• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.154-161
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• 2011

L. lactis sk071115 has been shown to grow more actively and generate lower levels of lactate in glucose-defined medium with nitrate than in medium with Mn(IV). By adding Mn(IV) to a L. lactis culture, lactate production was relatively reduced in combination with Mn(II) production, but cell mass production levels did not increase. Both cell-free extract and intact L. lactis cells reacted electrochemically with Mn(IV) but did not react with Mn(II) upon cyclic voltammetry using neutral red (NR) as an electron mediator. A modified graphite felt cathode with NR (NR-cathode) was employed to induce electrochemical reducing equivalence for bacterial metabolism. Cell-free L. lactis extract catalyzed the reduction of Mn(IV) to Mn(II) under both control and electrochemical reduction conditions; however, the levels of Mn(II) generated under electrochemical reduction conditions were approximately 4 times those generated under control conditions. The levels of Mn(II) generated by the catalysis of L. lactis immobilized in the NR-cathode (L-NR-cathode) under electrochemical reduction conditions were more than 4 times that generated under control conditions. Mn(II) production levels were increased by approximately 2.5 and 4.5 times by the addition of citrate to the reactant under control and electrochemical reduction conditions, respectively. The cumulative Mn(II) produced from manganese ore by catalysis of the L-NR-cathode for 30 days reached levels of approximately 3,800 and 16,000 mg/l under control and electrochemical reduction conditions, respectively. In conclusion, the electrochemical reduction reaction generated by the NR-cathode activated the biochemical reduction of Mn(IV) to Mn(II) by L. lactis.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.529-536
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• 2008

Cyanobacteria Synechocystis PCC 6803 or the extracted thylakoid membrane from this strain was appled to photosynthetic bio-electrochemical fuel cell(PBEFC) for the production of hydrogen under the illumination of 48Klux using halogen lamp. PBEFC was composed of anode, cathode and membrane between them. Electrode material was carbon paper while electron mediator and receptor were added phenazine methosulfate(PMS) and potassium ferricyanide respectively. When water and 50 mM tricine buffer and $300{\mu}M$ PMS were added to the anode under the light condition, PBEFC produced the current density $4.4{\times}10^{-5}\;mA/cm^2$, $1.4{\times}10^{-4}\;mA/cm^2$ and $2.4{\times}10^{-4}\;mA/cm^2$, respectively. And the addition of the thylakoid membrane to the system increased current density to $1.3{\times}10^{-3}\;mA/cm^2$. Two times increase of the thylakoid membrane into the anode doubled the current density to $2.6{\times}10^{-3}\;mA/cm^2$. But the current density was not increased proportionally to the amount of thylakoid membrane increased. The system was unstable to measure the electricity output due to the foam production in the anode. Addition of triton X-100 and tween 80 stabilized the system to measure the electricity output but the current density was not increased higher than $8.4{\times}10^{-4}\;mA/cm^2$ and $2.3{\times}10^{-3}\;mA/cm^2$. When the thylakoid membrane was substituted to Synechocystis PCC 6803 cells of four-day culture which has chlorophyll contents $20.5{\mu}g/m{\ell}$, maximum current density was $1.3{\times}10^{-3}\;mA/cm^2$ with $1\;k{\Omega}$ resistance.

• 공업화학
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.138-147
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• 1992

기능성 전극(chemically modified electrodes)을 이용한 전기촉매반응을 조사하였다. 고분자 지지체로서 음이온 교환이 가능한 poly-[1-methyl-3-(pyrrol-1-ylmethyl) pyridinium]을 사용하였는데 이는 정전류 방법으로 직접 전극표면에 중합시켰다. 전극표면에 코팅되는 필름의 두께는 중합시 전체 전하량으로 조절하였으며, SEM을 이용하여 두께를 측정하였고, 필름의 두께와 전하량과의 직선관계를 조사하였다. 전기촉매반응에 활성을 갖는 ferro/ferricyanide 이온은 빠른속도로 이온교환이 가능하였으며, 이온교환되는 양은 cyclic voltammetry 실험 결과 1.2~1.3M이었다. 필름내에 존재하는 ferro/ferricyanide 이온이 ascorbic acid 산화반응의 매개체임을 cyclic votammetry 실험을 통하여 알 수 있었고, RDE 실험을 통하여 반응속도론적 파라미터를 규명하였는데 본 실험의 조건에서 Saveant 등의 모델 중 ER+S에 해당됨을 알 수 있었다. 이상적인 모델인 R+S가 되기 위하여 기능성 전극이 갖추어야 할 조건을 제시하였다.

