• Animal cells and systems
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.159-164
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• 2003

The RAD3 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is required for excision repair and is essential for cell viability. The RAD3 encoded protein possesses a single stranded DNA-dependent ATPase and DNA and DNA-RNA helicase activities. To examine the extent of conservation of structure and function of a S. pombe RAD3 during eukaryotic evolution, the RAD3 homolog gene was isolated by screening of genomic DNA library. The isolated gene was designated as HRD3 (homolog of RAD3 gene). Southern blot analysis confirmed that S. pombe chromosome contains the same DNA as HRD3 gene and this gene exists as a single copy in S. pombe. The transcript of 2.8 kb was detected by Northern blot analysis, The level of transcripts increased by ultraviolet (UV) irradiation, indicating that HRD3 is one of the UV-inducible genes in S. pombe. Furthermore, the predicted partial sequence of HRD3 protein has 60％ identity to S. cerevisiae RAD3 gene. This homology was particularly striking in the regions identified as being conserved in a group of DNA helicases. Gene deletion experiments indicate that the HRD3 gene is essential for viability and DNA repair function. These observations suggest evolutionary conservation of other protein components with which HRD3 might interact in mediating its DNA repair and viability functions.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.460-467
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• 2016

Bacteriophytochromes are phytochrome-like light-sensing photoreceptors that use biliverdin as a chromophore. To study the biochemical properties of the Deinococcus radiodurans bacteriophytochrome (DrBphP) protein, two anti-DrBphP mouse monoclonal antibodies (2B8 and 3H7) were generated. Their specific epitopes were identified in our previous report. We present here fine epitope mapping of these two antibodies by using truncation and substitution of original epitope sequences in order to identify minimized epitope peptides. The previously reported original epitope sequences for 2B8 and 3H7 were truncated from both sides. Our analysis showed that the minimal peptide sequence lengths for 2B8 and 3H7 antibodies were nine amino acids (RDPLPFFPP) and six amino acids (PGEIEE), respectively. We further characterized these peptides in order to investigate their reactivity after single deletion and single substitution of the original peptides. We found that single-substituted 2B8 epitope (RDPLPAFPP) and dual-substituted 3H7 epitope (PGEIAD) showed significantly increased reactivity. These two antibodies with high reactivity for the short modified peptide sequences are valueble for developing new peptide tags for protein research.

• 한국자기공명학회논문지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.122-137
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• 2005

The hepatitis B virus X protein (HBx) is highly linked with liver diseases and the development of hepatocellular carcinoma. HBx-interacting protein (XIP) has been shown to abolish the transactivation functions of HBx. Here, we define the structural characteristics and HBx binding properties of XIP. Under physiological conditions, XIP was composed mainly of random-coils but significant helicity was induced in the hydrophobic condition. NMR spectroscopy defined the secondary structure of XIP in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate. Four putative helices were mapped to the amino acids 8-12, 32-38, 42-54 and 82-91. Any deletion of defined putative helices in XIP led to loss of binding to HBx, and truncated mutant lacking last putative helix decreased helicity more than that it could. Our results suggest that XIP requires its entire sequence for HBx binding and it may be under drastic conformational change when binds to HBx.

• Mycobiology
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.429-439
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• 2018

To develop a convenient promoter analysis system for fungi, a null-pigment mutant (NPG) of Aspergillus nidulans was used with the 4'-phosphopantetheinyl transferase (PPTase) gene, npgA, which restores the normal pigmentation in A. nidulans, as a new reporter gene. The functional organization of serially deleted promoter regions of the A. nidulans trpC gene and the Cryphonectria parasitica crp gene in filamentous fungi was representatively investigated to establish a novel fungal promoter assay system that depends on color complementation of the NPG mutant with the PPTase npgA gene. Several promoter regions of the trpC and crp genes were fused to the npgA gene containing the 1,034-bp open reading frame and the 966-bp 3' downstream region from the TAA, and the constructed fusions were introduced into the NPG mutant in A. nidulans to evaluate color recovery due to the transcriptional activity of the sequence elements. Serial deletion of the trpC and crp promoter regions in this PPTase reporter assay system reaffirmed results in previous reports by using the fungal transformation step without a laborious verification process. This approach suggests a more rapid and convenient system than conventional analyses for fungal gene expression studies.

