• 미생물학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.153-161
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• 2002

Sox4는 DNA 결합 도메인인 HMG-box와 전사 활성 도메인인 serine rich region (SRR)과 아직 그 기능이 알려져 있지 않은 glycine rich region (GRR)등의 세 개의 기능 도메인을 가지는 전사인자이다. 전사인자인 Sox4는 생체 내 초기 분화 시 중요한 역할을 하는 유전자로 알려져 있으나 여전히 그 정확한 생리적 기능 및 세포 내에서 이 유전자 산물이 전사 활성 에 어떻게 관여하는지 그 정확한 기전은 잘 밝혀져 있지 않다. 이에 본 연구에서는 Sox4의 생리적 기능을 이해하고 세포 내에서 Sox4의 기능 연구에 유용하게 사용할 수 있는 항체를 제조하기 위해 Sox4를 대장균에서 발현, 정제하였다. 모든 기능 도메인을 다 포함하는 Sox4는 대장균에서 발현 시 대부분 절단되는 양상을 나타내었다. Sox4의 각 도메인을 대장균에서 GST-융합 단백질로 발현, 정제하여 그 발현 양상을 비교해 본 바 N-말단을 제거한 Sox4 ($\Delta$HMG)의 경우 67 kDa 크기의 단백질이 생성되므로 이 단백질을 항원으로 이용하여 Sox4의 GRR에 특이적으로 반응하는 항체를 제조하였다. 또한, 67 kDa 크기의 단백질 외에 34 kDa 크기에서 GST-융합 단백질이 관찰되었다. 이 밴드는 Sox4 (GRR)를 발현, 정제시에도 관찰되는 동일한 크기의 밴드이며 thrombin과의 반응을 통해 7 kDa 크기로 절단되는 Sox4 밴드이다. 그러므로 이 들 결과로부터 GRR 내에 단백질 분해효소의 표적 부위가 존재함을 확인할 수 있었다. 본 연구결과는 아직 그 기능이 밝혀져 있는 않은 Sox4의 새로운 도메인인 GRR이 단백질 분해 효소의 표적 부위로 작용하여 Sox4의 안정성을 조절함으로써 Sox4의 활성에 중요한 역할을 수행할 수 있다는 가능성을 제시하고 있다.은 억제 회복 효과는 $Mg^{2+}$에 의한 리보자임의 td intron 구조적 안정성에 기인하는 것으로 추정된다.력이 뛰어난(adaptable) 인간적 요구사항을 충족시켜야 한다. 셋째, 다이내믹 시미트리는 역(逆, reciprocity)의 원리와 보상(補賞, complement)의 원리를 제 1의 구성원리로 하며 공간에서 서로에 대한 역과 공통성(common property)을 갖고 자기유사를 지닐 때 연속체(continuum)를 손상하지 않고 전체공간을 유기체적으로 분절한다.같은 pattern 이었다. 그러나 JR89주에서는 280kb 가 나타나지 않아 다른 분리균주와 구분되었다.과 밀가루국(麴) 사이에 차(差)가 별(別)로 없었다.果)에서 총지질(總脂質)을 구성(構咸)하는 지방산(脂肪酸) 조성(組成)은 $C_{18:2}$산(酸), $C_{16:0}$산(酸)의 순(順)으로 그 함량(含最)이 맞은데 비(比)하여 각획분(各劃分)의 지질(脂質)을 구성(構成)하는 지방산(脂肪酸) 조성(組成)은 $C_{16:0}$산(酸), $C_{18:2}$산(酸)의 순(順)으로 그 함량(含量)이 많은 것으로 나타났으며 동결건조후(凍結乾燥後) 저장(貯藏)하는 동안에$C_{18:2}$산(酸), $C_{18:3}$산(酸)의 함량(含量)이 계속(繼續) 감소(減少)하고 있었다. 5. 4-monomethylsterol fraction에는 cycloartenol(20.6%)이 비교적(比較的) 높은 함량(含量)으로 함유(含有)되어 있었고, 그 외(外) cyclolaudenol, cycloeucalenol 및 citrostadienol 등이 함유(含有)되어 있었다. 6. 4-desmethylsterol fraction에

