• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 1985

The crystal structure or $\gamma$-hydroxy-$\betha$-aminobutyric acid was determined by MULTAN system with X-ray intensity data on a diffractometer and refined by the least-squares method to an R-value 0.034 for 711 reflections. The crystals were orthorhombic, space group $P2_{1}2_{1}2_{1}$, Z = 4, with a = 10.220, b = 8.257 and c = 6.556$\AA$. The molecule takes the zwitterionic form and skeletal conformation is trans-transform. The molecules are held together by intra-and intermolecular NH-O and OH--O hydrogen bonds.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.435-442
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• 2001

Poly(3-hydroxy-5-phenylvalerate) [P(3HPV)] was efficiently accumulated from 5-phenylvalerate (5PV) in Pseudomonas putida BM01 in a mineral salts medium containing butyric acid (BA) as the cosubstrate. A nove aromatic copolyester, poly(5 mol% 3-hydroxy-4-phenylbutyrate-co- 95 mol% 3-hydroxy-6-phenylhexanoate) [P(3HPB-co-3HPC)] was also synthesized from 6-phenylhexanoate (6PC) plus Ba. The two aromatic polymers, P(3HPV) and P(3HPB-co-3HPC), were found to be amorphous and showed different glass-transition temperatures at $15^{\circ}C$ and $10^{\circ}C$, respectively. When the bacterium was grown ina medium containing 20 mM 5PV as the sole carbon source for 140 h, 0.4 g/l of dry cells was obtained in a flask cultivation and 20 wt% of P(3HPV) homopolymer was accumulated in the cells. However, when it was grown with a mixture of 2 mM 5PV and 50 mM BA for 40 h, the yield of dry biomass was increased up to 2.5 g/l and the content of P(3HPV) in the dry cells was optimally 56 wt%. This efficient production of P(3HPV) homopolymer from the mixed substrate was feasible because BA only supported cell growth and did not induce any aliphatic PHA accumulation. The metabolites released into the PHA synthesis medium were analyzed using GC or GC/MS. Two $\beta$-oxidation derivatives, 3-phenylpropionic acid and trans-cinnamic acid, were found in the 5V-grown cell medium and these comprised 55-88 mol% of the 5PV consumed. In the 6PC-grown medium containing Ba, seven ${\beta}$-oxidation and related intermediates were found, which included phenylacetic acid, 4-phenylbutyric acid, cis-4-phenyl-2-butenoic acid, trans-4-phenyl-3-butenoic acid, trans-4-phenyl-2-butenoic acid, 3-hydroxy-4-phenylbutyric acid, and 3-hydroxy-6-phenylhexanoic acid. Accordingly, based on the metabolite analysis, PHA synthesis pathways from the two aromatic carbon sources are suggested.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.682-688
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• 1999

Thirty nine pregnant Javanese thin-tail ewes (20 and 19 carried a single and multiple [2 to 3] fetuses, respectively), and six nonpregnant ewes as controls were used to measure maternal serum hormone and blood metabolite concentrations as predictors of number of fetuses carried during pregnancy. Serum hormones (progesterone, estradiol, triiodothyronine, and cortisol) and blood metabolites (b-hydroxy butyric acid [BHBA], and blood urea nitrogen [BUN]) were determined every four weeks during pregnancy and were used to predict litter size by discriminant analysis. The results of data analysis indicated that serum progesterone and estradiol concentrations at weeks 8, 12, 16 of pregnancy could be used to predict the number of fetuses carried with precision of 86.7 to 95.6%. Serum triiodothyronine, cortisol, BHBA, and BUN concentrations during pregnancy, however, were not good predictors of the number of fetuses carried. Serum progesterone and estradiol concentrations as early as 8 weeks of pregnancy in sheep could predict the number of fetuses carried with 86.7% precision.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.522-535
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• 2024