• Mycobiology
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• 제51권5호
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• pp.273-280
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• 2023

The nucleolus is the largest, membrane-less organelle within the nucleus of eukaryotic cell that plays a critical role in rRNA transcription and assembly of ribosomes. Recently, the nucleolus has been shown to be implicated in an array of processes including the formation of signal recognition particles and response to cellular stress. Such diverse functions of nucleolus are mediated by nucleolar proteins. In this study, we characterized a gene coding a putative protein containing a nucleolar localization sequence (NoLS) in the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae. Phylogenetic and domain analysis suggested that the protein is orthologous to Rrp8 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. MoRRP8-GFP (translational fusion of MoRRP8 with green fluorescence protein) co-localizes with a nucleolar marker protein, MoNOP1 fused to red fluorescence protein (RFP), indicating that MoRRP8 is a nucleolar protein. Deletion of the MoRRP8 gene caused a reduction in vegetative growth and impinged largely on asexual sporulation. Although the asexual spores of DMorrp8 were morphologically indistinguishable from those of wild-type, they showed delay in germination and reduction in appressorium formation. Our pathogenicity assay revealed that the MoRRP8 is required for full virulence and growth within host plants. Taken together, these results suggest that nucleolar processes mediated by MoRRP8 is pivotal for fungal development and pathogenesis.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제46권6호
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• pp.937-946
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• 2004

Duroc 품종은 돼지 사육에 있어 산육성과 육질 향상을 위해 이용되고 있다. 본 연구는 육종에 많이 이용되는 Duroc 품종의 모계 특이적인 서열의 검색과 계통유전학적 유연관계의 정립을 위하여 미토콘드리아 유전체의 전체 염기서열을 결정하고 집단 내 다형성을 조사하였다. mtDNA 전체 서열의 길이는 16,584-bp 이고, D-loop과 tRNA, rRNA 유전자 영역에서는 삽입/결실이 확인되었다. 4개의 coding gene (COⅡ, COⅢ, ND3, ND4)에서 불완전한 종결코돈을, ND4L과 ND2 유전자는 선택적 개시코돈 양상을 보였다. Duroc 집단에 대한 분석 결과 조절영역에서의 특이적인 11-bp 중복 단위가 일부 개체(15.2%)에서 발견되었고, ND2의 개시코돈과 CYTB 유전자에서도 다형현상을 보였다. 각각의 유전자 영역에서의 다형성은 서로 연관되어 있었고, 그 결과 Duroc 집단은 크게 두 가지 haplotype으로 구분되었다. 계통수에서 Duroc mtDNA 서열은 유럽계열 cluster에 위치하였으나, haplotype 분석과 기존에 연구결과들을 종합해 보면 Duroc 품종은 여러 모계선조 집단에서 기원한 것으로 보이며, 유럽과 아시아 계열 모두가 품종 형성에 이용된 것으로 사료된다된 것으로 사료된다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.370-375
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• 2002

새로운 유전자를 클로닝하고 그 발현양상을 결정하는 것은 유전자의 기능을 이해하는데 필수적이다. 인간유전자 12q13의 고해상 물리지도를 작성하면서 이 지역의 D12S359와 D12S1618 사이에 내재하는 것으로 mapping된 stSG 3435 EST의 유전자를 클로닝하고 그 발현양상을 조사하였다. NIBI library를 조사하여 stSG 3435를 포함하는 클론 325E4를 분리하여 순차적 결실 방법으로 클로닝하여 자동염기서열분석으로 염기서열을 결정하였다. 1,331 bp의 염기서열을 가진 이 유전자는 Blast search에 의하면 376 개의 아미노산으로 이루어진 단백질로써 인간의 MYGI과 동일하며 마우스의Gamml, melanocyte proliferation gene 1과 86%의 동질성을 보였다. MYGI은 인간염색체의 12에 내재하며 마우스의 Gamml은 syntenic 부위인 마우스 염색체 15에 내재하므로 마우스의 Gamml의 homolog으로 간주된다. Northern blot analysis 결과 MYG1은 인간의 모든 조직에서 발현되며 정소에서 가장 강한 발현을 보였다. 이 유전자의 세포내 발현을 green fluorescence protein과 융합시켜 발현 귀착지를 confocal 현미경으로 동정한 결과 MYG1 단백질은 핵과 리소좀을 제외한 소기관에서 발현되는 것을 관찰하였다.

