• 제목/요약/키워드: Gene disruption

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Deletion of GBG1/AYR1 Alters Cell Wall Biogenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

  • Ahn, Ki-Woong;Kim, Sung-Woo;Kang, Hyung-Gyoo;Kim, Ki-Hyun;Park, Yun-Hee;Choi, Won-Ja;Park, Hee-Moon
    • Mycobiology
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    • 제38권2호
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    • pp.102-107
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    • 2010
  • We identified a gene for $\beta$-1,3-glucan synthesis (GBG1), a nonessential gene whose disruption alters cell wall synthesis enzyme activities and cell wall composition. This gene was cloned by functional complementation of defects in $\beta$-1,3-glucan synthase activity of the the previously isolated Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant LP0353, which displays a number of cell wall defects at restrictive temperature. Disruption of the GBG1 gene did not affect cell viability or growth rate, but did cause alterations in cell wall synthesis enzyme activities: reduction of $\beta$-1,3-glucan synthase and chitin synthase III activities as well as increased chitin synthase I and II activities. GBG1 disruption also showed altered cell wall composition as well as susceptibility toward cell wall inhibitors such as Zymolyase, Calcofluor white, and Nikkomycin Z. These results indicate that GBG1 plays a role in cell wall biogenesis in S. cerevisiae.

고온내성 연료용 알코올 효모균주 Saccharomyces cerevisiae KNU5377에서 HSF1 유전자의 변이주 구축 (Construction of hsf1 Knockout-mutant of a Thermotolerant Yeast Strain Saccharomyces cerevisiae KNU5377)

  • 김일섭;윤혜선;최혜진;손호용;유춘발;김종국;진익렬
    • 생명과학회지
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    • 제16권3호
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    • pp.454-458
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    • 2006
  • 출아효모인 Sacharomyces cerevisiae S288C균주를 이용한 효모의 게놈이 완성된 후 S. cerevisiae는 다양한 연구 모델로 이용되어져 왔다. 현재까지 효모를 이용한 기능 유전체학 측면에서의 연구는 laboratory strainin인 S288C 균주 또는 그 유래의 균주들이다. 그러나 자연에서 분리된 효모 또는 산업적으로 이용되어지고 있는 S. cerevisiae의 유전학 측면에서의 연구는 낮은 포자형성률 및 형질전환률, 그리고 S288C 균주와의 게놈상의 상이성 때문에 거의 이루어지지 않고 있다. 여기서 우리 연구진은 자연에서 분리된 Saccharomyces cerevisiae KNU5377 균주를 이용하여 random spore analysis를 통해 MATa 및 $MAT{\alpha}$ 타입의 각각의 haploid cell을 분리 후 이미 보고된 KanMX module를 가지고 round PCR기법에 의한 short flanking homology 기법을 이용하여 전사조절인자인 HSF1 유전자가 치환된 변이주를 구축할 수 있었다. 덧붙여, 모든 유전자에 이 기법을 적용할 수는 없다는 것을 확인하였다. 앞으로 이 변이주를 통해 기능 유전체학적인 측면에서 이 유전자의 스트레스와의 관련성을 연구하고자 한다.

Characterization of a Chalcosyltransferase (gerGTII) in Dihydrochalcomycin Biosynthesis

  • Pageni, Binod Babu;Oh, Tae-Jin;Thuy, Ta Thi Thu;Sohng, Jae Kyung
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • 제26권3호
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    • pp.278-284
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    • 2008
  • An open reading frame, designated GerGTII and located downstream of the polyketide synthase genes, has been identified as a chalcosyltransferase by sequence analysis in the dihydrochalcomycin biosynthetic gene cluster of Streptomyces sp. KCTC 0041BP. The deduced product of gerGTII is similar to several glycosyltransferases, authentic and putative, and it displays a consensus sequence motif that appears to be characteristic of a sub-group of these enzymes. Specific disruption of gerGTII within the S. sp. KCTC 0041BP genome by insertional in-frame deletion method, resulted complete abolishment of dihydrochalcomycin and got the 20-O-mycinosyl-dihydrochalconolide as intermediate product in dihydrochalcomycin biosynthesis which was confirmed by electron spray ionization-mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. Dihydrochalcomycin also was recovered after complementation of gerGTII.

Genetic Engineering for Detection of Endocrine Disruption using I-18 C Gene Expression in Chironomus riparius

  • Kwak Inn-Sil
    • 환경생물
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    • 제23권3호
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    • pp.269-274
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    • 2005
  • The 2D/E gel analysis for polypeptide expression reflecting I-18 C gene (early-ecdysterone inducible gene) has conducted the emerged C. riparius adults from larval phase exposure to tebufenozide acting as an ecdysteroidal molting hormone. Control group, the amount of ORE II of the I-18 C gene was larger than that of ORE I of this gene. After treatments, ORE I of the I-18 C gene was overexpressed as the polypeptide, whereas ORF II of this gene was expressed as the polypeptide and was clearly reduced expression. Accordingly, we consider that tebufenozide exhibited endocrine disruptions related processing of ecdysteroid receptor protein reflecting ORF II of I-18 C gene. Also, earlier emergence day was related overexpressed polypeptide reflecting ORE I of I-18 C gene. In this study result, tebufenozide induced changing of physiological condition, and then polypeptide expression reflecting early-ecdysterone inducible I-18 C gene was different between control group and exposure group.

