• Molecules and Cells
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.74-82
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• 2005

Glutaredoxins (Grxs) are thioloxidoreductases which are required for maintaining thiol/disulfide equilibrium in living cells. The Grx3 gene, which encodes one of the three monothiol Grxs in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, was characterized, and its transcriptional regulation studied. Genomic DNA encoding Grx3 was isolated by PCR, and a plasmid pTT3 carrying this DNA was produced. The DNA sequence has 1,267 bp, which would encode a monothiol Grx of 166 amino acids with a molecular mass of 18.3 kDa. The putative protein has 27% homology with Grx5, and contains many hydrophobic amino acid residues in its N-terminal region. S. pombe cells harboring pTT3 had increased Grx activity and enhanced survival on minimal medium plates containing aluminum (5 mM), BSO (0.05 mM), menadione (0.01 mM) or cadmium (0.2 mM). The 568 bp upstream region of Grx3 was fused into the promoterless b-galactosidase gene of the shuttle vector YEp367R to generate fusion plasmid pMJS10. Potassium chloride (KCl) and metals including aluminum and cadmium enhanced the synthesis of ${\beta}$-galactosidase from the fusion gene. The synthesis of ${\beta}$-galactosidase was also enhanced, in a Pap1-dependent manner, by fermentable carbon sources such as glucose (at low concentrations) and sucrose, but not by non-fermentable carbon sources such as ethanol and acetate. Grx3 mRNA increased in response to treatment with BSO. These observations indicate that S. pombe Grx3 is involved in the response to stress, and is regulated by stress.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.19-26
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• 1990

To examine the effects of sequence variations near the transcriptional start site on the rate of formation of the open complexes at bacteriophage $\lambda P_{R}$ promoter, two mutant promoters were created by site-specific mutagenesis using synthetic oligonucleotides. Mutant I coatains changes at positions -3 and -4 from TT to CC, thus having a 6-bp long G/C stretch between -10 region and transciptional start site (+1). Mutant II has changes at positions -5 and -6 from GG to AA, thereby having a 9-bp long A/T stretch between positions -11 and -3. Selective filter binding assays were performed to measure the rate of formation of the open complexes between the wild-type or two mutant $P_{R}$ promoters on 664 bp fragments and E. coli RNA polymerase at two temperatures. At 37.deg.C, the wild-type and two mutants showed similar rates for the formation of open complex. The second order rate constant $k_{a}$ and $\tau _{int}$, as determined from the .tau.-plot analysis, were $(6.0\pm0.4)\times10^{6}M^{-1}sec^{-1}$ and $11\pm5$sec, respectively. At 18.deg.C, however, the wild-type and two mutant promoters showed differences in the kinetic parameters. k for the wild-type promoter was (2.2$\pm$0.1)\times 10^{6}M^{-1}sec^{-1}$ and $\tau _{int}$ was 76$\pm$sec. Mutant I and II exhibited differences mainly in the rate of isomerization ($\tau_{int,I}=91\pm$10 sec, int,II=34$\pm$ sec), whereas the second order rate constant $k_{a}$ was similar to the wild type value. This result implies that at $18^{\circ}C$, the isomerization rate is determined by both protein conformational change and DNA melting, which are separable kinetically according to the 3-step mechanism of Roe et al.(1984,1985), and that the base changes affected mainly the rate of DNA melting as predicted.lting as predicted.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.35-41
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• 2003

