• BMB Reports
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.625-635
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• 2007

The enzyme squalene synthase (EC 2.5.1.21) catalyzes a reductive dimerization of two farnesyl diphosphate (FPP) molecules into squalene, a key precursor for the sterol and triterpene biosynthesis. A full-length cDNA encoding squalene synthase (designated as TcSqS) was isolated from Taxus cuspidata, a kind of important medicinal plants producing potent anti-cancer drug, taxol. The full-length cDNA of TcSqS was 1765 bp and contained a 1230 bp open reading frame (ORF) encoding a polypeptide of 409 amino acids. Bioinformatic analysis revealed that the deduced TcSqS protein had high similarity with other plant squalene synthases and a predicted crystal structure similar to other class I isoprenoid biosynthetic enzymes. Southern blot analysis revealed that there was one copy of TcSqS gene in the genome of T. cuspidata. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR analysis and northern blotting analysis showed that TcSqS expressed constitutively in all tested tissues, with the highest expression in roots. The promoter region of TcSqS was also isolated by genomic walking and analysis showed that several cis-acting elements were present in the promoter region. The results of treatment experiments by different signaling components including methyl-jasmonate, salicylic acid and gibberellin revealed that the TcSqS expression level of treated cells had a prominent diversity to that of control, which was consistent with the prediction results of TcSqS promoter region in the PlantCARE database.

• 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.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.317-327
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• 2008

Phytocystatins, which are inhibitors of plant cysteine peptidases, are involved in the regulation of protein turnover and in the defense against insect pests and pathogens. Extensive searches in the Brassica rapa genome allowed the prediction of at least eight different phytocystatin genes on seven chromosomes in the B. rapa genome. Structure comparisons based on alignments of the all BrCYS ($\underline{B}$. $\underline{r}apa$ $phyto{\underline{cys}}tatin$) proteins using the CLUSTALW program revealed conservation of the three consensus motifs known to interact with the active site of cysteine peptidases. According to the phylogenetic analysis based on the deduced amino acid sequences, the eight BrCYS proteins were divided into several clusters related to the orthologous phytocystatin. The predicted three-dimensional structure models of the eight BrCYS proteins demonstrate that all of these proteins are similar to the reported crystal structure of oryzacystatin-I (OC-I). Digital northern and RT-PCR analyses indicated that the eight BrCYS genes exhibit different expression patterns in B. rapa tissues and respond differently to abiotic stimuli. The differences in gene structure and expression between the eight BrCYS genes suggest that these proteins may play diverse physiological roles in B. rapa and may interact with cysteine peptidases through different mechanisms.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.1-10
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• 1978

검정곰팡이(Aspergillus niger)의 액침배양과 액체표면배양을 통한 동조적 형태분화에 있어서 체외효소인 단백질분해효소, 알파 및 굴루크아밀라제의 신생적 생합성 상황을 연구하였다. 굴루크아미라제는 경자(phialide)가 성숙하는 단계 즉 포자 형성의 전단계에서만 그 활성이 왕성하였다. 단백질분해효소(산성, 중성 및 알칼리성)들은 분생자병의 성장단계에서 활성이 약간 증가하였으나, 경자의 성숙단계에서는 활성이 극히 활발하였다. 알파아밀라제는 경자의 성숙시기와 포자형성기에서 활성이 활발하였으며 그 활성은 장기간 지속 되었다. 알파아밀라제의 활성은 포자형성 기간중 계속 증가하였으므로 신생적으로 생합성된다고 할 수 있으며, 포도당배지에서 많은 량이 생합성되었고, 또 포도당량의 고갈에 즈음하여 그 생합성이 개시되었으므로 이 효소는 구성적 효소이며 이화 대사물의 억제작용(catabolite repression)을 받는 효소라고 할 수 있다. 포리아크릴아미드 젤(polyacrylamide gel)을 이용한 전기영동으로서 포자형성기와 그 전단계의 균체로부터 다양하고 선명한 세포외성 단백질을 분리할 수 있었다. 균사형성기나 포자발아기의 균체로부터는 극소수의 선명치 못한 분리상을 얻었다. C-14 우라실이 균체의 RNA핵산으로 섭취되어 들어가는 비율과 C-14 굴루탐산이 균체 단백질으로 섭취되어 들어가는 비율은 포자형성전기에서 왕성하였으며 포자형성 기간중에는 극히 저조하였다. 알파아밀라제의 신생적 생합성과 포자형성이 일치하는 현상은 유전인자의 표현과정이 내포되는 분화(포자형성)라는 점에서 볼 때 의의와 인과관계가 있을 것으로 사료된다.(1.9 eV)와 $e_g$ $(2.8{\sim}3.0\;eV)$로의 전이 즉, $O^{2-}(2p){\rightarrow}Mn^{4+}(3d)$ 및 $O^{2-}$에서 $Mn^{3+}$ 이온의 $t_{2g}$ (2.3 eV)와 $e_g$ ($3.4{\sim}3.6$ eV)로의 전이 즉, $O^{2-}(2p){\rightarrow}Mn^{3+}(3d)$ 등에 의한 것으로 해석된다. 또한, 1.6, 1.8, 1.9 eV 부근에서 관측된 좁은 에너지 영역의 흡수구조 들은 팔면체 $Mn^{3+}$ 이온 내에서의 d-d 결정장(crystal-field) 전이에 의한 것으로 해석된다. 이러한 흡수구조는 Ni 치환량이 증가함에 따라 그 강도가 감소한다. x = 0.6의 경우 $e_g$ 상태와 관련된 CT 전이구조 들이 $t_{2g}$ 상태와 관련된 전이구조 들에 비하여 큰 폭으로 감소하는데 이것은 Jahn-Teller 효과에 의해서 격자상수가 tetragonal 구조로 확장됨에 따라 $e_g$ 상태와 $O^{2-}(2p)$ 상태 간의 파동함수 중첩이 감소한 것에 기인하는 것으로 해석된다.)의 영향(影響)을 더 많이 받고 있었다. 마. total ginsenosides의 분해반응시(分解反應時)의 활성화(活性化)에너지($E_a$)는 17.7kcal/mole이었고