• 제목/요약/키워드: MBP protein

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Retrospective analyses of the bottleneck in purification of eukaryotic proteins from Escherichia coli as affected by molecular weight, cysteine content and isoelectric point

  • Jeon, Won-Bae
    • BMB Reports
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    • 제43권5호
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    • pp.319-324
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    • 2010
  • Experimental bioinformatics data obtained from an E. coli cell-based eukaryotic protein purification experiment were analyzed in order to identify any bottleneck as well as the factors affecting the target purification. All targets were expressed as His-tagged maltose-binding protein (MBP) fusion constructs and were initially purified by immobilized metal affinity chromatography (IMAC). The targets were subsequently separated from the His-tagged MBP through TEV protease cleavage followed by a second IMAC isolation. Of the 743 total purification trials, 342 yielded more than 3 mg of target proteins for structural studies. The major reason for failure of target purification was poor TEV proteolysis. The overall success rate for target purification decreased linearly as cysteine content or isoelectric point (pI) of the target increased. This pattern of pI versus overall success rate strongly suggests that pI should be incorporated into target scoring criteria with a threshold value.

Production of O-GlcNAc Modified Recombinant Proteins in Escherichia coli

  • LIM, KI HONG;CHANG HOON HA;HYO IHL CHANG
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제12권2호
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    • pp.306-311
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    • 2002
  • O-linked N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) is an abundant posttranslationally modified compound in eukaryotic cells. Human O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) was produced as a maltose binding protein (MBP) fusion protein, which showed significant catalytic activity to modify recombinant Sp1, transcription factor. To facilitate the production of O-GlcNAc modified proteins, instead of using the tedious in vitro glycosylation reaction or expression in eukaryotic cells, a MBP-fusion OGT expression vector (pACYC184-MBPOGT) was constructed using pACYC184 plasmid, which could coexist with general prokaryotic expression vectors containing ColE1 origin. By cotransforming pACYC184-MBPOGT and pGEX-2T vectors into Escherichia coli BL21, intracellular O- GlcNAcylated proteins could be obtained by a simple purification procedure. It is expected that this may be a useful tool for production of O-GlcNAc modified proteins.

총알고둥에서 카드뮴과 아연의 축적과 제거 (Accumulation and Elimination of Cadmium and Zinc in Littorina brevicula)

  • 한수정;이인숙
    • The Korean Journal of Ecology
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    • 제24권1호
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    • pp.35-43
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    • 2001
  • 카드뮴과 아연에 각각 그리고 동시에 노출한 총알고둥(Littorina brevicula)에서 중금속의 생체내 축적, 제거 및 세포내 분포 양상을 조사하였다. 총알고둥을 카드뮴 400 $\mu\textrm{g}$/L 또는 아연 3000 $\mu\textrm{g}$/L에 각각 90일간 노출하였을 경우, 각 중금속의 축적량은 노출기간에 따라 증가하였으며, 70일 이후에는 더 이상 축적량이 증가하지 않았다. 카드뮴과 아연을 동시에 노출하였을 경우에는 각각의 중금속에 노출하였을 경우에 비해 아연의 축적량은 증가하였으나, 카드뮴의 축적량은 감소하였다. 노출실험에 이어 수행한 42일간의 청장실험 결과, 카드뮴은 체외로 제거되지 않았으나, 아연은 제거되었다. 특히 카드뮴과 아연에 동시 노출한 총알고둥의 경우에 아연은 더 신속히 제거되었다. 총알고둥을 카드뮴과 아연에 각각 70일 동안 노출한 후, 체내로 흡수된 카드뮴의 약 60%가 soluble fraction에 분포하고 있었으며, 아연의 75%는 insoluble fraction에 분포하고 있었다. 이러한 경향은 카드뮴과 아연의 동시 노출시에도 유사하게 나타났다. 카드뮴과 아연은 soluble part내의 리간드(ligand) 와의 결합 양상에서도 차이를 나타냈는데, 카드뮴은 90% 이상이 약 6.5 kDa크기의 MBP-1(Metal-Binding Protein-1)과 결합하고 있었으나, 아연은 HMW(High molecular weight fraction, >60 kDa), MBP-1, MBP-2, LMW(Low molecular weight fraction <1 kDa)에 고루 분포하는 것으로 나타났다.

