• 폴리머
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.452-457
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• 2009

다중벽 탄소나노튜브 및 전도성 고분자인 PEDOT으로 이루어진 하이브리드 나노재료를 제조하였다. 다중벽 탄소나노튜브 표면에 처리반응을 수행함으로써 -Br 특성기를 갖는 다중벽 탄소나노튜브를 제조하였으며, 이를 중합반응의 개시제로 사용하였다. 이와 함께 MMA를 사용하여 촉매와 리간드 존재 하에서 원자이동 라디칼중합 공정을 수행함으로써 다중벽 탄소나노튜브 표면에 PMMA가 공유결합된 나노복합체를 제조하였다. 미니에멀젼 중합공정을 통하여 제조된 PS 수용성 에멀젼에 EDOT과 산화가를 투입하여 산화중합을 수행함으로써 core-shell 구조를 갖는 PEDOT/PS 나노입자를 제조하였다. 실란화합물로 표면 처리한 silica 입자를 PEDOT:poly(styrene sulfonate) (PSS) 수용성 분산액에 투입한 후 표면화학 반응과정을 수행함으로써 silica 외벽에 PEDOT:PSS가 코팅된 나노입자를 제조하였다. 하이브리드 나노재료들은 TEM, FE-SEM, TGA, EDX, UV 그리고 FT-IR 등을 사용하여 분석되었다.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.139-145
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• 2002

Hen egg-white lysozyme, ovalbumin, egg-yolk phosvitin, acid-precipitated soy protein and $\alpha$$_{sl}$ milk casein were covalently linked with galactomannan through a controlled dry-heating at 6$0^{\circ}C$ under 79% relative humidity without any chemical reagent. Neoglycosylation by the covalent binding of polysaccharide chains brought a significant improvement into the surface functionalities of food proteins. Excellent emulsifying properties and foaming properties were observed in all protein-galactomannan conjugates. Bacterial mutagenesis tests and animal dose test were done to evaluate the food safety of the protein-galactomannan conjugates. The neo-glycoproteins were negative for Ames test using Salmonella typhimurium TA100 (hisG46) and TA98 (hisD3052) strains, and rec-assay using Bacillus subtilis Hl7 (rec) and M45 (re $c^{+}$) strains. All substances were also nontoxic for oral administration to rats. L $D_{50}$ 's of these substances were all more than 7.5 g/kg body-weight of rat. No effect was also observed in the weight increases and the concentrations of total cholesterol, triglyceride and phospholipids in blood serum of the administrated rats with 7.5 g/kg conjugates. Thus, Maillard-type protein-polysaccharide conjugates prepared by covalent attachment of galactomannan to food proteins were proposed to be useful as a safe functional biopolymer in this study.y.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.537-542
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• 1998

to more effectively drive immune responses toward antigen-specific T helper type 2 (Th2) cell-mediated responses, we constructed a mammalian expression vetor (oPVA/IL4) carrying a fused gene in which the ovalbumin (OVA) cDNA was covalently linked to murine interleukin-4 (IL-4) cDNA. A biologically active OVA/IL4 DNA, as demonstrated by Wes tern blotting and cytokine bioassay. In tramuscular injection of BALB/c mice with the pOVA/IL4 DNA increased both the production of OVA-specific IL-4 by CD$4^{+}$ T cells and the ratio of anti-OVA lgG1 to anti-OVA lgG2a isotypes, while the injection with the pOVA DNA alone, or with the mixture of the pOVA and pIL4 DNA did no or little increase. furthermore, the OVA-specific, Th2 cell-mediated immune responses were significantly enhanced by multiple injections with the pOVA/IL4 DNA. These studies indicate that the direct linkage of an OVA gene to an IL-4 gene in the expression plasmid confines the effects of IL-4 to the OVA-specific cells, efficiently driving the immune response toward OVA-specific, Th2 cell-mediated responses.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.565-572
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• 2006

Recombinant human bone morphogenic protein-2 (rhBMP-2), which is known as one of the major local stimuli for osteogenic differentiation, was immobilized on the surface of hyaluronic acid (HA)-modified poly$(\varepsilon-caprolactone)$ (PCL) (HA-PCL) scaffolds to improve the attachment, proliferation, and differentiation of human bone marrow stem cells (hBMSCs) for bone tissue engineering. The rhBMP-2 proteins were directly immobilized onto the HA-modified PCL scaffolds by the chemical grafting the amine groups of proteins to carboxylic acid groups of HA. The amount of covalently bounded rhBMP-2 was measured to 1.6 pg/mg (rhBMP/HA-PCL scaffold) by using a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay. The rhBMP-2 immobilized HA-modified-PCL scaffold exhibited the good colonization, by the newly differentiated osteoblasts, with a statistically significant increase of the rhBMP-2 release and alkaline phosphatase activity as compared with the control groups both PCL and HA-PCL scaffolds. We also found enhanced mineralization and elevated osteocalcin detection for the rhBMP-2 immobilized HA-PCL scaffolds, in vitro.

