• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.320-326
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• 1996

To analyze the effects of host versus plasmid on survival of 2, 4-degrading bacteria in environmental samples, strains Pseudomonas cepacia/pJP4, Alcaligenes JMP228/pJP4, P. cepacia/p712, and Alcaligenes JMP228/p712 were separately inoculated into samples of field soil, paddy soil, lake water, and river water, and then the changes of their populations were measured. The strains used contained a 2, 4-D degradative plasmid, either pJP4 conferring fast-growing property to the host or p712 conferring slow-growing property, and were resistant to antibiotics such that the inoculated strains could be enumerated against the indigenous microbial populations. In sterile environmental samples, these strains were stably maintained at the levels used for inoculation, except in sterile paddy soil where Alcaligenes JMP228 strains died drapidly. In natural soil samples for four strains declined steadily with time, but in naturla water samples their polulations fell rapidly at the early phase and then remained almost constant. When the environmentla samples were treated with 2, 4-D, P. cepacia/pJP4 and P. cepacia/p712 maintained significant numbers, while Alcaligenes JMP228/pJP4 and Alcaligenes JMP228/p712 declined significantly in most of the samples. The results indicated that the survivability of genetically modified microorganisms could vary depending on the environments and that their abundance in the environments under s2, 4-D selection was markedly influenced by the nature of the 2, 4-D degradative plasmid as well as type of the host strain.

• 한국미생물생명공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국미생물생명공학회 2000년도 Proceedings of 2000 KSAM International Symposium and Spring Meeting
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• pp.94-99
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• 2000

Bioluminescence is being used as a prevailing reporter of gene expression in microorganisms and mammalian cells. Bacterial bioluminescence draws special attention from environmental biotechnologists since it has many advantageous characteristics, such as no requirement of extra substractes, highly sensitive, and on-line measurability. Using bacterial bioluminescence as a reporter of toxicity has replaced the classical toxicity monitoring technology of using fish or daphnia with a cutting-edge technology. Fusion of bacterial stress promoters, which control the transcription of stress genes corresponding to heat-shock, DNA-, or oxidative-damaging stress, to the bacterial lux operon has resulted in the development of novel toxicity biosensors with a short measurement time, enhanced sensitivity, and ease and convenient usage. Therefore, these recombinant bioluminescent bacteria are expected to induce bacterial bioluminescence when the cells are exposed to stressful conditions, including toxic chemicals. We have used these recombinant bioluminescent bacteria in order to develop toxicity biosensors in a continuous, portable, or in-situ measurement from for air, water, and soil environments. All the data obtained from these toxicity biosensors for these environments were found to be repeatable and reproducible, and the minimum detection level of toxicity was found to be ppb (part per billion) levels for specific chemicals.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.327-336
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• 2010

Cysteine proteases have been known as a critical factor in plant defense mechanisms in pineapple, papaya, or wild fig. Papain or ficin is one kind of cysteine proteases that shows toxic effects to herbivorous insects and pathogenic bacteria. However, resistance to bacterial soft rot of plants genetically engineered with cysteine protease has been little examined thus far. We cloned a cysteine protease cDNA from Ananas comosus and introduced the gene into Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa) under the control of the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter. The transgene was stably integrated and actively transcribed in transgenic plants. In comparisons with wild-type plants, the $T_2$ and $T_3$ transgenic plants exhibited a significant increase in endo-protease activity in leaves and enhanced resistance to bacterial soft rot. A cDNA microarray analysis revealed that several genes were more abundantly transcribed in the transgenic than in the wild type. These genes encode a glyoxal oxidase, PR-1 protein, PDF1, protein kinase, LTP protein, UBA protein and protease inhibitor. These results suggest an important role for cysteine protease as a signaling regulator in biotic stress signaling pathways, leading to the build-up of defense mechanism to pathogenic bacteria in plants.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2000년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.182-195
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• 2000

Indigenous bacteria from poplar roots (Populus mnadensis var. eugenei, 'Imperial Carolina') and Southern Californian shrub rhizospheres as well as two tree-colonizing Rhizobium strains (ATCC 10320 and 35645) were genetically engineered to express constitutively and stably toluene o-monooxygenase (TOM) from Burkholderia cepacia G4 by integrating the torn locus into the chromosome. The poplar and Rhizobium recombinants degraded trichloroethylene (TCE) at 0.8-2.1 nmol/min.mg protein (initial TCE concentration, 10u M) and competitive against the unengineered hosts in wheat and barley rhizospheres for one month (colonization at 1-23 $\times$ 10$^{5}$ CFU/cm root). In addition, six of these recombinants colonized poplar roots stably and competitively with populations as high as 79 $\pm$ 12% of all rhizosphere bacteria after 28 days (0.2-31 $\times$ 10$^{5}$ CFU/cm root). Furthermore, five of the most-competitive poplar recombinants (e.g., Pb3-1 and Pb5-1 which were identified as Pseudomonas PsK) retained the ability to express TOM for 29 days as 100 $\pm$ 0% of the recombinants detected in the poplar rhizosphere had constitutive expression of TOM.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.88-95
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• 1992

