• 미생물학회지
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.67-73
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• 2002

폭약 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT)스트레스 조건하에서 토양세균 Pseudomonas sp. HK-6의 세포반응에 대하여 조사하였다. 다양한 농도의 TNT에 노출됨으로서 약 70-kDa DnaK와 60-kDa GroEL의 스트레스 충격단백질 (stress shock proteins, SSPs)이 단떠질이 유도되었다. 이들 SSPs의 존재는 SDS-PAGE과 anti-DnaK와 anti-GroEL monoclonal antibodies를 이용한 Western bolt을 통하여 확인되었다. SSPs은 0.5 mM TNT로 6-12 시간 처리된 세포에서 나타났으며, TNT에 노출 후8시간대 에서 최대의 단백질 유도가 관찰되었다. $30^{\circ}C$에서 $42^{\circ}C$로 열변환충격을 주었을 때의 SSPs는 TNT노출에서와 유사한 유도양상을 보여주었다. TNT에 노출된 Pseudomonas sp. HK-6세포에서 유도된 SSPs의 존재는 배양된 세포의 수용성 단백질 분획에 대하여 2-D PAGE를 통하여 확인되었다. Coomassie brilliant blue R25O로 염색된 젤로부터 pH 3-10 범위에서 약 450 개의 spots이 탐침되었으며, 이들 가운데 12 개의 spots이 TNT 스트레스에 대하여 현저하게 유도되었다. Gel상에서 가장 짙게 나타난 대표적 인 spot에 대한 N-말단 아미노산 서열을 분석한 결과, $^1XXAKDVKFGDSARKKML^17$로서, Pseudomonas putida의 GroEL의 N-말단 아미노산 염기서열인 $^1XXAKDVKFGDSARKKML^17$과 동일한 것으로 분석되었다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제48권6호
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• pp.913-919
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• 2015

In vertebrates, the vitamin D receptor (VDR), a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily, binds the biologically active ligand $1{\alpha},25-(OH)_2$-vitamin $D_3$ (1,25 $D_3$). Nearly all vertebrates, including Agnatha, possess a VDR with high ligand selectivity for 1,25 $D_3$ and related metabolites. Although a putative ancestral VDR gene is present in the genome of the chordate invertebrate Ciona intestinalis, the functional characteristics of marine invertebrate VDR are still obscure. To elucidate the ascidian Halocynthia roretzi VDR (HrVDR), we cloned full-length HrVDR cDNA and investigated the transcriptional activity of HrVDR in HEK293 cells. HrVDR consists of 1,680 nucleotides (559 amino acids [aa]), including a short N-terminal region (A/B domain; 26 aa), DNA-binding domain (C domain; 72 aa), hinge region (D domain; 272 aa), and C-terminal ligand-binding domain (E domain; 161 aa). The amino acid sequence identity of HrVDR was greatest to that of C. intestinalis VDR (56%). In the luciferase reporter assays, the transcriptional activity of HrVDR was not significantly increased by 1,25 $D_3$, whereas the farnesoid X receptor agonist GW4064 increased the transactivation of HrVDR. These results suggest the presence of a novel ligand for and a distinct ligand-binding domain in ascidian VDR.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.855-862
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• 2006

