• 생명과학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.397-402
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• 2000

본 연구는 인산 축적능이 뛰어난 균주를 분자 육종하여 생물학적 폐수처리 및 토양의 인산 집적을 해결시키는 산업적 유용한 재료로 이용하기 위한 기초연구를 목표로 하고 있다. Polyphosphate kinase의 ATP의 phosphate를 단리하여 한분자씩 결합시키는 형태로 polyphosphate의 합성반응을 촉매한다. 인산 축적에 관한 대사과정의 분자적 이해를 위하여 Serratia marcescens균주로부터 Southern hybridization방법으로 ppk를 암호하는 유전자를 찾아내어 새조합시킨 pDH3를 구축하였다. pDH3으로부터 ppk를 암호하는 유전자 영역의 4.0 kb 단편을 가진 subclone을 작성하였다.Serratia marcescens의 polyphosphate kinase의 활성은 catabolite repression에 의한 조절을 받았다. 발현멕타에 삽입시킨 재조합 플라스미드를 대장균에 도입시킨 결과, polyphosphate kinase의 효소활성이 크게 증가됨을 확인 하였다. 또한 대량 발현시킨 결과를 SDS-PAGE를 통하여 75 KDa의 발현산물을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.315-321
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• 2017

The inositol polyphosphates are a group of multifunctional signaling metabolites whose synthesis is catalyzed by a family of inositol kinases that are evolutionarily conserved from yeast to humans. Inositol polyphosphate multikinase (IPMK) was first identified as a subunit of the arginine-responsive transcription complex in budding yeast. In addition to its role in the production of inositol tetrakis- and pentakisphosphates ($IP_4$ and $IP_5$), IPMK also exhibits phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-kinase) activity. Through its PI3-kinase activity, IPMK activates Akt/PKB and its downstream signaling pathways. IPMK also regulates several protein targets non-catalytically via protein-protein interactions. These non-catalytic targets include cytosolic signaling factors and transcription factors in the nucleus. In this review, we highlight the many known functions of mammalian IPMK in controlling cellular signaling networks and discuss future challenges related to clarifying the unknown roles IPMK plays in physiology and disease.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제19권12호
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• pp.1527-1535
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• 2009

Polyphosphate (polyP) plays diverse physiological functions in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, but most of their detailed mechanisms are still obscure. Here, we show that deletion of polyphosphate kinase (PPK), the principal enzyme responsible for synthesis of polyP, resulted in augmented expression of cAMP receptor protein (CRP) and rpoS and lowered $H_2O_2$ sensitivity in Salmonella Typhimurium ATCC14028. The binding of cAMP-CRP complex to rpoS promoter and further stimulation of its transcription were proved through electrophoretic mobility shift assay, lacZ fusion, and exogenous cAMP addition, respectively. The rpoS expression increased in cpdA (cAMP phosphodiesterase coding gene) mutant, further suggesting that cAMP-CRP upregulated rpoS expression. These results demonstrate that PPK affects oxidative stress response by modulating crp and rpoS expression in S. Typhimurium.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.139-145
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• 2003

The gene encoding Thermus caldophilus GK24 polyphosphate kinase (Tca PPK) was cloned and sequenced. The gene contains an open reading frame encoding 608 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 69,850 Da. The deduced amino acid sequence of Tca PPK showed a 40% homology to Escherichia coli PPK, and $39\%$ to Klebsiella aerogenes PPK. The Tca ppk gene was expressed under the control of the T7lac promoter on pET-22b(+) in E. coli and its enzyme was purified about 70-fold with $36\%$ yield, following heating and HiTrap chelating HP column chromatography. The native enzyme was found to have an approximate molecular mass of 580,000 Da and consisted of eight subunits. The optimum pH and temperature of the enzyme were 5.5 and $70^{\circ}C$, respectively. A divalent cation was required for the enzyme activity, with $Mg^2+$ being the most effective.

• 한국생명과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생명과학회 2000년도 제29회 국제학술심포지움 및 추계학술대회
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• pp.77-77
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• 2000

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.211-216
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• 2013

This study was focusing on evaluating the protection of polyphosphate kinase (ppk) deleted and/or temperature-sensitive (ts) Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) as an attenuated vaccine in chickens. We constructed SEppk, SEts and SEppk::ts mutants and screened those mutants by growth capability in vitro, protection study in mice model and antibody response in chickens. Among the mutants, SEppk::ts-3 was selected because it showed higher growth capability, good protection against highly virulent SE in mice model, and good antibody response in chickens. SEppk::ts-3 also showed good protection against highly virulent SE isolate because it decreased colonization of virulent SE challenge strain in spleen, liver and cecum compared with the non-vaccinated control. The SEppk::ts-3 mutant showed cross-protection against S. Gallinarum (SG) challenge although the its cross-protection rate was a little lower than that of SG9R, a commercial vaccine against SG infection. To use for live attenuated vaccine in chickens, it should further be characterized.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.72-75
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• 2007

