• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.856-861
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• 1988

본 실험은 Staphylococcus aureus의 한 균주로부터 A와 C, 두 종류의 toxin이 동시에 생성될 때 이들의 동시분리를 위하여 각종 분리방법을 연구하였다. 혼합된 toxin A와 C는 CM-column chromatography를 이용하여 pH-gradient법으로 용출했을 때 2개의 분획이 나타났으나 서로 완전히 분리되지 않아 다량의 서로 다른 toxin이 함유되어 있었고 Sephadex G-75, Sephacryl S-300, 그리고 ultro gel을 사용한 gel filtration에서는 하나의 분획을 나타내 상호분리가 불가능 하였으며 정제도와 분리도에서 가장 뛰어난 gel column을 이용한 FPLC도 toxin A와 C를 상호분리할 수 없었다. 그러나 CM-column을 이용한 FPLC에서는 enterotoxin A는 pH 6.8에서 그리고 enterotoxin C는 pH 8.6에서 각각 분리되었으며, immunodiffusion test 결과 enterotoxin A의 분획에서는 toxin C가 전혀 검출되지 않았고 enterotoxin C의 분획에서도 toxin A가 검출되지 않았다. 용출방법에 있어서는 CM-column을 이용한 FPLC에서 pH-stepwise법이나 pH-gradient법으로 enterotoxin A와 C type을 쉽게 동시에 분리할 수 있었다.

• Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.167-174
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• 2007

Spongy Alphonso mangoes were found to be infected with Staphylococcus bacteria. A Gram positive Staphylococcus strain was isolated from spongy pulp and identified from CABI Bioscience, UK, by partial 16S rDNA sequence analysis and by morphological and biochemical characterization through IMTECH, Chandigarh, India. Although identification by both of these methods indicated the organism belonged to same genus, different species names were given. Changes in total phenolics, reducing, and non-reducing sugars, respiration rate, total carotenoids, peroxidase(POX), and catalase activities were monitored during ripening of these fruits. The climacteric rise in spongy fruits was marked by an increase in respiration rate and a decrease in sugar content. Total phenolics content increased in spongy fruits as compared to ripe non-spongy fruits. Development of corky white tissue in spongy fruits was associated with about a 2.5-fold reduction in total carotenoids and a concomitant increase in lipoxygenase-mediated, $\beta$-carotene co-oxidation. A marked decrease in soluble protein content and about a 1.5-fold increase in POX activity was observed. Maximum POX activity was confined to 50-70%$(NH_4)_2SO_4$ fraction. The intense dark bands visible after POX specific substrate staining of the Native gel indicated a high expression of isoenzymes of POX in spongy fruits. Similarly, changes in levels of catalase activity were also observed in spongy fruits. The results suggest that infection of Alphonso mangoes with Staphylococcus bacteria affects the normal ripening processes of the fruit interfering with the carbohydrate and carotenoid metabolism. Also, the studies indicate the expression of POX and catalase enzymes as a plant defense response to microbial invasion.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.312-320
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• 2000

Abstract The full sequence of the plasmid pKJ36, which was derived from Bifidobacterium longum KJ, was determined and analyzed to construct shuttle vectors between E. coli and Bifidobacterium. The plasmid pKJ36 was composed of 3,625 base pairs with a 65.1% G+C content. The structural organization of pKJ36 was highly similar to that of pKJ50, and the three major ORFs on pKJ36 showed high amino acid sequence homologies with those of pKJ50. The putative proteins coded by these three ORFs were designated as RepB (32.0 kDa, pI=9.25), MembB (29.0 kDa, pI=12.25), and MobB (39.0 kDa, pI=IO.66), respectively. The amino acid sequence of RepB showed a 57% identity and 70% similarity with that of the RepA protein of pKJ50. Upstream of the repB gene, the so-called iteron sequence was directly repeated four-and-ahalf times and a conserved dnaA box was identified. An amino acid sequence comparison between the MobB and MobA of pKJ50 revealed a 48% identity and 61 % similarity. A conserved oriT sequence with an inverted repeat identical to that of pKJ50 was also found upstream of the mobB gene. A hydropathy analysis of MembB revealed four possible transmembrane regions. The expressions of the repB and membB genes were confirmed by RT-PCR. The in vitro translation reaction of pKJ36 showed protein bands with anticipated sizes with respect to each putative gene product. S 1 endonuclease treatment and Southern hybridization suggested that pKJ36 replicates by a rolling circle mechanism via a single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) intermediate. A shuttle vector between E. coli and Bifidobacterium sp. was constructed using the pKJ36, pBR322, and staphylococcal chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) gene. The successful transformation of the Bifidobacterium strains was shown by Southern hybridization and PCR. The transformation efficiency differed from strain to strain and, depending on the electroporation conditions, with a range between $1.2{\times}10^1-2.6{\times}10^2{\;}cfu/\mu\textrm{g}$ DNA.X> DNA.