• BMB Reports
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• 제41권11호
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• pp.771-777
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• 2008

Calmodulin (CaM) proteins, members of the EF-hand family of $Ca^{2+}$-binding proteins, represent important relays in plant calcium signals. Here, OsCam1-1 was isolated by PCR amplification from the rice genome. The gene contains an ORF of 450 base pairs with a single intron at the same position found in other plant Cam genes. A promoter region with a TATA box at position-26 was predicted and fused to a gus reporter gene, and this construct was used to produce transgenic rice by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. GUS activity was observed in all organs examined and throughout tissues in cross-sections, but activity was strongest in the vascular bundles of leaves and the vascular cylinders of roots. To examine the properties of OsCaM1-1, the encoding cDNA was expressed in Escherichia coli. The electrophoretic mobility shift when incubated with $Ca^{2+}$ indicates that recombinant OsCaM1-1 is a functional $Ca^{2+}$-binding protein. In addition, OsCaM1-1 bound the CaMKII target peptide confirming its likely functionality as a calmodulin.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제30권8호
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• pp.1184-1194
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• 2020

Melanin is a major factor that darkens skin color as one of the defense systems to prevent the harmful effects of UV light. However, darkened skin from the localized or systemic accumulation of melanin is viewed in many cultures as an esthetic problem. Consequentially, searching for anti-melanogenic agents from natural sources is very popular worldwide. Previous screening of fermented rice products, obtained from various rice cultivars fermented with different sources of loog-pang (Thai traditional fermentation starter), revealed that the highest ability to reduce the melanin content in B16F10 melanoma cells was from unpolished black rice fermented with a defined starter mixture of microbes isolated from loog-pang E11. The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanism of the fermented unpolished black rice (FUBR) on the inhibition of melanogenesis in B16F10 melanoma cells. The strongest reduction of cellular melanin content was found in the FUBR sap (FUBRS). The melanin reduction activity was consistent with the significant decrease in the intracellular tyrosinase activity. The FUBRS showed no cytotoxic effect to B16F10 melanoma or Hs68 human fibroblast cell lines. It also significantly reduced the transcript and protein expression levels of tyrosinase, tyrosinase-related protein 1 (TYRP-1), TYRP-2, and microphthalmia-associated transcription factor. Furthermore, it induced a significantly increased level of phosphorylated ERK, p38 and Akt signaling pathways, which likely contributed to the negative regulation of melanogenesis. From these results, a model for the mechanism of FUBRS on melanogenesis inhibition was proposed. Moreover, these results strongly suggested that FUBRS possesses anti-melanogenesis activity with high potential for cosmeceutical application as a skin depigmenting agent.

• 한국잡초학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.140-149
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• 1996

벼의 제초제에 대한 반응을 조사키 위하여 300 품종 및 계통을 대상으로 제초제 butachlor, thiobencarb, simetryn을 사용하여 선발한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 제초제에 대한 벼품종과 계통들의 반응은 사용한 제초제와 그 농도에 따라 다르게 나타났는데, New Sabarmati(BAS), Gora, PTB 18 등은 butachlor에 내성을 보인 반면에 Azucena, IR44707-31-1-3-2, ARC 7293 등은 thiobencarb에 내성을 나타내었고, Gora, ARC 7293, and Dudmona 등은 두제초제에 공히 내성을 보였다. 그러나 simetryn에 대한 벼의 반응은 butachlor과 thiobencarb와는 다른 반응을 나타내었다. 2. 제초제 처리에 의한 신초의 생장과 생체중은 온도와 제초제 농도가 증가함에 따라 더욱 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 3 제초제에 대한 벼의 반응을 간편하고 효과적으로 검정하기 위해 실내시험을 수행하여 얻은 결과를 온실시험 결과와 비교한 결과 실내시험이 높은 온도(온실의 낮기온)에서 수행되었을 때 두가지 검정방법간에 높은 상관관계를 보였다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.368-373
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• 2004

