• Animal cells and systems
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.305-309
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• 2002

Actinorhodin antibiotics produced by Streptomyces lividans TK24 are blue pigments with a weak antibiotic activity, derived from one acetyl-CoA and 15 malonyl-CoA units via a typical ployketide pathway. In an attempt to clone polyketide biosynthetic genes of S. lividans TK24, hybridizing fragments in the genomic DNA of S. lividans TK24 were detected by use of acn and act III polyketide synthase gene probes. Since typical aromatic polyketide bio-synthetic gene clusters are roughly 22-34 Kb long, we constructed in E. coli XL-Blue MR using the Streptomyces-E. coli bifunctional shuttle cosmid vector (pojn46). Then, about 5,000 individual E. coii colonies were thor-oughly screened with acrl-ORFI and actIII probes. From these cosmid libra-ries, 12 positive clones were identified. Restriction analysis and southern hybridization showed two polyketide biosynthetic gene clusters in this organism. These cosmid clones can be transformed into Streptomyces parvulus 12434 for expression test that identify product of actinorhodin biosynthetic genes by heterologous expression. Thus, heterologous expres-sion of a derivative compound of a actinorhodin biosynthetic intermediate was obtained in pKE2430. Expression of these compounds by the trans-formants was detected by photodiode array HPLC analysis of crude extracts.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.1372-1375
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• 2008

The aprE2 gene from Bacillus subtilis CH3-5 was expressed in Bacillus licheniformis ATCC 10716 using a Bacillus-Escherichai coli shuttle vector, pHY300PLK. The fibrinolytic activity of transformant (TF) increased significantly compared to B. licheniformis 10716 control cell. During the 100 hr incubation in Luria-Bertaini broth at $37^{\circ}C$, fibrinolytic activity of B. licheniformis TF increased rapidly at the late growth stage, after 52 hr of incubation, which was confirmed by zymography using a fibrin gel. pHY3-5 was stably maintained in B. licheniformis without tetracycline (Tc) in the media, 60.9% of cells still maintained pHY3-5 after 100 hr of cultivation.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.749-757
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• 2019

Nitrilase is a valuable hydrolase that catalyzes nitriles into carboxylic acid and ammonia. Its applications, however, are severely restricted by the harsh conditions of industrial reaction processes. To solve this problem, a nitrilase from Acidovorax facilis 72W was inserted into an Escherichia coli-Bacillus subtilis shuttle vector for spore surface display. Western blot, enzyme activity measurements and flow cytometric analysis results all indicated a successful spore surface display of the CotB-nit fusion protein. In addition, the optimal catalytic pH value and temperature of the displayed nitrilase were determined to be 7.0 and $50^{\circ}C$, respectively. Moreover, results of reusability tests revealed that 64% of the initial activity of the displayed nitrilase was still retained at the $10^{th}$ cycle. Furthermore, hydrolysis efficiency of upscale production of cyanocarboxylic acid was significantly higher in the displayed nitrilase-treated group than in the free group expressed by E. coli (pET-28a-nit). Generally, the display of A. facilis 72W nitrilase on the spore surface of Bacillus subtilis may be a useful method for immobilization of enzyme and consequent biocatalytic stabilization.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.81-86
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• 2004

Streptomyces coelicolor의 전 유전체 청보를 분석한 결과(7), 유전자 ID1103135가 코드 하는 open reading frame SCO7697이 phytase[myo-inositol hexakisphosphate phosphohydrolase상동성 (3-6,8,23)]에 유의하게 유사한 것으로 판단되었다. S. coelicolor A3(2)M의 염색체 DNA를 주형으로 PCR 방법으로 SCO7697 전체를 포함하는 DNA 단편을 클로닝하였다. 두 가지의 서로 다른 길이를 갖는 클로닝 된 ID1103135 DNA 단편을 E. coli 발현용 벡터pET728a(+)에 삽입하여,두 종의 재조합 벡터 pET28-SP와 pET28-LP를 얻었다. pET28-SP 와 pET28-LP를 각각 E. coli BL2l에 도입하여, IPTG로 발현 유도된 단백질을 SDS-polyacrylamide 전기영동으로 확인한 결과, 발현은 성공적으로 이루어 졌으나 대부분불용체를 형성하고 분자량은 예상보다 약간 큰 것으로 나타났다. 불용체 형성은 단백질의 불활성화를 수반 함으로서, 배양 온도를 $37^{\circ}C$에서 $30^{\circ}C$로 변화시켜 배양하는 방법으로 발현된 단백질을 가용화 시켰다. 발현된 단백질을 추출하여 조추출물 또는 정제한 상태로 phytase활성을 측청하였으나 효소활성은 관찰할 수 없었다. 대장균 시스템에서의 발현이 효소 활성의 소실을 초래했을 가능성이 있으므로, ID1103135 유전자를 자신의 promoter를 함유하도록 PCR 클로닝하여, E. coli - Streptomyces의 shuttle vector인 pWHM3에 삽입하고, 이를 방선균 호스트인 S. lividans에 도입하였다. 형질 전환체의 세포조추출액 및 세포배양액의 phytase 활성을 측청하였으나, 역시 활성을 확인할수 없었다. 이와 같은 결과는 SCO7697이 아주 높은 확률(E value; $6e^{-89}$)로 phytase일 것으로 annotation 되었으나, 실제는 이와는 다른 기능을 함유하고 있음을 시사하고 있다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제19권10호
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• pp.1223-1229
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• 2009

