• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.43-52
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• 1998

The embryogenesis stimulating activity(ESA) had been shown in co-culture of embryos with bovine oviduct epithelial cell(BOEC) and culture in BOEG-conditioned medium. The present study was undertaken to purify and quantify the embryotropic proteins and to determine the optimum concentration of the embryotropic protein for the proper development of embryos. In BOEC-conditioned medium, five major bands of proteins were detected(66, 53, 40, 32 and 24 kDa) by SDS-PAGE. From these proteins, 288pg of protein that had a 32kDa molecular weight was purified by gel filtration column and perfusion chromatography ion-exchange column. When purified protein was supplemented to the in vitro culture media at various concentrations in protein-free media, 2.5$\mu$g /ml supplement group showed significantly higher rates of embryo development into morula /blastocyst stages than other groups(p<0.05). In conclusion, we purified 32kDa protein from BOEC-conditioned medium and this protein showed optimum embryogenesis stimulating effect at 2.5$\mu$g /ml.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제43권10호
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• pp.1535-1542
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• 2014

어류 부산물인 명태 껍질에서 콜라겐을 추출하기 위하여 0.1 N NaOH로 알칼리 처리 후 pepsin으로 효소 처리하였고 저분자화를 위해 neutrase를 이용하여 분자량별로 콜라겐을 제조하였다. 콜라겐은 1 kDa 이하, 1~3 kDa, 3~10 kDa 및 10 kDa 이상으로 분자량별로 분리하여 이화학적 특성 및 생리활성을 조사하였다. 분자량에 따른 콜라겐 함량은 1 kDa 이하에서 36.43%로 가장 높았으며 유리 아미노산 조성은 1 kDa 이하, 1~3 kDa, 3~10 kDa 및 10 kDa 이상에서 각각 1,603.69, 1,000.55, 475.04, 415.73 mg/100 g으로 분자량이 작을수록 유리 아미노산의 함량이 높게 나타났다. 콜라겐의 분자구조를 Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy로 측정한 결과 분자량에 따른 콜라겐 모두 amide A, amide I, amide II, amide III의 범위에 wavenumber 속에 포함되었으며 콜라겐 표준품과 유사한 peak band 값을 나타내어 화학구조가 동일함을 알 수 있었다. 전자공여능과 superoxide dismutase 유사 활성은 1 kDa 이하에서 각각 29.51%, 38.45%로 가장 높았으며 분자량이 커질수록 그 값은 감소하였다. 멜라닌 합성에 미치는 영향을 확인하기 위해 ${\alpha}$-MSH를 첨가한 tyrosinase 활성 측정은 1 kDa 이하에서 농도 유의적으로 tyrosinase 활성을 저해시키는 것을 확인할 수 있었으며, 광노화에 의한 피부 주름 개선 효과는 HS68 cell을 이용하여 MMP-1 저해 활성을 측정하였고 그 결과 10 kDa 이상에서는 MMP-1 저해 활성이 나타나지 않았으나 3 kDa 이하에서는 MMP-1 저해 활성이 나타나 세포 보호 효과가 있음을 확인하였다. 콜라겐의 분자량은 항산화 활성 및 생리활성과 유의적인 상관관계를 나타내어 저분자 콜라겐은 기능성 식품 및 화장품 소재로서 활용 가능할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.764-772
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• 2017

