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Electrophoretic and Immunological Evaluation of Secalin in Rye, Triticale, and Wheat-Rye Translocation Wheat

  • Seo, Yong-Weon;Hong, Byung-Hee
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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    • v.43 no.4
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    • pp.228-233
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    • 1998
  • Seed storage proteins have been used for studying biochemical genetics and end-use quality aspects. We conducted enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and one-dimensional SDS-PAGE (1D SDS-PAGE) to evaluate different cereal crop species and Korean wheat lines for rye secalin proteins. The antisecalin antibody showed consistent specificity for rye secalin with little cross-reactivity to gliadins. Immunological cross-reactivities measured by the ELISA technique using competition assay showed significant differences of absorbance among rye, triticale, wheat-rye translocated wheat and non-translocated wheat. The absorbance values were lowest in rye followed by triticale, translocated wheat and non-translocated wheat. The ELISA for discrimination of wheat-rye translocation on the basis of antigen-antibody reactivity showed that none of the Korean wheat lines possessed 1RS and secalin proteins. The competitive ELISA experiment demonstrated specific determination for secalin that was originated from rye chromosomal parts. The result of 1D SDS-PAGE for identifying rye secalin subunits showed all three rye specific secalin protein subunits (75 KDa, 45 KDa, and 40 KDa) for rye and triticale, and 1RS specific secalins (45 KDa and 40 KDa) for 1AL/1RS and 1BL/1RS translocated wheats. All Korean wheats were lacking 1RS of rye chromosome and secalin.

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Genomic and evolutionary analysis with gluten proteins of major food crops in the Triticeae tribe

  • Kim, Sang Heon;Seo, Yong Weon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Crop Science Conference
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    • 2017.06a
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    • pp.86-86
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    • 2017
  • Prolamins are the main seed storage proteins in cereals. Gluten proteins seem to be prolamins because their primary structure have the meaningful quantity of proline and glutamine amino acid residues. Gluten proteins are found in crops such as wheat (Triticum aestivum), barley (Hordeum vulgare), and rye (Secale cereale) which are major food crops in the Triticeae tribe. Glutenin and gliadin, hordein, and secalin are typical gluten proteins found in wheat, barley, and rye, respectively. Gluten affect grain quality so that many researches, such as isolation or characterization of their genes, have been carried out. To improve the quality of grains in the Triticeae tribe, it is necessary to understand the relationship within their gluten proteins and their evolutionary changes. The sequences of nucleotides and amino acids of gluten protein including glutenins, gliadins, hordeins, and secalins were retrieved from NCBI (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/) and Uniprot (http://www.uniprot.org/). The sequence analysis and the phylogenetic analysis of gluten proteins were performed with various website tools. The results demonstrated that gluten proteins were grouped with their homology and were mostly corresponded with the previous reports. However, some genes were moved, duplicated, or disappeared as evolutionary process. The obtained data will encourage the breeding programs of wheat, barley, rye, and other crops in the Triticeae tribe.

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Identification of Soybean Glycinin Precursor In Vitro (대두 세포내에서 Glycinin 전구체의 존재 확인)

  • 김정호
    • Journal of Plant Biology
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.51-65
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    • 1989
  • Glycinin is the major storage protein in soybean. It has been known that a molecule of glycinin is composed of 6 subunits, each of which consists of two different kinds of polypeptides, acidic (A) and basic (B) one (NW 39K and 19K, respectively). To study the molecular origin and the relationship of glycinin subunit polypeptides, antibodies against A-and B-polypeptide were obtained by immunizing rabbits with either of the antigens purified by gel filtration and preparative electrophoresis. Each antibody was not only specific for its own antigen polypeptide in soybeans but also recoginzed the precursor which was synthesized in vivo and in vitro. The polyadenylated mRNAs were isolated from immature seeds and leaves and were translated in vitro using wheat germ extract. One of the seed-specific translation products. MW 60K, was identified to be the precursor of glycinin subunit by immunoprecipitation with antibodies against glycinin A- and B-polypeptide. Mature A- and B-polypeptides were not detected in the translte in vitro. These results suggest that the precursor polypeptide is synthesized from the mRNA and is cleaved to yield A- and B-polypeptides which from a glycinin subunit in the cell. Glycinin genes were expressed with the maturation of soybean seeds in a tissue-specific and developmental stage-specific manner.

