• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.833-839
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• 2021

Bacillus subtilis CH3-5 isolated from cheonggukjang secretes a 28 kDa protease with a strong fibrinolytic activity. Its gene, aprE3-5, was cloned and expressed in a heterologous host (Jeong et al., 2007). In this study, the promoter of aprE3-5 was replaced with other stronger promoters (P_cry3A, P₁₀, P_SG1, P_srfA) of Bacillus spp. using PCR. The constructed chimeric genes were cloned into pHY300PLK vector, and then introduced into B. subtilis WB600. The P10 promoter conferred the highest fibrinolytic activity, i.e., 1.7-fold higher than that conferred by the original promoter. Overproduction of the 28 kDa protease was confirmed using SDS-PAGE and fibrin zymography. RT-qPCR analysis showed that aprE3-5 expression was 2.0-fold higher with the P10 promoter than with the original promoter. Change of the initiation codon from GTG to ATG further increased the fibrinolytic activity. The highest aprE3-5 expression was observed when two copies of the P₁₀ promoter were placed in tandem upstream of the ATG initiation codon. The construct with P10 promoter and ATG and the construct with two copies of P10 promoter in tandem and ATG exhibited 117% and 148% higher fibrinolytic activity, respectively, than that exhibited by the construct containing P10 promoter and GTG. These results confirmed that significant overproduction of a fibrinolytic enzyme can be achieved by suitable promoter modification, and this approach may have applications in the industrial production of AprE3-5 and related fibrinolytic enzymes.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.662-666
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 Saccharomyces cerevisiae를 이용해서 neoagarobiose hydrolase (NABH)를 효율적으로 생산하기 위한 NABH558 유전자 발현시스템을 구축하였다. ADH1 promoter와 GAL10 promoter 하류에 NABH558 유전자를 가진 pAMFα-NABH plasmid와 pGMFα-NABH plasmid는 S. cerevisiae 2805 균주에 형질전환되었다. 2805/pAMFα-NABH 균주는 YPD (2% dextrose) 배지에서 가장 높은 NABH 효소 활성(0.069 unit/ml/DCW)을 보였고, 2805/pGMFα-NABH 균주의 경우는 배지의 조성과 상관없이 비슷한 수준의 NABH 활성(0.02-0.027 unit/ml/DCW)을 보였다. RT-PCR을 통한 NABH558 유전자의 transcription level은 NABH 활성 증가에 따라 비슷한 수준으로 증가되었음을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 재조합균주에서 생산된 NABH는 agarose를 galactose와 AHG로 분해하였다. 따라서 NABH558 유전자의 발현에는 ADH1 promoter를 사용하는 것이 더 효율적이며 GAL10 promoter와 비교해서 최대 3배정도 높은 활성의 재조합 NABH를 생산할 수 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.583-589
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• 2009

GTP cyclohydrolase I (GTPCH) is a key enzyme in the de novo synthesis of tetrahydrobiopterin. Previously, the Drosophila melanogaster GTPCH gene has been shown to be expressed from two different promoters (P1 and P2). In our study, the 5'-flanking DNA regions required for P1 and P2 promoter activities were characterized using transient expression assay. The DNA regions between -98 and +31, and between -73 and +35 are required for efficient P1 and P2 promoter activities, respectively. The regions between -98 and -56 and between -73 and -41 may contain critical elements required for the expression of GTPCH in Drosophila. By aligning the nucleotide sequences in the P1 and P2 promoter regions of the Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila virilrs GTPCH genes, several conserved elements including palindromic sequences in the regions critical for P1 and P2 promoter activities were identified. Western blot analysis of transgenic flies transformed using P1 or P2 promoter-lacZ fusion plasmids further revealed that P1 promoter expression is restricted to the late pupae and adult developmental stages but that the P2 promoter driven expression of GTPCH is constitutive throughout fly development. In addition, X-gal staining of the embryos and imaginal discs of transgenic flies suggests that the P2 promoter is active from stage 13 of embryo and is generally active in most regions of the imaginal discs at the larval stages.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.445-452
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• 1996

