• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.427-431
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• 1988

Pseudomonas testosteroni 6F1의 아닐린 분해에 미치는 이차기질의 첨가효과를 보기 위하여 균생장에 필요한 유도기간과 효소활성유도 정도를 조사하였다. 아닐린만 존재하는 배지에서 P. testosteroni 6Fl은 7시간의 유도기간을 필요로 한데 비하여 쉽게 이용가능한 이차기질을 첨가해준 경우 아닐린 분해에 필요한 유도기간이 1-3시간으로 줄어들었다. 이러한 아닐린 분해 촉진효과는 이차기질과 아닐린이 서로 발리 이용되면서 균체의 생장과 분해효소의 활성유도시기를 앞당겼기 때문이었으며, 이때 아닐린 분해효소의 최종활성 정도는 첨가해준 이차기질에 따라 다르게 나타났다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.207-212
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• 1983

독성이 있으며 난분해성 색소물질의 일종인 푸르푸랄을 분해할 수 있는 4종의 Gram 음성 세균을 P P. testosteroηi, P. maltophila, Klebsiella pneumoniae 그려고 P. fluorescens로 동정하였다. 이 화합물을 분해 할 때, P. testosteroni와 기타 세 균주의 분해 상승효과와 가능한 분해순서를 manometric technique에 의하여 시도되었다. P.testosteroni가 푸르푸랄을 분해하면, 이때 생성된 미확인 물질 NPS를 P. maltophilai와 K.pneumoniae가 이용하면서 생장하게 되고, 동시에 이때 생성된 2-푸로인산을 분해하여 P. fluorescens가 생장하게 된다. 그러나 NPS와 2-푸로인산플 경쟁적으로 분해함으로써 푸르푸랄의 분해효과를 상승시킨다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.67-72
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• 1987

Cellular fatty acid composition of eight strains, indluding six strains of Comamonas terrigena, and two type strains of Pseudomonas acidovorans, and P. testosteroni was determined by gas-liquid chromatography. Almost the same composition was found in all the strains tested, and hexadecanoic acid, hexadecenoic acid, and octadecenoic acid were accounted more than 70% of total fatty acid. However, P. testosteroni differed from C. terrigena and P. acidovorans by the presence of comparatively large amonuts of 2-hydroxy-hexadecanoic acid, and C. terrigena contained three to eight times as much tetradecanoic acid in P. acidovorans and P. testosteroni. According to the similarity values calculated on the basis of fatty acid composition, C. terrigena strains were divided into three groups differentiated in the requirement of growth factors, and C. terrigena, P. acidovorans, and P. testosteroni strains occupied separate position each other in the dendrogram.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.315-320
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• 1989

부산의 하천에서 채취한 진흙과 물에서 분리한 나프탈렌 분해균주 중 분해력이 강한 3 균주에 대하여 실험한 결과 Acinetobacter calcoaceticus, R-88, Pseudomonas testosteroni R-87 및 Pseudomonas putida R-89로 동정하였다. 이들 3 균주중에서는 Acinetobacter calcoaceticus R-88이 나프탈렌 분해력이 가장 우수하였고, 이 균주의 최적 pH는 7.0, 온도는 $30^{\circ}C$였고, 나프탈렌의 농도는 10mM이였다. 이 균주는 salicylic acid의 경로를 통하여 분해되고, ampicillin, tetracyclin, chloramphenicol 및 Kanamycin에 대하여 강한 저항성을 보여주었다. Acinetobacter calcoaceticus, R-88는 나프탈렌 분해에 관여하는 plasmid DNA를 1개 가지고 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국생물물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물물리학회 1999년도 학술발표회 진행표 및 논문초록
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• pp.36-36
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• 1999

Bacterial Δ-3-ketosteroid isomerase (KSI) catalyzes the conversion of Δ-to Δ-3-ketosteroids via enolate formation, which is also found in the synthesis of all steroid hormones in mammals. In Pseudomonas testosteroni, KSI Asp38 (pKa ~ 4.7) was identified as the general base which abstracts the steroid C4b-H (pKa ~ 12.7) to form the dienolate intermediate.(omitted)