Fertilized hen eggs are rich in a variety of bioactive ingredients. In this study, we aimed to obtain an antioxidant protein from fertilized eggs and the radical scavenging abilities on 1, 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), hydroxyl radical (${\bullet}OH$), superoxide anion ($O^{2-}{\bullet}$) were used to evaluate the antioxidant activity of the purified protein. During 20 d of incubation, the radical scavenging ability of protein extracted from fertilized eggs exhibited significantly differences and the protein on day 16 showed higher antioxidant capacity. Based on this, the antioxidant protein of the samples on day 16 were isolated for the follow-up study. With a molecular weight 43.22 kDa, the antioxidant protein was purified by Diethylaminoethyl cellulose -52 (DEAE-52) column and Sephadex G-100. The LC-MS analysis showed that the purified protein molecular weight was 43.22 kDa, named D2-S. The sequence of amino acids was highly similar to ovalbumin and the coverage reached to 84%. The purified protein showed a radical scavenging rate of $52.34{\pm}3.27%$ on DPPH and $63.49{\pm}0.25%$ on ${\bullet}OH$, respectively. Furthermore, the C-terminal amino acid sequence was NAVLFFGRCVSP, which was consistent with the sequence of ovabumin. These results here indicated that purified protein may be a potential resource as a natural antioxidant.

• 한국식물병리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국식물병리학회 2003년도 정기총회 및 추계학술발표회
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• pp.125.3-126
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• 2003

A near full-length sequence of a new tobamovirus infecting Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. was determined. The genome consists of 58 nucleotides (nt) 5' UTR, followed by a 4.9 kb ORF which methyl transferase helicase domain (128 kDa), readthrough protein RNA dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) 185 kDa and a 52 kDa protein. The 128 kDa protein had a maximum homology of 51.4 ％ to TMGMV and amino acids (an) were 54.3 ％ identical to TMV- vulgare strain. The 185 kDa RdRp had a maximum homology of 53.5％ to TMV-Ob and KGMMV-Y and a 59.6％ homology at the an level to CGMMV-SH. The MP gene encodes 282 aa and its theoretical molecular weight is 30.4 kDa. The nt and an sequence identities of MP ranged from 38.8％ to 43.9％ and 30.9％ to 37.9％, respectively. The CP gene encodes 163 residues and with a theoretical molecular weight of 18.2 kDa The (nt) and aa sequences of the CP were 46.9 ％ to 51.6％ and 45.3％ to 57.1％ identical to other tobamoviruses, respectively. The predicted virion origin of assembly (OAS) was located in the CP gene. Phylogenetic trees generated based on the nt and as sequences of RdRp, MP and CP genes indicated that this new virus clustered with subgroup II tobamoviruses. Although the CP ORF of this virus shared a high nt and aa sequence identity with Sunn-hemp mosaic virus (SHMV), Western analysis showed that it is serologically unrelated to SHMV. We propose the name Hibiscus virus S (HVS) for this Singapore isolate. This is the first report on a near full-length sequence of a Tobamovirus that infects hibiscus.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제34권1_2호
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• pp.43-50
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• 1998

여러가지 환경 stress에서 유도되는 폐렴구균 열충격단백질 GroEL의 특성에 대하여 검토하였다. 비병원성인 폐렴구균(Streptococcusa pneumoniae)을 사용하여 stress 조건을 설정하고 이 설정된 조건에서 stress에 의해 유도되는 단백질을 $^{35}S$]-methionine으로 표지하여 autoradiography를 실시하였다. 열충격을 가했을 때 유도되는 단백질(65, 73, 84-kDa 등) 중 65 kDa의 단백질(hsp65)을 DEAE-Sepharose ion exchange 및 ATP-agarose affinity chromatography를 이용하여 분리 정제하였으며 hsp65에 대해 생성된 항체를 이용하여 immunoblot을 실시하였을 때 약 60 kDa의 대장균 단백질과 반응하였으며 정제된 폐렴구균 hsp65가 대장균의 anti-GroEL monoclonal 항체와 반응함으로써 폐렴구균 hsp65가 대장균GroEL과 유사한 단백질임을 확인하였다.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.235-240
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• 2000

Antitumor effect of LC43, a protein-bound ploysaccharide (M.W. 43 kDa) that was purified from intergeneric protoplast fusant of Lentinus edodes and Coriolus versicolor, was elucidated against mouse sarcoma 180 cell in vitro and in vivo. By injecting LC43 into ICR mice bearing solid or ascitic sarcoma 180, tumor regression and survival rates were investigated. To examine the effects of LC43 on immunopotentiation activity. immunoorgan weight, B cell differentiation, T cell activity and macrophage activation were determined. LC43 showed antitumor effects against both solid tumor and ascitic tumor of sarcoma 180. It did not change significantly the immunoorgan weight but potentiated immune responses such as B cell differentiation and the release of superoxide anion from macrophages. These results suggest that the protein-bound polysaccharide of LC43 exhibited antitumor activities through the activation of immune-related cells and acted as an immunmodulator.

