DEWAN REDAKSI Ketua Prof. Dr. Ir. Syamsulbahri, MS Anggota Prof. Dr. Ir. Moch. Munir, M.S (Unibraw-2008) Prof. Drs. Sutiman B. Sumitro, S.U. D. Sc (Unibraw-2008) Prof. Dr. Ir. SM Sitompul. (Unibraw-2008) Prof. Dr. Ir. Luqman Hakim, M.S (Unibraw-2008) Prof. Dr. Ir. Rustidja, M.S (Unibraw-2008) Dr. Ir. Nasir Saleh (Balitkabi Deptan-2008) Penyunting Ahli Ir. Arifin Noor Sugiharto, M.Sc, PhD (Unibraw-2008) Ir. Didik Suprayogo, M.Sc, PhD (Unibraw-2008) Dr. Ir. Moch. Sahid (Balittas Deptan-2008) Brian O Flaherty (Ahli Bhs. lnggris-2008) Dra. Francien Herlen Tomasowa, Ph.D (Lab. Bhs. Unibraw-2008) Drs. Adiono, M.A., PhD (Lab. Bhs. Unibraw 2008) Penyunting Pelaksana Drs. Sofy Permana, MSc, DSc. (Unibraw-2008) AgustinaTri Endharti, S.Si., Ph.D (Unibraw-2008) Sekretariat Pujiono SH Alamat Redaksi/Penerbit Lembaga Penelitian Universitas Brawijaya Jalan Veteran, Malang-65145 Telp. (0341) 575824; 551611 psw. 301; Fak. (0341) 575828 e-mail [email protected] Transformasi Gen Immunitas Gassericin A Pada Lactobacillus gasseri Sebagai Bukti Bahwa Vektor Ekspresi Yang Didisain Untuk Genus Lactococcus Juga Bekerja Dengan Baik Pada Genus Lactobacillus. Joni Kusnadi,1) Tri Ardyati,2) Purwadi3), Yasushi Kawai,4) dan Tadao Saito4) 1) Fakultas Teknologi Pertanian Universitas Barwijaya Malang 2) Fakultas MIPA Universitas Brawijaya Malang. 3) Fakultas Peternakan Universitas Brawijayaya Malang 4) Tohoku University, Tsutsumidori-Amami yamachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8555, Japan. Abstrak Diterima tanggal 5 September 2005 Disetujui tanggal 27 November 2006 Plasmid pIL253-P32 merupakan plasmid yang didisain, digunakan dan bekerja dengan baik pada bakteri asam laktat dari genus Lactococcus, misalnya pada spesies Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris dan Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis. Plasmid ini memiliki promoter kuat P32. Dengan menggunakan teknik elektrotransformasi, pada penelitian ini kami berhasil mentransformasi plasmid pGA2 (plasmid pIL253P32 yang mengandung gen immunitas gassericin A, gaal) ke dalam bakteri Lactobacillus gasseri JCM1131. Kami menamakan transforman yang resisten terhadap aktivitas gassericin A sebagai Lactobacillus gasseri JYl. Konfirmasi menggunakan teknik Direct PCR dan isolasi plasmid menunjukkan bahwa fragmen DN A yang merupakan gen immunitas gassericin A ternyata eksis dalam Lactobacillus gasseri JY1. Pembuktian lebih lanjut melalui uji immunitas terhadap gasseicin A menunjukkan bahwa transforman Lactobacillus gasseri JYl ternyata resisten terhadap protein antimikrobia, gassericin A. Sejauh pengetahuan kami hal ini merupakan laporan pertama yang menunjukkan bahwa plasmid pIL253-P32 yang didisain untuk genus Lactococcus ternyata bekerja dengan baik pada genus Lactobacillus. Penemuan ini membuka kesempatan lebih luas bagi upaya kloning gen-gen lain pada genus Lactobacillus dengan menggunakan vektor ekspresi yang sama. Kata kunci: elektrotransformasi, gen immunitas gassericin A, direct PCR Transformation of Gassericin Immunity Gene Into Lactobacillus gasseri as an Evidence that Expression Vector for genus Lactococous also worked well in Genus Lactobacillus. Abstract Transformation of gassericin immunity gene into lactobacillus gasseri as an evidence that expression vector for genus lactococous also worked well in genus lactobacillus. Plasmid pIL253-P32 is designed, used and worked well for genus Lactococcus such as Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris and Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis. Using electrotransformation techniques, in this experiment we succesfully transformed plasmid pGA2 (plasmid pIL253-P32 which contain gassericin A immunity gene, gaal) into Lactobacillus gasseri JCM1131. 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