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재조합 mannose-binding lectin 단백질과 anti-mannose-binding lectin polyclonal 항체 제작 (Recombinant Mannose-binding Lectin Protein and Anti-Mannose-binding Lectin Polyclonal Antibody Production)

  • 권현미;박정애;최병태;최영현;정경태
    • 생명과학회지
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    • 제19권2호
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    • pp.284-288
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    • 2009
  • 선천성 면역은 숙주의 물리적 방어벽을 뚫고 침입하는 감염성 질병 원인균에 대항하는 첫 번째 방어로서 아주 중요한 역할을 한다. Mannose-binding lectin (MBL 또는 mannan-binding protein, MBP)은 혈청 내에 존재하는 면역성 단백질로서 감염 후 즉시 유발되는 acute phase response의 특정 단백질이다. MBL 단백질은 세균, 바이러스, 곰팡이, 기생충 등의 탄수화합물 구조에 결합하여 식균 작용을 돕거나 보체경로를 활성화 시킨다. MBL 단백질은 C-말단이 탄수화물을 인식하는 도메인이며, 연결 목 부위와 콜라겐 부위로 구성되어 있다. 혈청 내의 MBL 농도가 낮으면 높은 빈도로 면역결핍현상이 관찰된다고 알려져 있다. MBL 단백질의 기능과 유전에 대해 많은 연구가 되어져 왔으나 아직 MBL 단백질 복합체 등에 대한 연구는 많이 이루어져 있지 않다. 따라서 MBL 연구에 필수적인 MBL cDNA 제조와 재조합 단백질의 합성, 그리고 재조합 단백질을 항원으로 사용하여 polyclonal antibody를 생산한 연구 결과를 보고하는 바이다. 본 연구결과로 획득한 MBL cDNA, 재조합 단백질과 anti-MBL 항체는 앞으로의 MBL 연구에 절대적으로 필요한 도구가 될 것으로 생각된다.

MAP Kinase is Activated dring the Maturation of Porcine Oocytes

  • Chung, Ki-Hwa;Kim, Chul-Wook
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제17권8호
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    • pp.1069-1075
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    • 2004
  • In an attempt to evaluate the function of MAP kinase in porcine oocytes and to develop a method of the assessment of its activity, myelin basic protein (MBP) was used as a substrate to detect the MAP kinase activity of porcine oocytes which had undergone maturation in vitro. The existence of MAP kinase and MAP kinase kinase (MAPKK) was verified in immature porcine germinal vesicle (GV) oocytes at 0 h culture via Western blotting. Porcine oocytes exhibited a low level of MAP kinase activity during the first 20 h of culture, which increased at 25 h, during which time a breakdown in the nuclear membrane occurred. Significantly higher increases (p<0.05) of MAP kinase activity were detected at 30 h of culture. Using the gel phosphorylation method, MBP was phosphorylated at two positions corresponding to mammalian MAP kinase-extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK 1) (44 kDa) and ERK 2 (42 kDa). The absolute levels of those proteins did not increase during 40 h of culture, suggesting that the detected increase in MAP kinase activity was the result of phosphorylation rather than changes in the total amount of protein. MAPKK and MAP kinase were dephosphorylated in first-stage (MI) meiotic oocytes by the addition of cycloheximide, a protein synthesis inhibitor. These results of this study indicate that the MAP kinase cascade does exists in porcine oocytes and that its activation leads to oocyte maturation.

M. leprae의 특이 phenolic glycolipid-1 (PGL-1)를 이용한 탈수초화의 검정 (Identification of Demyelination using M. leprae-specific phenolic glycolipid-1 (PGL-1))

  • 김지영;사영희;홍성갑
    • 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국정보통신학회 2015년도 춘계학술대회
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    • pp.943-946
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    • 2015
  • 탈수초화를 위해 쥐의 배아(임신 16일)의 슈반세포와 뉴런 세포가 척수신경절로 부터 in vitro 시스템에서 배양되었다. 항 유사분열제로 첨가된 분리 정제된 척수신경절 세포와 분리 정제된 슈반세포가 공동배양 배양되었고 배양되었고 수초화 과정이 구축되었다. 이렇게 형성된 공동 배양에 M. leprae-specific phenolic glycolipid-1 (PGL-1)을 처리하고 myelin basic protein (MBP)의 항체를 이용하여 탈수초화가 형성되었음을 확인하였다.

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Protein kinase C와 이와 관련된 단백질 연구

