• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.592-597
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• 2001

The pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) catalyzes the oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate with the formation of $CO_2$, acetyl-CoA, NADH, and H+. This complex contains multiple copies of three catalytic components including pyruvate dehydrogenase(E1), dihydrolipoamide acetyltransferase(E2), and dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase (E3). Two regulatory components (E1-kinase and phospho-E1 phosphatase) and functionally less-understood protein (protein X, E3BP) are also involved in the formation of the complex. In this study, cloning and characterization of a gene for human E3BP have been carried out. A cDNA encoding the human E3BP was isolated by database search and cDNA library screening. The primary structure of E3BP has some similar characteristics with that of E2 in the lipoyl domain and the carboxyl-terminal domain, based on the nucleotide sequence and the deduced amino acid sequence. However, the conserved amino acid moiety including the histidine residue for acetyltransferase activity in E2 is not conserved in the case of human E3BP. The human E3BP was expressed and purified in E. coli. The molecular weight of the protein, excluding the mitochondrial target sequence, was about 50 kDa as determined by SDS-PAGE. Cloning of human E3BP and expression of the recombinant E3BP will facilitate the understanding of the role(s) of E3BP in mammalian PDC.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.37-41
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• 1989

Benzo(a)pyrene(BP)의 monooxygenase(AHH)에 의해서 생성된 반응성 대사물질들의 in vitro DNA와의 결합 및 BP 대사에 관여하는 효소들의 활성도에 미치는 인삼 물추출물의 영향을 조사하였으며, DNA-BP metabolite adduct들은 Sephadex LH-20 column으로 chromatography하여 5개의 major peak 들을 얻었다. 이 peak 들을 극성이 큰 순서대로 A부터 E까지 임의로 정하고 5개의 peak들을 7,8-diol-9,10-oxide(A), 7,8-oxide(B). 4,5-oxide(C), 9-HO-BP(D & E) adduct들로 잠정적으로 확인하였다. Peak A, C, D 그리고 E는 각각 대조군의 30, 15, 20 그리고 30%로 감소되었으며 peak B는 의미있는 변화를 보이지 않았다. DNA-BP 결합 억제와 관련하여 in vitro와 in vivo 투여시의 경향이 유사하여 EH의 활성도만 BP투여 대조군보다 38%정도 의미있게 유도되었다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제50권11호
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• pp.539-545
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• 2017

The Integrated Stress Response (ISR) refers to a signaling pathway initiated by stress-activated $eIF2{\alpha}$ kinases. Once activated, the pathway causes attenuation of global mRNA translation while also paradoxically inducing stress response gene expression. A detailed analysis of this pathway has helped us better understand how stressed cells coordinate gene expression at translational and transcriptional levels. The translational attenuation associated with this pathway has been largely attributed to the phosphorylation of the translational initiation factor $eIF2{\alpha}$. However, independent studies are now pointing to a second translational regulation step involving a downstream ISR target, 4E-BP, in the inhibition of eIF4E and specifically cap-dependent translation. The activation of 4E-BP is consistent with previous reports implicating the roles of 4E-BP resistant, Internal Ribosome Entry Site (IRES) dependent translation in ISR active cells. In this review, we provide an overview of the translation inhibition mechanisms engaged by the ISR and how they impact the translation of stress response genes.

• BMB Reports
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.565-571
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• 1998

The expression of the endogenous human apolipoprotein(apo)E gene was significantly induced when HepG2 cells were treated with exogenous 25-hydroxy-cholesterol. This sterol-mediated apoE gene upregulation appears to require the participation of a positive element for the apoE gene transcription (PET) ( -169/ -140), a core sequence of upstream regulatory element (URE)1 enhancer of the human apoE gene. This PET was renamed as sterol regulatory element (SRE)4 based on its new role as a sensor for the level of intracellular sterol. Furthermore, a gel mobility shift analysis showed that binding activity of the SRE4 binding protein (BP) obtained from HepG2 cells was induced by sterol treatment, while that from either MCF7 or BT20 cells remained unchanged. Binding activity of SRE4BP was also induced in mouse macrophage cells, J774A.1, by sterol treatment, but it was drastically reduced when cells were subjected to treatment of AY-9944, a potent inhibitor for sterol synthesis. However, binding activity of Spl, which is a co-binding protein to the SRE4 region, remained the same in either condition, suggesting that SRE4BP (formally known as PETBP) may be mainly responsible for the sterol-mediated regulation of the apoE gene expression. Deletion analysis of the core binding site of SRE4BP by gel mobility shift assays showed that the minimal sequence of the SRE4BP binding appears to reside between -157 and -140, confirming the identity of SRE4 with the previously determined core sequence of URE1.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권7호
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• pp.1169-1176
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• 2007

