• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권7호
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• pp.1156-1162
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• 2010

During ethanol fermentation, bacterial strains may encounter various stresses, such as ethanol and acid shock, which adversely affect cell viability and the production of ethanol. Therefore, ethanologenic strains that tolerate abiotic stresses are highly desirable. Bacteria of the genus Deinococcus are extremely resistant to ionizing radiation, ultraviolet light, and desiccation, and therefore constitute an important pool of extreme resistance genes. The irrE gene encodes a general switch responsible for the extreme radioresistance of D. radiodurans. Here, we present evidence that IrrE, acting as a global regulator, confers high stress tolerance to a Zymomonas mobilis strain. Expression of the gene protected Z. mobilis cells against ethanol, acid, osmotic, and thermal shocks. It also markedly improved cell viability, the expression levels and enzyme activities of pyruvate decarboxylase and alcohol dehydrogenase, and the production of ethanol under both ethanol and acid stresses. These data suggest that irrE is a potentially promising gene for improving the abiotic stress tolerance of ethanologenic bacterial strains.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제52권1호
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• pp.65-73
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• 2016

이 논문은 서울 한강물에서 분리한 방사선 내성 세균군집과 분리된 신종 세균의 UV 내성 특성에 관한 내용이다. 세균은 R2A agar와 1/10 R2A agar를 사용하여 3 kGy가 조사된 한강물에서 분리되었다. 그 결과 방사선에 내성을 가지는 것으로 추측되는 균주를 60주 분리하였고, 본 연구 분석 자료로 사용하였다. 16S rRNA 유전자 염기서열 분석을 통해 분리균주 60개의 계통수를 파악한 결과, 3개의 문(4개의 속)이 확인되었고, Deinococcus-Thermus (Deinococcus)가 61.7%, Firmicutes(Exiguobacterium)는 15%, Bacteroidetes (Hymenobacter, Spirosoma)는 23.4%의 비중을 나타냈다. 분리균주 중 29개 균주가 Deinococcus, Hymenobacter, Spirosoma에 속하는 신종 또는 다른 신속으로 분류될 가능성을 보였으며, 앞으로 추가적인 신종 실험이 진행될 예정이다. 그리고 신종 예상균주를 9개 선정하여 UV 내성 실험을 진행한 결과, 9개 균주 모두 D. radiodurans $R1^T$ 균주 만큼 높은 UV 내성을 가지는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 분리된 Firmicutes (Exiguobacterium) 균주는 아직까지 방사선 내성 연구 보고가 되어 있지 않아서 추가적인 방사선 내성 연구가 필요하다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.460-467
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• 2016

Bacteriophytochromes are phytochrome-like light-sensing photoreceptors that use biliverdin as a chromophore. To study the biochemical properties of the Deinococcus radiodurans bacteriophytochrome (DrBphP) protein, two anti-DrBphP mouse monoclonal antibodies (2B8 and 3H7) were generated. Their specific epitopes were identified in our previous report. We present here fine epitope mapping of these two antibodies by using truncation and substitution of original epitope sequences in order to identify minimized epitope peptides. The previously reported original epitope sequences for 2B8 and 3H7 were truncated from both sides. Our analysis showed that the minimal peptide sequence lengths for 2B8 and 3H7 antibodies were nine amino acids (RDPLPFFPP) and six amino acids (PGEIEE), respectively. We further characterized these peptides in order to investigate their reactivity after single deletion and single substitution of the original peptides. We found that single-substituted 2B8 epitope (RDPLPAFPP) and dual-substituted 3H7 epitope (PGEIAD) showed significantly increased reactivity. These two antibodies with high reactivity for the short modified peptide sequences are valueble for developing new peptide tags for protein research.