  • 이재란;김진한;최명언
    • 한국응용약물학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국응용약물학회 1993년도 제2회 신약개발 연구발표회 초록집
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    • pp.135-135
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    • 1993
  • 신호전달과정에 중요한 역할을 하고 있는 다기능 serinei/threonine 단백질인산화효소인 protein kinase C(PKC)의 연구를 위해 이 효소의 정제를 뇌에서 착수하였다 PKC의 활성측정을 myelin basic protein을 기질로 하여 20 mM Tris 완충용액 PH 7.5, 0.15 mM [${\gamma}$-$^{32}$P]ATP(3 $\times$ $10^{5}$ cpm), 0.1 mM $Ca^{2+}$, 10$\mu\textrm{g}$ phosphatidylserine과 2$\mu\textrm{g}$ diolein을 넣어 반응시켰다. 반응은 TCA로 정지시킨 후 방사성 단백질을 Millipore filter paper로 걸러 섬광 계수기로 읽었다. Cytosol PKC의 정제과정은 첫 단계에서 DEAE-cellulose를 사용하였으며, phenyl sepharose CL-4B와 protamine agarose를 연속적으로 이용하여 800배의 정제에 성공했다. SDS-PACE 상에서 80 kD로 나타났으며 순도는 95 % 이상이였다. 이를 이용 PKC의 각종 기질 연구에 착수하기 시작했으며, 이중 MBP의 인산화연구를 통한 myelin의 안정성과 MBP와의 구조 관계가 일부 수행되고 있다 연차적으로 PKC와 이와 관련된 단백질의 특성을 살피기 위해 뇌의 PKC 기질 중 cold stress를 통해 환경에 민감한 것을 찾고 있으며, 현재 autoradiography를 이용해 80 kD, 54 kD, 49 kD와 35 kD의 단백질이 연구대상이 되고있다. 그 중 49 kD는 B-50(또는 GAP43, neuromodulin이라고도 함)일 가능성이 높아 이 단백질 조절과 PKC 활성화 사이의 관계 정립이 흥미로운 과제로 대두되고 있다.다.

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Codon Optimization, Soluble Expression and Purification of PE_PGRS45 Gene from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Preparation of Its Polyclonal Antibody Protein

  • Xu, Tao;Li, Minying;Wang, Chutong;Yuan, Meili;Chang, Xianyou;Qian, Zhongqing;Li, Baiqing;Sun, Meiqun;Wang, Hongtao
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제31권11호
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    • pp.1583-1590
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    • 2021
  • Studies have demonstrated that PE_PGRS45 is constitutively expressed under various environmental conditions (such as nutrient depletion, hypoxia, and low pH) of the in vitro growth conditions examined, indicating that PE_PGRS45 protein is critical to the basic functions of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. However, there are few reports about the biochemical function and pathogenic mechanism of PE_PGRS45 protein. The fact that this M. tuberculosis gene is not easily expressed in E. coli may be mainly due to the high content of G+C and the use of unique codons. Fusion tags are indispensable tools used to improve the soluble expression of recombinant proteins and accelerate the characterization of protein structure and function. In the present study, His6, Trx, and His6-MBP were used as fusion tags, but only MBP-PE_PGRS45 was expressed solubly. The purification using His6-MBP tag-specific binding to the Ni column was easy to separate after the tag cleavage. We used the purified PE_PGRS45 to immunize New Zealand rabbits and obtained anti-PE_PGRS45 serum. We found that the titer of polyclonal antibodies against PE_PGR45 was higher than 1:256000. The result shows that purified PE_PGRS45 can induce New Zealand rabbits to produce high-titer antibodies. In conclusion, the recombinant protein PE_PGRS45 was successfully expressed in E. coli and specific antiserum was prepared, which will be followed by further evaluation of these specific antigens to develop highly sensitive and specific diagnostic tests for tuberculosis.

돼지 미성숙란의 체외배양시 MAP Kinase의 활성 (Activation of MAP Kinase during Maturation in Porcine Ooctyes)

  • 장규태;박미령;윤창현
    • 한국가축번식학회지
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    • 제22권3호
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    • pp.265-276
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    • 1998
  • In an attempt to evaluate the function of MAP kinase of porcine oocytes and to develop a method of assessment for kinase activity, we used MBP as a substrate to detect the MAP kinase activity of porcine oocytes matured in in vitro. The MAP kinase which had lower activity during the first 20 hours of culture started to show an increased amount of activity at 25 hours at which a collapse in nuclear membrane was induced. Significant (P<0.05) a, pp.ared at 30 hours of being cultured. The gel phosphorylation method, MBP which has been known to be a substrate for kinase such as cdc2 kinase, was phosphorylated at two positions corresponding to ERK 1 (44kDa) and ERK2 (42 kDa) which are known as mammalian MAP kinase. The existence of MARKK and MAP kinase were identified with western blotting at 0 hour culture of immature GV oocytes. The amount of those proteins did not increase during 40 hours of culture, which suggest that the increase of MAP kinase activity was caused by phosphorylaton rather than due to change in protein amount. MAPKK and MAP kinase were shown to be dephosporylated with deactivated at M 1 stage by inhibition of protein synthesis with cycloheximide added at the strat following the cultrue. We have reulsts that indicate the existedence of MAP kinase cascade which was activated simultaneously with start of porcine oocyte maturation (GVBD).

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