• Journal of Life Science
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.520-526
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• 2021

Microbial protein is one of the sources of protein in the rumen and can also be the source of glutamate production. Glutamic acid is used as fuel in the metabolic reaction in the body and the synthesis of all proteins for muscle and other cell components, and it is essential for proper immune function. Moreover, it is used as a surfactant, buffer, chelating agent, flavor enhancer, and culture medium, as well as in agriculture for such things as growth supplements. Glutamic acid is a substrate in the bioproduction of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). This review provides insights into the role of glutamic acid and glutamic acid-producing microorganisms that contain the glutamate decarboxylase gene. These glutamic acid-producing microorganisms could be used in producing GABA, which has been known to regulate body temperature, increase DM intake and milk production, and improve milk composition. Most of these glutamic acid and GABA-producing microorganisms are lactic acid-producing bacteria (LAB), such as the Lactococcus, Lactobacillus, Enterococcus, and Streptococcus species. Through GABA synthesis, succinate can be produced. With the help of succinate dehydrogenase, propionate, and other metabolites can be produced from succinate. Furthermore, clostridia, such as Clostridium tetanomorphum and anaerobic micrococci, ferment glutamate and form acetate and butyrate during fermentation. Propionate and other metabolites can provide energy through conversion to blood glucose in the liver that is needed for the mammary system to produce lactose and live weight gain. Hence, health status and growth rates in ruminants can be improved through the use of these glutamic acid and/or GABA-producing microorganisms.

• Journal of The Korean Society of Inherited Metabolic disease
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.6-14
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• 2006

Propionic acidemia is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder caused by a defect of propionyl CoA carboxylase with resultant accumulation of toxic organic acid metabolites. This disorder is biochemically characterized by metabolic acidosis, ketoacidosis, hyperglycinemia and hyperammonemia. Clinical symptoms are very heterogeneous and present as a severe neonatal-onset or a late-onet form. We describe one case of propionic acidemia in a 4-year-old boy who has developed gait disturbance after acute metabolic decompensation.

• YAKHAK HOEJI
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• v.38 no.5
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• pp.504-510
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• 1994

A facile synthesis of 2-aryl-5-benzoxazolepropionic acid derivatives(1 0a-d), which are potent antiinflammatory agent, is reported. Methyl ${\alpha}$-(p-hydroxyphenyl)propionate(5) was prepared from Friedel-Crafts reaction of isopropoxy benzene with methyl ${\alpha}$-chloro-${\alpha}$-(methylthio) acetate(1), followed by desulfurization, methylation and clevage of ether bond. Compounds(10a-d) were made from(5) by a sequence of nitration, reduction, formation of benzoxazole ring, and hydrolysis in good yields, respectively.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.99-106
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• 2013

The variations of performance and metabolites at an early stage were investigated for the successful start-up technology in continuous fermentative hydrogen production. Unsuccessful start-up was observed when the operation mode was changed from batch to continuous mode after the yield was reached to 0.5 mol $H_2$/mol $hexose_{added}$ by batch mode. $H_2$ production continued till 12 hours accompanied by butyrate production, but did not last with propionate production increase. It was suspected that the failure was due to the regrowth of propionic acid bacteria during batch mode which were inhibited by heat-shock but not completely killed. Thus, successful start-up was tried by early switchover from batch to continuous operation; continuous operation was started after the $H_2$ yield was reached to 0.2 mol $H_2$/mol $hexose_{added}$ by batch mode. Although $H_2$ production rate decreased at an early stage, stable $H_2$ yield of 0.8 mol $H_2$/mol $hexose_{added}$ was achieved after 10 days by lowering down propionate production. And it was also concluded that the reason for $H_2$ production decrease at an early stage was due to alcohol production by self detoxification mechanism against VFAs accumulation.

• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.30 no.12
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• pp.1093-1100
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• 2021

The present study investigated the effect of ammonia load on microbial communities in mesophilic anaerobic digestion of propionic acid. A laboratory-scale continuous anaerobic digester treating propionic acid as a sole organic substrate was operated under non-inhibitory condition and inhibitory conditions with ammonia (1.5 g and 3.5 g ammonia-N/L, respectively), and bacterial and archaeal communities in the steady states of each ammonia condition were analyzed using high-throughput sequencing. Thirteen bacterial families were detected as abundant bacterial groups in mesophilic anaerobic digestion of propionic acid. Increase in ammonia concentration resulted in significant shifts in microbial community structures. Syntorophobacter, Pelotomaculum, and Thermovigra were determined as the dominant groups of (potential) propionate oxidizing bacteria in the non-inhibitory condition, whereas Cryptanaerobacter and Aminobacterium were the dominant groups of (potential) propionate oxidizing bacteria in the ammonia-inhibitory condition. Methanoculleus and Methanosaeta were the dominant methanogens. Acetate-oxidation coupled with hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis might be enhanced with increases in the relative abundances of Methanoculleus and Tepidanaerobacter acetatoxydans under the ammonia-inhibitory condition. The results of the present study could be a valuable reference for microbial management of anaerobic digestion systems that are exposed to ammonia inhibition and propionic acid accumulation.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.785-790
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• 1993

Three ester-type chitin derivatives were synthesized by reacting chitin with acetic anhydride, propionic anhydride and n-butyric anhydride to form acetyl chitin(AC), propionyl chitin(PC) and n-butyryl chitin(BC). Methanesulfonic acid was used as a catalyst. FT-IR spectra and solid state CP/MAS $^{13}C-NMR$ spectra of three chitin derivatives showed that the substituents were mainly incorporated in the $C_6$ position of chitin. The ester-type chititn derivatives were dissolved well in formic acid and swollen in aqueous acidic solution.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.115-121
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• 1973

Crystalline products were obtained when$TiCl_4$ was reacted in dichloromethane with acetic, propionic, crotonic, benzoic, furoic and salicylic acids. Chemical analysis has shown that these were all dichlorodicarboxylatotitanium (IV). Cryoscopy of dichlorodipropionatotitanium (IV) indicated the carboxylato-complexes are dimeric. In the IR spectra of these complexes two strong bands both assigned to asymmetric carbonyl stretching vibration have been observed in the region$1500 - 1700cm^{-1}$ and the NMR spectrum of dichlorodipropionatotitanium (IV) has also shown two triplets and two quartets, which indicate that there are two chemically unequivalent carboxylato-ligands in the dimer $[TiCl_2(OOCR)_2]_2$. Their molecular structure was proposed to be bis-carboxo-bridged dimer.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.281-287
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• 2000

Waterborne polyurethane(PU) microgel dispersions were synthesized with different mole ratio of polytetramethylene glycol(PTMG) to dimethylol propionic acid(DMPA). Particle size distribution, thermal and mechanical properties of the PU microgels were investigated. Particle size of the microgels was distributed in the range of $98{\sim}$680{\mu}m$ and decreased with increasing the mole ratio of DMPA and 1,2,6-hexanetriol. Glass transition temperature and melting temperature of the microgels were in the range of $-79.7 {\sim}-78.1^{\circ}C$, $22{\sim}24^{\circ}C$ respectively. Tensile strength and elongation of the PU microgel films were maximum in the case of 60/40 mole ratio of PTMG/DMPA.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.413-420
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• 1998

The hydrophobic interaction has been studied on sodium naphthalene derivatives such as sodium 1-naphthaleneacetate (S1NA), sodium 1-naphthalenemalonate (SINM), sodium 2-naphthaleneacetate (S2NA), and sodium 2-naphthalenepropionate (S2NP) in $H_2O$-MeOH mixture solutions and in surfactant solutions. In $H_2O$-MeOH mixture solutions, the hydrophobic interaction was measured, and resulted in the red shift in emission spectra. In cationic surfactant, cetyltrimethylamonium bromide (CTAB) solution, the hydrophobic interaction was also observed by the red shift in absorption and emission spectra.

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.74-80
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• 2013

We investigate the formation of nanoporous gold (NPG) surfaces by anodization in three carboxylic acid (formic acid, acetic acid, and propionic acid) solutions and the electrochemical oxidation of glucose at NPG surfaces. Among three carboxylic acids, formic acid provided the most efficient conditions for NPG formation towards glucose oxidation. The optimized conditions during anodization in formic acid for glucose oxidation were 5.0 V of applied potential and 4 hour of reaction time. Electrocatalytic activities for glucose oxidation at NPG surfaces prepared by anodization in carboxylic acids were examined under the absence and presence of chloride ions, which were compared to those observed at NPG prepared in oxalic acid solutions. The application NPG prepared by optimized anodization conditions in formic acid to the amperometric detection of glucose was demonstrated.