• 제목/요약/키워드: Gene fusion

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곤충세포주에서 Autographa californica 핵다각체병 바이러스의 다각체 단백질과 초록색 형광 단백질의 융합단백질 발현 및 특성 (Expression and Characterization of Fusion Protein with Autographa californica Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus Polyhedrin and Green Fluorescent Protein in Insect Cells)

  • 제연호;진병래;노종열;장진희;강석권
    • 한국응용곤충학회지
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    • 제38권2호
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    • pp.139-144
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    • 1999
  • Autographa californica 핵다각체병 바이러스(AcNPV)의 다각체 단백질과 초록색 형광 단백질의 융합단백질의 특성을 분석하였다. 초록색 형광 단백질 유전자는 AcNPV의 완전한 다각체 단백질 유전자의 앞쪽과 뒤쪽에 융합하여 다각체 단백질 유전자의 프로모터 조절하에 도입하였다. 이렇게 작성된 재조합 바이러스를 각각 Ac-GFPPOL 또는 Ac-POLGFP이라고 명명하였다. 이들 재조합 바이러스에 의해 감염된 곤충세포주에서는 56kDa의 융합단백질이 발현되었다. 한편, 흥미롭게도 재조합 바이러스 Ac-POLGFP에 의해 감염된 세포주에서는 초록색 형광이 핵내에서만 다각체 유사 granular particle 형태로 관찰되었다. 반면에 Ac-GFPPOP에 의해 감염된 세포도주에서는 대부분 핵내에 존재하였지만, 세포질과 핵 모두에서 초록색 형광을 관찰할 수 있었다. 그러나 발현된 융합단백질은 분명히 다각체단백질을 포함하고 있음에도 다각체는 형성하지 않았다. 이러한 결과들은 융합단백질에서 다각체단백질의 위치와 관련이 있는 것으로 보여진다.

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대장균 xylA 유전자의 구성적 변이주의 분리 (Isolation of Constitutive Mutant of xylA Gene in Escherichia coli)

  • 소재현;노동현;이인구
    • Current Research on Agriculture and Life Sciences
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    • 제11권
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    • pp.81-89
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    • 1993
  • xylA 유전자의 발현에 관한 xylR 유전자의 조절 메카니즘을 밝히기 위한 연구의 일환으로 xylA 프로모터 하류에 cat 유전자를 삽입시켜 Pxyl-cat-xylA 융합 플라스미드인 pEXC131을 제작하였고 이 플라스미드를 xylA 변이주인DH77로 형질전환시킨 결과 xylose의 유도시에만 Cm 내성과 xylose isomerase활성이 나타났다. pEXC1131/DH77에 NTG를 처리하여 xylose 유도없이도 Cm 내성과 xylose isomerase의 활성을 나타내는 xylA 유전자의 구성적 변이주인 pEXC131-39를 xylR 변이주인 DH60으로 형질전환시킨 균주가 xylose에 의한 유도와 무관하게 Cm 내성 및 xylose isomerase 활성을 가지는 것으로 보아 xylA 유전자의 프로모터부위의 변이에 의한 구성적 변이주임을 확인하였다.

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Expression and Characterization of Helicobacter pylori Adhesin Protein Linked to Cholera Toxin A2/B Subunits in Escherichia coli

  • Kim, Byung-Oh;Shin, Sung-Seup;Yoo, Young-Hyo;Pyo, Shuk-Neung
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제10권1호
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    • pp.56-62
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    • 2000
  • The hpa gene genetically linked to the ctxa2b gene was cloned into the pTED expression vector, and the constructed pTEDhpa/ctxa2b was transformed into Excherichia coli. The fusion protein, the adhesin fused to the cholera toxin subunit A2B (CTXA2B) subunit, was expressed to high levels as inclusion bodies in E. coli. The expressed protein was partially purified by washing the inclusion bodies with working solution containing 8M Urea and 0.1M DTT. Refolding of denatured fusion protein was carried out in the presence of glutathione redox buffer. The refolded fusion protein was purified by size exclusion chromatography. The expressed fusion protein was verified by SDS-PAGE, western blotting with antibodies to both antigenic components of adhesin and cholera toxin subunit B (CTXB), and its N-terminal amino acid sequence was analyzed. The orderly assembled fusion protein was confirmed by modified Gm1-ganglioside ELISA with Abs to adhesin. The results indicate that the purified fusion protein is an Adhesin/CTXA2B protein containing the H. pylori adhesin and $G_{m1}4-ganglioside binding activity of CTXB and the expressed fusion protein in E. coli could be easily purified by the refolding process, Its molecular weight was 168kDa as estimated by size exclusion chromatography. The Adhesin/CTXA2B protein may be used as a candidate antigen for oral immunization against H. pylori.

