• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.278-283
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• 2014

Cecropins (Cec) are antibacterial peptides and their expression is induced in a pig intestinal parasite Ascaris suum by bacterial infection. To explore the usefulness of its activity as an antibiotic, CecP4 cDNA was prepared and cloned into the pPICZ B expression vector and followed by the integration into AOX1 locus in Pichia pastoris. The supernatants from cell culture were collected after methanol induction and concentrated for the test of antimicrobial activity. The recombinant P. patoris having CecP4 showed antimicrobial activity when tested against Staphyllococcus aureus in disc diffusion assay. We selected one of the CecP4 clones (CecP4-2) and performed further studies with it. The growth of recombinant P. pastoris was optimized using various concentration of methanol, and it was found that 2% methanol in the culture induced more antibacterial activity, compared to 1% methanol. We extended the test of antimicrobial activity by applying the concentrated supernatant of CecP4 culture to Pseudomonas aeruginosa and E. coli respectively. Recombinant CecP4 also showed antimicrobial activity against both Pseudomona and E. coli, suggesting the broad spectrum of its antimicrobial activity. After improvements for the scale-up, it will be feasible to use recombinant CecP4 for supplementation to the feed to control microbial infections in young animals, such as piglets.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.7-12
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• 2000

The expression of the mouse $\alpha-amylase$ gene in the methylotrophic yeast, P pastoris was investigated. The mouse $\alpha-amylase$ gene was inserted into the multi-cloning site of a Pichi a expression vector, pPIC9, yielding a new expression vector pME624. The plasmid pME624 was digested with SalI or BglII, and was introduced into P. pastoris strain GSl15 by the PEG1000 method. Fifty-three transformants were obtained by the transplacement of pME624 digested with SaiII or BglII into the HIS4locus $(38\;of\;Mut^+\;clone)$ or into the AOX1 locus $(15\;of\;Mut^s\;clone)$. Southern blot was carried out in 11 transformants, which showed that the mouse $\alpha-amylase$ gene was integrated into the Pichia chromosome. When the second screening was performed in shaker culture, transformant G2 showed the highest $\alpha-amylase$ activity, 290 units/ml after 3-day culture, among 53 transformants. When this expression level of the mouse $\alpha-amylase$ gene is compared with that in recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae harboring a plasmid encoding the same mouse $\alpha-amylase$ gene, the specific enzyme activity is eight fold higher than that of the recombinant S. cerevisiae.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.305-311
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• 2002

Aspergillus ficuum 유래 acetyl xylan esterase(AXEase) 유전자(AXE)를 Pichia pastoris에서 과발현ㆍ분비 생산하기 위해 AOXI promoter와 mating factor $\alpha$-1 분비신호서열 하류에 AXE를 연결한 염색체 삽입 발현계(pPICZ$\alpha$C-AXE, 4.6 kb)를 구축하였다. 이것을 SacI으로 절단한 뒤 P. pastoris의 염색체 DNA 5'AOX1 부위에 삽입시켰다. 형질전환된 P. pastoris 균주를 메탄을 배지에서 플라스크 회분배양한 결과, 배양 36시간 때의 건조균체농도는 6 g-DCW/1, AXEase 총 발현량은 77 unit/ml이었다. 최적화된 methanol과 histidine 공급방법을 채용한 유가배양시 균체농도는 97 g-DCW/1, AXEase 총발현량은 930 unit/m1로 크게 증가하였다. 효소활성의 90% 이상은 배양 상등액에 존재하였으며, 상등액 단백질의 80%이상이 AXEase 단백질(33.5 kDa)였다. 이러한 결과는 9.8 g/l의 AXEase 단백질을 배양 상등액으로 대량 분비ㆍ생산할 수 있음을 의미한다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.461-468
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• 2016

