• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.450-455
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• 1991

Serratia marcescens ATCC 21074로부터 돌연변이 유도에 의해 protease 생산능이 높은 ampicillin 耐性의 변이주 Serratia sp. SMNT-1을 분리하였다. 이 균주는 原 균주에 비하여 約 11배 정도 높은 protease 생산성을 나타내었다. 이 효소는 pH 9.0, $40^{\circ}C$에서 최대 활성을 나타내었으며, 저온하에서는 pH 6.0-10.0 범위에서 안정하였으나, $37^{\circ}C$, 알카리 조건하에서 불안정하였다. 이 효소는 $60^{\circ}C$에서 10분간 열처리시 실활되었다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.326-332
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• 2007

In order to understand the functional role of CPRl in Saccharomyces cerevisiae KNU5377 with regard to its multi-tolerance characteristics against high temperatures, inorganic acids, and oxidative stress conditions, whole cellular proteins were analyzed via liquid chromatography electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS/MS). This procedure was followed by two-dimensional (2-D) gel electrophoresis. Under menadione stress conditions, the 23 upregulated proteins were clearly identified only in the wild- type strain of KNU5377. Among the proteins, Sodl1p Tsa1p, Ahp1, Cpr1p, Cpr3, Ssb2p, and Hsp12p were identified as components of antioxidant systems or protein-folding related systems. The CPR1 protein could not be completely detected in the $cpr1{\Delta}$ mutant of KNU5377 and the other upregulated proteins in the wild-type strain evidenced a clear correlation with the results of immunoblot analysis. Moreover, a reduction in growth patterns (about 50%) could be observed in the $cpr1{\Delta}$ mutant, as compared with that of the wild-type strain under mild MD stress conditions. These results indicate that the upregulation of CPR1 may contribute to tolerance against MD as an inducer of oxidative stress.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.79-85
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• 1985

대두 경남 장려품종인 장백, 광교, 강림 및 남천등의 근류로부터 Rhizobium japonicum을 분리하여 그 중 질소고정력이 R. japonicum 61A 76이나 3 I1110보다 강한 JB 101을 선별하였다. 선별된 JB 101을 N-methy1-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine 처리 및 UV조사에 많은 돌연변이체를 얻고 이들로 부터 경남 장려품종인 장백에 접종시근류 생성력 및 질소고정력등 JB 101에 비하여 훨씬 높을 뿐만아니라 SM 35에 비해서도 다소 높은 JB 65를 선별하여 이 균주의 근류생성력, 질소고정력, 고정된 암모니아가 질소고정에 미치는 영향, hydrogenase 활성등 공생관련 제 특성과 아울러 이 균주 단백질의 아미노산 조성, 2D-polyacrylamide gel을 이용한 전기영동등의 생화학적 특성도 아울러 조사하였다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.9-12
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• 1985

증폭된 재조합 trp operon의 발현을 위한 숙주박테리아 개발의 일환으로 숙수 E. coli에 $aroP^{-}$ 변이를 도입하였다. $aroP^{-}$ 변이의 유도에는 trans po son Tn10을 사용하였으며 P1Kc파아지를 이용하여 숙주박테리아에 형질도입하였다. General aromatic amino acid transport system이 결여된 $aroP^{-}$ 변이주는 $\beta$-thienylalanine ($(2{\times}10^{-4}M)$). p-fluor-phenylalanine ($(2{\times}10^{-4}M)$) 그리고 5-methyltryptophan에 저항성을 가졌다. $aroP^{-}$ 변이주는 $aroP^{-}$ 야생주에 비해서 〔$[^3H]$-tryptophan uptake가 상당히 감소하였다. 또한 NaN, ($(2{\times}10^{-4}M)$)를 처리하였을 때의 ($[^3H]$)-tryptophan uptake 비율은 aroP 변이주가 $aroP^{-}$야생주보다 덜 감소하였다. E. coli $trpR^{-ts}/ColE_1 -trp^+$ 균주에 aroP 형질을 도입하였을 때 트립토판 방출이 $aroP^{-}$ 야생주에 비해서 4 배나 증가하였다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.1021-1027
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• 2007

