• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.584-592
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• 1994

Several mutation procedures have been compared to obtain an ethanol-tolerant Saccha- romyces diastaticus strain secreting glucoamylase. These procedures include spontaneous mutation, EMS treatment, UV irradiation, and combination of EMS treatment and UV irradiation. All these methods were followed by adaptation of the yeast cells to gradually higher ethanol concentration. Among these procedures, the combined method of EMS treatment and UV irradiation gave the promising result, i.e. the ethanol tolerance of the yeast increased from 11.5%(v/v) to 14.0%(v/v). Respiratory deficient petite mutants of industrial and ethanol-tolerant yeast strains have been isola- ted and hybridized with haploid S. diastaticus strains. The resulting hybrids showed increased ethanol tolerance and starch-fermentability.

• 자연과학논문집
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.79-88
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• 2005

효모에는 여러 가지 종류의 thiol peroxid se 동위 효소들인 cytoplasmic TPx I, cTPx II, cTPx III, mitochodrial TPx (mTPx), 및 nuclear TPx (nTPx)가 존재하고 있다. 특히 cTPx II는 다른 효모TPx와 비교해 볼 때 매우 낮은 peroxidase 활성을 보이나, cTPx II를 제거한 cTPx II mutant균주는 심하게 성장이 저해되는 특징을 보인다. 본 연구에서는 효모에서의 cTPx II의 생리학적 기능을 밝히는 연구의 첫 과정으로 cTPx II와 상호 작용하는 단백질을 탐색하였다. Sacchromyces cerevisiae genomic DNA library에서 yeast two-hybrid system을 이용하여 cTPx II와 상호 결합하는 단백질을 탐색하여 그 단백질들의 기능을 연구하여, 궁극적으로 cTPx II의 생리기능을 밝히는데 이 연구의 목적을 두었다.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.129-133
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• 2014

BACKGROUND: This study was performed for selecting yeast mutants with a high tolerance for targeted metals, and determining whether yeasts strains tolerant to multiple heavy metals could be induced by sequential adaptations. METHODS AND RESULTS: A mutant yeast strain tolerant to the heavy metals cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), and zinc (Zn) was selected by sequential elevated exposures to each metal with intermittent mutant isolation steps. A Cd-tolerant mutant was isolated by growing yeast cells in media containing $CdCl_2$ concentrations that were gradually increased to 1 mM. Then the Cd-tolerant mutant was gradually exposed to increasing levels of $CuCl_2$ in growth media until a concentration of 7 mM was reached, thus generating a strain tolerant to both Cd and Cu. In the subsequent steps, this mutant was exposed to $NiCl_2$ (up to 8 mM), and a resultant isolate was further exposed to $ZnCl_2$ (up to 60 mM), allowing the derivation of a yeast mutant that was simultaneously tolerant to Cd, Cu, Ni, and Zn. CONCLUSION: This method of inducing tolerance to multiple targeted heavy metals in yeast will be useful in the bioremediation of heavy metals.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.105-109
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• 2008

발아효모 Saccharomyces cerevisiae의 핵공단백질인 Nic96 단백질과 유사성을 보이는 분열효모 Schizosaccharomyces pombe의 Nup97의 기능과 세포 내 위치를 조사하였다. nup97을 과 발현시켰을 때는 생장과 $poly(A)^{+}$ RNA의 분포에 별다른 이상을 보이지 않았다. 하지만, $kan^{r}$ 유전자를 이용하여 제작한 ${\Delta}nup97$ 결실돌연변이는 nup97의 발현이 억제되면, $poly(A)^{+}$ RNA가 핵 안에 축적되었고 비정상적인 DNA 분포를 보였으며 결국 생장하지 못했다. 한편, Nup97p의 N말단 또는 C말단에 GFP를 붙인 Nup97-GFP 융합단배질의 세포 내 위치를 확인하고자 하였다. 이러한 융합단백질들이 ${\Delta}nup97$ 결실돌연변이의 생장결함을 정상적으로 상보하는 것을 확인하고, nup97-GFP 유전자를 염색체의 nup97 유전자 위치에 삽입한 균주를 제작하였다. 자신의 프로모터에서 발현된 Nup97-GFP 융합단백질은 정상적인 기능을 보였으며, 핵막 주위에 점점 이 위치하였다. 이와 같은 결과들은 Nup97 단백질 역시 핵공단배질로 mRNA의 핵에서 세포질로의 이동에 중요하다는 것을 시사한다.

