• Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.31-37
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• 1994

For a microbiological study of composting process, screening and assay method for biopolymer degrading enzymes and microorganisms were developed and for the study of the possibility of composting in anaerobic state, distribution of sulfate reducing bacteria which plays a final role in anaerobic degradation was investigated. Substrates used for the development of assay methods for biopolymer degradation are ${\beta}-glucan$, xylan, dextran, CMC(carboxy methly cellulose), casein, and collagen. These substrates were made insoluble by a cross-linking agent and linked with dye to make chromogenic substrates. ${\beta}-glucan$ and xylan substrates could substitute congo-red method for screening of polymer degrading microorganisms without damaging the colonies. Sulfate reducing bacteria contained in the sample sludge showed preference to lactic acid, propionic acid, butyric acid and formic acid and could use acetic acid and valeric acid.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.102-108
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• 2008

At the University of Maine, a hemicellulose pre-extraction technology is now being investigated to improve pulp yields, reduce the organic and inorganic load for liquor recovery, and create a feed stream for the generation of new biomaterials. It is important to understand the composition of unextracted wood, extracted wood, and pulping extracts in the design of an economically viable pilot-scale ethanol plant. For analysis of wood pulp composition, the total analytical mass balance closure was 100.6, 100.3, and 81.6% for unextracted chips, extracted chips, and pulping extracts from HPLC-H column analysis. Meanwhile, the total analytical mass balance from the HPLC-P column was 97.8, 86.3, and 80.7%, respectively. This slight variability between H- and P-column results for analytical mass balance may be within the experimental error of the measurement. The data generated by this analysis are important to further design work in commercializing this process.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.125-130
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• 1992

Stereoisomers of trifluoroethylmandelate(mandelic acid trifluoroethylester) were synthesized from each isomer of mandelic acid and trifluoroethanol with p-toluene sulfonic acid in order to study the enantioselectivity of lipase in organic solvent. The products were identified by $^1H$ NMR and elemental analysis and their physical properties such as melting point, densities and specific optical rotations($[{\alpha}]_{25}{^D}$) were also characterized. $[{\alpha}]_{25}{^D}$ of (+)- and (-)-trifluoroethylmandelate were +74° and -75.4°, respectively. The trifluoroethylmandelate was found out to be as a good substrate for the transesterfication stereoselectivity of lipases in organic solvent. Any significant difference of the lipase catalyzed transesterification activity between (+)- and (-)-methylchloropropionate was not found, and even lipase activity of transesterfication was not found with high optical polar (+)-and (-)-methylmandelate.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.90-91
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• 2004

한 시스템 내에 GAOs와 PAOs의 공존은 몇몇의 kinetic과 화학양론적 함축을 가지고 있다. 이는 유기물질 획득율의 측면에서 PAOs가 혐기성 단계에서 GAOs보다 kinetic적으로 유리하다고 제안되고 혐기조건에서 GAOs와 PAOs는 이용 가능한 기질에 대해 경쟁한다. PAOs에 있는 저장과는 달리, GAOs에서 glycogen의 생성은 과잉 인을 요구하지 않는다. 그러므로 GAOs는 성장에 필요한 이상의 인을 섭취하지 않는다. 결과적으로 EBPR 시스템의 방해요인이 될 수 있다. 이용 가능한 기질의 농도는 PAOs와 GAOs의 경쟁구도에 상당한 영향을 미치는 이는 전체 EBPR 시스템 내에서 인 제거 효율에 영향을 미칠 수 있다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.177.2-177.2
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• 2011

세계적인 자원고갈과 지구온난화와 같은 환경문제가 발생됨에 따라 대체에너지 개발에 대한 연구가 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 섬유소 기질을 이용한 바이오에탄올 생산은 세계적으로 막대한 자원이 있으며 광합성에 의해 재생산되는 무한한 재원으로서 환경적으로도 대기오염물질을 적게 배출하여 유용한 에너지원으로 각광받고 있다. 하지만 섬유소 기질은 cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin과 같은 고분자 화합물이 유기적으로 결합된 단단한 결정구조로 이루어져 있어 이를 분해하여 원하는 물질을 얻기 위해서는 전처리 과정이 필요하다. 전처리 공정은 바이오에탄올을 생산하는 당화 및 발효공정의 효율 및 반응시간 단축에 기여하며, 특히 섬유소 기질일 경우에는 필수불가결한 공정이다. 전처리 공정은 물리적, 화학적, 생물학적 방법으로 나누어지며, 이러한 방법들 중 기질의 특성과 처리효율에 따라 기술들을 병합하여 사용하기도 한다. 이에 본 연구에서는 산 처리, 암모니아 처리, 과산화수소 처리 및 효소를 이용한 생물학적 처리를 단독 또는 병행하여, 전환된 당 성분 및 함량을 조사함으로서 섬유소계 기질인 채소 음식물류 쓰레기를 대상으로 바이오에탄올을 경제적으로 생산하기 위한 적합한 전처리법을 검토하였다. 전처리 방법별 당화율을 살펴보면, 산 처리와 암모니아-과산화수소-계면활성제 처리가 각각 65.3 % 및 65.7 %로 가장 높았으며, 과산화수소 처리는 16.2 %로 가장 낮았다. 반면 전처리 공정 없이 효소를 이용한 당화만을 실시한 경우에는 4.3 %의 낮은 당화율을 나타내었다. 섬유소계 기질의 전처리 효율을 향상시키기 위해 첨가하는 계면활성제의 효과는 암모니아-과산화수소 및 암모니아-과산화수소-계면활성제 처리의 당화율을 비교한 결과, 뚜렷한 효과를 확인할 수 없었다. 전처리 방법별 당의 성분 및 함량을 비교한 결과 육탄당은 암모니아-과산화수소-계면활성제 전처리에서 가장 많이 검출되었다. 오탄당은 산 처리 후 그 함량이 현저히 높았으며, 오탄당 중 xylose의 함량이 60.49 mg/g로 가장 많이 차지하고 있었다. 이 결과로부터 전처리 방법에 관계없이 당화율은 유사한 수준을 보이지만, 당화된 당의 성분 및 함량에는 큰 차이가 있음을 알 수 있었다. 이당류의 경우 과산화수소 및 암모니아-과산화수소 처리를 제외한 나머지 전처리 방법에서 유사한 수준을 나타내었다. 암모니아 처리 및 과산화수소 처리를 순차적으로 병행한 암모니아-과산화수소 처리에서는 각각의 처리시보다 육탄당의 함량은 증가하였으나 암모니아 처리시보다 이당류의 함량은 감소한 것으로 나타났다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Applied Pharmacology
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• 1994.04a
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• pp.183-183
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• 1994