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Current Status and Perspectives of Quality Improvement in Sesame (참깨 품질 연구의 현황과 문제점 및 전망)

  • Lee, Bong-Ho;Lee, Jung-Il;Park, Rae-Kyeong
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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    • v.33 no.s01
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    • pp.86-97
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    • 1988
  • Sesame(Sesamum indicum L.) is probably the most ancient oilseed crop known in the world. The seed of sesame is used in a variety of ways as food. The whole seed may be eaten raw, either roasted or parched, or fed to birds and stock. Sesame oil is used as a salad or cooking oil, in shortening, margarine and in the manufacture of soap. Minor uses are as a fixative in the perfume industry and formerly as a carrier for fatsoluble substances in pharmaceuticals such as penicillin. One of the minor constituents of sesame oil, sesamin, is used for its synergistic effect in pyrethrin insecticides, in addition of a small quantity of this substance markedly increases the effectiveness of fly sprays. The meal remaining after oil extraction can be used as and animal feed-stuff or as manure. In general sesame meal is considered to be equal to cottonseed or soybean meal as a protein supplement for livestock and poultry. It is especially high in certain amino-acids such as methionine, which is low in soybean meal, and thus can be combined with it or similar meal to form a more balanced ration. An attempt to summarize the literature review on quality improvement of sesame was made to discuss the accomplishments of the past and perspectives in the future. The reviews on quality improvement of sesame were mainly discussed in connection with the cultural practices and genetic informations in current status. The emphasis focussed on environmental variation of quality in cultural practices, such as harvest time, variety by location, climatic condition, fertilizer application, and growth regulator treatment. On the genetic variation of quality, it was discussed on variety background, mutation breeding, correlations, and inheritance of quality related characteristics. It also was discussed on relationship between quality and plant traits, storage condition or period, and seed coat color. Moreover, current research status were reviewed on some minor elements such as sesamin, oxalic acid, and trypsin inhibitor. As a results of the review, the lack of an effort to quality improvement in each utilization area was indicated as a problem area. More active efforts for the improvement of quality were also insufficient to incorporate the available genes for quality in breeding method or collection and analysis of breeding materials. Therefore, researches in the future would be recommended to emphasize on these problem areas.

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Physicochemical and Textural Properties, and Antimicrobial Effects of Low-fat Comminuted Sausages Manufactured with Grapefruit Seed Extract (자몽 종자 추출물을 첨가한 저지방 세절 소시지의 이화학적, 조직적 특성 및 향균 효과)

  • Chin Koo B.;Kim Wha Y.;Kim Kwang H.
    • Food Science of Animal Resources
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.141-148
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    • 2005
  • This study was conducted to evaluate physicochemical and textural properties, and antimicrobial effects of low-fat comminuted sausages manufactured with sodium lactate $(3.3\%,\;SL)$ and various levels $(0.1\~0.3\%)$ of grapefruit seed extract (GSE, DF-100) during refrigerated storage for 10 weeks. Low-fat comminuted sausages (LFCS) has pH ranges of $6.09\~6.26,\;74\~76\%$ moisture, $<3\%\;fat,\;16\~17\%$ protein. The addition of SL $(3.3\%)$ and GSE with various levels $(0.1\~0.3\%)$ didn't impair water holding capacity (WHC), vacuum purge (VP) and Hunter color values (L, a, b). LFCS containing SL $(3.3\%)$ increased hardness and chewiness, whereas most TPA values were not affected by the addition of various levels $(0.1\~0.3\%)$ of GSE. LFCS containing $0.2\%\;or\;0.3\%$ GSE retarded the microbial growth of Listeria monocytogenes(LM). The addition of $0.3\%$ GSE in LFCS showed similar antimicrobial effect to $3.3\%$ SL, which kept $10^3 CFU/g$ until 10 weeks of refrigerated storage. Yellowness, VP and cohesiveness tended to be increased with increased storage time. These results indicated that the addition of $0.3\%$ GSE as a replacer for synthetic particularly paI1icuiarly inhibited the microbial growth of LM, resulting in antimicrobial effect similar to those of $3.3\%$ SL treatment without quality defects.

