• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.852-858
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• 2008

An extracellular protease (Mc1) was isolated from the nematode-trapping fungus Monacrosporium cystosporium by gel filtration, anion-exchange, and hydrophobic interaction chromatographies. This protease had a molecular mass of approximately 38 kDa and displayed an optimal activity at pH 7-9 and $56^{\circ}C$ (over 30 min). Its proteolytic activity was highly sensitive to the serine protease inhibitor PMSF (phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride, 0.1 mM), indicating that it belonged to the serine-type peptidase group. The Michaelis constant ($K_m$) and $V_max$ for substrate N-Suc-Ala-Ala-Pro-Phe-pNA were $1.67{\times}10^{-4}\;M$ and 0.6071 $OD_{410}$ per 30 s, respectively. This protease could degrade a broad range of substrates including casein, gelatin, BSA (bovine serum albumin), and nematode cuticle. Moreover, the enzyme could immobilize the free-living nematode Panagrellus redivivus and the pine wood nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, suggesting that it might playa role in infection against nematodes. The encoding gene of Mc1 was composed of one intron and two exons, coding for a polypeptide of 405 amino acid residues. The deduced amino acid sequence of Mcl showed 61.4-91.9% identity to serine proteases from other nematode-trapping fungi. Our results identified that Mcl possessed biochemical properties including optimal reaction condition and substrate preference that are different from previously identified serine proteases.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.156-160
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• 2002

The whole gal/lae operon genes of Lactococcus lactis ssp. lactis 7962 were reported as follows: galA-galM-galK-galT-lacA -lacZ-galE. The galK gene encoding a galactokinase involved in one of the Leloir pathways for galactose metabolism was found to be 1,197 bp in length and encodes a protein of 43,822 Da calculated molecular mass. The deduced amino acid sequence showed over 50% homology with GaIK proteins from several other lactic acid bacteria. The galK gene was expressed in E. coli and the product was identified as a 43 kDa protein which corresponds to the estimated size from the DNA sequence. The galactokinase activity of recombinant 5. coli was about 8 times greater against that of the host strain and more than 3 times higher than the induced L. lactis 7962.

• 한국해양바이오학회지
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.234-237
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• 2007

Calmodulin은 $Ca^{2+}$ 결합단백질로서 생체 내에서 $Ca^{2+}$ 의존적 기작을 통하여 다양한 생물학적 기능에 관여한다. 본 연구에서는 넙치 Paralichthys olivaceus의 cDNA library로부터 Calmodulin cDNA를 분리 동정하였다. 염기 서열 및 아미노산 서열을 분석한 결과, 넙치 Calmodulin cDNA는 782개의 nucleotides로 구성되어 있고, 4개의 잘 보존된 $Ca^{2+}$결합 motifs (EF-I, EF-II, EF-III, EF-IV)를 가지는 149개의 아미노산 잔기를 전사할 수 있는 open reading frame을 포함한다. 또한 번역된 아미노산 서열은 인간, 쥐, zebrafish, 개구리의 Calmodulin 아미노산 서열과 100% 동일성을 보이며 보라성게, 침팬지의 Calmodulin 아미노산 서열과 각각 97, 99%의 동일성을 보인다. 넙치 Calmodulin 전사체는 뇌와 장 조직에서 많은 양이 발현되었고, 신장, 아가미, 눈, 근육, 피부, 지느러미에서도 발현이 관찰되었다. 또한 넙치 Calmodulin 전사체는 수정 후 7일째의 발생 초기 단계 시료에서도 발현되어 수정 후 34일째까지 그 발현이 서서히 증가하였다. 이상의 결과들로부터 넙치 Calmodulin은 넙치의 발생 초기 단계에서 필요한 단백질로 생각되며 아마 항상성 유지에 중요한 역할을 할 것으로 예상된다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.104-111
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 단일 탄소원과 질소원으로 aniline을 이용하는 것으로 보고된 바 있는 Bukholderia sp. HY1과 Deiftia sp. HY99로부터 aniline의 첫 번째 분해 단계에 관련된 aniline dioxygenas의 위치를 확인하고 그 유전자를 클로닝하여 아미노산 서열을 결정하고 비교하였다. 한 개 이상의 플라스미드 DNA를 포함하고 있을 것으로 조사된 B.a sp. HY1에서 유래된 플라스미드의 curing 실험을 통해, B. sp. HY1의 aniline oxygenase는 플라스미드가 아닌 염색체 DNA에 존재하는 것으로 확인되었다. B. sp. HY1과 D. sp. HY99에서 유래된 aniline dioxygenase small subunit는 146개 아미노산을 기준으로 약 79%의 상동성을 보였다. 특히, B. sp. HY1으로부터 얻어진 ado2는 aniline dioxygenase small subunit의 terminal dioxygenase에 속하는 것으로 Frateuria sp. ANA-18의 tdnA2와 99%, 그리고 Delftia sp. HY99의 ado2는 Delftia sp. AN3의 danA2와 99% 이상의 아미노산 상동성을 나타내었다. 또한 본 연구에서 두 균주에서 얻어진 catechol oxygenase의 아미노산 서열분석을 통해 B. sp. HY1은 catechol 1,2-dioxygenase에 의해 ortho pathway를 D. sp. HY99는 catechol 2,3-dioxygenase에 의해 meta pathway를 운영할 것이라는 이전 보고를 강력하게 뒷받침해 주었다.

