• 미생물학회지
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.419-423
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• 2013

Aspergillus nidulans에는 유성분화를 능동조절하는 nsdD, nsdC 그리고 veA의 3 유전자가 알려져 있다. 이들 유전자의 돌연변이들은 각각을 서로 교배한 이핵체에 cleistothecia를 형성하지 못하기 때문에 이중돌연변이의 분리가 어려웠다. 본 연구에서는 ${\Delta}nsdD$ 돌연변이가 저산소 및 저온조건에서 성숙한 cleistothecia를 형성하는 것을 이용하여 ${\Delta}nsdD$와 ${\Delta}veA$ 및 ${\Delta}nsdD$와 ${\Delta}nsdC$의 이중돌연변이를 분리하였다. 이중돌연변이의 형질을 분석한 결과 nsdD 유전자는 veA 또는 nsdC와 독립적으로 정단성장에 관여하는 것으로 보였다. 색소생성형질은 veA나 nsdC가 nsdD에 대해 상위에 있는 것으로 나타났으며, lactose가 탄소원인 액체배지에서 무성포자를 생성하는 형질이 이중돌연변이에도 보임에 따라 이 형질은 nsdC의 고유한 특성으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.579-588
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• 2015

Fungi of the genus Pestalotiopsis have drawn attention for their capability to produce an array of bioactive secondary metabolites that have potential for drug development. Here, we report the determination of a polyketide derivative compound, pestalotiollide B, in the culture of the saprophytic fungus Pestalotiopsis microspora NK17. Structural information acquired by analyses with a set of spectroscopic and chromatographic techniques suggests that pestalotiollide B has the same skeleton as the penicillide derivatives, dibenzodioxocinones, which are inhibitors of cholesterol ester transfer protein (CETP), and as purpactins A and C', inhibitors of acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT). Strain NK17 can make a fairly high yield of pestalotiollide B (i.e., up to 7.22 mg/l) in a constitutive manner in liquid culture. Moreover, we found that a putative histone deacetylase gene, designated as hid1, played a role in the biosynthesis of pestalotiollide B. In the hid1 null mutant, the yield of pestalotiollide B increased approximately 2-fold to 15.90 mg/l. In contrast, deletion of gene hid1 led to a dramatic decrease of conidia production of the fungus. These results suggest that hid1 is a modulator, concerting secondary metabolism and development such as conidiation in P. microspora. Our work may help with the investigation into the biosynthesis of pestalotiollide B and the development for new CETP and ACAT inhibitors.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.26-32
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• 2008

인삼 고년생 결주의 주원인으로 작용하는 잿빛곰팡이병 방 제을 위한 기초 연구로 병원균을 분리, 동정하고 이들의 균학 적 특성을 구명하였다. 잿빛곰팡이병반으로부터 균을 분리하 여 분생포자의 형태적 특징을 관찰하고 RPB2 유전자의 염기 서열 분석을 실시한 결과 분리균은 Botrytis cinerea로 동정되 었다. 균핵을 이용한 병원성 검정 결과 공시한 3균주 중 1균 주는 병원성, 2 균주는 비병원성을 나타내었다. 주사전자현미 경으로 균핵을 관찰한 결과 병원성 균주는 표면이 주름지고 거친 반면 비병원성 균주는 매끈하였다. 균핵 형성은 $5{\sim}20^{\circ}C$, 암 상태에서 양호하였으며, 0.5% 고죽을 첨가한 배 지에서 10배 정도 증가하였다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.31-37
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• 1997