• 펄프종이기술
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2006

This study was performed to evaluate extensive electrochemical characteristics of 23 commercially available mediators for laccase. Electrochemical properties, interactions with laccases, and ability to degrade lignin were compared for selected mediators. Among them, NNDS has very similar electrochemical properties in terms of reversibility and redox potential (about 470 mV vs. Ag/AgCl at pH=7) compared to ABTS which is a well-known mediator. Specific activity of purified laccase from Cerrena unicolor was determined by both 2,2'-azino-bis-(3-ethylbenz-thiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) and 1-nitroso-2-naphthol -3,6-disulfonic acid (NNDS). The specific activity of the laccase was 23.2 units/mg with ABTS and 21.2 units/mg with NNDS. The electron exchange rate for NNDS with laccase was very similar to that for ABTS, which meant that NNDS had similar mediating capability to ABTS. Determining methanol concentration after reacting with laccase compared to lignin degradation capabilities of both ARTS and NNDS. ARTS or NNDS alone cannot degrade lignin, but in the presence of laccase enhanced the rate of lignin degradation. ABTS showed better activity in the beginning, and the reaction rate of NNDS with lignin was about a half of that of ABTS at 10 minute, but the final concentration of methanol produced in 1 hour was very similar each other. The reason for similar methanol concentration for both ABTS and NNDS can be interpreted as the initial activity of ABTS was better than that of NNDS, but ABTS would be inhibited laccase activity more during the incubation.

• 분석과학
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.218-223
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• 1999

스크린 프린팅 기술을 이용하여 일회용 에탄올 센서를 개발하고 전기화학적 방법으로 그 성능을 조사하였다. 일회용 에탄올 센서는 폴리에스테르 기질 위에 탄소와 은 반죽 그리고 절연체 잉크로 작업 및 기준전극의 감응부위와 전기적 접촉부위의 형상을 차례로 인쇄한 후 알코올탈수소효소(ADH) 또는 알코올산화효소(AOD)를 알려진 전자전달 매개체(mediator)와 함께 작업전극에 고정시켜 제작하였다. 일회용 센서의 제작 과정에서 감응도와 재현성을 높이기 위하여 프린팅한 탄소 작업전극을 전처리 하는 몇 가지 방법들을 적용하고 그 결과들을 비교하였다. 제작된 일회용 센서는 소량의 혈액시료로 음주측정을 하는데, 그리고 발효공정 제어 등에 유용하게 사용될 수 있다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.1153-1159
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• 2013

A novel solid-contact indium(III)-selective sensor based on bis-(1H-benzimidazole-5-methoxy-2-[(4-methoxy-3, 5-dimethyl-1-pyridinyl) 2-methyl]) thiosulfinate, known as an omeprazole dimer (OD) and a neutral ionophore, was constructed, and its performance characteristics were evaluated. The sensor was prepared by applying a membrane cocktail containing the ionophore to a graphite rod pre-coated with polyethylene dioxythiophene (PEDOT) conducting polymer as the ion-to-electron transducer. The membrane contained 3.6% OD, 2.3% oleic acid (OA) and 62% dioctyl phthalate (DOP) as the solvent mediator in PVC and produced a good potentiometric response to indium(III) ions with a Nernstian slope of 19.09 mV/decade. The constructed sensor possessed a linear concentration range from $3{\times}10^{-7}$ to $1{\times}10^{-2}$ M and a lower detection limit (LDL) of $1{\times}10^{-7}$ M indium(III) over a pH range of 4.0-7.0. It also displayed a fast response time and good selectivity for indium(III) over several other ions. The sensor can be used for longer than three months without any considerable divergence in potential. The sensor was utilized for direct and flow injection potentiometric (FIP) determination of indium(III) in alloys. The parameters that control the flow injection method were optimized. Indium(III) was quantitatively recovered, and the results agreed with those obtained using atomic absorption spectrophotometry, as confirmed by the f and t values. The sensor was also utilized as an indicator electrode for the potentiometric titration of fluoride in the presence of chloride, bromide, iodide and thiocyanate ions using indium(III) nitrate as the titrant.