• 한국생명과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생명과학회 2001년도 제32회 학술심포지움
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• pp.67-86
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• 2001

A strain producing strongly fibrinolytic enzyme was isolated from soil and was identified to be Bacillus subtilis by biochemical and physiological characterization. The optimal culture conditions for the production of fibrinolytic enzyme was determined to be 1.0% tryptone, 1.5% soluble starch, 0.5% Peptone, 0.5% NaCl, $(NH_{4})_{3}PO_4.3H_{2}O, and MgSO_{4}.7H_{2}O.$ Initial pH and temperature were pH 8.0 and $30^{\circ}C$ , respectively, The highest enzyme production was observed at 30 hours of cultivation at $30^{\circ}C$ The fibrinolytic enzyme was purified to homogeneity by DEAE Sephadex A-50 ion exchange column chromatography, 70% ammonium sulfate precipitation, Sephadex G-200 and G-75 gel filtration column chromatography. The molecular weight of the purified enzyme was 28,000 as determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. A gene encoding the fibrinolytic enzyme was cloned into a plasmid vector pBluescript, transforming E.coli XL-1 Blue. The clone was able to degrade fibrin, This indicated that the gene could encode a fibrinolytic enzyme. The nucleotide sequence of the 2.7 kb insert was determined in both direction. One open reading frame composed of 1023 nucleotides was found to be a potential protein coding region. There was the putative Shine-Dalgano sequence and TATA box upstream of the open reading frame. The homology search data in the genome database showed that both the 2.7 kb insert and 1 kb open reading frame carried no significance in the nucleotide sequence of known fibrinolytic enzyme from Bacillus serovars. The recombinant cell harboring the novel gene involved in fibrinolysis was subjected to protein purification. The molecular mass of the purified fibrinolytic enzyme was determined to be 31864 Dalton, which was highly in accordance with the molecular mass(33 kDa) of the fibrinolytic gene deduced from the insert. The fibrinolytic enzyme was Purified 50.5 folds to homogeneity in overall yield of 10.7% by DEAE Sephadex A-50 ion exchange, 85% ammonium sulfate precipitation, Sephadex G-50, Superdex 75 HR FPLC gel filtration. In conclusion, a novel fibrinolytic gene from Bacillus subtilis was identified and characterized by cloning a genomic library of Bacillus subtilis into pBleuscript. For the soybean fermented by this strain, it is found that there increased assistant protein about 20% compared to the soybean not fermented and increased about 30% according to amino acid analysis and, in particular, essential amino acid increased about 40%. When keeping this fermented soybean powder at room temperature for about 70days, it showed very high stability maintaining almost perfect activity and, therefore, it gave us great suggestion its possibility of development as a new functional food.

• BMB Reports
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.414-418
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• 1999

A novel gene for malonyl-CoA decarboxylase was discovered in the mat operon, which encodes a set of genes involved in the malonate metabolism of Rhizobium trifolii (An and Kim, 1998). The subunit mass determined by SDS-PAGE was 53 kDa, which correspond to the deduced mass from the sequence data. The molecular mass of the native enzyme determined by field flow fractionation was 208 kDa, indicating that R. trifolii malonyl-CoA decarboxylase is homotetrameric. R. trifolii malonyl-CoA decarboxylase converted malonyl-CoA to acetyl-CoA with a specific activity of 100 unit/mg protein. Methylmalonyl-CoA was decarboxylated with a specific activity of 0.1 unit/mg protein. p-Chloromercuribenzoate inhibited this enzyme activity, suggesting that thiol group(s) is(are) essential for this enzyme catalysis. Database analysis showed that malonyl-CoA decarboxylase from R. trifolii shared 32.7% and 28.1% identity in amino acid sequence with those from goose and human, respectively, and it would be located in the cytoplasm. However, there is no sequence homology between this enzyme and that from Saccharopolyspora erythreus, suggesting that malonyl-CoA decarboxylases from human, goose, and R. trifolii are in the same class, whereas that from S. erythreus is in a different class or even a different enzyme, methylmalonyl-CoA decarboxylase. According to the homology analysis, Cys-214 among three cysteine residues in the enzyme was found in the homologous region, suggesting that the cysteine was located at or near the active site and plays a critical role in catalysis.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제56권2호
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• pp.153-165
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• 2018

