• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.143-147
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• 2005

Relationship between structure and biological activity was performed using the five substance P-related peptides (SPRPs) [mammalian-SP (M-SP), cod-SP (C-SP), trout-SP (T-SP), lungfish-SP (L-SP) and Ranakinin] and four SP analogs [[$His^5$]-SP (5H-SP), [$Gly^5$]-SP (5G-SP), ($Ile^8$)-SP (8I-SP) and ($Trp^8$)-Ranakinin (8W-Ranakinin)]. The circular dichroism (CD) spectra showed that all of the peptides took an unordered structure in buffer solution and artificial liposomes. However, 8W-Ranakinin undergoes conformational changes by being transferred into neutral and acidic liposomes from an unordered structure to more ordered structure. The arterial relaxing effect of the peptides was also studied with guinea-pig aorta (GPA), As a result of the studies, L-SP was about 14-fold more potant than M-SP. The order of potency compared to $EC_{50}$ value was $L-SP{\gg}M-SP>5G-SP{\ge}8I-SP>5H-SP>T-SP$, C-SP, Ranakinin, 8W-Ranakinin.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2010.08a
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• pp.52-52
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• 2010

본 연구에서 우리는 HPHT 처리 전 FT-IR spectrometer를 이용한 사전분석을 통해 type Ia brown 다이아몬드를 IaA, IaB, IaAB (A>B), IaAB (A=B), IaAB (A$1700-1800^{\circ}C$, 5 GPa에서 다이아몬드가 흑연화 되지 않는 범위 하에 HPHT처리를 시행하였다. 자외선-가시광선 분광분석기(UV-Vis Spectrometer, Shimadzu UV 3101PC)를 사용하여 350~800 nm에서의 가시광선 범위를 0.1nm의 분해능으로 투과(Transmittance) 모드로 측정하였고, 퓨리에 변환 적외선 분광분석기(FT-IR spectrometer, Jasco-4100)을 사용하여 $400{\sim}6000cm^{-1}$의 범위에서 $4cm^{-1}$ 의 분해능으로 흡수(Absorption) 모드로 측정한 후 HPHT 처리 전후를 비교 분석하였다. 또한 광루미네선스(Photoluminescence) 분석은 325 nm He-Cd laser를 광원으로 한(PL, Spectra-pro 2150i, Spectra-pro 2300i micro-spectrometer) 및 532 nm green laser를 광원으로 한(PL, SAS 2000)를 사용하여 각각 350~600 nm, 550~1100 nm의 범위에서 0.1nm step으로 측정하여 HPHT 처리전과 후를 비교 분석하였다. HPHT처리 후 모든 시료는 N3 center (415.4 nm), H4 center (496.4nm) 및 platelet와 연관된 ($1363\;cm^{-1}$)의 peak가 감소하였고, H3 center (503.2 nm)와 G-band가 증가하는 경향을 나타내었다. 또한 HPHT 처리 시 질소의 B집합보다 A집합이 더 감소하는 경향을 나타내었으며, A 또는 B집합의 파괴에서 발생된 질소 원자에 의해 질소의 interstitial center (594 nm)가 증가함을 알 수 있었다. HPHT 처리 후 모든 시료는 (N-V)- center가 생성됨을 확인 할 수 있었다. 결론적으로 본 연구를 통해 HPHT 처리를 통해 다이아몬드 내에 존재하는 질소결합관련 상태의 변화를 확인할 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.51 no.6
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• pp.526-535
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• 2007

Ru(II)-terpyridine complexes (8, 9, 11) linked with adamantyl or β-cyclodextrin moieties were synthesized and characterized based on their 1H and 13C NMR spectra as well as MS spectra. Ru(II)-terpyridine complexes (8, 11) linked with adamantyl moiety were readily dissolved in aqueous solution via encapsulation by β-cyclodextrin when they were mixed with an equimolar amount of β-cyclodextrin. In the similar way, the adamantane guest of the Ru(II)-terpyridine complexes (8, 11) were encapsulated by β-cyclodextrin moiety of the ruthenium complex 9 to afford supramolecular assemblies in aqueous environment. Formation of assemblies was corroborated by 1H NMR spectroscopy.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.41 no.5
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• pp.723-728
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• 2009

