Korean Journal of Microbiology (미생물학회지)

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Derepression of a Methionine Biosynthetic Gene by Utilizing a Promoter Isolated from Corynebacterium glutamicum

Corynebacterium glutamicum에서 분리된 프로모터를 이용한 메치오닌 생합성 유전자의 조절해제

  • 박수동 (고려대학교 생명공학원) ;
  • 박익현 (고려대학교 생명공학원) ;
  • 최종수 (한국 BASF 기술연구소) ;
  • 김일권 (한국 BASF 기술연구소) ;
  • 김연희 (세명대학교 한의과대학 한의학과) ;
  • 이흥식 (고려대학교 과학기술대학 생명정보공학과)
  • Published : 2005.12.01
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Abstract

A transcriptionally active fragment $(P_{19})$ isolated by utilizing the promoter-probe shuttle vector pSK1Cat was analyzed. By subcloning analysis, the 180 bp region $(P_{180})$ responsible for the activity was determined. Transcriptional fusion of the C. glutamicum metX gene to $P_{180}\;(P_{180}-metX)$ resulted in a 24-fold increase in MetX activity in a complex medium, while a 13-fold increase was observed with the $P_{tac}$ promoter. Additionally, the expression conferred by $P_{180}$ was not affected by methionine added to the growth medium, suggesting that the $P_{180}$ clone is useful for the deregulated expression of biosynthetic genes in C. glutamicum during amino acid fermentation. Introduction of $P_{180}-metX$ into a lysine-producing C. glutamicum resulted in the production of methionine to 0.8 g/l.

Corynebacterium glutamicum에서 promoter-probe vector인 pSK1Cat을 이용해 분리된 프로모터를 함유하는 단편들 중 가장 높은 활성을 나타낸 $P_{19}$ 단편에 대한 심도 있는 분석을 수행하였다. Subcloning을 실시하여 프로모터 활성을 지닌 DNA 영역을 180 bp로 압축할 수 있었고 $(P_{180})$, 이를 C. glutamicum의 균주개량 측면에서 그 활용성을 분석하였다. C. glutamicum에서 메치오닌 생합성에 관여하는metX유전자의 메치오닌에 의한 repression을 해제시키기 위하여 metX유전자의 promoter를 $P_{180}$ promoter로 교체하였고 $(P_{180}-metX)$, $P_{180}-metX$를 C. glutamicum에 도입하여 발현되는 homoserine acetyltransferase 활성을 다양한 성장조건에서 측정하였다. MB 영양배지에서 배양하는 경 우 $P_{180}-metX$를 함유는 균주는 wild type보다 약 24배 높은 homoserine acetyltransferase 활성을 나타내었다. Tac 프로모터에 연계하는 경우 $(P_{tac}-metX)$, 약 13배의 활성 증가만이 관찰되었다. 최소배지에서 배양한 후 분석한 결과, $P_{180}-metX$에서의 발현양상은 배지에 첨가된 methionine에 의해 영향받지 앓음을 확인하였는데, 이는 $P_{180}$ 단편이 생합성 유전자의 derepression에 의한 아미노산 생산균의 개량에 효율적으로 이용될 수 있음을 의미한다. $P_{180}-metA$를 라이신 생산균에 도입하는 경우 최대 약 0.8g/l의 메치오닌이 생산됨을 확인하였다.

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