• 한국생물정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물정보시스템생물학회 2003년도 제2차 연례학술대회 발표논문집
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• pp.5-5
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• 2003

The purple acid phosphatases comprise a family of binuclear metal-containing enzymes. The metal centre contains one ferric ion and one divalent metal ion. Spectroscopic studies of the monomeric, ${\sim}$36 kDa mammalian purple acid phosphatases reveal the presence of an Fe(III)Fe(II) centre in which the metals are weakly antiferromagnetically coupled, whereas the dimeric, ${\sim}$110 000 kDa plant enzymes contain either Fe(III)Zn(II) or Fe(III)Mn(II). The three dimensional structures of the red kidney bean and pig enzymes show very similar arrangements of the metal ligands but some significant differences beyond the immediate vicinity of the metals. In addition to the catalytic domain, the plant enzyme contains a second domain of unknown function. A search of sequence databases was undertaken using a sequence pattern which includes the conserved metal-binding residues in the plant and animal enzymes. The search revealed the presence in plants of a 'mammalian-type' low molecular weight purple acid phosphatase, a high molecular weight form in some fungi, and a homologue in some bacteria. The catalytic mechanism of the enzyme has been investigated with a view to understanding the marked difference in specificity between the Fe-Mn sweet potato enzyme, which exhibits highly efficient catalysis towards both activated and unactivated phosphate esters, and other PAPs, which hydrolyse only activated esters. Comparison of the active site structures of the enzymes reveal some interesting differences between them which may account for the difference. The implications fur understanding the physiological functions of the enzymes will be discussed.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.536-542
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• 1996

충치 예방 물질의 탐색 연구 일환으로, Cacao bean husk(CBH) 추출물로부터 얻어진, gluco-syltransferase(Gtase) 저해 활성 분획을 분리하였 다. 이를 다시 MCI-gel CHP-20와 Sephadex LH 20의 column chromatography법으로 분리, 정제하였으며, 이로부터 얻어진 2개의 GTase 활성 저해 물질에 대한 구조 해석을 행하였다. 분리.정제된 2개의 GTase 저해 활성 물질은 anisaldehyde-$H_2SO_4$ 및 FeCb에서 각각 갈색 및 청색 반응을 하며, 또 TLC상에서 dimer의 flavan-3-ol $R_r$값을 나타내는 단일 물질이었다. NMR(PMR, C CMR) 빛 mass spectrum으로 두 정제 분획에 대 한 화학 구조를 분석한 결과, G Tase 저해능을 나타 내는 단물질은 (-)-epicatechin-($\beta\rightarrow8$)-catechin 으로 결합된 procyanidin B-1 ($C_{30}H_{26}O_{12}$) 및 cate chin의 2량체인 procyanidin B一3($C_{30}H_{26}O_{12}$)이었다.

• 공업화학
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.630-635
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• 2007

구조중에 1개의 tert-부틸기를 가진 새로운 형태의 키랄살렌 착체를 합성하여 비대칭반응 촉매로서 활용하였다. 알루미늄족의 금속염을 소유한 이량체형의 키랄 살렌 촉매는 에폭사이드의 산소고리를 페놀류로 여는 비대칭반응에서 매우 높은 활성과 선택성을 나타내었다. 또한 무기담체에 고정화된 살렌 착체도 이 반응에 대하여 효과적인 촉매로 사용할 수 있었다. 새로운 키랄 살렌촉매 중에 존재하는 금속염의 종류는 광학선택적 반응에서 중요한 영향을 나타내었다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.69-74
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• 1993