The embryological studies on the interspecific hybrid of ginseng plant (Panax ginseng x P. Quiuquefolium) with special references to the seed abortion (인삼의 종간잡종 Panax ginseng x P Quinquefoilium의 발생학적 연구 특히 결실불능의 원인에 관하여)

  • Jong-Kyu Hwang
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.69-86
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    • 1969
  • On the growing of the interspecific hybrid ginseng plant, the phenomena of hybrid vigoures are observed in the root, stem, and leaf, but it can not produce seeds favorably since the ovary is abortive in most cases in interspecific hybrid plants. The present investigation was undertaken in an attempt to elucidate the embryological dses of the seed failure in the interspecific hybrid of ginseng (Panax Ginseng ${\times}$ P. Quinque folium). And the results obtained may be summarized as follows. 1). The vegetative growth of the interspecific hybrid ginseng plant is normal or rather vigorous, but the generative growth is extremely obstructed. 2). Even though the generative growth is interrupted the normal development of ovary tissue of flower can be shown until the stage prior to meiosis. 3). The division of the male gameto-genetic cell and the female gameto-genetic cell are exceedingly irregular and some of them are constricted prior to meiosis. 4). At meiosis in the microspore mother cell of the interspecific hybrid, abnormal division is observed in that the univalent chromosome and chromosome bridge occure. And in most cases, metaphasic configuration is principally presented as 23 II+2I, though rarely 22II+4I is also found. 5). Through the process of microspore and pollen formation of F1, the various developmental phases occur even in an anther loclus. 6). Macro, micro and empty pollen grains occur and the functional pollen is very rare. 7). After the megaspore mother cell stage, the rate of ovule development is, on the whole, delayed but the ovary wall enlargement is nearly normal. 8). Degenerating phenomena of ovules occur from the megaspore mother cell stage to 8-nucleate embryo sac stage, and their beginning time of constricting shape is variously different. 9). The megaspore arrangement in the parent is principally of the linear type, though rarely the intermediate type is also observed, whereas various types, viz, linear, intermediate, Tshape, and I shape can be observed in hybrid. 10). After meiosis, three or five megaspore are some times counted. 11). Charazal end megaspore is generally functional in the parents, whereas, in F1, very rarely one of the center megaspores (the second of the third megaspore) grows as an embryo sac mother cell. 12). In accordance with the extent of irregularity or abnormality in meiosis, division of embryo sac nuclei and embryo sac formation cause more nucellus tissue to remain within th, embryo sac. 13). Even if one reached the stage of embryo sac formation, the embryo sac nuclei are always precarious and they can not be disposed to theil proper, respective position. 14). Within the embryo sac, which is lacking the endospermcell, the 4-celled proembryo, linear arrangement, is observed. 15). Through the above respects, the cause of sterile or seed failure of interspecific hybrid would be presumably as follows, By interspecific crossing gene reassortments takes place and the gene system influences the metabolism by the interference of certain enzyme as media. In the F1 plant, the quantity and quality of chemicals produced by the enzyme system and reaction system are entirely different from the case of the parents. Generally, in order to grow, form, and develop naw parts it is necessary to change the materials and energy with reasonable balance, whereas in the F1 plant the metabolic process becomes abnormal or irregular because of the breakdown of the balancing. Thus the changing of the gene-reaction system causes the alteration of the environmental condition of the gameto-genetic cells in the anther and ovule; the produced chemicals cause changes of oxidatio-reduction potential, PH value, protein denaturation and the polarity, etc. Then, the abnormal tissue growing in the ovule and emdryo sac, inhibition of normal development and storage of some chemicals, especially inhibitor, finally lead to sterility or seed failure. Inconclusion, we may presume that the first cause of sterile or seed abortion in interspecific hybrids is the gene reassortment, and the second is the irregularity of the metabolic system, storage of chemicals, especially inhibitor, the growth of abnormal tissue and the change of the polarity etc, and they finally lead to sexual defect, sterility and seed failure.