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.177-181
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• 2003

경기도 내의 7개 하천 토양으로부터 terephthalic acid를 분해, 대사하는 미생물 11개 균주를 분리하고, 이들의 phthalic acid 이성질체 분해활성을 비교한 결과, 오염도가 높은 4개 지역에서 분리된 균들의 phthalic acid 이성질체 분해활성이 오염도가 낮은 3개 지역에서 분리된 균들에 비해 높은 것으로 나타났다. 분리된 균주들 중, 높은 terephthalic acid 분해활성을 보유하고 2개의 phthalic acid 이성질체의 분해가 가능한 4균주의 165 rDNA 부분 염기서열결정을 통하여 국내 토양에서 생육하고 있는 phthalic acid이성질체 분해미생물 중 많은 수가 C. testosteroni인 것으로 추정되었다. 이러한 결과에 근거하여 토양 중 C. testosteroni의 특이적 검출에 의한 phthalic acid 이성질체에 의한 토양오염의 모니터링 가능성을 검토하였다. C. testosteroni 특이적 PCR primer를 구축하고 토양으로부터 직접 추출한 DNA를 template로 PCR을 수행한 결과, 각 하천 주변 4 g의 토양으로부터 관찰 가능한 정도의 PCR산물을 얻을 수 있었다. 증폭된 PCR산물의 양은 굴포천＞안양천＞황구지천＞신천＞흑천＞북한강＞가평천의 순으로 청정지역에서 보다 오염지역의 토양에서 C. testosteroni가 많이 생육하고 있는 것으로 나타났으며, 각 지역의 토양에 존재하는 terephthalic acid 분해균의 생균수 또한 PCR에 의한 C. testosteroni의 검출과 동일한 양상으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권12호
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• pp.1995-1999
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• 2006

Pseudomonas sp. K82 cultured in p-hydroxybenzoate induces protocatechuate 4,5-dioxygenase (PCD 4,5) for p-hydroxybenzoate degradation. In this study, a 6.0-kbp EcoR1 fragment containing p-hydroxybenzoate degradation genes was cloned from the genome of Pseudomonas sp. K82. Sequence analysis identified four genes, namely, pcaD, pcaA, pcaB, and pcaC genes known to be involved in p-hydroxybenzoate degradation. Two putative 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenases and one putative oxidoreductase were closely located by the p-hydroxybenzoate degradation genes. The gene arrangement and sequences of these p-hydroxybenzoate degradation genes were similar to those of Comamonas testosteroni and Pseudomonas ochraceae. PcaAB (PCD4,5) was overexpressed in the expression vector pGEX-4T-3, purified using a GST column, and confirmed to have protocatechuate 4,5-dioxygenase activity. The N-terminal amino acid sequences of overexpressed PCD4,5 were identical with those of purified PCD4,5 from Pseudomonas sp. K82.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.700-705
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• 2003

Pseudomonas sp. S-47 is capable of degrading benzoate and 4-chlorobenzoate as well as catechol and 4-chlorocatechol via the meta-cleavage pathway. The three enzymes of 2-oxopenta-4-enoate hydratase (OEH), acetaldehyde dehydrogenase (acylating) (ADA), and 2-oxo-4-hydroxypentonate aldolase (HOA) encoded by xylJQK genes are responsible for the three steps after the meta-cleavage of catechol. The nucleotide sequence of the xylJQK genes located in the chromosomal DNA was cloned and analyzed. GC content of xylJ, xylQ, and xylK was 65% and consisted of 786, 924, and 1,041 nucleotides, respectively. The deduced amino acid sequences of xylJ, xylQ, and xylK genes from Pseudomonas sp. S-47 showed 93%, 99%, and 99% identity, compared with those of nahT, nahH, and nahI in Pseudomonas stutzeri An10. However, there were only about 53% to 85% identity with xylJQK of Pseudomonas putida mt-2, dmpEFG of P. putida CF600, aphEFG of Comamonas testosteroni TA441, and ipbEGF of P. putida RE204. On the other hand, the xylLTEGF genes located upstream of xylJQK in the strain S-47 showed high homology with those of TOL plasmid from Pseudomonas putida mt-2. These findings suggested that the xylLTEGFIJQK of Pseudomonas sp. S-47 responsible for complete degradation of benzoate and then catechol via the meta-pathway were phylogenetically recombinated from the genes of Pseudomonas putida mt-2 and Pseudomonas stutzeri An10.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.302-311
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• 2004

