 2 methionine residues occur in certain critical sites of the enzyme, most likely including the active site. Enzyme kinetic parameters, measured for both hydrolysis and transgalactosylation of lactose, indicated that the enzyme has an excellent catalytic efficiency for formation of the transgalactosylic products in reaction mixtures containing high concentrations of the substrate.

• BMB Reports
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.349-352
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• 2000

Proteins that are involved in cellular signal cascade experience phosphorylation and dephosphorylation cycles in their tyrosine residue(s) during cell adhesion. In order to identify the protein(s), which tyrosine desidues are specifically phosphorylated when the cells attached to the substrate, we compared the tyrosine phosphorylation level of proteins between suspension and adhered culture condition in rat fibroblast 3Yl cells. We found that a cluster of 70 kDa protein was specifically phosphorylated when the cells adhered to the substrate, but did not effect the cells held in suspension. The phosphorylated protein is identified as paxillin, a focal adhesion protein in immunoprecipitation and immunobloting analysis. These results suggest that the tyrosine phosphorylation of paxillin may play a role in cell-substrate adhesion.

• BMB Reports
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.749-758
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• 2006

The cytosolic members of the HSP70 family of proteins play key roles in the molecular chaperone machinery of the cell. In the study we cloned and sequenced the full-length cDNA of Delia antiqua HSP70 gene, which is 2461 bp long and encodes 643 a.a. with a calculated molecular mass of 70,787 Da. We investigated gene copies of cytosolic HSP70 members of 4 insect species with complete genome available, and found that they are quite variable with species. In order to characterize this protein we carried out an alignment and a phylogenetic analysis with 41 complete protein sequences from insects. The analysis divided the cytosolic members of the family into two classes, HSP70 and HSC70, distinguishable on the basis of 15 residues. HSP70 class members were slightly shorter in length and smaller in molecular mass relative to the HSC70 class members, and the conservative and functional regions in these sequences were documented. Mainly, we investigated the expression of Delia antiqua HSP70 gene, in response to diapauses and thermal stresses. Both summer and winter diapauses elevated HSP70 transcript levels. Cold-stress led to increased HSP70 expression levels in summer- and winter-diapausing pupae, but heat-stress elevated the levels only in the winter-diapausing pupae. In all cases, the expression levels, after being elevated, gradually decreased with time. HSP70 expression was low in non-diapausing pupae but was up-regulated following cold- and heat-stresses. Heat-stress gradually increased the mRNA level with time whereas cold-stress gradually decreased levels after an initial increase.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.17-23
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• 2010

We isolated warm temperature acclimation-related protein 65-kDa (Wap65) cDNA from the liver of olive flounder and investigated the mRNA expression of Wap65 and HSP70 in olive flounder exposed to osmotic (17.5, 8.75, and 4 psu) and thermal stress (25 and $30^{\circ}C$). The mRNA expression of Wap65 and HSP70 was increased by thermal stress. The mRNA expression of HSP70 was also increased by osmotic stress, whereas no significant change in Wap65 expression was detected. These results indicate that Wap65 mRNA expression occurs specifically in response to increases in water temperature, but not in response to osmotic stress. Plasma cortisol levels were also increased by osmotic and thermal stress. We also utilized the stress hormone cortisol to examine whether Wap65 expression is thermal-stress-specific. Cortisol treatment increased HSP70 mRNA expression in vitro, but had no significant effect on Wap65 mRNA expression. Thus, thermal stress, but not osmotic stress, induces Wap65 expression.