Development of an effective vaccine is critically needed for the prevention of malaria. One of the key antigens for malaria vaccines is the apical membrane antigen 1 (AMA-1) of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, the surface protein for erythrocyte invasion of the parasite. The gene encoding AMA-1 has been sequenced from populations of P. falciparum worldwide, but the haplotype diversity of the gene in P. falciparum populations in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), including Thailand, remains to be characterized. In the present study, the AMA-1 gene was PCR amplified and sequenced from the genomic DNA of 65 P. falciparum isolates from 5 endemic areas in Thailand. The nearly full-length 1,848 nucleotide sequence of AMA-1 was subjected to molecular analyses, including nucleotide sequence diversity, haplotype diversity and deduced amino acid sequence diversity and neutrality tests. Phylogenetic analysis and pair-wise population differentiation ($F_{st}$ indices) were performed to infer the population structure. The analyses identified 60 single nucleotide polymorphic loci, predominately located in domain I of AMA-1. A total of 31 unique AMA-1 haplotypes were identified, which included 11 novel ones. The phylogenetic tree of the AMA-1 haplotypes revealed multiple clades of AMA-1, each of which contained parasites of multiple geographical origins, consistent with the $F_{st}$ indices indicating genetic homogeneity or gene flow among geographically distinct populations of P. falciparum in Thailand's borders with Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia. In summary, the study revealed novel haplotypes and population structure needed for the further advancement of AMA-1-based malaria vaccines in the GMS.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.1052-1056
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• 2004

A secretion signal sequence-selection vector (pGS40) was constructed based on an $\alpha$-amylase gene lacking a secretion signal and employed for selecting secretion signals from Lactococcus lactis ssp. cremoris LM0230 chromosomal DNA. Six fragments were identified based on their ability to restore $\alpha$-amylase secretion in E. coli, and among these, a fragment, S405, conferred the highest secretion activity (84%) in E. coli. Meanwhile, S407, which conferred poor secretion activity in E. coli, was quite active in L. lactis. The results suggested that the efficiency of a secretion signal depended on the host. All six fragments had an open reading frame (ORF) fused to the reporter gene, and the potential Shine-Dalgamo (SD) sequence and putative promoter sequences were located upstream of the ORF. Deduced amino acid sequences from the six fragments did not show any homology with known secretion signals. However, they contained three distinguished structural features and cleavage sites, commonly found among typical secretion signals. The characterized secretion signals could be useful for the construction of food-grade secretion vectors and gene expression in LAB.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.296-302
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• 2012

국내 사찰에서 제조된 된장으로부터 내열성 ${\alpha}$-amylase 생산균으로 분리된 YB-1234는 형태적 특성, 생화학적 성질 및 16S rRNA 유전자 염기서열에 근거하여 Bacillus licheniformis로 동정되었다. B. licheniformis YB-1234의 ${\alpha}$-amylase 유전자를 클로닝하여 그 염기서열을 결정하였으며 그로부터 유추된 ${\alpha}$-amylase의 아미노산 서열은 glycosyl hydrolase family 13에 속하는 B. licheniformis의 내열성 ${\alpha}$-amylases와 매우 높은 상동성을 보였다. ${\alpha}$-Aamylase 유전자를 함유한 재조합 대장균과 B. licheniformis에 의해 각각 생산된 ${\alpha}$-amylase는 pH 6.0에서 최대활성을 보였으나, 최적 반응온도는 약간의 차이가 있었다. 또한 B. licheniformis로부터 ${\alpha}$-amylase는 재조합 대장균에서 생산된 효소보다 열안정성이 매우 높았다. 이들 효소에 의한 maltotetraose와 maltohexaose의 주된 가수분해산물로는 glucose, maltose 및 maltotriose가 관찰되었다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.355-362
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• 1996

Complementation cloning of the argC, E, B, D, F, and G genes in Corynebacterium glutamicum was done by transforming the genomic DNA library into the corresponding arginine auxotrophs fo Escherichia coli. Recombinant plasmids containing 6.7 kb and 4.8kb fragments complementing the E. coli argB mutant were also able to complement the E. coli argC, E, A, D, and F mutants, indicating the clustered organization of the arginine biosynthetic genes within the cloned DNA fragments. The insert DNA fragments in the recombinant plasmids, named pRB1 AND pRB2, were physically mapped with several restriction enzymes. By further subcloning the entire DNA fragment containing the functions and by complementation analysis, we located the arg genes in the order of ACEBDF on the restriction map. We also determined the DNA nucleotide sequence of the fragment and report here the sequence of the argB gene. When compared to that with the mutant strain, higher enzyme activity of N-acetylglutamate kinase was detected in the extract of the mutant carrying the plasmid containing the putative argB gene, indicating that the plasmid contains a functional argB gene. Deduced amino acid sequence of the argB gene shows 45%, 38%, and 25% identity to that from Bacillus strearothermophilus, Bacillus substilus, and E. coli respectively. Our long term goal is genetically engineering C. glutamicum which produces more arginine than a wild type strain does.