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Biological Synthesis of 7-O-Methyl Apigenin from Naringenin Using Escherichia coli Expressing Two Genes

  • Jeon, Young-Min;Kim, Bong-Gyu;Ahn, Joong-Hoon
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.19 no.5
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    • pp.491-494
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    • 2009
  • Within the secondary metabolite class of flavonoids, which consist of more than 10,000 known structures, flavones define one of the largest subgroups. The diverse function of flavones in plants as well as their various roles in the interaction with other organisms offers many potential applications including in human nutrition and pharmacology. We used two genes, flavone synthase (PFNS-l) that converts naringenin into apigenin and flavone 7-O-methyltransferase (POMT-7) that converts apigenin into 7-O-methyl apigenin, to synthesize 7-O-methyl apigenenin from naringenin. The PFNS-l gene was subcloned into the E. coli expression vector pGEX and POMT-7 was subcloned into the pRSF vector. Since both constructs contain different replication origins and selection markers, they were cotransformed into E. coli. Using E. coli transformants harboring both PFNS-l and POMT-7, naringenin could be converted into 7-O-methyl apigenin, genkwanin.

Effects of Co-Expression of Liver X Receptor β-Ligand Binding Domain with its Partner, Retinoid X Receptor α-Ligand Binding Domain, on their Solubility and Biological Activity in Escherichia coli

  • Kang, Hyun
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.247-254
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    • 2015
  • In this presentation, I describe the expression and purification of the recombinant liver X receptor β-ligand binding domain proteins in E. coli using a commercially available double cistronic vector, pACYCDuet-1, to express the receptor heterodimer in a single cell as the soluble form. I describe here the expression and characterization of a biologically active heterodimer composed of the liver X receptor β-ligand binding domain and retinoid X receptor α-ligand binding domain. Although many of these proteins were previously seen to be produced in E. coli as insoluble aggregates or "inclusion bodies", I show here that as a form of heterodimer they can be made in soluble forms that are biologically active. This suggests that co-expression of the liver X receptor β-ligand binding domain with its binding partner improves the solubility of the complex and probably assists in their correct folding, thereby functioning as a type of molecular chaperone.

Enhancement of chitinolytic activity of by co-expression of endochitinase and chitobiosidase genes (Endochitinase와 Chitobiosidase 유전자의 동시발현에 의한 키틴분해 활성의 증가)

  • Kim, Jungtae;Choi, Shin-Geon
    • Journal of Industrial Technology
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    • v.30 no.B
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    • pp.69-74
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    • 2010
  • Chitinolytic activity was enhanced by coexpression of endo-chitinase gene (chiA) and chitobiosidase gene (chiB) from Serratia marcescens KFRI314 using constitutive expression vector, pHCEIA, in E. coli. Coexpression vector was constructed by inserting ribosome binding site (RBS) into junction between two chitinase genes. SDS-PAGE analyses showed that two chitinase were constitutively expressed while E. coli clones expressing two chitinases simultaneously increased halo size on colloidal chitin plate. Furthermore, the chitinolytic activities were much enhanced in coexpressed clones when degradation patterns of substrate analogues such as 4-MU-(NAG), $4-MU-(NAG)_2$,$4-MU-(NAG)_3$ were used. Consequently, the combined use of endochitinase and chitobiosidase greatly increased overall chitinolytic activities on recombinant E. coli clones.

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Generation of Full Poincaré Beams on Arbitrary Order Poincaré Sphere

  • Wang, Jue;Wang, Lin;Xin, Yu
    • Current Optics and Photonics
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    • v.1 no.6
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    • pp.631-636
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    • 2017
  • We firstly develop a straightforward method to generate full $Poincar{\acute{e}}$ beams with any polarization geometry over an arbitrary order $Poincar{\acute{e}}$ sphere. We implement this by coaxial superposition of two orthogonal circular polarized beams with alternative topological charges with the help of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer. Secondly we find the existence of singularity points. And the inner relationship between their characteristics and the order of $Poincar{\acute{e}}$ spheres is also studied. In summary, this work provides a convenient and effective way to generate vector beams and to control their polarization states.