Aspergillus niger와 Penicillium chrysogenum간의 lipase 우수 생성 종간 형질전환체를 획득하고, 유전분석을 통하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. (1) P. chrysogenum의 영양요구물을 확인하여 본 결과 Tyrosine 요구성임을 알 수 있었다. (2) 핵전이를 위한 원형질체 형성 및 재생 조건에서는 Novozym 234의 농도 1%, 삼투안정제는 0.6M KCl, 효소의 처리 시간은 180분 그리고 최적 pH는 5.8로 나타났다. (3) 핵전이에 의한 형질전환의 빈도는 $1.3{\times}$10^{-3}$$ $-3.8{\times}$10^{-3}$$으로 비교적 낮은 편이었다. (4) 유전적 안정성, conidia의 크기, DNA 함량의 측정 그리고 핵염색의 결과 형질전환체의 핵형은 aneuploid로 추정되었다. (5) 형질전환체의 lipase활성은 모균주와 비교하여 1.4-2.2배 증가하였다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.111-115
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• 2002

천연 황색소 생산을 위하여 Monascus anka Nakazawa et Sato IFO 4478(KCCM l1832 strain) 균주를 모균주로 하여 UV 조사 및 NTG(N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine)처리 및 이들 방법을 병용하는 방법을 사용하여 모균주와는 색소생성 특성이 다르게 황색소를 단일성분으로 생성하는 변이주를 분리하고 그 특성을 조사하였다. leucine, cystein, aspartic acid, glutamic acid 와 asparagine 등 5종의 아미노산에 대한 영양요구주를 분리하였고 이중 asparagine 영양요구주 Y7은 colony 형태와 균사의 직경에서 약간의 차이를 나타내지만 전형적인 Monascus 균주의 특성을 지니고 있었으며 특히 유성생식에 의한 번식 특성이 강하여 색소 생성에 유리한 조건을 지니고 있었다. 그리고 Y7은 밝은 색조의 황색소를 단일 성분으로 생성하며 10대 이상의 계대배양에서도 색소 생성 특성이 안정하였고 색소 생성량이 모균주보다 약 2.2배 높은 값을 나타내고 있었다. 이때 생성된 황색소는 373 nm에서 단일 흡수 peak를 나타내고 물, 에탄올 등 극성용매에 대한 용해성이 높은 특성을 나타내며 생성된 색소의 대부분이 균체 밖으로 배출되는 특성을 지니고 있었다.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.564-574
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• 2019

Like many fungal pathogens, the conidium and appressorium play key roles during polycyclic dissemination and infection of Magnaporthe oryzae. Ran-binding protein microtubule-organizing center (RanBPM) is a highly conserved nucleocytoplasmic protein. In animalia, RanBPM has been implicated in apoptosis, cell morphology, and transcription. However, the functional roles of RanBPM, encoded by MGG_00753 (named MoRBP9) in M. oryzae, have not been elucidated. Here, the deletion mutant ΔMorbp9 for MoRBP9 was generated via homologous recombination to investigate the functions of this gene. The ΔMorbp9 exhibited normal conidial germination and vegetative growth but dramatically reduced conidiation compared with the wild type, suggesting that MoRBP9 is involved in conidial production. ΔMorbp9 conidia failed to produce appressoria on hydrophobic surfaces, whereas ΔMorbp9 still developed aberrantly shaped appressorium-like structures at hyphal tips on the same surface, suggesting that MoRBP9 is involved in the morphology of appressorium-like structures from hyphal tips and is critical for development of appressorium from germ tubes. Taken together, our results indicated that MoRBP9 played a pleiotropic role in polycyclic dissemination and infection-related morphogenesis of M. oryzae.

• Mycobiology
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.473-482
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• 2019