유전공학 기법으로 번형시킨 Km' plasmid 들의 전이를 30.deg.C 의 Luris-Bertani broth 에서 실시하였으며, 그 전이 빈도에 대한 donor 와 recipient 의 균주와 함께 pH 의 영향을 연구하였다. GEM 균주들과 NI 균주의 Km'plasmid 의 전이빈도는 recipient 가 MTI 일 경우 pH 7 에서 약 $10^{-5}$ 로 비슷하였으나 CS 균주인 DKC601 에서는 Km'plasmid 의 전이빈도가 $2.2 * 10^{-7}$ 로 훨씬 떨어졌다. 그리고 recipient 가 lab. strain (E. coli HB101) 인 경우에도 Km'plasmid 의 전이경향은 GEM 균주들과 NI 균주사이에 큰차이가 없었다. 또 어느 균주의 경우에나 pH 7 일 때의 전이 빈도가 $10^{-5}$ 정도로 가장 높게 나타났으며, pH 5 와 pH 9 에서는 그보다 조금 떨어졌다. 그러나 E. coli C600을 host 로 하여 제조한 CS 균주(DKC601)에서는 Km'plasmid 의 전이 빈도가 다른 GEM 균주들에 비하여 $10^{2}$ $-10^{3}$ 배 낮았으며 pH 4와 9 에서 6 시간의 conjugation 후에도 전이가 전혀 일어나지 않았다. Conjugant 에서의 plasmid의 재배열은 lab, strain 을 recipient 로 했을 경우에는 별로 없었지만, NI 균주를 recipient 로 했을 경우에 많이 나타났으며, 특히 donor 가 NI 균주보다 GEM 균주인 경우에 더욱 다양하였다. 그러나 pH 에 따른 타이는 그렇게 크지 않았다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.219-228
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• 1990

자연계로부터 분리한 DK1 균주(NI)가 가지고 있는 $Km^r$ plasmid를 유전자조작 기법으로 변형시킨 DKC601 균주 (GEM)를 이용하여 $Km^r$ 유전자의 전이를 무심천의 자연 수계환경에서 실험하였다. $Km^r$ 유전자의 전이 빈도는 NI 균주의 결과와 비교 연구하는 동시에, 전이과정에서 일어나는 plasmid rearrangement를 비교 분석하였다. GEM과 NI의 $Km^r$ 유전자의 전이 빈도는 5-$10^{\circ}C$의 하천수에서는 $9.1\times 10^{-12}~1.8\times 10^{-11}$로 비슷하였으나 20-$30^{\circ}C$에서는 NI 균주가 GEM 균주보다 조금 높았다. 그리고 멸균하천수나 LB broth를 이용한 실험실 환경에서의 $Km^r$ 유전자의 전이 빈도는 하천수에서 보다 다소 높게 나타났다. NI 균주가 가지고 있던 70kb인 $Km^r$ plasmid는 MTl 균주를 recipient로 했을 때에 얻은 transconjugant에서는 수계환경에 관계없이 rearrangement가 많이 일어났으나, GEM 균주에서 얻은 transconJug gant에서는 52 kb인 $Km^r$ plasmid가 안정된 상태로 발견되었다. 그러나 MT2 균주들 recipient로 했을 때에는 NI 뿐만 아니라 GEM 균주로부터 전이된 $Km^r$ plasmid가 모두 rearrangement를 나타냈다. Transconjugant들이 가지고 있는 plasmid의 수는 conjugation의 시간이 길어짐에 따라 사용한 성험균주나 수계환경에 관계없이 감소되었으며, 특히 GEM의 5 52 kb인 $Km^r$ 유전자의 크기는 24시간 후에도 그대로 유지되였다. 이와 같은 결과로 볼 때, $Km^r$ 유전자는 GEM에서나 NI로부터 전이되는 빈도는 recipient 균주에 관계없이 비슷하였으나, conjugation 과정 중 GEM의 $Km^r$ 유전자는 NI의 $Km^r$ 유전자보다 더욱 안정된 상태로 전이되었으며 이 $Km^r$ plasmid의 rearrangement는 수계환경에 관계없이 recipient 균주에 따라 다양하게 나타났다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.508-512
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• 2002