Genes encoding proteins responsible for limonene catabolism were cloned from a limonene-degrading microorganism, Enterobacter cowanii 6L, which was isolated from citron (Citrus junos) peel. The 8.6, 4.7, and 7.7 kb fragments (CD3, CD4, and CD6) of E. cowanii 6L chromosomal DNA that confer to E. coli the ability to grow on limonene have been cloned and their corresponding DNA sequences were determined. Nine open reading frames (ORFs) were identified, and the four ORFs (921 bp of CD3-2; 1,515 bp of CD4-1; 1,776 bp of CD6-1; and 1,356 bp of CD6-2) that encode limonene hydroxylase were confirmed by independently expressing these genes in E. coli. FAD and NADH were found to stimulate the hydroxylation reaction if added to cell extracts from E. coli recombinants, and multiple compounds (linalool, dihydrolinalool, perillyl alcohol, (${\alpha}-terpineol$, and ${\gamma}-terpineol$) were the principal products observed. Our results suggest that the isolate E. cowanii 6L has a broad metabolic capability including utilization of limonene. This broad metabolic ability was confirmed by identifying four novel limonene hydroxylase functional ORFs in E. cowanii 6L.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.566-571
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• 2020

To classify a presumed hybrid of imported grouper species acquired from the National Fishery Products Quality Management Service, maternal and paternal lines were identified based on partial sequencing of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase 1 (co1) and nuclear recombination activation gene 1 (rag1) genes. The matrilineal species was identified as Epinephleus moara by a partial (760 bp) co1 sequence. Ambiguous sequences with base pairs belonging to E. moara or E. lanceolatus were found in a total of 15 different base pairs in the partial 1,159 bp of the rag1 gene, and the patrilineal species was found to be E. lanceolatus. Therefore, all of the groupers examined in the study were identified to be hybrids of E. moara and E. lanceolatus. In addition, a fast and convenient method using random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) was established for hybrid discrimination. Hybrids between E. moara ♀ and E. lanceolatus ♂ were identified through specific bands of 387 bp and 433 bp in PRIMER 6.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.173-181
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• 1998

Esherichia coli O157 : H7의 slt I, slt II, uid A 및 eaeA 4종 유전자를 동시에 검출하기 위한 multiplex PCR 기법을 확립하고 쇠고기중 직접 E coli O157 : H7 검출시험을 실시하였다. 4 set의 primers를 이용한 multiplex PCR 기법으로 31종의 장내세균에 대한 특이성을 조사한 결과 E coli O157 : H7 에서 1,087bp (eae A), 584bp (slt II), 348bp (slt I) 또는 252bp (uid A)크기의 DNA를 동시에 특이적으로 검출할 수 있었다. E coli O157 : H7 15주는 모두 uid A 및 eae A 유전자가 동시에 검출되었고, 다른 장내세균에서는 검출되지 않았다. slt I 또는 slt II 유전자를 가지고 있는 E coli 표준균주 24종을 이용하여 multiplex PCR 기법과 Vero cell cytotoxicity assay을 비교검사한 결과 베로톡신 산생능과 PCR법의 결과는 일치하였다. mutiplex PCR 기법의 쇠고기중 검출한계는 modified EC(mEC)에서 증균없이는 E coli O157 : H7균 $10^4cells/g$ 이상에서 검출이 가능하였으나 mEC에 1차 증균후 modified TSB 증균하였을 경우에는 10cells/g이하까지도 검출이 가능하였다. 개발된 multiplex PCR 기법을 쇠고기 40종에 직접 적용한 결과 E coli O157 : H7은 검출되지 않았으나 slt I 및 slt II유전자를 가지고 있는 E coli 4종이 검출되었으며, 이들의 혈청형은 O6, O112, O115 및 O139 였다. 이 연구에서 개발된 multiplex PCR은 쇠고기중 E coli O157 : H7을 신속하고 특이적으로 검출하는데 사용할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.290-295
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• 1991