• BMB Reports
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.1039-1049
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• 2007

Overdoses of acetaminophen cause hepato-renal oxidative stress. The present study was undertaken to investigate the protective effect of a 43 kDa protein isolated from the herb Cajanus indicus, against acetaminophen-induced hepatic and renal toxicity. Male albino mice were treated with the protein for 4 days (intraperitoneally, 2 mg/kg body wt) prior or post to oral administration of acetaminophen (300 mg/kg body wt) for 2 days. Levels of different marker enzymes (namely, glutamate pyruvate transaminase and alkaline phosphatase), creatinine and blood urea nitrogen were measured in the experimental sera. Intracellular reactive oxygen species production and total antioxidant activity were also determined from acetaminophen and protein treated hepatocytes. Indices of different antioxidant enzymes (namely, superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione-S-transferase) as well as lipid peroxidation end-products and glutathione were determined in both liver and kidney homogenates. In addition, Cytochrome P450 activity was also measured from liver microsomes. Finally, histopathological studies were performed from liver sections of control, acetaminophen-treated and protein pre- and post-treated (along with acetaminophen) mice. Administration of acetaminophen increased all the serum markers and creatinine levels in mice sera along with the enhancement of hepatic and renal lipid peroxidation. Besides, application of acetaminophen to hepatocytes increased reactive oxygen species production and reduced the total antioxidant activity of the treated hepatocytes. It also reduced the levels of antioxidant enzymes and cellular reserves of glutathione in liver and kidney. In addition, acetaminophen enhanced the cytochrome P450 activity of liver microsomes. Treatment with the protein significantly reversed these changes to almost normal. Apart from these, histopathological changes also revealed the protective nature of the protein against acetaminophen induced necrotic damage of the liver tissues. Results suggest that the protein protects hepatic and renal tissues against oxidative damages and could be used as an effective protector against acetaminophen induced hepato-nephrotoxicity.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.43-52
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• 2007