Hexavalent chromium ($Cr^{6+}$) is a highly harmful pollutant, which can be detoxified and precipitated through reduction to $Cr^{3+}$. Bacillus megaterium TKW3 previously isolated from chromium-contaminated marine sediments was capable of reducing $Cr^{6+}$ in concomitance with metalloids ($Se^{4+}$, $Se^{6+}$, and $As^{5+}$). Notwithstanding approximately 50% inhibition, it was the first report of simultaneous bacterial reduction of $Cr^{6+}$ and $Se^{4+}$ (to elemental Se). No significant difference was observed among electron donors (glucose, maltose, and mannitol) on $Cr^{6+}$ reduction by B. megaterium TKW3. The reduction was constitutive and determined to be non-plasmid mediated. Peptide mass fingerprints (PMF) revealed a novel aerobic membrane-associated reductase with $Cr^{6+}$-induced expression and specific reductive activity (in nmol $Cr^{6+}$/mg protein/min) of 0.220 as compared with 0.087 of the soluble protein fraction. Respiratory inhibitor $NaN_3$ did not interfere with the reductase activity. Transmission electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray (TEM-EDX) analysis confirmed the aggregation of reduced chromium along the intracellular membrane region. Future identification of the N-terminal amino acid sequence of this reductase will facilitate purification and understanding of its enzymatic action.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.195-199
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• 2014

Apple stem pitting virus (ASPV), of the Foveavirus genus in the family Betaflexiviridae, is one of the most common viruses of apple and pear trees. To examine variability of the coat protein (CP) gene from ASPV, eight isolates originating from 251 apple trees, which were collected from 22 apple orchards located in intensive apple growing areas of the North Gyeongsang and North Jeolla Provinces in Korea, were sequenced and compared. The nucleotide sequence identity of the CP gene of eight ASPV isolates ranged from 77.0 to 97.0%, while the amino acid sequence identity ranged from 87.7 to 98.5%. The N-terminal region of the viral CP gene was highly variable, whereas the C-terminal region was conserved. Genetic algorithm recombination detection (GARD) and single breakpoint recombination (SBP) analyses identified base substitutions between eight ASPV isolates at positions 54 and 57 and position 771, respectively. GABranch analysis was used to determine whether the eight isolates evolved due to positive selection. All values in the GABranch analysis showed a ratio of substitution rates at non-synonymous and synonymous sites (dNS/dS) below 1, suggestive of strong negative selection forces during ASPV CP history. Although negative selection dominated CP evolution in the eight ASPV isolates, SLAC and FEL tests identified four possible positive selection sites at codons 10, 22, 102, and 158. This is the first study of the ASPV genome in Korea.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.64-73
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• 2008

glysosyl hydrolase의 하나인 CCF 유사 유전자를 지렁이 Eisenia anderi의 중장으로부터 분리하여 클로닝하였다. 이 유전자의 전체 염기서열 크기는 1,152bp로 나타났으며 개시코돈을 포함하여 384개의 아미노산을 인코딩한다. N-말단 지역의 17개 잔기들은 signal peptide이다. CCF 관련 유전자의 아미노산 서열을 분석한 결과 본 연구에서 분리한 CCF 유사 유전자는 glycosyl hydrolase family 16 (GHF16)에 속하며, 다른 종의 지렁이에서 밝혀진 CCF 및 CCF-유사 단백질과 79~99%의 높은 상동성을 보였다. 여러 지렁이 종에서 분리된 CCF 및 CCF-유사 단백질들은 가수분해활성에 중요한 polysacchride-binding motif와 glucanase motif가 100% 상동성을 나타냈다. 본 연구의 대상종과 유사종인 E. fetida에서 분리된 CCF는 이 종의 서식지가 미생물 활성이 높은 부패 유기질층이기 때문에 다른 종의 CCF에 비해 높은 기질인식 특이성을 갖고 있는 것으로 알려져 있다. 이러한 사실은 본 연구에서 분리한 CCF도 넓은 기질 특이성을 갖고 있을 가능성을 제시해 주고 있으며 이는 산업적 응용 측면에서 유용한 특징 중의 하나라고 생각된다. BLASTX를 이용한 계통수 분석 결과 GHF16 효소는 크게 후생동물군, 녹색식물군, 진정세균군 등의 세 그룹으로 나눌 수 있었으며, 후생동물군의 GHF16은 다시 촉수담륜동물형와 탈피동물형(후생동물형 포함)으로 나뉘어졌다. 본 연구에 의해 E. andrei로부터 분리된 CCF-유사 단백질의 더 많은 생물학적 특성 연구를 통해 ${\beta}$-D-글루칸의 분해 및 생산을 조절하는 산업적 활용이 가능할 것으로 사료된다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제41권10호
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• pp.693-698
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• 2008

