• Molecules and Cells
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.45-59
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• 2007

We describe the gene expression profile of third leaves of rice (cv. Nipponbare) seedlings subjected to salt stress (130 mM NaCl). Transcripts of Mn-SOD, Cu/Zn-SOD, cytosolic and stromal APX, GR and CatB were up-regulated, whereas expression of thylakoid-bound APX and CatA were down-regulated. The levels of the compatible solute proline and of transcripts of its biosynthetic gene, ${\Delta}^1$-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase (P5CS), were strongly increased by salt stress. Interestingly, a potential compatible solute, ${\gamma}$-aminobutyric acid (GABA), was also found to be strongly induced by salt stress along with marked up-regulation of transcripts of GABA-transaminase. A dye-swap rice DNA microarray analysis identified a large number of genes whose expression in third leaves was altered by salt stress. Among 149 genes whose expression was altered at all the times assayed (3, 4 and 6 days) during salt stress, there were 47 annotated novel genes and 76 unknown genes. These results provide new insight into the effect of salt stress on the expression of genes related to antioxidant enzymes, proline and GABA as well as of genes in several functional categories.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.118-124
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• 2005

In this research, we examined the effect of NaCl on the growth, energy metabolism, and proton motive force of Halomonas salina, and the effect of compatible solutes on the bacterium growing in the high salinity environment. H. salina was isolated from seawater and identified by 16srDNA sequencing. The growth of H. salina was not enhanced by the addition of external compatible solutes (choline and betaine) in the high salinity environment. The resting cells of H. salina absorbed more glucose in the presence of 2.0 M NaCl than in its absence. H. salina did not grow in the medium with either KCl, RbCl, CsCl, $Na_2SO_4$, or $NaNO_3$, in place of NaCl. The optimal concentration of NaCl for the growth of H. salina ranged from 1.4 M to 2.5 M, and the growth yield was decreased in the presence of NaCl below 1.4M and above 2.5M. The activity of isocitrate dehydrogenase, pyruvate dehydrogenase, and malate dehydrogenase of H. salina was not inhibited by NaCl in in vitro test. The proton translocation of H. salina was detected in the presence of NaCl only. These results indicate that NaCl is absolutely required for the normal growth and energy metabolism of H. salina, but the bacterial growth is not enhanced by the compatible solutes added to the growth medium.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.174-180
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• 2004

A halophilic bacterium was isolated from fermented seafood. The 16S rDNA sequence identity between the isolate and Halomonas subglaciescola AJ306801 was above 95％. The isolate that did not grow in the condition without NaCl or in the condition with other sodium (Na$\^$+/) or chloride ions (Cl$\^$-/) instead of NaCl was named H. subglaciescola DH-l. Two mutants capable of growing without NaCl were obtained by random mutagenesis, of which their total soluble protein profiles were compared with those of the wild type by two-dimensional electrophoresis. The external compatible solutes (betaine and choline) and cell extract of the wild type did not function as osmoprotectants, and these parameters within the mutants did not enhance their growth in the saline environment. In the proton translocation test, rapid acidification of the reactant was not detected for the wild type, but it was detected for the mutant in the condition without NaCl. From these results, we derived the hypothesis that NaCl may be absolutely required for the energy metabolism of H. subglaciescola DH-l but not for its osmoregulation, and the mutants may have another modified proton translocation system that is independent of NaCl, except for those mutants with an NaCl-dependent system.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제23권11호
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• pp.1560-1568
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• 2013

