• Korean Journal of Crystallography
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.33-38
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• 1994

'Heterogeneous' vapor diffusion experiments were carried out using hen egg white Iysozyme and equine serum albumin as model proteins: droplets were equilibrated against reservoir solutiorls containing an alternative precipitant which is different from results showed that the use of polyethylene glycol as an alternative precipitant instead of NaCl or ammonium sulfate reduces equilibration rate between droplet and reservoir solution. By using the heterogeneous vapor diffusion techniqlue it is possible to control the equilibration rate by adjusting the relative amounts of ionic salts and nonionic yecipitants in reservoir solutions.

• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.291-298
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• 1995

An intensive field study was carried out during Aug. 1993 in Seoul to study the characteristics of summertime visibility and diurnal trend of ionic composition of ambient particles. A transmissometer, nephelometer with heated and unheated inlets, PM3 fine particle sampler, and cascade impactor were used to measure optical and particle properties of ambient air. During this study period, a weak smog episode has occurred. Light scattering by particles is the most dominant factor on total light extinction. The effect of light absorption by particles in Seoul is much higher than other major cities in U.S.A. throughout the summer and fall with relatively constant values. The effect of water on $b_{sp}$ was small during the period. The particle size distribution shows a typical bimodal one. Sulfate, ammonium, chloride, and nitrate are the major chemical species in fine fraction aerosols, about 30% of toral mass concentration. Concentraion of sulfate is higher during the daytime while those of nitrate and chloride are higher during the nighttime. Ammonium concentration is constant through the daytime.

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.254-259
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• 2002

A psychrotrophic bacterium was isolated from Antarctic marine sediment and identified as Shewanella sp. species based on the biochemical properties and 16S rRNA sequence, and designated as Shewanella sp. L93. Extracellular protease produced by this strain was purified through ammonium sulfate precipitation, High-Q column chromatography, first gel permeation chromatography, BioScale Q2 ion exchange chromatography and second gel permeation chromatography, and basic properties of this enzyme were investigated.

• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.823-832
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• 2004

Atmospheric aerosol particles collected in Seoul on four single days, each in every seasons of 2001, were characterized and classified on the basis of their chemical species using low-Z particle electron probe X-ray microanalysis (low-Z particle EPMA). Low-Z particle EPMA technique can analyze both the size and the chemical species of individual aerosol particles of micrometer size and provide detailed information on the size distribution of each chemical species. The major chemical species observed in Seoul aerosol were aluminosilicate, silicon dioxide, calcium carbonate, organic, carbon-rich, marine originated, and ammonium sulfate particles, etc. The soil originated species, such as aluminosilicate, silicon dioxide, and calcium carbonate were the most popular in the coarse fraction, meanwhile, carbonaceous and ammonium sulfate were the dominant species found in the fine fraction. Marine originated species such as sodium nitrate was frequently encountered, up to 30% of the analyzed aerosol particles.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.227-233
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• 1996

Tyrosinase is an enzyme which catalyzes an enzymatic browning of some foods and in vivo synthesis of melanin. In order to produce natural and edible inhibitor of the enzyme which is expected to have whitening effect on melanogenesis, a microorganism was selected from fermented foods. It was named as NU-7, and cultured in mushroom (Lentinus edodes, Shiitake) media. Optimal media to produce tyrosinase inhibitor was formulated by varing nitrogen or carbon content. If glucose content was in a range of 3-20% and ammonium sulfate was in a range of 0-0.25%, production of inhibitor was independent of cell mass. Addition of ammonium sulfate as a nitrogen source had little effect on inhibitor production. Production of inhibitor (Y) was proportionally related to shiitake content (X) with a regression equation of Y= -0.96X$^{2}$ + 13.07X + 14.43 (R = 0.96). These results indicate that shiitake and glucose are necessary for the production of tyrosinase inhibitor. In the analysis of mycotoxin in culture broth, aflatoxin was not detected, suggesting that it would be probably edible.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.420-424
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• 1987

Isocitrate lyase from crude extract of Saccharomycopsis lipolytica ATCC44601 and MX9-11RX8 temperature-sensitive mutant was purified about 54 times and 87 times, respectively by ammonium sulfate fractionation, Toyo peal HW-55F gel filtration and DEAE-Cellulose ion exchange chromatography, The molecular weight of the purified isocitrate lyase from this yeast was estimated to be 230, 000 by gel filtration on Sephadex G-200, and SDS-polyacrylamide Eel electrophoresis showed that the enzyme consisted of four identical or similar subunits with a molecular weight of 59, 000 and the enzyme showed optimum activity at pH 6.9.

• The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.85-91
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• 1996

B-amylase(EC 3.2.1.2) was isolated from the root of arrowroot(Peuria thunbergiana Bentham) with distilled water and then fractionated with ammonium sulfate. Crude extract was partially purified by ion exchange chromatography and gel filtration. The enzymatic properties of partially purified $\beta$-amylase were as follows, the enzyme was fractionated with ammonium sulfate between 0.2 and 0.4 saturation, and showed the typical reaction properties of B-amylase producing only maltose from starch. Optinum pH and temperature were pH 6.5, $50^{\circ}C$ respectively. The activity of the enzyme had proportional relations with enzyme protein concentration below 4mg, and had Michaelis constant of 66.7mg% for soluble starch. The enzyme was inhibited by some metal louts such as silver, cadmium, mercury, aluminum, iron and copper.

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.81-85
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• 2002

A marine bacterium producing superoxide dismutase, strain number B446, was screened with nitrite quantitation method using hydroxy amine and photochemically generated superoxide ion, and the superoxide dismutase was purified through 35-75% ammonium sulfate precipitation, DEAE-Sephadex A-25 ion exchange chromatography, Sephadex G-200 gel filtration chromatography, and High-Q anion exchange chromatography to a yield of 6% and purification fold of 32.3.

• KSBB Journal
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.375-381
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• 1993

The microorganisms producing a lipoxygenase inhibitor were screened from a wide variety of sources. The isolated strain was assigned to genus Penicillium by its cultural and morphological characteristics. The proper medium for the production of lipoxygenase inhibitor was composed of glucose 3.0%, ammonium sulfate 0.4%, and potassium phosphate (dibasic) 0.1%. The cultivation for lipoxygenase inhibitor production was carried out in 500m1 Erlenmyer flasks containing 100m1 of the medium at $30^{\circ}C$ by cultivating reciprocally. The highest lipoxygenase inhibitor production was observed after 8 days of cultivation. The inhibitor was the low molecular weight substance and inhibited specifically soybean origin lipoxygenase.

• Particle and aerosol research
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.1-7
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• 2008

Temporal trends of the PM10 and PM2.5 mass concentrations, and the concentrations of chemical species (sulfate, nitrate, ammonium, OC, and EC) in PM2.5 at Seoul are compared with the reported results from other mega cities in the world. The mass concentrations of PM10 and PM2.5 at Seoul show decreasing trend. However, the concentration levels are still higher than other cities except Beijing. The sulfate concentration at Seoul has decreased while those of nitrate and ammonium have increased. The concentrations of OC and EC show no apparent trend.