Phospholipase C-gamma-2 ($PLC{\gamma}2$) activation is a key signaling event for many cell functions. In order to delineate the pathways that lead to $PLC{\gamma}2$ activation, we devised a quick method for obtaining sufficient $PLC{\gamma}2$. We obtained the full-length cDNA for human $PLC{\gamma}2$ and expressed it in E. coli using the expression vector pT5T. To enhance the protein expression, tandem AGG-AGG arginine codons at the amino acid positions 1204-1205 were replaced by CGG-CGG arginine codons. The protein expression was detected in a Western blot analysis by both anti-$PLC{\gamma}2$ antibodies and the antibodies that are raised against the tripeptide epitope (Glu-Glu-Phe) tag that are genetically-engineered to its carboxyl terminal. Crude lysates that were prepared from bacteria that express $PLC{\gamma}2$ were found to catalyze the hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol 4,5 bisphosphate. Similar to previous reports on $PLC{\gamma}2$ that is isolated from mammalian tissue, the recombinant enzyme was $Ca^{2+}$ dependent with optimal activity at 1-10 uM $Ca^{2+}$.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.84-91
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• 1999

폐기름 유출지역에서 분리 동정된 미생물 Xl, X2, X3은 폐유나 그 주성분인 난분해성 물질들을 유일 탄소원으로 자랄 수 있었다. Naphthalene과 2-methyl naphthalene은 7일만에 약 80$\%$ 분해되었다. Hexane과 hexadecane은 거의 대부분 분해되며 60$\%$의 분해가 폐유에서 관찰되었다. 합성 계면활성제인 Triton X-100와 Tween 20은 세포의 성장과 분해에 오히려 저해함을 보였다. Xl, X2은 그람 음성을 X3은 그람 양성을 보이며 항생제 ampicillin에 저항성을 가진다. Xl의 30kb plasmid을 E.coli에 transform하여 유전공학적 활용 가능성을 보였다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.607-612
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• 1990

생분해성 고분자로서 중요한 poly-$\beta$-hydroxybutyrate(PHB)의 생합성에 있어서 포도당과 암모늄농도의 영향을 규명하기 위하여 Alcaligenes eutrophus를 회분식으로 배양하였다. PHB는 질소원이 고갈되면서 생성되었고 건조세포무게의 약 80까지 축적되었다. 초기 포도당농도가 높을수록 세포성장과 PHB 합성은 억제되었지만 최종 세포농도와 건조세포무게에 대한 PHB 축적비는 증가하였다. 초기 암모늄농도가 낮을수록 최종 세포와 PHB 농도가 낮았지만 건조세포무게에 대한 PHB 축적비는 증가하였다. 배양도중 산소공급을 중단했을 때 세포성장과 PHB 합성이 중단되었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권11호
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• pp.1706-1712
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• 2006

Because of the need for new antimicrobial substances with novel mechanisms of action, we report here the use of an Acinetobacter reporter system for high-throughput screening of active antimicrobial agents. The bioreporter Acinetobacter strain DF4/PUTK2 carrying luciferase genes luxCDABE was chosen because of its ecological importance and it is widespread in nature. This bioreporter is genetically engineered to emit light constitutively that can be measured in real time by luminometry. Hence, this reporter system was employed to determine the bacteriostatic actions of spent-culture supernatants derived from twelve bacterial isolates. Out of the results, the strongest bioluminescence inhibitory effect of the supernatants was recorded with Bacillus cereus strain BAC (S5). Subsequently, ethyl acetate extracts of extracellular products of strain BAC (S5) were separated by a thin-layer chromatography (TLC). Based on the bioluminescence inhibitory assay, three fractions were found to have antimicrobial activity. One fraction (C) having the strongest antimicrobial activity was further purified using TLC and characterized by IR, $^1H$ NMR, mass spectrometry, SDS-PAGE, and amino acid composition analysis. The results predicted the presence of 2-pyrrolidone-S-carboxylic acid (PCA) and the octadeconic-acid-like fatty acid. Fraction C also demonstrated a broad inhibitory activity on several Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. In conclusion, the Acinetobacter reporter system shows great potential to be a reliable, sensitive, and real-time indicator of the bacteriostatic actions of the antimicrobial agents.