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제22권12호
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• pp.1636-1643
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• 2012

Enzymatic pre-bleaching by modification of pulp fibers with xylanases is an attractive approach to reduce the consumption of toxic bleaching chemicals in the paper industry. In this study, an alkaliphilic endoxylanase gene was isolated from metagenomic DNA of a structurally stable thermophilic lignocellulose-degrading microbial consortium using amplification with conserved glycosyl hydrolase family 10 primers and subsequent genome walking. The full-length xylanase showed 78% sequence identity to an endo-${\beta}$-1,4-xylanase of Clostridium phytofermentans and was expressed in a mature form with an N-terminal His6 tag fusion in Escherichia coli. The recombinant xylanase Xyn3F was thermotolerant and alkaliphilic, working optimally at $65-70^{\circ}C$ with an optimal pH at 9-10 and retaining >80% activity at pH 9, $60^{\circ}C$ for 1 h. Xyn3F showed a $V_{max}$ of 2,327 IU/mg and $K_m$ of 3.5 mg/ml on birchwood xylan. Pre-bleaching of industrial eucalyptus pulp with no prior pH adjustment (pH 9) using Xyn3F at 50 IU/g dried pulp led to 4.5-5.1% increase in final pulp brightness and 90.4-102.4% increase in whiteness after a single-step hypochlorite bleaching over the untreated pulp, which allowed at least 20% decrease in hypochlorite consumption to achieve the same final bleaching indices. The alkaliphilic xylanase is promising for application in an environmentally friendly bleaching step of kraft and soda pulps with no requirement for pH adjustment, leading to improved economic feasibility of the process.

• 한국영양학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국영양학회 1995년도 추계학술대회 초록
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• pp.11-34
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• 1995

Growth hormone (GH) plays a key role in regulating postnatal growth and can stimulate growth of animals by acting directly on specific receptors on the plasma membrane of tissues or indirectly through stimulating insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I synthesis and secretion by the liver and other tissues. IGF-I and IGF-Ⅱ are polypeptides with structural similarity with proinsulin that stimulate cell proliferation by endocrine, paracrine and autocrine mechanisms. The initial event in the metabolic action of IGFs on target cells appears to be their binding to specific receptors on the plasma membrane. Current evidence indicates that the mitogenic actions of both IGFs are mediated primarily by binding to the type I IGF receptors, and that IGF action is also mediated by interactions with IGF-binding proteins (IGFBPs). Six distinct IGFBPs have been identified that are characterized by cell-specific interaction, transcriptional and post-translational regulation by many different effectors, and the ability to either potentiate or inhibit IGF actions. Nutritional deficiencies can have their devastating consequence during growth. Although IGF-I is the major mediator of GH's action on somatic growth, nutritional status of an organism is a critical regulator of IGF-I and IGFBPs. Various nutrient deficiencies result in decreased serum IGF-I levels and altered IGFBP levels, but the blood levels of GH are generally unchanged or elevated in malnutrition. Effects of protein, energy, vitamin C and D, and zinc on serum IGF and IGFBP levels and tissue mRNA levels were reviewed in the text. Multiple factors are involved in the regulation of intestinal epithelial cell growth and differentiation. Among these factors the nutritional status of individuals is the most important. The intestinal epithelium is an important site for mitogenic action of the IGFs in vivo, with exogenous IGF-I stimulating mucosal hyperplasia. Therefore, the IGF system appears to provide and important mechanism linking nutrition and the proliferation of intestinal epithelial cells. In order to study the detailed mechanisms by which intestinal mucosa is regulated, we have utilized IEC-6 cells, an intestinal epithelial cell line and Caco-2 cells, a human colon adenocarcinoma cell line. Like intestinal crypt cells analyzed in vivo or freshly isolated intestinal epithelial cells, IEC-6 cells and Caco-2 cells possess abundant quatities of both type Ⅰ and type Ⅱ IGF receptors. Exogenous IGFs stimulate, whereas addition of IGFBP-2 inhibits IEC-6 cell proliferation. To investigate whether endogenously secreted IGFBP-2 inhibit proliferation, IEC-6 cells were transfected with a full-length rat IGFBP-2 cDNA anti-sense expression construct. IEC-6 cells transfected with anti-sense IGFBP-2 protein in medium. These cells grew at a rate faster than the control cells indicating that endogenous IGFBP-2 inhibits proliferation of IEC-6 cells, probably by sequestering IGFs. IEC-6 cells express many characteristics of enterocyte, but do not undergo differentiation. On the other hand, Caco-2 cells undergo a spontaneous enterocyte differentiation. On the other hand, Caco-2 cells undergo a spontaneous enterocyte differentiation after reaching confluency. We have demonstrated that Caco-2 cells produce IGF-Ⅱ, IGFBP-2, IGFBP-3, and an as yet unidentified 31,000 Mr IGFBP, and that both mRNA and peptide secretion of IGFBP-2 and IGFBP-3 increased, but IGFBP-4 mRNA and protein secretion decreased after the cells reached confluency. These changes occurred in parallel to and were coincident with differentiation of the cells, as measured by expression of sucrase-isomaltase. In addition, Caco-2 cell clones forced to overexpress IGFBP-4 by transfection with a rat IGFBP-4 cDNA construct exhibited a significantly slower growth rate under serum-free conditions and had increased expression of sucrase-isomaltase compared with vector control cells. These results indicate that IGFBP-4 inhibits proliferation and stimulates differentiation of Caco-2 cells, probably by inhibiting the mitogenic actions of IGFs.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.265-270
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• 2006

