• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.443-448
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• 1996

xylA 유전자의 프로모터상에서 조절양상을 조사하기 위하여 xylA 유전자의 프로모터(Pxyl)와 lacZ 유전자를 연결한 Pxyl-lacZ 융합 유전자를 제작하여 xylose에 의한 ${\beta}-galactosidase$ 생산의 조절양식을 조사하였다. xylA 프로모터 부위를 분리하여 lac 프로모터가 없는 고복제수의 lac 오페론 백터인 pMC1403에 클로닝시켜 pMCX191을 제작하여 reading frame에 변화가 없는 Pxyl-lacZ 융합 유전자를 만들었으며 이 벡터에서 Pxyl-lacZ 단편을 분리한 후 저복제수 벡터인 pLG339에 클로닝시켜 pLGX191을 제작하였다. 상기 플라스미드들을 xylA 변이주인 DH77에 형질전환시켜 Pxyl-lacZ 융합 유전자에서 ${\beta}-galactosidase$의 발현조절을 조사한 결과 xylose 농도에 따른 유도, glucose에 의한 발현억제 및 cAMP에 의한 억제해제 양상 등이 염색체상의xylA 유전자의 발현조절과 같은 경향을 나타내었다. pMCX191과 pLGX191을 이용하여 유전자 투여 량 효과를 본 결과도 복제수에 따른 차이가 크지 않았다. xylA 프로모터 부위내 조절영역를 추정하기 위해 구조유전자 상류 -209 bp를 포함한 xylA 유전자를 pUC19에 클로닝시킨 pUX30에서 프로모터 부위가 부분결손된 벡터들을 제작하여 결손부위의 염기서열을 확인하였다. 이들 부분결손 xylA 프로모터를 가진 xylA 유전자에서 xylose isomerase의 발현을 조사한 결과, 번역 개시점에서 -166 bp 이상의 영역을 결손시킨 pUX31과 pUX32의 경우pUX30과 비슷한 발현 양상을 보인 반면 -120 bp 이상의 영역을 결손시킨 pUX33과 pUX34에서는 모벡터에 비해 약 30% 수준의 발현을 보였다. 또한 pUX33과 pUX34에서는 xylose 유도시 cAMP에 의한 발현 촉진효과도 볼 수 없었다. -59 bp 이상의 부위가 결손된 pUX35의 경우에는 전혀 xylA 유전자의 발현이 일어나지 않았다. 이러한 결과로 볼때 xylA 프로모터내의 조절부위는 -165 bp에서 -59 bp 사이에 존재하는 것으로 추정되었다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.195-200
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• 1990

대장균의 lipoprotein promoter, lactose promotor 및 operator 와 lipoprotein의 signal sequence 를 가지는 vector에alpha-IFN 유전자가 cloning된 plasmid pIF-Ill-B를 여러종류의 대장균 숙주 세포에 형칠전환하여 alpha-IFN 의 생산성, 생장특성을 조사하였다. 또한 plasmid 자체와 cloning된 alpha-IFN 유전자의 발현유도가 세포생장에 미치는 영 향을 조사하였다.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.113-118
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• 2003

Among a number of antigens characterized in M leprae, an etiological agent of Leprosy, the 18 kDa antigen, is unique to M leprae. We have previously determined a sequence specific element in the 18 kDa gene of M leprae, which confers transcriptional repression. In this report, we have examined if the element could be applied to genes other than the 18 kDa gene of M leprae. To identify the roles of the regulatory sequence in heterologous promoter, we have constructed pB3 vector series, which contains BCG hsp65 promoter and the M leprae 18 kDa transcription repression responsive element in tandem using LacZ gene as a reporter gene. Cloning of hsp65 promoters of M bovis BCG or M smegmatis in front of LacZ gene resulted in normal $\beta$­galactosidase activity as expected. However, when the sequence element was placed between the promoter and the LacZ gene, $\beta$-galactosidase activity was reduced 10-fold less. Also we have examined with pB3(-) vector, that harbors the transcription repression responsive element in a reversed orientation, the $\beta$-galactosidase activity was found to be similar to pB3(+) vector. Thus, these results further confirm that M leprae 18 kDa transcription repression responsive element could regulate BCG hsp65 heterologous promoter and that the element could act as an operator for the transcription of mycobacteria.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.288-296
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• 1995

To investigate high-level expression of Serratia marcescens metalloprotease (SMP) in Escherichia coli and S. marcescens, we constructed various recombinant plasmids: pSP2, containing SMP gene and lac promoter; pKSP2, containing SMP gene and tac promoter; pTSP2, containing SMP gene, trc99a promoter, and lacI$^{q}$. The recombinant E. coli (pKSP2) strain expressed SMP to a high-level, about 36% of total cellular proteins but accumulated inactive SMP precursors intracellularly, which indicated that E. coli does not have activation and secretion system for SMP. To overproduce active SMP, we transformed S. marcescens with the recombinant plasmids by a modified CaCl$_{2}$ method. The recombinant S. marcescens ATCC27117 (pSP2) containing lac promoter for SMP transcription produced 530 U/ml of active SMP on LB broth, which is about 5.1 times of the SMP yield, 105 U/ml of a control strain, S. marcescens ATCC27117 (pUC19). However, S. marcescens ATCC27117 (pKSP2) containing tac promoter for SMP transcription did not grow healthy and hardly produced SMP. To overcome a harmful effect of the strong tac promoter, we constructed a regulatory plasmid pTSP2 containing a strong trc99a promoter and its repressor gene lacI$^{q}$. When S. marcescens ATCC27117 (pTSP2) was induced with 1.0 mM IPTG after 9 hr cultivation, 2,200 U/ml of SMP was obtained in LB broth, which is about 21 times of that of a control strain.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.617-621
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• 2006