The full-length cDNA of LebZIP2 (Lycopersicon esculentum bZIP2) encodes a protein of 164 amino acids and contains a N-terminal basic-region leucine zipper domain. Analysis of the deduced tomato LebZIP2 amino acid sequence revealed that it shares 85% sequence identity with both tobacco bZIP and pepper CcbZIP. LebZIP2 mRNA is expressed at a high level exclusively in flowers. Presently, LebZIP2 was strongly increased also following NaCl and mannitol treatments. No significant LebZIP2 expression was evident following cold treatment. Transient LebZIP2 overexpression resulted in increased NbNOA1 and NbNR transcript levels in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves. Our results indicate that LebZIP2 might play roles as an abiotic stress-signaling pathway and as a transcriptional regulator of the NbNOA1 or NbNR genes.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.46-51
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• 2003

RAD6 in yeast mediates postreplication DNA repair and is responsible for DNA-damage induced mutations. RAD6 encodes ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme that is well conserved among eukaryotic organisms. However, the molecular targets and consequences of their ubiquitination by Rad6 have remained elusive. In Aspergillus nidulans, a RAD6 homolog has been isolated and shown to be an allele of uvs). We screened a CDNA library to isolate UVSJ-interacting proteins by the yeast two-hybrid system. JIPA was identified as an interactor of UVSJ. Their interaction was confirmed in vitro by a GST-pull down assay. JIPA was also able to interact with mutant UVSJ proteins, UVSJl and the active site cysteine mutant UVSJ-C88A. The N- and the C-terminal regions of UVSJ required for the interaction with UVSH, a RAD18 homolog of yeast which physically interacts with Rad6, were not necessary for the JIPA and UVSJ interactions. About 1.4 kb jipA transcript was detected in Northern analysis and its amount was not significantly increased in response to DNA-damaging agents. A genomic DNA clone of the jipA gene was isolated from a chromosome I specific genomic library by PCR-sib selection. Sequence determination of genomic and cDNA of jipA revealed an ORF of 893 bp interrupted by 2 introns, encoding a putative polypeptide of 262 amino acids. JIPA has 33% amino acid sequence identity to TIP41 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae which negatively regulates the TOR signaling pathway.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.80-89
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• 2007

셀룰로오스 가수분해효소의 하나인 endo-${\beta}$-1,4-D-glucanase의 유전자를 지렁이 Eisenia anderi의 중장으로부터 클로닝하여 EaEG2와 EaEG3로 명명하였다. 두 유전자의 염기는 1368bp이며, 개시코돈을 포함하여 456개의 아미노산을 코딩한다. N-말단 지역의 20개 잔기들은 signal peptide이다. 두 유전자의 전체 아미노산 염기서열은 glycosyl hydrolase family 9에 속하며, 같은 종류의 셀룰로오스 가수분해효소를 분비하는 흰개미, 바퀴벌레, 가재 그리고 연체동물과 51-55%의 높은 상동성을 보였다. 지렁이의 EaEG2와 EaEG3는 가수분해활성에 중요한 세 부분이 잘 보존되어 있다. 아미노산 염기서열을 이용한 계통수 분석에서 GHF9 그룹은 절지동물, 박테리아, 식물, 환형동물 및 연체동물의 5개 그룹으로 분석되었다.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.344-350
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• 2006

