• BMB Reports
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.44-52
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• 2007

Kinesins, as a kind of microtubule-based motor proteins, have a conserved microtubule-binding site in their motor domain. Here we report that two homologous kinesins in Arabidopsis thaliana, KatB and KatC, contain a second microtubule-binding site in their tail domains. The prokaryotic-expressed N-terminal tail domain of the KatC heavy chain can bind to microtubules in an ATP-insensitive manner. To identify the precise region responsible for the binding, a serious of truncated KatC cDNAs encoding KatC N-terminal regions in different lengths, KatC1-128, KatC1-86, KatC1-73 and KatC1-63, fused to Histidine-tags, were expressed in E. coli and affinity-purified. Microtubule cosedimentation assays show that the site at amino acid residues 74-86 in KatC is important for microtubule-binding. By similarity, we obtained three different lengths of KatB N-terminal regions, KatB1-384, KatB1-77, and KatB1-63, and analyzed their microtubule-binding ability. Cosedimentation assays indicate that the KatB tail domain can also bind to microtubules at the same site as and in a similar manner to KatC. Fluorescence microscopic observations show that the microtubule-binding site at the tail domain of KatB or KatC can induce microtubules bundling only when the stalk domain is present. Through pull-down assays, we show that KatB1-385 and KatC1-394 are able to interact specifically with themselves and with each other in vitro. These findings are significant for identifying a previously uncharacterized microtubule-binding site in the two kinesin proteins, KatB and KatC, and the functional relations between them.

• Journal of Genetic Medicine
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.147-151
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• 2021

The Say-Barber-Biesecker-Young-Simpson variant of Ohdo syndrome (SBBYSS) (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man #603736) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder and clinically features blepharophimosis with ptosis, a mask-like facial appearance, cryptorchidism, congenital heart defect, long thumbs/great toes, and thyroid dysfunction. The etiology of SBBYSS has been shown to be due to heterozygous KAT6B gene mutation. Here we report a case of a neonate with SBBYSS identified a novel mutation in KAT6B gene. The patient showed typical dysmorphic facies, cryptorchidism with micropenis, overriding fingers, and long thumbs and toes at birth. He had also hypothyroidism, large atrial septal defect, and sensorineural hearing loss. The next generation sequencing identified a heterozygous novel variant, c.5206C>T (p.Gln1736Ter) in KAT6B gene. At the 9 months of age, he underwent patch closure for atrial septal defect. Until the 12-month follow-up, he was under-developed.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제55권5호
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• pp.440-448
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• 2003

연구배경 : 다제내성균의 신속한 확인을 가능케 해주는 감수성검사법은 신속한 처방결정을 통해 환자의 치료 성공률을 향상 시킴과 동시에 다제내성균의 전파를 조기에 차단할 수 있게 되어, 국가 결핵관리 사업의 효율성을 증대시킬 수 있다. 방 법 : 아이나 또는 리팜피신 내성에 관련된 유전자 rpoB, katG, inhA, ahpC 등의 돌연변이를 검출할 수 있는 probe를 합성하였고, 총 502개의 내성균을 대상으로 중함효소연쇄반응 역교잡반응법으로 내성균 검출을 시도하였다. 결 과 : 264개의 리팜피신 내성균 중에서 Ser531Leu돌연변이가 46%를 차지하였고, codon 526에서는 32% 의 균주에서 돌연변이를 보였으며, codon 516에서는 10%의 균주가 돌연변이를 나타냈다. 469개의 아이나 내성균 중에서는 64%가 katG 유전자의 Ser315Thr 돌연변이를 나타내었고, 19%의 균은 inhA 유전자 promoter 돌연변이를 가지고 있었으며, ahpC유전자 돌연변이는 3%에 불과하였다. 역교잡반응법에 의한 검출율은 아이나 내성균 중 80%이상이었으며, 리팜피신 내성균에서도 92%이상을 검출할 수 있었다. 결 론 : 역교잡반응법에 의해 리팜피신 뿐만 아니라 아이나에 대한 감수성검사를 신속하게 수행할 수 있음을 확인하였고, 이 검사법은 특히 재발 또는 다제내성이 의심되는 환자의 처방 결정에 매우 유용한 수단이 될 수 있다.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.24-30
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• 2009