The response property of the CZT detector ($5{\times}5{\times}5\;mm^3$), widely used in photon spectroscopy, was evaluated by considering the charge collection efficiency, which depends on the interaction position of incident radiation, A quantitative analysis of the energy spectra obtained from the CZT detector was also performed to investigate the tail effect at the low energy side of the full energy peak. The collection efficiency of electrons and holes to the two electrodes (i.e., cathode and anode) was calculated from the Hecht equation, and radiation transport analysis was performed by two Monte Carlo codes, Geant4 and MCNPX. The radiation source was assumed to be 59.5 keV gamma rays emitted from a $^{241}Am$ source into the cathode surface of this detector, and the detector was assumed to be biased to 500 V between the two electrodes. Through the comparison of the results between the Geant4 calculation considering the charge collection efficiency and the ideal case from MCNPX, an pronounced difference of 4 keV was found in the full energy peak position. The tail effect at the low energy side of the full energy peak was confirmed to be caused by the collection efficiency of electrons and holes. In more detail, it was shown that the tail height caused by the charge collection efficiency went up to 1000 times the pulse height in the same energy bin at the calculation without considering the charge collection efficiency. It is, therefore, apparent that research considering the charge collection efficiency is necessary in order to properly analyze the characteristics of CZT detectors.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.29 no.5
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• pp.490-495
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• 1985

Novel palladium (II) complexes, $[Pd((ieaa)_2-en)]$ and [PdCl((ieaa)-l-pn)] ($(ieaa)_2-en)]$ and (ieaa)-l-pn denote N,N'-ethylenebis(isonitrosoethylacetoacetate imine) and l-N-(2-aminopropyl)-isonitrosoethylacetoacetate imine, respectively), have been prepared. The palladium (II) complexes were characterized on the bases of the electronic absorption, circular dichroism (CD), $^{13}C$ NMR, infrared, and Raman spectra. The reaction of palladium(II) cliloride and isonitrosoethylacetoacetate (ieaa) with methylenediamine gives an $(ieaa)_2-en)]$ type Schiff base, while similar reaction using l-propylenediamine instead of ethylenediamine gives an (ieaa)-l-pn type Schiff base. The difference in formation is discussed from the stereochemical viewpoint of the diamine employed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2008.04a
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• pp.27-28
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• 2008

We have studied an organic layer-thickness dependent electrical and optical properties of organic light-emitting diodes in a device structure of ITO/TPD/$Alq_3$/LiF/Al. While a hole-transport layer thickness of TPD was varied from 35 to 65nm, an emissive layer thickness of $Alq_3$ was varied from 50 to 100nm. A ratio of those two layers was kept to about 2:3. Variation of the layer thickness changes a traverse time of injected carriers across the organic layer, so that it may affect on the chance of probability of exciton formation. Current-voltage-luminance characteristics of the devices show that there are typical rectifying behaviors, and the luminance reaches about $30,000cd/m^2$. Thickness-dependent current efficiency shows that there is a gradual increase of the efficiency as the total layer thickness increases. The efficiency becomes saturated to be about 10cd/A when the total thickness is above 140nm. They show that emission was from the $Alq_3$ layer, because the peak wavelength is about 525nm. View angle-dependent emission spectra show that the emission intensity decreases as the angle increases.

• Proceedings of the Microbiological Society of Korea Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.16-25
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• 2001

A genomic library of biphenyl-degrading strain Comamonas sp. SMN4 was constructed by using the cosmid vector pWE15 and introduced into Escherichia coli. Of 1,000 recombinant clones tested, two clones that expressed 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl 1,2-dioxygenase activity were found (named pNB 1 and pNB2). From pNB1 clone, subclone pNA210, demonstrated 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl 1,2-dioxygenase activity, is isolated. 2,3-Dihydroxybiphenyl 1,2-dioxygenase (23DBDO, BphC) is an extradiol-type dioxygenase that involved in third step of biphenyl degradation pathway. The nucleotide sequence of the Comamonas sp. SMN4 gene bphC, which encodes 23DBDO, was cloned into a plasmid pQE30. The His-tagged 23DBDO produced by a recombinant Escherichia coli, SG 13009 (pREP4)(pNPC), and purified with a Ni-nitrilotriacetic acid resin affinity column using the His-bind Qiagen system. The His-tagged 23DBDO construction was active. SDS-PAGE analysis of the purified active 23DBDO gave a single band of 32 kDa; this is in agreement with the size of the bphC coding region. The 23DBDO exhibited maximum activity at pH 9.0. The CD data for the pHs, showed that this enzyme had a typical a-helical folding structures at neutral pHs ranged from pH 4.5 to pH 9.0. This structure maintained up to pH 10.5. However, this high stable folding strucure was converted to unfolded structure in acidic region (pH 2.5) or in high pH (pH 12.0). The result of CD spectra observed with pH effects on 23DBDO activity, suggested that charge transition by pH change have affected change of conformational structure for 23DBDO catalytic reaction. The $K_m$ for 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl, 3-metylcatechol, 4-methylcatechol and catechol was 11.7 $\mu$M, 24 $\mu$M, 50 mM and 625 $\mu$M.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.15-18
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• 2010

