• 한국생명과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생명과학회 2003년도 제40회 국제학술심포지움
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• pp.14-27
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• 2003

The genomes of Arabidopsis and rice have been fully sequenced. Genomic sequencing provides global information about genome structure and organization. A comprehensive research account of our recent studies conducted on genome painting, comparative genomics and genome fusion is provided in order to project the prospects of plant cytogenetic research in post-genomics era. Genome analysis by GISH using genome painting is demonstrated as an excellent means suitable for visualization of a whole genome, since total genomic DNA representing the overall molecular composition of the genome is used as a probe. FISH on extended DNA fibers has been developed for high-resolution FISH and has contributed to determining the copy number and order of genes. We have also mapped a number of genes involving starch synthesis on wheat chromosomes by FISH and compared the position of these genes on linkage map of rice. Macro synteny between wheat and rice can be observed by comparing the location of these genes in spite of the fact that the size of DNA per chromosome differs by 20 fold in two. Moreover, to approach our goal towards making bread and udon noodles from rice flour in future by incorporating bread making and the noodle qualifies in rice, we have been successful in introducing large genomic DNA fragments containing agronomically important genes of wheat into a rice by successive introduction of large insert BAC clones, there by expanding genetic variability in rice. We call this method genome fusion.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.207-216
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• 2018

Solanum berthaultii is one of the wild diploid Solanum species, which is an excellent resource in potato breeding owing to its resistance to several important pathogens. On the other hand, sexual hybridization between S. berthaultii and S. tuberosum (potato) is limited because of their sexual incompatibility. Therefore, cell fusion can be used to introgress various novel traits from this wild species into the cultivated potatoes. After cell fusion, it is crucial to identify fusion products with the aid of molecular markers. In this study, the chloroplast genome sequence of S. berthaultii obtained by next-generation sequencing technology was described and compared with those of five other Solanum species to develop S. berthaultii specific markers. A total sequence length of the chloroplast genome is 155,533 bp. The structural organization of the chloroplast genome is similar to those of the five other Solanum species. Phylogenic analysis with 25 other Solanaceae species revealed that S. berthaultii is most closely located with S. tuberosum. Additional comparison of the chloroplast genome sequence with those of the five Solanum species revealed 25 SNPs specific to S. berthaultii. Based on these SNPs, six PCR-based markers for differentiating S. berthaultii from other Solanum species were developed. These markers will facilitate the selection of fusion products and accelerate potato breeding using S. berthaultii.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.38-43
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• 2016

Novel and specific recognition elements are of central importance in the development of a pathogen detection method. Here, we describe a simple method for identifying the cell-wall binding domain (CBD) from a sequenced bacterial genome employing homology search for phage lysin genes. A putative CBD (CPF369_CBD) was identified from a genome of Clostridium perfringens type strain ATCC 13124, and its function was studied with the CBD-GFP fusion protein recombinantly expressed in Escherichia coli. Fluorescence microscopy showed the specific binding of the fusion protein to C. perfringens cells, which demonstrates the potential of this method for the identification of novel bioprobes for specific detection of pathogenic bacteria.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제23권10호
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• pp.1192-1198
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• 2013

