• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.644-647
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• 2017

Peptidyl prolyl cis/trans isomerases (PPIases) catalyze the cis/trans isomerization of peptidyl-prolyl peptide bonds preceding prolines. We investigated the protein-protein interaction between a 22 kDa PPIase (VaFKBP22, an FK506-binding protein) and the molecular chaperone DnaK derived from Vibrio anguillarum O1 (VaDnaK) using GST pull-down assays and a bacterial two-hybrid system for in vivo and in vitro studies, respectively. Furthermore, we analyzed the three-dimensional structure of the protein-protein interaction. Based on our results, VaFKBP22 appears to act as a cochaperone of VaDnaK, and contributes to protein folding and stabilization via its peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans isomerization activity.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.1047-1053
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• 2005

Cyclosporin A binding protein type-19 kDa peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans isomerase (PPIases, EC 5.2.1.8) of Euglena gracilis was purified and some of its biochemical characters were elucidated. Purification of the PPIase was achieved by employing a series of steps involving ammonium sulfate precipitation, Superdex G-75 gel filtration chromatography, Mono­Q anion and Mono-S cation exchange chromatographies, and Superdex S-200 gel filtration chromatography on FPLC. Purified PPIase had a specific activity of 8,250 units/mg, showing a 27-fold increase compared with that of cell-free extract of Euglena gracilis. The enzyme consisted of a single polypeptide chain with a molecular mass of 19 kDa. It showed high substrate specificity to succinyl-Ala-Ala-Pro-Phe-p-nitroanilide, and $k_{car}/K_{m}$, for this substrate was found to be $61.19{\times}10^5/sec$. The isomer distributions were investigated at an equilibrium of seven different peptide substrates, varying Xaa in Suc-Ala-Xaa-Pro-Phe-p-nitroanilide in dimethylsulfoxide. The cis/trans equilibrium constants were estimated to be from 0.14 (Ile) to 0.63 (Gly), which correspond to $12.00\%\;to\;38.52\%$ of the cis population, respectively, under experimental condition. The enzyme was highly sensitive to the immunosuppressive ligand cyclosporin A, but not to other immunosuppressants such as FK506 and rapamycin. Thus, it appears to belong to the class of cyclophilin.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.728-735
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• 1995

The peptidyl prolyl cis-trans isomerase(PPlase, EC 5.2.2.8) from Bacillus stearothermophilus SIC1 was extracted from the cells treated with by lysozyme. PPlase was purified from the cell extracts by heat treatment, ammonium sulfate precipitation, ion exchange chromatography and finally gel filtration (FPLC). The purity of purified the enzyme after Superose 12 column chromatography was examined by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis(SDS-PAGE). The molecular weight of the purified PPlase was estimated as 18,000 by SDS-PAGE. The 39 amino acid residues from the N-terminus were determined by the protein sequencer. The enzyme showed the optimum pH at 8.0 and was stable at the range of pH 7.0 to 8.0. The enzyme was considerably stable after heat treatment at $60^{\circ}C$ for 30 minutes, and the enzyme was quite stable up to $65^{\circ}C$. The presence of the PPlase in the refolding solution accelerated the isomerization rate of the assay peptide.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.15-29
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• 2022

Cyclophilins (CYPs) are highly conserved ubiquitous proteins belong to the peptidyl prolyl cis/trans isomerase (PPIase) superfamily. These proteins are present in a wide range of organisms; they contain a highly conserved peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans isomerase domain. A comprehensive database survey identified a total of 35 genes localized in all cellular compartments of Solanum lycopersicum L., but largely in the cytosol. Sequence alignment and conserved motif analyses of the SlCYP proteins revealed a highly conserved CLD motif. Evolutionary analysis predicted the clustering of a large number of gene pairs with high sequence similarity. Expression analysis using the RNA-Seq data showed that the majority of the SlCYP genes were highly expressed in mature leaves and blooming flowers, compared with their expression in other organs. This study provides a basis for the functional characterization of individual CYP genes in the future to elucidate their role(s) in protein refolding and long-distance signaling in tomatoes and in plant biology, in general.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.223-229
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• 2011