To construct a new recombinant strain of Bacillus velezensis that has antifungal and insecticidal activity via the expression of the insecticidal Bacillus thuringiensis crystal protein, a B. thuringiensis expression vector (pHT1K-1Ac) was generated that contained the B. thuringiensis cry1Ac gene under the control of its endogenous promoter in a minimal E. coli-B. thuringiensis shuttle vector (pHT1K). This vector was introduced into a B. velezensis isolate that showed high antifungal activities against several plant diseases, including rice blast (Magnaporthe grisea), rice sheath blight (Rhizotonia solani), tomato gray mold (Botrytis cinerea), tomato late blight (Phytophthora infestans), and wheat leaf rust (Puccinia recondita), by electroporation. The recombinant B. velezensis strain was confirmed by PCR using cry1Ac-specific primers. Additionally, the recombinant strain produced a protein approximately 130 kDa in size and parasporal inclusion bodies similar to B. thuringiensis. The in vivo antifungal activity assay demonstrated that the activity of the recombinant B. velezensis strain was maintained at the same level as that of wild-type B. velezensis. Furthermore, it exhibited high insecticidal activity against a lepidopteran pest, Plutella xylostella, although its activity was lower than that of a recombinant B. thuringiensis strain, whereas wild-type B. velezensis strain did not show any insecticidal activity. These results suggest that this recombinant B. velezensis strain can be used to control harmful insect pests and fungal diseases simultaneously in one crop.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.31-36
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• 1991

고온, 알칼리성 Bacillus sp. F204의 CMCase 유전자를 pUC19의 HindIII부위에 연결하여 전이된 E.coli 형질전환체 중 2개의 재조합 플라스미드 즉, pBC191과 pBC192를 선발하였는데, 이들은4.6 Kb와 5.8 Kb HindIII 절편을 각각 함유하고 있었다. pBC191의 4.6 Kb HindIII 절편을 BamHI, EcoRI, KpnI, PvuII 부위가 각각 1개씩 존재하였다. Dioxigenin-labeled deoxyuridin-triphosphate에 4.6 Kb 절편을 표식한 것을 probe로 하여 상동성을 검정한 결과 모균주와 강한상동성이 없었고, 면역학적 실험에서도 Bacillus sp. F204 유래임이 인정되었다. pBC191의 4.6 Kb 절편을 E.coli의 발현 벡타인 pKK223-3과 Bacillus vector인 pGR71에 연결시켜 구축한 pKC231과 pGC711은 각각 pBC191에 비하여 효소활성이 3.2배와 2.8배정도 증가되었으며, 그리고 E.coli에서는 대부분 세포내와 periplasmic 분획에서 검출되었다. 기질 특이성을 조사한 결과에 의하면 pBC191과 pBC192는 CMCase gene을 코딩하고 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.340-345
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• 2004

To investigate the co-expression and crystallization of a fusion gene between the Bacillus thuringiensis crystal protein and a foreign protein in B. thuringiensis, the expression of the Cry1Ac fused with green fluorescent protein (GFP) genes in a B. thuringiensis $Cry^-B$ strain was examined. The cry1Ac gene was cloned in the B. thuringiensis-E. coli shuttle vector, pHT3101, under the control of the native cry1Ac gene promoter, while the GFP gene was inserted into the XhoI site upstream of the proteolytic cleavage site, in the middle region of the crylAc gene (pProAc-GFP). The B. thuringiensis $Cry^-B$ strain carrying pProAc-GFP (ProAc-GFP/CB) did not produce any inclusion bodies. However, the transformed strain expressed fusion protein forms although the expression level was relatively low. Furthermore, an immu­noblot analysis using GFP and Cry1Ac antibodies showed that the fusion protein was not a single spe­cies, but rather multiple forms. In addition, the N-terminal fragment of Cry1Ac and a non-fused GFP were also found in the B. thuringiensis $Cry^-B$ strain after autolysis. The sporulated cells before autolysis and the spore-crystal mixture after autolysis of ProAc-GFP/CB exhibited insecticidal activities against Plutella xylostella larvae. Accordingly, the current results suggest that a fusion crystal protein produced by the transfomant, ProAc-GFP/CB, can be functionally expressed but easily degraded in B. thuring­iensis.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.74-82
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• 2005

