• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.737-743
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• 2015

In order to examine the prevalence of Cryptosporidium infection in wild rodents and insectivores of South Korea and to assess their potential role as a source of human cryptosporidiosis, a total of 199 wild rodents and insectivore specimens were collected from 10 regions of South Korea and screened for Cryptosporidium infection over a period of 2 years (2012-2013). A nested-PCR amplification of Cryptosporidium oocyst wall protein (COWP) gene fragment revealed an overall prevalence of 34.2% (68/199). The sequence analysis of 18S rRNA gene locus of Cryptosporidium was performed from the fecal and cecum samples that tested positive by COWP amplification PCR. As a result, we identified 4 species/genotypes; chipmunk genotype I, cervine genotype I, C. muris, and a new genotype which is closely related to the bear genotype. The new genotype isolated from 12 Apodemus agrarius and 2 Apodemus chejuensis was not previously identified as known species or genotype, and therefore, it is supposed to be a novel genotype. In addition, the host spectrum of Cryptosporidium was extended to A. agrarius and Crosidura lasiura, which had not been reported before. In this study, we found that the Korean wild rodents and insectivores were infected with various Cryptosporidium spp. with large intra-genotypic variationa, indicating that they may function as potential reservoirs transmitting zoonotic Cryptosporidium to livestock and humans.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.281-291
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• 2003

In this review, we described the catalogues of the rice proteome which were constructed in our program, and functional characterization of some of these proteins was discussed. Mass-spectrometry is the most prevalent technique to rapidly identify a large number of proteome analysis. However, the conventional Western blotting/sequencing technique has been used in many laboratories. As a first step to efficiently construct protein cata-file in proteome analysis of major cereals, we have analyzed the N-terminal sequences of 100 rice embryo proteins and 70 wheat spike proteins separated by two-dimensional electrophoresis. Edman degradation revealed the N-terminal peptide sequences of only 31 rice proteins and 47 wheat proteins, suggesting that the rest of separated protein sports are N-terminally blocked. To efficiently determine the internal sequence of blocked proteins, we have developed a modified Cleveland peptide mapping method. Using this above method, the internal sequences of all blocked rice proteins(i, e., 69 proteins) were determined. Among these 100 rice proteins, thirty were proteins for which homologous sequence in the rice genome database could be identified. However, the rest of the proteins lacked homologous proteins. This appears to be consistent with the fact that about 45% of total rice cDNA have been deposited in the EMBL database. Also, the major proteins involved in the growth and development of rice can be identified using the proteome approach. Some of these proteins, including a calcium-binding protein that tuned out to be calreticulin, gibberellin-binding protein, which is ribulose-1.5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygense active in rice, and leginsulin-binding protein in soybean have functions in the signal transduction pathway. Proteomics is well suited not only to determine interaction between pairs of proteins, but also to identify multisubunit complexes. Currently, a protein-protein interaction database for plant proteins(http://genome.c.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/Y2H)could be a very useful tool for the plant research community. Also, the information thus obtained from the plant proteome would be helpful in predicting the function of the unknown proteins and would be useful be in the plant molecular breeding.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.159-167
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• 2014

진핵생물의 유전자 발현 과정에서 생성된 단백질은 전사후 변형 과정을 통해 소포체와 골지체에서 당질화가 일어난다. 당질화된 당단백질은 접힘의 오류가 있는 경우를 비롯하여 식물의 분화 조절 등의 경우 당단백질이 분해되며, 이 때 PNGase에 의해 N-당사슬이 단백질의 아스파라긴산 잔기로부터 절단된다. 그러나 식물의 발달과 분화 과정에서 PNGase의 발현 조절에 대해서는 거의 알려진 바가 없다. 기존에 보고된 유전적 정보를 활용하여 토마토의 잎에서 제조된 cDNA library에서 nested RT-PCR을 통하여 PNGase T의 유전자(GenBank Accession number KM401550)를 분리하였는데 이의 ORF는 1,767 bp, 588개의 이미노산으로 이루어졌으며, 분자량은 65.8 KDa이었다. PNGase T의 유전자는 토마토 과육에서 높은 수준으로 항시적으로 발현되었으며, 특히 녹색과보다는 오렌지색으로 숙성되는 과정에서 PNGase T의 전사체량이 크게 증가하였다. 이러한 발현 패턴은 토마토 과육에서 세포죽음의 과정에서 증가하는 단백질 가수분해 효소인 metacaspase의 전사체 증가 페턴과 유사하였으며, 이 시기에는 에틸렌의 생합성 효소 중 노화관련 ACC synthase의 유전자 members (LeACS2, LeACS4, LeACS6)의 발현 패턴과도 유사하였다. 따라서 토마토 과육에서 PNGase T의 유전자 발현은 거대분자가 분해되는 시기에서 과육의 숙성과 노화 과정에서 특이적인 생리적 기능을 나타내는 것으로 판단된다. 향 후 고가의 의약용 재조합단백질의 면역부작용을 완화하기 위하여 식물체 유래의 당단백질의 탈당질화과정에서 PNGase T를 활용함으로써 식물생명공학 분야에서 활용가치가 높을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.1426-1431
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• 1998

