• KSBB Journal
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.39-44
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• 2003

A Gene content phylogenetic tree and a 16s rRNA based phylogenetic tree were compared for 33 whole-genome sequenced procaryotes, neighbor joining and bootstrap methods (n=1,000). Ratio of conserved COG (clusters of orthologous groups of proteins) to orthologs revealed that they were within the range of 4.60% (Mezorhizobium loti) or 56.57% (Mycopiasma genitalium). This meant that the ratio was diverse among analyzed procaryotes and indicated the possibility of searching for useful genes. Over 20% of orthologs were independent among the same species. The gene content tree and the 16s rDNA tree showed coincidence and discordance in Archaeabacteria, Proteobacteria and Firmicutes. This might have resulted from non-conservative genes in the gene content phylogenetic tree and horizontal gene transfer. The COG based gene content tree could be regarded as a midway phylogeny based on biochemical tests and nucleotide sequences.

• BMB Reports
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• v.42 no.12
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• pp.823-828
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• 2009

Techniques for analyzing protein-DNA interactions on a genome-wide scale have recently established regulatory roles for distal enhancers. However, the large sizes of higher eukaryotic genomes have made identification of these elements difficult. Information regarding sequence conservation, exon annotation and repetitive regions can be used to reduce the size of the search region. However, previously developed resources are inadequate for consolidating such information. CONVIRT is a web resource for the identification of transcription factor binding sites and also features comparative genomics. Genomic information on ortholog-independent conserved regions, exons, repeats and sequences is integrated into the virtual chromosome, and statistically over-represented single or combinations of transcription factor binding sites are sought. CONVIRT provides regulatory network analysis for several organisms with long promoter regions and permits inter-species genome alignments. CONVIRT is freely available at http://biosoft.kaist.ac.kr/convirt.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.18 no.8
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• pp.1353-1356
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• 2008

RNase E (Rne) plays a major role in the decay and processing of numerous RNAs in E. coli, and protein inhibitors of RNase E, RraA and RraB, have recently been discovered. Here, we report that coexpression of RraA or RraB reduces the ribonucleolytic activity in rne-deleted E. coli cells overproducing RNase ES, a Streptomyces coelicolor functional ortholog of RNase E, and consequently rescues these cells from growth arrest. These findings suggest that the regulators of ribonuclease activity have a conserved intrinsic property that effectively acts on an RNase E-like enzyme found in a distantly related bacterial species.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2005.07b
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• pp.280-282
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• 2005

현재 국내외 적으로 많은 대사경로 재구축을 위한 소프트웨어들이 개발 보급되고 있다. 그러나 기존의 소프트웨어들은 유전자 서열의 주해 작업이 끝난 게놈에 대해서만 가능하다. 따라서 대사경로를 예측하고자 할 경우는 주해 작업이 선행되어야 하는 어려움이 있었다. 본 논문에서는 주해 작업이 완료되지 않은 유전자 서열로부터 유전자의 기능 예측뿐만 아니라 대사경로를 예측할 수 있는 시스템을 제안한다. 제안된 시스템은 Orthologous 데이터베이스를 활용하여 새롭게 밝혀진 유전자 서열을 대상으로 비교적 정확성이 높은 대사경로를 예측하는 기능을 제공한다. 이 방법을 통해 주해 작업이 완료되지 않은 유전자 서열을 이용하여 서열 내에 포함된 유전자의 기능을 예측할 뿐만 아니라 예측된 유전자 정보를 이용하여 대사 경로를 예측할 수 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems Conference
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.255-258
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• 2004

본 연구는 유전자 기능예측에 있어서 유사성 검색과 비교유전체학이 가진 한계를 극복하기 위하여 9종의 Human Herpesvirus를 대상으로 COG와 계통유전학적 방법을 적용하여 향상된 유전자 기능예측을 하고자 하였다. COG의 방법을 이용하여 114 HCOGs (Human Herpesvvirus COGs)를 구축하고, HCOGs를 바탕으로 유전자 컨텐츠트리를 제작하였다. 이 트리를 통하여 각 HCOG는 $\alpha$-특이적 그룹, $\beta$-특이적 그룹, $\alpha$, $\beta$, ${\gamma}$ -특이적 그룹 중 하나에 속함을 보였다. 계통유전체학의 적용을 위하여 u, $\beta$, ${\gamma}$ -특이 그룹에 속하는 ORF중 DNA polymerase를 이용하여 종트리를 제작하였다. SDI (Speciation and Duplication) 알고리즘을 통하여 148개의 당단백질에서 47개의 복제점을 예측하였고, 초기 HCOG의 제작에서 제외되었던 7 ORF는 당단백질과 관련된 5개의 HCOG로 재 정의 하였다. 이 연구를 통하여 COG는 ortholog 그룹을 를러스터링하는데 효과적인 방법이며, 이를 더욱 보완할 수 있는 방법으로 비교유전체학이 사용될 수 있음을 확인하였다. 이는 비교유전체학의 방법과 계통유전체학적 방법을 조화시켜 유전자 기능 예측을 보완할 수 있음을 보여 주었다.

