• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제6권6호
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• pp.451-455
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• 1996

Physiological studies on the expression of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. tenebrionis (Btt) gene coding for insecticidal protein in recombinant Escherichia coli 537 were carried out to identify optimal culture condition. It was necessary to shift culture temperature from 30 to $42^{\circ}C$ to express the gene. Expression of the Btt toxin gene by recombinant E. coli 537 began within one hour after induction. Complex nitrogen sources increased production of the insecticidal protein. The total insecticidal protein was 0.5 g/I when using yeast extract as a complex nitrogen source. Soybean hydrolysate showed apparently the highest induction efficiency. After induction, the cellular content of the insecticidal protein was 5.4 times higher than it had been before induction. The optimal cultivation strategy was found to grow cells for 7hours at $30^{\circ}C$ and then 5-8 hours at $42^{\circ}C$. The optimal cultivation pH for the production of insecticidal protein was 6.5. The Btt toxin produced by the recombinant E. coli 537 was found to have the same level of potency against Colorado potato beetle as the original toxin.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.145-149
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• 2000

GroEL is a typical molecular chaperone. GroEL synthesis patterns at various culture temperatures in Escherichia coli were investigated in this study. No significant differences in the amount of GroEL produced from the chromosome were found at 30 and 37$^{\circ}C$. However, GroEL production increased 3.4-fold at 42$^{\circ}C$. GroEL synthesis was not transient but continuous at 42$^{\circ}C$, although most heat shock gene expression is known to be transient. To understand the role of the groEL structural gene, a groE promoter-lacZ fusion was constructed. Interestingly , while transcriptional fusion is not thermally inducible, it is inducible by ethanol, suggesting that the secondary structure of the groEL transcript is involved in thermal regulation of the groEL gene. Secondary structures of groE mRNA at 37 and 42$^{\circ}C$ were compared using the computer program RNAdraw. Distinct structures at the two temperatures were found, and these structures may be related to a high level of GroEL expression at 42$^{\circ}C$.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.533-539
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• 1995

재조합 대장균에 의해 생합성된 PHB를 분리정제하기 위하여 박테리오파아지의 세포파괴작용을 이용하는 방법의 가능성에 대해 알아 보았다. 먼저, $cI_{857}$ 유전자를 지난 박테리오파아지 A를 대장균에 감염시킨 후 lysogen, XLl-Blue($\lambda$HL1)를 선별하고, 이 균주에 PHA 생합성 플라스미드를 도입시켜 원하는 균주인 XLI-Blue($\lambda$HL1, pSYLl05)를 만들였다. 숙주인 XLl-Blue, 열적유도에 의해 세포파괴가 가능한 XLl-Blue($\lambda$HL1), 그리고 세포파괴와 PHB 생합성이 모두 가능한 XLl-Blue(AHL1, pSYL105) 에 대하여 여러 가지 조건에서의 실험결과를 비교.검토하였다. XLI-Blue($\lambda$IL1, pSYLl05)의 경우 대수기에서는 열적유도만으로 세포파괴를 효과적으로 야기할 수 있었으나 PHB가 축적되는 정지기에서는 열척유도만으로 세포파괴를 일으킬 수 없었다. 세포 파괴를 보다 용이하게 하기 위하여 열적유도 빛 2% (v/v)의 chloroform을 사용하는 화학적용균을 병행 하였는데, 이 경우 세포파괴가 효과적으로 일어남을 관찰할 수 있었다.