Coprinellus congregatus secreted a laccase isozyme when the culture was transferred to an acidic liquid medium (pH 4.1). The laccase cDNA gene (clac2) was used as a probe for cloning of the genomic laccase gene (lac2) including the promoter (Plac2). The open reading frame (ORF) of lac2 had 526 deduced amino acids and four conserved copper binding domains as other fungal laccases. Recombinant plasmid (pRSlac2p-cDNA) of lac2 cDNA with its own promoter was transformed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Expression of the transformed lac2 gene was induced by oxidative stress ($H_2O_2$) in yeast and the survival rate of the transformed yeast strain was greatly increased when compared with that of the control strain transformed with pRS316 yeast vector.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.36-47
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• 1985

Saccharomyces cerevisiae의 HIS5 유전자는 세균 vector인 pBR 322와 shuttle vector pSH 610에 clone되었고 lactose operon의 promoter로서 발현되었다. HIS5-lac Z fusion은 효모의 제III번 염색체에 integration하였으며 HIS5 유전자는 general amino acid control을 받고 있었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.63-68
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• 2000

GroEL is well known as a molecular chaperone. In order to determine the dynamic stress response of the Escherichia coli groE promoter, a groE-lacZ operon fusion in the chromosome was constructed. Stress leading to ${\sigma}^{32}$ synthesis induces transcription from E. coli groE promoter, since the promoter is ${\sigma}^{32}-regulated$. When the strain was stressed with ethanol, phenol, and sodium chloride, clear inductions of ${\beta}-galactosidase$ were observed. Two types of simultaneous stresses of sodium chloride and phenol induced the enze much more than either of the two alone, suggesting that stress was an additive. The combined stress resulted in the highest induction of the enzyme in this system. The groE-lacZ fusion strain developed in this study can conveniently be used to detect other harmful pollutants in the environment. Stress treatment of cells containing recombinant proteins, which need GroEl, by ethanol, phenol, or sodium chloride, might have a tendency to increase their biological activities.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.811-819
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• 1999

The ${\beta}-CGTase$ gene of alkalophilic Bacillus firmus var. alkalophilus was cloned into E. coli using $pZErO^{TM}-2$ as a vector. The cloned gene encoded a total of 710 amino acid residues consisting of 674 amino acids of the matured protein and 36 amino acids of the signal peptide, including 20 amino acids from the lacZ gene in the vector. Although the cloned ${\beta}-CGTase$ gene did not contain the promoter and start codons, it was expressed by the lac promoter and lacZ start codon in the $pZErO^{TM}$ vector. A comparison was made with the amino acid sequence and ten other CGTases from Bacillus sp. Also, ten highly conserved regions, which are important amino acid residues in catalysis of CGTase, were identified. The lac promoter used for expression of the ${\beta}-CGTase$ gene was induced constitutively in recombinant E. coli even without IPTG possibly because of a lack of the lacI gene in both host and vector, repressing the lacZ gene in the lac operon. Its expression was catabolically repressed by glucose, however, its repression was reduced by soluble starch, mainly because of the extremely high increase of the cAMP level. ${\beta}-CGTase$ can be overproduced in the recombinant E. coli by maintaining intracellular cAMP levels mostly through the intermittent feeding of glucose during cultivation.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.137-143
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• 1996

We isolated a promoter inducible by paraquat, a superoxide-generating agent, from Escherichia coli using a promoter-probing plasmid pRS415. From sequence analysis we found out the promoter is for fpr ENCODING nadph : ferredoxin oxidoreductase. We constructed on operon fusion of lacZ gene with fpr promoter to monitor the expression of the gene in the single-copy state. LacZ expression generators, menadione and plumbagin, also induced the expression of .betha.-galactosidase in the fusion strain. On the other hand, no significant induction was observed by treatment with hydrogen peroxide, ethanol, and heat shock. Induction of .betha.-galactosidase was significantly reduced by introducing a .DELTA. sox 8 :: cat of soxS3 :: Tn10 mutation into the fusion strain, indicating that fpr gene is a member of the soxRS regulon. The transcriptional start site was determined by primer extension analysis. Possible roles of fpr induction in superoxide stress were discussed.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.460-465
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• 1992

The effect of PSOD expression on lacZ-sodP fusion (pYK4) was explored in Escherichia coli sodA sodB mutants (QC774) under oxidative stress. In this system, although .betha.-galactosidase activity was not fully induced by isopropyl-1-thio-.betha.-galactosidase (IPTG) and was inhibited by glucose, functional PSOD was under lacZ promotor control and was induced by IPTC, lactose, PQ and copper isons, finally, the results show that higher PSOD expression leel was consistently importnat in defending against superoxide radicals.