• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.642-646
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• 1992

본인 등은 베타-1,3-글루칸 합성효소능이 낮은 Saccharomyces cerevisiae의 조건성 돌연변이주들을 분리하여 그 특성을 조사하였다. 이 돌연변이주들은 비허용온도인 37'C에서 삼투감수성을 나타나며, 세포벽 성분 중 알칼리 비용해성 글루칸의 함량이 낮았다. 베타-1,3-글루칸의 합성효소능의 결함원인을 조사한 결과, 효모의 베타-1,3-글루칸 합성효소를 구성하는 촉매성분(cataytic component)과 GTP-결합성분 두가지 중 촉매 성분의 결함이 이 돌연변이주들의 베타-1,3-글루칸 합성효소능의 손상원인인 것으로 추정되었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.115-122
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• 2021

Phenol-soluble modulins (PSMs) are responsible for regulating biofilm formation, persister cell formation, pmtR expression, host cell lysis, and anti-bacterial effects. To determine the effect of psm deletion on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, we investigated psm deletion mutants including Δpsmα, Δpsmβ, and Δpsmαβ. These mutants exhibited increased β-lactam antibiotic resistance to ampicillin and oxacillin that was shown to be caused by increased N-acetylmannosamine kinase (nanK) mRNA expression, which regulates persister cell formation, leading to changes in the pattern of phospholipid fatty acids resulting in increased anteiso-C15:0, and increased membrane hydrophobicity with the deletion of PSMs. When synthetic PSMs were applied to Δpsmα and Δpsmβ mutants, treatment of Δpsmα with PSMα1-4 and Δpsmβ with PSMβ1-2 restored the sensitivity to oxacillin and slightly reduced the biofilm formation. Addition of a single fragment showed that α1, α2, α3, and β2 had an inhibiting effect on biofilms in Δpsmα; however, β1 showed an enhancing effect on biofilms in Δpsmβ. This study demonstrates a possible reason for the increased antibiotic resistance in psm mutants and the effect of PSMs on biofilm formation.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.791-807
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• 2017

The type II secretion system (T2SS), which transports selected periplasmic proteins across the outer membrane, has rarely been studied in nonpathogens or in organisms classified as Betaproteobacteria. Therefore, we studied Cupriavidus metallidurans (Cme), a facultative chemilithoautotroph. Gel analysis of extracellular proteins revealed no remarkable differences between the wild type and the T2SS mutants. However, enzyme assays revealed that native extracellular alkaline phosphatase is a T2SS substrate, because activity was 10-fold greater for the wild type than a T2SS mutant. In Cme engineered to produce three Ralstonia solanacearum (Rso) exoenzymes, at least 95% of their total activities were extracellular, but unexpectedly high percentages of these exoenzymes remained extracellular in T2SS mutants cultured in rich broth. These conditions appear to permit an alternative secretion process, because neither cell lysis nor periplasmic leakage was observed when Cme produced a Pectobacterium carotovorum exoenzyme, and wild-type Cme cultured in minimal medium secreted 98% of Rso polygalacturonase, but 92% of this exoenzyme remained intracellular in T2SS mutants. We concluded that Cme has a functional T2SS despite lacking any abundant native T2SS substrates. The efficient secretion of three foreign exoenzymes by Cme is remarkable, but so too is the indication of an alternative secretion process in rich culture conditions. When not transiting the T2SS, we suggest that Rso exoenzymes are probably selectively packaged into outer membrane vesicles. Phylogenetic analysis of T2SS proteins supports the existence of at least three T2SS subfamilies, and we propose that Cme, as a representative of the Betaproteobacteria, could become a new useful model system for studying T2SS substrate specificity.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.20-28
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• 1999

