• 생명과학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.136-142
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• 2008

Rhodotorula glutinis epoxide hydrolase (EH) 유전자를 pPICZ vector에 이중발현 cassette로 재조합하여 발현시킨 재조합균주 Pichia pastoris를 제작하였으며 라세믹 styrene oxide 혼합물로부터 고순도 광학활성 (S)-styrene oxide를 제조하는데 사용하였다. 본 연구에서 사용된 R. glutinis EH 유전자는 전보에서 사용한 pPICZ B/RgEH plasmid DNA를 주형으로 하여 얻었으며 PCR 방법으로 BglII 제한자리를 돌연변이 시키고 AOX1 promoter $(P_{AOX1})$-RgEH 유전자-전사종결서열($TT_{AOX1}$)을 이중으로 가진 이중발현 cassette를 만들어 P. pastoris의 염색체 DNA에 삽입시켰다. 반응온도를 $30^{\circ}C$로 하였을 때, RgEH를 이중발현 cassette로 발현시킨 재조합균주 P. pastoris의 (R)-styrene oxide에 대한 $V_{max}$ 값은 $2.2{\mu}mol\;min^{-1} (mg\;dcw)^{-1}$으로 단일발현 cassette로 발현시킨 P. pastoris의 $0.4{\mu}mol\;min^{-1}(mg\;dcw)^{-1}$에 비하여 6배 향상되었다. 광학순도가 높은 (S)-styrene oxide를 제조하는 최적조건을 찾기 위하여 입체선택적 가수분해 속도 및 수율에 미치는 detergent 및 온도의 효과를 실험하였으며, Tween 20을 0.5% 첨가하고 $10^{\circ}C$로 반응시킨 경우 10분 반응을 통해 99.9% ee 이상의 고순도 (S)-styrene oxide를 43.4% 얻을 수 있었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권7호
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• pp.1342-1351
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• 2008

The feasibility of the use of Flp-mediated cassette exchange in the development of a CHO cell line, which produces erythropoietin (EPO) stably and largely, was investigated. A stable, high enhanced green fluorescence protein (EGFP)-producing clone was screened by extensive flow cytometric analysis. An EPO expression unit was targeted into the premarked locus of the stable parental clone by Flp-mediated cassette exchange and a correctly targeted clone (FC28T7) was obtained. The EPO production of FC28T7 was proven to be stable in long-term culture. Furthermore, the Flp-mediated cassette exchange did not alter the stable parental clone's characteristics concerning transgene expression level and stability. Taken together, the data obtained here indicated that the establishment of CHO cell lines stably producing a desired protein is achievable using Flp-mediated cassette exchange.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.819-822
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• 2003

Polyketides are an extensive class of secondary metabolites with diverse molecular structures and biological activities. A plasmid-based minimal polyketide synthase (PKS) expression cassette was constructed using a subset of actinorhodin (act) biosynthetic genes (actI-orfl, actI-orf2, actI-orf3, actIII, actⅦ, and actIV) from Streptomyces coelicolor, which specify the construction of an orange-fluorescent anthraquinone product aloesaponarin II, a type II polyketide compound derived from one acetyl coenzyme A and 7 malonyl coenzyme A extender units. This system was designed as an indicator pathway in S. parvulus to generate a hybrid type II polyketide compound via gene-specific replacement. The act ${\beta}-ketoacyl$ synthase unit (actI-orfl and actI-orf2) in the expression cassette was specifically replaced with oxytetracycline ${\beta}-ketoacyl$ synthase otcY-orfl and otcY-orf2). This plasmid-based hybrid PKS cassette generated a novel orange-fluorescent compound structurally different from aloesaponarin II in both S. lividans and S. parvulus. In addition, several additional distinctive blue-fluorescent compounds were detected, when this hybrid PKS cassette was expressed in S. coelicolor B78 (actI-orf2 mutant), implying that the expression of plasmid-based hybrid PKS cassette in Streptomyces species should be an efficient way of generating hybrid type II polyketide compounds.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.389-392
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• 2004