Rifampicin (RIF) and isoniazid (INH) are the most important drug for the treatment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Mutations correlated to rifampicin and isoniazid-resistance have been detected in rpoB gene and katG gene, respectively. Of the rifampicin-resistant isolates, 90% showed mutations in rpoB gene at codon 507 to 533. Isoniazid-resistant isolates analysed had a mutation in katG at codon 315. The aim of this study is to develop a pyrosequencing-based approach for rapid detection of ripampin or isoniazid resistant M. tuberculosis based on characterization of all possible mutation in the target region. For this study, the DNA selected from 35 cases of MTB PCR positive clinical sample such as bronchial washing, sputum, and pleural fluid. RIF or INH resistant was analyzed by pyrosequencing data of rpoB and katG gene. 28 (80%) and 7 (20%) of 35 MTB PCR positive DNAs were occured rifampicin-sensitivity and resistant, respectively. For INH, 30 (85.7%) and 5 (14.5%) cases were detected isoniazid-sensitivity and resistant, respectively. When pyrosequencing analysis was compared with ABI sequencing analysis, both analysis were presented same result, but pyrosequencing analysis was more rapid than ABI sequencing analysis. In conclusion, we found that pyrosequencing technology offers high accuracy, specificity, short turn around time and a high throughput in detection of rifampicin or isoniazid resistance in M. tuberculosis.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.461-465
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 저온에서 발현이 유도되고 지속적으로 발현된다고 알려진 대장균의 6개의 유전자 (frdA, glpB, hypE, katG, nupG, ompT)에 대한 promoter의 단백질 생산성을 알아보기 위하여 GFP를 reporter 단백질로 이용하여 각각의 promoter들에 대한 $37^{\circ}C$와 $15^{\circ}C$에서의 발현도와 저온 유도성에 대하여 고찰하였다. nupG promoter의 경우 $37^{\circ}C$와 $15^{\circ}C$ 모두에서 지속적인 유전자 발현도를 보였으나 promoter에 의한 저온 유도성은 없는 것으로 판별되었다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제55권1호
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• pp.41-58
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• 2003

연구배경 : 약제내성 결핵권의 조기 진단을 위해서, 최근 돌연변이 검출 및 질병의 진단 등에 새로운 기술로 대두되고 있는 올리고뉴콜레오티드 칩 기술을 이용하여 결핵균의 리팜핀, 아이소나아지드와 스트렙토마이신 내성과 관련된 rpoB, katG와 rpsL 유전자의 주요 돌연변이를 신속하고 정확하게 검출하고자 하였다. 방 법 : 리팜핀 내성 검출의 야생형 7개와 돌연변이형 13개, 아이소니아지드 내성 검출의 야생형 2개와 돌연변이형 3개, 그리고 스트렙토마이신 내성 검출을 위한 야생형과 돌연변이형 프로브 각 2종류를 고안한 후, 유리 슬라이드에 고정시켜 올리고뉴클레오티드 칩을 제작하였고, 약제내성을 가지고 있는 배양균주 55균주를 선택하여 PCR 증폭반응과 혼성화 반응을 실시한 후 비공초점 레이저 스케너를 이용하여 돌연변이를 검출하였다. 이를 염기서열방법으로 확인하여 돌연변이 다형성을 분석하였다. 결 과 : 리팜핀 내성은 코돈 531과 코돈 526에서 65%의 돌연변이를 검출하였고, 현재까지 보고되어 있지 않은 D516F의 새로운 돌연변이도 검출하였다. 아이소니아지드 내성은 S315T와 R463L 돌연변이가 45.2%로 검출되었고, 스트렙토마이신 내성은 K43R과 K88R 돌연변이가 78%로 검출되었다. 리팜핀 내성의 88%(35/40), 아이소니아지드 내성의 50%(20/42), 그리고 스트렙토마이신 내성의 78%(7/9)를 검출함으로써 현재까지 보고되어 있는 세가지 약제내성과 관련된 rpoB, katG와 rpsL 유전자의 주요 돌연변이는 대부분 검출할 수 있음을 확인할 수 있었고, 염기서열분석 결과와 비교하였을 때 모두 일치하는 결과를 얻음으로써 올리고뉴콜레오티드 칩의 유용성을 확인할 수 있었다. 결 론 : 따라서 본 연구에서 개발한 올라고뉴클레오티드 칩은 약재내성 결핵균의 조기 진단에 유용한 도구가 될 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.277-283
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• 1997

