• 한국미생물생명공학회소식지:생물산업
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.15-20
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• 1998

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.804-810
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• 1999

There is a possibility that carvone, a monoterpene from spearmint (Mentha spicata), could induce the bph degradative pathway and genes in Alcaligenes eutrophus H850, which is a known Gram-negative PCB degrader with a broad substrate specificity that was thoroughly investigated with Arthrobacter sp. BIB, a Gram-positive PCB degrader. The strains BIB and H850 were unable to utilize and grow on the plant terpene [(R)-(-)-carvone] (50ppm) to be recognized as a sole carbon source. Nevertheless, the carvone did induce 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl 1,2-dioxygenase (encoded by bphC) in the strain B lB, as observed by a resting cell assay that monitors accumulation of a yellow meta ring fission product from 4,4'-dichlorobiphenyl (DCBp). The monoterpene, however, did not appear to induce the meta cleavage pathway in the strain H850. Instead, an assumption was made that the strain might be using an alternative pathway, probably the ortho-cleavage pathway. A reverse transcription (RT)-PCR system, utilizing primers designed from a conserved region of the bphC gene of Arthrobacter sp. M5, was employed to verify the occurrence of the alternative pathway. A successful amplification (182bp) of mRNA transcribed from the N-terminal region of the bphC gene was accomplished in H850 cells induced by carvone (50ppm) as well as in biphenyl-growth cells. It is, therefore, likely that H850 possesses a specific PCB degradation pathway and hence a different substrate specificity compared with B1B. This study will contribute to an elucidation of the dynamic aspects of PCB bioremediation in terms of roles played by PCB degraders and plant terpenes as natural inducer substrates that are ubiquitous and environmentally compatible.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제55권2호
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• pp.177-179
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• 2019

미국 뉴저지주 중위도 산림토양에서 부식산(천연 복합유기화합물인 부식질의 주요 구성성분) 분해능이 있는 세균 균주 Pseudomonas kribbensis CHA-19를 분리하였으며, 이후 또 다른 토양 유기물인 리그닌과 리그닌 유래의 페룰산(ferulic acid)과 바릴린산(vanillic acid)의 분해능을 확인하였다. 부식질 초기 저분자화 효소(예, dye-decolorizing peroxidase와 laccase-like multicopper oxidase)와 부식질 유래의 다양한 저분자 분해산물들을 분해하는 효소(예, vanillate O-demethylase와 biphenyl 2,3-dioxygenase)를 탐색하기 위해 CHA-19 게놈염기서열을 분석하였다. 최종 확보한 효소유전자 정보는 토양세균의 부식질 분해경로 제안에 사용되었다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제51권3호
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• pp.143-150
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• 2018

The Hippo signaling pathway plays an essential role in adult tissue homeostasis and organ size control. Abnormal regulation of Hippo signaling can be a cause for multiple types of human cancers. Since the awareness of the importance of the Hippo signaling in a wide range of biological fields has been continually grown, it is also understood that a thorough and well-rounded comprehension of the precise dynamics could provide fundamental insights for therapeutic applications. Several components in the Hippo signaling pathway are known to be targeted for proteasomal degradation via ubiquitination by E3 ligases. ${\beta}-TrCP$ is a well-known E3 ligase of YAP/TAZ, which leads to the reduction of YAP/TAZ levels. The Hippo signaling pathway can also be inhibited by the E3 ligases (such as ITCH) which target LATS1/2 for degradation. Regulation via ubiquitination involves not only complex network of E3 ligases but also deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs), which remove ubiquitin from its targets. Interestingly, non-degradative ubiquitin modifications are also known to play important roles in the regulation of Hippo signaling. Although there has been much advanced progress in the investigation of ubiquitin modifications acting as regulators of the Hippo signaling pathway, research done to date still remains inadequate due to the sheer complexity and diversity of the subject. Herein, we review and discuss recent developments that implicate ubiquitin-mediated regulatory mechanisms at multiple steps of the Hippo signaling pathway.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.208-214
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• 1995

The effects of various 2, 4-D-degradative plasmids on the axenic growth patterns, the degradation phenotypes, and the competitiveness of different host bacteria were evaluated in liquid cultures; the organisms and plasmids used were Alcaligenes eutrophus JMP134/pJP4, Alcaligenes paradoxus/p2811, Pseudomonas pickettii/p712, pJP4, and p712 or p 2811 exhibited very different restriction fragment profiles in restriction endonuclease digests. These plasmids were transferred to the recipients (P. cepacia and Alcaligenes JMP228) at relatively high frequencies ranging from 8.9 $\times$ 10$^3$ to 1.6 $\times$ 10$^5$ per donar cell. In the axenic liquid cultures the fast-growing strains, such as P. pseudomallei/p745 and P. cepacia/pJP4, exhibited short lag periods, high specific growth rates, and high relative fitness coefficients, while the slow-growing strains, such as P. pickettii/p712 and A. paradoxus/p2811, had long lag periods, low specific growth rates, and low relative fitness coefficients. Depending on the type of plasmid containing the genes for the 2, 4-D pathway, some transconjugants exhibited intermediate grwoth patterns between the fast-growing strains and the slow-growing strains. The plasmid and plasmid-host interactions determined specific growth rate and lag time, respectively, which were shown to be principal determinants of competitiveness among the strains, but relative fitness coefficient derived from the axenic culture was not always predictive for the mixed culture condition.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.63-67
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• 1994