선모충(Trichinella spiralis) 유충의 조직세포에 존재하는 분비배설, 감염 및 45 kDa 단백 항원의 분포를 확인하기 위하여 면역항체와 황금표지 단백A 복합체를 이용한 면역전자현미경 방법을 사용하였다. 분비배설항원은 선모충에 감염된 실험쥐의 근육으로부터 분리된 선모충을 인공배양 용액에 1일, 3일 동안 배양한 배양액을 수집하여 배설항원으로 사용하였다. 45 kDa 단백 항원은 실험용 흰쥐 근육에서 분리된 선모충유충을 분쇄하여 45 kDa 단백 항원을 분리하였다. 수집된 분비배설항원과 45 kDa 단백 항원은 실험토끼에 주사한 다음 6주 후에 실험토끼의 혈청으로부터 면역항체를 수집하였다. 감염항체는 선모충유충을 실험용 흰쥐에 감염시키고 4주 후에 실험용 흰쥐에서 수집된 혈청으로부터 분리하였다. 실험용 흰쥐 근육에서 분리된 선모충 유충은 고정과 탈수과정을 거처 Lowicryl HM20에 포매하고 초박절편을 제작하여 면역항체와 황금표지 단백A 복합체 (입자크기 15nm)를 반응시켜 전자현미경으로 관찰하였다. 1일 분비배설항원에 대한 실험용토끼 면역항체를 선모충유충 조직항원에 반응시켰을 때 충체의 표피와 기저층 그리고 식도세포간질 (esophagus interstitial matrix, EIM) 및 stichocyte의 ${\alpha}_0,\;{\alpha}_1$ 과립에 황금입자가 표지되었다. 3일 분비배설항원에 대한 실험용토끼 면역항체를 선모충유충 조직항원에 반응시켰을 때 충체의 표피와 기저층 그리고 EIM 및 stichocyte의 ${\alpha}_0$ 과립에 황금입자가 표지 되었다. 감염항체를 선모충 유충 조직항원에 반응시켰을 때 충체의 표피와 EIM에 황금입자가 표지되었다. 그리고 분리된 45 kDa 단백 항원에 대한 실험용토끼 면역항체를 선모충유충 조직항원에 반응시켰을 때 충체의 표피와 기저층 그리고 EIM 및 stichocyte의 ${\alpha}_0\;{\alpha}_1$ 과립에 황금입자가 표지되었다. 따라서 1일 동안 배설되는 분비배설항원은 선모충 유충의 표피와 stichocyte의 ${\alpha}_0\;{\alpha}_1$ 과립에서 유도되는 반면에 3일 동안 배설되는 분비배설항원은 표피와 stichocyte의 ${\alpha}_0$ 과립에서 유도되고, 선모충유충 감염후 1주, 4주에 실험쥐에서 형성되는 감염항체는 선모충의 표피와 기저층 그리고 EIM에서 분비되는 항원에 의하여 생성된다. 이상의 결과로 선모충의 분비배설항원과 감염항원은 선모충 유충의 표피와 EIM및 stichocyte의 ${\alpha}_0\;{\alpha}_1$ 과립에서 유도되며 이들은 45 kDa 단백을 포함하고 있는 것으로 생각된다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.782-787
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• 2006

A new protein was cloned and identified as the sixth subunit of Choristoneura fumiferana origin recognition complex (CfORC6). The newly identified 43 kDa protein CfORC6 is much bigger than DmORC6 (25.7 kDa) and HsORC6 (28.1 kDa), though it's 23.85% identical to DmORC6 and 23.81% identical to HsORC6. Although the molecular weight of CfORC6 is close to ScORc6 (50 kDa), CfORC6 is only 14.03% identical to ScORC6. By alignment, it was found that the N-terminal of CfORC6 has about 30% identities with other ORC6s, but about 100aa of C-terminal of CfORC6 has no identity with other ORC6s. Like ScORC6, CfORC6 has many potential phosphorylation sites, (S/T)PXK. Like DmORC6, CfORC6 has leucine-rich region in the relevant site. Northern Blot showed that CfORC6 mRNA is about 2,000nt. Southern Blot confirmed that there is one copy of CfORC6 gene in spruce budworm genome. Western blot showed that infection of Cf124T cells with CfMNPV didn't affect the expression levels of CfORC6, at least up to 26 hr post infection.

• BMB Reports
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.783-790
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• 2007

Receptor binding plays an important role in determining host specificity of the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry $\delta$-endotoxins. Mutations in domains II and III have suggested the participation of certain residues in receptor recognition and insect specificity. In the present study, we expressed the cloned domain II-III fragment of Cry4Ba and examined its binding characteristics to mosquito-larval midgut proteins. The 43-kDa Cry4Ba-domain II-III protein over-expressed in Escherichia coli as inclusion bodies was only soluble when carbonate buffer, pH 10.0 was supplemented with 4M urea. After renaturation via stepwise dialysis and subsequent purification, the refolded domain II-III protein, which specifically reacts with anti Cry4Ba-domain III monoclonal antibody, predominantly exists as a $\beta$-sheet structure determined by circular dichroism spectroscopy. In vitro binding analysis to both histological midgut tissue sections and brush border membrane proteins prepared from susceptible Aedes aegypti mosquito-larvae revealed that the isolated Cry4Ba-domain II-III protein showed binding functionality comparable to the 65-kDa full-length active toxin. Altogether, the data present the 43-kDa Cry4Ba fragment comprising domains II and III that was produced in isolation was able to retain its receptor-binding characteristics to the target larval midgut proteins.