Cultivated hot pepper crops showing severe mosaic symptom were found in Korea in 2004 and their causal agent was identified as Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV). These pepper crops was resistant to the virus in the filled, and they belonged to pathotype 0 (P0) resistant pepper. Resistance screening of selected pepper plants showed that a pepper isolate of CMV was the P0 resistance-breaking virus. This P0 resistance-breaking isolate of CMV, named as Ca-P1, was isolated from leaves of the virus-infected Capsicum annuum cv. Manidda that showed systemic severe mosaic symptom. Ca-P1-CMV could induce systemic mosaic symptoms on P0-susceptible (P0-S) and P0-resistant (P0-R) cultivars whereas an ordinary strain (Fny-CMV) could not infect P0-R. This result suggests that Ca-P1-CMV can overcome P0 resistant pepper cultivars. To analyze its genome sequence, the complete nucleotide sequence of RNA3 of Ca-P1-CMV was determined from the infectious full-length cDNA clone of the virus. RNA3 of Ca-P1-CMV consisted of 2,219 nucleotides. Overall sequence homology of RNA3-encoded two viral proteins (movement protein and coat protein) revealed high similarity (75.2-97.2%) with the known CMV strains. By sequence analysis with known representative strains of CMV, Ca-P1-CMV belongs to a typical member of CMV subgroup IB. The resistance and resistance-breaking mechanisms of pepper and counterpart CMV, respectively, remain to be investigated, which will enrich the genetic resources and accelerate CMV-resistant pepper breeding programs.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.299-306
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• 2017

The transcriptional activator AphB has been implicated in acid resistance and pathogenesis in the food borne pathogens Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio cholerae. To date, the full-length AphB crystal structure of V. cholerae has been determined and characterized by a tetrameric assembly of AphB consisting of a DNA binding domain and a regulatory domain (RD). Although acidic pH and low oxygen tension might be involved in the activation of AphB, it remains unknown which ligand or stimulus activates AphB at the molecular level. In this study, we determine the crystal structure of the AphB RD from V. vulnificus under aerobic conditions without modification at the conserved cysteine residue of the RD, even in the presence of the oxidizing agent cumene hydroperoxide. A cysteine to serine amino acid residue mutant RD protein further confirmed that the cysteine residue is not involved in sensing oxidative stress in vitro. Interestingly, an unidentified small molecule was observed in the inter-subdomain cavity in the RD when the crystal was incubated with cumene hydroperoxide molecules, suggesting a new ligand-binding site. In addition, we confirmed the role of AphB in acid tolerance by observing an aphB-dependent increase in cadC transcript level when V. vulnificus was exposed to acidic pH. Our study contributes to the understanding of the AphB molecular mechanism in the process of recognizing the host environment.

