• Plant Biotechnology Reports
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.325-331
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• 2009

To efficiently express a gene of interest in transgenic plants, the choice of promoter is a crucial factor as it directly affects the expression of the transgene that will yield the desired phenotype. The Arabidopsis ${\beta}-carotene$ hydroxylase 1 gene (AtBch1) shows constitutive and ubiquitous expression and was thus selected as one of best candidates for constitutive promoter analysis by both in silico northern blotting and semi-quantitative RT-PCR analysis. To investigate AtBch1 promoter activity, the 1,981-bp 5'-upstream region of this gene was fused with ${\beta}-glucuronidase$ (GUS) and transformed into Arabidopsis. Through the molecular characterization of transgenic leaf tissues, the AtBch1 promoter generated strong activity that drives 1.8- and 2-fold higher GUS expression than the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S (35S) promoter at the transcriptional and translational levels, respectively. Furthermore, the GUS enzyme activity driven by the AtBch1 promoter was 2.8-fold higher than that produced by the 35S promoter. By histochemical GUS staining, the ubiquitous expression of the AtBch1 promoter was observed in all tissues of Arabidopsis. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR analysis with different tissues further showed that this promoter serves as a strong constitutive driver of transgene expression in dicot plants.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.184-190
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• 2007

대략 2 kb의 크기를 가진 Pichia pastoris phosphoglycerate kinase gene (PGK1)의 프로모터부분을 266bp의 작은 크기로 최소화하여 P. pastoris에 있어 episomal의 새로운 항시적 발현벡터를 제조하였다. P. pastoris의 새로운 항시적 발현벡터를 개발하기 위하여 기존의 Pichia발현벡터인 pGABZB의 GAP프로모터부분을 연속적으로 일정 부분이 절단된 PGK1프로모터에 beta-galactosidase유전자가 결합된 부분으로 치환하였다. LacZ유전자를 reporter유전자로 사용하였을 때에 PGK1프로모터의 발현세기는 다른 항시적 프로모터인 GAP프로모터 보다는 낮았지만 TEF1프로모터 보다는 높았다. 본 논문에서 PGK1 프로모터의 불필요한 부분을 제거함으로서 Pichia에서 외래발현을 위한 새로운 episomal발현벡터인 pPGKZ-E를 제조하였으며 이 것은 P. pastoris에 있어 발현세기를 선택할 수 있는 발현벡터선택의 폭을 넓게 하였다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.337-342
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• 2019

We published that bacterial heme was over-produced in a recombinant Corynebacterium glutamicum expressing 5-aminolevulinic acid synthase ($hemA^+$) under control of a constitutive promoter ($P_{180}$) and the heme-producing C. glutamicum had commercial potentials; as an iron feed additive for swine and as a preservative for lactic acid bacteria. To enhance the heme production, the $hemA^+$ gene was expressed under controls of various promoters in the recombinant C. glutamicum. The $hemA^+$ expression by $P_{gapA}$ (a constitutive glycolytic promoter of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase) led 75% increase of heme production while the expression by $P_{H36}$ (a constitutive, very strong synthetic promoter) resulted in 50% decrease compared with the control ($hemA^+$ expression by $P_{180}$ constitutive promoter). The $hemA^+$ expression by a late log-phase activating $P_{sod}$ (an oxidative-stress responding promoter of superoxide dismutase) led 50% greater heme production than the control. The $hemA^+$ expression led by a heat-shock responding chaperone promoter ($P_{dnaK}$) resulted in 121% increase of heme production at the optimized heat-shock conditions. The promoter strength and induction phase are discussed based on the results for the heme production at an industrial scale.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.297-305
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• 2011

A trap identification system for isolating functional sequences to allow the constitutive expression of foreign protein from Edwardsiella tarda was developed. Using the green fluorescent protein (GFP) reporter-based trap system, various functional sequences to drive heterologous expression of the GFP were selectable in Escherichia coli host. However from the bioinformatic sequence analysis, all the segments predicted as regulatory regions were not native promoters actually existing upstream of endogenous E. tarda genes. Instead, a number of non-authentic sequences, possibly resulted from the random shuffling and/or intermolecular ligation were also proven to be able to display a potent GFP expression in the recombinant E. coli. Further analysis with selected clones showed that both authentic and non-authentic sequences could function in as a constitutive promoter, leading quite a consistent and stable GFP expression after repetitive subcultures. Microscopic examination also confirmed the uniform pattern of GFP expression in every host bacterium. Semi-quantitative assay of GFP showed that there was no clear relationship between expression levels and organizational features of the promoters trapped. Functional promoter-like elements achieved in the present study could be a good starting material for multivalent genetic engineering of E. tarda in order to produce recombinant vaccines in a cost-effective fashion.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.551-553
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• 2000

