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Expression of the Bacillus thuringiensis Crystal Protein Gene in Pseudomonas Isolated from Rhizosphere Soil of Korean Crops (국내 농작물의 근부토양에서 분리한 Pseudomonas 내에서의 Bacillus thuringiensis 독소단백질 유전자의 발현)

  • Tag, Koo-Bon;Shin, Byung-Sik;Park, Seung-Hwan;Park, Ho-Yong;Kim, Jeong-Il
    • Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.295-300
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    • 1989
  • Screening of Pseudomonas strains that can be used as hosts for expression of crystal protein gene of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki HD-73 was carried out. From rhizosphere soil of 7 kinds or crops as fluorescent Pseudomonas strains were isolated. A hybrie plasmid, pKTC1, composed of the broad host range vector pKT230 and the crystal protein gene was constructed and used for transformation of the 35 Pseudomonas strains. As the result, the crystal protein gene could be introduced into 4 isolates. Several methods including bioassay and immunochemical detection indicated that the crystall protein gene was expressed in the Pseudomonus isolates.

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Isolation of N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-Alanine Amidase Gene (amiB) from Vibrio anguillarum and the Effect of amiB Gene Deletion on Stress Responses

  • Ahn Sun-Hee;Kim Dong-Gyun;Jeong Seung-Ha;Hong Gyeong-Eun;Kong In-Soo
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.16 no.9
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    • pp.1416-1421
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    • 2006
  • We identified a gene encoding the N-acetylmuramoyl L-alanine amidase (amiB) of Vibrio anguillarum, which catalyzes the degradation of peptidoglycan in bacteria. The entire open reading frame (ORF) of the amiB gene was composed of 1,722 nucleotides and 573 amino acids. The deduced amino acid sequence of AmiB showed a modular structure with two main domains; an N-terminal region exhibiting an Ami domain and three highly conserved, continuously repeating LysM domains in the C-terminal portion. An amiB mutant was constructed by homologous recombination to study the biochemical function of the AmiB protein in V. anguillarum. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) revealed morphological differences, and that the mutant strain formed trimeric and tetrameric unseparated cells, suggesting that this enzyme is involved in the separation of daughter cells after cell division. Furthermore, inactivation of the amiB gene resulted in a marked increase of sensitivity to oxidative stress and organic acids.

Isolation and Functional Analysis of spy1 Responsible for Pristinamycin Yield in Streptomyces pristinaespiralis

  • Jin, Qingchao;Yin, Huali;Hong, Xiaowei;Jin, Zhihua
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.793-799
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    • 2012
  • A gene related to high pristinamycin yield in Streptomyces pristinaespiralis was selected by amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) and its functions were investigated by gene disruption. First, a 561 bp polymorphic sequence was acquired by AFLP from high-yield recombinants compared with the S. pristinaespiralis ancestor ATCC25486, indicating that this approach is an effective means of screening for valuable genes responsible for antibiotic yield. Then, a 2,127 bp open reading frame of a gene designated spy1 that overlaps with the above fragment was identified and its structure and biological functions were investigated. In silico analysis of spy1 encoding a deduced 708-amino-acid-long serine/threonine protein kinase showed that it only contains a catalytic domain in the N-terminal region, which is different from some known homologs. Gene inactivation of chromosomal spy1 indicated that it plays a pleiotropic regulatory function in pristinamycin production, with a positive correlation to pristinamycin I biosynthesis and a negative correlation to pristinamycin II biosynthesis.