Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment (생태와환경)

The Korean Society of Limnology (한국수생태학회)
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Isolation of dhlA Gene Responsible for Degradation of 1, 2-dichloroethane from Metagenomic Library Derived from Daecheong Reservoir

대청호로부터 제작한 메타지놈 라이브러리에서 1, 2-dichloroethane의 분해에 관여하는 dhlA 유전자의 분리

  • Kang, Cheol-Hee (Department of Microbiology, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Moon, Mi-Sook (Department of Microbiology, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Song, Ji-Sook (Department of Microbiology, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Mhan (Department of Life Science, Chongju University) ;
  • Kim, Chi-Kyung (Department of Microbiology, Chungbuk National University)
  • Published : 2005.06.30
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Abstract

Traditional screening techniques have missed up to 99% of microbial resources existing in the nature. Strategies of direct cloning of environmental DNAs comprising tine genetic blueprints of entire microbial metagenomes provide vastly more genetic information than is contained in the culturable. Therefore, one way to screening the useful gene in a variety of environments is the construction of metagenomic DNA library. In this study, the water samples were collected from Daecheong Reservoir in the mid Korea, and analyzed by T-RFLP to examine the diversity of the microbial communities. The crude DNAs were extracted by SDS-based freezing-thawing method and then further purified using an $UltraClean^{TM}kit$ (MoBio, USA). The metagenomic libraries were constructed with the DNAs partially digested with EcoRI, BamHI, and SacII in Escherichia coli DH10B using the pBACe3.6 vector. About 14.0 Mb of metagenomic libraries were obtained with average inserts 13 ${\sim}$ 15 kb in size. The genes responsible for degradation of 1, 2-dichloroethane (1, 2-DCE) via hydrolytic dehalogenation were identified from the metagenomic libraries by colony hybridization. The 1, 2-dichloroethane dehalogenase gene (dhlA) was cloned and its nucleotide sequence was analyzed. The activity of the 1, 2-DCE dehalogenase was highly expressed to the substrate. These results indicated that the dhlA gene identified from the metagenomes derived from Deacheong Reservoir might be useful to develop a potent strain for degradation of 1, 2-DCE.

전통적인 스크린 방법으로는 자연계에 존재하는 99% 이상의 미생물 자원을 확보하지 못했다. 자연생태계의 핵산을 직접 클로닝하는 전략은 배양 가능한 미생물의 유전적인 정보보다 더 광범위한 유전적인 정보를 전체의 미생물 메타지놈에서 확보하기 위한 계획을 세웠다. 그 결과 유용한 유전자를 탐색하는 한 방법으로 다양한 환경에서 메타지놈 DNA 라이브러리를 구축하는 방법이었다. 본 연구는 국내 중부권에 위치한 대청호로부터 시료를 수집하였고, T-RFLP 방법을 사용하여 미생물 군집의 다양성을 분석하였다. 핵산의 추출은 SDS를 사용한 freeing-thawing 방법을 사용하였으며, 추출한 핵산은 $UltraClean^{TM}kit$ (MoBio, USA)을 사용하여 정제하였다. 메타지놈 라이브러리는 제작은 정제한DNA와 pBACe3.6 vector를 EcoRI, BamHI, 그리고 SacII 등의 제한효소로 partial digestion하였고, 이들을 ligation한 다음 Escherichia coli DH10B에 형질전화 시켜 제작하였다. 메타지놈 라이브러는 14 Mb 정도 확보하였는데, 평균 insert size는 약 13 ${\sim}$ 15 kb이었다. Colony hybridization으로 메타지놈 라이브러리로부터 1, 2-dichloroethane (1, 2-DCE) hydrolytic dehalogenation의 분해에 관련된 유전자를 확인하였다. 1, 2-DCE dehalogenas효소는 기질에 대한 높은 활성을 나타내었다. 1, 2-dichloroethane dehalogenase 유전자의 클론을 만들었고, 염기서열을 분석하였다. 이들 결과로 보아 대청호로부터 제작한 메타지놈에서 dhlA 유전자를 확인한 균주는 1, 2-DCE 분해에 탁월한 능력을 나타내었다.

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