• BMB Reports
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.248-253
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• 2008

Stresses and nutritional starvation are two main external signals for the induction of sex pheromones in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. In an attempt to identify the components involved in transduction of starvation signals, we screened 135 temperature-sensitive (ts) mutants and isolated 6 mutants that induced the pheromone even in the presence of a nitrogen source. These mutants exhibited two distict induction phenotypes: pheromone induction at restrictive but not at permissive temperatures; and pheromone induction at both permissive and restrictive temperatures. The times required for the maximum pheromone induction at the restrictive temperature differed slightly in each mutant. In addition to the pheromone induction phenotype, the ts243 and ts304 mutants exhibited cell-division-cycle defects. The ts304 mutant cells showed an abnormal cytoplasmic DAPI staining pattern. The nucleolus of this mutant seemed to be fragmented, a phenomenon which is typically observed in aged yeast cells. The result of our genetic analysis indicated that the pheromone induction mutants belonged to 6 separate complementation groups. We designated these mutants pws1 to pws6.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.535-540
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• 1990

B.sphaericus ts-D1290의 특성을 정상균주 (B.sphaericus 1593)와 비교하기 위하여 방사성 동위원소를 이용하여 DNA, RNA 그리고 단백질 생합성량을 허용온도와 비허용온도에서 측정하고, 온도의 영향을 조사하였다. 1. ts-D1290 돌연변이주를 $30^{\circ}C$에서 배양하였을 때는 정상균주와 유사한 증식을 보였으나, 제한 온도인 $42^{\circ}C$에서는 거의 증식을 하지 않았다. 2. 온도를 $30^{\circ}C$에서 $42^{\circ}C$로 상승하여 배양하였을 때는 두 균주 모두 정상적인 높은 증식률을 보였으며, 온도를 $42^{\circ}C$에서 4시간 배양 후 $30^{\circ}C$ 하강하여 배양하였을 때는 정상균주는 정상적인 증식을 하였으나, ts-D1290 돌연변이주는 거의 증식을 하지 않았다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.541-546
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• 1990

Bacillus sphaericus ts-D1290 치사돌연변이주의 특성을 연구하기 위하여 제한온도와 허용온도에서 생산하는 단백질의 차이점을 연구하였고, 모기유충에서 생산하는 단백질을 분리하여 모기유충에 치사되는지를 조사하였다. ts-D1290 균주를 $42^{\circ}C$에서 배양했을 때는 $30^{\circ}C$ 배양보다 균체의 단백질 함량이 약 1/5로 감소하였고, $42^{\circ}C$에서 4시간 배양후 $30^{\circ}C$로 배양하였들 때는 약 1/3로 감소하였다. 그리고 단백질 패천은 ts-D1290 균주를 $42^{\circ}C$에서 전배양 후 $30^{\circ}C$로 하강 배양하였을 때는 $30^{\circ}C$에서 전배야하여 $42^{\circ}C$로 상승배양하였을 때와는 달라 분자량 221kd 단백질이 나타나지 않았지만 분자량 150kd 단백질은 $30^{\circ}C$ 전 배양하였을 때와 같이 현저하게 나타났다.

• 한국환경성돌연변이발암원학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.93-106
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• 1990

The Drosophila temperature-sensitive mutant shibire (shi) is paralyzed at restrictive temperature by a reversible block in synaptic transmission. To explore the functional relationship among shi gene products, viability and temperature-sensitive paralytic behavior were quantitaively analyzed for four shi alleles, shi$^{ts1}$, shi$^{ts2}$, shi$^{ts4}$, and shi$^{ST139}$, and their heteroallelic combinations. The hemizygous combination of shi alleles over deficiency was not completely lethal. shi$^{ts2}$ exhibited distinctively higher viability than other alleles. A novel behavior, bang sensitivity, was also found in shi/Df(1). This bang-sensitive paralytic behavior was compared with that of the typical bang-sensitive mutant flies. Heterozygotes, shi/+, are more severe in temperature sensitivity than deficiency hemizygotes, Df(1)/+. Heteroallelic combinations of shi were less sensitive to high temperature than homozygotes. Among all allelic combinations, shi$^{ts2}$/shi$^{ts4}$ showed an unexpected extreme reduction in temperature sensitivity. The results of allelic interactions among 4 shi alleles suggest that the shi mutations examined behave as antimorphic alleles and that the gene product of shi are likely to function in multimeric forms.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.211-216
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• 2013

This study was focusing on evaluating the protection of polyphosphate kinase (ppk) deleted and/or temperature-sensitive (ts) Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) as an attenuated vaccine in chickens. We constructed SEppk, SEts and SEppk::ts mutants and screened those mutants by growth capability in vitro, protection study in mice model and antibody response in chickens. Among the mutants, SEppk::ts-3 was selected because it showed higher growth capability, good protection against highly virulent SE in mice model, and good antibody response in chickens. SEppk::ts-3 also showed good protection against highly virulent SE isolate because it decreased colonization of virulent SE challenge strain in spleen, liver and cecum compared with the non-vaccinated control. The SEppk::ts-3 mutant showed cross-protection against S. Gallinarum (SG) challenge although the its cross-protection rate was a little lower than that of SG9R, a commercial vaccine against SG infection. To use for live attenuated vaccine in chickens, it should further be characterized.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.219-222
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• 2005

