• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제25권9호
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• pp.1476-1484
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• 2015

Three endoxylanase-encoding genes from the moderately themophilic chemoorganotrophic bacterium Melioribacter roseus were cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. Genes xyl2091 (Mros_2091) and xyl2495 (Mros_2495) encode GH10 family hydrolases, whereas xyl2090 (Mros_2090) represents the GH30 family. In addition to catalytic domains, Xyl2090 and Xyl2091 contain carbohydrate-binding modules that could facilitate their binding to xylans and Por sorting domains associated with the sorting of proteins from the periplasm to the outer membrane, where they are covalently attached. Recombinant endoxylanase Xyl2495 exhibited a high specific activity of 1,920 U/mg on birchwood xylan at 40℃. It is active at low temperatures, exhibiting more than 30% of the maximal activity even at 0℃. Endoxylanases Xyl2090 and Xyl2091 have lower specific activities but higher temperature optima at 80℃ and 65℃, respectively. Analysis of xylan hydrolysis products revealed that Xyl2090 generates xylo-oligosaccharides longer than xylopentaose. Xylose and xylobiose are the major products of xylan hydrolysis by the recombinant Xyl2091 and Xyl2495. No activity against cellulose was observed for all enzymes. The presence of three xylanases ensures efficient xylan hydrolysis by M. roseus. The highly processive "free" endoxylanase Xyl2495 could hydrolyze xylan under moderate temperatures. Xylan hydrolysis at elevated temperatures could be accomplished by concerted action of two cell-bound xylanases; Xyl2090 that probably degrades xylans to long xylo-oligosaccharides, and Xyl2091 hydrolyzing them to xylose and xylobiose. The new endoxylanases could be useful for saccharification of lignocellulosic biomass in biofuels production, bleaching of paper pulp, and obtaining low molecular weight xylooligosaccharides.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.483-489
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• 2004

Pseudomonas sp. S-47 is a bacterium capable of degrading benzoate as well as 4-chlorobenzoate (4CBA). Benzoate and 4CBA are known to be degraded via a meta-cleavage pathway characterized by a series of enzymes encoded by xyl genes. The meta-cleavage pathway operon in Pseudomonas sp. S-47 encodes a set of enzymes which transform benzoate and 4CBA into TCA cycle intermediates via the meta-cleavage of (4-chloro )catechol to produce pyruvate and acetyl-CoA. In the current study, the meta-pathway gene cluster was cloned from the chromosomal DNA of S-47 strain to obtain pCS1, which included the degradation activities for 4CBA and catechol. The genetic organization of the operon was then examined by cloning the meta-pathway genes into a pBluescript SKII(+) vector. As such, the meta-pathway operon from Pseudomonas sp. S-47 was found to contain 13 genes in the order of xylXYZLTEGFlQKIH. The two regulatory genes, xylS and xylR, that control the expression of the meta-pathway operon, were located adjacently downstream of the meta-pathway operon. The xyl genes from strain S-47 exhibited a high nucleoside sequence homology to those from Pseudomonas putida mt-2, except for the xylJQK genes, which were more homologous to the corresponding three genes from P. stutzeri AN10. One open reading frame was found between the xylH and xylS genes, which may playa role of a transposase. Accordingly, the current results suggest that the xyl gene cluster in Pseudomonas sp. S-47 responsible for the complete degradation of benzoate was recombined with the corresponding genes from P. putida mt-2 and P. stutzeri AN10.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제26권7호
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• pp.1252-1258
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• 2016

1,3-Propanediol (1,3-PD) is a valuable platform compound. Many studies have shown that the supplement of NADH plays a key role in the bioproduction of 1,3-PD from Klebsiella pneumoniae. In this study, the xylA and xylB genes from Escherichia coli were overexpressed individually or simultaneously in K. pneumoniae to improve the production of 1,3-PD by cofermentation of glycerol and xylose. Compared with the parent strain, the xylose consumption was significantly increased by the introduction of these two genes. The 1,3-PD titers were raised from 17.9 g/l to 23.5, 23.9, and 24.4 g/l, respectively, by the overexpression of xylA and xylB as well as their coexpression. The glycerol conversion rate (mol/mol) was enhanced from 54.1% to 73.8%. The concentration of 2,3-butanediol was increased by 50% at the middle stage but drastically decreased after that. The NADH and NADH/NAD⁺ ratio were improved. This report suggests that overexpression of xylA or xylB is an effective strategy to improve the xylose assimilation rate to provide abundant reducing power for the biosynthesis of 1,3-PD in K. pneumoniae.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.430-436
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• 1996

