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Direct Triazine Herbicide Detection Using a Self-Assembled Photosynthetic Reaction Center from Purple Bacterium

  • Nakamura, Chikashi;Hasegawa, Miki;Shimada, Kazumi;Shirai, Makoto;Miyake, Jun
    • Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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    • v.5 no.6
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    • pp.413-417
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    • 2000
  • In this study, a direct detection system for triazine derivative herbicides was developed using the photosynthetic reaction center (RC) from the purple bacterium, Rhodobacter sphaeroides, and surface plasmon resonance (SPR) apparatus. The histidine-tagged RCs were immobilized on an SPR gold chip using nickel-nitrilotriacetic acid groups as a binder for one of the triazine herbicide, atrazine. The SPR responses were proportional to the sample concentrations of atrazine in the range 0.1-1 $\mu\textrm{g}$/mL. The sensitivity of the direct detection of atrazine using the RC-assembled sensor chip was higher than that using the antibody-immobilized chip. The other types of herbicides, DCMU or MCPP, were not detected with such high sensitivity. The results indicated the high binding selectivity of the RC complex.

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Enzymatic Properties of Atrazine Chlorohydrolase Entrapped in Biomimetic Silica

  • Ho, Cuong Tu;Kang, Su-Il;Hur, Hor-Gil
    • Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • v.51 no.4
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    • pp.143-147
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    • 2008
  • Purified atrazine chlorohydrolase (AtzA) was entrapped in the nanoparticles of biomimetically synthesized silica at the ambient condition within 20 min. Entrapped AtzA in biomimetic silica was less affected by pH change and showed higher thermostability than free enzymes. The entrapped AtzA was also more tolerant against proteolysis, with 80% of the initial activity remaining and retained 82% of the initial activity even after four cycles of usage. These results suggest that entrapment of AtzA in biomimetic silica could be utilized under diverse environmental conditions with the active catalytic performance sustained.

토양에 따른 유기오염물질의 흡.탈착특성

  • Lee Yun-Guk;Baek Gye-Jin;Choi Byeong-Han;Kim Yeon-Hui;Park Jeong-Hun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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    • 2005.04a
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    • pp.191-194
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    • 2005
  • Characteristics of sorption and desorption in soils affect chemical fate, soil-remediation time, and selection of remediation technology. The sorption and desorption behavior of atrazine and naphthalene on soils was studied. Six soils collected at Gwangju area were used as sorbents and the organic matter contents ranged from 1.28 to 5.21%. Sorption and desorption experiments were conducted and sorption distribution coefficients(Kd) of atrazine and naphthalene were nearly linear$(R^2=0.93{\sim}0.97)$. Desorption parameters were evaluated using three site desorption model included equilibrium, nonequilibrium and nondesorption sites. Non-desorbable site fraction for atrazine was evaluated, but for naphthalene it was not enumerated during the experimental period. Through the series dilution desorption experiments, non-desorpbable sites were observed for both chemicals.

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Biorational Screening System Using Cyanobacteria(Anacystis nidulans $R_2$) for Searching the Photosynthetic Electron Transport Inhibitors (Cyanobacteria를 이용한 광합성 전자전달저해제의 생합리적 스크리닝)

  • Hwang, I.T.;Hong, K.S.;Cho, K.Y.;Yoshida, S.
    • Korean Journal of Weed Science
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.81-88
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    • 1993
  • For searching the photosynthetic electron transport(PET) inhibitors, bio-rational screening system using thylakoid membranes extracted from wild and mutant cyanobacteria(Anacystis nidulans $R_2$) was developed. Generally, thylakoid membrane was more sensitive to the tested herbicides than the chloroplast from spinach in the Hill reaction. Higher resistant characteristics appeared in mutant D-5, Di-22 to diuron and mutant G-264 to atrazine as compared to wild type. To test the reaction of thylakoid membrane to herbicides, diuron and atrazine were applied simultaneously. Diuron and atrazine competed each other for binding with substituted amino acids, while diuron and dinoseb were non-competitive, and inhibiting activity was increased. Conclusively, bio-rational screening system using cyanobacteria was proved to be fast and efficient screening method for the development of PET inhibitors.

