• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.708-711
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• 2010

We report the isolation and characterization of a novel knottin-type antimicrobial peptide from the yellow-spotted long-horned beetle Psacothea hilaris. A cDNA encoding a 56-mer knottin-type propeptide was identified and its predicted molecular mass and pI were 5.92 kDa and 8.28, respectively. A 34-mer mature peptide was also selected and named herein as psacotheasin. The antimicrobial activity of chemically synthesized psacotheasin against human bacterial pathogens was subsequently investigated. The results showed that psacotheasin exerted potent activities against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial strains. The present study suggests that psacotheasin can be applied to develop novel therapeutic agents.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.429-441
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• 2009

We have determined the complete mitochondrial genome of the yellow-spotted long horned beetle, Psacothea hilaris (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), an endangered insect species in Korea. The 15,856-bp long P. hilaris mitogenome harbors gene content typical of the animal mitogenome and a gene arrangement identical to the most common type found in insect mitogenomes. As with all other sequenced coleopteran species, the 5-bp long TAGTA motif was also detected in the intergenic space sequence located between $tRNA^{Ser}$(UCN) and ND1 of P. hilaris. The 1,190-bp long non-coding A+T-rich region harbors an unusual series of seven identical repeat sequences of 57-bp in length and several stretches of sequences with the potential to form stem-and-loop structures. Furthermore, it contains one $tRNA^{Arg}$-like sequence and one $tRNA^{Lys}$-like sequence. Phylogenetic analysis among available coleopteran mitogenomes using the concatenated amino acid sequences of PCGs appear to support the sister group relationship of the suborder Polyphaga to all remaining suborders, including Adephaga, Myxophaga, and Archostemata. Among the two available infraorders in Polyphaga, a monophyletic Cucujiformia was confirmed, with the placement of Cleroidea as the basal lineage for Cucujiformia. On the other hand, the infraorder Elateriformia was not identified as monophyletic, thereby indicating that Scirtoidea and Buprestoidea are the basal lineages for Cucujiformia and the remaining Elateriformia.

• 한국응용곤충학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국응용곤충학회 2000년도 추계 학술발표회
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• pp.29-29
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• 2000

• 한국잠사곤충학회지
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.158-162
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• 1998

The chitin was isolated from various kinds of insects such as exuvia of Psacothea hilaris Pascoe, silkworm pupa, Agrius convolvuli or from cuticle of cockroach by treatment with dilute HCI and NaOH. The chemical and crystalline structure was characterized by FT-IR and X-ray diffractometer. All of the chitins extracted from insects showed characteristic ${\alpha}$-chitin peaks at the Bragg angle 2$\theta$=9.3$^{\circ}$, 19.4$^{\circ}$, and 23.5$^{\circ}$by X-ray diffraction analysis. The transition from chitin to chitosan was confirmed by IR spectra and the degree of deacetylation of the crab shell, silkworm pupa, cockroach, and Psacothea hilaris Pascoe was 70.9, 76.4, 75.5, and 74.1%, respectively. The double diffraction peaks of insect chitosan were observed at 2$\theta$=10$^{\circ}$and 20$^{\circ}$, indication the characteristic of hydrated crystalline structure of chitosan.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.133-139
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• 2008

하늘소류 기생천적으로 알려진 개미침벌의 발육, 산란과 우화, 성비를 조사하기 위해 기주곤충인 솔수염하늘소, 북방수염하늘소, 울도하늘소의 노숙유충과 번데기를 먹이로 제공하였다. 개미침벌 암컷의 발육은 솔수염하늘소 유충과 번데기에서 $29.2{\pm}0.93$일, $25.1{\pm}0.47$일, 북방수염하늘소 유충과 번데기에서는 $27.1{\pm}0.41$일, $26.0{\pm}0.69$일, 울도하늘소 유충과 번데기에서는 $26.3{\pm}0.38$일, $31.2{\pm}0.24$일이 각각 소요되었다. 개미침벌 성충은 솔수염하늘소 번데기를 기주로 하였을 때, 용화된 이후 암컷은 $12.9{\pm}0.2$일, 수컷은 $11.9{\pm}0.2$일 후 우화하였고, 수컷의 발육기간은 암컷보다 1일 정도 더 빨랐다. 기주곤충에 대한 산란율은 다른 기주곤충에 비해 북방수염하늘소 유충과 번데기에서 98.6%와 97.5%로 제일 높았으며, 우화율도 북방수염하늘소의 유충과 번데기에서 90.1%와 87.3%로 제일 높았다. 우화한 개미침벌의 성비는 대략 10:1의 비로 암컷이 우세하였고, 기주곤충에 대한 첫 산란은 북방수염하늘소 번데기에서 가장 짧아 우화한지 $4.6{\pm}0.1$일에 산란하였다. 기주곤충의 유충에 개미침벌 암컷 성충을 3마리 접종하였을 때 산란수도 북방수염하늘에서 암컷 1마리당 $62.7{\pm}2.5$개로 가장 많았다.