Escherichia coli에서 RNA 분해와 가공에 있어서 중심적인 역할을 하는 RNase E의 동족체 단백질인 Streptomyces coelicolor RNase ES의 결합 단백질을 항체침전을 이용하여 탐색하였다. 무기인산을 이용하는 polyphosphate kinase와 리보핵산외부분해효소인 polynucleotide phophorylase의 동족체인 GPSI가 RNase ES와 함께 침전되는 것을 확인하였으며, 이는S. coelicolor에도 E. coli RNase E를 매개로 구성되는 다단백질복합체인 degradosome이 RNase ES에 의해 형성될 수 있음을 암시한다. 계통적으로 멀리 떨어진 이 두 세균에서 정제된 polynucleotide phosphorylase 동족체는 시험관에서의 RNA 분해 특성이 서로 유사함을 보였다. 이러한 실험 결과는 RNase ES가 E. coli degradosome과 유사한 기능과 구조를 가진 단백질 복합체를 형성함을 시사한다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.1061-1065
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• 2001

The antibacterial effects of water extracts of Scutellariate Radix (a dried root of Scutellaria baicalensis GEORGI) and its major flavonoid components, Baicalin and Baicalein, on Salmonella typhimurium, a representative enteric pathogen, were studied. Through a Kriby-Bauer disc analysis, the growth-inhibition activity of Scutellariae Radix against. S. typhimurium was found to be compatible with commercial antibiotics, such as ampicillin, chloramphenicol, and streptomycin. In contrast, the growth of a nonpathogenic E. coli strain was unaffercted by Scutellariae Radix. To examine the effect of polyphosphate kinase (ppk), a putative virulence factor, on the antibacterial activity of Scutellariae Radix, the growth profile of a ppk mutant of S. typhimurium was investigated in a tryptic soy broth containing different concentrations of water extracts of Scutellariae Radix. The ppk mutant was able to grow in 6 mg/ml of water extracts of Scutellariae Radix, whereas in 6 mg/ml of water extracts of Scutellariae Radix, whereas the wild-type could not, implying that the inactivation of ppk made S. typhimurium more resistant to the antibacterial activity of Scutellariae Radix. No enhanced resistance was observed in a ppk mutant of S. typhimurium complemented with a ppk expression vector. The attenuation of the virulence by ppk inactivation was also observed in a virulence assay using BLAB/c mice. Neither Baicalin nor Baicalein exhibited any growth-inhibition activity against S. typhimurium. The water extracts of Scutellariae Radix stimulated the transcription of ppk, especially in the early growth-stage of S. typhimurium.

• 한국동물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물학회 1999년도 한국생물과학협회 학술발표대회
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• pp.263.2-263
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• 1999

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• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제33권10호
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• pp.1370-1375
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• 2023

In this study, we aimed to enhance the accumulation of chorismate (CHR) and anthranilate (ANT), key intermediates in the shikimate pathway, by modifying a shikimate over-producing recombinant strain of Corynebacterium glutamicum [19]. To achieve this, we utilized a CRISPR-driven genome engineering approach to compensate for the deletion of shikimate kinase (AroK) as well as ANT synthases (TrpEG) and ANT phosphoribosyltransferase (TrpD). In addition, we inhibited the CHR metabolic pathway to induce CHR accumulation. Further, to optimize the shikimate pathway, we overexpressed feedback inhibition-resistant Escherichia coli AroG and AroH genes, as well as C. glutamicum AroF and AroB genes. We also overexpressed QsuC and substituted shikimate dehydrogenase (AroE). In parallel, we optimized the carbon metabolism pathway by deleting the gntR family transcriptional regulator (IolR) and overexpressing polyphosphate/ATP-dependent glucokinase (PpgK) and glucose kinase (Glk). Moreover, acetate kinase (Ack) and phosphotransacetylase (Pta) were eliminated. Through our CRISPR-driven genome re-design approach, we successfully generated C. glutamicum cell factories capable of producing up to 0.48 g/l and 0.9 g/l of CHR and ANT in 1.3 ml miniature culture systems, respectively. These findings highlight the efficacy of our rational cell factory design strategy in C. glutamicum, which provides a robust platform technology for developing high-producing strains that synthesize valuable aromatic compounds, particularly those derived from the shikimate pathway metabolites.