• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.141-150
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• 2019

The spatial landmark protein Bud8 plays a crucial role in bipolar budding in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The unconventional yeast Yarrowia lipolytica can also bud in a bipolar pattern, but is evolutionarily distant from S. cerevisiae. It encodes the protein YALI0F12738p, which shares the highest amino acid sequence homology with S. cerevisiae Bud8, sharing a conserved transmembrane domain at the C-terminus. Therefore, we named it YlBud8. Deletion of YlBud8 in Y. lipolytica causes cellular separation defects, resulting in budded cells remaining linked with one another as cell chains or multiple buds from a single cell, which suggests that YlBud8 may play an important role in cell separation, which is distinct from the function of Bud8 in S. cerevisiae. We also show that the YlBud8-GFP fusion protein is located at the cell membrane and enriched in the bud cortex, which would be consistent with a role in the regulation of cell separation. The coiled-coil domain at the N-terminus of YlBud8 is important to the correct localization and function of YlBud8, as truncated proteins that do not contain the coiled-coil domain cannot rescue the defects observed in $Ylbud8{\Delta}$. This finding suggests that a new signaling pathway controlled by YlBud8 via regulation of cell separation may exist in Y. lipolytica.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.186-193
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• 2021

BACKGROUND: Before generating transgenic plant using the CRISPR-Cas9 system, the efficiency test of sgRNAs is recommended to reduce the time and effort for plant transformation and regeneration process. The efficiency of the sgRNA can be measured through the transient expression of sgRNA and Cas9 gene in tomato cotyledon; however, we found that the calculated efficiency showed a large variation. It is necessary to increase the precision of the experiment to obtain reliable sgRNA efficiency data from transient expression. METHODS AND RESULTS: The cotyledon of 11^th, 15^th, 19^th, and 23^rd-day-old tomato (Solanum lycopersicum cv. Micro-Tom) were used for expressing CRISPR-Cas9 transiently. The agrobacterium harboring sgRNA for targeting ALS2 gene of tomato was injected through the stomata of leaf adaxial side and the genomic DNA was extracted in 5 days after injection. The target gene edition was identified by amplifying DNA fragment of target region and analyzing with Illumina sequencing method. The target gene editing efficiency was calculated by counting base deletion and insertion events from total target sequence read. CONCLUSION: The CRISPR-Cas9 editing efficiency varied with tomato cotyledon age. The highest efficiency was observed at the 19-day-old cotyledons. Both the median and mean were the highest at this stage and the sample variability was also minimized. We found that the transgene of CRISPR-Cas9 system was strongly correlated with plant leaf development and suggested the optimum cotyledon leaf age for Agrobacterium-mediated transfection in tomato.

• BMB Reports
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• 제53권12호
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• pp.628-633
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• 2020

WNT11 is a member of the non-canonical Wnt family and plays a crucial role in tumor progression. However, the regulatory mechanisms underlying WNT11 expression are unclear. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFα) is a major inflammatory cytokine produced in the tumor microenvironment and contributes to processes associated with tumor progression, such as tumor invasion and metastasis. By using site-directed mutagenesis and introducing a serial deletion in the 5'-regulatory region of WNT11, we observed that TNFα activates the early growth response 1 (EGR1)-binding sequence (EBS) in the proximal region of WNT11 and that the transcription factor EGR1 is necessary for the TNFα-induced transcription of WNT11. EGR1 bound directly to the EBSs within the proximal 5'-regulatory region of WNT11 and ectopic expression of EGR1 stimulated WNT11 promoter activity, whereas the knockdown of EGR1 expression by RNA interference reduced TNFα-induced WNT11 expression in T47D breast cancer cells. We also observed that mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK), extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), and p38 kinase mediated TNFα-induced transcription of WNT11 via EGR1. Our results suggest that EGR1 directly targets WNT11 in response to TNFα stimulation in breast cancer cells.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.72-77
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• 2001