A strong constitutive $P_{JH}$ promoter from Bacillus was applied to overexpress the endoxylanase gene in B. subtilis. The expression plasmid, pHJKJ4, was designed to contain the $P_{JH}$ promoter and endoxylanase promoter ($P_B$), and introduced into B. subtilis DB104. Through batch fermentation of the trasformant cell on a maltose medium, endoxylanase was produced in a growth-associated manner as the predominant protein. The total activity reached about 600 unit/ml at the end of the cultivation, which corresponded to 698 mg endoxylanase protein/l with a specific activity of 860 unit/mg protein. It was also found that the segregational plasmid instability was less than 30% and most of the endoxylanase activity was detected in the culture medium. This result suggests that the secretory production of endoxylanase can be significantly enhanced with the use of the $P_{JH}$ promoter and high-cell density culture techniques, quantitatively as well as qualitatively.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.206-211
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• 2001

Klyyveromyces marxianus exoinulinase를 Saccharomyces cerevisiae에서 구성적으로 과발현 생산하기 위해, 구성적 promoter인 GAPDH, ADH1, PGK 및 ENOI promoters 하류에 exoinulinase 유전자 (INUI)의 ORF를 in frame으로 연결한 각각의 plasmi에 YIGP, pADHI,-INU, pPGK-INU 및 pENO-INU 를 구축하였다. 이들 각 plasmid를함유한 형질전환주 4종을 포도당 농도 5% 배지에서 회분배양한 결과 균체증식은 promoter에 따라 큰 차이를 보이지 않았지만 exoinulinase 발현수준과 plasmid 안정성은 사용한 promoter 에 크게 좌우되었다. 즉 exoinulinase 발현수준은 GAPDH PGK ADH1 ENO1 promoter 각각 1.70, 1.67 1.29, 0.80 unit/ml 였으며 plasmid 안정성은 GAPDH promoter 계의 55%를 제외하고 모두 80%이상으로 높게 나타났다. 이상의 plasmid 안정성과 exoinulinae 발현수준을 고려하여 ADH1 및 PGK 발현계를 선정하여 유가배양하였다 Yeast extract와 포도당을 간헐적으로 공급한 유가배양 결과, 두 발현계에서 약 30 g-DCW/1의 균체농도를 얻었지만, ADHI promoter 계에서는 3.70 unit/ml 의 최대 exoinulinase 활성과 96%의 plasmid 안정성을 보여TRh 반면에 PGK promoter 계는 각각 2.70 unit/ml/와 80%를 나타내었다. 따라서 plasmid 안정성과 긴 배양시간을 고려할 때 비선택적 영양배지를 사용하는 고농도세포 유가배양에서 ADH1 promoter가 exoinulinase 의 구성적 과발현, 생산에 더 적합할 것으로 사료된다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.153-159
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• 1999