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Estimating dehalogenation reactivity of nanoscale zero-valent iron by simple colorimetric assay by way of 4-chlorophenol reduction

  • Mines, Paul D.;Kaarsholm, Kamilla M.S.;Droumpali, Ariadni;Andersen, Henrik R.;Hwang, Yuhoon
    • Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.197-204
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    • 2020
  • A number of different nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI) materials have been prepared and compared depending on the desired properties for the particular application, but different physicochemical properties of this prepared nZVI make it difficult to universally compare and standardize them to the same scale. In this study, we aimed to demonstrate a simple microplate-based colorimetric assay using 4-chlorophenol as an indicator with respect to the remediation of real treatment targets, such as trichloroethylene (TCE), 1,1,1-trichloroethane (TCA), and atrazine. Effect of nickel contents on 4-chlorophenol reduction was successfully investigated by the miniaturized colorimetric assay. In the same manner, the effect of nickel contents on dehalogenation of TCE, TCA, and atrazine was investigated and the pseudo-first-order kinetic constants were compared with the results for 4-chlorophenol. The similar pattern could be observed between 4-chlorophenol reduction obtained by colorimetric assay and TCE, TCA, atrazine reduction obtained by a traditional chromatographic method. The reaction kinetics does not match perfectly, but the degree of reaction can be estimated. Therefore, the colorimetric assay can be a useful and simple screening tool to determine nZVI reactivity toward halogenated organics before it is applied to a particular remediation site.

Application of NAPRA WWW for Modeling Surface Water Quality (지표수질 모의를 위한 NAPRA WWW 시스템의 적용)

  • Lim, Kyoung-Jae;Engel Bernard A.;Kim, Ki-Sung;Choi, Joong-Dae
    • Journal of Korean Society of Rural Planning
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    • v.10 no.4 s.25
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    • pp.55-64
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    • 2004
  • National Agricultural Pesticide Risk Analysis (NAPRA) WWW 시스템 (http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/${\sim}napra$)은 각기 다른 영농방법이 지표수질, 유사, 그리고 지하수질에 미치는 영향을 평가하기 위하여 개발되었다. 이 NAPRA WWW 시스템은 Total Maximum Daily Loads와 같은 수질 요건을 만족시킬 수 있는 최적영농 방법이 무엇인지 찾는데, 그리고 수질측면에서 취약한 지역을 찾아내는데 매우 효율적인 시스템이다. 이 NAPRA WWW 시스템을 이용하여 미국 인디애나주의 수계에 대해서, NAPRA 모의 Nitrogen과 Atrazine 결과를 실측치와 비교하였다. 18개 수계에 대해서 NAPRA 예측 질소값과 실측 질소값을 비교한 결과 $R^2$ 값은 0.51이고, 6개 수계에 대해서 NAPRA 예측 Atrazine값과 실측값을 비교한 결과 $R^2$ 값은 0.87이었다. 이 연구에서 보여지는 바와 같이 NAPRA WWW 시스템은 수계내에서 질소와 Atrazine에 따른 오염지역을 찾아내는데 효율적으로 사용될 수 있는 시스템이다.

The Effect of Newly Synthesized Compounds on the Photosynthetic Electron Transport of Cyanobacteria (Anacystis nidulans $R_2$) (신규(新規) 합성화합물들이 cyanobacteria의 광합성전자전달계에 미치는 영향)

  • Hwang, I.T.;Kim, J.S.;Cho, K.Y.;Yoneyama, K.;Yoshida, S.
    • Korean Journal of Weed Science
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.89-95
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    • 1993
  • The Inhibiting activity of newly synthesized phenol (E-series) and triazine (T-series) derivatives was evaluated by using thylakoid membranes extracted from cyanobacteria (Anacystis nidulans $R_2$). There were no significant differences between phenol derivatives and dinoseb to the thylakoid membrane extracted from wild type in the Hill reaction. However, a phenol derivative, E-24 which has no -Cl at phenyl ring, did not show any activity. The longer the length of R substituents was in phenol derivatives, the lower inhibiting activity was in the Hill reaction. Triazine derivatives, T-27, T-28, T-40, T-41, T-47 and T-48 were also compared with diuron and atrazine. Among triazine compounds, T-27 and T-28 showed 10 and 30 times activity as high as atrazine to wild type, respectively. Other triazine derivatives, T-40, T-41, T-47 and T-48 showed low inhibiting activity to wild and mutant type. A structural difference of T-27 and T-28 from T-40, T-41, T-47 and T-48 was the presented of -C-NH-. Both T-27 and T-28 were very closely associated with serine, an amino acid located at the 264th position of D1 protein because of the resistant ratio(R/S) to mutant G-264 were higher than that of atrazine.

