• Molecules and Cells
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.495-500
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• 2016

We have solved the crystal structure of a predicted fructose-specific enzyme $IIB^{fruc}$ from Escherichia coli ($EcEIIB^{fruc}$) involved in the phosphoenolpyruvate-carbohydrate phosphotransferase system transferring carbohydrates across the cytoplasmic membrane. $EcEIIB^{fruc}$ belongs to a sequence family with more than 5,000 sequence homologues with 25-99% amino-acid sequence identity. It reveals a conventional Rossmann-like ${\alpha}-{\beta}-{\alpha}$ sandwich fold with a unique ${\beta}$-sheet topology. Its C-terminus is longer than its closest relatives and forms an additional ${\beta}$-strand whereas the shorter C-terminus is random coil in the relatives. Interestingly, its core structure is similar to that of enzyme $IIB^{cellobiose}$ from E. coli ($EcIIB^{cel}$) transferring a phosphate moiety. In the active site of the closest $EcEIIB^{fruc}$ homologues, a unique motif CXXGXAHT comprising a P-loop like architecture including a histidine residue is found. The conserved cysteine on this loop may be deprotonated to act as a nucleophile similar to that of $EcIIB^{cel}$. The conserved histidine residue is presumed to bind the negatively charged phosphate. Therefore, we propose that the catalytic mechanism of $EcEIIB^{fruc}$ is similar to that of $EcIIB^{cel}$ transferring phosphoryl moiety to a specific carbohydrate.

• Biodesign
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.84-91
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• 2018

Spo0F is a response regulator that modulates sporulation, undergoes phosphorylation for phosphorelay signal transduction, and interacts with various regulatory proteins; however, the mechanisms through which phosphorylation induces structural changes and regulates interactions with binding partners remain unclear. Here, we determined the unphosphorylated crystal structure of Spo0F from the psychrophilic bacterium Paenisporosarcina sp. TG-14 (PaSpo0F) and established a phosphorylation-state structural model. We found that PaSpo0F underwent structural changes (Lys54 and Lys102) by phosphorylation and generated new interactions (Lys102/Gln10 and Lys54/Glu84) to stabilize the ${\beta}4/{\alpha}4$ and ${\beta}1/{\alpha}1$ loop structures, which are important target-protein binding sites. Analysis of Bacillus subtilis Spo0 variants revealed movement by BsSpo0F Thr82 and Tyr84 residues following interaction with BsSpo0B, providing insight into the movement of corresponding residues in PaSpo0F (Thr80 and Tyr82), with further analysis of BsSpo0F/BsRapH interaction revealing alterations in the ${\beta}4/{\alpha}4$ loop region. These results suggest that phosphorylation-induced structural rearrangement might be essential for PaSpo0F activation and expand the understanding of Spo0F-specific activation mechanisms during sporulation.

• 열처리공학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.227-233
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• 2016

Phase transformation phenomenon at high temperature was investigated by using designed TiAl-Nb alloys with addition of the ${\beta}$ stabilizer. Examination of dendritic morphologies in arc-melted button ingot could reveal the crystallography of the primary solidification phase. It was found that the addition of ${\beta}$ stabilizer(Nb) shifted the high temperature region of the binary Ti-Al phase diagram to the high Al composition side so that ${\beta}$ phase forms as a primary crystal even at higher Al composition compared with the binary Ti-Al system. The ${\beta}$ was found to be the primary solidification phase for alloys with Al content less than about 52 at.%. The composition of ${\beta}$ solidification in Ti-Al-Nb ternary system could be determined from the partial liquidus projection which was constructed by observing the microstructure of arc-melted buttons. The Ti-46Al-(6, 8)Nb composition was selected for ${\beta}$ solidification and the directional solidification was performed by a floating zone-type DS apparatus at the growth rate 30 mm/hr respectively.

