• KSBB Journal
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.84-87
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• 2000

포항 선형 가속기로부터 얻은 ultrasoft X-선이 대장균의 돌연변이 유도와 plasmid DNA 변이에 주는 영향을 알아보았다. 빔을 조사함에 따라 supercoil 형태의 plasmid DNA가 relaxed 형태로 변하고, 그후 선형으로 변해 감을 확인하였다. 빔을 조사한 plasmid DNA를 E. coli에 형질전환하여 $\beta$-galactosidase의 돌연변이 균을 분리하였고, 빔을 직접 조한 E. coli균으로부터도 $\beta$-galactosidase의 돌연변이 균을 얻었다. 변이된 plasmid DNA와 변이 대장균들의 plasmid DNA의 염기 부분을 변화를 확인하였으며 이 빔에 의해 주로 변이가 일어나는 부분이 있음을 알았다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.598-602
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• 2002

Damage to cells exposed to radiation is primarily attributed to direct effects on the structure of cellular DNA. Radiation-induced damage of pBluescript SK plasmid DNA and Escherichia coli $DH5\alpha$ were examined in the presence of various branched oligosaccharides, polysaccharides, and/or 8-MOP (8-methoxypsoralen). Branched oligosaccharides efficiently protected DNA and cells exposed to ultrasoft X-ray and UV irradiation. In the presence of 0.2% (w/v) branched oligosaccharides and polysaccharides, DNA can be protected from damage due to W and ultrasoft X-ray by a factor of 1.3-2.1 fo1d and 3.2-8.3 fold, respectively. The protective effect of cells exposed to UV or ultrasoft X-ray was also observed by branched oligosaccharides. The combination of MOP, a photoreagent, with carbohydrates increased the protective effects for DNA and cells, compared with that of a single use of MOP or carbohydrate alone.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2003년도 생물공학의 동향(XII)
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• pp.545-549
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• 2003

After irradiation of a cloned dextransucrase gene (dsrB742) with ultrasoft X-ray, an E. coli transformant (pDSRB742CK) was first developed for the expression of an extracellular dextransucrase, having increased activity and the synthesis of a highly branched dextran. Seven nucleotides of the parent gene (dsrB742) were changed in the nucleotide sequences of dsrB742ck. Among them, four nucleotides were changed at the ORF of dsrB742, resulting in a 30 amino acids deletion in the N-terminal of DSRB742 dextransucrase. The activity of DSRB742CK dextransucrase in culture supernatant was approximately 2.6 times higher (0.035 IU/ml) than that of the DSRB742 clone. The pDSRB742CK clone produced DSRB742CK dextransucrase when grown both on a sucrose medium (inducibly) and on a glucose medium (constitutively). The DSRB742 clone did not produce dextran constitutively on a glucose medium. DSRB742CK dextran had 15.6% branching and 2.7-times higher resistance to dextranase hydrolysis compared to DSRB742 dextran. $^{13}C-NMR$ showed that DSRB742CK dextran contained ${\alpha}-(1{\rightarrow}3)$ branch linkages that were not present in DSRB742 dextran.