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Simultaneous Analysis of 13 Pesticides in Groundwater and Evaluation of its Persistent Characteristics

  • Song, Dahee;Park, Sunhwa;Jeon, Sang-Ho;Kim, Ki-In;Hwang, Jong Yeon;Kim, Moonsu;Jo, Hun-Je;Kim, Deok-hyun;Lee, Gyeong-Mi;Kim, Hye-Jin;Kim, Tae-Seung;Chung, Hyen Mi;Kim, Hyun-Koo
    • Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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    • v.50 no.5
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    • pp.434-451
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    • 2017
  • For this study, groundwater samples for 3 years from 2011 through 2013 were collected at 106 groundwater monitoring site in Korea. These groundwater samples were analyzed for 13 pesticides such as cabofuran, pentachlorobenzene, hexachlorobenzene, simazine, atrazine, lindane (gamma-HCH), alachlor, heptachlor, chlordane (total), endosulfan (1, 2), dieldrin, endrin, 4,4-DDT. The objectives of this study were to determine the detection frequency and their concentrations of 13 pesticides and evaluate the health risk level considering ingestion, inhalation, and skin contact using concentrations of 13 pesticides in groundwater samples. An analysis was used for the simultaneous determination for 13 pesticides using GC-MS. GC-MS was performed on HP-5ms, using helium ($1ml\;min^{-1}$) as carrier gas. The average recoveries of the pesticides were from 92.8% to 120.8%. The limits of detection (LODs) were between $0.004{\mu}g\;L^{-1}$ and $0.118{\mu}g\;L^{-1}$ and the limits of quantification (LOQs) were between $0.012{\mu}g\;L^{-1}$ and $0.354{\mu}g\;L^{-1}$. 106 groundwater wells were selected. 54 wells were from well to monitor background groundwater quality and 52 wells were from well to monitor groundwater quality in industrial or contamination source area. Eight pesticides including pentachlorobenzene, lindane (Gamma-HCH), heptachlor, chlordane (total), Endosulfan (1, 2), dieldrin, endrin, and 4,4-DDT were not detected in groundwater samples. The detection frequency for hexachlorobenzene, alachlor, carbofuran and simazine was 23.4%, 11.4%, 7.3%, and 1.0%, respectively. Atrazine was detected once in 2011. The average concentrations were $0.00423{\mu}g\;L^{-1}$ for carbofuran, $0.000243{\mu}g\;L^{-1}$ for alachlor, $0.00015{\mu}g\;L^{-1}$ for simazine, and $0.00001{\mu}g\;L^{-1}$ for hexachlorobenzene. The detection frequency of hexachlorobenzene was high, but the average concentration was low. In the contaminated groundwater, the detection frequency for hexachlorobenzene, alachlor, carbofuran, simazine and atrazine was 26.1%, 21.3%, 7.1%, 1.9% and 0.3%, respectively. In the uncontaminated groundwater, detection frequency for hexachlorobenzene, carbofuran and alachlor were 20.2%, 7.5%, and 1.9% respectively. Simazine and atrazine were not detected at uncontaminated groundwater wells. According to the purpose of groundwater use, atrazine was detected for agricultural groundwater use. Hexachlorobenzene showed high detection frequency at agricultural groundwater use area where the animal feeding area and golf course area were located. Alachlor showed more than 50% detection frequency at cropping area, pollution concern river area, and golf course area. Atrazine was detected in agricultural water use area. By land use, the maximum detection frequency of alachlor was found near an orchard. For human risk assessment, the cancer risk for the 5 pesticides was between $10^{-7}$ and $10^{-10}$, while the non-cancer risk (HQ value) was between $10^{-4}$ and $10^{-6}$. For conclusion, these monitoring study needs to continue because of the possibility of groundwater contamination based on various purpose of groundwater use.

Detection of Simazine, Atrazine and Ametryn Herbicides on a Microfluidic Chip Based on CE-AD (CE-AD기반의 Microfluidic chip을 이용한 Simazine과 Atrazine 그리고 Ametryn Herbicides의 검출)

  • Islam, Kamrul;Jang, You-Cheol;Chand, Rohit;Jha, Sandeep Kumar;Kim, Yong-Sang
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2011.07a
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    • pp.1688-1689
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    • 2011
  • A simple and rapid capillary electrophoresis method was developed for the quantitative analysis of common triazine herbicides. Cyclic voltammetry was employed to clarify the detection voltage which showed characteristic irreversible cathodic peaks. For the analysis, the mixture of triazine herbicides was applied in a microfluidic chip to determine the CE-separated peaks. Soil sample extracts were analyzed directly after drying and redissolution with the supporting electrolyte but without other pretreatment. The results were comparable to those obtained by HPLC with UV detection. Therefore, this method can be used in the rapid determination of pesticide/herbicide residues.

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