• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권8호
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• pp.1339-1345
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• 2018

2-Keto-3-deoxy-6-phosphogluconate (KDPG) aldolase, which catalyzes aldol cleavage and condensation reactions, has two distinct substrate-binding sites. The substrate-binding mode at the catalytic site and Schiff-base formation have been well studied. However, structural information on the phosphate-binding loop (P-loop) is limited. Zymomonas mobilis KDPG aldolase is one of the aldolases with a wide substrate spectrum. Its structure in complex with the substrate-mimicking 3-phosphoglycerate (3PG) shows that the phosphate moiety of 3PG interacts with the P-loop and a nearby conserved serine residue. 3PG-binding to the P-loop replaces water molecules aligned from the P-loop to the catalytic site, as observed in the apostructure. The extra electron density near the P-loop and comparison with other aldolases suggest the diversity and flexibility of the serine-containing loop among KDPG aldolases. These structural data may help to understand the substrate-binding mode and the broad substrate specificity of the Zymomonas KDPG aldolase.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.838-844
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• 2001

The enzyme Fuc aldolase from Methanococcus jannaschii that catalyzes the aldol condensation of DHAP and L-lactaldehyde to give fuculose-1-phosphate was inactivated by DEP. The inactivation was pseudo first-order in the enzyme and DEP, which was biphasic. A pseudo second-order rate constant of 120$M^{-1}min^{-1}$ was obtained at pH 6.0 and $25{\circ}C$. Quantifying the increase in absorbance at 240nm showed that four histidine residues per subunit were modified during the nearly complete inactivation. The statistical analysis and the time course of the modification suggested that two or three histidine residues were essential for activity. The rate of inactivation was dependent on the pH, and the pH inactivation data implied the involvement of the amino acid residue with a $pK_a$ value of 5.7. Fuc aldolase was protected against DEP inactivation by DHAP, indicating that the histidine residues were located at the active site of Fuc aldolase. DL-Glyceraldehyde, as an alternative substrate to L-lactaldehyde, showed no specific protection for the Fuc aldolase.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.802-807
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 글루코스산화제, polyethyleneimine(PEI) 및 탄소나노튜브 간 물리적 흡착으로 제조된 촉매(GOx/PEI/CNT)에 새로운 가교제인 terephthalaldehyde(TPA)를 첨가하여 민감도 및 안정성이 개선된 글루코스 센서 촉매를 합성하여, 감지능 및 안정성 개선효과를 확인하였다. 새로운 가교제를 포함한 바이오 촉매는, 글루코스산화제 및 polyethyeleneimine의 관능기와 TPA의 관능기간 알돌축합반응에 의해 생성되었고, 이를 통해 생성된 새로운 전자전달구조는 글루코스의 산화반응을 촉진시켰다. 이러한 촉매활성은 전기화학적 평가를 통해 정량적으로 평가하였으며 그 결과 $41.1{\mu}Acm^{-2}mM^{-1}$의 글루코스 민감도를 얻을 수 있었다. 또한 가교제와 글루코스산화제 및 polyethyeleneimine 간의 화학반응의 형성에 의해 글루코스 산화제의 외부 손실을 최소화 하여, 센서 안정성 향상에도 크게 기여하였다. 안정성 평가를 한 결과, 3주간의 주기적인 촉매 활성 측정후에 94.6% 활성이 유지됨을 확인하였다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.91-99
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• 2016