• 한국주조공학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.58-66
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• 1989

The effect of heat treating temperature and ${\alpha}$ phase In the ${\beta}$ phase matrix were investigated for ${\beta}-CuZnAl$ shape memory alloys by tension test, fatigue test, and shape memory effect test. After heat treatment at $677^{\circ}C$, $750^{\circ}C$, $800^{\circ}C$ and $850^{\circ}C$ for 10 min. respectively, static fracture stress(${\sigma}_f$), fatigue fracture stress(${\tau}_{max}$) at $10^6$ cycle, and elongation(${\epsilon}_f$) was $24.2kg/mm^2$, $17.21kg/mm^2$ and 11.8%, respectively. As heat treating temperature decreased, fracture surfaces of the specimens were changed from the intergranular to the transgranular fracture mode. Especially, the a phase precipitated in the ${\beta}$ phase matrix had an effect on crack propagation and the fracture surface was characterized by dimple-like pattern when crack propagated in transgranular cracking mode. Precipitation of the ${\alpha}$ phase in the ${\beta}$ phase matrix lowered the transformation temperature by $10^{\circ}C$, and about 2.5 vol.% ${\alpha}$ phase did not affect the shape memory effect examined by the bending test.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.670-675
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• 2016

Calcium phosphate crystallites were prepared by wet chemical method for use in artificial bone. In order to obtain ${\beta}$-tricalcium phosphate (TCP), nano-crystalline calcium phosphate (CaP) was precipitated at $37^{\circ}C$ and at $pH5.0{\pm}0.1$ under stirring using highly active $Ca(OH)_2$ in DI water and an aqueous solution of $H_3PO_4$. The precipitated nano-crystalline CaP solution was kept at $90^{\circ}C$ for the growth of CaP crystallites. Through the growing process of CaP crystallites, we were able to obtain various sizes of rectangular CaP crystallites according to the crystal growing times. Dry nano-crystalline CaP powders at $37^{\circ}C$ were mixed with dry macro-crystalline CaP crystallites and the shaped mixture sample was fired at $1150^{\circ}C$ to make a ${\beta}-TCP$ block. Several tens of nm powders were uniformly coated on the surface, which was comprised of powders of several tens of ${\mu}m$, using a vibrator. The mixing ratio between the nanometer powders and the micrometer powders greatly affected the mechanical strength of the mixture block; the most appropriate ratio of these two materials was 50 wt% to 50 wt%. The sintered block showed improved mechanical strength, which was caused by the solid state interaction between the nano-crystalline ${\beta}-TCP$ and the macro-crystalline ${\beta}-TCP$.

• Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
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• 제68권
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• pp.153-160
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• 2018

An environmentally favorable (chlorine-free) solid oxidizer, guanidinium dinitramide [GDN; $NH_2C(NH_2)NH_2N(NO_2)_2$], was newly synthesized from guanidine carbonate [$NH_2C(=NH)NH_2{\cdot}1/2H_2CO_3$]. Two different crystalline forms (${\alpha}-type$ and ${\beta}-type$) appeared according to the applied solvents and synthesis conditions. Moisture, during extraction, might become trapped in a crystal between inner molecules. Therefore, despite having the same chemical composition, Raman-IR and TGA-DSC revealed different physical characteristics of the two forms. Peaks of Raman shift near $1000cm^{-1}$ implied different chemical structures. Thermal analysis revealed an exothermic temperature $155.7^{\circ}C$ for ${\alpha}-type$ but one of $191.6^{\circ}C$ for ${\beta}-type$. The caloric value of ${\alpha}-type$ was 536.4 J/g, which was 2.5 times larger than that of the ${\beta}-type$, which was 1310 J/g. While the synthesized GDN of ${\alpha}-type$ showed a steep exothermic decomposition, the ${\beta}-type$ was slowly decomposed after melting through an endothermic process. This work implied that despite of the same molecular formula some different core thermal properties would appear depending on synthesis conditions.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.491-496
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• 1993

A class A ${\beta}$-lactamase from Staphylococcus aureus PC1 complexed with 3R,5R-clavulanate is studied. The starting geometry for the computation is the crystal structure of the ${\beta}$-lactamase. Docking of the clavulanate to the enzyme is done exploiting the requirements of electrostatic and shape complementarity between the enzyme and clavulanate. This structure is then hydrated by water molecules and refined by energy minimization and short molecular dynamics simulation. In the energy refined structure of this complex, the carboxyl group of the clavulanate is hydrogen bonded to Lys-234, and the the carbonyl carbon atom of the clavulanate is adjacent to the $O_{\gamma}$ of Ser-70. It is found that a crystallographic water molecule initially located at the oxyanion hole, which is formed by the two -NH group of Ser-70 and Gln-237, is replaced by the carbonyl oxygen atom of the 3R,5R-clavulanate after docking and energy reginement. The crystallographic water molecules are proved to be important in ligand binding. Glu-166 residue is found to be repulsive to the binding of clavulanate, which is in agreement with experimental observation. Arg-244 residue is found to be important to the binding of clavulanate as well as to interaction with C2 side chain of the clavulanate. The electron density redistribution of the clavulanate on binding to the ${\beta}$-lactamase in studied by an ab initio quantum-mechanical calculation. A significant redistribution of electron density of the clavulanate is induced by the enzyme, toward the enzyme, toward the transition state of the enzymatic reaction.