• 환경생물
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.35-39
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• 2002

The significance of cell ploidy and repair ability for the radioprotective efficiency of cysteamine was studied in DNA repair - proficient and repair - deficient yeast cells irradiated $^{60}C0\;\gamma-rays.$ Results have been obtained for the cell survival of two groups of yeasts-diplont and haplont cells, both in haploid and diploid states. For diploid Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast cells, the correlation between the radio-protective action of cysteamine and the cell repair capacity was demonstrated. Such a correlation was not clearly expressed for haploid yeast cells. In addition, evidence was obtained indicating that the degree of the radioprotective action was independent of the number of chromosome sets in haplont yeast Pichia guilliermondii cells and in some radiosensitive mutants defective in the diploid-specific recovery. It is concluded on this basis that the radioprotective action may involve the cellular recovery process, which may be mediated by a recombination-like mechanism, for which the diploid state is required. The results obtained clearly show that the radioprotective effect was dependent on DNA repair status and indicate that the mechanism of the radioprotective action may be realized on the level of primary radiation damage production as well as on the level of postradiation recovery from potentially lethal radiation damage.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.28-36
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• 2001

본 연구에서는 세포주기의 Gl/S기에 관련된 유전자의 작용기작을 이해하기 위하여 출아효모인 Saccharomyces cerevisiae를 사용하여 세포주기 진행 및 조절에 관련된 변이주를 분 리하여 특성화하는 연구를 수행하였다. 먼저 새로운 변이주를 분리하기 위해서 HeLa 세포와 출아효모에서 Gl을 유발하는 CPO(ciclopirox olamine) 약제에 대해 감수성을 보이는 변이주를 선별하였다. 그 결과, 총 31개의 CPO에 대한 감수성 변이주들이 분리되었고, ciclopirox olamine sensitivity의 첫 글자를 따서 con mutants라 명명하였다. cos 변이주들의 표현형의 특성을 결정하기 위해 MMS(methylmethane sulfonate)와 HU(hydrsxyurea)에 대한 감수성을 조사하여 그 성질에 따라 4개의 group으로 나누었다. Group I에는 cos27, cos28, cos32, cos33, cos36, cos37, cos40, cos42, cos46, cos50, cos52, cos53 변이주가 포함되고, 이들은 MMS와 HU 두 약제 모두에 대해서 감수성을 보여 S기 checkpoint에 관련된 것으로 보이고, Group II는 cos43, cos48 변이주로 MMS에 대해서 감수성을 지녀 G1기 또는 G2기 checkpoint에 관련된 것으로 추측된다. Group III 변이주에는 cos35, cos47, cos54, cos55, cos56이 포함되고 HU에 대해서 감수성을 보여 S기에 관련된다고 보여지며, Group IV 변이 주는 cos29, cos30, cos31, cos34, cos38, cos39, cos41, cos44, cos45, cos49, cos51, cos57로서 단지 CPO에 대해서만 감수성을 나타냈다. 더욱이 변이주의 최종표현형을 형광현미경을 이용하여 조사하여, S기 checkpoint에 관련된 것으로 보이는 cos37 변이주를 확인하였다. 또한, 변이주와 야생주의 이형접합체인 이배체를 만들어 변이주의 유전학적 분석을 수행하였다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.113-120
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• 2006

