• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제24권12호
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• pp.1699-1705
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• 2011

Magnesium ammonium phosphate (MAP) was recovered from swine wastewater and the feasibility of reutilizing it as a slowly-releasing fertilizer was evaluated. Maize growth was investigated with normal and high application rates of MAP and a fused super phosphate (FSP) fertilizer. A total of 5 treatments ($T_0$ = control, $T_1$ = MAP based on 30 kg P $ha^{-1}$, $T_2$ = FSP based on 30 kg P $ha^{-1}$+urea equivalent to nitrogen of MAP applied in $T_1$, $T_3$ = MAP based on 40 kg P $ha^{-1}$, $T_4$ = FSP based on 40 kg P $ha^{-1}$+urea equivalent to nitrogen of MAP applied in $T_3$) were arranged with 3 replications. In the case of height and circumference, significant differences were found between controls and treated maize plants (p<0.01). However, no statistical differences were found between MAP- and FSP-urea treated maize. Leaf area and green biomass yield were significantly (p<0.01) higher in the treated group than control. Leaf area was also found significantly higher (p<0.01) in the higher MAP- treated group (2,374 $cm^2$ $plant^{-1}$) than other treatments. $N_2O$ emission was found to be lower in MAP treated soil than that from FSP-urea treated soil, which might be due to the slow releasing pattern of MAP. It could be assumed from the results that MAP would be an eco-friendly sustainable fertilizer source for crop production.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.822-829
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• 2007

A gene coding for phosphoketolase, a key enzyme of carbohydrate catabolism in heterofermentative lactic acid bacteria(LAB), was cloned from a Lactobacillus paraplantarum C7 and expressed in Escherichia coli. The gene is 2,502 bp long and codes for a 788-amino-acids polypeptide with a molecular mass of 88.7 kDa. A Shine-Dalgarno sequence(aaggag) and an inverted-repeat terminator sequence are located upstream and downstream of the phosphoketolase gene, respectively. The gene exhibits an identity of >52% with phosphoketolases of other LAB. The phosphoketolase of Lb. paraplantarum C7(LBPK) contains several highly conserved phosphoketolase signature regions and typical thiamine pyrophosphate(TPP) binding sites, as reported for other TPP-dependent enzymes. The phosphoketolase gene was fused to a glutathione S-transferase(GST::LBPK) gene for purification. The GST::LBPK fusion protein was detected in the soluble fraction of a recombinant Escherichia coli BL21. The GST::LBPK fusion protein was purified with a yield of 4.32mg/400ml by GSTrap HP affinity column chromatography and analyzed by N-terminal sequencing. LBPK was obtained by factor Xa treatment of fusion protein and the final yield was 3.78mg/400ml. LBPK was examined for its N-terminal sequence and phosphoketolase activity. The $K_M\;and\;V_{max}$ values for fructose-6-phosphate were $5.08{\pm}0.057mM(mean{\pm}SD)$ and $499.21{\pm}4.33{\mu}mol/min/mg$, respectively, and the optimum temperature and pH for the production of acetyl phosphate were $45^{\circ}C$ and 7.0, respectively.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.818-824
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• 2003