• 한국생물물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물물리학회 2003년도 정기총회 및 학술발표회
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• pp.34-34
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• 2003

Protein unfolding is a key step in several cellular processes, including protein translocation across some membranes and protein degradation by ATP-dependent proteases. C1pAP protease and the proteasome can actively unfold proteins in a process that hydrolyzes ATP, These proteases catalyze unfolding by processively unraveling their substrates from the attachment point of the degradation signal. As a consequence, the ability of a protein to be degraded depends on its structure as well as its stability. An ${\alpha}$-helix is easier to unravel than a ${\beta}$-strand. In multidomain proteins, independently stable domains are unfolded sequentially. The steric constraints imposed on substrate proteins during their degradation by the proteasome were investigated by constructing a model protein in which specific parts of the polypeptide chain were covalently connected through disulfide bridges. The cross-linked model proteins were fully degraded by the proteasome, but two or more cross-links retarded the degradation slightly. Our results suggest that the pore of the proteasome allows the concurrent passage of at least three stretches of a polypeptide chain, and also explain the limited degradation by the proteasome that occurs in the processing of the transcription factor NF-KB, and also implicate difficulty in degradation of amyloidal aggregates by the proteasome

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.171-175
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• 1986

고추과실의 연화와 관련한 pectin질의 변화를 조사할 목적으로 성숙단계별 조세포벽 시료로부터 분리한 pectin질을 화학적인 방법에 의하여 IAP와 CBP로 분획한 후 gel여과를 통한 개략적인 분자량변화를 살펴보았다. 고추과실이 연화되는 동안 세포벽 pectin을 구성하는 polyuronide는 IAP에서 보다 CBP에서 증가율이 높았는데 이것은 이와 결합한 hemicellulose의 분해에 기인하였고 이 hemicellulose분해물 중에서는 galactose가 가장 많았다. IAP의 개략적인 평균분자량은 성숙 연화하는 동안 60만에서 250만으로 고분자화하였고 CBP는 450만에서 20만으로 저분자화하였는데 CBP저분자화의 주된 원인은 이에 결합된 hemicellulose의 분해에 기인되는 것 같았다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2014

Ceria ($CeO_2$) was used to scavenge free radicals which attack the membrane in the polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolysis (PEMWE) circumstance and to increase the duration of the membrane. In order to improve the electrochemical, mechanical and electrocatalytic characteristics, engineering plastic of the sulfonated polyether ether ketone (SPEEK) as polymer matrix was prepared in the sulfonation reaction of polyether ether ketone (PEEK) and the organic-inorganic blended composite membranes were prepared by sol-gel casting method with loading the highly dispersed ceria and cesium-substituted phophomolybdic acid(Cs-MoPA) with cross-linking agent contents of 0.01mL. In conclusion, CL-SPEEK/$Cs_{(2.5)}$-MoPA/ceria(1%) membrane showed the optimum results such as 0.1095S/cm of proton conductivity at $80^{\circ}C$, 2.906meq./g-dry-membrane of ion exchange capacity and mechanical characteristics, and 49.73MPa of tensile strength which were better than Nafion 117 membrane.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.105-111
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• 2015

The beta2-adrenergic receptor (${\beta}2AR$) belongs to the G protein coupled receptor (GPCR) family, which is the largest family of cell surface receptors in humans. Extra attention has been focused on the human GPCRs because they have been studied as important protein targets for pharmaceutical drug development. In fact, approximately 40% of marketed drugs directly work on GPCRs. GPCRs respond to various extracellular stimuli, such as sensory signals, neurotransmitters, chemokines, and hormones, to induce structural changes at the cytoplasmic surface, activating downstream signaling pathways, primarily through interactions with heterotrimeric G proteins or through G-protein independent pathways, such as arrestin. Most GPCRs, except for rhodhopsin, which contains covalently linked 11 cis-retinal, bind to diffusible ligands, having various conformational states between inactive and active structures. The first human GPCR structure was determined using an inverse agonist bound ${\beta}2AR$ in 2007 and since then, more than 20 distinct GPCR structures have been solved. However, most GPCR structures were solved as inactive forms, and an agonist bound fully active structure is still hard to obtain. In a structural point of view, ${\beta}2AR$ is relatively well studied since its fully active structure as a complex with G protein as well as several inactive structures are available. The structural comparison of inactive and active states gives an important clue in understanding the activation mechanism of ${\beta}2AR$. In this review, structural features of inactive and active states of ${\beta}2AR$, the interaction of ${\beta}2AR$ with heterotrimeric G protein, and the comparison with ${\beta}1AR$ will be discussed.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.115-123
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• 2000