본 연구는 식품에 존재하는 Y. enterocolitica균의 신속한 검출방법을 조사하기 위하여 이균에 특이적인 특이적인 ail, yst 및 virF 유전자와 Yersinia 속균을 구별하는 subgenus-specific Y16S primer를 도입하여 multiplex PCR을 수행하였으며 Y. enterocolitica균의 검출 민감도와 특이도 및 먹는 샘물과 야채류에서의 적용실험을 각각 조사하였다. PCR 특이성 실험에서는 Y enterorolitica ATCC 27729균은 355 bp(ail), 134 bp(yst) 및 200 bp(Y16S) 3종의 유전자에 대한 DNA 증폭밴드를 나타내었으며, Y. enteroculitica ATCC 9610 및 ATCC 23715는 yst와 Y16S 2종에만 증폭을 보였다 반면에 기타 비병원성 Yersinia균인 Y. frederikseni, Y. intemedia, Y kri-steneni, Y pseudotuberculosis 등은 Y16S에만 DNA밴드를 나타내었으나 기타 세균인 E. colt ATCC 25392, Shi. dysen-teri, S. aureus ATCC 25923, L. monocytognes ATCC 19111 균에서는 어떤 primer에서도 특이 DNA 밴드를 확인할 수 없었다 PCR 민감도는 다른 유전자에 비하여 yst 유전자가 Y. enterocolitica균에 가장 높은 민감도를 나타내었고, Y16S 유전자는 속과 종에 관계없이 높은 민감도를 나타내었다. 따가서, 먹샘물이나 야채류에 대한 병원성 Yersinia균의 지표유전자자로서 속을 대표하는 Y16S유전자와 종을 대표하는 yst유전자를 선정하였다. 수질 중 Y. enferocolitica의 검출한계를 알아보기 위하여 일반세균수가 3600 CFU/mL정도 함유된 먹는 샘물의 경우, DNA를 분리하지 않고 단순 열처리한 배양액을 DNA주형으로 사용하여 multiplex-PCR을 실시한 결과, Y16S 와 yst 유전자 모두 7$\times$$10^1$ CFU/mL 수준가지 검출할 수 있었으며, 일반세균수가 2.5$\times$$10^{5}$CFU/g 정도 함유된 상치는 7 및 7$\times$$10^1$CFU/g, 일반세균이 7.1$\times$$10^4$CFU/g정도 함유된 양송이버섯은 7 및 7$\times$$10^1$CFU/g 수준까지 검출할 수 있었다. 본 연구에서 나타난 바와 같이, 수질이나 야채류에서 Y16S와 yst 유전자를 혼합하여 Y. enterocolitica를 검출할 경우, DNA를 분리하지 않고 직접 whole cell을 lysate하여 DNA주형으로 사용하여도 2차 PCR을 수행할 경우에는 증균과정을 하지 않고도 민감도를 증진시키면서 신속하게 효율적으로 원하는 대상균을 검출할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다.다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.92-97
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• 1996

The age-46.5 gene of Escherichia coli is induced by nitrate ion and regulated by Fnr, NarL, and NarP during anaerobic growth. aeg-46.5::lacZ fusion gene shows its maximum expression in narL host after two hours of aerobic to anaerobic switch in M9-Glc-nitrate medium. Fnr and NarP act as positive regulators, and NarL acts as a negative regulator. The control region of the aeg-46.5 was identified and the binding sites of regulator proteins have been predicted (Reznikoff and Choe (1993)). It has two symmetry regions. One is located at -52~-37 bp from the anaerobic mRNA 5'-end, which is the binding site of NarL and NarP. The other is located at +37~+56 bp from the 5'-end of mRNA. In this study, the downstream symmetry region from the mRNA 5'-end was investigated by site-directed mutagenesis. The destruction of the symmetry region increases the expression level of aeg-46.5. We propose that the symmetry region interferes with the expression of aeg-46.5 possibly by forming a stem-and-loop structure.

• 한국연초학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.133-140
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• 2001

PAP-I cDNA was synthesized from total RNA of Phytolacca americana leaves by RT-PCR, and then subcloned to recombinant vector pBluescript II SK-. Using PCR with primers designed in our laboratory, we could get the 9 deletion mutant PAP-I cDNA fragments. The first of the fragments was deleted by 66bp from immature N-terminal and then the rest were deleted by 90bp sequentially. Sequentially deletion mutant PAP-I cDNAs were inserted to pAc55M, on down-stream of gall promoter. Recombinant pAc55M was transformed to yeast cells, psy1 and the cells were spreaded on SC_urn-/glucose plate media. Colonies on SC_ura-/glucose plate were streaked on the same position of SC_ura-/glucose and SC_ura-/galactose plate, and we selected colonies growing on both plates, which carry non-cytotoxic deleted mutant PAP-I cDNA. We selected 4 deletion mutant PAP-I cDNAs which have not cytotoxicity.

• 한국독성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국독성학회 2002년도 Molecular and Cellular Response to Toxic Substances
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• pp.146-146
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• 2002

The alkaline single cell gel electrophoresis (comet) assay was used to clarify in vitro and in vivo genotoxicity of 2-bromopropane (2-BP). For in vitro studies, fresh medium containing 2-BP (2.50, 1.00, 0.50, 0.25, 0.10, 0.05, 0.01 mM, and vehicle control) were added in human lymphocytes.(omitted)

• Toxicological Research
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.35-40
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• 2009