Thermoplasma acidophilum is a thermoacidophilic archaeon that grows optimally at $59^{\circ}C$ and pH 2. Along with another thermoacidophilic archaeon, Sulfolobus solfataricus, it is known to metabolize glucose by the non-phosphorylated Entner-Doudoroff (nED) pathway. In the course of these studies, the specific activities of glyceraldehyde dehydrogenase and glycerate kinase, two enzymes that are involved in the downstream part of the nED pathway, were found to be much higher in T. acidophilum than in S. solfataricus. To characterize glycerate kinase, the enzyme was purified to homogeneity from T. acidophilum cell extracts. The N-terminal sequence of the purified enzyme was in exact agreement with that of Ta0453m in the genome database, with the removal of the initiator methionine. Furthermore, the enzyme was a monomer with a molecular weight of 49kDa and followed Michaelis-Menten kinetics with $K_m$ values of 0.56 and 0.32mM for DL-glycerate and ATP, respectively. The enzyme also exhibited excellent thermal stability at $70^{\circ}C$. Of the seven sugars and four phosphate donors tested, only DL-glycerate and ATP were utilized by glycerate kinase as substrates. In addition, a coupled enzyme assay indicated that 2-phosphoglycerate was produced as a product. When divalent metal ions, such as $Mn^{2+},\;CO^{2+},\;Ni^{2+},\;Zn^{2+},\;Ca^{2+},\;and\;Sr^{2+}$, were substituted for $Mg^{2+}$ the enzyme activities were less than 10% of that obtained in the presence of $Mg^{2+}$. The amino acid sequence of T. acidophilum glycerate kinase showed no similarity with E. coli glycerate kinases, which belong to the first glycerate kinase family. This is the first report on the biochemical characterization of an enzyme which belongs to a member of the second glycerate kinase family.

• 대한약리학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.275-282
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• 1993

Microsomal epoxide hydrolase (mEH)은 epoxide형 중간대사물을 해독화하는 효소이다. 본 실험실에서는 thiazole 또는 pyrazine을 rat에 투여할 때 mEH mRNA수준이 증가되고 mEH가 유도증가한다는 것을 밝힌바 있다(Carcinogenesis, Kim et al, 1993). 본 연구에서는 Thiazole처리를 한 rat의 간 microsome 분획으로 부터 DEAE-cellulose column chromatography를 이용하여 mEH를 순수분리하였고, 이를 SDS-PAGE분석 및 N 말단 amino acid 서열분석으로 확인하였다. Pyrazine처리를 한 rat의 간 microsome분획에서는 mEH와 더불어 이와 관련된 43 kDa 단백질이 함께 정제되었다. 정제된 thiazole 유도성 mEH를 토끼에 주사하여 항체를 생산하였고, 이 항체를 이용한 immunoblot 분석을 하였을 때 간 microsome 분획의 mEH가 thiazole투여군에서는 대조군에 비하여 10배, pyrazine 투여군에서 7배 증가하였다. Pyrazine처치한 rat의 간 microsome 분획에서는 mEH 관련성 43 kDa 단백질이 동시 유도증가하는 것을 면역화학적 반응으로도 확인하였다. 이때 Pyrazine으로 유도된 rat의 간 microsome 분획 또는 정제분획에 존재하는 43 kDa 단백질과 mEH의 비율은 1 : 15로 나타났다. 정제된 mEH와 43 kDa 단백질의 N 말단 amino acid 서열을 분석하였을때 43 kDa 단백질의 N 말단이 mEH와 동일하게 나타나 관련 단백질임을 확인하였다. 이러한 mEN 유도현상에 종차가 있는지를 알아보기 위하여 thiazole과 pyrazine을 각각 rabbit에 투여하였을 때 rabbit에서 는 mEH의 유도증가가 일어나지 않았으며, pyrazine 투여군에서 43 kDa 단백질의 증가는 관찰 되었다. 본 연구는 thiazole 또는 pyrazine 투여후 mEH 발현이 유도증가되며, pyrazine 투여 후에는 mEH 및 이와 관련된 43 kDa 단백질이 동시유도되고, 이러한 mEH 유도발현에 rat와 rabbit간에는 종차가 있음을 보여준다.