• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.1094-1099
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• 2005

Photosynthetic dinoflagellates contain a water-soluble, light-harvesting antenna called the peridinin-chlorophyll-protein (PCP) complex, which has an apoprotein with no sequence similarity to other known proteins. There are two forms of PCP apoproteins; the 15-kDa short form and the 32- to 35­kDa long form. The present study describes the PCP protein and its cDNA from Alexandrium tamarense. A cDNA library was constructed from mRNA isolated from A. tamarense. The complete PCP cDNA was generated by reverse-transcription coupled to polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), together with rapid-amplification of cDNA ends (RACE). The A. tamarense PCP cDNA encoded a 55-amino acid signal peptide and a 313-amino acid mature protein with a calculated mass of 32 kDa, which corresponded to that of the long form of PCP. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that the sequence of A. tamarense PCP did not cluster with the short-form PCPs, to which it was only about $55\%$ identical, but which were $79-83\%$ identical to other long-form PCPs. The deduced amino acid sequence of A. tamarense PCP contains an internal duplication, which suggests the possibility that long-form PCPs arose by gene duplication or by the fusion of genes encoding the short form. The abundance of PCP mRNA changed substantially in response to different light conditions, indicating the possible existence of a photo-acclimation response in A. tamarense.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.281-286
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• 2007

Interactions between viral proteins and host proteins are essential for virus replication. Especially, translation of viral genes completely depends on the host machinery. In potyviruses, interactions of genome-linked viral protein (VPg) with host translation factors including eIF4E, eIF(iso)4E, and poly(A)-binding protein (PABP) has previously been characterized. In this study, we investigated interactions between Soybean mosaic virus (SMV) viral proteins and host translation factors by yeast two-hybrid system. SMV VPg interacted with eIF4E, eIF(iso)4E, and PABP in yeast two-hybrid system, while SMV helper component proteinase (HC-pro) interacted with neither of those proteins. The interaction between SMV NIb and PABP was also detected. These results are consistent with those reported previously in other potyviruses. Interestingly, we found reproducible and specific interactions between SMV coat protein (CP) and PABP. Deletion analysis showed that the region of CP comprising amino acids 116 to 206 and the region of PABP comprising amino acids 520 to 580 are involved in CP/PABP interactions. Soybean library screening with SMV NIb by yeast two-hybrid assay also identified several soybean proteins including chlorophyll a/b binding preprotein, photo-system I-N subunit, ribulose 1,5-biphosphate carboxylase, ST-LSI protein, translation initiation factor 1, TIR-NBS type R protein, RNA binding protein, ubiquitin, and LRR protein kinase. Altogether, these results suggest that potyviral replicase may comprise a multi-protein complex with PABP, CP, and other host factors.

• Journal of Photoscience
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.129-133
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• 2005

The psbC gene, encoding the intrinsic chlorophyll-binding protein of CP43, one of the PS core complex polypeptides, was cloned from the Panax ginseng chloroplast, which is composed of 1,422 nucleotides and the overall nucleotide sequence shows more than 84% identity to those of eukaryotic photosynthetic organisms. The predicted topology of CP43, based on hydropathy analysis, includes six membrane-spanning ${\alpha}-helices$ resulting in three lumenal and four stromal loops. The putative translation start codon for the psbC gene is located at 48 nucleotides upstream from the stop codon of the psbD gene whose product is also a component of the PSII reaction center, implying that the promoter of the psbC gene is possibly located in the middle of the structural gene of the psbD gene. Northern blot analysis of the in vivo accumulation of the psbC transcript from the plants grown under the various growth light intensities (5%, 10%, 20%, and 100%) of daylight indicated that the steady-state level of the psbC transcript was not significantly affected by light intensity.

• 대한약침학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.18-22
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• 2012

Panax ginseng is a well-known herbal medicine in traditional Asian medicine. Although wild ginseng is widely accepted to be more active than cultivated ginseng in chemoprevention, little has actually been reported on the difference between wild ginseng and cultivated ginseng. Using suppressive subtraction hybridization, we cloned the p-psbB gene as a candidate target gene for a wild ginseng-specific gene. Here, we report that one of the clones isolated in this screen was the chloroplast p-psbB gene, a chlorophyll a-binding inner antenna protein in the photosystem II complex, located in the lipid matrix of the thylakoid membrane. Real-time results showed that the expression of the p-psbB gene was significantly up-regulated in wild ginseng as compared to cultivated ginseng. Thus, the p-psbB gene may be one of the important markers of wild ginseng.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.174-179
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 인삼 잎으로부터 정제한 mRNA를 이용하여 cDNA library를 제작하였다. 이 cDNA library로 부터 349개의 에너지 대사 관련 유전자를 선발 하였다. 에너지 대사 관련 유전자의 평균 사이즈는 0.49 kb이며, 에너지 관련 유전자들의 세부 기능별 발현을 분석한 결과 aerobic respiration(48.4%), accessory proteins of electron transport and membrane associated energy conservation(17.2%), glycolysis and gluconeogenesis(3.4%), electron transport and membrane associated energy conservation(2.9%), respiration(2.0%), glycolysis methylglyoxal byp-ass(1.7%), metabolism of energy reserves(0.6%)와 alcohol fermentation(0.3%)의 분포를 보였다. 인삼 잎에서 발현되는 유전자중 가장 많이 발현된 Chlorophyll a/b binding protein of IhcII type I(36.6%), Photosystem II oxygen-evolving complex protein(6.6%) 등이 발현되었다.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제65권2호
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• pp.113-123
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• 2020

본 논문은 과산화수소 엽면 처리를 통해 수수에서 한발 스트레스 완화 효과가 있는지 알아보기 위하여 과산화수소 처리에 따른 생육 및 생리적 특성 변화와 단백질 변화를 분석하였다. 1. 포장 실험에서 한발 스트레스는 수수 생장을 감소시켰으나, 과산화수소 처리구에서는 과산화수소 무처리구보다 생육이 우수하였다. 또한 한발 조건에서 과산화수소 처리는 무처리에 비해 수량 관련 형질들의저하를 막는 효과를 보였다. 2. 엽 녹색도(SPAD) 및 엽록소 형광(Fv/Fm), 광합성 형질 조사에서 과산화수소 처리가 과산화수소 무처리보다 높았고, 포장 실험에서 엽내 과산화수소 함량은 적습+H₂O₂ 처리가 적습+H₂O 처리보다 과산화수소 함량이 227.8 µmol·g^-1 높았고, 한발 조건에서 엽내 과산화수소 함량은 한발+H₂O₂ 처리가 한발+H₂O 처리보다 16.7 µmol·g^-1으로 낮았다. 3. 한발 조건에서 과산화수소 처리는 여러 단백질의 발현을 변화시켰으며, 특히 광합성 관련 단백질인 ATP synthase deltal chain, cytochrome b6-f complex iron-sulfur subunit, ATP synthase subunit gamma, putative uncharacterized protein Sb02g002690, Sb07g027500와 Superoxide 라디칼을 제거해주는 superoxide dismutase가 증가한 것을 확인하였다. 그리고 단백질 보호와 복원에 관련된 heat shock protein의 발현 증가도 확인되었다. 종합적으로 과산화수소 엽면 처리가 한발 하에서 광합성 관련 단백질의 발현을 증가와 기공 개도를 높여 광합성 능력을 향상시켰다. 특히 엽내에 축적될 수 있는 활성산소종을 제거하는 항산화 능력이 높아져 한발 스트레스 대한 내성을 높여 수수의 생육과 수량성 저하가 억제되는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.