Cacao bean외피로부터 분리된 물질은 anisaldehyde-$H_2SO_4$ 및 $FeCl_3$에 각각 갈색 및 청색반응을 하였고 TLC상에서 monomer 및 dimer의 fIavan-3-ol 물질로 확인되었다. 물질의 구조를 NMR로 검정한 결과 compound I 과 II 는 각각 (-)-epicatechin과 epicatechin-(4${\alpha}$$\rightarrow$8)-epicatechin의 결합 화합물인 procyanidin B-2이었다. 분리된 두 화합물은 GTase에 대해 높은 저해활성이 있었고 특히 procyanidin B-2는 1.0mM에서 완전히 저해시켰다. 이것은 f1avan-3-ol 구조내에 OH가의 증가에 따라 GTase 저해활성도 높아지는 것으로 추정되었다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.477-483
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• 1995

The recombinant human interferon alpha 2a ($rhIFN-{\alpha}2a$), expressed in Saccharomyces cerevtsiae, was purified from insoluble aggregates. The inclusion body of $rhIFN-{\alpha}$ was solubilized by guanidine salt in the presence of disulfide reducing agent. The refolding of denatured $rhIFN-{\alpha}2a$ was achieved by simple dilution. The authentic interferon alpha, which has two correctly matched disulfide bonds, was seperated from incompletely oxidized $IFN-{\alpha}$ and dimeric $IFN-{\alpha}$ by use of a CM-Sepharose column, followed by size exclusion columns at two different pH conditions. The purified protein has been subjected to detailed physicochemical characterization including sequence determination. Unlike other $rhIFN-{\alpha}2a$ from E. coli reported, the $rhIFN-{\alpha}2a$ from S. cerevisiae has no methionine residue at its N-terminus originating from the start codon, ATG. The pI of the protein was determined to be 6.05 with a single band in the pI gel, which demonstrated that the purified $rhIFN-{\alpha}$ was homogeneous. The structural study using circular dichroism showed that the protein retains its three dimensional structure in the wide range of pH conditions between pH 3 and 9, and only minor strucural deformation was observed at pH 1.0.

• 한국자기공명학회논문지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.74-82
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• 2015

Ryanodine receptor (RyR) is one of the two major $Ca^{2+}$ channels in membranes of intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ stores and is found in sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), endoplasmic reticulum (ER). RyR1 is also the major calmodulin-binding protein of sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes. Residues 4064-4210 in the RyR1 polypeptide chain has similar primary sequence with calmodulin (CaM) and was designated as CaM-like domain (CaMLD). When expressed as a recombinant peptide, CaMLD showed several CaM-like properties in previous studies. Still, previous studies of CaMLD were focused on protein-protein interactions rather than its own properties. Here, we studied the expression of CaMLD and its sub-domains corresponding to each lobe of CaM in Escherichia coli. CaMLD could be obtained only as inclusion body, and it was refolded using urea solubilization followed by dialysis. Using spectroscopic approaches, such as NMR, circular dichroism, and gel filtration experiment, we found that the refolded CaMLD exists as nonspecific aggregate, even though it has alpha helical secondary structure. In comparison, the first half of CaMLD (R4061-4141) could be obtained as natively soluble protein with thioredoxin fusion. After the removal of the fusion tag, it exhibited folded and helical properties as shown by NMR and circular dichroism experiments. Its oligomeric status was different from CaMLD, existing as dimeric form in solution. However, the second half of the protein could not be obtained as soluble protein regardless of fusion tag. Based on these results, we believe that CaMLD, although similar to CaM in sequence, has quite different physicochemical properties and that the second half of the protein renders it the aggregative properties.

• BMB Reports
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.355-364
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• 2001

Major human Nucleoside diphosphate kinases (NDPKs) exist as hetero-oligomers, consisting of NDPK-A and NDPK-B, rather than homo-oligomer. To investigate their biological function depending on the oligomeric structure in vivo, we characterized the biochemical properties of cellular NDPK. Cellular NDPKs, which are made up of a unique combination of isoforms, were purified from human erythrocyte and placenta. We found that cellular NDPK and recombinant isoforms NDPKs have their own distinct biochemical properties in autophosphorylation, stability toward heat or urea, and DNA binding. Cellular NDPK was found to have unique characteristics rather than the expected additive properties of recombinant isoforms. The mutations in the dimeric interface of NDPK-B (R34G, N69H or K135L) caused defective DNA binding and simultaneously reduced the enzymatic stability These results suggest that the oligomeric interaction could play a major role in the stability of catalytic domain and might be related to the regulation of various cellular functions of NDPK.