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TMPRSS2:ETS Fusions and Clinicopathologic Characteristics of Prostate Cancer Patients from Eastern China

  • Dong, Jun;Xiao, Li;Sheng, Lu;Xu, Jun;Sun, Zhong-Quan
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • 제15권7호
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    • pp.3099-3103
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    • 2014
  • TMPRSS2:ERG gene fusions in prostate cancer have a dominant prevalence of approximately 50.0%, but infomration is limited on differences among ethnic and geographical groups. Some studies focusing on Japanese and Korean patients reported a lower incidence. Investigations concerning Chinese revealed controversial results. We evaluated TMPRSS2:ERG, TMPRSS2:ETV1 and TMPRSS2:ETV4 fusions in more than 100 Eastern Chinese prostate cancer patients. Paraffin blocks of needle biopsy and radical prostatectomy were collected from 91 and 18 patients respectively. All patients' clinicopathologic factors were gathered. TMPRSS2:ERG, TMPRSS2:ETV1 and TMPRSS2:ETV4 fusions were tested by multi-probe fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) assay. TMPRSS2:ERG fusions was present in 14.3% biopsy specimens and 11.1% radical prostatectomy patients. Neither TMPRSS2:ETV1 nor TMPRSS2:ETV4 fusion was found in any case. Altogether, 13 (86.7%) TMPRSS2:ERG fusion positive cases possessed deletion pattern and 7 (46.6%) and insertion pattern. Some 5 cases had both deletion and insertion patterns. While 38.5% (5/13) patients with deletion pattern had distant metastasis, except for one metastatic case harboring both deletion and insertion, there were no patients with insertion pattern accompanied with metastasis. There were no differences between fusion positive and negative cases in the distribution of age, PSA, Gleason score and TNM stage. Eastern Chinese prostate cancer patients have a significantly low incidence of TMPRSS2:ERG fusion. They also lack TMPRSS2:ETV1 and TMPRSS2:ETV4 fusion. There are more deletion pattern than insertion pattern in TMPRSS2:ERG positive cases. Fusion positive and negative patients have no clinicopathologic factor differences.

Defining the N-Linked Glycosylation Site of Hantaan Virus Envelope Glycoproteins Essential for Cell Fusion

  • Zheng, Feng;Ma, Lixian;Shao, Lihua;Wang, Gang;Chen, Fengzhe;Zhang, Ying;Yang, Song
    • Journal of Microbiology
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    • 제45권1호
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    • pp.41-47
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    • 2007
  • The Hantaan virus (HTNV) is an enveloped virus that is capable of inducing low pH-dependent cell fusion. We molecularly cloned the viral glycoprotein (GP) and nucleocapsid (NP) cDNA of HTNV and expressed them in Vero E6 cells under the control of a CMV promoter. The viral gene expression was assessed using an indirect immunofluorescence assay and immunoprecipitation. The transfected Vero E6 cells expressing GPs, but not those expressing NP, fused and formed a syncytium following exposure to a low pH. Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against envelope GPs inhibited cell fusion, whereas MAbs against NP did not. We also investigated the N-linked glycosylation of HTNV GPs and its role in cell fusion. The envelope GPs of HTNV are modified by N-linked glycosylation at five sites: four sites on G1 (N134, N235, N347, and N399) and one site on G2 (N928). Site-directed mutagenesis was used to construct eight GP gene mutants, including five single N-glycosylation site mutants and three double-site mutants, which were then expressed in Vero E6 cells. The oligosaccharide chain on residue N928 of G2 was found to be crucial for cell fusion after exposure to a low pH. These results suggest that G2 is likely to be the fusion protein of HTNV.

Gene fusion of GFP with cytochrome c-552 gene of Hydrogenobacter thermophilus

  • 김민경;성소현;진기덕;이한수;이원홍;최정우;안동준;홍억기
    • 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국생물공학회 2000년도 추계학술발표대회 및 bio-venture fair
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    • pp.680-683
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    • 2000
  • 고온성 박테리아인 Hydrogenobacter thermophilus가 생산하는 cytochrome c-552 유전자에 대한 primer를 제작하여 PCR을 통해 증폭한 후 E. coli에 cloning하였다. 또한 point mutagenesis를 통해 fusion protein을 만들기 위한 기초자료를 마련하였다. 앞으로 cytochrome c-552가 E. coli에서 mutant type으로 발현되기 위한 발현벡터의 개발과 이를 정제하는 기술을 개발하는 것이 필요할 것이다.