Biopolymer를 생산하는 Bacillus속의 균주개량의 목적으로 biopolymer를 생산하는 균주인 Bacillus subtilis K-1과 유당 이용능이 있는 Bacillus coagulans의 원형질체 형성과 재생에 관하여 조사하였다. 영양요구성과 항생제 내성의 marker가 부여된 두 변이주의 원형질체 형성조건에서 Bacillus subtilis mutant SM-2의 경우, 대수기 중기에 penicillin G(1.0 unit/ml)를 첨가한 다음 1.5시간 반응 후 삼투압 안정제로서 0.4 M sucrose와 $25\;{\mu}g/ml$의 lysozyme이 함유된 lysis fluid(LF, pH 7.0)내에서 $37^{\circ}$, 40분간 반응시켰을 때, 원형질체 형성율은 99.6%, 세포벽 재생율 2.4%였다. Bacillus coagulans mutant CM-12의 경우 대수기 중기에 penicillin G 0.3 unit/ml와 glycine 0.5%를 혼합첨가하고 1시간 반응시킨 후 삼투압 안정제로서 0.6 M lactose와 $300\;{\mu}g/ml$의 lysozyme이 함유된 LF(pH 7.0)내에서 $37^{\circ}$, 30분간 재생시켰을 때, 원형질체 형성율 90.8%, 세포벽 재생율 2.2%였다. 세포벽 재생효율을 높이기 위한 재생배지는 trypticase soy broth(TSB)에 0.4 M sucrose, 0.7% casamino acd, 1% PVP, 25 mM $CaCI_2$, 25 mM $MgCI_2$, 1.5% agar가 함유된 배지에 0.4% soft agar로서 중층 했을 때 Bacillus subtilis SM-2의 재생율은 5.1%, Bacillus coagulans CM-12의 재생율은 10.3%로 $2{\sim}4$배 가량 향상 되었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.552-557
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• 2001

By UV-irradiation of Eremothecium ashbyii DTl, a higWy flavinogenic mutant (UV-18-57) and a nonflavinogenic mutant (UV -85) were obtained. The physio-morphological characteristics of these three strains were studied on glucose medium in submerged fermentation. Glucose utilization and mycelial growth occurred in 0 - 2 days of fermentation. By the third day, the biomass had declined. Extracellular riboflavin excretion was distinct from the second day, reaching a maximum rate by the fourth day. The hyphae of the highly flavinogenic mutant UV-18-57 were broader than DTl, while the nonflavinogenic UV-85 hyphae were very thin. Riboflavin accumulation was high in UV-18-57 (extracellular riboflavin,$825\mu\textrm{g}/ml$ , and intracellular, $490\mu\textrm{g}/ml$) and caused the mycelia to swell into bulbous forms. Riboflavin accumulation was less in DTl ($108\mu\textrm{g}/ml$ extracellular and $24\mu\textrm{g}/ml$ intracellular) and correspondingly its hyphae were thinner than those of UV-18-57 and swollen bulbous mycelia were not prominent. UV-85 was nonflavinogenic and, accordingly, its mOlphological characteristics included long thin filaments with no intracellular riboflavin accumulation. A large number of greenish fluorescence spores were seen in UV-18-57, whereas DTI had less spores and UV-85 was nonsporulating. Sporulation is correlated with riboflavin production. UV-18-57 had better mycelial integrity and lysis started only by the seventh day, whereas DTI and UV -85 started to lyze earlier by 4 -5 days. By the late stage of fermentation (eighth day), DTl had a few long, thin filaments indicating some secondary growth, whereas UV -85 showed a compact pellet form of mycelia. Most mycelia of UV-18-57 still appeared intact.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.561-567
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• 1991

본 연구는 Brevibacterium flavum ATCC 14067 및 Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032간의 protoplast fusion을 행하여 L-methionine의 생산성을 검토하고 발효조건을 개선하기 위하여 연속배양을 행하였다. N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine(MNNG) $500{\mu}g/ml$로 처리하였으며 B. flavum K-104($Thr\;Met\;Km^{r}\;Et^{r}\;Sm^{r}\;Tm^{r}$)와 C. glutamicum B-70($Thr\;Hos\;Km^{r}\;Et^{r}\;Sm^{r}\;Tm^{r}$)의 변이주를 분리하였다. 이들 변이주에 $500{\mu}g/ml$의 lysozyme을 처리하였을 때 원형질체 형성을 및 재생율은 각각 99% 및 $64{\sim}66%$를 나타내었으며 융합 빈도는 3% PVP를 함유한 35% PEG 용액에서 $3.5{\times}10^{5}$을 나타내었다. Sodium alginate로 고정화시킨 융합주 BFCG 37은 72시간 회분배양에서 0.89g/l의 methionine을 생산하였고 연속배양에서는 $18.75mg/^{1}hr\;^{1}$의 L-methionine를 안정적으로 생산할 수 있었다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.156-162
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• 2007