In order to produce a harmful protein more efficiently, this expression cassette, dubbed pCol-MICT, is directed by the colicin promoter, and was constructed by the insertion of a $rrnBT_1T_2$ fragment of pEXP7, and a MxelnteinCBD fragment of pTXB3, into pSH375. To test whether harmful proteins, including proteolytic enzymes, could be effectively produced by this cassette, the carboxypeptidase (CPase) Taq gene was inserted into the pCol-MICT cassette to yield pCol-CPase Taq-MICT. E coli W3l 10 tells harboring pCol-CPase Taq-MICT produced a large quantity of this enzyme, as much as 47.2 mg of purified from per liter of culture, when cultured in the presence of mitomycin C ($0.4{\mu}g/mL$). This indicates that the colicin promoter-controlled E, coli expression cassette was able to produce almost 8 times of protein than the conventional tar promoter-based system, and that this cassette may be useful in the Synthesis of other harmful proteins.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.65-72
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• 1993

A heterologous gene expression and secretion system using a methylotrophic yeast, Hansenula polymorpha was developed for the production of anticoagulant hirudin. Hirudin gene was expressed under the control of a strong and inducible methanol oxidase (MOX or AOX) promoter. The mating factor a pre-pro leader sequence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae was employed for hirudin to be secreted into the extracellular medium. Hirudin expression cassette was introduced into three strains of H. polymorpha, A16, HPBl and DLl which have different genetic backgrounds. This expression cassette was stably integrated into the host chromosomal DNA. Biologically active and mature hirudin was efficiently expressed and secreted into the extracellular medium. About 19 mg/L of hirudin was found in the culture supernatant in the case of a two-copy integrant of the strain HPBl under suboptimal culture conditions.

• BMB Reports
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.656-661
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• 2007

In this report, we describe an optimized method for generation of ephA8 BAC transgenic mice expressing the lacZ reporter gene under ephA8 regulatory sequences. First, we constructed a targeting vector that carries a 1.2 kb ephA8 DNA upstream of its first exon, a lacZ expression cassette, a kanamycin cassette, and a 0.7 kb ephA8 DNA downstream of its first exon. Second, the targeting vector was electroporated into cells containing the ephA8 BAC and pKOBEGA, in which recombinases induce a homologous recombination between the ephA8 BAC DNA and the targeting vector. Third, the FLP plasmid expressing the Flipase was electroporated into these bacteria to eliminate a kanamycin cassette from the recombinant BAC DNA. The appropriate structures of the modified ephA8 BAC DNA were confirmed by Southern analysis. Finally, BAC transgenic mouse embryos were generated by pronuclear injection of the recombinant BAC DNA. Whole mount X-gal staining revealed that the lacZ reporter expression is restricted to the anterior region of the developing midbrain in each transgenic embryo. These results indicate that the ephA8 BAC DNA contains most, if not all, regulatory sequences to direct temporal and spatial expression of the lacZ gene in vivo.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.285-289
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• 1994

An insecticidal crystal protein gene, cryIA(c), from Bacillus thuringiensis HD-73 was integrated into the chromosome of a xanthan-producing bacterium, Xanthomonas campestris XP92. The cryIA(c) gene expression cassette was constructed that placed the gene between the trc promoter and rrnB transcriptional terminator. The $lacl^q$ gene was also included to prevent the expression of cryIA(c) gene in X campestris cells. Southem blot analysis confirmed the integration of the cryIA(c) gene expression cassette in chromosome of X campestris XP92 transconjugant. Expression of the insecticidal crystal protein was confirmed by Western blot analysis and bioassay against the larvae of Hyphantria cunea (Lepidoptera： Arctiidae) and Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera：Plutellidae).