본 연구에서는 GALl, GALl, GALlO 및 GAP promoter 하류에 reporter 유전자인 K. marxianus의 inulinase 유전자(lNUl)를 연결하여 각각의 재조합 plasmid들을 구축하고, 이들로 형질전환된 S. cerevrswe를 회분배양(YPOG 배지 )하여 외래 유전자 발현에 미치는 promoter의 영향을 비교.검토하 였다. 재조합 효모의 최종 균체농도는 36-39 00600 값을 보여 promoter에 따른 큰 차이를 보이지 않았으나, 포도당 소모기간 동안 비증식속도는 평균 $0.24 h^{-1}$로 유지되다가 galactose 소모기간 동안에 GAL promoter 함유 효모배양의 경우 $0.04-0.06 h^{-1}$, pYIGP 함유 재조합 효모배양은 $0.10 h^{-1}$로 감소하였다. 포도당 고갈 후 inulinase 발현은 시작되었고 균체외 inulinase의 발현 수준은 배양 72시간에 4.3 (GALl promoter), 4.0 (GAL7 promoter), 3.8 (GAL10 promoter) 및 1.6 (GAP promoter) unit/mL에 도달하였다. 평판배지상에서의 활성염색과 회분배양의 결과(최종발현양 및 초기 inulinase 말현속도), inulinase 발현에 미치는 promoter 세기 는 GALl > GALlO > GAL7 > GAP 순임을 알 수 있었다. GAL promoter가 배양말기까지 78 % 이상의 높은 plasmid 안정성을 보인 반면에, GAP promoter의 경우 55%의 낮은 plasmid 안정성을 보였다. 또한, 재조합 inulinase는 promoter 종류에 상관없이 98% 이상 배양액으로 분비되였다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제27권12호
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• pp.1403-1409
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 lignocellulosic biomass (xylose)의 부가가치를 높이고 효율적인 활용을 위해 xylitol dehydrogenase를 Saccharomyces cerevisiae 숙주세포에서 분비 생산하고자 하였다. 먼저 S. cerevisiae와 Pichia stipitis유래 XYL2 유전자(S.XYL2 and P.XYL2 gene)의 발현 시스템을 구축하기 위하여 GAL10 promoter와 ADH1 promoter 하류에 각각 mating factor ${\alpha}$ ($MF{\alpha}$) signal sequence와 XYL2유전자를 가진 $pGMF{\alpha}-S.XYL2$, $pGMF{\alpha}-P.XYL2$, $pAMF{\alpha}-S.XYL2$와 $pAMF{\alpha}-P.XYL2$ plasmid를 구축하였다. 각각의 plasmid는 S. cerevisiae $SEY2102{\Delta}trp1$ 균주에 형질전환되었고, 생산된 xylitol dehydrogenase의 활성을 조사해 본 결과, GAL10 promoter가 ADH1 promoter보다 XYL2유전자의 발현에 더욱 적합함을 확인 할 수 있었다. 또한 P. stipitis 유래의 xylitol dehydrogenase 효소 활성이 S. cerevisiae 유래의 효소 활성보다 2배 이상 더 높았으며, 활성의 증가를 위해 두 유전자 모두 cofactor로 $NAD^+$에 의존한다는 것을 확인하였다. 재조합 유전자가 가지는 분비서열에 의해 $SEY2102{\Delta}trp1/pGMF{\alpha}-P.XYL2$ 균주에서 xylitol dehydrogenase의 약 77%는 periplasmic space로 분비 발현되었음을 알 수 있었다. 또한 재조합 xylitol dehydrogenase의 효율적인 생산을 위해 탄소원의 영향을 조사해본 결과, glucose 단독보다 glucose와 xylose를 혼합 배양한 경우에서 효소활성이 최대 41% 정도 증가되었음을 확인 할 수 있었다. 본 연구에서 최적화한 발현 시스템 및 배양 조건은 xylose 뿐만 아니라 다양한 biomass를 이용한 유용물질 생산을 위한 관련 단백질의 발현 분비시스템 구축 및 대량생산에도 응용될 수 있을 것이라 생각된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.585-591
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• 2001