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미생물을 이용한 우유 유래 항균펩타이드(락토페리신)의 생산 (Production of Milk-Originated Antimicrobial Peptide, Lactoferricin, in E. coli)

  • 강대경
    • Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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    • 제25권2호
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    • pp.17-20
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    • 2007
  • Bovine lactoferricin(LFcin B) is a peptide of 25 amino acids that originated from the N terminus of bovine lactoferrin, and is characterized as having potent antimicrobial activity against bacteria, fungi, protozoa and viruses. But, direct expression of Lfcin B is lethal to Escherichia coli. For the efficient production of Lfcin B in microorganism, we developed an expression system in which the gene for cationic Lfcin B was fused to an anionic peptide gene, and successfully expressed the concatemeric fusion gene in E. coli. The purified recombinant Lfcin B was found to have antimicrobial activity, as chemically synthesized Lfcin B peptide does.

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미생물을 이용한 우유 유래 항균펩타이드(락토페리신)의 생산 (Production of milk-originated antimicrobial peptide, lactoferricin, in E. coli)

  • 강대경
    • 한국유가공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국유가공기술과힉회 2007년도 추계학술발표대회
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    • pp.13-20
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    • 2007
  • Bovine lactoferricin(LFcin B) is a peptide of 25 amino acids that originated from the N terminus of bovine lactoferrin, and is characterized as having potent antimicrobial activity against bacteria, fungi, protozoa and viruses. But, direct expression of Lfcin B is lethal to Escherichia coli. For the efficient production of Lfcin B in E. coli, we developed an expression system in which the gene for cationic Lfcin B was fused to an anionic peptide gene, and successfully expressed the concatemeric fusion gene in E. coli. The purified recombinant Lfcin B was found to have antimicrobial activity, as the native Lfcin B peptide does.

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Identification of a Deoxyribonuclease I Inhibitor from a Phage-Peptide Library

  • Choi, Suk-Jung;Sperinde, Jeffrey J.;Szoka, Francis C. Jr.
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • 제19권1호
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    • pp.54-59
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    • 2005
  • Deoxyribonuclease I (DNase I) is a divalent cation dependent endonuclease and thought to be a significant barrier to effective gene delivery. The only known DNase I-specific inhibitor is monomeric actin which acts by forming a 1:1 complex with DNase I. Its use, however, is restricted because of tendency to polymerize under certain conditions. We screened two random phage peptide libraries of complexity $10^8$ and $10^9$ for DNase I binders as candidates for DNase I inhibitors. A number of DNase I-binding peptide sequences were identified. When these peptides were expressed as fusion proteins with Escherichia coli maltose binding protein, they inhibited the actin-DNase I interaction ($IC_{50}=0.1-0.7{\mu}M$) and DNA degradation by DNase I ($IC_{50}=0.8-8{\mu}M$). Plasmid protection activity in the presence of DNase I was also observed with the fusion proteins. These peptides have the potential to be a useful adjuvant for gene therapy using naked DNA.

Expression of a Bovine ${\beta}$-Casein/Human Lysozyme Fusion Gene in the Mammary Gland of Transgenic Mice

  • Lee, Woon-Kyu;Kim, Sun-Jung;Hong, Seung-Beom;Lee, Tae-Hoon;Han, Yong-Mahn;Yoo, Ook-Joon;Im, Kyung-Soon;Lee, Kyung-Kwang
    • BMB Reports
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    • 제31권4호
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    • pp.413-417
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    • 1998
  • Transgenic mice containing a bovine ${\beta}-Casein/Human$ lysozyme fusion gene (pBZ) were generated in order to produce human lysozyme in their milk. The expression vector was a quadripartite fusion consisting of a 2 kb upstream DNA of the bovine ${\beta}-casein$ gene, human lysozyme gene, intron II of the rabbit ${\beta}-globin$ gene, and the polyadenylation/termination signals of SV40 DNA. Fertilized mouse zygotes were microinjected with pBZ, then transferred into the oviduct of foster mothers. Out of 20 mice born, 11 survived until postweaning and three were identified as positivetransgenic by Southern blot analysis (one male and two females). The founder mice were mated to BCFl mice to produce transgenic progeny. It was confirmed by RT-PCR and Northern blot analyses that the transgene was specifically expressed in the mammary gland of the founder mice. Furthermore, the artificial introns within the transgenic RNA was proven to be correctly spliced out as judged by RT-PCR analysis. These results indicated that transgenic mice generated in this study properly expressed the human lysozyme RNA in their mammary gland.

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