Salmonella, a main cause of foodborne diseases, encounters a variety of environmental stresses and overcomes the stresses by multiple resistance strategies. One of the general responses to hyperosmotic stress is to import or produce compatible solutes so that cells maintain fluid balance and protect proteins and lipids from denaturation. The ProP and ProU systems are the main transport systems for compatible solutes. The OsmU system, recently identified as a third osmoprotectant transport system, debilitates excessive growth as well by reducing production of trehalose. We studied a fourth putative osmoprotectant transport system, YehZYXW, with high sequence similarity with the OsmU system. A Salmonella strain lacking YehZ, a predicted substrate-binding protein, did not suffer from hyperosmolarity but rather grew more rapidly than the wild type regardless of glycine betaine, an osmoprotectant, suggesting that the YehZYXW system controls bacterial growth irrespective of transporting glycine betaine. However, the growth advantage of ${\Delta}yehZ$ was not attributable to an increase in OtsBA-mediated trehalose production, which is responsible for the outcompetition of the ${\Delta}osmU$ strain. Overexpressed YehZ in trans was capable of deaccelerating bacterial growth vice versa, supporting a role of YehZ in dampening growth. The expression of yehZ was increased in response to nutrient starvation, acidic pH, and the presence of glycine betaine under hyperosmotic stress. Identifying substrates for YehZ will help decipher the role of the YehZYXW system in regulating bacterial growth in response to environmental cues.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.21-25
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• 1999

Two low-salt complex media, bactopeptone and desalted yeast extract, were used for high density cultivation of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus (DSM 1617). Bactopeptone, which has low mineral ion content among various complex media, was good for cell growth in batch cultures; the maximal cell density in bactopeptone was comparable to that in yeast extract. However, cell growth was rather poor when bactopeptone was added by the fed-batch procedure. Since several vitamins are deficient in abctopeptone, the effect of vitamins on cell growth was examined. Among the vitamins tested, pyridoxine was found to improve the growth rate of S. solfataricus. To reduce the growth inhibition caused by mineral ions, yeast extract was dialyzed against distilled water and then fed-batch cultures were carried out using a fed medium containing desalted yeast extract. Although the concentrations of mineral ions in yeast extract were significantly lowered by the dialysis whether low molecular weight solutes in yest extract are crucial for cell growth, we investigated the effect of trehalose, a most abundant compatible solute in yeast extract, on the growth pattern. Cell densities were increased and the length of the lag phase was markedly shortened by the presence of trehalose, indicating that trehalose plays an important role in the growth of S. solfataricus.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제19권9호
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• pp.1034-1040
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• 2009

Porin proteins of Gram-negative bacteria are outer membrane proteins that act as receptors for bacteriophages and are involved in a variety of functions like solute transport, pathogenesis, and immunity. Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi), a Gram-negative bacterium, is the causative agent of typhoid fever. Porins of S. Typhi have been shown to have a potential role in diagnostics and vaccination. In the present study, the major outer membrane proteins OmpF and OmpC from S. Typhi were cloned in pQE30UA vector and expressed in E. coli. The immunogenic nature of the recombinant porin proteins were evaluated by ELISA by raising hyperimmune sera in Swiss Albino mice with three different adjuvants (i.e., Freund's adjuvant and two human-compatible adjuvants like montanide and aluminium hydroxide gel) and proved to be immunogenic. The recombinant OmpF and OmpC generated in this work may be used for further studies for vaccination and diagnostics.

• Environmental Sciences Bulletin of The Korean Environmental Sciences Society
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.59-69
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• 2000

The present study was undertaken in investigate the response to salinity and effect of plant growth regulators and proline under salinity stress on the germination and seedling growth of Vigna angularis. The protective effect of external Ca2+ on root elongation under saline conditions was also investigated. The seed germination of Vigna angularis decreased with an increase in salinity. The growth regulators GA3 was more effective than kinetin. At a higher salinity, low concentrations of kinetin and high concentrations of GA3 were more effective. The external application of proline and betaine improved germination under saline conditions. At a low salinity proline and betaine alleviated the salinity-induced inhibition of germination, yet at higher NaCl concentrations, proline and betaine were both ineffective. Exposure to salinity during germination was accompanied by an increase in the proline content, thereby suggesting that one compatible solute in the germinating seed would seem to be proline. The inhibition of germination by high NaCl concentrations was relatively more severe in scarified seeds than in intact seeds, indicating that the seed coat acts as a partial barrier to an Na2+ ameliorated the adverse effect of salinity stress.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.101-107
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• 1993