• 한국추진공학회지
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.9-17
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• 2000

준안정상인 $\beta$형 HNIW의 용해와 안정상인 $\varepsilon$형 HNIW의 성장 특성을 고려한 모델식을 물질수지와 한께 계산하는 방법으로 결정성장 속도와 용해 속도를 계산하였다. 제시된 모델은 용액을 매체로 하여 진행되는 $\beta$$\longrightarrow$$\varepsilon$전이 현상에 대한 속도론적 데이터를 모사 하는데 유용하였다. 2 단 모델을 이용한 유효 인수로부터, 격정성장 과정에서 표면 축적 단계의 영향은 작으며, 확산 의존성은 ethyl acetate와 chloroform의 혼합 용매 중 chloroform의 함량이 증가함에 따라 감소함을 보였다. 이들 속도론 적 계수들을 이용한 수치모사를 통하여 $\varepsilon$-HNIW의 입자 크기를 예측하는 것이 가능하였다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.4039-4045
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• 2014

전자선 조사 폴리프로필렌과 블랜드의 결정화 거동은 고분자 가공시 중요한 변수중 하나이다. 저밀도폴리에틸렌(linear low density polyethylene, LDPE) 함량에 따라 폴리프로필렌(polypropylene, PP)/LDPE 블렌드를 이축압출기를 이용하여 제조하였다. 조사에 의한 가교반응을 용이하게 하기위해 가교조제로 trimethylolpropane-trimetacrylate (TMPTMA)를 PP/LDPE 블렌드 제조시 첨가하였다. PP/LDPE 블랜드의 조사가교 효율에 대한 LDPE 함량의 영향을 평가하였다. 조사시료의 비등온 결정화과정과 결정구조를 DSC, X-선회절분석(X-ray diffraction, XRD), 그리고 편광현미경(polarized optical microscope, POM)을 이용하여 분석하였다. 조사 후 시료의 용융온도가 감소하는 것은 조사에 의한 PP 사슬의 절단에 의한 것으로 판단된다. Ozawa 지수, n이 4일 때 구형, 3일 때 디스크형, 2일 때 로드형의 결정구조를 나타낸다. Ozawa 분석 결과, 순수 PP의 n 값은 3.8, 30 wt%의 LDPE를 포함하는 시료의 n은 2.3을 나타내었다. LDPE 첨가와 조사에 의해 PP의 결정구조가 구형에서 disk나 rod형으로 변화하는 것을 Ozawa 분석과 POM을 통해 확인하였다. XRD 스펙트럼의 $16.1^{\circ}$에서 나타나는 ${\beta}$ 형 결정구조가 조사 후 시편에서 사라지는데, 이는 가교결합에 의한 것으로 해석할 수 있다.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.130-134
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• 2018

솔더(solder) 재료는 수 천년 이상 인류 문명과 함께해온 대표적인 금속 합금으로서 현재까지도 전자 패키징(electronic packaging) 및 표면 실장(SMT, surface mount technology) 분야의 핵심 소재로 사용되고 있다 그러나 최근 Ag 가격의 급격한 상승과 전자산업의 저가격화 전략으로 인해 솔더 재료에서의 Ag 함량의 감소가 지속적으로 요구되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 Sn-3.0Ag-0.5Cu, Sn-0.7Cu 및 Sn-0.3Ag-0.5Cu(weight%) 조성의 무연납 솔더바 샘플을 주조법으로 합금화 하였다. 제조한 Sn-3.0Ag-0.5Cu, Sn-0.7Cu 및 Sn-0.3Ag-0.5Cu 샘플에 대한 결정구조, 화학조성 및 미세구조를 XRD, XRF, 광학현미경, FE-SEM 및 EDS 분석을 이용하여 조사하였다. 분석결과, 제조된 샘플은 ${\beta}-Sn$, ${\varepsilon}-Ag_3Sn$ 및 ${\eta}-Cu_6Sn_5$ 결정으로 구성되어 있었을 확인할 수 있었다.