Mangroves are special plant communities that live along intertidal zones in tropical and subtropical areas. They are regarded as one of the most important types of natural ecosystem in the world because of the many ecosystem functions that they perform, of which water purification is the most complex. Mangrove ecosystems are conducive to the deposition and retention of heavy metals. So it is important to understand the impact of heavy metals on mangrove ecosystems, and especially on soil subsystems. We examined the levels of heavy metals in the soil of mangroves in the Dongzhaigang Mangrove National Nature Reserve. Dongzhaigang, the first mangrove nature reserve established in China, is located south of Haikou in Hainan Island and encompasses $33.37\;km^2$, of which mangroves comprise $20.56\;km^2$. To assess the impact of human activities, we collected a large number of soil samples in four sampling areas (the protection station, the harbor, a tour area, and Yeboluo island) in the study area. We measured the concentrations of Cu, Pb, Zn and Cd in the soil samples using the spectra of polyatomic molecules. The average concentrations of Cu, Pb, Zn and Cd were $5.04\;{\mu}g/g$, $10.36\;{\mu}g/g$, $20.06\;{\mu}g/g$ and $0.06\;{\mu}g/g$, respectively, and the heavy metal concentrations were lowest in the protected area, highest in the harbor, and intermediate in Yeboluo Island and the tour area. The heavy metal concentrations in the soil collected from different sample plots are related not only to the physical and chemical properties of the soil, but also to the heavy metal emitted by nearby pollution sources. Our analysis indicates that tourist boats are the main pollution sources in the study area.

• Journal of the Korean Magnetic Resonance Society
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.38-47
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• 2005

Axin is a scaffold protein of the APC/axin/GSK complex, binding to all of the other signalling components. Axin interacts with Glycogen synthase kinase 3$\beta$ (GSK 3$\beta$) and functions as a negative regulator of Wnt signalling pathways. To determine the solution structure of the GSK3$\beta$ binding regions of the axin, we initiated NMR study of axin fragment comprising residues 3$Val^{388} - Arg^{401}$using circular dichroism (CD) and two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy. The CD spectra of 3$axin^{pep}$ in the presence of 30% TFE displayed a standard 3$\alpha$-helical conformation, exhibiting the bound structure of 3$axin^{pep}$ to GSK3$\bata$. On the basis of experimental restraints including $NOE_s$, and $^3J_{HN\alpha} $ coupling constants, the solution conformation of $axin^{pep}$ was determined with program CNS. The 20 lowest energy structures were selected out of 50 final simulated-annealing structures in both water and TFE environment, respectively. The $RMSD_s$ for the 20 structures in TFE solution were 0.086 nm for backbone atoms and 0.195 nm for all heavy atoms, respectively. The Ramachandran plot indicates that the $\varphi$, $\psi$ angles of the 20 final structures is properly distributed in energetically acceptable regions. $Axin^pep$ in aqueous solutions consists of a stable $\alpha$-helix spanning residues form $Glu^{391}$ to $Val^{391} $, which is an interacting motif with GSK3$\beta$.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics D
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• v.36D no.10
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• pp.31-36
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• 1999

The $CaSiN_2:Eu$ and $CaSiN_2:Tb$ phosphors were synthesized and analyzed to develop new nitride compound phosphors. $Ca_3N_2$, $Si_3N_4$ and $EuF_3$(or $TbF_3$) powders were mixed, cold-pressed, and sintered to synthesize $CaSiN_2:Eu$ and $CaSiN_2:Tb$ phosphors. Photoluminescence(PL) and electroluminescence(EL) characteristics of the synthesized phosphors were measured and found to be similar to general emission spectra of 뗘 and Tb ion, respecticely. Threshold voltage($V_{th)$) and luminance of the $CaSiN_2:Eu$ TFEL device fabricated by sputtering were 90 V and 1.62 $cd/m^2$ at 280 V, respectively. The charge-voltage(Q-V) and transferred charge-phosphor field($Q_t-F_p$) characteristics of the TFEL devices were also measured.