• BMB Reports
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.297-303
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• 2006

As lipolytic enzymes, GDSL lipases play an important role in plant growth and development. In order to identify their functions and roles, the full-length cDNA of a GDSL lipase gene, designated BnLIP2, was isolated from Brassica napus L. BnLIP2 was 1,300 bp long, with 1,122 bp open reading frame (ORF) encoding 373 amino acid residues. Sequence analysis indicated that BnLIP2 belonged to GDSL family. Southern blot analysis indicated that BnLIP2 belonged to a small gene family in rapeseed genome. RT-PCR analysis revealed that BnLIP2 was a tissue-specific expressing gene during reproductive growth and strongly expressed during seed germination. BnLIP2 expression could not be detected until three days after germination, and it subsequently became stronger. The transcript of this gene was deficient in root of seedlings growing at different stages. When juvenile seedlings were treated by methyl jasmonate (MeJ), salicylic acid (SA) and naphthalene acetic acid (NAA), BnLIP2 expression could not be induced in root. Our study implicates that BnLIP2 probably plays an important role in rapeseed germination, morphogenesis, flowering, but independent of root growth and development.

• Journal of Gastric Cancer
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.186-190
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• 2003

Purpose: The balance between cell proliferation and apoptosis is crucial for homeostatic maintenance in a cell population. Decreased apoptosis or uncontrolled proliferation can lead to cancer. The Fas receptor signal through a cytoplasmic death domain is very important in the apoptotic pathway. To identify the effect of the death domain of the Fas gene in the development and/or progression of gastric cancer, we examined the apoptotic potential of five known Fas mutants detected in gastric cancers. Materials and Methods: A wild-type Fas gene was cloned with cDNA from normal liver tissue and full length Fas was sequenced. Mutants of the gene were generated with sitedirected mutagenesis by using the wild-type gene and specific primers. Wild- and mutant-type genes were transfected to HEK293 cells. Forty-eight hours after transfection the cells were stained with DAPI and cell death was counted under fluorescent microscopy. Results: In wild-type Fas-transfected cells, the percentage of apoptotic cells was $85.9\pm3.6\%$, and significant cell death and classic morphologic signs of apoptosis were observed. However, the percentages of apoptotic cells transfected with N239D, E240G, D244V, and R263H of tumor-derived mutant Fas were $29.5\pm2.08\%,\;28.5\pm3.34\%,\;25.225\pm2.06\%,\;and\;36.625\pm4.49\%$, respectively. Conclusion: These results suggest that inactivation of Fas caused by mutations in the death domain of the Fas gene may be one of the possible escape mechanisms against Fas-mediated apoptosis and that inactivating mutation of the Fas may contribute to the development or progression of gastric cancers.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.209-215
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• 2005

락토페린은 철 결합 당단백질로서 항 미생물활성과 면역강화와 같은 생리활성 기능을 가지고 있다. 본 연구는 배양 세포 고 발현 SWPA2 promoter를 이용하여 인체락토페린(hLf)을 생산하는 형질전환 가시오갈피 배양세포주 개발에 관한 것이다. 형질전환에 이용된 벡터는 산화스트레스 유도성 SWPA2 promoter의 조절 하에서 hLf이 소포체로 targeting되도록 제작된 SWPA2pro::ER-hLf/pCAMBIA이다. hLf을 생산하는 각 형질전환 배양세포들은 PCR과 Southern분석을 통해 hLf 유전자가 가시오갈피 게놈내로 성공적으로 도입되었음을 확인하였으며, western blot과 ELISA를 통해 형질전환 가시오갈피 배양 세포주에서 hLf 단백질이 활성이 있음을 확인하였다. 형질전환 가시오갈피 배양세포에서 hLf 단백질의 함량은 세포배양이 진행될수록 증가하여 정지기 때 가장 높았으며 전체 수용성 단백질의 약 3%를 차지하였다. 따라서 본 연구에서 개발된 인체락토페린을 고생산하는 약용식물 가시오갈피 배양 세포주는 산업적으로 이용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.276-282
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• 2007