Comamonas testosteroni (formerly Pseudomonas sp.) NCIMB 10643 can grow on biphenyl and alkylbenzenes $(C_2-C_7)$ via 3-substituted catechols. Thus, to identify the genes encoding the degradation, transposon-mutagenesis was carried out using pAG408, a promoter-probe mini-transposon with a green fluorescent protein (GFP), as a reporter. A mutant, NT-1, which was unable to grow on alkylbenzenes and biphenyl, accumulated catechols and exhibited an enhanced expression of GFP upon exposure to these substrates, indicating that the gfp had been inserted in a gene encoding a broad substrate range catechol 2,3-dioxygenase. The genes (2,826 bp) flanking the gfp cloned from an SphI-digested fragment contained three complete open reading frames that were designated bphCDorfl. The deduced amino acid sequences of bphCDorfl were identical to 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl 1,2-dioxygenase (BphC), 2-hydroxy-6-oxo-6-phenylhexa-2,4-dienoate hydrolase (BphD), and OrfI, respectively, that are all involved in the degradation of biphenyl/4-chlorobiphenyl (bph) by Ralstonia oxalatica A5. The deduced amino acid sequence of the orfl revealed a similarity to those of outer membrane proteins belonging to the OmpW family. The introduction of the bphCDorfl genes enabled the NT-l mutant to grow on aromatic hydrocarbons. In addition, PCR analysis indicated that the DNA sequence and gene organization of the bph operon were closely related to those in the bph operon from Tn4371 identified in strain A5. Furthermore, strain A5 was also able to grow on a similar set of alkylbenzenes as strain NCIMB 10643, demonstrating that, among the identified aromatic hydrocarbon degradation pathways, the bph degradation pathway related to Tn4371 was the most versatile in catabolizing a variety of aromatic hydrocarbons of mono- and bicyclic benzenes.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.152-155
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• 2004

Pseudomonas sp. K82 has been reported to be an aniline-assimilating soil bacterium. However, this strain can use not only aniline as a sole carbon and energy source, but can also utilize benzoate, p-hydroxybenzoate, and aniline analogues. The strain accomplishes this metabolic diversity by using dif-ferent aerobic pathways. Pseudomonas sp. K82, when cultured in p-hydroxybenzoate, showed extradiol cleavage activity of protocatechuate. In accordance with those findings, our study attempted the puri-fication of protocatechuate 4,5-dioxygenase (PCD 4,5). However the purified PCD 4,5 was found to be very unstable during purification. After Q-sepharose chromatography was performed, the crude enzyme activity was augmented by a factor of approximately 4.7. From the Q-sepharose fraction which exhibited PCD 4,5 activity, two subunits of PCD4,5 (${\alpha}$ subunit and ${\beta}$ subunit) were identified using the N-terminal amino acid sequences of 15 amino acid residues. These subunits were found to have more than 90％ sequence homology with PmdA and PmdB of Comamonas testosteroni. The molecular weight of the native enzyme was estimated to be approximately 54 kDa, suggesting that PCD4,5 exists as a het-erodimer (${\alpha}$$_1$${\beta}$$_1$). PCD 4,5 exhibits stringent substrate specificity for protocatechuate and its optimal activity occurs at pH 9 and 15 $^{\circ}C$. PCR amplification of these two subunits of PCD4,5 revealed that the ${\alpha}$ subunit and ${\beta}$ subunit occurred in tandem. Our results suggest that Pseudomonas sp. K82 induced PCD 4,5 for the purpose of p-hydroxybenzoate degradation.