유전자 교정 기술의 생의학적 응용 (Biomedical Application of Gene Editing)

  • 박주찬;장현기
    • 산업기술연구
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    • 제42권1호
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    • pp.29-36
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    • 2022
  • The CRISPR system has revolutionized gene editing field. Cas9-mediated gene editing such as Indel induction or HDR enable targeted gene disruption or precise correction of mutation. Moreover, CRISPR-based new editing tools have been developed such as base editors. In this review, we focus on gene editing in human pluripotent stem cells, which is principal technique for gene correction therapy and disease modeling. Pluripotent stem cell-specific drug YM155 enabled selection of target gene-edited pluripotent stem cells. Also, we discussed base editing for treatment of congenital retina disease. Adenine base editor delivery as RNP form provide an approach for genetic disease treatment with safe and precise in vivo gene correction.

Brevibacterium lactofermentum 에서 meso-Diaminopimelate-dehydrogenase Gene (ddh)의 Site-specific Inactivation (Site-speci fic Inactivation o meso-Diaminopimelate-dehydrogenase Gene (ddh) in a Lysine-producing Brevibacterium lactofementum.)

  • 김옥미;박선희;이갑랑
    • 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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    • 제26권5호
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    • pp.387-392
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    • 1998
  • B. lactofermentum의 lysine 생합성에 있어서 DDH경로 및 ddh gene이 지닌 중요성을 조사하기 위하여, site-specific mutagenesis technique를 통하여 B. lactofermentum의 ddh gene을 disruption함으로서 DDH 경로를 차단시켰다. B. lactofermentum ddh mutant는 wild type 및 AEC내성 균주보다 성장이 매우 저조하였으며 lysine 생산량에서도 급격한 저하를 가져왔다. 이와 같이 B. lactofermentum이 DAP 경로만을 가졌을 때 세포의 성장 및 lysine 생산량에 있어서 극적인 저하를 가져왔기 때문에 B. lactofermentum에서의 DDH 경로는 meso-DAP 및 lysine 생합성에 있어 필수적인 경로로 작용한다는 것을 확인하였다. 그러므로 C. glutamicum과 B. lactofermentum과 같은 corynebacteria가 lysine을 많이 생산하는 것은 DDH 경로가 부가적으로 존재하기 때문이며, 이러한 DDH 경로는 metabolic flux가 증가되면 중간 대사물을 lysine으로 변화시키는 중요한 경로로 작용할 것이라 사료된다.

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Induced Mutant Animal Models for Studying the Genetics of Hypertension and Atherosclerosis

  • Oh, Goo-Taeg
    • Toxicological Research
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    • 제17권
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    • pp.289-292
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    • 2001
  • Gene targeting allows precise, predetermined changes to be made in a chosen gene in the mouse genome. To date, targeting has been used most often for generation of animals completely lacking the product of a gene of interest. Models of essential hypertension have been produced by mutated genes relating renin angiotensin system. The most significant contribution to understanding the genetic etiology of essential hypertension is probably the demonstration that discrete alterations in the expression of a variety of different genes can individually cause changes in the blood pressures of mice, even when the mice have all their compensatory mechanisms intact. These effects are readily detected in animals having moderate decreases in gene function due to heterozygosity for gene disruptions or modest increases due to gene duplication. As a species the mouse is highly resistant to atherosclerosis. However. through induced mutations it has been possible to develop lines oj mice that are deficient in apolipoprotein E, a ligand important in lipoprotein clearance, develop atherosclerotic lesions resembling those observed in humans. The atherosclerotic lesions in apoE-deficient mice have been well characterized, and they resemble human lesions in their sites of predilection and progression to the fibroproliferative stage. Other promising models are mice that are deficient in the low-density lipoprotein receptor. Considerable work still remains to be done in dissecting out in a rigorous manner the effects of alterations in single genes on the induction or progression of atherosclerosis and on the control of blood pressures. Perhaps even more exciting is the opportunity now becoming available to breed animals in which the effects oj precise differences in more than one gene can be studied in combination.

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Identification and Characterization of the wbpO Gene Essential for Lipopolysaccharide Synthesis in Vibrio vulnificus

  • Park Na-Young;Lee Jeong-Hyun;Lee Byung-Cheol;Kim Tae-Sung;Choi Sang-Ho
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제16권5호
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    • pp.808-816
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    • 2006
  • A wbpO gene encoding a putative UDP-N-acetylo-galactosamine dehydrogenase was identified and cloned from Vibrio vulnificus. LPS production was altered by disruption of the wbpO gene through allelic exchanges. The function of the wbpO gene in virulence assessed in vitro and in mice revealed that WbpO is important in both the pathogenesis of V. vulnificus and the biosynthesis of LPS.