Farnesyl Protein transferase의 분리, 유전자 재조합 및 발현연구

  • 백영진;유권열;박치욱;양철학
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Applied Pharmacology
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    • 1993.04a
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    • pp.55-55
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    • 1993
  • Farnesyl Protein transferase(FPT)는 발암유전자 ras의 단백질 산물인 p$^{21}$의 post-translational modification의 첫 단계인 ras-farnesylation에 관여하는 효소로 본 연구에서는 정제된 FPT와 E. coli에서의 발현 system을 이용하여 FPT의 구조와 기능을 밝히고 이를 FPT 방해제의 설계에 이용하고자 한다. Bovine testis에 존재하는 FPT를 30%-50%의 Ammonium sulfate로 fractionation하고, DEAE-Sephacel, Sephacryl S-300 column을 통과시킨 후 peptide(KKCVIM) affinity column을 이용하여 순수 정제하였다. 정제된 효소의 분자량은 gel-filtration에 의해 100KDa으로 추정되었고 SDS-PAGE 결과 49KDa과 46KDa의 두 subunit로 구성되었음이 확인되었다. 효소활성에는 $Mg^{2+}$$Zn^{2+}$가 필수적이며 최적 pH는 7.0이었다. Yeast의 FPT의 두 subunit 유전자는 Yeast genomic DNA를 template로 사용하고 각 subunit에 specific한 합성된 primer들과 vent polymerase를 이용하여 Polymerase chain reaction을 통하여 얻었다. 두 유전자를 pBluescriptII SK+ vector를 변형시킨 두 vector, pBSK+4와 pBChl+4에 재조합 시킨 후 E.coli에 transformation시켜 발현시켰다. 현재 정제된 Bovine FPT와 E. coli에서 발현된 Yeast FPT의 chemical modification과 site-directed mutagenesis를 통하여 FPT의 active site와 substrate binding site에 관한 연구를 진행시키고 있다.

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Expression of Yeast Antioxidant Protein Gene in E. coil (대장균(JM 109)에서 효모 Thiol-Specific Antioxident 단백질의 발현)

  • Kim, Il-Han
    • The Journal of Natural Sciences
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    • v.4
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 1991
  • The expression of the cloned Saccharomyces cerevisiae antioxidant protein gene in E. coil on plasmid was studied. Introduction of the DNA encoding yeast thiol-specific antioxidant protein into expression vector, PKK 223-3, having the tac promoter resulted in the production in E. coil of a Mr 27,000 polypeptide. This protein represented as much as about 1% of the bacterial soluble protein and showed the thiol-specific antioxidant properties. The bacterial protein showed physico-chemical properties indistringuishable from those of the yeast protein.

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Cloning and Characterization of Directly Amplified Antiviral Gene Interferon Alpha-2b (HulFN$\{alpha}$-2b) from Human Leukocytes Chromosomal DNA

  • Behravan, Javad;Ahmadpour, Hassan
    • Archives of Pharmacal Research
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    • v.27 no.7
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    • pp.776-780
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    • 2004
  • Interferons are cytokines that confer resistance to viral infection and inhibit cellular proliferation. The interferon alpha gene from human blood samples was amplified, cloned and expressed in E. coli (BL21). Leukocyte chromosomal DNA was used as a source of template DNA. Using specific primers, the gene for HulFN$\{alpha}$-2b was amplified and inserted into the E. coli vector, pET21b, by ligation of the HindIII and BamHI linkers of the vector and insert. The insert was further analyzed by PCR, DNA restriction mapping and sequencing, and expressed in a suitable E. coli strain. The production of this important cellular protein in the laboratory has significant applications in production of the recombinant pharmaceutical proteins.

Cultural Performances of Two Escherichia coli Host- vector Systems for Production of $\beta$-Galactosidase ($\beta$-Galactosidase 생산을 위한 두 대장균 숙주-벡터의 배양 특성)

  • Choi, D.K;Park, Y.H.
    • Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.396-401
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    • 1987
  • Protein productivities of a cloned gene ($\beta$-galactosidase) and the cultural performances of two recombinant Escherichia coli strains, which use different host-vector systems, were studied. E. coli JM109/pTBG10 strain which carries Tac promoter had higher protein productivity than E. coli MH3000 (pRKc1857)/pASI(lacZ) strain which carries pL promoter. Induction of protein syn-thesis was optimum at the initial-and mid-logarithmic growth phases for both strains. Oxygen demand was observed to be very high during the cloned gene expression, and could be alleviated to some extent through pH control. The ratio of specific growth rates of plasmid-harboring to plasmidfree cell, $\mu$+ /$\mu$-, of the high productivity strain was observed to be lower than that of the low productivity one. Plasmid stability was analyzed for 20-30 generations, and it was found that the traction of plasmid-harboring cells dropped to l0% level in about 25 generations for both strains when the cloned gene expression was induced.