A microorganism showing degradative activity towards benzene, toluene and ${\rho}-xylene$ (BTX) was isolated from an activated sewage sludge and was tentatively identified as Pseudomonas fluorescence BE103. This strain was found to utilize benzene and toluene as growth substrates, but to degrade ${\rho}-xylene$ in the obligate presence of a growth substrate. The metabolic product resulted from the cometabolism of ${\rho}-xylene$ was identified as 3, 6-dimethylpyrocatechol by LC/MS analysis, and the metabolic pathway was analyzed to be similar to the tod pathway. From the kinetic studies done regarding BTX biodegradation using Pseudomonas fluorescence BE103, it was revealed that the cometabolism of ${\rho}-xylene$ is significantly affected by the ratio of growth substrate concentration to biomass concentration, and that the cometabolism of ${\rho}-xylene$ initiates only when this ratio was about 0.03.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제55권1호
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• pp.83-85
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• 2019

남극 연안 툰드라 토양에서 리그닌 분해능이 있는 Pseudomonas sp. PAMC 29040를 분리하였으며, 이후 토양 유기물의 주요 구성성분인 복합유기화합물 부식질 분해능을 확인하였다. 부식질 초기 저분자화 효소(예, dye-decolorizing peroxidase)와 부식질 유래의 다양한 저분자 분해산물들을 분해하는 효소들(예, vanillate O-demethylase)를 탐색하기 위해 PAMC 29040 게놈 염기서열을 분석하였다. 분석을 통해서 최종 확보한 효소유전자 정보는 저온환경에 서식하는 토양 세균의 부식질 분해경로 제안에 활용될 것이다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.334-341
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• 1989

Toluate 분해 플라스미드를 pseudomonase cepacia SUB37에서 분리하여 분자량은 한천 젤 전기영동으로 측정한 결과 79. (119kb)로 확인되었다. 이 TOL플라스미드는 Pseudomonas의 다른 균주와 다른 속의 균주에 전달되었다. m-toluate 분해에서 가장 중요한 역할을 하는 catechol-2,3-oxygenase 활성을 P. cepacia SUB37과 transconjugant의 조효소액으로부터 측정한 결과, P. putida mt 2에서와 같이, meta pathway를 거쳐 m-toluate를 분해하는 유전자들이 plasmid에 암호화됨을 알수 있었다. P. cepacia SUB37 유래의 새로운 TOL plasmid는 IncP-4 불화합성군에 속하였고, 이것은 아마도 P. putida의 IncP-9 그룹의 TOL 플라스미드의 유도체로 사료된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권7호
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• pp.1037-1051
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• 2018

The genus Rhodococcus is a phylogenetically and catabolically diverse group that has been isolated from diverse environments, including polar and alpine regions, for its versatile ability to degrade a wide variety of natural and synthetic organic compounds. Their metabolic capacity and diversity result from their diverse catabolic genes, which are believed to be obtained through frequent recombination events mediated by large catabolic plasmids. Many rhodococci have been used commercially for the biodegradation of environmental pollutants and for the biocatalytic production of high-value chemicals from low-value materials. Recent studies of their physiology, metabolism, and genome have broadened our knowledge regarding the diverse biotechnological applications that exploit their catabolic enzymes and pathways.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.334-337
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• 2001

The degradative pathway of homoprotocatechuate (HPC) is the bacterial routhe wherby 3,4-dihydrox-yphenylactic acid is catabolized to pyruvate and succinate by a series of sequential reactions . The HPC is catalzed by homoprotocatechuate 2, 3-dioxygenase(HPC-2,3O) to from 5-carboxymethy1-2-hydroxy-muco semialdehyde. In this study, the hha D gene encoding. HPC, 2, 3O was Cloned from the chromo-somal DNA of Pseudomonas sp. DJ-12 and its nucleotide sequence was analyzed. The open reding frame of hpaD gene was found to be composed of 864 nucleotide pairs and to encode a poypetide with 287 amino acide residues. The deduced amino acid sequence of the HPC-2,3O from Pseudomonas. sp. DJ-12 exhibited 60~64% homology with those of the corresponding enzymes from E. coli. Salmonella enterica, and Klebsiella pneumoniae.