We demonstrated the genetic polymorphism of aldehyde oxidase (AO) in Donryu strain rats: the ultrarapid metabolizer (UM) with nucleotide mutation of (377G, 2604C) coding for amino acid substitution of (110Gly, 852Val), extensive metabolizer (EM) with (377G/A, 2604C/T) coding for (110Gly/Ser, 852Val/Ala), and poor metabolizer (PM) with (377A, 2604T) coding for (110Ser, 852Ala), respectively. The results suggested that 377G > A and/or 2604C > T should be responsible for the genetic polymorphism. In this study, we constructed an E. coli expression system of four types of AO cDNA including Mut-1 with (377G, 2604T) and Mut-2 with (377A, 2604C) as well as naturally existing nucleotide sequences of UM and PM in order to clarify which one is responsible for the polymorphism. Mut-1 and Mut-2 showed almost the same high and low activity as that of the UM and PM groups, respectively. Thus, the expression study of mutant AO cDNA directly revealed that the nucleotide substitution of 377G > A, but not that of 2604C > T, will play a critical role in the genetic polymorphism of AO in Donryu strain rats. The reason amino acid substitution will cause genetic polymorphism in AO activity was discussed.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.304-312
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• 2013

The thermotolerant methylotrophic yeast Hansenula polymorpha is attracting interest as a potential strain for the production of recombinant proteins and biofuels. However, only limited numbers of genome engineering tools are currently available for H. polymorpha. In the present study, we identified the HpPOL3 gene encoding the catalytic subunit of DNA polymerase ${\delta}$ of H. polymorpha and mutated the sequence encoding conserved amino acid residues that are important for its proofreading 3'${\rightarrow}$5' exonuclease activity. The resulting $HpPOL3^*$ gene encoding the error-prone proofreading-deficient DNA polymerase ${\delta}$ was cloned under a methanol oxidase promoter to construct the mutator plasmid pHIF8, which also contains additional elements for site-specific chromosomal integration, selection, and excision. In a H. polymorpha mutator strain chromosomally integrated with pHIF8, a $URA3^-$ mutant resistant to 5-fluoroorotic acid was generated at a 50-fold higher frequency than in the wild-type strain, due to the dominant negative expression of $HpPOL3^*$. Moreover, after obtaining the desired mutant, the mutator allele was readily removed from the chromosome by homologous recombination to avoid the uncontrolled accumulation of additional mutations. Our mutator system, which depends on the accumulation of random mutations that are incorporated during DNA replication, will be useful to generate strains with mutant phenotypes, especially those related to unknown or multiple genes on the chromosome.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.837-844
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• 2008

Glucose (xylose) isomerases from Streptomyces sp. have been used for the production of high fructose corn syrup for industrial purposes. An 11-kb DNA fragment containing the xyl gene cluster was isolated from Streptomyces lividans TK24 and its nucleotide sequences were analyzed. It was found that the xyl gene cluster contained a putative transcriptional repressor (xylR), xylulokinase (xylB), and xylose isomerase (xylA) genes. The transcriptional directions of the xylB and xylA genes were divergent, which is consistent to those found in other streptomycetes. A gene encoding XylR was located downstream of the xylB gene in the same direction, and its mutant strain produced xylose isomerase regardless of xylose in the media. The enzyme expression level in the mutant was 4.6 times higher than that in the parent strain under xylose-induced condition. Even in the absence of xylose, the mutant strain produce over 60% of enzyme compared with the xylose-induced condition. Gel mobility shift assay showed that XylR was able to bind to the putative xyl promoter, and its binding was inhibited by the addition of xylose in vitro. This result suggested that XylR acts as a repressor in the S. lividans xylose operon.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.21-27
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• 1999

