• KSBB Journal
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.462-466
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• 2004

S. coelicolor A3(2)로부터 항산화 저분자 thiol분자인 MSH를 HPLC 및 monobromobimane 형광 검출 방법으로 분리${\cdot}$정제하여 그 존재를 확인하였다. 표준물질인 MSH-bimane과 동일하게 용출되는 MSH 분획을 확인하였으며 여러 thiol 분획 중 MSH 분획이 가장 많은 것으로 보아 MSH가 S. coelicolor의 주된 thiol 화합물로 판단되었다. MSH 생합성에 관여하는 효소 중 I-1-Pase의 유전자의 기능을 알아보기 위하여 이 유전자를 방선균에서 분리한 후 대장균에 클로닝하여 과도발현시켰다. 발현된 I-1-Pase를 Ni-NTA column을 사용하여 정제하였다. 정제된 I-1-Pase는 soluble protein으로 281개 아미노산으로 구성되어 있으며 분자량은 32 kDa이었다. 인간 및 대장균의 I-1-Pase와 각각 24와 $25\%$의 sequence homology를 보였으며, 기존의 I-1-Pase가 가지고 있는 공통의 I-1-Pase motif A와 motif B를 S. coelicolor A3(2)도 가지고 있는 것으로 확인되었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.906-911
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• 2003

The function of genes related to spectinomycin biosynthesis (spcD, speA, speB, spcS2) from Streptomyces spectabilis ATCC 27741, a spectinomycin producer, was analyzed. Each gene was subcloned from a spectinomycin biosynthetic gene cluster and overexpressed in E. coli BL21 (DE3) using pET vector. After incubating each purified protein with its possible substrates, the final products were analyzed using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). From these results, spcD, speA, and speB have been identified to be dTDP-glucose synthase, myo-inositol monophosphatase, and myo-inositol dehydrogenase, respectively. In addition, the results suggest that the spcS2 gene product functions downstream of the speB gene product in the biosynthetic pathway of spectinomycin. Taken together, the present study elucidates the early steps of the biosynthetic pathway for 6-deoxyhexose (6-DOH) part (actinospectose) and aminocyclitol part (actinamine) of spectinomycin.

• BMB Reports
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.274-280
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• 1998

An inositol monophosphatase (IMPase) was purified to homogeneity from rat duodenal mucosa for the first time and its enzymatic properties were investigated. Rat duodenal mucosa peculiarly exhibited the highest IMPase activity among various rat tissues examined. By means of ammonium sulfate precipitation, followed by Q-Sepharose, polylysine agarose, reactive-red agarose column chromatography, Uno-Q FPLC, and Bio-Silect FPLC, duodenal IMPase was purified 223-fold to a specific activity of 13.6 U/mg protein. The molecular mass of the native enzyme was estimated to be 48,000 Da on gel filtration. The subunit molecular mass was determined by SDS-PAGE to be 24,000 Da. These results indicate that duodenal IMPase is a dime ric protein made up of identical subunits. Rat duodenal IMPase has distinct properties from brain IMPase. It has a broad spectrum of substrate specificity and is insensitive to $Li^+$. Duodenal IMPase does not absolutely require $Mg^{2+}$ for its catalytic activity. Furthermore, duodenal IMPase is less stable to heat than brain enzyme. It is suggested that the rat duodenal mucosa needs a large amount of IMPase whose properties are quite different from that of the brain enzyme.

• 생물정신의학
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.96-105
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• 2001

임파구 IMPase mRNA 양이 lithium 투여 전의 양극성 기분장애 환자와 정상대조군 사이에서 차이를 보이는지 알아보기 위하여 이 연구를 시행하였다. 또한 lithium 투여 전과 투여 4주후 측정한 환자군의 IMPase mRNA 양 사이에 변화가 있는지 알아보고, IMPase mRNA 양을 기준으로 환자의 정신병리와 임상경과를 예측할 수 있는지 알아보기 위하여 시행하였다. 최소 2주 이상 lithium을 투여하지 않은 상태의 16명(남자 6명, 여자 10명)의 양극성 기분장애 환자와 성별, 연령을 고려하여 선발한 정상 대조군의 임파구 IMPase mRNA 양을 RT-PCR을 이용하여 측정하였다. 환자군의 정신병리는 Young Mania Rating Scale과 Clinical Global Impression을 이용하여 입원 당일 및 4주 후에 각각 측정하였다. 결과는 다음과 같다. 환자군과 정상 대조군의 IMPase mRNA 양은 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았으며, lithium 투여 전과 투여 4주후 환자군의 IMPase mRNA 양의 변화도 통계적으로 유의하지 않았다. 그러나 lithium 투여 전에 측정한 환자군의 IMPase mRNA 양이 적을수록 4주 후의 정신병리가 심한 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 lithium 투여 전에 측정한 환자군의 IMPase mRNA양이 많을수록 4주 동안 뚜렷한 임상적 호전을 보였다. 이상의 결과를 종합하여 볼 때, 임파구 IMPase mRNA 양이 양극성 기분장애 환자를 정상 대조군과 구분해 줄 수 있는 생물학적 특성은 아니었다. 그러나 lithium 치료 전의 IMPase mRNA 양이 환자의 정신병리와 임상경과에 대한 예측인자로 이용될 가능성을 시사하고 있다.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.553-562
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• 2005

