• Journal of Life Science
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.408-414
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• 2018

Actein is the well-known active ingredient of Cimicifugae rhizoma (Black cohosh). In this study, we investigated and compared the binding affinity of tubocurarine, actein, and actein derivatives on the B&C domain of the acetylcholine binding protein through in silico computational docking studies. The three-dimensional crystallographic structure of the acetylcholine binding protein B&C domain was obtained from the PDB database (PDB ID: 2XYT). An in silico computational autodocking analysis was performed using PyRx, Autodock Vina, Discovery Studio Version 4.5, and NX-QuickPharm based on scoring functions. The actein showed an optimum binding affinity (docking energy), with the acetylcholine binding protein at -10.50 kcal/mol as compared to the tubocurarine (-9.80 kcal/mol). The interacting amino acids tryptophan 84 and tryptophan 147, in the B domain of the acetylcholine binding protein active site, significantly interacted with the actein and 27-deoxyactein, and (26R)-actein. The centroid XYZ grid position of the tubocurarine was X=38.300689, Y=112.053467, and Z=51.991022, but the actein and its derivatives showed values around X=26.4, Y=127.3, Z=43.7. These results clearly indicated that actein and its derivatives could be a more potent antagonist to the acetylcholine binding protein than tubocurarine. Therefore, the extract of Cimicifugae rhizoma or actein containing biomaterials can substitute for the botulinum toxin-mediated acetylcholine receptor regulation, and be applied to the anti-wrinkle cosmetics industry.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2003.10b
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• pp.814-816
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• 2003

오늘날 핵산과 단백질의 결합체에 관한 자료가 PDB(Protein Data Bank)와 같은 공공 데이터베이스에 급속도로 증가되고 있고 하나하나의 자료 자체도 많은 양의 데이터를 가지고 있기 때문에 더 이상 수작업으로 이를 분석하기란 거의 불가능할 뿐 아니라 정확도에 많은 문제가 있다. 그래서 본 연구에서는 방대한 생물학 자료를 효율적으로 분석하기 위해 자동화된 알고리즘을 개발하여 수작업에 의존하던 기존방식을 개선하였다. 이 알고리즘으로 51개의 RNA와 단백질간의 결합구조로 구성된 Dataset과 129개의 DNA와 단백질 간의 결합구조로 구성된 Dataset 분석하여 각각의 경우에 있어서의 결합성향과 결합유형을 찾아내었다. 이러한 본 연구의 결과가 아직 구조가 밝혀지지 않은 단백질-핵산간의 결합부위를 예측하는 알고리즘 개발에 기초 자료로 이용될 수 있다. 신약을 개발하는 과정에서 표적단백질의 결합부위를 예측하는데 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• KOGO NEWS
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.3-9
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• 2007

• Defense and Technology
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• no.10 s.164
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• pp.43-44
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• 1992

복합재 연소관과 노즐을 기계적 체결방법으로 결합하면 결합부위에서 재료의 불연속성과 기하학적 불연속성으로 인한 높은 응력집중이 발생해 구조적으로 매우 취약하게 됩니다. 복합재 연소관의 경우에는 내압을 받는 원통형 구조물이므로 기존의 평판에 대한 연구결과를 그대로 사용할수 없으므로, 이 글에서는 복합재 셀 구조물의 응력 및 파손 해석을 수행할수 있도록 1차전단변형 셀이론을 이용한 유한요소해석 프로그램을 개발하였습니다. 기계적체결부위의 모델링에 대해 검토하였으며 복합재료의 파손평가에 사용되는 여러가지 파손식을 적용해 비교하였습니다. 이 해석 방법을 이용해 복합재 연소관의 적층각, 볼트직경, 연소관의 끝단까지의 길이 등이 파손하중에 미치는 영향을 제시하였습니다

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2003.10b
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• pp.820-822
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• 2003

접미사 배열이나 접미사 트리는 대용량의 서열데이터를 효율적으로 검색, 저장할 수 있는 인덱스 자료구조로서 바이오인포매틱스와 같이 대용량 데이터의 처리. 분석이 필요한 분야에 이용될 수 있다. 최근 들어 접미사 배열에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되어 접미사 배열의 효율적인 저장, 선형시간 생성 및 선형시간 탐색 알고리즘들이 개발되었다. 본 논문에서는 같은 전사인자가 결합할 것으로 예상되는 여러 개의 전사조절부위에 대한 DNA 서열들이 입력으로 주어졌을 때 전사인자가 결합하는 부위를 예측하는 방법을 제시한다. 이를 위해 최근에 제시된 선형시간 접미사 배열 생성 알고리즘을 이용하고 TRANSFAC과 EMBL 등의 DB를 이용하여 실험을 통해 본 논문에서 제시하는 방법의 정확도를 평가한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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• 2002.02a
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• pp.198-203
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• 2002