• BMB Reports
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• v.41 no.5
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• pp.363-368
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• 2008

Two genes of temperate mycobacteriophage L5, namely, gp63 and gp64, were hypothesized to be toxic to M. smegmatis. An identical L5 gp64 ortholog (designated hlg1) was cloned from homoimmune mycobacteriophage L1 and characterized at length here. As expected, hlg1 affected the growth of M. smegmatis when overexpressed from a resident plasmid. HLG1 (the protein encoded by hlg1) in fact caused growth retardation of M. smegmatis and the region encompassing its 57-114 C-terminal amino acid residues was found indispensable for its growthretardation activity. Both nucleic acid and protein biosynthesis were severely impaired in M. smegmatis expressing HLG1. Interestingly, HLG1 also affected E. coli almost similarly. This putative delayed early lipoprotein did not participate in the lytic growth of L1.

• Mycobiology
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• v.42 no.4
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• pp.427-431
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• 2014

Mitochondrial protein Nfu1 plays an important role in the assembly of mitochondrial Fe-S clusters and intracellular iron homeostasis in the model yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In this study, we identified the Nfu1 ortholog in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. Our data showed that C. neoformans Nfu1 localized in the mitochondria and influenced homeostasis of essential metals such as iron, copper and manganese. Marked growth defects were observed in the mutant lacking NFU1, which suggests a critical role of Nfu1 in Fe-S cluster biosynthesis and intracellular metal homeostasis in C. neoformans.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.24 no.7
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• pp.954-958
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• 2014

Succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase (SSADH) catalyzes the oxidation of succinic semialdehyde (SSA) into succinic acid in the final step of ${\gamma}$-aminobutyric acid degradation. Here, we characterized Bacillus subtilis SSADH (BsSSADH) regarding its cofactor discrimination and substrate inhibition. BsSSADH showed similar values of the catalytic efficiency ($k_{ca}t/K_m$) in both $NAD^+$ and $NADP^+$ as cofactors, and exhibited complete uncompetitive substrate inhibition at higher SSA concentrations. Further analyses of the sequence alignment and homology modeling indicated that the residues of catalytic and cofactor-binding sites in other SSADHs were highly conserved in BsSSADH.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.30 no.9
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• pp.813-818
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• 2020

The archaeal clusters of orthologous genes (arCOG) algorithm, which identifies common genes among archaebacterial genomes, was used to identify conservative genes among 168 archaebacterial strains. The numbers of conserved orthologs were 14, 10, 9, and 8 arCOGs in 168, 167, 166, and 165 strains, respectively. Among 41 conserved arCOGs, 13 were related to function J (translation, ribosomal structure, and biogenesis), and 10 were related to function L (replication, recombination, and repair). Among the 14 conserved arCOGs in all 168 strains, 6 arCOGs of tRNA synthetase comprised the highest proportion. Of the remaining 8 arCOGs, 2 are involved in reactions with ribosomes, 2 for tRNA synthesis, 2 for DNA replication, and 2 for transcription. These results showed the importance of protein expression in archaea. For the classes or orders having 3 or more members, genomic analysis was performed by averaging the distance values of the conservative arCOGs. Classes Archaeoglobi and Thermoplasmata of the phylum Euryarchaeota showed the lowest and the highest average of distance value, respectively. This study can provides data necessary for basic scientific research and the development of antibacterial agents and tumor control.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.25 no.9
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• pp.1007-1013
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• 2015

A COG (Cluster of Orthologous Groups of proteins) algorithm was applied to detect conserved genes in 711 prokaryotes. Only COG0080 (ribosomal protein L11) was common among all the 711 prokaryotes analyzed and 58 COGs were common in more than 700 prokaryotes. Nine COGs among 58, including COG0197 (endonuclease III) and COG0088 (ribosomal protein L4), were conserved in a form of one gene per one organism. COG0008 represented 1356 genes in 709 of the prokaryotes and this was the highest number of genes among 58 COGs. Twenty-two COGs were conserved in more than 708 prokaryotes. Of these, two were transcription related, four were tRNA synthetases, eight were large ribosomal subunits, seven were small ribosomal subunits, and one was translation elongation factor. Among 58 conserved COGs in more than 700 prokaryotes, 50 (86.2%) were translation related, and four (6.9%) were transcription related, pointing to the importance of protein-synthesis in prokaryotes. Among these 58 COGs, the most conserved COG was COG0060 (isoleucyl tRNA synthetase), and the least conserved was COG0143 (methionyl tRNA synthetase). Archaea and eubacteria were discriminated in the genomic analysis by the average distance and variation in distance of common COGs. The identification of these conserved genes could be useful in basic and applied research, such as antibiotic development and cancer therapeutics.