Cyclophilins are originally identified as cytosolic binding protein of the immunosuppressive drug cyclosporine A. They have an activity of peptidyl prolyl cis/trans-isomerases (PPIase), which may play important roles in protein folding, trafficking, assembly and cell signaling. In this study, we report the cloning and characterization of a Bombyx mori cyclophilin A (bCypA) cDNA. The full-length cDNA of bCypA consist of 947 nucleotides with a polyadenylation signal sequence AATAAA and contain an open reading frame of 498 nucleotides encoding a polypeptide of 166 amino acids. The deduced amino acid sequence of bCypA shares a central peptidyl prolyl cis/trans-isomerase and a cyclosporin-A-binding domain with other cyclophilin sequences. Relative quantification real-time (RT) PCR analysis shows that mRNA transcripts of bCypA are detected in all the investigated tissues and highest expression level in the skin of 3-day-old 5 instar larva. Also, bCypA had PPIase activity on the proline-containing peptides. Accordingly, we suggest that bCypA is a new member of the cyclophilin A (CyPA) family and will be useful for quality control of bioactivity recombinant proteins with proline-containing peptides.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.104-111
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• 2002

호열균 B. stearotheymophilus으로부터 단백질 고차구조 형성을 촉진하는 내열성 PPIase를 정제하기 위해, 이 균체를 대량으로 배양 집균, 파쇄하여 효소활성을 측정하였다. 효소의 활성측정은 N-succinyl-Ala-Ala-Pro-Phe-p-nitroanilide(pAN)를 기질로 사용하였다. chymotrypsin은 기질 이성체(cis-trans 형)의 한쪽(trans)만을 특이적으로 분해하는 반응을 이용하여 PPIase 활성을 측정하였다. 호열균 추출시료로 부터 효소활성을 확인한 후, DEAE-sepharose CL-6B, Sephadex G-75로 정제 후, 최종적으로 Superose TM-12 (FPLC) gel-필트레이션으로 분자량 18kDa의 본 효소를 정제하였다. 정제한 효소의 화학적 특징을 조사한 결과 pH 7.5~8.0사이에 안정하였으며, 최적 pH는 8.0으로 나타났다. 그리고 $65^{\circ}C$에 30분간 열처리 후, 효소활성을 측정한 결과 50%이상의 잔존 활성을 갖는 내열성 효소임을 확인하였다. 정제 단백질의 N-말단 아미노산 분석은 Edman 분해법으로 39 아미노산 잔기를 결정하였다. 그리고 PPIase의 재구성(refolding) 반응은, 요소로 변성시킨 기질 RNase 1을 이용하여 이 단백질의 재구성 (refolding) 실험을 조사한 결과, PPIase는 변성 기질 RNase 1의 재구성(refolding)을 촉진하는데 높은 효과를 가지고 있었다. 호열균 유전자 라이브러리로부터 PPIase 유전자 약 3kb을 클로닝하였다. 재조합 플라스미드 cPI-40에서 프라이머(A-1, B-2)를 이용하여 PPIase N-말단을 코드하는 유전자를 PCR법으로 증폭하여, 염기배열을 결정한 결과 증폭된 단편은 165염기로 형성된 55 아미노산 잔기를 코드하는 open reading frame(ORF)가 연속되고 있었다. 그리고 Edman법으로 결정한 PPIase의 39아미노산 잔기가 이 배열내에 완전히 보존되어 있었다. 이 결과로부터 이 ORF는PPIase구조 유전자의 1/3에 해당하는 단편임을 확인하였다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.83-86
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• 2014

Poly(A) polymerase (PAP) play an essential role for maturation of mRNA by adding the adenylate residues at the 3' end. PAP functions are regulated through protein-protein interaction at its C-terminal region. In this study, cyclophilin A (CypA), a member of the peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase family, was identified as a partner protein interacting with the C-terminal region PAP. The interaction between PAP and CypA was inhibited by the immunosuppressive drug cyclosporine A. Deletion analysis revealed that the N-terminal 56 residues of CypA are sufficient for the interaction with PAP. Interestingly, we observed that PAP and CypA colocalize in the nucleus during SDF-1-induced chemotaxis, implying that CypA could be involved in the regulation of polyadenylation by PAP in the chemotactic cells.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.974-977
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• 2010

