Type II proteinase inhibitors (PI2) found in potato (Solanum tuberosum) have been observed to confer protective enzymatic activity towards foreign proteases and were shown to have potential in applied contexts including anticancer and hunger suppression.
Current UJEMI Papers
Effect of Temperature, Inducer Concentration, and Escherichia coli Cytosolic Redox State on MBP-PI2 Expression
07/13/2017
Volume 21
Fall 2016 / Winter 2017
Copy Number of ColE1-type Plasmids Decreases When rop is Supplied in trans on a Separate Plasmid
07/13/2017
Volume 21
Fall 2016 / Winter 2017
Previous studies have shown that in Escherichia coli co-transformed with two different plasmids, the expression of the Rop protein from one plasmid can act in trans to decrease the copy number of the other plasmid, an effect referred to as plasmid exclusion.
The Major Periplasmic Domain of YidC May Be Required for Polar Localization of a Green Fluorescence Protein Tagged YidC Variant Protein in Escherichia coli
09/05/2016
Volume 20
Fall 2015 / Winter 2016
Membrane proteins play an essential role in the survival of prokaryotic cells. YidC is a transmembrane protein that functions to insert proteins into the cell membrane either through the Sec translocase dependent pathway or an alternative independent pathway.
Plasmid Mediated Complementation of YidC Using a YidC Variant Fused to Green Fluorescence Protein Supports Growth of Escherichia coli BL21 at 30 Degrees Celcius but not at 37 Degrees Celcius (Note: Erratum associated with this manuscript.)
09/05/2016
Volume 20
Fall 2015 / Winter 2016
ERRATUM: Follow up studies of the strain described in this study have shown that they are Rhizobium and not E. coli (Hooshmand et al, JEMI, Volume 21, pages 101 – 106).
Synthesis, Cloning, and Sequencing of a Codon Optimized Variant of Proteinase Inhibitor II Designed for Expression in Escherichia Coli
09/05/2016
Volume 20
Fall 2015 / Winter 2016
Proteinase Inhibitor II (PI2) is a potato tuber peptidase with many potential applications including pest control, radiation protection, and hunger suppression. Recombinant production using Escherichia coli represents a cost-effective approach to produce PI2.
Transcriptional Regulation of ompC by Calcium Chloride May Involve envZ
09/01/2016
Volume 20
Fall 2015 / Winter 2016
The standard method of preparing chemically competent E. coli involves two steps: (1) resuspension and incubation of cells in ice-cold calcium chloride and (2) short heat-shock at 42oC. Exactly how DNA crosses the cell wall and enters the cytoplasm during this treatment is not understood.
Subcloning and Sequencing of the Autotransporter Antigen 43 from Escherichia coli K-12 as an Initial Step Toward Understanding the Relationship Between Ag43 and Capsule in Biofilm Formation
09/01/2016
Volume 20
Fall 2015 / Winter 2016
The autotransporter Antigen 43 (Ag43) is present in numerous Escherichia coli strains and functions in autoaggregation and adhesion leading to biofilm formation. However, biofilm formation and regulation is not well understood.
Escherichia coli K12 Group 2 capsular biosynthesis does not appear to be thermoregulated by an RpoS-dependent mechanism
09/01/2016
Volume 20
Fall 2015 / Winter 2016
Capsule production in Escherichia coli strains K12 and K30 requires the transcription factor RfaH which is regulated by unknown mechanisms in E. coli. However, in Salmonella enterica serovar typhi, RfaH is regulated by the stress-response sigma factor RpoS. In E.
Initial Stages of Construction of a Plasmid to Study the Kinetics of Gene Expression at a Single Cell Level Following Uptake of DNA into Escherichia coli
09/01/2016
Volume 20
Fall 2015 / Winter 2016
Bacterial transformation is a technical hallmark of molecular biology, and modifications that could expedite the process could translate into improvements in efficiency.
Development of a Method for Characterization of Bacterial Host DNA Degradation During Nucleolytic Phage Infection – Investigation of Preferential Degradation of Host genomic DNA Using T7 Bacteriophage Infection of Escherichia coli K-12
09/01/2016
Volume 20
Fall 2015 / Winter 2016
The T7 bacteriophage lytic life cycle has been thoroughly characterized, however, the possibility of site-specific cleavage of host genomic DNA by T7 nucleases has not been well-investigated and could provide a novel method of probing chromatin structures in bacterial genomic DNA.