바이오 에탄올 생산을 위한 최적 효모균주의 개량을 위해 효모 genome shuffling 법을 이용하여 에탄올내성, 내열성 및 ${\beta}$-1,3-glucanase 활성을 가진 효모균주의 육종을 계획하였다. 본 연구에서는 세포 외 ${\beta}$-1,3-glucanase 활성을 가진 Saccharomyces cerevisiae $BY4742{\Delta}exg1$/pAInu-exgA 균주와 에탄올내성 및 내열성을 가진 S. cerevisiae YKY020 균주를 효모 protoplast fusion을 통하여 융합시켰다. 세포융합에 의해 $40^{\circ}C$에서 내열성을 보이는 네 개의 후보 균주(No. 3, 9, 11, 12)를 선별한 다음, 7% 에탄올 농도에서의 에탄올내성 및 ${\beta}$-1,3-glucanase 활성을 조사하였다. 두 모균주의 모든 표현형을 보이는 하나의 균주(No. 11)가 선별되었고, 이 균주를 BYK-F11이라고 명명하였다. BYK-F11 융합균주는 $BY4742{\Delta}exg1$/pAInu-exgA와 YKY020균주에 비해서 증가된 세포성장속도, 에탄올 내성, ${\beta}$-1,3-glucanase 활성 및 에탄올 생산성을 보임을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 다양한 특성을 가지지만 같은 접합형을 가진 효모균주들을 protoplast fusion법을 사용하여 손쉽게 새로운 산업용 효모균주로 육종시킬 수 있다는 것을 증명하였다.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제59권1호
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• pp.45-47
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• 2016

Two Monascus purpureus genomes lack the monacolin K biosynthesis locus (mok), while Monascus species are generally assumed to be monacolin K producers. These M. purpureus harbor a fusion of mokA and mokB orthologues. This finding suggests that an ancestral mok locus underwent a deletion event in the M. purpureus genome.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.26.1-26.12
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• 2019

Identification of fusion gene is of prominent importance in cancer research field because of their potential as carcinogenic drivers. RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) data have been the most useful source for identification of fusion transcripts. Although a number of algorithms have been developed thus far, most programs produce too many false-positives, thus making experimental confirmation almost impossible. We still lack a reliable program that achieves high precision with reasonable recall rate. Here, we present FusionScan, a highly optimized tool for predicting fusion transcripts from RNA-Seq data. We specifically search for split reads composed of intact exons at the fusion boundaries. Using 269 known fusion cases as the reference, we have implemented various mapping and filtering strategies to remove false-positives without discarding genuine fusions. In the performance test using three cell line datasets with validated fusion cases (NCI-H660, K562, and MCF-7), FusionScan outperformed other existing programs by a considerable margin, achieving the precision and recall rates of 60% and 79%, respectively. Simulation test also demonstrated that FusionScan recovered most of true positives without producing an overwhelming number of false-positives regardless of sequencing depth and read length. The computation time was comparable to other leading tools. We also provide several curative means to help users investigate the details of fusion candidates easily. We believe that FusionScan would be a reliable, efficient and convenient program for detecting fusion transcripts that meet the requirements in the clinical and experimental community. FusionScan is freely available at http://fusionscan.ewha.ac.kr/.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.87-92
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• 2008

Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) orf47 gene was characterized for the first time. The coding sequence of Bm47 was amplified and subcloned into the prokaryotic expression vector pET-30a(+) in order to produce His-tagged fusion protein in the BL21 (DE3) cells. The His-Bm47 fusion protein was expressed efficiently after induction with IPTG. The purified fusion protein was used to immunize New Zealand white rabbits to prepare polyclonal antibody. As the genome of BmNPV is available in GenBank and the EST database of BmNPV is expanding, identification of novel genes of BmNPV was conceivable by data-mining techniques and bioinformatics tools. Structural bioinformatics approach to analyze the properties of Bm47 encodes protein.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.131-140
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• 2020

Solanum stoloniferum은 가지과에 속하는 4배체 감자 야생종 중의 하나로 감자 육종에서 다양한 병원균에 대한 저항성으로 인하여 좋은 재료로 활용되고 있다. 하지만, 감자와의 생식적 장벽으로 인하여 감자와 직접적인 교배를 통해 육종을 할 수 없어 이를 극복하기 위해 체세포 융합 등의 방법이 이용될 수 있다. 세포 융합 이후에는 분자마커를 이용하여 적합한 융합체 선발이 필요한데 이를 위해 본 연구에서는 S. stoloniferum 특이적 마커를 개발하기 위하여 S. stoloniferum의 엽록체 전장 유전체 정보를 분석하고 이를 기반으로 한 마커를 개발하였다. S. stoloniferum의 cpDNA 총 길이는 155,567 bp이고, 6개의 다른 Solanum 종과의 비교를 통해 S. stoloniferum가 S. berthaultii와 가장 가까운 유연관계인 것을 확인하였다. 다섯 종의 Solanum과의 엽록체 전장 유전체 다중 정렬에서는 S. stoloniferum 특이적인 6개의 InDel과 39개의 SNP를 구명하였으며, 이 정보를 이용하여 최종적으로 네개의 S. stoloniferum 특이적인 PCR 기반의 분자마커를 개발하였다. 이 마커들은 적절한 체세포 융합체를 선발하고 S. stoloniferum을 이용한 감자 품종 육성에 기여할 수 있을 것이다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.58-64
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• 2006

