본 연구에서는 사람 ferritin H- 및 L-chain 유전자가 재조합된 효모 S. cerevisiae에 있어서 철의 생체 흡수 반응을 수행하였다. 재조합 효모는 $2\%$ galactose가 첨가된 YEP 배지에서 3일간 batch culture한 후, 20 mM MOPS buffer (pH 6.5) 에서 반응 균체 농도, 철 화합물 종류, 철 농도, 및 반응 시간 등을 고려하여 반응을 진행하였다. 이 실험 결과, ferritin H-chain 유전자를 발현하는 균주 YGH2에 있어서 균체 농도 100 mg/ml에서 균체 농도 200 mg/ml보다 높은 철 농도를 보였다. 그리고, 철 흡수 반응에 있어서 Fe(II)의 산화 상태가Fe(III)보다 훨씬 유리하였다. 철 농도의 증가에 따라 철 흡수량도 증가하였으며, 14.3 mM Fe(II)과 반응시 YGH2의 세포내 철 농도는 $16.7{pm}0.7;{mu}mol/g$ cell wet wt.로 분석되었다. 철 흡수는 반응 시작 후 약 120분 경에 거의 최대치에 이르렀다.
Cellular iron uptake was performed in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae that transformed with human ferritin H- and L-chain genes. The recombinant yeasts were enriched in YEP medium supplemented with $2\%$ galactose for 3 days and the iron uptake was followed by incubating the cells with iron in 20 mM MOPS buffer (pH 6.5). The reactions were examined under different conditions including the iron compounds of Fe(II) and Fe(III), the concentration of iron, the concentration of cells and the reaction time. From our results, the recombinant yeast YGH2 producing H-chain ferritin showed higher cellular iron concentration at the cell concentration of 100 mg/ml than 200 mg/ml. Iron presented as Fe(II) rather than Fe(III) was taken up more efficiently. Iron uptake increased slightly when iron was added up to 14.3 mM Fe(II) and then its cellular iron concentration was $16.7{pm}0.7;{mu}mol/g$ cell wet wt. In addition, the iron uptake reaction reached to maximum at about 2 hr incubation.