Strong promoter로 밝혀진 alginate lyase 유전자의 promoter 부위에 대한 특성을 검토하기 위해 alginate lyase 유전자의 46개 N-terminal amino acid가 포함된 promoter 부분과, 같은 균으로부터 분리한 $\beta$-agarase의 유전자를 연결시켜 agarase의 activity를 평판배지상에서 보다 쉽게 확인하는 방법으로 promoter의 활성을 측정한 결과 alginate lyase 유전자 promoter에 의해서 $\beta$-agarase 유전자의 대량발현이 유도되고 있었으며 glucose의 존재하에서 $\beta$-agarase 유전자 발현이 일어나지 않는 catabolite repression 양상을 나타내고 있다. PCR로써 alginate lyase의 46개 N-terminal amino acid 부분이 순차적으로 제거된 plasmid를 제조하여 대량발현을 조사한 결과 46개의 아미노산이 제거된 후에도 $\beta$-agarase의 활성에는 변화가 없어 46개의 N-말단이 정상적인 상태에서 발현에는 영향을 미치고 있지 않음을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 alginate lyase 유전자의 promoter region에 존재하는 가능한 2개의 promoter consensus sequence PI, PII를 subcloning한 결과 promoter PII만이 존재할 때도 대량발현이 유도되고 있음을 확인할 수 있었으며 동시에 glucose가 존재할 때 catabolite repression이 역시 나타나고 있어 이 부분이 발현 및 glucose에 의한 regulation에 매우 중요하게 작용하는 부분이라는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 분석과학
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.362-367
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• 2005

미토콘드리아 DNA 염기서열 분석결과는 개인식별 및 신원확인에 매우 유용하게 활용되어지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 한국인 360명을 대상으로 미토콘드리아 DNA 조절부위 HV1에서의 염기서열 다양성에 대해 분석하였다. 염기서열 분석결과 124 곳에서의 변이로부터 210 종류의 haplotypes를 얻을 수 있었다. 이 중에서 55개의 haplotypes는 2명 이상의 사람에게서 발견되었으며, 나머지 155 haplotypes는 오직 한명씩만이 보여주었다. 변이는 C-T 치환이 가장 많았으며, 특히 16223 위치에서는 전체 시료의 75.8%에서 C-T 치환이 발견되었다. 또한 16180에서 16193까지의 14 염기에 대한 염기 다형성을 분석한 결과 20가지의 변이가 발견되었다. 한국인 집단에서 가장 흔한 haplotype은 전체 시료의 5%에 해당하는 [16223T, 16362C]이었으며, [16223T, 16274T, 16362C]가 2.5%로 그 뒤를 이었다. 또한 전체 시료의 25.9%는 적어도 두 시료에서 동일한 haplotype을 나타내었다. Gene diversity는 0.996, 두 사람이 우연히 같은 haplotype을 가질 확률은 0.7%이었다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.385-391
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• 2005

As a first step towards identifying genes involving in the signal transduction pathways mediating rice blast resistance, we isolated 3 mutants lines that showed enhanced susceptibility to rice blast KJ105 (91-033) from a T-DNA insertion library of the japonica rice cultivar, Hwayeong. Since none of the susceptible phenotypes co-segregated with the T-DNA insertion we adapted a map-based cloning strategy to isolate the gene(s) responsible for the enhanced susceptibility of the Hwayeong mutants. A genetic mapping population was produced by crossing the resistant wild type Hwayeong with the susceptible cultivar, Nagdong. Chi-square analysis of the $F_2$ segregating population indicated that resistance in Hwayeong was controlled by a single major gene that we tentatively named Pi-hy. Randomly selected susceptible plants in the $F_2$ population were used to build an initial map of Pi-hy. The SSLP marker RM2265 on chromosome 2 was closely linked to resistance. High resolution mapping using 105 $F_2$ plants revealed that the resistance gene was tightly linked, or identical, to Pib, a resistance gene with a nucleotide binding sequence and leucine-rich repeats (NB-LRR) previously isolated. Sequence analysis of the Pib locus amplified from three susceptible mutants revealed lesions within this gene, demonstrating that the Pi-hy gene is Pib. The Pib mutations in 1D-22-10-13, 1D-54-16-8, and 1C-143-16-1 were, respectively, a missense mutation in the conserved NB domain 3, a nonsense mutation in the 5th LRR, and a nonsense mutation in the C terminus following the LRRs that causes a small deletion of the C terminus. These findings provide evidence that NB domain 3 and the C terminus are required for full activity of the plant R gene. They also suggest that alterations of the resistance gene can cause major differences in pathogen specificity by affecting interactions with an avirulence factor.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.13-18
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• 1990