S. cerevisiae의 대표적인 구성적 promoter로 GAPDH, ADH1 및 ENO1를 사용하고 이들 promoter 하류에 INUl의 ORF를 in frame으로 연결한 각각의 plasmid pYIGP, pADHl-lNU 및 pENO-INU를 구축하였다. 이들 plasmid 를 함유한 재조합 S. cerevisiae SEY2102 균주들을 sucrose 함유 평판배지에서 선별한 후, 초기 포도당 농도가 2$\%$ 또는 4$\%$인 배지에서 배양했을 때, 모든 균주들은 12시간 이후부터 정지기에 들어갔으며, 정지기에서도 느리지만 균체증식과 inulinase 발현은 계속되었다. 4% 포도당 배지에서 inulinase 총발현량은 ADH1 promoter 계를 제외하고 GAPDH와 ENO1 promoter의 경우 2$\%$ 포도당 배지 때 보다 약 2배 증가한 2.0 unit/mL과 1.4 unit/mL를 각각 보였다. 단위균체농도당 inulinase 활성 즉, 비활성은 GAPDH와 ENOl promoter계의 경우 포도당 농도가 4$\%$일 때 2$\%$때보다 약 63$\%$ 정도의 비활성 증가를 나타내었다. 하지만 ADH1 promoter의 경우는 오히려 비활성이 약 40$\%$ 감소하였다. 그러나, plasmid 안정성 측면에서는 ADH1과 ENO1 promoter 발현계가 GAPDH promoter 경우의 34$\%$보다 훨씬 뛰어난 80$\%$이상을 보였다. 결론적으로 높은 포도당 농도에서 구성적 promoter의 활성 (발현능)은 GAPDH, ENO1, ADH1 promoter 순으로 나타났지만, 초기 포도당 농도가 높을 때나 에탄을 생산이 심각한 유가식 배양에서는 ENO1 promoter가 inulinase의 구성적 발현ㆍ생산에 더 적합할 것으로 사료된다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제21권10호
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• pp.1466-1472
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 누에의 초기 배아시기에 유전자 발현 조절이 가능한 EEG-704 promoter를 개발하고자 하였다. Promoter의 핵심 영역을 결정하기 위하여, 10개의 서로 다른 partial mutant clone들을 만들고 이를 Sf9 곤충세포주에 도입하여 luciferase assay 방법을 사용하여 각각의 clone의 활성을 분석하였다. Constitutive promoter인 BmA3 promoter에 의한 활성과 비교하였을 때, 약 1.5 kb의 promoter 염기서열을 포함하는 clone이 가장 높은 luciferase 발현율을 나타내었다. 특히 EEG-704 유전자의 경우 BLAST를 이용한 유전자 비교 분석의 결과 누에의 열충격 단백질20.8 (BmHsp20.8) 과 동일한 것으로 밝혀졌으며, 정상 온도조건과 비교하였을 때 열충격을 가한 조건하에서 발현율이 증가하는 현상을 나타내었다. 특이적으로 발생단계에서 직 간접적으로 발현 조절이 가능한 이러한 promoter는 여러 유용 재조합 단백질 생산을 위한 형질전환 누에 개발 시 매우 유용할 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국응용약물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국응용약물학회 1995년도 제3회 추계심포지움
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• pp.9-15
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• 1995

When quiescent cells ate stimulated to enter the cell cycle, the thymidine kinase(TK) gene is transcriptionally activated at the border of Gl and 5. In this report we show that the human TK promoter contains multiple protein-binding sites. By site-directed mutagenesis, we identified a protein-binding site on the human TK promoter requited for conferring Gl-S-regulated transcription to a heterologous promoter and dissociated it functionally from an adjacent protein-binding domain containing an inverted CCAAT motif requited for high basal level expression. Substitution-mutation of this site results in constitutive expression of the neo reporter gene in serum-stimulated fibroblasts, as well as in cells arrested in mid-Gl by a temperature-sensitive mutation. The regulatory domains for the human TK promoter exhibit interesting symmetrical features, including a set of CCAAT motifs and sites similar to the novel Yi protein-binding site recently discovered in the mouse TK promoter. Thus, components of the hTK complex is important for hTK gene regulation.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.583-589
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• 2009

GTP cyclohydrolase I (GTPCH) is a key enzyme in the de novo synthesis of tetrahydrobiopterin. Previously, the Drosophila melanogaster GTPCH gene has been shown to be expressed from two different promoters (P1 and P2). In our study, the 5'-flanking DNA regions required for P1 and P2 promoter activities were characterized using transient expression assay. The DNA regions between -98 and +31, and between -73 and +35 are required for efficient P1 and P2 promoter activities, respectively. The regions between -98 and -56 and between -73 and -41 may contain critical elements required for the expression of GTPCH in Drosophila. By aligning the nucleotide sequences in the P1 and P2 promoter regions of the Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila virilrs GTPCH genes, several conserved elements including palindromic sequences in the regions critical for P1 and P2 promoter activities were identified. Western blot analysis of transgenic flies transformed using P1 or P2 promoter-lacZ fusion plasmids further revealed that P1 promoter expression is restricted to the late pupae and adult developmental stages but that the P2 promoter driven expression of GTPCH is constitutive throughout fly development. In addition, X-gal staining of the embryos and imaginal discs of transgenic flies suggests that the P2 promoter is active from stage 13 of embryo and is generally active in most regions of the imaginal discs at the larval stages.