• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.38 no.1
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• pp.45-49
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• 2002

Bradyrhizobium japonicum is a soil bacterium with a unique ability to infect the roots of leguminous plants and establish a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis, which has been used as a microbial manure. In this study, we examined the stress response after pretreatment of cells with cold temperature. When pre-treated with cold temperature ($4^{\circ}C$) for 16 hr, B. japonicum increased the viability in subsequent stress-conditions such as alcohol, $H_2O_2$, heat, and dehydration. For cold adpatation, cultured B. japonicum was exposed to $4^{\circ}C$. Upon subsequent exposure to various conditions, the number of adapted cells pretreated by cold adaptation was 10-1000 fold higher than that of non-adaptated ones. It appeared de novo protein synthesis occurred during adaptation, because a protein synthesis inhibitor, chloramphenicol abolished the increased stress tolerance. By using a degenerate PCR primer set, a csp homolog was amplified from B. japonicum genome and sequenced. The deduced partial amino acid sequence of the putative Csp (Cold shock protein) shares a significant similarity with known Csp proteins of other bacteria.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.805-808
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 두 단백질의 구조적 유사성을 기반으로 한 단백질 비교를 위해서 전처리 기법으로서의 주성분분석기법을 소개한다. 기존의 백본 및 알파탄소 간의 거리행렬(distance matrix), 2차 구조 비교기법, 구역(segment)단위의 비교 기법과 같은 단백질 비교 기법들은 위치이동(translation)와 회전(rotation)에 불변한(invariant) 차이를 구하기 위하여 거리행렬을 이용하였다. 그리고, 난 다음 이들의 최적화 과정을 거쳤다. 그러나, 본 논문에서 제시하는 전처리 기법으로서의 주성분분석기법은 단백질 구조를 전체적인 구조 관점에서 위치를 정렬시킨 후에 단백질 간의 구조를 비교하는 방식이다. 단백질의 구조의 방향성(Orientation)을 맞춘 다음에는 다양한 단백질 표현으로 구를 비교할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 두 단백질의 구조의 유사성을 측정하기 위한 간결한 단백질 표현(representation)으로 3 차원 에지 히스토그램을 사용하였다. 이 기법은 방향성을 정렬하기 위하여 기존의 방법에서 사용되었던 반복적인 거리계산을 통한 최적화하는 과정을 없앰으로써 단백질 구조 비교 시간을 단축할 수 있는 새로운 단백질 구조 비교 패러다임을 가능하게 한다. 따라서, 이 패러다임을 통하여 적절한 단백질 구조 방향성 정렬과 단백질 구조 표현을 이용한 단백질 구조 비교 검색 시스템은 많은 양의 단백질 구조 정보로부터 원하는 형태의 단백질 구조를 빠른 시간에 검색할 수 있는 장점을 가질 수 있다.

• Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.96-102
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• 2009

The effect of ultrasonic and alkaline pre-treatments on waste activated sludge (WAS) disintegration was investigated for improved anaerobic digestion. As WAS was treated by either methods, longer capillary suction time (CST) was required due to the break-up of cell walls, and its supernatant demonstrated increase in soluble chemical oxygen demand (SCOD), protein content and turbidity. Ultrasonic process combined with alkaline pre-treatment demonstrated higher SCOD and protein content in the supernatant as compared with ultrasonic pre-treatment only. However, the degree of disintegration (DDCOD) of WAS decreased with increasing solid concentration as both WAS disintegration methods employed simultaneously.

• Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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• 1996.04a
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• pp.147-150
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• 1996

단백질 섬유의 일종인 견섬유를 저온 플라즈마로 전처리한 후 효소처리하여 미처리시의 시료와 플라즈마처리 시료 및 효소처리한 시료에 대하여 역학특성, 염색성 및 태평가에 대해 비교, 고찰해 보았다. 인장강도, 인열강도 시험을 통해서 역학특성을 조사하였고, 산성 염료로 염색한 후 염색성의 변화를 알아보고, 염색견뢰도를 시험하였다. 플라즈마 전처리가 태평가에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위해 Handle-O-Meter를 사용하여 태를 평가하였으며, SEM으로 시료의 표면을 관찰했다. 실험결과 플라즈마 전처리가 효소처리에 잇어서 섬유의 표면 특성 변화에 영향을 미친다고 생각된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Dyers and Finishers Conference
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• 2012.03a
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• pp.83-83
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• 2012

면섬유는 강우량, 일조량, 온습도, 영양분 등의 성장환경조건과 유전인자 및 추수방법에 따라서 섬유길이, 단면구조, 꼬임, 성숙도 등이 다양하게 변화한다. 면섬유에는 pectin, cotton wax, 지방질, 단백질계 물질, 자연색소 및 무기질 등의 불순물을 약 5% 함유하고 있다. 이러한 물순물을 제거하여 처리액의 침투성 향상을 돕고, 백도를 증진시키기 위해 전처리를 한다. 본 연구에서는 산지별로 생산되는 원면의 특성을 알아보기 위해 중국, 인도, 인도네시아, 파키스탄에서 원면을 각각 수입한 후 동일한 조건으로 편직하였다. 4개국 원면의 꼬임과 단면형태를 관찰하고, 불순물의 함량을 알아보았으며, 정련과 표백처리를 농도별로 진행하여 전처리조건이 염색성에 미치는 영향을 알아보았다. 정련 및 표백조건을 20% 씩 증가시켜가며 전처리를 하였고 농도별로 전처리된 시료를 Yellow 색상의 반응성 염료 0.005% (owf)로 염색한 후 자동컬러측색장치(CCM)를 사용하여 색차, Yellow Index(Y.I.), White Index(W.I.)를 비교분석하였다. 결과를 보면 인도산 원면이 다른 원면에 비해 Y.I.와 W.I.에서 다소 차이를 보였고, 염색현장과 조제업체에서 제시한 표준 전처리조건을 참고로 하였을 때, 표준 전처리조건 대비 0 ~ 40% 농도까지는 색상차이가 크게 나타나지만 60% 농도 이상에서는 색상차이가 크지 않았다. 이 결과로부터 산지별 원면의 전처리시 최소한의 조제투입량으로 최적의 전처리효과를 볼 수 있는 전처리공정조건을 설정할 수 있었고, 이로써 원가절감 및 오폐수감소 등의 효과를 기대할 수 있다.