The a-subunit of Escherichia coli tryptophan synthase (${\alpha}TS$), a component of the tryptophan synthase ${\alpha}_2{\beta}_2$ complex, is a monomeric 268-residues protein (Mr = 28,600). ${\alpha}TS$ by itself catalyzes the cleavage of indole-3-glycerol phosphate to glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate and indole, which is converted to tryptophan in tryptophan biosynthesis. Wild-type and P28L/Y173F double mutant ${\alpha}$-subunits were overexpressed in E. coli and crystallized at 298 K by the hanging-drop vapor-diffusion method. X-ray diffraction data were collected to $2.5{\AA}$ resolution from the wild-type crystals and to $1.8{\AA}$ from the crystals of the double mutant, since the latter produced better quality diffraction data. The wild-type crystals belonged to the monoclinic space group C2 ($a=155.64{\AA}$, $b=44.54{\AA}$, $c=71.53{\AA}$ and ${\beta}=96.39^{\circ}$) and the P28L/Y173F crystals to the monoclinic space group $P2_1$ ($a=71.09{\AA}$, b=52.70, $c=71.52{\AA}$ and ${\beta}=91.49^{\circ}$). The asymmetric unit of both structures contained two molecules of ${\alpha}TS$. Crystal volume per protein mass ($V_m$) and solvent content were $2.15{\AA}^3\;Da^{-1}$ and 42.95% for the wild-type and $2.34{\AA}^3\;Da^{-1}$ and 47.52% for the double mutant.

• 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.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제32권9호
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• pp.729-733
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• 2022

수용성 단백질이 비정상적인 불용성 응집(aggregate)으로 전환되면 질환 등 여러 문제를 야기된다. 대장균 트립토판 중합효소 α 소단위체(αTS)는 가장 흔한 구조의 하나인 TIM 배럴 구조를 가지고 있다. 이전의 연구에서 불용성 응집이 일어나는 여러 잔기치환체(Y4C, S33L, P28L, P28S, G44S, D46N, P96L, P96S)를 얻었다. 본 연구에서는 높은 안정성과 도메인 협동성 성질을 보여주는 Y173F가 다른 잔기자리에 치환으로 유도된 응집 형성을 억제할 수 있는 지 여부를 조사했다. 8개 모두에서 억제효과를 보여 주었다. 단백질 분리가 가능한 P28L αTS를 분석한 결과, 이차구조함량의 감소, 안정성 감소, 소수성표면 증가 등의 구조변화특성을 보여주었다. Y173F가 첨가된 P28L/Y173F αTS은 야생형과 비슷한 구조로 회복되었다. 본 연구는 소수성 코아에 위치하는 Tyr¹⁷³ 잔기처럼 응집을 유도하는 여러 다른 잔기 자리를 보편적으로 억제하는 잔기가 존재할 수 있음을 시사해 준다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.167-172
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• 1997

The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, mutant CH117, shows a drug-hypersensitivity (dhs) to cycloheximide, bleomycin, actinomycin D, 5-fluorouracil. nystatin, nigericin and several other antibiotics. CH 117 was also temperature-sensitive (ts). being unable to grow at $37^{\circ}C$ and secreted more invertase and acid phosphatase into the medium than the parent yeast. CH117 grows very slowly and the cell shape is somewhat larger and more sensitive to zymolyase than the wild type cells. Light microscopic and electron microscopic observation also revealed abnormality of the mutant cell wall. These characteristics indicate that CH117 has a defect in an essential component of the cell surface and that the cell wall which performs barrier functions has become leaky in the mutant. We screened a genomic library of wild type yeast for clones that can complement the mutation of CH117. A plasmid, pCHX1, with an insert of 3.6 kilobases (kbs) could complement the dhs and ts of CH117. Deletion and subcloning of the 3.6 kb insert showed that a gene for the complementation of mutant phenotypes was located in 1.9 kbs Puvll-Hindlll fragment.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.233-239
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• 1983

Bacillus thuringiensis 3ab K- 3 균주를 28$^{\circ}C$에서 UV광으로 돌연변이를 유도한 다음에 42$^{\circ}C$에서 24개의 Temperature-sensitive(ts)돌연변이 균주를 분리하여 42$^{\circ}C$에서의 성장과 항생제 저항성에 대한 성격을 연구하였다. 24개의 ts 돌연변이 균주중에 13개의 ts돌연변이체는 42$^{\circ}C$의 제한온도에서 전혀 성장을 하지 않았으며, 나머지 11개의 돌연변이체는 성장이 28$^{\circ}C$에서 보다 1/2 에서 1/4까지 감축되었다. 이러한 성격에 따라서 ts돌연변이체는 치사군과 비 치사군으로 나눌수 있었다. 또한 B. thuringiensis SI K-2을 nitrosoguanidine으로 28$^{\circ}C$에서 처리하여 7개의 Auxotrophic mutant을 분리하였다. A-N28은 Arg$^{-}$ . Gly$^{-}$ , Leu$^{-}$ , Met$^{-}$ , Ser$^{-}$ , Val$^{-}$ 을 요구했고, A-N 65는 Ala $^{-}$ , Gly$^{-}$ , Leu$^{-}$ , Met$^{-}$ , Ser$^{-}$ , Val$^{-}$ 을 요구했으며 A-N 92는 Gly$^{-}$ , Leu$^{-}$ , Met$^{-}$ 을, A-N115는 7개의 아미노산을 A-N156은 8개를 요구했다. B. thuringiensis 3ab K-3와 SI K-2 는 Penicillin, Ampicillin과 Cephalothin에 저항성을 나타냈고 ts-U171, A-N92와 A-N115는 이 세항생제에 민감성을 나타냈다. Temperature - sensitive돌연변이균주를 42$^{\circ}C$에서 24시간 배양후에 28$^{\circ}C$로 옮기어 배양한 결과 ts-U601, -U603, -U604와 -U171은 성장을 더 이상하지 않았다.