To compare the p10 promoter activity of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV)K1 and K4, recombinant viruses Bm101-LacZ and Bm104-LacZ with a lacZ gene under the control of each p10 promoter were constructed. The $\beta$-galactosidase activity due to Bm101-LacZ was about 5.5- and 1.1-fold higher than that due to Bm104-LacZ and BmK1-LacZ, respectively. expressing ${\beta}$-galactosidase under the control of a polyhedrin promoter. The recombinant virus BmK1-104LacZ with the same genome structure as Bm101-LacZ, except for a p10 promoter region, produced a similar ${\beta}$-galactosidase activity to that due to Bm104-LacZ and 5.5-fold lower than that due to Bm101-LacZ. The virus yield, expression level of polyhedrin, and polyhedra productivity for each recombinant virus was almost similar. These results suggested that the difference in the expression level of ${\beta}$-galactosidase resulted from a difference in the p10 promoter regions, and that an expression vector using the p10 promoter of BmNPV-K1 could be usefully exploited in the mass production of foreign proteins with silkworm larvae by means of oral ingestion.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.37-44
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• 1991

A shuttle promoter-probe vector, pEB203, was derived from pBR322, pPL703 and pUB110. Using the vector, a useful DNA fragment, 319 bp EcoRI fragment, having strong promoter activity has been cloned from Bacillus subtills chromosomal DNA. Selection was based on chloramphenicol resistance which is dependent upon the introduction of DNA fragments allowing expression of a chloramphenicol acetyl transferase gene. The nucleotide sequence of the 319 bp fragment has been determined and the putative -35 and -10 region, ribosome binding site, and ATG initiation codon were observed. This promoter was named EB promoter and the resultant plasmid which can be used as an expression vector was named pEBP313. The crystal protein gene from B. thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki HD-73 was cloned downstream from the EB promoter without its own promoter. When the resultant plasmid, pBT313, was introduced into Escherichia coli and B. subtilis, efficient synthesis of crystal protein was observed in both cells, and the cp gene expression in B. subtilis begins early in the vegetative phase. The cell extracts from both clones were toxic to Hyphantria cunea larvae.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.278-285
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• 1999

In order to use heat shock promoter for the detection of toxic substances, dnaK promoter was amplified from E. coli genomic DNA by using a polymerase chain reaction(PCR) followed by sequencing and sub-cloning into the multi-cloning site of the plasmid, pUCD615. The pUCD615 is a broad-host-range vector containing promoterless lux operon originated from V.fischeri. The recombinant plasmid was transfered to E. coli DH5$\alpha$ through electroporation. The recombinant E. coli showed several patterns of bioluminescent responses to ethanol stress. The bioluminescent E. coli also showed responses to other toxic substances including FeK3(CN)6, CdCl2, p-nitrophenol and HgCl2. The increases of RLU(Relative Light Unit) were observed at 100ppm of FeK3(CN)6, 10ppm and 100ppm and 100ppm of CdCl2, 1ppm of 10ppm of p-nitrophenol and at 1ppm of HgCl2.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2001년도 추계학술발표대회
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• pp.762-766
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• 2001

The nar promoter of Escherichia coli was known to induce maximally under anaerobic or microaerobic conditions in the presence of nitrate. In this study, the nar promoter was tested to see whether the expression level of a reporter gene which fused lacZ gene at nar promoter's downstream, in the some gram negative host strains(Agrobacterium, Pseudomonas and Rhizobium). A nar promoter system(Combination of nar promoter and gram negative strain) was grown under aerobic conditions to absorbance at 600 nm of nearly 2.0 and then, the nar promoter was induced by lowering DO to 1-2% with alternating microaerobic and aerobic condition in the fermentor cultures, using different gram negative hosts. For a wild type nar promoter (pNW61), it was possible to maintain production of ${\beta}-galactosidase$ activity per cell(specific ${\beta}-galactosidase$ activity) at 14,000, 9600, 45 Miller units in the presence of 1% nitrate. and for a nitrate - independent nar promoter (pNW618) at 12,000, 10,400 and 58 Miller units in the absence of nitrate ion, respectively.

• Journal of Life Science
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.108-110
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• 2001

The E. coli expression system to overproduce a harmful protein, carboxypeptidase Taq was developed. Since expression plasmid pCK305N containing the colicin promoter already has the initiation codon on the restriction site, the initiation codon of the CPase Taq gene was removed. Expression plasmid pCP4-col includes the entire CPase Taq gene, which is directed by the colicin promoter. E. coli cells harboring pCP-col produced a high amount of the enzyme when they were cultured in the present of mitomycin C (0.4 ${\mu}g$/ml). An amount of purified enzyme produced by pCP4-col directed by the colicin promoter was 10.5 mg. This result indicated that the novel E. coli expression system controlled by the colicin promoter could produce almost twice amounts of CPase Taq than the conventional system controlled by the tart promoter.