남성 및 여성의 타액내 testosterone의 농도를 측정하기 위하여 초감도 효소면역측정법 (ultrasensitive enzymeim-munoassay; EIA)을 정립하고, 이 EIA를 이용하여 한국인 정상 여성 및 남성의 타액에서 testosterone의 정상농도를 얻고자 하였다. 정상 월경주기를 가진 여성 18명에서 아침 6～9시 사이에 타액을 채취하였고, 남성의 타액도 오전 (9～10시)중에 채취하였다. EIA의 표지물질로는 horseradish peroxidase를 사용하였고, 기질은 ABTS [2,2'-azino-di(3-ethyl-benzthiazoline sulphonic acid)]를 사용하였다. 항원 항체 결합형과 비결합형의 분리를 용이하게 하기 위해 항혈청을 microcrystalline cellulose 에 mixed anhydrohydride 방법을 이용하여 부착시켜 사용하였다. 항원항체 결합 후 기질을 첨가하여 반응을 시키고 발색시켜 분광광도계를 이용하여 흡광도를 측정하였다. 본 EIA의 특성을 방사면역측정법 (RIA)과 비교하여 평가하였다. 본 실험에서 정립된 EIA의 감도 (sensitivity)는 약 25 pg/tube 이하이었고, 표준시료를 첨가해 측정치와 기대치를 비교한 정확도(accuracy)는 측정치 (Y) = 0.96 X 기대치 (X) - 0.89이었고 상관계수 (r)는 0.985이었다. 본 실험에서 생산하여 사용한 항체의 역가는 1/56,000이었고, 항체의 교차반응(cross-reaction)을 다른 8종의 steroid를 이용하여 조사한 결과 5 $\alpha$-dihydrotestosterone (DHT)와 52%로 나타났으나 다른 steroids와는 0.1% 이내의 교차반응도를 나타내었다. 정밀도 (precision)는 intra-assay variation 과 inter-assay variation의 변이계수 (coeffcient of variation)가 10% 내외로 만족할 만한 범위에 들었다. 본 실험 방법을 타액과 혈청내 testosterone 농도 측정에 응용하여 RIA의 결과와 비교하여 본 바 상관관계가 타액에서 r=0.969, 혈청에서 r=0.990으로 두 결과가 잘 일치하였다. 본 실험에서 측정된 한국인 여성의 타액내 testosterone농도는 107.7$\pm$12.0 pmol／l이었고, 남성의 타액내 농도는 274.2$\pm$22.1 pmol／l이었다. 이상의 결과로 보아 본 연구에서 정립된 EIA 방법은 RIA를 대신하여 소규모의 실험실에서도 활용할 수 있을 것으로 사려된다.

• 청정기술
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.102-107
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• 2015

Rhodamine염료는 높은 흡광계수와 함께 넓은 가시광선 영역에서 고효율과 안정성을 나타내는 형광을 제공함으로써 형광표지 물질로 널리 사용되고 있다. Rhodamine 화합물을 형광표지 물질로 이용하기 위해서는 rhodamine골격을 (생체)분자나 표면에 공유결합 시키는 화학적 과정이 필수적이기 때문에 이에 관련하여 다양한 rhodamine유도체를 합성해내는 효율적이고 실제적인 방법의 개발은 큰 관심을 끌어왔다. Sulforhodamine B는 반응성이 큰 두 개의 sulfoxy작용기를 포함하고 있는데 이를 이용하여 여러 재료에 공유결합 시킴으로써 널리 활용될 수 있는 유용한 화합물이다. 본 연구에서는 4-formyl-1, 3-benzenedisulfonic acid의 disodium염과 3-diethylaminophenol으로부터 3단계에 걸쳐 sulforhodamine B를 합성하는 과정을 연구하였다. 이 과정에서 dihydroxytriarylmethane 중간체를 xanthene 골격으로 전환하는 두 번째 단계를 획기적으로 개선하는 방법에 대해 기술하였다. 이는 반응 중에 생성되는 물분자가 역반응에 참여하는 것을 억제하도록 메탄올을 가함으로써 이루어졌다. 그 결과, 반응온도는 낮아지고(135에서 80 ℃), 수율은 크게 증가되었다(20% 미만에서 84%). 이로써, 기존의 3단계에 걸친 sulforhodamine B의 제법은 에너지 절감 및 자원효율 면에서 개선된 방법으로 이루어지게 되었다.