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Characteristics of Biochemical Markers and Whole-Wheat Flours Using Small-Scaled Sampling Methods in Korean Wheats

  • Park Chul Soo;Kim Yang-Kil;Han Ouk-Kyu;Lee Mi Ja;Park Jong-Chul;Seo Jae-Hwan;Hwang Jong-Jin;Kim Jung-Gon;Kim Tae Wan
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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    • v.50 no.5
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    • pp.346-355
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    • 2005
  • To investigate the application of biochemical markers' and small-sample methods using whole-wheat flours for screening in early generation in Korean wheat breeding system, 74 Korean wheats, including cultivars, local breeding lines and experimental lines, were analyzed. Seed storage protein and amylose contents of grains were evaluated. Biochemical makers, including granule bound starch synthase (GBSS), high molecular weigh glutenin subunits (HMW-GS) and friabilin were also evaluated by using one-dimensional sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacryla-mide gel electrophoresis with a single kernel. The small­sample methods, including modified SDS-sedimentation test (MST), micro-alkaline water retention capacity (AWRC) and whole-wheat flour swelling volume (WSV) were also tested in this study. Protein content, MST and AWRC was $11.0 - 15.8\%$, 2.7 - 26.2 ml and $71.9 - 109.7\%$, respectively. Apparent and total amylose content and WSV was $20.6 - 25.0\%$, $26.1 - 32.4\%$ and 9.0 - 16.9 ml, respectively. There were highly significant correlations between MST and AWRC (r=0.592, P<0.001), but Korean wheats showed no significant difference in protein content, amylose content and small-sample methods. In the biochemical markers, Korean wheats contained all three GBSS encoded by Wx loci, except for Suwon 252. Korean wheats showed the high frequency ($58.1\%$) of 1Dx2.2 + 1Dy12 subunits of HMW-GS. Friabilin band was present in 46 lines ($62.2\%$) and absent in 28 lines ($37.8\%$). Friabilin-absence lines showed the higher MST (14.9 ml) and AWRC ($92.1\%$) value than friabilin-presence lines (8.5 ml and $82.4\%$, respectively).

Structure of Seed Storage Protein and Starch Grains in the Endosperm of Rice Seeds (쌀 종자(種子)의 내배유(內胚乳) 저장(貯藏) 단백질(蛋白質)과 연말(緣末)과립의 구조(構造))

  • Park, Kyoung-Soo;Rho, Young-Bok;Kaufman, Peter B.
    • Applied Microscopy
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.47-58
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    • 1988
  • 두가지 쌀 품종(品種) 종자(種子)(S-201, IR-8)의 호분층을 주사(走査) 및 투과(透過) 전자현미경(電子顯微鏡)으로 관찰(觀察)하면 구형(球形)과 결정형(結晶形)의 단백질체(蛋白質體)가 있는 것으로 밝혀졌으며, 구형(球形) 단백질체(蛋白質體)는 세포질내(細胞質內)에 존재(存在)하고 결정형(結晶形) 단백질체(蛋白質體)는 액포내(液胞內)에서 관찰(觀察)되었다. 가상적(假想的)인 한발 스트레스로서 열자극 처리(處理)($40^{\circ}C$ 에서 4시간)는 호분층(糊粉層)내에 단백질체(蛋白質體) 수에서 정상적(正常的)인 대조구보다 $40{\sim}50%$ 감소(減少)되었다. 또한 호분층(糊粉層)에서 단백질체(蛋白質體) 수의 감소(減少)는 IR-8품종(品種)보다 S-201품종(品種)에서 더욱 현저(顯著)하게 관찰(觀察)되었다. 열자극 처리(處理)로서 단백질체(蛋白質體) 수의 감소(減少)는 S-201품종(品種)에서 결정형(結晶形) 단백질체(蛋白質體)를 둘러싸고 있는 tonoplast membrane의 손상(損傷)으로 밝혀졌으며, 이런 손상(損傷)은 IR-8품종(品種)에는 좀 덜하다는 것으로 나타났다. 즉 이것은 S-201품종(品種)이 IR-8품종(品種)보다 열 자극(刺戟)(한발 스트레스)에 더욱 민감(敏感)하다는 것으로 사료된다. 두 품종(品種)의 종자(種子) 내배유(內胚乳)에 녹말(綠末)이 가득찬 주사(走査) 전자현미경(電子顯微鏡) 사진(寫眞)은 녹말(綠末)이 내배유(內胚乳)의 중앙(中央)으로부터 사출(査出)되는 hexagonal rods로 구성(構成)되어 있다는 것을 나타낸다. 이러한 hexagonal rods는 rods부터 쉽게 분쇄될 수 있는 triangular sectors로 구성(構成)되어 있으며, 이 sectors들의 각 내부(內部)는 $2{\sim}8$개의 단위(單位)로 구성(構成)되어 있는 커다란 compound starch grains들이 들어 있다. 이것은 쌀 내배유세포(內胚乳細胞)에서 compound starch drains들의 매우 다양한 크기를 설명(說明)하고 있다.

