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Human Intersectin 2 (ITSN2) binds to Eps8 protein and enhances its degradation

  • Ding, Xiaofeng;Yang, Zijian;Zhou, Fangliang;Hu, Xiang;Zhou, Chang;Luo, Chang;He, Zhicheng;Liu, Qian;Li, Hong;Yan, Feng;Wang, Fangmei;Xiang, Shuanglin;Zhang, Jian
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.45 no.3
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    • pp.183-188
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    • 2012

  • Participates in actin remodeling through Rac and receptor endocytosis via Rab5. Here, we used yeast two-hybrid system with Eps8 as bait to screen a human brain cDNA library. ITSN2 was identified as the novel binding factor of Eps8. The interaction between ITSN2 and Eps8 was demonstrated by the in vivo co-immunoprecipitation and colocalization assays and the in vitro GST pull-down assays. Furthermore, we mapped the interaction domains to the region between amino acids 260-306 of Eps8 and the coiled-coil domain of ITSN2. In addition, protein stability assays and immunofluorescence analysis showed ITSN2 overexpression induced the degradation of Eps8 proteins, which was markedly alleviated with the lysosome inhibitor NH4Cl treatment. Taken together, our results suggested ITSN2 interacts with Eps8 and stimulates the degradation of Eps8 proteins.

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Isolation and Characterization of Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS)-producing bacteria for restoration of burnt forest soils (산불토양복원을 위한 Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS) 생성세균의 분리, 동정 및 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Gun-Young;Song, In-Geun;Chung, Jae-Chun;Kim, Young-Jun
    • Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.139-147
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    • 2004

  • We have isolated two bacterial strains, FM-02 and AL-02, which produced EPS from forest soil for the restoration of forest fire by promoting soil aggregation. FM-02 was found to be Gram negative rod and belong to Beta Proteobacterium sp. through 16s-rDNA sequence analysis, and AL-02 was Gram positive rod and showed 81% of similarity to Zoogloea sp. through the analysis of 16s-rDNA sequence. FM-02 and AL-02 produced about 1.8g and 8.3g of EPS, respectively, per 1L of culture as dry weight. Flocculation activity (FA) was also measured in two strains. FM-02 showed 2.31 FA against active carbon, and AL-02 showed 6.21 FA against kaolin clay. From these results, we expect that AL-02 strain will be applied as a good biological material for the reduction of forest soil erosion by wild and rain after fire through promoting coagulation of soil particles.

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Optimal Culture Conditions for MK1 Strain Isolated from Soft-Rotten Tissue of Neungee Mushroom (Sarcodon aspratus) and the Physico-Chemical Properties of the Purified Exopolysaccharide of MK1 (능이버섯(Sarcodon aspratus) 무름병소에서 분리한 MK1 균주의 최적 성장조건과 정제된 균체외다당류의 특성)

  • Ryu, Jeong-Eun;Lee, Young-Nam
    • Korean Journal of Microbiology
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    • v.45 no.4
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    • pp.324-331
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    • 2009

  • MK1 strain, an obligate aerobic heterotrophic bacterium isolated from the rotten tissue of Neungee mushroom (Sarcodon aspratus), produces a copious amount of exopolysaccharide (EPS), which could evoke macrophage activation. Investigations on optimal culture conditions of MK1 and physical properties of MK1 EPS were made. Glucose, galactose, fructose, and sucrose supported well growth of MK1, but potato starch and dextrin did not. However, lactose seemed to be a less favorable carbon source. Optimal growth of MK1 was obtained at pH 7.0, $30^{\circ}C$, and 200 rpm with 2% glucose, and 0.2~0.05% $(NH_4)_2SO_4$. $EPS_{opt}$ obtained from an optimal growth condition constituted of carbon (37.1%), nitrogen (2.2%), oxygen (49.3%), and hydrogen (6.4%), but no sulfur. Paper chrogromatogram of the acid-hydrolysate of $EPS_{opt}$ suggested that MK1 EPS seemed to be hetropolysaccharide composed of a few number of monosaccharides including amino- and acidic-sugars. Its molecular mass determined by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis varied from 14.8 to 47.9 kDa. Physical properties of $EPS_{glu}$ obtained from cell grown in glucose medium, such as relative viscosity ($_{rel}$) and crystalline morphology were rather affected by pH of the growth medium. Relative viscosity ($_{rel}$) of exopolysaccaride (0.1 g/ml) harvested from cells grown at medium pH ranging from 6.0 and 7.5 was 1.23 and 1.39, respectively. The freeze-dried exopolysaccharide obtained at low pH (6.0 and 6.5) was fine crystaloid and water-soluble, whereas those obtained at high pH (7.0 and 7.5) was rather gluey and less water-soluble.

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