adr아형 B형 간염바이러스의 preS2유전자 부위를lacZ 유전자의 5말단에 연결하여 preS2-$\beta$-galactosidase 융합단백질을 생성하는 플라스미드, pTSZ를 건설하였다. 갈본된 preS2 유전자의 3' 및 5발단을 결손시켜 얻은 재조합 플라스미드를 발현시킨 후 결손된 preS2를 포함하는 융합단백질의 항원성을 단일클론항체 H8을 사용하여 비교하며 보았다. 양말단에서 일정부위까지의 결손은 항원성에 영향을 미치지 않았지만 그 이상의 결손에 의하여는 항윈성이 소실됨을 볼 수 있었다. 이상의 항원성 전한부위를 DNA 염기서열 분석에 의하여 결정할 수 있었다. 그 결과 항원결정인자의 양말단은 preS2 서열 중 아미노산 전기 130-132와 140→142 사이에 각각 존재함을 알 수 있었고, 아미노산 143번의 결손은 항원성의 부분적인 감소를 초래하는 것으로 보아 항원성 결정에 보충적 역할을 한다고 생각된다. 한편 adr과 adw2아형 간의 아미노산서열의 차이가 항원결정부위 중 130, 132 및 141번 위치에 존재하며 단일를론항체 H8이 adr아형에만 특이하게 결합하는 것으로 부터, 세 잔기 중 하나 혹은 그 이상이 아형특이성에 관여한다고 추정된다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.323-328
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• 2020

Matrix metalloproteinase 1 (MMP-1), a calcium-dependent zinccontaining collagenase, is involved in the initial degradation of native fibrillar collagen. Tissue necrosis factor-alpha (TNFα) is a pro-inflammatory cytokine that is rapidly produced by dermal fibroblasts, monocytes/macrophages, and keratinocytes and regulates inflammation and damaged-tissue remodeling. MMP-1 is induced by TNFα and plays a critical role in tissue remodeling and skin aging processes. However, the regulation of the MMP1 gene by TNFα is not fully understood. We aimed to find additional cis-acting elements involved in the regulation of TNFα-induced MMP1 gene transcription in addition to the nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) and activator protein 1 (AP1) sites. Assessments of the 5'-regulatory region of the MMP1 gene, using a series of deletion constructs, revealed the requirement of the early growth response protein 1 (EGR-1)-binding sequence (EBS) in the proximal region for proper transcription by TNFα. Ectopic expression of EGR-1, a zinc-finger transcription factor that binds to G-C rich sequences, stimulated MMP1 promoter activity. The silencing of EGR-1 by RNA interference reduced TNFα-induced MMP-1 expression. EGR-1 directly binds to the proximal region and transactivates the MMP1 gene promoter. Mutation of the EBS within the MMP1 promoter abolished EGR-1-mediated MMP-1 promoter activation. These data suggest that EGR-1 is required for TNFα-induced MMP1 transcriptional activation. In addition, we found that all three MAPKs, ERK1/2, JNK, and p38 kinase, mediate TNFα-induced MMP-1 expression via EGR-1 upregulation. These results suggest that EGR-1 may represent a good target for the development of pharmaceutical agents to reduce inflammation-induced MMP-1 expression.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.73-83
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• 2021