• 대한약리학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.12-26
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• 1985

흰쥐 뇌 미토콘드리아에 의한 $O^{-}_{2}{\cdot}$ 의 생성과 이 radical의 유해작용 및 그 작용기전을 알아보기 위하여 본실험을 수행하였다. Succinate와 antimycin존재하에서 미토콘드리아는 $O^{-}_{2}{\cdot}$을 생성하였으며 이는 SOD-inhibitable NBT환원으로 확인되었다. 동일 조건에서 $H_2O_2$는 일차생성물인 $O^{-}_{2}{\cdot}$의 dismutation으로 생성됨을 알수 있었다. 상기조건에서 미토콘드리아의 막지질이 파괴되었고 반응액에 첨가된 isocitrate dehydrogenase와 적혈구에 각각 불활성화와 용혈이 초래되었다. 이같은 작용은 $Fe^{++}$이 있을때만 관찰 되었다. 그리고 독작용은 superoxide dismutase 혹은 castalase에 의해서 억제되었다. 또한 methional을 첨가하였을 때 ethylene이 생성되었으며 그 생성은 $Fe^{++}$에 의하여 현저히 증가하였다. Ethylene 생성 역시 상기 효소에 의하여 억제되었다. 따라서 미토콘드리아에서 발생된 $O^{-}_{2}{\cdot}$은 거대분자 및 세포에 독성을 나타낼수 있으며 이같은 작용은 $Fe^{++}$의 촉매작용에 의한 $O^{-}_{2}{\cdot}$와 $H_2O_2$의 상호작용으로 발생되는 $OH{\cdot}$ 에 의한것으로 추측되었다. 이상의 결과는 미토콘드리아가 유독성 산소 radical을 발생하므로 조직손상을 시킬 수 있다는 가능성을 시사하는 증거라고 생각되었다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.405-414
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• 1999

The role of platelet-activating factor (PAF) was investigated in intestinal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) induced acute lung injury associated with oxidative stress. To induce acute lung injury following intestinal I/R, superior mesenteric arteries were clamped with bulldog clamp for 60 min prior to the 120 min reperfusion in Sprague-Dawley rats. Acute lung injury by intestinal I/R was confirmed by the measurement of lung leak index and protein content in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid. Lung leak and protein content in BAL fluid were increased after intestinal I/R, but decreased by WEB 2086, the PAF receptor antagonist. Furthermore, the pulmonary accumulation of neutrophils was evaluated by the measurement of lung myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity and the number of neutrophils in the BAL fluid. Lung MPO activity and the number of neutrophils were increased (p＜0.001) by intestinal I/R and decreased by WEB 2086 significantly. To confirm the oxidative stress induced by neutrophilic respiratory burst, gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT) activity was measured. Lung GGT activity was significantly elevated after intestinal I/R (p<0.001) but decreased to the control level by WEB 2086. On the basis of these experimental results, phospholipase $A_2\;(PLA_2),$ lysoPAF acetyltransferase activity and PAF contents were measured to verify whether PAF is the causative humoral factor to cause neutrophilic chemotaxis and oxidative stress in the lung following intestinal I/R. Intestinal I/R greatly elevated $PLA_2$ activity in the lung as well as intestine (p<0.001), whereas WEB 2086 decreased $PLA_2$ activity significantly (p<0.001) in both organs. LysoPAF acetyltransferase activity, the PAF remodelling enzyme, in the lung and intestine was increased significantly (p<0.05) also by intestinal I/R. Accordingly, the productions of PAF in the lung and intestine were increased (p<0.001) after intestinal I/R compared with sham rats. The level of PAF in plasma was also increased (p<0.05) following intestinal I/R. In cytochemical electron microscopy, the generation of hydrogen peroxide was increased after intestinal I/R in the lung and intestine, but decreased by treatment of WEB 2086 in the lung as well as intestine. Collectively, these experimental results indicate that PAF is the humoral mediator to cause acute inflammatory lung injury induced by intestinal I/R.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.31-37
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• 1999