(E)-3-(3-methoxyphenyl)-1-(2-pyrrolyl)-2-propenone (MPP) is an aldol condensation product resulting from pyrrole-2-carbaldehyde and m- and p- substituted acetophenones. However, its biological activity has not yet been evaluated. Since it has been reported that some propenone-type compounds display anti-inflammatory activity, we investigated whether MPP could negatively modulate inflammatory responses. To do this, we employed lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated macrophage-like RAW264.7 cells and examined the inhibitory levels of nitric oxide (NO) production and transcriptional activation, as well as the target proteins involved in the inflammatory signaling cascade. Interestingly, MPP was found to reduce the production of NO in LPS-treated RAW264.7 cells, without causing cytotoxicity. Moreover, this compound suppressed the mRNA levels of inflammatory genes, such as inducible NO synthase (iNOS) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-${\alpha}$. Using luciferase reporter gene assays performed in HEK293 cells and immunoblotting analysis with nuclear protein fractions, we determined that MPP reduced the transcriptional activation of nuclear factor (NF)-${\kappa}B$. Furthermore, the activation of a series of upstream signals for NF-${\kappa}B$ activation, composed of Src, Syk, Akt, and $I{\kappa}B{\alpha}$, were also blocked by this compound. It was confirmed that MPP was able to suppress autophosphorylation of overexpressed Src and Syk in HEK293 cells. Therefore, these results suggest that MPP can function as an anti-inflammatory drug with NF-${\kappa}B$ inhibitory properties via the suppression of Src and Syk.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제52권5호
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• pp.553-557
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• 2014

폴리프로필렌(PP) 격리막의 표면을 황산-acetone 알돌 응축반응을 통해 술폰화 폴리프로필렌(S-PP) 격리막을 제조하고 표면기 분석과 접촉각 측정을 통해 $-SO_3H$ 그룹이 다량 분포된 친수성 표면으로 전환되었음을 밝혔다. 또한 potassium polyacrylate (PAAK) 하이드로겔 고분자 전해질로 S-PP 표면을 코팅하고 이를 활성탄 수퍼커패시터에 적용하여 그 전기화학적 특성을 조사하였다. 결과적으로 S-PP 격리막은 친수성 표면으로 인하여 비록 전기화학적 안정성은 감쇠하지만, 접촉각 감소, 젖음성 향상, 전해질 함침량 증대, 이온전도도 향상, 계면저항 감소 등의 효과를 발생시켜 결국 커패시터적 특성의 향상, 즉 비축전용량과 사이클 수명의 향상을 구현할 수 있다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.721-727
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• 2007

Stability-enhanced mutants, H44, 11-94, 5A2-84, and F8, of L-threonine aldolase(L-TA) from Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)(SCO1085) were isolated by an error-prone PCR followed by a high-throughput screening. Each of these mutant, had a single amino acid substitution: H177Y in the H44 mutant, A169T in the 11-94 mutant, D104N in the 5A2-84 mutant and F18I in the F8 mutant. The residual L-TA activity of the wild-type L-TA after a heat treatment for 20 min at $60^{\circ}C$ was only 10.6%. However, those in the stability-enhanced mutants were 85.7% for the H44 mutant, 58.6% for the F8 mutant, 62.1% for the 5A2-84 mutant, and 67.6% for the 11-94 mutant. Although the half-life of the wild-type L-TA at $63^{\circ}C$ was 1.3 min, those of the mutant L-TAs were longer: 14.6 min for the H44 mutant, 3.7 min for the 11-94 mutant, 5.8 min for the 5A2-84 mutant, and 5.0 min for the F8 mutant. The specific activity did not change in most of the mutants, but it was decreased by 45% in the case of mutant F8. When the aldol condensation of glycine and 3,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde was studied by using whole cells of Escherichia coli containing the wild-type L-TA gene, L-threo-3,4-dihydroxyphenylserine(L-threo-DOPS) was successfully synthesized with a yield of 2.0 mg/ml after 20 repeated batch reactions for 100 h. However, the L-threo-DOPS synthesizing activity of the enzyme decreased with increased cycles of the batch reactions. Compared with the wild-type L-TA, H44 L-TA kept its L-threo-DOPS synthesizing activity almost constant during the 20 repeated batch reactions for 100 h, yielding 4.0 mg/ml of L-threo-DOPS. This result showed that H44 L-TA is more effective than the wild-type L-TA for the mass production of L-threo-DOPS.