Melatonin, the principal hormone of the vertebral pineal gland, participates in the regulation of cardiovascular system in vitro and in vivo. Lithium inhibits both inositol polyphosphate phosphatase (IPPase) and inositol monophosphatase (IMPase), which are involved in a wide range of signal transduction pathways. The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of lithium on endothelial-dependent relaxation to melatonin and on the melatonin-induced inhibition of contraction by phenylephrine (PE) in isolated rat aorta. Melatonin induced a concentration-dependent relaxation in PE-precontracted in endothelium-intact (+E) aortic rings. Melatonin inhibited a PE-induced sustained contraction in +E aortic rings. These effects of melatonin on relaxation and contractile responses were inhibited by pretreatment with lithium. In PE-precontracted +E aortic rings, the melatonin-induced vasorelaxations and the inhibitory effects of melatonin on maximal contractions were inhibited by endothelium removal or by pretreatment with L-$N^G$-nitro-arginine (L-NNA), 1H-[1,2,4] oxadiazolo-[4,3-a] quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ) and nifedipine and verapamil, but not by tetrabutylammonium, clotrimazole and glibenclamide, However, in endothelium-denuded (-E) aortic rings and in the presence of L-NNA and ODQ in +E aortic rings, the melatonin-induced residual relaxations and the melatonin-induced residual contractile responses to PE were not affected by lithium. It is concluded that the inositol phosphate pathway may be involved in endothelial-dependent relaxation induced by melatonin.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.9-15
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• 2012

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is the movement of genetic material between kingdoms and is considered to play a positive role in adaptation. $Cryptosporidium$ $parvum$ is a parasitic protozoan that causes an infectious disease. Its genome sequencing reported 14 bacteria-like proteins in the nuclear genome. Among them, cgd2_1810, which has been annotated as CysQ, a sulfite synthesis pathway protein, is listed as one of the candidates of genes horizontally transferred from bacterial origin. In this report, we examined this issue using phylogenetic analysis. Our BLAST search showed that $C.$ $parvum$ CysQ protein had the highest similarity with that of proteobacteria. Analysis with NCBI's Conserved Domain Tree showed phylogenetic incongruence, in that $C.$ $parvum$ CysQ protein was located within a branch of proteobacteria in the cd01638 domain, a bacterial member of the inositol monophosphatase family. According to Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway, the sulfate assimilation pathway, where CysQ plays an important role, is well conserved in most eukaryotes as well as prokaryotes. However, the Apicomplexa, including $C.$ $parvum$, largely lack orthologous genes of the pathway, suggesting its loss in those protozoan lineages. Therefore, we conclude that $C.$ $parvum$ regained cysQ from proteobacteria by HGT, although its functional role is elusive.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.597-606
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• 2003

Although the antidepressant effects of imipramine (IMI) have been well known in several studies, the effects on cardiovascular system, particularly the vasorelaxant effects, have not known clearly. We hypothesis that IMI-induced vasorelaxation involves NO (nitrie oxide), activation of guanylate cyclase (GC) and $Ca^{2+}$ channel. The possible roles of the endothelium and $Ca^{2+}$ in IMI-induced responses were investigated using isolated rings of rat thoracic aorta and anesthesized rats. In KCl-precontracted rings. IMI produces endothelium-dependent and endothelium-independent relaxations in intact (+E) as well as endothelium-denuded (-E) rat aorta in a concentration-dependent manner. In phenylephrine (PE)-precontracted rings, the IMI-induced relaxation was significantly greater in +E rings. The IMI-induced relaxations were suppressed by nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitors, N(G)-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA), N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) and aminoguanidine, a non-selective GC inhibitor, methylene blue, $Na^+$ channel blockers, lidocaine and procaine, or $Ca^{2+}$ channel blockers, nifedipine and verapamil, in PE-precontracted +E rings, but not in PE-precontracted -E rings. These relaxations were also suppressed by lidocaine or procaine in -E aortic rings. However, IMI-induced relaxations were not inhibited by a PLC inhibitor 2-nitro-4-carboxyphenyl-n,n-diphenylcarbamate (NCDC), an inositol monophosphatase inhibitor, lithium, indomethacin and dexamethasone in +E and -E rings. In vivo, infusion of IMI elicited significant decrease in arterial blood pressure. After intravenous injection of saponin, NOS inhibitors. MB and nifedipine, infusion of IMI inhibited the IMI-lowered blood pressure markedly. These findings suggest that the endothelium-dependent relaxation induced by IMI is mediated by activation of NO/cGMP signaling cascade or inhibition of $Ca^{2+}$ entry through voltage-gated channel, and this mechanism may contribute to the hypotensive effects of IMI in rats.