Rice blast disease, caused by the ascomycete fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, is one of the most important diseases in rice production. PAS (period circadian protein, aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator protein, single-minded protein) domains are known to be involved in signal transduction pathways, but their functional roles have not been well studied in fungi. In this study, targeted gene deletion was carried out to investigate the functional roles of the PAS-containing gene MoPAS1 (MGG_02665) in M. oryzae. The deletion mutant ΔMopas1 exhibited easily wettable mycelia, reduced conidiation, and defects in appressorium formation and disease development compared to the wild type and complemented transformant. Exogenous cAMP restored appressorium formation in ΔMopas1, but the shape of the restored appressorium was irregular, indicating that MoPAS1 is involved in sensing the hydrophobic surface. To examine the expression and localization of MoPAS1 in M. oryzae during appressorium development and plant infection, we constructed a MoPAS1:GFP fusion construct. MoPAS1:GFP was observed in conidia and germ tubes at 0 and 2 h post-infection (hpi) on hydrophobic cover slips. By 8 hpi, most of the GFP signal was observed in the appressoria. During invasive growth in host cells, MoPAS1:GFP was found to be fully expressed in not only the appressoria but also invasive hyphae, suggesting that MoPAS may contribute to disease development in host cells. These results expand our knowledge of the roles of PAS-containing regulatory genes in the plant-pathogenic fungus M. oryzae.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2002년도 생물공학의 동향 (X)
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• pp.469-472
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• 2002

균체 생산성 실험과 chitinase 생산성 실험을 비교해 볼 때, chitinase만을 생산하는 조건 에서는 배지성분에 chitin을 첨가해 주는 것이 좋으나, 해충 방제용으로 살균력을 증진시키기 위하여 균체량과 chitinase의 생성량 및 산업적, 경제적 사용이 용이한 배지를 고려할 때에는 쌀겨와 밀기울이 첨가된 배지가 좋은 배지임을 알 수 있었다. 또한 이 배지를 이용하였을 경우 균체는 1X$10^8$ cfu/g, chitinase는 370mU/g로 생산되었으며 생물검정결과 53-64%의 탁월한 살충효과를 확인 할 수 있었다.

• Mycobiology
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.221-224
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• 2013

Aphids are one of the most destructive pests in crop production such as pepper, cucumber, and eggplants. The importance of entomopathogenic fungi as alternative pest control agents is increasing. Conidia of entomopathogenic fungi are influenced by environmental conditions, such as temperature and relative humidity, and cause slow and fluctuating mortality. These factors have prevented wider application and use of biocontrol agents. For investigation of means of mitigation of such problems, we conducted bioassays with 47 fungal culture filtrates in order to evaluate the potential of secondary metabolites produced by entomopathogenic fungi for use in aphid control. Among 47 culture filtrates cultured potato dextrose broth, filtrate of Beauveria bassiana Bb08 showed the highest mortality (78%) against green peach aphid three days after treatments. Filtrate of Bb08 cultured in Adamek's medium showed higher toxicity as 100% to third instar nymphs of the aphid compared with seven other filtrates cultured in different broths amended with colloidal chitin or oil. The culture filtrates and fungal cultures from media amended with colloidal chitin or oil had lower control efficacies than filtrates without these additives in three different media. These results indicate that the fungal culture fluid or culture filtrate of B. bassiana Bb08 cultured in Adamek's medium has potential for development as a mycopesticide for aphid control.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.470-479
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• 2018

The rice blast pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae is a global threat to rice production. Here we characterized RHO2 gene (MGG_02457) that belongs to the Rho GTPase family, using a deletion mutant. This mutant ${\Delta}Morho2$ exhibited no defects in conidiation and germination but developed only 6% of appressoria in response to a hydrophobic surface when compared to the wild-type progenitor. This result indicates that MoRHO2 plays a role in appressorium development. Furthermore, exogenous cAMP treatment on the mutant led to appressoria that exhibited abnormal morphology on both hydrophobic and hydrophilic surfaces. These outcomes suggested the involvement of MoRHO2 in cAMP-mediated appressorium development. ${\Delta}Morho2$ mutation also delayed the development of appressorium-like structures (ALS) at hyphal tips on hydrophobic surface, which were also abnormally shaped. These results suggested that MoRHO2 is involved in morphological development of appressoria and ALS from conidia and hyphae, respectively. As expected, ${\Delta}Morho2$ mutant was defective in plant penetration, but was still able to cause lesions, albeit at a reduced rate on wounded plants. These results implied that MoRHO2 plays a role in M. oryzae virulence as well.