• International Journal of Oral Biology
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.119-125
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• 2007

Dlx3 is a homeodomain protein and is known to play a role in development and differentiation of many tissues. Deletion of four base pairs in DLX3 (NT3198) is causally related to tricho-dento-osseous (TDO) syndrome (OMIM #190320), a genetic disorder manifested by taurodontism, hair abnormalities, and increased bone density in the cranium. The molecular mechanisms that explain the phenotypic characteristics of TDO syndrome have not been clearly determined. In this study, we examined phenotypic characteristics of wild type DLX3(wtDlx3) and 4-BP DEL DLX3 (TDO mtDlx3) in C2C12 cells. To investigate how wtDlx3 and TDO mtDlx3 differentially regulate osteoblastic differentiation, reporter assays were performed by using luciferase reporters containing the promoters of alkaline phosphatase, bone sialoprotein or osteocalcin. Both wtDlx3 and TDO mtDlx3 enhanced significantly all the reporter activities but the effect of mtDlx3 was much weaker than that of wtDlx3. In spite of these differences in reporter activity, electrophoretic mobility shift assay showed that both wtDlx3 and TDO mtDlx3 formed similar amounts of DNA binding complexes with Dlx3 binding consensus sequence or with ALP promoter oligonucleotide bearing the Dlx3 binding core sequence. TDO mtDlx3 exhibits a longer half-life than wtDlx3 and it corresponds to PESTfind analysis result showing that potential PEST sequence was missed in carboxy terminal of TDO mtDlx3. In addition, co-immunoprecipitation demonstrated that TDO mtDlx3 binds to Msx2 more strongly than wtDlx3. Taken together, though TDO mtDlx3 acted as a weaker transcriptional activator than wtDlx3 in osteoblastic cells, there is possibility that during in vivo osteoblast differentiation TDO mtDlx3 may antagonize transcriptional repressor activity of Msx2 more effectively and for longer period than wtDlx3, resulting in enhancement of osteoblast differentiation.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.550-556
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• 1995

c-myc proto-oncogene은 여러 세포들의 분화와 형질전화에 뿐만 아니라 정상세포의 분열조절에도 관여한다고 알려져왔다. 특히 생쥐의 초기배아에서 c-myc mRNA가 발현되고 antisense c-myc oligomer의 미세주입에 의해 배발생이 억제된다는 연구결과는 c-myc이 초기배아의 발생 및 분열에 관여하는 것을 시사한다. 그러나 최근까지 초기배아에 존재하는 c-myc promoter의 기능적 활성화에 관한 연구는 미진하였다. 이를 위하여, c-myc promoter와 대장균의 lacZ 유전자를 결합시킨 두 종류의 vector(pcmyc-Gall, pcmyc-Ga12)를 만들어 수정란의 전핵에 미세주입한 후, 배 발생에 따른 c-myc promoter의 활성화를 lacZ 유전자의 산물인 $\beta$-galactosidase 에 의한 X-gal 염색으로 조사하였다. 미세주입된 초기 배아는 2세포기 배아를 포함하는 여러 발생단계에서 $\beta$-galactosidase 의 활성을 보였다. 이는 c-myc 유전자가 배아의 게놈유전자로부터 발현되며, 또한 궁극적으로 초기 배아의 발생과정에 중요한 역할을 하고 있음을 시사하고 있다.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.453-458
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• 1997

형질전환 동물의 후손에서 transgene은 멘델의 법칙에 따라 유전된다고 일반적으로 인식되어져 왔다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 transgene이 이러한 인식과 일치하는지를 여러 세대를 통하여 확인하고 후손에서 어떻게 유전되는지를 연구하기 위하여 형질전환 생쥐를 생산하여 본 연구의 모델로 삼았다. 수정된 생쥐의 embryo에 DNA를 microinjection하는 방법으로 MMTV-LTR (long terminal repeat), bovine ($\alpha$s1-casein cDNA, 그리고 SV 40 splicing과 polyadenylation site 등의 sequence를 포함한 3.0Kb의 DNA가 주입되었다. 여기에서 태어난 새끼는 dot blot과 Southern blot에 의하여 transgene의 존재여부가 확인되어 founder line이 만들어졌다. 그들의 자손은 PCR에 의해서 transgene이 유전되는지를 확인하였다. F0의 72마리 새끼중에서 4마리의 Founder가 transgene을 가지고 있었다(5.6%). F0에서 F1으로의 유전(transmission)은 각각 33.3, 7.7, 0, 62.5%이었다. Transgene은 F1에서 F2로 각각 63.6, 5.9, 68.8% 유전되었고, F2에서 F3로 각각 85.7, 0, 88.2% 유전되었다. 따라서 본 연구 모델에 의하면 transgene은 멘델의 법칙을 따르는 경우와 deletion이 되는 경우로 각각 관찰되었다.