• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.615-621
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• 2007

AMP-activated protein kinase alpha 2 (PRKAA2) plays a key role in regulation of fatty acid and cholesterol metabolism. This study investigated the porcine PRKAA2 gene as a positional candidate for intramuscular fat and backfat thickness traits in pig chromosome 6. A partial fragment of the porcine PRKAA2 gene, amplified by PCR, contained a putative intron 3 including a part of exon 3 and 4, comparable with that of human PRKAA2 gene. Within the fragment, several single nucleotide polymorphisms were identified using multiple sequence alignments. Of these, TaqI restriction enzyme polymorphism was used for genotyping various pig breeds including Korean reference family. Using linkage and physical mapping, the porcine PRKAA2 gene was mapped in the region between microsatellite markers SW1881 and SW1680 on chromosome 6. Allele frequencies were quite different among pig breeds. The full length cDNA of the porcine PRKAA2 (2,145 bp) obtained by RACE containing 1,656 bp open reading frame of deduced 552 amino acids, had sequence identities with PRKAA2 of human (98.2%), rat (97.8%), and mouse (97.5%). These results suggested that the porcine PRKAA2 is a positional candidate gene for fat deposition trait at near telomeric region of the long arm of SSC 6.

• BMB Reports
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.595-606
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• 2006

Metallothioneins are a group of low molecular mass and cysteine-rich metal-binding proteins, ubiquitously found in most living organisms. They play an important role in maintaining intracellular metal homeostasis, eliminating metal toxification and protecting against intracellular oxidative damages. Analysis of complete rice genome sequences revealed eleven genes encoding putative metallothionein (OsMT), indicating that OsMTs constitute a small gene family in rice. Expression profiling revealed that each member of the OsMT gene family differs not only in sequence but also in their tissue expression patterns, suggesting that these isoforms may have different functions they perform in specific tissues. On the basis of OsMT structural and phylogenetic analysis, the OsMT family was classified as two classes and class I was subdivided into four types. Additionally, in this paper we also present a complete overview of this family, describing the gene structure, genome localization, upstream regulatory element, and exon/intron organization of each member in order to provide valuable insight into this OsMT gene family.

• 한국응용약물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국응용약물학회 2001년도 추계학술대회 및 정기총회
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• pp.108-108
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• 2001

Axin2/Conductin/Axil and its ortholog Axin are negative regulators of the Wnt signaling pathway, which promote the phosphorylation and degradation of ${\beta}$-catenin. While Axin is expressed ubiquitously, Axin2 mRNA was seen in a restricted pattern during mouse embryogenesis and organogenesis. Because many sites of Axin2 expression overlapped with those of several Wnt genes, we tested whether Axin2 was induced by Wnt signaling. Endogenous Axin2 mRNA and protein expression could be rapidly induced by activation of the Wnt pathway, and Axin2 reporter constructs, containing a 5.6 kb DNA fragment including the promoter and first intron, were also induced. This genomic region contains eight Tcf/LEF consensus binding sites, five of which are located within longer, highly conserved non-coding sequences. The mutation or deletion of these Tcf/LEF sites greatly diminished induction by ${\beta}$-catenin, and mutation of the Tcf/LEF site T2 abolished protein binding in an electrophoretic mobility-shift assay. These results strongly suggest that Axin2 is a direct target of the Wnt pathway, mediated through Tcf/LEF factors. The 5.6 kb genomic sequence was sufficient to direct the tissue specific expression of d2EGFP in transgenic embryos, consistent with a role for the Tcf/LEF sites and surrounding conserved sequences in the in vivo expression pattern of Axin2. Our results suggest that Axin2 participates in a negative feedback loop, which could serve to limit the duration or intensity of a Wnt-initiated signal.

• 대한유전성대사질환학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.5-12
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• 2004

Purpose Phenylketonuria is an inborn error of metabolism, which is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. PKU is resulting from deficiency of phenylalanine hydroxylase. PAH gene spans about 90 kb on chromosome 12q and comprises 13 exons. In order to define the genetic basis of PKU and the frequencies and distribution of PAH mutations in the Korean population, we analyzed PAH gene in independent 80 patients with PKU. Methods All 13 exons including exon-intron boundaries and 2 kb of 5' upstream region of the PAH gene were analyzed by PCR-direct sequencing methods. Results PAH gene analysis revealed 39 different mutations including 10 novel mutations. The novel mutations consisted of 9 missense mutations (P69S, G103S, N207D, T278S, P281A, L293M, G332V, S391I and A447P) and a novel splice site variant (IVS10-3C>G). R243Q, IVS4-1G>A, and E6-96A>G were the most relevant mutations and they accounted in the whole for 38% of the mutant alleles identified in this study. We also observed that. $BH_4$ responsibility was. associated with genotype of R241C, R53H and R408Q. Conc1ustion Our present study with 80 participants extends the previous results to more comprehensive understanding of PAH allele distribution and frequency in Koreans. Although Korean mutation profile of PAH is similar to those of the nearest oriental populations (Japanese, Chinese, and Taiwanese), several different characteristic features are revealed. The characterization of the genotype-phenotype relationship was also performed. Our data would be very useful information for diagnosis, genetic counseling and planning of dietary and therapeutic strategies in Korean PAH patients.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제26권10호
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• pp.1359-1364
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• 2013