• KSBB Journal
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.294-300
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• 2003

In the previous study, we have isolated several vaginal lactobacilli from Korean woman and selected one of them (KLB12) for further study, which was indentified as Lactobacillus fermentum by sequence analysis of 16S rRNA gene. Formulated L. fermentum KLB12 can be used for ecological treatment of bacterial vaginosis. For pharmaceutical formulation, the spray-drying process is required where stress such as high temperature is routinely applied. In this study, we found that heat stress at 60$^{\circ}C$ for 20∼30min reduced the viable cell population of KLB12 by 10$\sub$6/～10$\sub$9/. However, adaptation of KLB12 cells at 52$^{\circ}C$ made them more thermotolerant upon exposure to 60$^{\circ}C$. The level of thermal protection in RSM (reconstituted skim milk) by adaptation in acid (pH 5), cold (4$^{\circ}C$), ethanol (3％), NaCI (0.3M) was also examined. Although not as efficient as the homologous stress, adaptations in both cold and NaCI gave considerable cross protection against heat stress. When chloramphenicol was added during heat adaptation, adaptation effect was abolished. This suggests that de novo protein synthesis is necessary during the adaptation process. Important changes in proteome during heat adaptation was examined with two-dimensional gel electrophoresis.

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.130-134
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• 2005

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of pretreatment and extraction methods on the water extraction yields of sugar, protein and phenolic compounds, and the antioxidative activity of extract from Ganoderma lucidum. The herb was ground, sifted, and treated for 10 min with microwave (2,450 MHz) and ultrasound (20 kHz), and then extracted by boiling underatmospheric pressure and pressured boiling. Particle size $(0.8\~2.4\;mm)$, extraction time (2 hr) and solvent/solid ratio (20:1) were selected as optimal conditions for extraction.. Microwave and ultrasound treatment increased the extraction yields of total sugar, protein and phenolic compounds and the radical scavenging activity of extract. In comparison with microwave treatment and ultrasound treatment, microwave treatment was more effective than that of ultrasound treatment. The yields of all three compounds and the radical scavenging activity of extract were higher in pressured boiling extraction than in boiling underatmospheric pressure. The results showed that microwave radiation and sonication prior to extraction, and pressured extraction could be utilized for improving the extraction efficiency of G. lucidum.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.50 no.1
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• pp.14-20
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• 2018

Perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) have recently been recognized as global environmental pollutants. This study was performed to develop an analytical method for determination of levels of PFCs in food by LC-MS/MS. One hundred and nine food products were divided into two groups based on their fat and protein contents (high and low), following which samples containing high fat and protein contents were pooled and subjected to pretreatment consisting of enzymatic degradation and hexane extraction. The limit of detection of 17 PFCs in the samples were in the range of 0.013-0.145 ng/g. The degrees of precision of detection for group 1 (samples with low fat and protein contents) and group 2 (samples with high fat and protein contents) were 0.8-21.1 and 1.7-28.2%, respectively, with an accuracy of 78.8-109.8% for group 1 and 80-114.5% for group 2. This study indicated that pretreatment of high fat and protein foods with enzymatic degradation and hexane extraction would improve the detection of PFCs in food.

• Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.82-90
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• 2009

Disintegration of sewage sludge (SS) was investigated by batch experiments using mechanical pre-treatment. Mechanical disintegration of SS increased the amount of soluble chemical oxygen demand (SCOD), protein and carbohydrate due to the break-up of cell walls. The mechanical disintegration incorporated with alkaline pre-treatment demonstrated higher amount of SCOD compared with mechanical one only. In terms of anaerobic biodegradability, mechanical pretreatment enhanced the anaerobic biodegradation of SS, leading to the methane production improvement. The improvement in BMP for SS treated with mechanical and alkaline-mechanical pre-treatments were 24.1% and 44.5%, respectively. This result suggested that disintegration of SS was effective for improving anaerobic biodegradability.

• Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.396-399
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• 2002

면섬유는 천연적으로 지방, 왁스, 펙틴, 단백질 등 비섬유소 물질과 천연색소를 지니고 있는데다가, 제직 시 제직성 향상을 위해 가호를 하게 된다. 그러므로, 면섬유의 염색ㆍ가공을 효과적으로 하기 위해서 발호, 정련, 표백의 전처리 과정을 거치게 된다. 이 전처리 공정은 용수를 다량 소비하고 BOD/COD등의 폐수부하가 크므로 환경부하 감소의 차원에서 용수 재사용 기술개발과 환경친화적인 조제의 사용이 바람직하다. (중략)