외국농산물의 국내 유입증가와 이에 따른 신속한 원산지 판별법 확립이 요구되는 가운데 최근 수입이 급증한 품목 중 하나인 황기를 선택, CE 및 NIRS를 이용하여 분석조건을 확립하고 원산지판별에의 적용 가능성을 검토하였다. CE를 이용하여 분석 시 추출은 methanol: 0.1M phosphate buffer(pH 2.5)(3:7)를 사용하였으며 uncoated fused silica capillary$(50\;{\mu}m\;I.D.{\times}27cm)$를 이용하여 $45^{\circ}C$, 14 kV로 분석, 200 nm에서 검출하였다. 분석 buffer는 0.1 M phosphate buffer(pH 2.5)에 20% methoxy ethanol과 40 mM HSA를 첨가하여 사용하였으며, 8초간 pressure injection 하였다. Peak의 재현성을 증대시키기 위하여 시료 주입 전 분석 buffer를 1분간 분석 시와 같은 방향으로(F) 흘려주고 0.1 M phosphoric acid와 1 M sodium hydroxide는 각각 4분, 5분간 반대방향으로(R) 홀려주었다. 증류수를 다시 1분간 흘려주고(R) 분석 buffer로 2분간 평형화(F) 시킨 후 시료를 주입하였다. 이상의 조건으로 국내산(97점)과 수입(113점) 황기를 분석한 결과 전체 peak의 양상은 유사하였으나 약 $11{\sim}13$분에 용출되는 2개의 peak(peak am-1, am-2)의 면적 비율에서 차이가 나타나 국산은 peak am-2가 peak am-1의 약 4배인 반면, 수입 산은 10배로 나타나 원산지 판별이 가능하였으며, 약 80%의 편별율을 나타내었다. NIRS는 국산 및 수입산 황기 raw 스펙트럼의 2차 미분 스펙트럼 R값이 0.915로 비교적 안정된 값을 얻을 수 있었고, SEP는 약 14.3%로 나타났다. 이를 국산과 수입산 황기에 적용 시 전체 판별율이 약 97%로 비교적 높은 판별율을 보였다. 또한 NIRS로 판별이 불가능한 시료가 CE로는 판별이 가능하여 이 두 기기를 함께 사용 시 상호보완하여 신속 정확한 원산지 판별법의 개발 가능성이 시사되었다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제42권11호
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• pp.731-736
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• 2009

The generation of functional recombinant antibodies from hybridomas is necessary for antibody engineering. However, this is not easily accomplished due to high levels of aberrant heavy and light chain mRNAs, which require a highly selective technology that has proven complicated and difficult to operate. Herein, we attempt to use an alkaline phosphate (AP)-fused form of single-chain variable fragment (scFv) for the simple identification of a hybridoma-derived, functional recombinant antibody. As a representative example, we cloned the scFv gene from a hybridoma-producing mouse IgG against branched-chain keto acid dehydrogenase complex-E2 (BCKD-E2) into an expression vector containing an in-frame phoA gene. Functional recombinant antibodies were easily identified by conventional enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) by employing scFv-AP fusion protein, which also readily serves as a valuable immuno-detective reagent.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.767-771
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• 2005

Expression in yeast may prove more amenable to generating large amounts of viral antigens for a vaccine candidate. We, therefore, cloned the gene encoding the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) structural proteins (C-El-E2, c740) fused in-frame with, and immediately 3' to, the chicken-lysozyme signal peptide (C-SIG) gene and under the control of the yeast glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene promoter. In yeast, the HCV structural proteins were expressed in two different forms: a processed and a nonprocessed aggregated form. Biophysical characterization by sucrose linear gradient centrifugation revealed that both forms were present in the same fractions with a buoyant density of 1.127-1.176 g/$cm^3$. These findings suggest that the efficient synthesis of HCV structural proteins in yeast may be an important tool to study virus assembly and may lead to the development of an HCV vaccine.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제29권9호
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• pp.808-813
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• 2006

Two methods for the chiral purity determination of bevantolol were developed, namely capillary electrophoresis (CE) using carboxymethyl-${\beta}$-cyclodextrin (CM-${\beta}$-CD) as a chiral selector and high-perfomance liquid chromatography (HPLC) using a chiral stationary phase. In the HPLC method, the separation of bevantolol enantiomers was performed on a Chiralpak AD-H column by isocratic elution with n-hexane-ethanol-diethylamine (10:90:0.1, v/v/v) as mobile phase. In the CE method, bevantolol enantiomers were separated on an uncoated fused silica capillary with 50 mM amonium phosphate dibasic adjusted to a pH 6.5 with phosphoric acid containing 15 mM CM-${\beta}$-CD as running buffer. Validation data such as linearity, recovery, detection limit, and precision of the two methods are presented. The detection limits of S-(-)-bevantolol were 0.1% and 0.05% for CE and HPLC method, respectively and R-(+)-bevantolol were 0.15% and 0.05% for CE and HPLC method, respectively. There was generally good agreement between the HPLC and CE results.