• 한국자기공명학회논문지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.106-111
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• 2015

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) survives in acidic and fluctuating pH conditions of the stomach. The pH effect on H. pylori proteins is important for the advanced understanding of its evolution and viability, although this bacterium has the molecular machinery that neutralizes the acidic condition. HP1492 is known as a conserved NifU-like protein from H. pylori. NifU is a nitrogen fixation protein that mediates the transfer of iron-sulfur (Fe-S) cluster to iron-sulfur proteins like ferredoxin. Commonly, the monomeric reduced state of NifU can be converted to the dimeric oxidized state by intermolecular disulfide bond formation. Because it remains unclear that HP1492 actually behaves as known NifU protein, we first found that this protein can adopt both oxidized and reduced forms using size exclusion chromatography. Circular dichroism experiment showed that HP1492 is relatively well-structured at pH 6.5, compared to other pH conditions. On the basis of the backbone resonance assignment of HP1492, we further characterized the residues that are sensitive to pH using NMR spectroscopy. These residues showing large chemical shift changes could be mapped onto the secondary structure of the protein. Our results could provide the foundation for structural and biophysical studies on a wide spectrum of NifU proteins.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.115-121
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• 1973

사염화 티탄과 초산, 프로피온산, 크로톤산, 벤조산, 휴로산, 살리실산 등을 디클로로메탄 용매 속에서 반응시켜 결정성 화합물을 얻었다. 화학분석을 해본 결과 이들은 모두 이클로로비스카르복실아토티탄(IV) 즉 $TiCl_2(OOCR)_2_$임을 알수 있었으며 이클로로비스피로프온아토티탄(IV)의 분자량 측정결과 이합체임을 알았다 . 이 화합물들의 적외선 스펙트럼을 보면 전부 1500-1700cm$^{-1}$근처에서 카르본일기의 비대칭 신축 진동을 나타내는 밴드가 두개 씩 나타났으며 이클로로비스프로피온아토티탄(IV)핵자기공명 스펙트럼에도 메틸피크와 메칠렌 피크가 각각 두 개씩 나타나는 것으로 보아 이합체인$[TiCl_2(OOCR)_2]_2$중의 두 개의 카르복실산기는 다른 두 개의 카르복실산기는 다른 두 개의 카르복실산기와 화학적으로 동등하지 않음을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 이들의 분자구조로써 두 개의 카르복실산기가 두 티탄 원자의 다리 역할을 하는 이합체의 구조를 제안하였다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제38권8호
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• pp.715-722
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• 2015

In Gram-negative bacteria in the periplasmic space, the dimeric thioredoxin-fold protein DsbC isomerizes and reduces incorrect disulfide bonds of unfolded proteins, while the monomeric thioredoxin-fold protein DsbA introduces disulfide bonds in folding proteins. In the Gram-negative bacteria Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, the reduced form of CueP scavenges the production of hydroxyl radicals in the copper-mediated Fenton reaction, and DsbC is responsible for keeping CueP in the reduced, active form. Some DsbA proteins fulfill the functions of DsbCs, which are not present in Gram-positive bacteria. In this study, we identified a DsbA homologous protein (CdDsbA) in the Corynebacterium diphtheriae genome and determined its crystal structure in the reduced condition at $1.5{\AA}$ resolution. CdDsbA consists of a monomeric thioredoxin-like fold with an inserted helical domain and unique N-terminal extended region. We confirmed that CdDsbA has disulfide bond somerase/reductase activity, and we present evidence that the N-terminal extended region is not required for this activity and folding of the core DsbA-like domain. Furthermore, we found that CdDsbA could reduce CueP from C. diphtheriae.