WRKY family proteins are a class of plant-specific transcription factors involved in stress response signaling pathways. In this study a gene encoding a putative WRKY protein was isolated from a pepper EST database (http://genepool.kribb.re.kr). The cDNA, named Capsicum annuum WRKY2 (CaWRKY2), encodes a putative polypeptide of 548 amino acids, containing two WRKY domains with zinc finger motifs and two potential nuclear localization signals. Northern blot analyses showed that CaWRKY2 mRNA was preferentially induced during incompatible interactions of pepper plants with PMMoV, Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae 61, and Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. vesicatoria race 3. Furthermore, CaWRKY2 transcripts were strongly induced by wounding and ethephon treatment, whereas only moderate expression was detected following treatment with salicylic acid and jasmonic acid. CaWRKY2 was translocated to the nucleus when a CaWRKY2-smGFP fusion construct was expressed in onion epidermal cells. CaWRKY2 also had transcriptional activation activity in yeast. Taken together our data suggest that CaWRKY2 is a pathogen-inducible transcription factor that may have a role in early defense responses to biotic and abiotic stresses.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.376-381
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• 2019

본 연구는 에탄올내성, 내열성, ${\beta}-glucanase$ 활성 및 xylose 대사가 가능한 새로운 생물시스템을 육종하기 위해 원형질체융합(protoplast fusion)이라는 방법을 사용하여 S. cerevisiae BYK-F11 균주와 P. $stipitis{\Delta}ura$ 균주와의 genome shuffling을 시도하였다. P. $stipitis{\Delta}ura$ 균주는 URA3 유전자를 결실시켜 uracil 영양요구주로 구축되었다. Protoplast fusion을 통해 몇몇의 융합체가 선별되었고, 두 모균주인 BYK-F11 균주와 P. $stipitis{\Delta}ura$ 균주의 핵형(karyotype)를 모두 가지는 BYKPS-F8 균주가 22개의 융합체중에서 최종 선정되었다. 이어 ${\beta}-glucanase$ 활성, xylose 이용능, 에탄올내성, 내열성 및 에탄올생산성에 대한 다양한 표현형이 조사되었다. BYKPS-F8 균주는 모균주인 BYK-F11 균주가 가지는 ${\beta}-glucanase$ 활성을 가지게 되었고, P. $stipitis{\Delta}ura$ 균주가 가지는 xylose 이용능도 모균주보다 1.2배 증가되었음을 확인할 수 있었다. BYKPS-F8 균주는 $40^{\circ}C$에서 내열성을 보였으며, 8% 에탄올이 첨가된 배지에서 모균주에 비해 에탄올 내성이 증가되었음을 확인 할 수 있었다. 20 g/l의 xylose가 함유된 배지에서 72시간 배양에 의해 약 7.5 g/l의 에탄올을 생산할 수 있었으며, 260시간의 장기간의 배양에도 BYKPS-F8균주에 도입한 다형질이 안정적으로 유지됨을 확인하였다. 따라서, 본 연구에서 사용된 균주 육종방법을 통해 다형질을 가진 다른 속간의 균주 융합 및 산업적으로 유용한 생물시스템의 육종이 가능함을 확인하였다.