Objective: Transition period is considered from 3 weeks prepartum to 3 weeks postpartum, characterized with dramatic events (endocrine, metabolic, and physiological) leading to occurrence of production diseases (negative energy balance/ketosis, milk fever etc). The objectives of our study were to analyze the periodic concentration of serum beta-hydroxy butyric acid (BHBA), glucose and oxidative markers along with identification, and validation of the putative markers of negative energy balance in buffaloes using in-silico and quantitative real time-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) assay. Methods: Out of 20 potential markers of ketosis identified by in-silico analysis, two were selected and analyzed by qRT-PCR technique (upregulated; acetyl serotonin o-methyl transferase like and down regulated; guanylate cyclase activator 1B). Additional two sets of genes (carnitine palmotyl transferase A; upregulated and Insulin growth factor; downregulated) that have a role of hepatic fatty acid oxidation to maintain energy demands via gluconeogenesis were also validated. Extracted cDNA (complementary deoxyribonucleic acid) from the blood of the buffaloes were used for validation of selected genes via qRTPCR. Concentrations of BHBA, glucose and oxidative stress markers were identified with their respective optimized protocols. Results: The analysis of qRT-PCR gave similar trends as shown by in-silico analysis throughout the transition period. Significant changes (p<0.05) in the levels of BHBA, glucose and oxidative stress markers throughout this period were observed. This study provides validation from in-silico and qRT-PCR assays for potential markers to be used for earliest diagnosis of negative energy balance in buffaloes. Conclusion: Apart from conventional diagnostic methods, this study improves the understanding of putative biomarkers at the molecular level which helps to unfold their role in normal immune function, fat synthesis/metabolism and oxidative stress pathways. Therefore, provides an opportunity to discover more accurate and sensitive diagnostic aids.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.659-664
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• 2012

The present experiment aimed to evaluate the effect of HMBi on the production performance and metabolism in dairy cows. Thirty multiparous Holstein dairy cows under similar conditions were randomly assigned to three dietary treatments; i) Control, a basal diet; ii) T1, a basal diet plus HMBi (0 g prepartum and 18 g postpartum); and iii) T2, a basal diet plus HMBi (10 g prepartum and 18 g postpartum). Treatments were initiated 21 d before expected calving and continued through 91 d postpartum. HMBi was top-dressed onto the total mixed ration of each cow. Treatments did not affect dry matter intake, plasma urea nitrogen, peak milk yield, days to peak milk yield, nonesterified fatty acid, glutamate pyruvate transaminase, glutamic oxalaetic transaminase, milk fat content, milk protein content, milk lactose content, and milk solid non-fat content. The milk composition yields were increased by the HMBi-supplemented treatment. The T1 and T2 treatments increased the yields of 4% fat-corrected milk yield, milk fat, milk protein, and milk lactose compared with the control. Although there was no difference in the milk composition of the control and T2-treated cows, the T2-treated cows exhibited higher milk fat yield (increased by 74 g/d), lower milk urea nitrogen (reduced by 3.41%), and plasma ${\beta}$-hydroxy butyrate than the control cows. The results indicate that HMBi supplementation to diet has beneficial effects, and that there is no difference between supplementation at prepartum and starting only at parturition.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제14권
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• pp.165-172
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• 1973

