• 제목/요약/키워드: Agave

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BSML 기반의 유전자 데이터베이스와 변환기의 구축 (Development of Bioinformatic Database and Converting Tools based on BSML)

  • 윤애란;이수정;이희전;용환승
    • 한국정보과학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국정보과학회 2003년도 봄 학술발표논문집 Vol.30 No.1 (A)
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    • pp.638-640
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    • 2003
  • 최근 바이오인포매틱스 분야의 발전에 따라 방대한 양의 유전체 데이터에 대한 연구가 진행되고 있으며, 이러한 데이터를 효율적으로 다루기 위해 다양한 형태의 파일과 데이터베이스들이 사용되고 있다. 하지만 표준화의 미비로 인하여 데이터의 관리와 변환에 어려움이 많다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위하여 바이오인포매틱스 데이터를 다루기 위한 표준으로 다양한 XML 포맷들 중에서 BSML(Bioinformatic Sequence Markup Language)을 채택하고, Genbank 파일을 변환하여 관계형 데이터베이스에 저장하는 모듈을 개발한다. 또한 관계형 데이터베이스 형태의 유전체 데이터를 BSML 형태로, Genbank 파일 형태를 BSML 형태로 그리고 AGAVE(Architecture for Genomic Annotation)파일 형태를 BSML 형태로 변환하는 변환기롤 개발하고자 한다.

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Effect of Natural Fiber Surface Treatments on the Interfacial and Mechanical Properties of Henequen/Polypropylene Biocomposites

  • Lee, Hyun-Seok;Cho, Dong-Hwan;Han, Seong-Ok
    • Macromolecular Research
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    • 제16권5호
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    • pp.411-417
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    • 2008
  • The surfaces of henequen fibers, which can be obtained from the leaves of agave plants, were treated with two different media, tap water and sodium hydroxide, that underwent both soaking and ultrasonic methods for the fiber surface treatment. Various biocomposites were fabricated with untreated and treated, chopped henequen fibers and polypropylene using a compression molding method. The result is discussed in terms of interfacial shear strength, flexural properties, dynamic mechanical properties, and fracture surface observations of the biocomposites. The soaking (static method) and ultrasonic (dynamic method) treatments with tap water and sodium hydroxide at different concentrations and treatment times significantly influenced the interfacial, flexural and dynamic mechanical properties of henequen/polypropylene biocomposites. The alkali treatment was more effective than the water treatment in improving the interfacial and mechanical properties of randomly oriented, chopped henequen/PP bio-composites. In addition, the application of the ultrasonic method to each treatment was relatively more effective in increasing the properties than the soaking method, depending on the treatment medium and condition. The greatest improvement in the properties studied was achieved by ultrasonic alkalization of natural fibers, which was in agreement with the other results of interfacial shear strength, flexural strength and modulus, storage modulus, and fracture surfaces.

Cellulolytic Enzymes from Acrophialophora nainiana

  • Punnapayak, Hunsa
    • 한국미생물생명공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국미생물생명공학회 2005년도 2005 Annual Meeting & International Symposium
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    • pp.245-247
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    • 2005
  • A cellulolytic fungus isolated from Agave plantation in northeastern Thailand was identified as Acrophialophora nainiana. The fungus was capable of growing at pH between 3 - 7 and 25 - 45 $^{\circ}C$, with the optimum conditions at pH 5.0 and 40 $^{\circ}C$. The wild isolate produced cellulases, comprising of exoglucanase (0.019 U/mg protein), endoglucanase (0.366 U/mg protein), and ${\beta}$-glucosidase (0.001 U/mg protein). Mutations with UV and NTG produced the UV 10-2 mutant with cellulases activities including exoglucanase (0.093 U/mg protein), endoglucanase (0.585 U/mg protein), and ${\beta}$-glucosidase (0.013 U/mg protein). Purification of the enzymes with ultrafiltration, ammonium sulfate precipitation, and ion-exchange chromatography yielded the maximal cellulase specific activities of 2.736 U/mg protein (exoglucanase), 0.235 U/mg protein (endoglucanase), and 0.008 U/mg protein (${\beta}$-glucosidase). The mutant's cellulases were the most active at pH 5.0 and 60 $^{\circ}C$. Ion-exchange chromatography revealed that A. nainiana UV 10-2 cellulases were comprised of two peaks with one peak showing the single endoglucanase activity while the other peak showed a mixture of the three enzyme activities. Production of A. nainiana UV 10-2 cellulases using banana leaf stalk as the sole carbon source gave comparable yields to that of the pure ${\alpha}$-cellulose. The enzymes were used in the simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) of plant residue (Coix aquatica) along with Kluveromyces marxianus to produce ethanol. Moreover, when the enzymes were used in the bioscouring process of fabric, the desiravle traits of textile processing including immediate water absorbency, increased in whiteness and reduction of yellowness of the treated fabric were observed.

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