Nonpathogenic mutants of Xanthomonas campestris pv. glycines were generated with Omegon-Kim to isolate genes essential for pathogenicity and inducing hypersensitive response (HR). Three nonpathogenic multants and two mutants showing slow symptom development were isolated among 1,000 colonies tested. From two nonpathogenic mutants, 8-13 and 26-13, genes homologous to hrcC and hrpF of X. campestris pv. vesicatoria were identified. The nonpathogenic mutant 8-13 had a mutation in a gene homologous to hrpF of X. campestris pv. vesicatoria and failed to cause HR on pepper plants but still induced HR on tomato leaves. The nonpathogenic mutant 26-13 had an insertional mutation in a gene homologous to hrcC of X. campestris pv. vesicatoria and lost the ability to induce HR on pepper leaves but still caused HR on tomato plants. Unlike other phytopathogenic bacteria, the parent strain and these two mutants of X. campestris pv. glycines did not cause HR on tobacco plants. a cosmid clone, pBL1, that complemented the phenotypes of 8-13 was isolated. From the analysis of restriction enzyme mapping and deletion analyses of pBL1, a 9.0-kb Eco RI fragment restored the phenotypes of 8-13. pBL1 failed to complement the phenotypes of 26-13, indicating that the hrcC gene resides outside of the insert DNA of pBL1. One nonpathogenic mutant, 13-33, had a mutation in a gene homologous to a miaA gene encoding tRNA delta (2)-isopentenylpyrophosphate transferase of Escherichia coli. This indicated that tRNA modifications in X. campestris pv. glycines may be required for expression of genes necessary for pathogenicity. The mutant 13-33 multiplied as well as the parent strain did in the culture medium and in planta, indicating that loss of pathogenicity is not due to the inability of multiplication in vivo.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.1324-1326
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• 2004

In previous studies, we isolated an isogenic LPS mutant of Bradyrhizobium japonicum 61A101C, which was completely devoid of O-polysaccharide and had altered cell surface characteristics. Subsequently, the mutated gene was identified, cloned, and used to complement the LPS mutant strain JS314 to restore the phenotype. Since it has been reported that in Escherichia coli LPS O-polysaccharide is involved in resistance to an organic acid such as acetic acid under low pH (Barna et al., Molecular Microbiology 43: 629-640, 2002), we compared the organic acid resistance of the three B. japonicum strains; wild-type 61A101C, the LPS mutant JS314, and the complemented strain to determine whether the role of O-polysaccharide in the resistance to organic acid could be generalized. Growth of all three strains was inhibited by the presence of 3 mM acetic acid under acidic condition (pH 5.5). To our surprise, however, in the presence of 2 mM acetic acid, wild-type and the complemented strains did not grow while the $LPS^-$ mutant showed a significant growth. Therefore, unlike in E. coli, the lack of O­polysaccharide of LPS appears to render B. japonicum more resistant to organic acid.

• 한국미생물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국미생물학회 2002년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.59-62
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• 2002

The role of a TolC homologue in the virulence of Vibrio vulnificus, a marine bacterium causing serious wound infection and fulminant septicemia in persons with underlying conditions, has been studied. TolC, an outer membrane protein, has been implicated in a variety of bacterial functions including export of diverse molecules ranging from large proteins to antibiotics. A homologue of the tolC gene of V. cholerae, which has been shown to be required for bile resistance, cytotoxicity and colonization of this organism, was identified in the partially determined genome sequence of V. vulnificus. To determine the role of TolC in the virulence of V. vulnificus, a TolC-deficient (TD) mutant was isolated by in vivo allelic exchange. Compared with the parent strain, the TD mutant was more sensitive to bile, and much less virulent in mice challenged subcutaneously. This mutant was noncytotoxic to the HEp-2 cells, but its metalloprotease and cytolysin activities in the culture supernatant were comparable to the parent strain. In addition, the resistance of the TD mutant to human serum bactericidal activity as well as its growth in either human or murine blood was not affected. Collectively, our data suggest that TolC may be involved in colonization and/or spread of V. vulnificus to the blood stream, probably by secreting a cytotoxin other than the cytolysin.