활착이 이루어지는 동안 접목묘 결합 부위의 식물체 온도 변화에 미치는 광질효과를 구명 하고자 열화상측정 시스템을 사용하였다. 접목묘의 활착기간 동안 접목 부위의 온도는 줄기 부위에 비해서 낮게 나타났으며, 활착이 이루어지면서 접목부위와 줄기부위의 온도차가 감소하였다. 접목묘의 식물체 온도는 백색광, 청색광, 적색광 및 혼합광의 모든 처리에서 광질과 무관하게 명기에 내려가고 암기에 올라가는 현상이 반복적으로 나타났다. 일반적으로 광합성이 이루어지는 명기에 엽온과 같은 식물체 온도가 높게 나타나는 것과 비교할 때 상기의 결과는 정반대에 해당하는 바 이부분에 대한 상세한 검토가 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.14 no.5
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• pp.732-740
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• 2004

MCM proteins are essential for eukaryotic DNA replication, playing roles in the initiation and elongation of DNA replication. MCM proteins expression is much higher in malignant tissues than normal tissues. Several reports have indicated the usefulness of MCM proteins as markers of cancer cells in histopathological diagnosis. However, the cause of enhanced expression of MCM proteins in cancer cells remain to be clarified. The purpose of this study is to examine the relative transcriptional activities of human mcm gene promoters in cancer and normal cells. The minimal promoter region required for transcription of a luciferase reporter gene was contained an E-box and one E2F site. In addition, luciferase activities from mcm7 and mcm2 promoter/luciferase gene reporter constructs were significantly increased in cancer cells at 8 times compared with normal cells. E-box and E2F binding site in the promoter of mcm genes are responsible for different mechanism of transcription regulation on the cellular environment.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.50-57
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• 1999

STATs activated by various cytokine and growth factors trigger a quick response in the nucleus and induce changes in gene expression. We have found the sequences homologous to STAT binding site in the 5'-flanking region of the D-raf gene. In this study, we examined role of the STAT binding site in D-raf gene promoter activity in vivo by using transgenic flies. The reporter plasmid pDraf-STATmut-lacZ was constructed by fusing D-raf promoter fragment having the base-substituted STAT binding site with the lacZ gene in a P-element vector. Transgenic flies bearing the Draf-STATmut-lacZ fusion genes were established by P-element mediated transformation. The expression of lacZ in transgenic flies bearing Draf-STATmut-lacZ fusion genes carrying base substitution in STAT site throughout various developmental stages was extensively reduced in comparison with that in transgenic flies bearing wild type Draf-lacZ fusion gene. These results show that the STAT binding site plays an important role in regulation of the D-raf gene.

• Korean Journal of Animal Reproduction
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.381-388
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• 2001

The present study was designed to obtain porcine growth hormone binding protein (pGHBP) improved biological activation as derived mutation in binding site with growth horlnone (GH). A 756 bp of fragment encoding the extracellular domain of pGHBP gene was cloned from the total RNA of porcine fat tissue by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and created mutation in positions 26 and 122 using site-directed mutagenesis method. Position 26 is one and it is near to get on five potential N-linked glycosylation sites located in the extracellular domain of porcine growth hormone receptor known to have a direct influence on combination with GH. Position 122 is known as one of conformational epitope in bovine. It was over-expressed in E. coli using pET-32(c) expression vector and precisely purified by S-protein agarose and enterokinase. In our results, we was obtained pmGHBP of 30 kDa. It suggests to study the effects of the pmGHBP on cell proliferation in vitro and growth rate in vivo after administration.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.195-200
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• 2018

Beta-asarone is the well-known active ingredient of Rhizoma acori graminei. In this study, we investigated and compared the binding affinity of mosquito oviposition pheromone (MOP; (5R,6S)-6-acetoxy-5-hexadecanolide) and beta-asarone on the A domain of the mosquito odorant binding protein 1 (CquiOBP1) by in silico computational docking studies. The three-dimensional crystallographic structure of CquiOBP1 was obtained from the PDB database (PDB ID: 3OGN). In silico computational auto-docking analysis was performed using PyRx, Autodock Vina, Discovery Studio Version 4.5, and the NX-QuickPharm option based on scoring functions. The beta-asarone showed optimum binding affinity (docking energy) with CquiOBP1 as -6.40 kcal/mol as compared to the MOP (-6.00 kcal/mol). Among the interacting amino acids (LEU76, LEU80, ALA88, MET89, HIS111, TRP114, and TYR122), tryptophan 114 in the CquiOBP1 active site significantly interacted with both MOP and beta-asarone. Amino acids substitution (mutation) from non-polar groups to the polar (or charged) groups of the CquiOBP1 dramatically changed the X, Y, Z grid position and binding affinity of both ligands. These results significantly indicated that beta-asarone could be a more potent ligand to the CquiOBP1 than MOP. Therefore, the extract of Rhizoma acori graminei or beta-asarone can be applied to the fields of insecticidal and repellant biomaterial development.