Candida tropicalis was treated with ultraviolet (UV) rays, and the mutants obtained were screened for xylitol production. One of the mutants, the UV1 produced 0.81g of xylitol per gram of xylose. This was further mutated with N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG), and the mutants obtained were screened for xylitol production. One of the mutants (CT-OMV5) produced 0.85g/g of xylitol from xylose. Xylitol production improved to 0.87 g/g of xylose with this strain when the production medium was supplemented with urea. The CT-OMV5 mutant strain differs by 12 tests when compared to the wild-type Candida tropicalis strain. The XR activity was higher in mutant CT-OMV5. The distinct difference between the mutant and wild-type strain is the presence of numerous chlamvdospores in the mutant. In this investigation, we have demonstrated that mutagenesis was successful in generating a superior xylitol-producing strain, CT-OMV5, and uncovered distinctive biochemical and physiological characteristics of the wild-type and mutant strain, CT-OMV5.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.61-65
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• 1997

A novel strategy was developed for isolating suppressors from sporulation-deficient mutants. The mutation in the BCY1 gene, which codes for the regulatory subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase, when homozygous, results in diploids being meiosis and sporulation deficient. Two plasmids, YCp-MAT.alpha. and YEp-SPOT7-lacZ, were introduced into MAT.alpha. BCY1$\^$+/ or MAT.alpha. bcy1 haploid cells. The transformant of the BCY1$\^$+/ haploid cell produced .betha.-galactosidase under nutrient starvation, but the bcy1 transformant did not. Using this system, the mutagenesis experiment performed on the bcy1 transformant strain resulted in a number of sporulation mutants that produced .betha.-galactosidase under nutrient starvation. One complementation group, sob1, was identified from the isoalted suppressor mutants and characterized as a single recessive mutation by tetrad analysis. Genetic analysis revealed that the sob1 mutation suppressed the sporulation deficiency, the failure to arrest at the G1 phase of the cell cecle, and the sensitivity to heat or nitrogen starvation caused by the bcy1 mutation. However, the sob1 mutation did not suppress the sporulation deficiency of ime1 and of ime2 diploids. These results suggest that the sob1 mutation affects a gene which functions as a downstream regulator in both meiosis and cell cycle regulation.

• Mycobiology
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.52-58
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• 2014

A nucleoside diphosphate-linked moiety X (Nudix) hydrolase-like gene, YSA1, has been identified as one of the gromwell plant extract-responsive genes in Cryptococcus neoformans. Ysa1 is known to control intracellular concentrations of ADP-ribose or O-acetyl-ADP-ribose, and has diverse biological functions, including the response to oxidative stress in the ascomycete yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In this study, we characterized the role of YSA1 in the stress response and adaptation of the basidiomycete yeast, C. neoformans. We constructed three independent deletion mutants for YSA1, and analyzed their mutant phenotypes. We found that ysa1 mutants did not show increased sensitivity to reactive oxygen species-producing oxidative damage agents, such as hydrogen peroxide and menadione, but exhibited increased sensitivity to diamide, which is a thiol-specific oxidant. Ysa1 was dispensable for the response to most environmental stresses, such as genotoxic, osmotic, and endoplasmic reticulum stress. In conclusion, modulation of YSA1 may regulate the cellular response and adaptation of C. neoformans to certain oxidative stresses and contribute to the evolution of antifungal drug resistance.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.307-313
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• 2017

Caloric restriction (CR) has been shown to extend lifespan and prevent cellular senescence in various species ranging from yeast to humans. Many effects of CR may contribute to extend lifespan. Specifically, CR prevents oxidative damage from reactive oxygen species (ROS) by enhancing mitochondrial function. In this study, we characterized 33 single electron transport chain (ETC) gene-deletion strains to identify CR-induced chronological lifespan (CLS) extension mechanisms. Interestingly, defects in 17 of these 33 ETC gene-deleted strains showed loss of both respiratory function and CR-induced CLS extension. On the contrary, the other 16 respiration-capable mutants showed increased CLS upon CR along with increased mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) and intracellular adenosine triphosphate (ATP) levels, with decreased mitochondrial superoxide generation. We measured the same parameters in the 17 non-respiratory mutants upon CR. CR simultaneously increased MMP and mitochondrial superoxide generation without altering intracellular ATP levels. In conclusion, respiration is essential for CLS extension by CR and is important for balancing MMP, ROS, and ATP levels.