대장균에서 xylose isomerase(XI) 생산의 조절양상을 밝히기 위한 연구의 일환으로 유도물질인 xylose에 의한 XI 생산유도 및 glucose에 의한 이화물 억제 양상을 조사하였다. XI 생산 유전자인 xylA 유전자의 발현을 조절하는 xylR 유전자가 염색체에 존재하는 상태에서 xylA 유전자가 고복제수 유래의 플라스미드에 존재하는 경우 (pEX202/DH77)와 저복제수 유래의 플라스미드에 존재하는 경우(pEX102/DH77)에는 염색체에 존재하는 경우 (JM109)보다 0.4% xylose 첨가에 의한 XI의 유도생산이 각각 1.9 및 1.7배 정도 증가하였다. 염색체에 존재하는 xylR 유전자에 의해 생산된 xylR유전자 산물이 xylA 유전자가 플라스미드에 존재할 경우에도 염색체에 존재할때와 마찬가지로 작용하는 것으로 나타났다. 형질전환주 pEX202/DH77과 pEX102/DH77 및 친주 JM109에서 다 같이 0.2% glucose 첨가에 의해 완전히 XI 유도생산이 억제되었으며 이와같은 glucose에 의한 이화물 억제는 1 mM cAMP의 첨가로 해제되었다. DM 최소배지에서 xylose에 의한 XI 유도시 1 mM CAMP를 첨가하면 0.4% xylose만 첨가했을때 보다 XI 생산이 1.7 내지 2배 정도 증가하었다. Xylose isomerase와 cAMP 생산 변이주(xyl, cya ; TP2010)에 xylA 유전자를 형질전환시킨 pEX13/TP2010은 xylose 첨가로 Xl가 유도생산되지 않았고 cAMP를 함께 첨가해야만 XI가 유도되었다. 이와같이 대장균의 xylA 유전자에서 XI의 생산조절에는 xylose이외에 cAMP도 필수적인 효과물질임을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.34-37
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• 2005

In the present study, the xylA gene encoding a thermostable xylose (glucose) isomerase was cloned from Streptomyces chibaensis J-59. The open reading frame of xylA (1167 bp) encoded a protein of 388 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of about 43 kDa. The XylA showed high sequence homology (92% identity) with that of S. olivochromogenes. The xylose (glucose) isomerase was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified. The purified recombinant XylA had an apparent molecular mass of 45 kDa, which corresponds to the molecular mass calculated from the deduced amino acid and that of the purified wild-type enzyme. The N-terminal sequences (14 amino acid residues) of the purified protein revealed that the sequences were identical to that deduced from the DNA sequence of the xylA gene. The optimum temperature of the purified enzyme was $85^{\circ}C$ and the enzyme exhibited a high level of heat stability.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.14-20
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• 1998

Syntheses of the B. stearothermophilus xylanolytic enzymes such as xylanases, ${\beta}$-xylosidases, ${\alpha}$-arabinofurano-sidases, and esterases, were observed to be regulated by the carbon source present in the culture media. Xylan induced synthesis of ${\beta}$-xylosidase at the highest level while xylose gave about 30% of the ${\beta}$-xylosidase activity induced by xylan. The lowest syntheses of the xylanolytic enzymes above mentioned were detected in the basal medium containing glucose as a sole carbon source. When a mixture of xylan and glucose was used as a carbon source, we could observe glucose repression of xylanase (about 70-fold) and ${\beta}$-xylosidase (about 40-fold) syntheses. Whereas, the level of the glucose repression of the expression of the xylA gene encoding the major ${\beta}$-xylosidase of B. stearothermophilus was assessed to be about l0-fold when the relative amounts of the xylA transcript were determined. From the sequence of the xylA gene, we could find two CRE-like sequences (CRE-l: nucleotides ＋124 to ＋136 and CRE-2:＋247 to ＋259) within the reading frame of the xylA gene, either or both of which were suspected to be involved in catabolite repression of the xylA gene.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.341-348
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• 1996

The regulation of xylE gene expression was examined by using vector promoter and construction of genetically engineered microorganisms (GEMs) for application in microcosm. When the xylE gene wsa subcloned into pBluscript SK(+) under the control of lac promoter (pTY1) in E. coli, and the expression was induced by IPTG, the enzyme activity of catechol 2, 3-dioxygenase was increased 4.7 times more than that of the crude extracts from transformants harboring pTY1. We suggest that the xylE gene has its own promoter at the upstream portion, because it was able to be expressed even in the absence of IPTG. A recombinant plasmid, pSW3a harboring the xylE gene under the T7 promotor, showed the activity of 14.5 units/mg protein, higher than that of parental strain, E. coli PYT1. The xylE gene in recombinant plasmid pSW3a was used as reporter gene for the application in microcosm ecosystem, since it was used for detection of xylE-positive clones by catechol spray on the agar plates. The pSW3a in E. coli was introduced into Pseudomonas patida to construct GEM strain, and examined for the exxpression and functional stability in microcosms.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제23권7호
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• pp.863-868
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• 2013