Protein phosphorylation is one of the major mechanisms by which eukaryotic cells transduce extracellular signals into intracellular responses. Calcium/calmodulin ($Ca^{2+}/CaM$)-dependent protein phosphorylation has been implicated in various cellular processes, yet little is known about $Ca^{2+}/CaM$-dependent protein kinases (CaMKs) in plants. From an Arabidopsis expression library screen using a horseradish peroxidase-conjugated soybean calmodulin isoform (SCaM-1) as a probe, we isolated a full-length cDNA clone that encodes AtCK (Arabidopsis thaliana calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase). The predicted structure of AtCK contains a serine/threonine protein kinase catalytic domain followed by a putative calmodulin-binding domain and a putative $Ca^{2+}$-binding domain. Recombinant AtCK was expressed in E. coli and bound to calmodulin in a $Ca^{2+}$-dependent manner. The ability of CaM to bind to AtCK was confirmed by gel mobility shift and competition assays. AtCK exhibited its highest levels of autophosphorylation in the presence of 3 mM $Mn^{2+}$. The phosphorylation of myelin basic protein (MBP) by AtCK was enhanced when AtCK was under the control of calcium-bound CaM, as previously observed for other $Ca^{2+}/CaM$-dependent protein kinases. In contrast to maize and tobacco CCaMKs (calcium and $Ca^{2+}/CaM$-dependent protein kinase), increasing the concentration of calmodulin to more than $3{\mu}M$ suppressed the phosphorylation activity of AtCK. Taken together our results indicate that AtCK is a novel Arabidopsis $Ca^{2+}/CaM$-dependent protein kinase which is presumably involved in CaM-mediated signaling.

• 한국국제농업개발학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.560-569
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• 2011

본 연구의 목적은 일본의 식물유전체 연구 동향분석을 통하여 농업생산성 향상을 위한 연구방향을 모색하는데 있다. 일본에서의 식물유전체 연구는 국가연구소 주도적으로 이루어지고 있으며 벼 등 다양한 구조유전체연구결과를 이용한 유용형질 유전자 기능분석 및 실용화 연구에 집중하고 있다. 식물 구조유전체 및 기능유전체 연구를 위한 기반조성으로 농업생물자원연구소(National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, NIAS)에서는 벼과 식물의 유전체 DB 구축, 이화학연구소(Rikagaku Kenkyusho, RIKEN)에서는 애기장대 유전체 DB 및 식물 완전장 유전자 DB 구축, 국립유전학연구소(National Institute of Genetics, NIG)에서는 국가생물자원프로젝트(National Bio Resource Project) DB를 구축하여 관련 연구자들에게 다양한 식물 유전체 정보 및 연구재료들을 제공하고 있다. 최근 세계적 식량환경 문제해결 및 혁신적 농업기술개발을 목표로 신농업전개 게놈프로젝트(New Agri-genome Project)를 수행하여 수량, 내병성, 환경문제 해결을위한 유용 유전자분리, 이용 등 세계적인 연구 성과를 도출하고 있다. 또한 개도국의 농업생산성 향상을 위하여 JIRCAS 에서는 식물유전체 연구 기술지원을 하고 있으며 아프리카 토양에 적합한 다수성의 NERICA 벼를 개발하여 식량생산 증진에 기여하고 있다. 본 연구를 통하여 우리에게 정보가 부족하였던 일본의 식물 유전체 연구 진행사항을 살펴보았다. 이러한 연구동향 분석은 동식물 유전체 연구를 수행하는 연구자들에게 최근의 유전체 기술정보 등을 제공 할 수 있으며 세계적인 식량, 에너지, 환경문제의 해결에 크게 기여 할 것으로 생각한다.