Zygosaccharomyces rouxii는 간장의 숙성 기간동안 중요한 역활을 하는 내염성 효모이다. 이 실험에서 사용된 Z. rouxii는 18% NaCl함유 YPD (1% yeast extract, 2% peptone과 2% glucose, pH5.0)에서 잘 성장하는 반면 Saccharomyces cerevisiae는 8% NaCl보다 적은 YPD에서만 자란다 15% NaCl존재하에서 Z. rouxii는 대수기에서 세포내에서 적합한 용질로서 많은 양의 글리세린을 축적하는데 이것은 내염성 효모의 특성이다. 세포막 지질 유동층의 화학 분석에 따르면 15% NaCl에서 자란 세포의 막구조는 더욱 단단하였고 그 유동층은 고농도의 식염의 배지에서는 세포내에 글리세린이 감소되었다.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.19-24
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• 2015

식물은 여러 환경스트레스에 적응하기 위해 스트레스 내성 유전자의 발현 혹은 proline, trehalose, glycine betaine (GB) 등과 같이 삼투압을 조절하는 compatible solute를 생성하면서 진화해 왔다. GB는 고염, 저온 등 환경스트레스 조건에서 식물의 엽록체에서 축적되는 물질 중 하나이다. 토양 박테리아 Arthrobacter globiformis에서 분리한 choline oxidase (codA) 유전자는 choline을 GB로 전환하는 기능을 한다. 본 연구에서는 산화스트레스 유도성 SWPA2 프로모터의 발현조절 하에 codA 유전자를 엽록체에 과발현시킨 형질전환 고구마 식물체(SC식물체)를 제작하여 다양한 환경스트레스 조건에서의 특성을 분석하였다. SC 식물체는 methyl viologen (MV)에 의한 산화스트레스와 건조 처리 조건에서 내성 증가를 보였다. $5{\mu}M$ MV 처리시 형질전환 식물체는 GB의 함량이 증가하였고 낮은 수준의 이온 전도도를 보였다. 건조 스트레스 조건에서 형질전환 식물체는 codA 유전자의 발현이 증가하였으며, 대조구 보다 높은 상대수분함량을 유지하였다. 따라서 본 연구결과의 SC식물체는 고염, 건조토양 등 조건 불리지역에 재배하면 바이오매스를 증가시킬 수 있을 것으로 예상된다.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.109-117
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• 1999

32종의 해안식물(주로 염생식물)에 대한 유리아미노산 및 총질소함량을 조사하였다. 몇몇 종(참골무꽃과 해란초)을 제외한 모든 식물체는 Pro을 함유하였으나, 번행초, 등골나물아재비 및 갯무에서만, 높은 함량을 나타내어, 이들 식물에서 Pro은 세포질성 삼투물질로 작용하는 것으로 생각된다. 그러나 등대풀, 갯무, 갯방풍, 갯기름나물, 통보리사초, 왕잔디, 갯잔디 등의 식물은 Pro 보다는 hydroxylproline (OH-Pro)을 상당량 축적하였다. 총 아미노산은 갯개미취, 갯질경, 해란초, 순비기나무 및 특히 명아주과와 돌나물과 식물에서 낮은 값을 보였다. 또한 번행초, 등대풀, 갯무, 명아주과 및 콩과 식물은 보편적으로 총 질소 및 수용성 질소함량이 높았으나, 참골무꽃, 해란초, 순비기나무, 통보리사초 및 벼과 식물은 낮은 수준의 질소함량을 보였다. 대부분의 해안식물에서 유리아미노산은 총질소함량에 차지하는 비율이 낮았지만, 등대풀, 모래지치 및 둥근바위솔의 경우 아미노산 질소가 총질소함량의 25∼30%를 차지하였다. 결론적으로, 몇몇 예외는 있지만 세포질성 삼투물질로 널리 알려진 Pro은 조사된 해안식물의 유리아미노산 풀(pool)에서 유의한 몫을 차지하지 않는 것으로 여겨진다.