본 연구에서는 재조합 Bacillus subtilis에서 발현된 Streptomyces albus KSM-35유래의 amylase를 정제하고 특성을 구명하였다. 정제된 효소는 SDS-PAGE를 통하여 분자량이 약 50 kD인 것으로 밝혀졌으며, isoelectric focusing을 통하여 측정된 pI값은 약 4.3이었다. 효소의 최적 반응온도는 $45^{\circ}C$이었으며 최적의 pH는 6.0이었다. D-value는 45, $55^{\circ}C$에서 각각 279분, 191분이었고 D-value로부터 계산된 Z-value는 $17.7^{\circ}C$였다. 수용성 전분용액을 기질로 사용한 효소반응의 초기에는 maltotriose, maltopentaose와 maltotetraose가 주로 생성되었지만 시간이 경과함에 따라 이들의 농도는 감소하였고 maltose의 농도가 점차 증가하였다. 이러한 반응 생성물의 분해는 Thin layer chromatography를 통하여 확인할 수 있었다. 기질에 의한 저해가 없다고 가정하고 Michaelis-Menten kinetics를 이용하여 속도상수를 추정하였을 때 최대 반응속도는 0.37 mM/min, Michaelis-Menten 상수는 0.13% (w/v)로 나타났다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.330-336
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• 2002

The lgtB genes that encode $\beta$-1,4-galactosyltransferases from Neisseria meningitidis ATCC 13102 and gonorrhoeae ATCC 31151 were isolated by a polymerase chain reaction using the pfu DNA polymerase. They were expressed under the control of lac and T7 promoters in Escherichia coli M15 and BL21 (DE3). Although the genes were efficiently expressed in E. coli M15 at $37^{\circ}C$ (33 kDa), most of the $\beta$-1,4-galactosyltransferases that were produced were insoluble and proteolysed into enzymatically inactive polypeptides that lacked C-terminal residues (29.5 kDa and 28 kDa) during the purification steps. When the temperature of the cell growth was lowered to $25^{\circ}C$, however, the solubility of the $\beta$-1,4-galactosyltransferases increased substantially. A stable N-terminal his-tagged recombinant enzyme preparation could be achieved with E. coli BL21 (DE3) that expressed lgtB. Therefore, the cloned $\beta$-1,4-galactosyltransferases were expressed under the control of the T7 promoter in E. coli BL21 (DE3), mostly to the soluble form at $25^{\circ}C$. The proteins were easily purified to homogeneity by column chromatography using Ni-NTA resin, and were found to be active. The galactosyltransferases exhibited pH optimum at 6.5-7.0, and had an essential requirement for the $Mn^{+2}$ ions for its action. The $Mg^{+2}$ and $Ca{+2}$ ions showed about half of the galactosyltransferase activities with the $Mn^{+2}$ ion. In the presence of the $Fe^{+2}$ ion, partial activation was observed with the $\beta$-1,4-galactosyltransferase from N. meningitidis(64% of the enzyme activity with the $Mn^{+2}$$Ni^{+2}$, $Zn^{+2}$, and $Cu^{+2}$ ions could not activate the $\beta$-1,4-galactosyltransferase activity. The inhibited enzyme activity with the $Ni^{+2}$ ion was partially recovered with the $Mn^{+2}$$Fe^{+2}$, $Zn^{+2}$, and $Cu^{+2}$ ions, the $Mn^{+2}$$\beta$-1,4-galactosyltransferase activity was 1.5-fold stimulated with the non-ionic detergent Triton X-100 (0.1-5%).