Promoters inducible by paraquat, a superocide-generating agent, were isolated from Escherichia coli using a promoter-probing plasmid pRS415 with promoterless lacA gene. Twenty one promoters induced by paraquat were selected and further characterized. From sequence analysis, thirteen of the promoters were mapped to their specific loci on the Escherichia coli chromosome. Several promoters were mapped to the upstream of known genes such as usgl, katG, and mglB, whose relationships with superoxide response have not been previously reported. Other promoters were mapped to the upstream region of unknown open reading frames. Downstream of HC 96 promoter are uncharacterized ORFs whose sequences are homologous to ABC-transporter subunits. Downstream of HC84 promoter is an ORF encoding a transcriptional regulator-like protein, which contains a LysR family-specific HTH (helix-turn-helix) DNA bindign motif. We investigated whether these promoters belong to the soxRS regulon. All promoters except HC96 were found to belong to the soxRS regulon. The HC96 promoter was significantly induced by paraquat in the soxRS deletion mutant strain. The basal transcription level of three promoters (HE43, HC71, HD94) significantly increased at the stationary phase, implying that they are regulated by RpoS. However, paraquat inducibility of all promoters disappeared in the stationary phase, suggesting that SoxRS regulatory system is active only in rapidly growing cells.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.25-28
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• 2006

The magnet system of KSTAR(korean Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research) is consisted of 16 TF (Toroidal Field) coils and 14 PF (Poroidal Field) coils. Internal cooling CICC(Cable in Conduit Conductor) type conductor is used for both of TF and PF coil systems. The conduit material for $Nb_3Sn$ cable is Incoloy 908 and 316LN stainless-steel was used as conduit material for NbTi cable. $Nb_3Sn$ CICC is used for all TF coils and PF1-5 coils while NbTi CICC is used for PF6 and 7 coils. $Nb_3Sn$ and NbTi strands were made for KSTAR superconducting strand. They are satisfied with KSTAR superconducotr requirements. The $Nb_3Sn$ strands supplied from three companies; MELCO (Mitsubishi Electric Co.), OAS (Outokumpu Advanced Superconductor) and KAT (Kiswire Advanced Technology) were used. A special CICC jacketing system is developed for the KSTAR CICC fabrication which uses the tube-mill process consisted of forming, welding, sizing and squaring procedures. The. procedures for cabling and jacketing of CICC for TF and PF coils and their results including the geometrical specification and characteristics of strands are described.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.451-458
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• 2013

The human gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori (Hp) has been considered a microaerophile. However, we recently reported that, when supplied with 10% $CO_2$, Hp growth is stimulated by an atmospheric level of $O_2$, suggesting that Hp is a capnophilic aerobe. In this study, we investigated the effects of aerobic $O_2$ tension on Hp cells by comparing gene expression profiles of cultures grown under microaerobic and aerobic conditions in the presence of 10% $CO_2$. The results showed that overall differences in gene expression in Hp cells grown under the two $O_2$ conditions were predominantly growth-phase-dependent. At 6 h, numerous genes were down-regulated under the aerobic condition, accounting for our previous observation that Hp growth was retarded under this condition. At 36 h, however, diverse groups of genes involved in energy metabolism, cellular processes, transport, and cell envelope synthesis were highly up- or down-regulated under the aerobic condition, indicating a progression of the cultures from the log phase to the stationary phase. The expression of several oxidative stress-associated genes including tagD, katA, and rocF was induced in response to aerobic $O_2$ level, whereas trxA, trxB, and ahpC remained unchanged. Altogether, these data demonstrate that aerobic $O_2$ tension is not detrimental to Hp cells but stimulates Hp growth, supporting our previous finding that Hp may be an aerobic bacterium that requires a high $CO_2$ level for its growth.