In recent years, various naturally occurring defence peptides such as plectasin have attracted considerable research interest because they could serve as alternatives to antibiotics. However, the production of plectasin from natural microorganisms is still not commercially feasible because of its low expression levels and weak stability. A tandemly arrayed plectasin gene (1,002 bp) from Pseudoplectania nigrella was generated using the isoschizomer construction method, and was inserted into the pPICZαA vector and expressed in Pichia pastoris. The selected P. pastoris strain yielded 143 μg/ml recombinant plectasin (Ple) under the control of the methanol-inducible alcohol oxidase 1 (AOX1) promoter. Ple was estimated by SDS-PAGE to be 41 kDa. In vitro studies have shown that Ple efficiently inhibited the growth of several gram-positive bacteria such as Streptococcus suis and Staphylococcus aureus. S. suis is the most sensitive bacterial species to Ple, with a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 4 μg/ml. Importantly, Ple exhibited resistance to pepsin but it was quite sensitive to trypsin and maintained antimicrobial activity over a wide pH range (pH 2.0 to 10.0). P. pastoris offers an attractive system for the cost-effective production of Ple. The antimicrobial activity of Ple suggested that it could be a potential alternative to antibiotics against S. suis and S. aureus infections.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권11호
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• pp.1516-1524
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• 2014

Flavin adenine dinucleotide-dependent glucose dehydrogenase (FAD-GDH) can utilize a variety of external electron acceptors and also has stricter substrate specificity than any other glucose oxidoreductases, which makes it the ideal diagnostic enzyme in the field of glucose biosensors. A gene coding for a hypothetical protein, similar to glucose oxidase and derived from Aspergillus terreus NIH2624, was overexpressed in Pichia pastoris GS115 under the control of an AOX1 promoter with a level of 260,000 U/l in the culture supernatant after fed-batch cultivation for 84 h. After a three-step purification protocol that included isopropanol precipitation, affinity chromatography, and a second isopropanol precipitation, recombinant FAD-GDH was purified with a recovery of 65%. This is the first time that isopropanol precipitation has been used to concentrate a fermentation supernatant and exchange buffers after affinity chromatography purification. The purified FAD-GDH exhibited a broad and diffuse band between 83 and 150 kDa. The recombinant FAD-GDH was stable across a wide pH range (3.5 to 9.0) with maximum activity at pH 7.5 and $55^{\circ}C$. In addition, it displayed very high thermal stability, with a half-life of 82 min at $60^{\circ}C$. These characteristics indicate that FAD-GDH will be useful in the field of glucose biosensors.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제21권10호
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• pp.1012-1020
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• 2011

A gene coding for an endoglucanase (EglA), of the glycosyl hydrolase family 12 and derived from Aspergillus niger VTCC-F021, was cloned and sequenced. The cDNA sequence, 717 bp, and its putative endoglucanase, a 238 aa protein with a predicted molecular mass of 26 kDa and a pI of 4.35, exhibited 98.3-98.7% and 98.3-98.6% identities, respectively, with cDNA sequences and their corresponding endoglucanases from Aspergillus niger strains from the GenBank. The cDNA was overexpressed in Pichia pastoris GS115 under the control of an AOX1 promoter with a level of 1.59 U/ml culture supernatant, after 72 h of growth in a YP medium induced with 1% (v/v) of methanol. The molecular mass of the purified EglA, determined by SDS-PAGE, was 33 kDa, with a specific activity of 100.16 and 19.91 U/mg toward 1% (w/v) of ${\beta}$-glucan and CMC, respectively. Optimal enzymatic activity was noted at a temperature of $55^{\circ}C$ and a pH of 5. The recombinant EglA (rEglA) was stable over a temperature range of $30-37^{\circ}C$ and at pH range of 3.5-4.5. Metal ions, detergents, and solvents tested indicated a slightly inhibitory effect on rEglA activity. Kinetic constants ($K_m$, $V_{max}$, $k_{cat}$, and $k_{cat}/K_m$) determined for rEglA with ${\beta}$-glucan as a substrate were 4.04 mg/ml, 102.04 U/mg, 2,040.82 $min^{-1}$, and 505.05, whereas they were 10.17 mg/ml, 28.99 U/mg, 571.71 $min^{-1}$, and 57.01 with CMC as a substrate, respectively. The results thus indicate that the rEglA obtained in this study is highly specific toward ${\beta}$-glucan. The biochemical properties of rEglA make it highly valuable for downstream biotechnological applications, including potential use as a feed enzyme.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.348-354
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• 2004