HIV-1 protcase 를 이용한 in vitro assay system을 개발하기 위하여HIV-1 protease유전자를 Ecoli 발현 벡터를 이용하여 발현시켰다. 가능성있는 Protease유전자의 생간 및 분래를 용이하게 하기위하여 maltose binding protein 의 fusion protein을 이용하였으며 protease 의 autoprocessing을 maltose binding protein 의 polyclonal 항체로 확인하였다, 발현된 protease는 일련의 chromatography 방법 (DEAE, SE cellulose, Superose 12, Mono S) 으로 순수하게 분리되었다. 정제된 protease 는 SDS-PAGE분석으로 단일밴드를 보여주었고, 합성된 undecapeptide를 기질로 하였을때 Km 이 9.8$\mu$M 이었다. 효소 assay 를 위해 기질이 protease 에 의해 절단된 생성물을 HPLC를 사용하여 분석하였다. Protease의 억제제 탐색을 위해 유기합성한 몇개의 기질유사체와 HIV-1 증식을 억제하는 것으로 알려진 천연물의 억제정도를 조사하여 보았다. 이들 test 에 사용한 물질들은 높은 농도에서 protease 의 활성을 저해하는 것으로 보아 좋은 억제제는 아닌것으로 시료되나 본 연구를 통하여 확립된 in vitro assay system 은 추후에도 억제제 탐색을 위하여 계속 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.41 no.1
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• pp.57-62
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• 2008

The application of constructed subsurface-flow wetlands for treatment of wastewater from abandoned mines is being increased. Crushed limestone, oak chips, and mushroom composites are often employed in a bulk form, as the substrates in the bed media. Efficiency of the subsurface-flow treatment system drops with time as the hydraulic conductivity of the wetland soil decreases significantly, presumably due to chemical reactions with the wastewater. The purpose of this study is to investigate the applicability of immobilized beads carrying sulfate reducing bacteria for acid mine drainage treatment system. The ingredients of immobilized beads are organic materials such as mushroom composite and oak chips, limestone powder for a pH buffer, mixed with a modified Coleville Synthetic Brine. It was found that immobilized beads are more efficient than the bulk form for pH recovery, sulfate and heavy metal removal.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.125-137
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• 2020

In recent years, toxic organophosphorus compounds (OPs) have been used for civilians, becoming a great threat to the world. Alternative to the current treatment policy unpredictable for any prevention, researches on bioscavenger as an improved treatment have been actively conducted. Bioscavengers refer to proteins and enzymes that prevent intoxication by inactivating or binding toxic OPs before they reaches the target. In particular, extensive efforts have been made to develop catalytic bioscavengers that quickly detoxify OPs even with a small dose of the protein by performing multiple binding and hydrolysis processes with OPs. This review introduces the latest studies and results for developing catalytic bioscavengers using molecular evolution and protein engineering techniques. We will briefly present some of the remaining challenges on developing enzymes into clinically approved drugs.

• Land and Housing Review
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.103-110
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• 2023

People who spend most of their day indoors are continuously exposed to internally and externally generated indoor pollutants. According to a 2022 report from the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution is the cause of more than 7 million deaths annually worldwide, emphasizing the seriousness of indoor air pollutants. Air pollutants include nitrogen oxides (NOx), formaldehyde (HCHO), and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which have serious effects on the human body. Photocatalyst is a material that can remove these indoor air pollutants. Photocatalysts not only have the ability to remove dust precursors, but also have antibacterial, sterilizing, and deodorizing functions, making them effective in improving indoor air quality. This study suggests areas and methods in which photocatalysts can be applied to buildings. Fields of application include interior and exterior construction materials such as concrete, as well as organic paints and ventilation devices. If appropriate utilization plans are developed, it may be possible to improve the built environment through reduced indoor and outdoor pollutant levels.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.927-938
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• 2000

When microorganism is injected into porous medium such as soils along with appropriate substrate and nutrients, biomass retained in the soil pore. Soil pore size and shape are varied from the initial condition as a result of biofilm formation, which make hydraulic conductivity reduced. In this research, hydraulic conductivity reduction was measured after microorganism are inoculated and cultured with synthetic substrates and nutrients. Biomass-soil mixture was evaluated its applicability to the field condition as an alternative liner material in landfill by measuring hydraulic conductivity change after repetitive freeze-thaw cycles. Resistance of biofilm to chemical solution and degree of biodegradation were measured through column test.