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.198-204
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• 2000

수산가공공장에서 원료어 처리시 대량으로 발생하는 비가식부의 하나인 대구의 고니부분을 효율적으로 이용하기 위하여 단백질을 효소로 가수분해시킨 후 한외여과막을 사용하여 분자량별로 분획하였으며, 이들 가수분해물 중 항산화활성이 뛰어난 펩타이드를 이온교환 크로마토그래피, 겔크로마토그래피 및 HPLC로 분리${\cdot}$정제하여 그 아미노산 서열을 결정하였다. 여러 가지 단백질 분해효소로 분해시켜 얻은 가수분해물 중에서 항산화활성이 가장 우수한 것은 Alcalase로 천연 항산화제인 ${\alpha}-tocopherol$보다 $5{\%}$정도 뛰어난 효과를 나타내었으며, 이 가수분해물을 한외여과막으로 분자량 10 kDa, 5 kDa 및 1 kDa의 세 종류로 분리하여 항산화활성을 측정한 결과, 1 kDa의 막을 통과하여 분리된 가수분해물이 가장 높은 활성을 나타내었으며, 이는 천연항산화제인 ${\alpha}-tocopherol$보다 $10{\%}$정도 높았다. 이 획분으로 Spsephadex C-25를 사용하여 이온교환 크로마토그래피를 한 결과, $0.5{\~}1.0 M$ NaCl 용액으로 용출시 킨 분획물에 서 ${\alpha}-tocopherol$보다 약 $17{\%}$ 활성이 높게 나타났으며, 이것을 다시 Sephadex G-15로 겔여과하여 3개의 획분을 얻었으며 이 중 획분 II에서 ${\alpha}-tocopherol$보다 약 $45{\%}$가 높은 항산화활성을 보인 획분을 얻었다. 이것을 역상 HPLC를 이용하여 5차의 획분을 얻었으며, 항산화활성은 획분 A에서 ${\alpha}-tocopherol$보다 약 $53{\%}$정도 높게 나타나 가장 우수하였다. 이 획분을 capillary electrophoresis로 순도를 확인하여 아미노산 서열을 결정한 결과 Ser-Asn-Pro-Glu-Trp-Ser-Trp-Asn였다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.9-18
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• 1996

Streptococcus mutans has been implicated as primary causative agents of dental caries by insoluble glucan (IG) in human and experimental animals. An attempt was made to search for the ${\alpha}$-1,3 glucanase that degrades IG produced by S. mutans. ${\alpha}$-1,3 glucanase was detected in the culture supernatant of microorganisms, which are isolated from soils on agar medium containing IG as a sole carbon source. This Streptomyces sp. hydrolysed IG produced by immobilized S. mutans and was named as Y9373. This enzyme required ${\alpha}$-1,3 glucan (IG) as an inducer. The optimum conditions for enzyme production were studied. The enzyme was purified by 30~70% $(NH_4)_2SO_4$ precipitation, anion exchange chroma tography on DEAE-cellulose and gel filtration on Sepadex G-75. The purified enzyme has a specific activity of 7840.0 U/mg protein giving 32.1-fold purification and final yield of 0.53%. The molecular weight was estimated to be about 22.5 kDa by SDS-PAGE. The optimum pH and temperature for enzyme reaction were 6.5 and 37$^{\circ}C$, respectively and the enzyme was relatively stable at the temperature below 60$^{\circ}C$. The activity of purified enzyme was enhanced by adding $Co^{2+},\;Mn^{2+}\;and\;Mg^{2+}$ into the medium, whereas inhibited by adding $Hg^{2+},\;Zn^{2+}$ and SDS. The $K_m\;and\;V_{max}$ value of ${\alpha}$-1,3 glucanase for IG were estimated to be 2.50 mM and 0.0431 mM/min, respectively. The thin layer chromatographic analysis of hydrolysates from IG with ${\alpha}$-1,3 glucanase showed that glucose was the main product of reaction. This enzyme activity was about 14 times higher than marketing dextranase as preventive agent against artificial dental caries by S. mutans in TH medium including 5% sucrose after 30 minutes.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제37권11호
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• pp.1507-1514
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 산업적으로 사용될 수 있는 안정하고 활성이 높은 cholesterol oxidase를 생산하는 균주를 얻기 위해 토양 미생물로부터 균주를 선별하였다. 선별된 균주에 대하여 세포외 효소 활성을 측정한 결과 BEN 115로 명명한 균주가 가장 높은 효소 활성도를 나타내었다. 이 균주는 형태학적, 생리학적 특성과 배양형태 및 G＋C 함량을 분석한 결과 Nocardia속으로 확인되었다. 최적 효소 생산 조건을 조사한 결과 기존 yeast malt extract broth 조성인 0.4% yeast extract, 0.4% glucose, 1% malt extract에서 가장 높은 활성을 나타냈다. 본 균주에서 생산된 extracellular cholesterol oxidase는 SDS-PAGE와 Western blot 결과 분자량이 55, 57 kDa인 두 종류의 효소가 존재하는 것으로 나타났다. BEN 115에 대한 효소학적 특성을 연구한 결과 온도 안정성은 $55^{\circ}C$까지 효소 활성이 유지되었고, pH 안정성은 pH $3.5{\sim}9.5$의 범위까지 안정한 것으로 나타났으며 최적 온도와 최적 pH는 각각 35oC와 pH 5.5인 것으로 나타났다. 또한 detergent(Triton X-100, Triton X-114 그리고 Tween 80) 첨가 시 효소 활성이 첨가하지 않은 대조군보다 약 $1.6{\sim}2.0$배 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. Campesterol, sitosterol 그리고 stigmasterol에 대한 기질 특이성은 cholesterol(100%)과 상대적으로 비교 시 각각 50%, 50% 그리고 27%의 기질 특이성을 나타내었다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.328-337
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• 2017