광범위 제초제인 Bast $a^{(R)}$에 대해 저항성을 가지는 형질전환체 벼를 개발하였다. Bar유전자를 함유하고 있는 플라스미드 pCaMV35S::Bar를 embryogenic 현탁 배양체로부터 분리한 벼의 원형질체에 도입하였다. Phosphinotricin에 대해 저항성을 가지는 형질전환체 식물체들이 재분화되었고, 이들을 15 mg/l phosphinotricin이 함유한 배지에서 다시 선별하였다. 형질전환체 벼에서 bar유전자의 삽입과 발현을 Southern과 Northern blot분석으로 확인하였고, 또한 $R_1$ 형질전환 식물체들을 PAT 활성 assay로 재차 유전자 발현을 확인하였다. Bar 유전자는 다음 세대인 $R_1$ 식물체에서 3:1 멘델 유전 양상을 나타내었고, 형질전환체 $R_1$과 $R_2$ 식물체들은 fieild에서 살포되는 제초제 양만큼 Bast $a^{(R)}$ 를 살포했을 때 제초제 저항성을 나타내었다..

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.14-19
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• 2012

발아기간에 따른 발아 벼 추출물의 항산화성분, 항산화활성 및 암세포주 성장억제효과를 살펴보았다. 발아는 0, 2, 4, 6 및 8일 동안 진행하였으며, 발아 후 70% 에탄올로 추출물을 제조하였다. 발아가 진행됨에 따라 항산화성분 및 항산화활성은 2~4일까지는 증가하였다가 그 이후에는 감소하였다. 총 폴리페놀 함량은 발아 4일차에서 4.05 mg/g으로 가장 높았으며, DPPH 라디칼 소거능은 0, 2, 4, 6 및 8일차 각각 29.25, 34.82, 31.17, 26.27 및 18.51%로 발아 2일차에 가장 높았으며, 총 항산화력은 발아기간별로 각각 3.05, 3.17, 3.84, 2.43 및 2.167 mg AA eq/100 g으로 발아 4일차에서 가장 높게 나타났다. 환원력 또한 발아 4일차에 1.25로 가장 높게 나타났다. 암세포주 성장억제효과는 위암세포주(AGS) 보다 대장암세포주(HCT-116)에서 높게 나타났다. 이상의 결과로부터 생리활성 증가를 위해서 벼를 발아시킬 경우3~4일이 적당한 것으로 판단되며, 추후 새로운 물질의 생성과 생리활성 성분들에 대한 연구가 더 진행되어야 할 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.46-53
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• 2004

벼(Oryza sativa L.)에 서식하고 있는 메탄올 자화세균(methylotrophic bacteria)의 군집구조를 분석하기 위하여, 국내 3지역(청원, 익산, 밀양)의 경작지 논에서 재배되고 있는 4품종(일미, 동진, 남평, 오대) 벼의 잎, 줄기, 이삭, 뿌리 및 근권토양을 수집하였다. Methanol이 유일한 탄소원으로 첨가된 선택배지를 이용하여, 분홍색 색소체를 갖는 35균주와 무색소체의 5균주를 선별하였으며, 선별균주들의 형태학적, 생리 생화학적 특성을 조사하여 4개의 군집으로 구분하였다. 군집 I 및 IV 는 각각 nitrate와 nitrite reduction 특성에 의해 구별되었으며, pink pigment colony를 형성하는 또 다른 두 개의 군집들은 cellulase 생성유무에 의하여 구분되었다. 표준균주인 Methylobacterium extorquens AM1은 분리균주들과는 다른 군집으로 구분되었으며, M. fujisawaense KACC10744는 III 군집에 속하는 것으로 분석되었다. 분리된 모든 균주들은 urease, oxidase, catalase, pectinase 활성시험에서 양성반응을 나타냈으며, indole, MR-VP, $H_2S$, starch, casein 시험에서는 음성반응을 나타내었다. 또한, 모든 분리 균주들의 열 내성은 없었으며, $45^{\circ}C$ 이상에서는 성장하지 못하였다. 군집 I에서 두개의 분리균주가 각각 gelatin 가수분해와 methane 이용능을 나타내었으며, 대부분의 균주들은 탄소원으로 monosaccharides, disaccharide, polyols를 이용하여 성장하였다. 분리 및 선별되어진 균주들 중 6 균주만이 $86.2-809.9nmol\;C_2H_4\;h^{-1}\;mg^{-1}$ protein 범위의 질소고정능을 나타내었다.