The purpose of this study was to find any association of the bovine growth hormone (bGH) gene with growth and carcass quality traits in Korean native cattle, Hanwoo. Genomic DNA was extracted from 21 Hanwoo individuals, and the 47 to 2,528 bp region of the bGH 2,856 bp (GenBank accession number M57764) including the promoter and the five exons was sequenced. A total of ten bGH SNPs were confirmed, including four (253 C>T, 303 C>T, 502 C>T, and 559 G>A) in the promoter, one (679 C>T) in exon 1, one (1,692 T>C) in intron 3, and four (2141 C>G, 2258 C>T, 2277 C>T, and 2291 A>C) in exon 5. The ten bGH SNPs were genotyped for a sample of 242 Hanwoo steers and association tests were performed to find any significant SNP that was correlated with growth and carcass quality. Of the SNPs, the 303 C>T SNP in the promoter region was significantly associated with 6-month-old weight, the 559 G>A SNP with longissimus dorsi muscle area, the 2141 C>G SNP in exon 5 with daily weight gain, and the 2258 C>T SNP with daily weight gain and carcass weight (p<0.05). The significant SNPs need to be verified in other Hanwoo populations before considering implementation of marker-assisted selection for genetic improvement of growth and carcass quality in Hanwoo.

• 한국작물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국작물학회 2022년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.289-289
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• 2022

Waterlogging tolerance of corn is one of the important factor for cultivate in paddy soil condition to increase cultivation area and self-sufficiency of corn in Korea. In order to develop elite waterlogging tolerance corn, the new corn lines bred by crossing wild corn, Teosinte, and cultivated corn inbred lines. Five accessions among the 2 species, Zea mays sub spp. mexicana and Zea mays spp. parviglumis, of 81 Teosinte were selected through the waterlogging treatment. The waterlogging treatments were implemented for 7 days at the seedling(V3) stage. The inbred lines were developed by crossing 5 teosinte accessions and cultivated corn lines and they were estimated waterlogging tolerance. It was screened and analyzed the metabolites extracted from roots of 19KT-32(KS141 × teosinte) that was treated waterlogging. We selected 8 of 180 metabolites like as γ-aminobutyric acid(GABA), putrescine, citrulline, Gly, and Ala that expression was remarkably changed over 2.5-times, 7 metabolites increased and 1 metabolite decreased in waterlogging, respectively. Glutamate decarboxylase(GAD) catalyzing GABA accumulation gene have 10 haplotypes, and exon1 was highly conserved, but identified to 135 SNPs after the first intron. Among the 135 SNPs, the number of transversion mutations (52) surpassed the number of transition mutations (38). Most of metabolites were related to abiotic stress in plant that it regulated to pH, osmotic pressure K⁺/Ca⁺⁺ and ATPase activity. We are analyzing the association using these results for increase breeding efficiency.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.621-632
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• 2008

제주재래흑돼지와 Landrace의 상호교차교배를 통하여 생산된 F2 집단에 대해 총 4개의 유전자(ADCYAP1R1, FABP3, MC4R, MYL2)에서 5 좌위의 단일염기변이의 다형성을 조사하고, 성장형질들과 통계적 연관성을 분석하였다. 조사된 5종의 SNP 좌위에서 모두 다형성이 관찰되었으나, FABP3 g.-158T>C 염기치환에 대한 유전자형 중 T/T 동형접합자는 제주재래흑돼지에서는 발견되지 않았고, Landrace에서는 ADCYAP1R1의 intron 2 337 G/G 동형접합자가 발견되지 않았다. ADCYAP1R1 유전자형은 3주령체중, 20주령체중, FABP3 유전자의 g.-135delT에 대한 유전자형은 후기일당증체량에 고도의 유의차를 보였고(P<0.01), g.-158T>G 유전자형은 성장초기단계의 체중, 20주령체중, 후기일당증체량에 대해 고도의 유의차를 나타내었다(P<0.01). MC4R은 초기일당증체량의 차이에 의해 10주령체중의 유의차를 보였고(P<0.05), 후기일당증체량과도 고도의 유의차를 나타내었다(P<0.01). F2의 체장은 ADCYAP1R1, MC4R, MYL2 유전자형에 대한 통계적 유의차를 나타내었으나(P< 0.05), 이중 MC4R의 유전자형에 따른 체장의 차이가 가장 큰 폭으로 확인되었다. 본 연구의 결과들은 제주재래흑돼지와 관련된 다원교잡체계를 이용한 양돈산업에서 성장형질의 생산성 향상을 위한 제주재래흑돼지 종모돈의 선발이나, 제주재래흑돼지 품종 자체의 품종개량을 위한 분자육종체계 구축에서 유용한 기초자료가 될 것으로 사료된다.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.259-264
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• 2015