Objective: An experiment was conducted to determine the relationship between the KAP11.1 and the regulation wool fineness. Methods: In previous work, we constructed a skin cDNA library and isolated a full-length cDNA clone termed KAP11.1. On this basis, we conducted a series of bioinformatics analysis. Tissue distribution of KAP11.1 mRNA was performed using semi-quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis. The expression of KAP11.1 mRNA in primary and secondary hair follicles was performed using real-time PCR (real-time polymerase chain reaction) analysis. The expression location of KAP11.1 mRNA in primary and secondary hair follicles was performed using in situ hybridization. Results: Bioinformatics analysis showed that KAP11.1 gene encodes a putative 158 amino acid protein that exhibited a high content of cysteine, serine, threonine, and valine and has a pubertal mammary gland) structural domain. Secondary structure prediction revealed a high proportion of random coils (76.73%). Semi-quantitative RT-PCR showed that KAP11.1 gene was expressed in heart, skin, and liver, but not expressed in spleen, lung and kidney. Real time PCR results showed that the expression of KAP11.1 has a higher expression in catagen than in anagen in the primary hair follicles. However, in the secondary hair follicles, KAP11.1 has a significantly higher expression in anagen than in catagen. Moreover, KAP11.1 gene has a strong expression in inner root sheath, hair matrix, and a lower expression in hair bulb. Conclusion: We conclude that KAP11.1 gene may play an important role in regulating the fiber diameter.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.607-615
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• 2018

Objective: This study was conducted to isolate the cellulolytic microorganism from the rumen of Holstein steers and characterize endoglucanase gene (Cel5A) from the isolated microorganism. Methods: To isolate anaerobic microbes having endoglucanase, rumen fluid was obtained from Holstein steers fed roughage diet. The isolated anaerobic bacteria had 98% similarity with Eubacterium cellulosolvens (E. cellulosolvens) Ce2 (Accession number: AB163733). The Cel5A from isolated E. cellulolsovens sp. was cloned using the published genome sequence and expressed through the Escherichia coli BL21. Results: The maximum activity of recombinant Cel5A (rCel5A) was observed at $50^{\circ}C$ and pH 4.0. The enzyme was constant at the temperature range of $20^{\circ}C$ to $40^{\circ}C$ but also, at the pH range of 3 to 9. The metal ions including $Ca^{2+}$, $K^+$, $Ni^{2+}$,$Mg^{2+}$, and $Fe^{2+}$ increased the endoglucanase activity but the addition of $Mn^{2+}$, $Cu^{2+}$, and $Zn^{2+}$ decreased. The Km and Vmax value of rCel5A were 14.05 mg/mL and $45.66{\mu}mol/min/mg$. Turnover number, Kcat and catalytic efficiency, Kcat/Km values of rCel5A was $96.69(s^{-1})$ and 6.88 (mL/mg/s), respectively. Conclusion: Our results indicated that rCel5A of E. cellulosolvens isolated from Holstein steers had a broad pH range with high stability under various conditions, which might be one of the beneficial characteristics of this enzyme for possible industrial application.