• 생약학회지
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.167-172
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• 2015

Aleurone layer of Black rice (Oryza sativa L.) is enriched with anthocyanin that could increase bone density. This study was conducted to investigate the osteoporosis-preventing effects of the aleurone layer extract (BRE) on bone loss of ovariectomized (OVX) rats. OVX (or sham-operated) rats were assigned to three groups (n=8 per group): sham operated group (Sham); OVX control group (OVX); OVX-BRE group, OVX rats treated with BRE at 90 mg/kg B.W. The deionized water alone or deionized water with BRE was orally administrated to Sham, OVX or OVX-BRE groups, respectively for 12 weeks. High fat diet with 45 kcal% fat and water were fed to all rats ad libitum. Body weight was significantly decreased in the OVXBRE group compared to the OVX group (p<0.05). The bone mineral density and bone length of tibia were significantly higher in the OVX-BRE group compared to the OVX group and breaking force was significantly higher for the both tibia and femur bones. Serum estradiol concentration and calcium concentration of femur were higher in the OVX-BRE group than those of OVX group. However, serum alkaline phosphatase activity and parathyroid hormone concentration were decreased in the OVXBRE group compared to the OVX group. The results suggest that aleurone layer of Black rice is a potentially useful ingredient to protect against estrogen deficiency or menopause related osteoporosis.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.212-218
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• 2005

A full-length 1.1 kb cDNA, designated Oryza sativa Dehydrin 1 (OsDhn1), was isolated from the seed coat of rice. The deduced protein is hydrophilic and has three K-type and one S-type motifs (SK3-type), indicating that OsDhn1 belongs to the acidic dehydrin family, which includes wheat WCOR410 and Arabidopsis COR47. Expression of OsDhn1 was strongly induced by low temperature as well as by drought. Induction of OsDhn1 by cold stress was clearcut in the roots of seedlings and the epidermis of palea and lemma. OsDhn1 was also up-regulated in UBI::CBF1/DREB1b transgenic plants indicating that it is regulated by the CBF/DREB stress signaling pathway.

• Journal of Photoscience
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.332-334
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• 2002

We examined the effects of supplementary ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation on the changes in synthesis and degradation of ribulose-I, 5-biphosphate carboxylase /oxygenase (Rubisco) and light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b binding protein of PSII (LHCII), as well as mRNA levels for small and large subunits of Rubisco (rbcS and rbcL, respectively) and LHCII (cab) with leaf age in UV-sensitive rice (Norin I) and UV-resistant rice (Sasanishiki). Both Rubisco and LHCII were actively synthesized until the leaf had fully expanded, and then decreased with leaf age. Synthesis of Rubisco, but not LHCII, was significantly suppressed by UV-B in Norin 1. The degradation of Rubisco was enhanced by UV-B around the time of the leaf maturation in the two cultivars. The levels of rbcS and rbcL were reduced by UV-B at the early leaf stages after emergence in both cultivars. The level of cab was first present at the highest level in the two cultivars, but drastically decreased due to UV-B treatment immediately after leaf emergence in Norin 1. It was proved that synthesis and degradation of Rubisco and LHCII greatly changed with leaf age: Rubisco synthesis was significantly suppressed by supplementary UV-B radiation at the transcription step during the early leaf stages. It was also suggested that the difference between the two rice cultivars in sensitivity to UV-B in the synthesis of Rubisco might be due to the specific suppression not only after transcription but also at transcription.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제20권8호
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• pp.1173-1180
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• 2010

Salt stress가 벼 잎 내 광합성 효율과 ascorbate peroxidase (APX) 활성에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 염 농도가 증가(NaCl, 100-300 mM) 할수록 Fv/Fm 값이 감소한 반면, $H_2O_2$ 양과 APX 활성은 증가하였다. APX isoforms 중 APX 1 (stromal)은 300 mM NaCl 처리 시 활성이 거의 나타나지 않는 반면, chilling이나 drought 처리 시에는 변화가 없었다. 또한 gel 상에서의 서로 다른 APX isoforms의 활성이 유전자 발현에서도 확인이 되는지를 알아보기 위해 RT-PCR을 수행하였다. 구획별 APX isoforms의 RT-PCR 수행 결과, cytosolic/thylakoid bound APX 발현양은 증가한 반면, stromal APX 발현은 매우 감소하였다. 이러한 실험 결과는 salt에 의해 구획별로 APX 활성이 영향을 받음을 나타낸다.