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Development and Characterization of Expression Vectors for Corynebacterium glutamicum

  • Lee, Jinho
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.70-79
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    • 2014
  • In an attempt to develop a variety of expression vector systems for Corynebacterium glutamicum, six types of promoters, including $P_{tac}$, $P_{sod}$, $P_{sod}$ with a conserved Shine-Dalgarno (SD) sequence from C. glutamicum, $P_{ilvC}$, $P_{ilvC}$ with a conserved SD-1 ($P_{ilvC-M1}$), and $P_{ilvC}$ with a conserved SD-2 ($P_{ilvC-M2}$), were cloned into a modified shuttle vector, pCXM48. According to analysis of promoter strength by quantitative reverse transcription PCR, $P_{sod}$ and $P_{sod-M}$ were superior to tac and ilvC promoters in terms of transcription activity in C. glutamicum. All of the promoters have promoter activities in Escherichia coli, and $P_{sod-M}$ displayed the highest level of transcriptional activity. The protein expression in constructed vectors was evaluated by measuring the fluorescence of green fluorescent protein (GFP) and SDS-PAGE. C. glutamicum harboring plasmids showed GFP fluorescence with an order of activity of $P_{ilvC}$ > $P_{ilvC-M1}$ > $P_{sod}$ > $P_{ilvC-M2}$ > $P_{sod-M}$, whereas all plasmids except pCSP30 with $P_{sod}$ displayed fluorescence activities in E. coli. Of them, the strongest level of GFP was observed in E. coli with $P_{sod-M}$, and this seems to be due to the introduction of the conserved SD sequence in the translational initiation region. These results demonstrate that the expression vectors work well in both C. glutamicum and E. coli for the expression of target proteins. In addition, the vector systems harboring various promoters with different strengths, conserved SD sequences, and multiple cloning sites will provide a comfortable method for cloning and gene expression, and consequently contribute to the metabolic engineering of C. glutamicum.

The Basis of Different Sensitivities of Ovarian Cancer Cells to the Recombinant Adenoviral Vector System Containing a Tumor-Specific L-plastin Promoter and E. coli Cytosine Deaminase Gene as a Transcription Unit

  • Chung, In-Jae
    • Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.138-143
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    • 2009
  • We have reported previously on a replication incompetent recombinant adenoviral vector, AdLPCD, in which the expression of cytosine deaminase gene (CD) is driven by the tumor-specific L-plastin promoter. AdLPCD vector had been evaluated for its efficacy of chemosensitization of ovarian cancer cells to 5-FC. In spite of the fact that ovarian cancer cells, i.e., OVCAR-3 and SK-OV-3, are capable for adenoviral transduction judged by LacZ reporter gene analysis, two cell lines demonstrated quite different sensitivities toward AdLPCD/5-FC system. In OVCAR-3 cells, infection of AdLPCD followed by exposure to 5-FC resulted in the suppression of cell growth with statistical significance. On the other hand, SK-OV-3 cells were more resistant to the CD/5-FC strategy compared with OVCAR-3 cells under the same condition. The object of study was to investigate factors that would determine the sensitivity to AdLPCD/5-FC. We evaluated conversion rate of 5-FC to 5-FU after infection of AdLPCD by HPLC analysis, $IC_{50}$ of 5-FU, the expression level of integrin receptors i.e., ${\alpha}v{\beta}3$ and ${\alpha}v{\beta}5$, and status of p53 in OVCAR-3 and SK-OV-3 cells. The results indicated that OVCAR-3 cells have few favorable features compared with SK-OV-3 cells to be more effective to the AdLPCD/5-FC strategy; higher level of ${\alpha}v{\beta}5$ integrin, higher rate of conversion of 5-FC into 5-FC, and lower $IC_{50}$ of 5-FU. The results suggest that the replacement of 5-FU with CD/5-FC in combination chemotherapy would be less toxic and much greater cytotoxicity than the conventional combination chemotherapy in some patients.