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.289-295
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• 2013

Xenotransplantation of pig organs into primates results in fatal damage, referred as hyperacute rejection (HAR), and acute humoral xenograft rejection (AHXR), to the organ graft mediated by antibodies pre-existing and newly-producing in primates against their cognate pig antigens. Functional ablation of ${\alpha}1$,3-galactosyltransferase (Gal-T KO) of pig which is an enzyme involved in synthesis of Gala1-3Galb1-4GlcNAc-R antigen is essentially required to prevent HAR. Moreover, additional genetic modification under Gal-T KO background for enforced expression of human complement regulatory proteins which can inhibits complement activation is known to effectively imped HAR and AHXR. In this study, we constructed a membrane cofactor protein (MCP) expression cassette under control of human $EF1{\alpha}$ promoter. This cassette was inserted between homologous recombination regions corresponding to Gal-T locus. Subsequently this vector was introduced into ear skin fibroblasts of female pig by nucleofection. We were able to obtained 40 clones by neomycin selection and 4 clones among them were identified as clones targeted into Gal-T locus of MCP expression cassette by long-range PCR. Real time RT-PCR was shown to down-regulation of Gal-T expression. From these results, we demonstrated human $EF1{\alpha}$ promoter could induce efficient expression of MCP on cell surface of fibroblasts of female pig.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2013

Osteoprotegerin (OPG) is a secreted glycoprotein that regulates bone resorption by inhibiting differentiation and activation of osteoclast, thereby potentially useful for the treatment of many bone diseases associated with increased bone loss. In this study, we designed a novel cDNA expression cassette by modifying the potent and mammary gland-specific goat ${\beta}$-casein/hGH hybrid gene construct and examined human OPG (hOPG) cDNA expression in transgenic mice. Six transgenic mice all successfully expressed hOPG in their milk at the level of 0.06-2,000 ${\mu}g/ml$. An estimated molecular weight of the milk hOPG was 55 kDa in SDS-PAGE, which is the same as a naturally glycosylated monomer. This hOPG expression was highly specific to the mammary glands of transgenic mice. hOPG mRNA was not detected in any organs analyzed except mammary gland. Functional integrity of milk hOPG was evaluated by TRAP (tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase) activity assay in bone marrow cell cultures. OPG ligand (OPG-L) treatment increased TRAP activity by two fold but it was completely abolished by co-treatment with transgenic milk containing hOPG. Taken together, our novel cDNA expression cassette could direct an efficient expression of biologically active hOPG, a potential candidate pharmaceutical for bone diseases, only in the mammary gland of transgenic mice.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제28권11호
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• pp.1277-1284
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 효모염색체내에 다양한 유전자 발현 cassette를 도입하기 위해 Cre/loxP system을 가진 repeated yeast integrative plasmid (R-YIp)를 구축하였다. R-YIp는 반복적으로 형질전환체를 선별할 수 있는 selective marker (CgTRP1)와 loxP 서열, 그리고 integration을 위한 목적서열을 함유하고 있어 같은 염색체의 동일한 위치에 여러 개의 유전자 발현 cassette를 도입하는 것이 가능하다. 따라서 xylan/xylose 대사에 관련된 endoxylanase (XYLP), ${\beta}$-xylosidase (XYLB), xylose reductase (GRE3) 그리고xylitol dehydrogenase (XYL2)의 효모염색체내에 도입을 시도하였다. 먼저 XYLP, XYLB, GRE3그리고 XYL2 유전자의 효율적인 발현을 위한 promoter를 선별하기 위해 pGMF-GENE과 pAMF-GENE plasmid를 구축하였고, 각 유전자들의 발현에 GAL10 promoter가 적합함을 확인하였다. 다음으로 GAL10p-GENE-GAL7t cassette를 가진 pRS-GENE plasmid (R-YIp)를 구축하여, 반복적 integration 과정과 selective marker의 제거를 통해 각각의 R-YIps를 효모 7번염색체에 순차적으로 도입하였다. R-YIp system을 통해 효모염색체내에 도입된 유전자들은 모두 안정적으로 발현되었고, 활성형의 재조합효소를 생산함을 확인할 수 있었다. 따라서 다수의 외래유전자를 효모염색체내 도입함에 있어 selective marker와 숙주세포 선택의 한계를 R-YIp system을 통해 어느 정도 극복할 수 있을 것이라 기대한다.