TCDD (2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin) and related halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons elicit a diverse spectrum of biochemical and toxic responses in laboratory animals and mammalian cells in culture. Toxicity and carcinogenicity of TCDD is well established but the molecular mechanism is still poorly understood. Here, we found the noble responsive genes to TCDD using the differential display analysis. Treatment of HepG2 cells with TCDD showed a significantly different mRNA expression pattern from the untreated cells in differential display analysis. The differentially displayed bands were isolated and used as probes in dot blot and Northern blot analyses. Of thirty-five isolated differentially displayed bands, only two bands were confirmed as positive in dot blot and Northern blot analyses. The nucleotides sequences of these clones were analyzed and the search of Genebank database revealed that one clone is highly homologous with RanBP2 (Ras-related nuclear protein binding protein2; 92%) and the other is an unknown gene. RanBP2 is a nucleoporin with SUMO E3 ligase activity that functions in both nucleocytoplasmic transport and mitosis and its role as a novel tumor suppressor has been recently proposed. Thus, these results may suggest the clue elucidating the toxic mechanism of TCDD through RanBP2.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.503-508
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• 2011

A ${\beta}$-glucosidase from Phoma sp. KCTC11825BP isolated from rotten mandarin peel was purified 8.5-fold with a specific activity of 84.5 U/mg protein. The purified enzyme had a molecular mass of 440 kDa with a subunit of 110 kDa. The partial amino acid sequence of the purified ${\beta}$-glucosidase evidenced high homology with the fungal ${\beta}$- glucosidases belonging to glycosyl hydrolase family 3. Its optimal activity was detected at pH 4.5 and $60^{\circ}C$, and the enzyme had a half-life of 53 h at $60^{\circ}C$. The $K_m$ values for p-nitrophenyl-${\beta}$-D-glucopyranoside and cellobiose were 0.3 mM and 3.2 mM, respectively. The enzyme was competitively inhibited by both glucose ($K_i$=1.7 mM) and glucono-${\delta}$-lactone ($K_i$=0.1 mM) when pNPG was used as the substrate. Its activity was inhibited by 41% by 10 mM $Cu^{2+}$ and stimulated by 20% by 10 mM $Mg^{2+}$.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.87-94
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• 2008

Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV)는 돼지의 급성장염을 유발하여 설사 등의 증상을 일으키는 바이러스이다. 본 연구에서는 PEDV 항원단백질을 생산하는 담배 배양세포주를 개발하고자 하였다. PEDV에서 항원성이 알려진 스파크 단백질의 일부분을 암호화하는 유전자를 PCR로 합성하여 4종류의 형질전환 벡터를 제작하였다. 담배 배양세포 BY-2를 재료로 하여 Agrobacterium tumefaciens을 매개로 형질전환하였다. 선발배지 (MS salt, $KH_2PO_4$ 370 mg/L, 2,4-D 0.18 mg/L, Thiamin HCl 1 mg/L, kanamycin 100 mg/L, 침랙무 400 mg/L)에서 캘러스를 3주 간격으로 3개월 동안 계대배양하여 카나마이신 저항성 캘러스를 선발하였다. 선발된 캘러스를 대상으로 PCR 분석한 결과 형질전환 효율은 75% 이상이었으며 벡터당 40 여개 이상의 형질전환 배양세포주를 얻었다. 형질전환 배양세포주를 대상으로 Southern blot 분석하여 PEDV 유전자가 고구마 식물체의 게놈으로 안정적으로 도입되었음을 확인하였다. Northern blot 분석 결과 PEDV 스파크 단백질 유전자가 높은 수준으로 발현함을 확인하였으며 dot blot으로 PEDV 스파크 단백질 고생산 배양세포주를 선발하였다. 형질전환 담배 배양세포로부터 생산된 PEDV 항원단백질을 BALB/c 마우스에 경구투여 하여 면역활성을 조사한 결과 형질전환 세포주인 35S::SP1-M, 35S::SP2-M, 35S::SP4-M 세포주에서 1:10의 희석배수까지 바이러스 억제효과가 관찰되었다. 제작된 형질전환 벡터는 고구마와 같은 경구용 사료작물에 활용할 수 있을 것이다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.30-34
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• 2005

This study was carried out to identify a high-resolution marker for a gene conferring resistance to brown planthopper (BPH) biotype 1, using japonica type resistant lines. Bulked segregant analyses were conducted using 520 RAPD primers to identify RAPD fragments linked to the BPH resistance gene. Eleven RAPDs were shown to be polymorphic amplicons between resistant and susceptible progeny. One of these primers, OPE 18, which amplified a 923 bp band tightly linked to resistance, was converted into a sequence-tagged-site (STS) marker. The STS marker, BpE18-3, was easily detectable as a dominant band with tight linkage (3.9cM) to Bph1. It promises to be useful as a marker for assisted selection of resistant progeny in backcross breeding programs to introgress the resistance gene into elite japonica cultivars.