N4 phage, which infects E. coli K-12 strains, could not infect E. coli K-12 strains containing rtn(resistant to N4) gene on plasmids, which was isolated from Proteus vulgaris ATCC 13315. The region of rtn gene for Rtn phenotype was reduced to the 1.7 kb HincII-AccI fragment, and rtn gene seemed to have its own promoter. This putative promoter was present in 107 bp HindII-DraI fragment, and known to be functional in E. cole K-12, which is supported by the fact that phenotype of a subclone, pRMG103A1B which does not contain the 107 bp fragment, was dependent on the existance of a functional promoter in the upstream of rtn gene, and that the 107 bp fragment had promoter activity when located in the upstream of structural gene of galactodinase of E. coli. The promoter-bearing fragment contains two overlapping putative promoter sequences, both of which show a fit in eight of twelve nucleotides with consensus sequences of E. coli promoters at the -35 and -10 regions.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.195-200
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• 2005

Comamonas sp. strain DJ-12의 pmcABCDEFT 유전자군은 protocatechuate (PCA)의 분해과정에 관여하는 PCA 4,5-dioxygenase, 4-carboxy-2hydroxymuconic semialdehyde (CHMS) dehydrogenase, 2-pyrone04,5-dicarboxylate(PDC) hydrolase, 4-oxalomesaconate (OMA) hydratase, 그리고 4-oxalocitramalate (OCM) aldolase 등의 효소들을 생산하는 유전자들과 transporter의 역학을 하는 유전자로 각각 확인되었다. 이 유전자군은 Comamonas sp. strain DJ-12의 chromosomal DNA로부터 얻은 PCR 산물들을 T-vector에 ligation하여 재조합 플라스미드 pMT1, pMT2, pMT3, pMT4, pMT5, pMT6, pMT7, pMT8, pMT9, pMT10을 제조하였다. 이들 재조합 플라스미드의 염기서열을 분석한 결과 PCA 4,5-dioxygenase 유전자는 alpha(pmcA)와 beta(pmcB) 두 개의 subunit으로 구성 되어있으며, 각각 450 bp와 870 bp이었다. CHMS dehydrogenase 유전자(pmcC)는 960 bp, PDC hydrolase 유전자(pmcD)는 918 bp이였으며, OMA hydratase 유전자(pmcE)는 1029 bp, OCM aldolase 유전자 (pmcF)는 689 bp, 그리고 transporter 유전자(pmcT)는 1,398 bp이였다. 이들 pmc 유전자들은 pmcT-pmcE-pmcF-pmcD-pmcA-pmcB-pmcC의 순서로 배열되어 있었다. Comamonas sp. strain DJ-12의 pmcABCDEFT 유전자산물의 아미노산 서열을 분석한 결과, Comamonas testosteroni BR6020 및 Psedomonas ochraceae NG.J1와 $94{\~}98\%$의 높은 유사성을 보였고, 그 유전자들의 배열 순서도 동일하였다. 그러나 Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6, Sphingomonas sp. LB126, 그리고 Arthrobacter keyser 12B와는 아미노산 서열이 $52{\~}74\%$의 유사성을 보였고, 그 유전자의 배열 구조도 상이하였다.

• 한국양식학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.110-117
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• 2003

붉바리(E. akaara)의 뇌하수체에서 추출한 mRNA로부터 RACE 방법으로 cDNA를 cloning하고 염기서열을 분석하였다. 붉바리의 성장호르몬 cDNA는 5' UTR, open reading frame, 3' UTR이 각각 21 bp, 615 bp, 247 bp인 전체 883 bp로 구성되어있다. Adenylation signal로 작용하는 sequence인 AATAAA는 poly(A)로부터 20 bp upstream에 위치하는 것을 확인하였다. 염기서열을 바탕으로 추정한 성장호르몬은 204개의 아미노산으로 구성된 단백질로서 signal peptide(17 aa)와 mature protein(187 aa)을 포함하고 있으며 mature protein의 분자량은 21.3 kDa으로 나타났다. 이 호르몬은 단백질의 3차 구조에 중요한 이황화 결합을 할 수 있는 4개의 cysteine 잔기와 1개의 N-glycosylation site를 가지고 있었다. 붉바리 성장호르몬의 염기서열은 농어목에 속하는 다른 어류의 성장호르몬 염기서열과의 유사도가 높게 나타났으며 orange-spotted grouper, gilthead seabream과 각각 96.9%, 88.6%의 상동성을 보였다.