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Production of Medium-chain Fatty Acids in Brassica napus by Biotechnology (유채에서의 중쇄지방산 생산)

  • Roh, Kyung-Hee;Lee, Ki-Jong;Park, Jong-Sug;Kim, Hyun-Uk;Lee, Kyeong-Ryeol;Kim, Jong-Bum
    • Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • v.53 no.2
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    • pp.65-70
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    • 2010
  • Medium-chain fatty acids (MCFA) are composed of 8-12 carbon atoms, and are found in coconut, cuphea, and palm kernel oil. MCFA were introduced into clinical nutrition in the 1950s for dietary treatment of malabsorption syndromes because of their rapid absorption and solubility. Recently, MCFA have been applied to Gastrointestinal Permeation Enhancement Technology (GIPET), which is one of the most important parts in drug delivery system in therapeutics. Therefore, to accumulate the MCFA in seed oil of rapeseed, much effort has been conducted by classical or molecular breeding. Laurate can be successfully accumulated up to 60 mol% in the seed oil of rapeseed by the expression of bay thioesterase (Uc FatB1) alone or crossed with a line over-expressing the coconut lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase (LPAAT) under the control of a napin seed-storage protein promoter. Also, caprylate and caprate were obtained 7 mol% and 29 mol%, respectively, from plants over-expressing of the medium-chain specific thioesterase (Ch FatB2) alone or together with the chain-length-specific condensing enzyme (Ch KASIV). Despite the success of some research in utilizing parallel classical and molecular breeding to produce MCFA, commercially available seed oils have for the most part, not been realized. Recent research in the field of developing MCFA-enriched transgenic plants has established that there is no single rate-limiting step in the production of the target fatty acids. The purpose of this article is to review some of the recent progress in understanding the mechanism and regulation of MCFA production in seed oil of rapeseed.

Structural and expression analysis of glutelin genes in Oryza sativa L. (벼 glutelin 유전자 구조 및 발현특성분석)

  • Yoon, Ung-Han;Kim, Chang-Kug;Lee, Gang-Seob;Hahn, Jang-Ho;Lee, Jeong-Hwa;Kim, Yeon-Ki;Ji, Hyeon-So;Mun, Jeong-Hwan;Lee, Tae-Ho;Kim, Tae-Ho
    • Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.176-185
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    • 2011
  • Rice is one of the most important crop in the world, in particular for food resources. With its small genome size of 383 Mb, the Oryza sativa is a model plant for genome research. Indeed, it's grain provides human with a source of carbohydrates and proteins. Rice grain has relatively low protein contents (around 8%) compared to other legume seeds (around 40%). Osborne classified seed proteins into water soluble albumin, salt soluble globulin, alcohol soluble prolamin and acidic/alkaline solution soluble glutelin. Glutelin and prolamin are the major storage proteins in rice. For the gene expression study of seed storage proteins, we analyzed 33,192 EST clones at immature stages in a rice cultivar (Oryza sativa L. cv. 'Ilpum'). Based on the expression analysis, we cloned 11 glutelin genes and figured out the 8 genes are located on Chromosome 2. The expression of glutelin genes appears to be about 28.2% of total level in immature seeds. Interestingly, glu-04 is duplicated as inverted sequences on the same chromosomes as far 4.5 kb. Our results indicate that glutelin genes, evolutionarily, were replicated on the chromosome and thus expressed as specific manners. In a whole protein composition analysis, glu05 (type B7) contains the highest lysin contents (4.51%) among the 11 rice glutelin genes. It will be an interesting future work to increase lysin contents by the gene overexpressor strategy with the aim of improved diet nutritionally fortified.