Glutaredoxins (Grxs) are thioloxidoreductases which are required for maintaining thiol/disulfide equilibrium in living cells. The Grx3 gene, which encodes one of the three monothiol Grxs in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, was characterized, and its transcriptional regulation studied. Genomic DNA encoding Grx3 was isolated by PCR, and a plasmid pTT3 carrying this DNA was produced. The DNA sequence has 1,267 bp, which would encode a monothiol Grx of 166 amino acids with a molecular mass of 18.3 kDa. The putative protein has 27% homology with Grx5, and contains many hydrophobic amino acid residues in its N-terminal region. S. pombe cells harboring pTT3 had increased Grx activity and enhanced survival on minimal medium plates containing aluminum (5 mM), BSO (0.05 mM), menadione (0.01 mM) or cadmium (0.2 mM). The 568 bp upstream region of Grx3 was fused into the promoterless b-galactosidase gene of the shuttle vector YEp367R to generate fusion plasmid pMJS10. Potassium chloride (KCl) and metals including aluminum and cadmium enhanced the synthesis of ${\beta}$-galactosidase from the fusion gene. The synthesis of ${\beta}$-galactosidase was also enhanced, in a Pap1-dependent manner, by fermentable carbon sources such as glucose (at low concentrations) and sucrose, but not by non-fermentable carbon sources such as ethanol and acetate. Grx3 mRNA increased in response to treatment with BSO. These observations indicate that S. pombe Grx3 is involved in the response to stress, and is regulated by stress.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.89-93
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• 2004

Expression of a fusion protein between B. thuringiensis crystal protein, Cry1Ac1 and a scorpion insect toxin (AaIT, Androctonus australis Hector insect toxin) in acrystalliferous B. thuringiensis strain (Cry-B strain) was examined. The cry 1Ac1 gene was cloned in B. thuringiensis-E coli shuttle vector, pHT3101, under the control of the native cry 1Ac1 gene promoter (pProAc) and a gene encoding AaIT was inserted in XhoI site in the middle of the cry 1Ac1 gene (pProAc-ScoR). B. thuringiensis Cry-B strain carrying pProAc-ScoR (PyoAc-ScoR/CB) produced an inclusion body of irregular shape and the expressed fusion protein is approximately 65 kDa in size. Sporulated cells and spore-crystal mixtures of ProAc-ScoR/CB had insecticidal activity against Plutella xylostella larvae, showing $LT_50$ of ProAc-ScoR/CB (22.59 hrs) lower than that of ProAc/CB (30.06 hrs) at $1{\times}{10^7} {CEU/cm^2}$. These results suggest that the fusion protein including a B. thuringiensis crystal protein and an AaIT may be functionally expressed in B. thupingiensis. Moreover, we verified the additive toxicity of AaIT, which is a new feasible candidate for insect control.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제14권1_2호
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• pp.1-12
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• 1999

Recently, several new methods for the detection of genetic damages in vitro and in vivo based on molecular biological techniques were introduced according to the rapid progress in toxicology combined with cellular and molecular biology. Among these methods, mouse lymphoma thymidine kanase (tk) gene forward mutation assay, single cell gel electrophoresis (comet assay) and transgenic animal and cell line model as a target gene of lac I (Big Blue) and lac Z (Muta Mouse) gene mutation are newly introduced based on molecular toxicological approaches. The mouse lymphoma tk$\^$+/-/ gene assay (MOLY) using L5178Y tk$\^$+/-/ mouse lymphoma cell line is one of the mammalian forward mutation assays, and has many advantages and more sensitive than hprt assay. The target gene of MOLY is a heterozygous tk$\^$+/-/ gene located in 11 chromosome, so it is able to detect the wide range of genetic changes like point mutation, deletion, rearrangement, and mitotic recombination within tk gene or deletion of entire chromosome 11. The comet assay is a rapid, simple, visual and sensitive technique for measuring and analysing DNA breakages in mammalian cells, Also, transgenic animal and cell line models, which have exogenous DNA incorporated into their genome, carry recoverable shuttle vector containing reporter genes to assess endogenous effects or alteration in specific genes related to disease process, are powerful tools to study the mechanism of mutation in vivo and in vitro, respectively. Also in vivo acridine orange supravital staining micronucleus assay by using mouse peripheral reticulocytes was introduced as an alternative of bone marrow micronucleus assay. In this respect, there was an International workshop on genotoxicity procedure (IWGTP) supported by OECD and EMS (Environmental Mutagen Society) at Washington D. C. in March 25-26, 1999. The objective of IWGTP is to harmonize the testing procedures internationally, and to extend to finalization of OECD guideline, and to the agreement of new guidelines under the International Conference of Harmonization (ICH) for these methods mentioned above. Therefore, we introduce and review the principle, detailed procedure, and application of MOLY, comet assay, transgenic mutagenesis assay and supravital staining micronucleus assay.