• 생명과학회지
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• 제21권9호
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• pp.1323-1328
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 페놀 화합물들을 현장에서 검출하기 위해 간단하고 간편한 일회용 재조합 박테리아 바이오센서 시스템을 개발하였다. 플라즈미드 pLZCapR을 함유하는 E. coli 세포를 ${\beta}$-galactosidase 기질인 CPRG와 함께 96-well plate의 wells에 agarose로 고정하였다. 이 바이오센서는 현장에서 발색을 위한 별도의 기질을 추가하거나 불편한 기기 사용 또는 시료의 전 처리를 필요로 하지 않는다. 시료의 측정은 간단히 적은 부피(<100 ${\mu}l$)의 현장 시료를 바이오센서를 포함하는 wells에 넣고 발색을 관찰하여 측정하였다. 또한 6% DMF, 0.1% SDS 그리고 10 mM $CaCl_2$를 첨가하여 agarose 고정에 의한 화합물의 세포내 확산 제한을 감소시켜 보다 더 나은 발색을 얻을 수 있었다. 따라서 이 고정된 미생물 유래 재조합 바이오센서 시스템은 현장에서 환경오염물질들을 간단하게 확인하고 정량 하는 유용한 접근 방법이 될 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.195-201
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• 2003

Aromatic hydrocarbons are of major concern among genotoxic chemicals due to their toxicity and persistence. Some microorganisms can utilize aromatic hydrocarbons as carbon and energy sources by inducing expression of catabolic operon(s). The XylR regulatory protein activates transcription of the catabolic enzymes to degrade BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene) from its cognate promoters, Pu and Ps upon exposure of the cells to the aromatic hydrocarbons. The activity of XylR on the promoters was previously monitored using luciferase luc reporter system. The xylR, its promoter Pr and the promoter Po for the phenolic compound catabolic operon were introduced upstream of firefly luciferase luc in the pGL3b vector to generate about 7.1 kb of pXRBTEX. Here E. coli harboring the plasmid was freeze-dried under various conditions to fin,d optimal conditions for storage and transport. The cell viability and luciferase activity were maintained better, when the cells were freeze-dried at -7$0^{\circ}C$ in the addition of the 10% skim milk or 12% sucrose. However, coaddition of protectants such as 10% skim milk plus 10% glucose or 12% sucrose plus 10% glucose, resulted in much better viability and bioluminescence activity compared with the effect of single addition of each protectant. In addition, it was shown that the freeze-dried cells maintained almost intact bioluminescent activities and cell viability for at least 1 week after freeze-drying. This work demonstrated that the properly freeze-dried recombinant bacterial cells could be utilized as a whole-cell biosensor for simple and rapid monitoring of BTEX in the environment.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.219-227
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• 2008

Bacillus thuringiensis was isolated as a pathogen of the sotto disease of silkmoth larvae about a hundred years ago. Since then, this bacterium has attracted attentions of not only insect pathologists but also many other scientists who are interested in its strong and specific insecticidal activity. This has led to the recent worldwide development of B. thuringiensis-based microbial insecticides and insect-resistant transgenic plants, as well as a landmark discovery of par asp orin, a cancer cell-specific cytotoxin produced by B. thuringiensis. In this review, we describe examination of interaction between inclusion proteins of B. thuringiensis and brush border membrane of insects using a surface plasmon resonance-based biosensor, identification and characterization of parasporin-4, the latest parasporin produced by the B. thuringiensis A1470 strain, and an effective method for preparing the parasporin-4 from inclusion bodies expressed in the recombinant Escherichia coli cells.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.187-191
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• 2012

Two component system (TCS)인 ZraS/R 및 CusS/R의 zraP와 cusC 유전자의 프로모터에 의해 green fluorescent protein (GFP)이 발현되도록 제작된 박테리아 바이오센서의 성능을 인공폐수에서 평가하였다. 제작된 박테리아 바이오센서는 실제 폐수를 모사한 인공폐수에서도 시료 중의 $Zn^{2+}$와 $Cu^{2+}$를 인지하여 GFP를 효율적으로 발현시키는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 두 번째는 세포 표면에 금속 친화성 펩타이드가 표현되도록 제작된 구리 및 아연 제거 박테리아를 인공폐수 조건에서 평가하였다. 제작된 박테리아는 각각 ZraS/R 및 CusS/R TCS에 의해 주변의 $Zn^{2+}$와 $Cu^{2+}$를 인지하여 세포 표면에 OmpC-ZBP와 OmpC-CBP 융합 단백질을 발현시키는 시스템이다. 실험을 통해 표면에 금속 흡착 펩타이드가 발현된 재조합 균은 인공폐수 조건에서도 효과적으로 구리 및 아연을 흡착시키는 것을 확인하였다. 따라서 본 연구에서 개발된 TCS 기반 재조합 균은 인공폐수 조건에서 중금속의 인지 및 제거 기능이 효과적으로 작동하는 것이 확인되었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.1306-1311
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• 2011

Recombinant Rhodopseudomonas palustris, harboring the carotenoid-metabolizing gene crtI (CrtIBS), and whose color changes from greenish yellow to red in response to inorganic As(III), was cultured in transparent microplate wells illuminated with a light emitting diode (LED) array. The cells were seen to grow better under near-infrared light, when compared with cells illuminated with blue or green LEDs. The absorbance ratio of 525 to 425 nm after cultivation for 24 h, which reflects red carotenoid accumulation, increased with an increase in As(III) concentrations. The detection limit of cultures illuminated with near-infrared LED was 5 ${\mu}g$/l, which was equivalent to that of cultures in test tubes illuminated with an incandescent lamp. A near-infrared LED array, in combination with a microplate, enabled the simultaneous handling of multiple cultures, including CrtIBS and a control strain, for normalization by the illumination of those with equal photon flux densities. Thus, the introduction of a near-infrared LED array to the assay is advantageous for the monitoring of arsenic in natural water samples that may contain a number of unknown factors and, therefore, need normalization of the reporter event.