Although many swine farms continuously vaccinated to sow to prevent Porcine epidemic diarrhea(PED), PED has occurred annually in swine herds in Jeonbuk province, Korea. In the present study, the small intestine and feces samples from 17 farms where severe watery diarrhea and death of newborn piglets occurred in 2019 were collected, amplified by RT-PCR and determined the complete nucleotide sequences of the spike (S) glycoprotein genes of nine Jeonbuk PEDV isolates. The spike (S) glycoprotein is an important determinant for molecular characterization and genetic relationship of PEDV. These nine complete S gene isolates were compared with other PEDV reference strains to identify the molecular diversity, phylogenetic relationships and antigenicity analysis. 9 field strains share 98.5~100% homologies with each other at the nucleotide sequence level and 97.3~100% homologies with each other at the amino acid level. The nine Jeonbuk PEDV isolates were classified into G2b group including a genetic specific signal, S-indels (insertion and deletion of S gene). In addition, comparisons the neutralizing epitopes of S gene between 9 field strains and domestic vaccine strains of Korea mutated 12-15 amino acids with SM-98-1 (G1a group) and mutated 0-3 amino acids with QIAP1401 (G2b group). Therefore, the development of G2b-based live vaccines will have to be expedited to ensure effective prevention of endemic PED in Korea. In addition, we will need to be prepared with periodic updates of preventive vaccines based on the PEDV variants for the re-emergence of a virulent strain.

• 원예과학기술지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.344-360
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• 2017

Zoysia 속 잔디는 학교운동장 및 공원, 골프장, 스포츠경기장과 같이 다양한 장소에 식재되고 있는 중요한 잔디이다. 해안가에서 자생하는 Zoysia 속 들잔디와 갯잔디는 외부 형태적 특성이 유사하여 외부 형태적 분류 뿐 만 아니라 분자생물학적 분류도 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 nrDNA-ITS(Internal Transcribed Spacer)의 DNA 바코드 분석을 통해서 자생하는 들잔디와 갯잔디의 분자생물학적 신속한 분류체계를 확립하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 난지형 잔디인 Zoysia 속 들잔디(Z. japonica) 및 갯잔디(Z. sinica)와 한지형 대표 잔디인 크리핑 벤트그라스(A. stolonifera) 및 켄터키 블루그라스(P. pratensis)의 nrDNA-ITS 염기서열을 확보하였다. 확보된 들잔디및 갯잔디, 크리핑 벤트그라스, 켄터키 블루그라스의 ITS 염기서열 전체 구간은 각 686bp와 687bp, 683bp, 681bp으로 확인되었으며, nrDNA-ITS 내부 염기서열구간 분석 결과, ITS1의 크기는 248-249bp, ITS2는 270̵-274bp, 5.8S rDNA는 163-164bp의 차이로, 각 4종의 잔디가 ITS 염기서열을 이용하여 식별되었다. 특히, 들잔디와 갯잔디 nrDNA-ITS 염기서열은 19 염기(2.8%) 차이를 나타냈으며, ITS1과 ITS2의 G + C 함량은 55.4-63.3% 임을 확인하였다. 이러한 들잔디와 갯잔디의 ITS 염기서열 차이를 바탕으로 CAPS 마커로 전환하여 대조구 및 수집된 자생 Zoysia 속 잔디 영양체 62개체를 분석한 결과, 외부형태학적 분류법으로 들잔디 개체, 갯잔디 개체로 동정되었지만, ITSCAPS 마커를 이용한 분자생물학적 분류법으로 들잔디 36개체와 갯잔디 22개체 뿐만 아니라 들잔디와 갯잔디간의 자연교배종 4개체도 식별하였다. 이상의 결과에서 들잔디와 갯잔디는 ITS 염기서열 및 ITS 기반 CAPS를 통하여 식별할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.