구리이온을 함유하는 효소인 laccase(Rhus vernicifera)를 self-assembly technique을 이용하여 금전극 표면에 고정시킨 후 표면의 특성을 관찰하고 반응을 살펴보았다. laccase는 diphenol, diamine등을 산소에 의해 산화시킬 수 있는 oxidoreductase이다. 이 경우 산소는 peroxide나 superoxide 등의 중간체 생성없이 물까지 직접 4전자 환원이 일어난다. $\beta-mercaptopropionate$를 이용하여 금전극 표면에 음전하를 띤 self-assembled monolayer를 형성시킨 후, 중성용액에서 양 전하를 띤 laccase(pI=9)를 정전기적 인력에 의해 고정시킨 후, 순환 전압-전류법에 의한 실험으로 전극표면에 고정되었음을 확인하였다. 또한, 낮은 주사속도에서 흐른 전하량으로부터 surface coverage를 계산하여 전극표면에 효소가 monolayer로 덮여 있음을 확인하였다. laccase가 고정된 전극을 laccase의 기질인 ABTS(2,2-azino-bis-(3-ethylbenzthioline-6-sulfonic acid) 용액에 담그면 ABTS가 산화되는 것으로부터 고정된 laccase가 활성을 가지고 있음을 확인하였고, 그 효소효과는 $4^{\circ}C$에서 $2\~3$일 동안 지속됨을 관찰하였다. 앞서 구한 surface coverage로부터 고정된 효소의 양을 알 수 있어서, 표면에 고정된 laccase가용액상의 laccase에 비하여 $10\~15\%$정도만의 효소효과를 유지하고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 또한, laccase의 산소의 전기화학적 환원 촉매로서의 역할에 대하여 용액상에서와 전극표면에 고정시켰을 경우에 비교하여 보았는데, 두 경우 다 전자전달체가 없이는 산소환원의 촉매로 작용하지 않고, $Fe(CN)_6^{3-}$를 전자전달체로 사용한 경우에 산소환원의 촉매로 작용함을 알 수 있었다. 이러한 산소환원촉매로서의 역할이 laccase로부터 기인한다는 것은 억제제인 azide를 이용한 실험으로 다시 한 번 확인할 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.262-273
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• 2010

갈색부후균인 Fomitopsis palustris에서 균체 외 cellulase 생산 특성과 이 효소를 이용하여 목재와 볏짚의 당화특성, mediator 첨가 효과, 목질기질의 미세 표면구조나 결정화도가 효소 당화에 미치는 영향 등에 대해 연구하였다. F. palustris의 균체 외 효소의 생산에 혼합목분을 탄소원으로 이용 시 endo-${\beta}$-1,4-gulcanase (EG)는 12.0 U/$m{\ell}$, ${\beta}$-glucosidase (BGL)는 116.68 U/$m{\ell}$, cellobiohydrolase (CBH)는 18.82 U/$m{\ell}$, 그리고 ${\beta}$- xylosidase (BXL)는 13.33 U/$m{\ell}$의 활성을 보였다. 이러한 활성은 BGL, CBH, 그리고 BXL이 볏짚을 이용한 경우보다 약 2~4배 정도 높았다. 볏짚을 탄소원으로 이용하여 생산한 cellulase-RS의 효소 최적반응 온도 및 pH는 $45^{\circ}C$와 pH 5.0이었으며, 혼합 목분을 탄소원으로 이용하여 생산한 cellulase-SW의 경우에는 $50^{\circ}C$와 pH 5.0이었다. Cellulase-SW는 볏짚을 기질로 사용할 때 $40.6{\pm}0.6%$로 가장 높은 당화율을 보였다. 또한 당화촉매제인 Tween 20의 첨가로 당화율이 44%로 상승하여 상용화 효소인 Celluclast 1.5L의 53.7%의 당화율 대비 약 82% 수준으로 상승되었다. 이는 본 실험에서 사용한 효소가 조효소 형태임을 고려하면 상용화 효소에 매우 근접한 당화율을 얻은 것으로 판단된다. 또한 볏짚의 낮은 조직 결정화도와 주사전자현미경을 이용한 볏짚 표면의 섬유화를 통한 표면적 증대 효과는 목재에 비해 높은 볏짚의 당화율에 대한 원인을 제시하였다.