종간, 속간의 잡종에서는 흔히 불임현상이 일어나는데 인삼의 경우도 예외가 아니어서 고려인삼(panax ginseng: P.G.)과 미국인삼(panax quinquefolium: P. Q.) 그리고 죽절인삼(Panax japonicus: P.J) 간의 교잡육종에서 P.G.${\times}$P.J.에서만 아주 희귀하게 종자를 얻을수 있고 다른 종합에서는 전혀 잡종 제이세대를 얻을 수가 없었다고 하므로 본실험에서는 P.G.${\times}$P.Q.와 P.G.${\times}$P.J.의 교잡종의 화기 및 종자형성중의 유리아미노산의 소장을 추구함으로서 불임현상과 물질대사와의 관련성의 일단을 밝히고저 한다. 1. 두 교잡종의 시료에서 검출된 유리아미노산의 Chromatogram은 서로 유사한 pattern을 나타냈으며 그들의 양친이 나타내는 pattern과 유사하나 spot의 종류나 크기 정색도는 여러 가지 점에서 특이한 변화가 있다. P.G.${\times}$P.Q.에서 19종, P.G.${\times}$P.J.에서는 21종의 spot을 검출하였는데 전자에서 Alanine, Valine, Leucine, Phenyl alanine, Proline, Hydroxy proline, Serine, Threonine, Tyrosine, Aspartic acid, Glutamic acid, Lysine, Arginine, ${\beta}$-Alanine, Cysteic acid, Tryptophan, Asparagine, Glutamine, ${\gamma}$-Amino butyric acid를 확인하고 후자의 경우는 상기한 것 외에 Methionine과 한 개의 미지 spot를 얻었다. 2. Alanine, Aspartic acid, Glutamic acid, Cysteic acid와 Asparagine이 전체적으로 보아 주체를 이루고 있는 것은 P.G. P.Q. P.J에서와 같으나 Asparagine이 소포자기와 화분성숙기에 최다량으로 나타나는 것은 이들의 양친의 경우에는 보지 못했던 특이한 일이다. 3. 홍숙기에 Cysteic acid가 감소되는 것은 P.Q. P.J.의 경우와는 유사하나 P.G의 경우와는 반대되는 현상이며 P.G.${\times}$P.J.에서 Methionine이 검출된 것도 특이하다. 4. Proline은 그들의 양친의 경우와는 현저한 차이가 있었는데 소포자기에서 아주 미약한 정색을 나타낼뿐이며 이 때에 Asparagine의 spot가 가장 크고 강한 정색을 나타내었는데 이제까지의 여러 연구 결과를 종합해 보면 Proline의 양과 화분의 임성과는 아주 밀접한 관계가 있으며 이런 관계가 인삼 종자 형성에서도 나타나고 있다. 또한 Proline이 결핍될 때 Asparagine의 축적이 있다는 많은 보고도 있다. 5. 교잡종에서의 결실불능의 원인을 Proline의 과소에 의한 것으로 보며 Proline이 약의 화분퇴화와 중요한 관계를 가지고 있을 것으로 추찰된다. 6. 그밖에 여러 아미노산의 소장이 P.G. P.Q. P.J. 등의 자식계와 그들과의 잡종사이에 있어서 상당한 차이가 생기는 것은 교잡에 의한 Gene-action system의 변혁에 따른 결과라고 추찰되는 것으로 Proline의 대사 및 생리적 영향과 더불어 보다 깊은 조사가 필요한 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.204-210
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• 2006

각종 니트릴 화합물은 키랄 의약품의 합성에 사용되는 유용한 중간체이다. 본 연구에서는 토양 분리균 중에서 4-chloro-3-hydroxy butyronitrile(CHBN)기질로부터 고지혈증 치료제인 Atorvastatin을 합성하는 데에 필요한 4-chloro-3-hydroxy butyric acid(CHBAc)를 생성하는 균주 2종류를 선발하였다. 16S rRNA 분석을 통해서 균 동정을 수행한 결과, 모두 Rhodococcus erythropolis에 속하는 것으로 밝혀졌으며, TLC 분석 결과로부터 CHBN 기질을 분해하는 효소는 니트릴 히드라타아제(NHase)와 아미다아제(amidase)인 것으로 추정되었다. 분리균의 CHBN 분해효소는 ${\varepsilon}$-카프로락탐에 의해서 발현이 유도되었으며, 균체와 세포 추출액에서 모두 기질 분해활성을 나타났다. 기존에 보고된 효소의 유전자 염기서열로부터 프리머를 제조하고 PCR을 수행함으로써 분리균으로부터 니트릴 히드라타아제와 아미다아제 유전자를 확보하게 되었다. 발굴된 유전자의 염기서열을 분석한 결과, 이미 보고된 Rhodococcus erythropolis의 니트릴 히드라타아제 ${\alpha}$-서브유니트과 ${\beta}$-서브유니트 및 아미다아제와 96% 이상의 상동성을 보였다. 따라서 CHBN기질은 분리균의 니트릴 히드라타아제와 아미다아제 효소에 의해서 아미(CHBAm)를 거쳐 산(CHBAc)으로 전환되는 것을 알게 되었다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.526-531
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• 1998

In this study, the composition and characteristics of poly-$\beta$-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) biosynthesized by Actinobacillus sp. EL-9 are investigated. PHB produced by Actinobacillus sp. EL-9 was identified as the homopolymer of 3-hydroxy-butyric acid (PHB) by infrared spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy analysis. The melting tem-perature (T$_{m}$), and crystallization temperature(T$_{c}$) of PHB was 169.7$^{\circ}C$ and 69.13$^{\circ}C$, respectively. The viscosity on he basis of Brookfield viscometer was 6.01 ㎗/g. The viscosity-average molecular weight estimated by Mark-Ho-wink-Sakurada equation was 1.08$\times$10$^{6}$ ($\pm$3,000).00).