Cyclophilins contain the conserved activity of cis-trans peptidyl-prolyl isomerase, which is implicated in protein folding, and function as molecular chaperones. When the yeast cyclophilin A gene (cpr1) was subcloned into the prokaryotic expression vector pKM260, it was found that the expression of Cpr1 drastically increased the cell viability of E. coli BL21 when under abiotic stress conditions, as in the presence of cadmium, copper, hydrogen peroxide, heat, and SDS. Therefore, this study illustrates the importance of Cpr1 as a molecular chaperone that can improve the cellular stress responses when E. coli cells are exposed to adverse conditions, while also demonstrating its potential to increase the stability of E. coli strains utilized for the production of recombinant proteins.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.452-458
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• 1996

호열균 B. stearothermophilus의 세포내 PPIase를 정제하여 Edman 법으로 N-말단 아미노산 배열을 결정하여 이를 바탕으로 합성한 올리고누클레오티드의 프리머를 이용하여, 서턴 분석하여 PPIase 유전자 약 3.0kb를 클로닝하였다.(pPI-40) PPI-40으로부터 PPIase N-말단 배열을 코드 하는 영역으로부터 합성한 프리머(A-1, B-2)를 이용하여, PCR법으로 PPIase N-말단을 코드 하는 유전자를 증폭하여, 염기배열을 경정한 후, 그 정보에 따라 유전 해석한 결과 PCR로 증폭된 단편(pSN-18)은 165염기로부터 형성된 55 아미노산잔기를 코드 하는 open reading frame (ORF)이 계속되고 있었고, Edman법으로 결정한 PPIase N-말단 아미노산 39 아미노산잔기가 완전히 일치하였다. 그리고, 이 ORF를 중심으로, 지금까지 클론화된 대장균의 PPIasea (cytoplasm)와 PPIase b(periplasm)의 아미노산 일차구조 해석으로부터 각각 58%(cytoplasm), 16%(periplasm)의 상동성을 나타냈다. PPIase 구조 유전자를 갖는 재조합플라스미드 pPI-40을 JM109로 형질전환하여 Lac 프로모터로 PPIase 단백질을 발현시켰다. 효소 분자량을 SDSPAGE로 확인한 결과 약 18kDa으로 호열균 B. stearothermophilus로부터 정제한 단백질 분자량과 동일하다. 면역억제(CsA, FK506)와의 화학적인 반응은 대장균의 PPIase와 동일하게, 면역억제와는 비감수성으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.570-583
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• 2021

Pyrococcus furiosus α-amylase can hydrolyze α-1,4 linkages in starch and related carbohydrates under hyperthermophilic condition (~ 100℃), showing great potential in a wide range of industrial applications, while its relatively low productivity from heterologous hosts has limited the industrial applications. Bacillus subtilis, a gram-positive bacterium, has been widely used in industrial production for its non-pathogenic and powerful secretory characteristics. This study was conducted to increase production of P. furiosus α-amylase in B. subtilis through three strategies. Initial experiments showed that co-expression of P. furiosus molecular chaperone peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase through genomic integration mode, using a CRISPR/Cas9 system, increased soluble amylase production. Therefore, considering that native P. furiosus α-amylase is produced within a hyperthermophilic environment and is highly thermostable, heat treatment of intact culture at 90℃ for 15 min was performed, thereby greatly increasing soluble amylase production. After optimization of the culture conditions (nitrogen source, carbon source, metal ion, temperature and pH), experiments in a 3-L fermenter yielded a soluble activity of 3,806.7 U/ml, which was 3.3- and 28.2-fold those of a control without heat treatment (1,155.1 U/ml) and an empty expression vector control (135.1 U/ml), respectively. This represents the highest P. furiosus α-amylase production reported to date and should promote innovation in the starch liquefaction process and related industrial productions. Meanwhile, heat treatment, which may promote folding of aggregated P. furiosus α-amylase into a soluble, active form through the transfer of kinetic energy, may be of general benefit when producing proteins from thermophilic archaea.