사람의 모유에 많이 함유된 human lactoferrin(hLF)은 항균 및 항 바이러스 작용이 있는 것으로 보고되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 hLf를 메탄올자화 효모인 Pichia pastoris에 cloning하고 그 발현을 RT-PCR, Northern blotting, SDS-PAGE및 Western blotting으로 확인하였다. 그 결과 2.1 kb의 hLf 유전자가 P.pastoris의 염색체 DNA로 끼어들어가 안정적으로 hLf를 발현하였다. 이 재조합 P.pastotis로부터 hLf를 포함하는 세포 추출액을 얻어 항균 작용을 연구하였다. 발현된 재조합 hLf는 Staphylococcus aureus, Micrococcus flavus 등의 그람 양성균에 대해 강력한 항균작용을 보일 뿐만 아니라 그람 음성 동물성 병원균인 Pseudomonas fluorescens ID 9631, E. coli ATCC8739, 25922,35 등과 Salmonella typhimurium 114,115 등 다양한 균에 대해서도 강력한 항균작용을 보였다. 이는 재조합 hLf가 생물학적 활성이 있다는 것을 보여준다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.174-180
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• 2000

본 연구에서는 다른 host cell 에 비하여 여러 가지 장점을 가지고 있는 Methylotrophic yeast 중 Pichia pastoris와 Hans-enula polymorpha의 fed batch 실험을 통하여 유전자 재조합 단백질 발현최적조건을 구하여 각 균주의 유전자 재조합 albumin 발현 최적화 연구를 수행하였다. 글리세롤이 두 균주의 promoter의 AOX 1과 MOX promoter repression에 미치는 영향을 확인한 바 H. polymorpha가 P. pastoris보다 promoter repression이 심함을 알 수 있었다. 두 균주의 promoter를 induction시키는 최적 메탄올 농도는 P. pastoris의 경우 메탄올 8g/L, H. polymorpha의 경우는 13 g/L임을 알 수 있었다. 또한 메탄올에 의한 induction시기는 두 균주 모두 O.D. 4 정도되는 exponential growth stage에서 메탄올을 첨가하는 경우가 초기 세포 성장단계에 메탄올을 첨가한 경우에 비해 약 20% 정도 높아짐을 확인하였다. 두 균주의 재조합 albumin 발현에 미치는 pH의 영향을 조사하였는데, p. pastoris의 경우 pH 5에서 가장 높은 albumin 생산성을 보여 약 300mg/L albumin을 발현하였고, H. polymorpha 의 경우 pH 5와 6에서 최대 약 180 mg/L의 albumin을 발현하였지만 pH 8에서는 이의 절반 수준에 그쳤다. 두 균주의 최적 fed-batch 방법을 확인하는 실험을 수행하였는데 P. pastoris의 경우의 최적 fed-batch 방법은 mixed feeding은 바람직하지 않고 글리세롤 배지를 공급하여 세포를 성장시킨 후 글리세롤 공급을 멈추고 바로 메탄올로 전환하는 방법을 효과적이며, H. polymorpha의 경우 비성장속도 제어를 통한 글리세롤 공급으로부터 메탄올 공급으로의 단계적 전환방법이 균주의 albumin 발현에 큰 영향을 준다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 이 방법을 통하여 두 균주의 고농도 배양 실험을 수행한 결과 P. pastoris의 경우는 O.D. 300에서 약 4.7g albumin/L를 발현하였다. 이와같은 결과를 바탕으로 산업체에서 methlotrophic yeast를 이용한 상업화를 계획함에 있어서 host로서의 균주를 선택할 수 있는 기본 자료를 제공함과 아울러 균주가 선택된 후에 그 균주를 이용한 재조합 단백질 최적화 방법을 제공하여 줄 것으로 생각된다.