Bacillus sp. HY-20균주 유래 endoxylanase를 코드하는 XylP 유전자를 효모에서 발현시키기 위해 두 개의 발현 플라스미드 pG-xylP와 pGMF-xylP를 구축하였다. 이들 플라스미드는 endoxylanase의 분비발현을 위해 각각 다른 분비서열인 XylP 유전자의 자체 분비서열(XylP s.s)과 최적화된 $MF{\alpha}$ 분비서열($MF{\alpha}_{opt}$ s.s)을 가지고 있으며, S. cerevisiae SEY2102와 FY833균주에 형질전환되어 그 분비활성이 비교 조사되었다. 재조합 endoxylanase는 분비발현시스템과 숙주세포에 따라 23.7~70.1 unit/ml의 활성으로 효모 세포에서 성공적으로 발현되었고, 그 중 SEY2102/pGMF-xylP 형질전환주를 이용해 baffled-flask 배양을 실시한 결과 최대 88.1 unit/ml의 endoxylanase 활성을 보임을 확인하였다. 대부분의 재조합 endoxylanase는 세포 외 분획에 효율적으로 분비 생산되었으며, $MF{\alpha}_{opt}$ 분비서열이 XylP 유전자의 자체 분비서열보다 endoxylanase를 더 효율적으로 분비시킴을 확인할 수 있었다. 그러므로 본 연구에서 개발된 발현시스템은 효모를 숙주세포로 하여 많은 양의 세포 외 endoxylanase의 생산을 가능하게 하고, 바이오에탄올 생산 및 산업적 응용에도 유용하게 사용 될 수 있으리라 기대된다.

• 산업기술연구
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• 제29권A호
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• pp.161-167
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• 2009

The bifunctional Xylanase-Cellulase hybrid protein was constructed by gene fusion. Two genes corresponding to endoxylanase gene (xylS) and endocellulase gene (celA) were amplified by PCR from Bacillus licleniformis NBL420. It was then linked through splicing by overlap extension (SOE) by PCR method. The two resulting fused hybrids, xyl/cel and cel/xyl, which differ by its orientation, were confirmed by its nucleotide sequencings. One of two fusion genes, xyl/cel was successfully expressed into pET22b(+) vector (pxyl/cel) with bifunctional xylanase-cellulase activity. On the contrary, the other cel/xyl fusion protein showed only cellulase activity with much decreased xylanase activity. Enzymatic properties of Xyl/Cel fusion protein were investigated regarding optimum pH, optimum temp, thermostability, and pH stability. It was revealed that Xyl/Cel fusion protein retained the bifunctional xylanase-cellulase activities eventhough two enzymes were connected with each other directly. These informations could be useful for construction of other hybrid proteins as well as increased range of substrate utilization.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.8-14
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• 2002

Pseudomonas sp. S-47은 xylXYZLTE 유전자에 의하여 암호화되는 효소군에 의하여 4CBA를 분해하여 5-chloro-2-hydroxymuconic semialdehyde(5C-2HMS)를 생성하는데, 본 연구에서는 이 5C-2HMS의 다음 분해과정을 확인하였다. xylXYZLTE 유전자와 5-chloro-2-hydroxymuconic semialdehyde dehydrogenase(5C-2HMSD)를 암호화하고 xylG 유전자를 포함하는 재조합 균주인 pCSS202로부터, xylG 유전자를 포함하는 재조합 플라스미드 pENV5를 만들었다. 이 플라스미드는 2-hydroxymuconic semialdehyde, 3-chloro-muconate, 2-hydroxy-6-oxohepta-2,4-dienoate, 2-hydroxy-5-methylmuconic semialdehyde와 같은 aromatic compound 에서 분해능을 나타냈으며, 그 중 5C-2HMS에서 가장 높은 분해능을 나타내었다. 또한 5C-2HMSD를 암호화하는 유전자인 xylC의 염기서열을 분석한 결과, 약 1,600 bp의 염기와 486개의 amino acid residue를 갖고있는 것을 확인하였다. P. sp. S-47의 xylG 유전자를 비교 분석한 결과 P. putida CF600, P. putida G7과 P. putida mt-2 등의 5C-2HMS dehydro-genase와 85％ 이상의 amino acid homology를 보여주었다.