치과 교정용 자가중합형 레진의 중합 온도가 기계적 특성에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위하여 폴리머와 모노머의 부피비는 2.5:1로 하고, 중합 온도를 $25^{\circ}C$, $40^{\circ}C$, $70^{\circ}C$의 세 group으로 나누었다. 실험을 위해 각 group 당 10개씩의 시편을 중합 시간 15분, 중합 압력 3 bar로 통일하여 제작하였다. 그 후 시편을 실험 전까지 $37^{\circ}C$의 증류수에 48시간 이상 보관한 다음, Intron (3344)을 이용하여 각 시편의 FS 및 EM을 측정하였다. 이렇게 하여 얻어진 값들은 SPSS ver. 16.0을 사용하여 일원 배치 분산 분석을 하였으며 Scheffe의 사후 검정을 실시하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 치과 교정용 자가중합형 레진의 FS 평균값을 비교해 보았을 때 $25^{\circ}C$ group은 $71.500{\pm}5.546MPa$, $40^{\circ}C$ group은 $74.920{\pm}4.237MPa$, $70^{\circ}C$ group은 $76.880{\pm}4.304MPa$의 범위였으며, $25^{\circ}C$ group<$40^{\circ}C$ group<$70^{\circ}C$ group 순으로 차이가 있었으나 통계적으로 유의한 차이는 없었다(p=0.052). 치과 교정용 자가중합형 레진의 EM 평균값은 $25^{\circ}C$ group이 $2.164{\pm}0.073MPa$, $40^{\circ}C$ group은 $2.258{\pm}0.069MPa$, $70^{\circ}C$ group은 $2.282{\pm}0.147MPa$의 범위였으며, $25^{\circ}C$ group<$40^{\circ}C$ group<$70^{\circ}C$ group 순으로 중합 온도가 높을수록 유의한 차이를 보였다(p<0.039). 이상의 실험 결과로 미루어 볼 때 EM 값은 $25^{\circ}C$ group<$40^{\circ}C$ group<$^70{\circ}C$ group 순으로 통계적 유의성이 인정되는 수준의 상승이 있었던 반면, FS 값은 통계적 유의성은 보이고 있지 않으나 강도의 증가에 영향을 미치고 있으므로, 치과 교정 장치 제작 시 일정 수준의 중합 온도 상승은 장치의 기계적 물성을 증가시킬 것이라고 판단된다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.578-584
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• 1998

In a previous paper (Kim et al., 1996a), the immediate 5' -flanking region and coding region of the human UDP-N -acetylglucosamine:-D-mannoside-1,4-Nacetylglucosaminyltransferase III (N-acetylglucosaminyitransferase- III; GnT-III) gene was reported, isolated and analyzed. Herein, we report on amplification of a new 5' -noncoding region of the GnT-III mRNA by single-strand ligation to single-stranded cDNA-PCR (5' -RACE PCR) using poly(A)+ RNA isolated from human fetal liver cells. A cDNA clone was obtained with 5' sequences (96 bp) that diverged seven nucleotides upstream from the ATG (+1) start codon. A concensus splice junction sequence, TCTCCCGCAG, was found immediately 5' to the position where the sequences of the cDNA diverged. The result suggested the presence of an intron in the 5' -noncoding region and that the cDNA was an incompletely reversetranscribed cDNA product derived from an mRNA containing a new noncoding exon. When mRNA expression of GnT-III in various human tissues and cancer cell lines was examined, Northern blot analysis indicated high expression levels of GnT-III in human fetal kidney and brain tissues, as well as for a number of leukemia and lymphoma cancer cell lines. Promoter activities of the 5' -flanking regions of exon 1 and the new noncoding region were measured in a human hepatoma cell line, HepG2, by luciferase assays. The 5'-flanking region of exon 1 was the most active, whilst that of exon 2 was inactive.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.549-552
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• 2009

유전자의 융합으로 인한 돌연변이는 염색체 재배열, 트랜스 스플라이싱, 유전자간 스플라이싱으로 인하여 야기된다고 알려져 있다. 우리는 두 개의 서로 다른 유전자의 pre-mRNA의 융합으로 인하여 만들어지는 트랜스 스플라이싱의 전사 산물에 관심을 가져, 인간의 태아 줄기 세포에서 이러한 돌연변이 양상을 분석하였다. 배아줄기세포의 mRNA에서 트랜스 스플라이싱 전사체 70개를 탐지해 내고, 이들의 융합되는 패턴에 따라 5'UTR-5'UTR, 5'UTR-3'UTR, 3'UTR-3'UTR, 5'UTR- CDS, 3'UTR-CDS, CDS-CDS의 6개의 유형으로 분류하여 분석하였다. 두 유전자의 융합되는 영역은 UTR영역보다 CDS에서 풍부하였는데, 이러한 이유는 많은 인트론 수로 인해 야기되는 것으로 추정된다. 융합되는 유전자의 염색체상의 위치분석 결과, 17번과 19번 염색체가 융합유전자의 활성화를 나타내었다. 이러한 연구결과는 향후 융합유전자와 인간의 질병 연구에 크게 기여할 것으로 사료된다.