Two lysis-defective but DNA synthesis non-defective temperature-sensitive (ts) mutants of mycobacteriophage L1, L1G23ts23 and L1G25ts889 were found to be defective also in phage-specific RNA synthesis in the late period of their growth at 42$^{\circ}C$each to the extent of 50% of that at 32$^{\circ}C$The double mutant, L1G23ts23G25ts889 showed the ts defect in phage RNA synthesis that was nearly additive of those shown individually by the two single-mutant parents. Both G23 and G25 were shown to start functioning sometimes between 30 and 45 min after infection but the former gene might be dispensable after 45 min, while the latter was not. Northern analysis also shows that at 42$^{\circ}C$>, L1G23ts23 affects RNA synthesis more strongly than L1G25ts889 from L1 DNA segments that serve as the template for late gene transcription. Among the 21 virion and 12 non-virion late proteins synthesized by L1, L1G23ts23 is defective in the synthesis of at least 9 virion and all of non-virion proteins at 42$^{\circ}C$>. In contrast, L1G25ts889 is completely defective in synthesis of all the 33 late proteins. Possible roles of G23 and G25 in the positive regulation of transcription of different sets of late genes of L1 have been discussed.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.437-441
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• 1990

근채류 식물의 근부원인이 되는 식물병원균 Fusarium solani의 생육을 강력히 길항하는 생물반제균 Pseudomonas stutzeri YPL-1을 모균주로 하여 UV나 NTG로 돌연변이시킴으로써 길항능이 증강된 강력한 생물방제균을 유전적으로 육종하고자 하였다. 그 결과 길항기작의 원인인 외막가수분해효소 chitinase 생산능이 2.5배, 2.0배 정도로 증강된, 동시에 길항능도 모균주에 비해 1.7배, 1.5배 정도로 비례해서 증강된, 강력한 우수 길항변이주 P.stutzeri YPL-M26(UV)과 P.stutzeri YPL-M178(NTG)을 유전적으로 육종할 수 있었다. 길항종강변이주에 의한 F.solani의 생육억제기작도 모균주에서와 같이 고분자 물질인 chitinase를 주로 하는 외막가수분해효소에 의한 것으로 확인되었고, 균사신장억제율도 조사해 본 결과 조효소액 첨가 경우 24시간째에는 모균주 경우 87.1 정도인데 비해 거의 100의 생육억제율을 나타내는 강력한 생물반제균으로 유전적 육종을 할 수 있었다. 한편 변이주와 모균주의 효소에서도 그 최적반응 pH등 각종 효소학적 특성이 동일하였다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.464-469
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• 1991

$\alpha$-Amylase를 생산하는 Bacillus sp. 2B를 토양에서 분리하였으며 이 균주에 반복적으로 돌연변이원인 NTG를 처리하여 효소생산성이 증대된 변이주를 유도하였다. $\alpha$-Amylase 고 생산성 균주의 효율적인 획득방법으로 glucose에 의한 $\alpha$-amylase의 생성억제를 받지않는 변이주를 분리한 결과, 효소생산성이 약 30배 향상된 변이주 Bacillus sp. HG4를 획득하였다. 이 균주는 lactose를 탄소원으로 하여 최대 효소생성능을 나타내었으며 빠른 균체성장 및 최대 효소생성시기에 균체 lysis가 적은 점 등 산업적으로 사용하기에 유리한 특성을 가진 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권7호
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• pp.905-913
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• 2014

Lj-RGD3, an RGD (Arg-Gly-Asp) toxin protein from the salivary gland of Lampetra japonica, exhibits antifungal activity against Candida albicans. Lj-RGD3 has three RGD motifs and shows homology to histidine-rich glycoprotein. We synthesised two mutant derivatives of Lj-RGD3: Lj-26, which lacks all three RGD motifs and contains no His residues; and Lj-112, which lacks only the three RGD motifs. We investigated the effects of the wild-type and mutated toxins on a gram-positive bacterium (Escherichia coli), a gram-negative bacterium (Staphylococcus aureus), and a fungus (C. albicans). rLj-RGD3 and its mutants exhibited antifungal but not antibacterial activity, as measured by a radial diffusion assay. The C. albicans inhibition zone induced by rLj-112 was larger than that induced by the other proteins, and its inhibitory effect on C. albicans was dose-dependent. In viable-count assays, the rLj-112 MIC was $7.7{\mu}M$, whereas the MIC of the positive control (ketoconazole) was $15{\mu}M$. Time-kill kinetics demonstrated that rLj-112 effectively killed C. albicans at $1{\times}$ and $2{\times}$ MIC within 12 and 6 h, respectively. Electron microscopy analysis showed that rLj-RGD3 and rLj-112 induced C. albicans lysis. Our results demonstrate a novel anticandidal activity for rLj-RGD3 and its mutant derivatives.