• Plant Resources
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.81-88
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• 2003

Higenamine [1-(4-hydroxy-6, 7-dihydroxy-l, 2, 3, 4-tetrahydroisoquinoline) is a cardiotonic constituent of Aconiti tuber, one of the most widely prescribed oriental medicines. S-(-)higenamine was reported to have a stronger cardiotonic activity than R-(+)-higenamine and known as a central intermediate in the biosynthesis of various benzyl isoquionoline alkaloids in plants. The separation of higenamine enantiomers has been accomplished with capillary electrophoresis using cyclodextrins (CDs) as chiral selectors. Good resolution of this enantiomers was obtained using a 50 mM sodium phosphate buffer containing hydroxypropyl $\beta$-CDs using 27 cm fused silica capillary (50${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ i.d., 20 cm to detector) at 25 $^{\circ}C$. With the electric field of 340 V/cm, the separation time of higenamine enantiomers was less than 6 min. Under this optimum conditions, the relative standard deviations of migration time and peak area were less than 1.6% and 3.2%. A 512-channel diode array detector was confirmed for the higenamine. The detection limits (S/N = 3) of these enantiomers are $1.5mutextrm{m}$/mL. We confirmed the chiral form of higenamine in medicinal plants.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.422-429
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• 1989

Auxotrophic mutant were isolated from wild types by the treatment with NTG as a mutagen, and the conditions of protoplast formation for them were established. The protoplasts of killer yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae K52 were formed to the level of above 70% when cells grown for 20 hr in PM medium were treated with 200 unit/ml Lyticase 50,000 at $30^{\circ}C$ for 60 min after pretreatment of 50 mM 2-mercaptoethanol in 10mM potassium phosphate buffer (pH 7.5) containing EDTA and 0.6 M sorbitol for 15 min. Also, the protoplast of the recipient S. cerevisiae S 29 were formed to the level of above 85% as it was cultured to the log phase of 24 hr in PM medium under the same conditions. The fusion frequency between the protoplast of killer yeast S. cerevisiae K 52 and the protoplast of recipient S. cerevisiae S 29 was reached to $8.2\times 10^{-6}$ when the hypertonic regeneration medium embeded with the fused protoplasts after mixing the parental protoplasts to 10$^{8}$ cells/ml in SP buffer containing 20 mM $CaCl_{2}$ and 30% PEG 6,000 for 15 min at $30^{\circ}C$ were incubated.

• 한국식물병리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국식물병리학회 2003년도 정기총회 및 추계학술발표회
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• pp.80.1-80
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• 2003

Several plant and microbial genes that could confer disease resistance in transgenic rice plants are being cloned and characterized. We are currently constructing transgenic rice lines that overexpress the gene products, such as a galactinol synthase, a defensin, and a bacterial ACC deaminase. Subtractive hybridization of a rice cDNA library constructed from the Xanthomonas oryzae-infected ice leaves resulted in isolation of many inducible cDNA clones including a elongation factor EF2, a oryzain alpha, a catalase, a aldehyde dehydrogenase, a S-adenosylmethionine synthetase, a caffeic acid O-methyltransferase, a glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, a light-regulated protein, nKY transcription factors, and a nucleotide diphosphate kinase. Some genes among those may be useful genetic sources for construction of disease resistant transgenic rice. Full lengths of the rice OsFIERG and a rice oryzain genomic clones were cloned, and serial deletion fragments of the promoter regions of these genes were fused with GUS reporter gene in pCAMBIA1201, respectively. Promoter activities of these constructs will be examined upon various stresses and Pathogen infections to obtain the pathogen specific inducible-promoter. This work was supported by a grant from BioGreen 21 Program, Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.787-791
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• 2002

수입자유화이후 유입량이 급증한 농산물중 하나인 율무의 원산지 판별을 위하여 CE의 적용가능성을 검토하였다. 분석을 위한 지표물질의 추출을 위해 30% ethanol을 사용하였으며, $50\;{\mu}m\;I.D.{\times}27\;cm$(20 cm inlet to detector)의 capillary를 이용하여 $45^{\circ}C$, 15 kV로 200 nm에서 detect 하였다. 분석 buffer는 0.1 M phosphate buffer(pH 2.5)에 30% methanol과 26 mM HSA를 첨가하였으며, pressure injection 20초, detector rise time 0.1초로 하였다. 분석시 초기에 증류수와 0.1 M phosphate buffer(pH 2.5)로 각 5분씩 capillary를 rinse하고 분석 buffer로 10분간 equilibration 시킨 후 30분간 분석하고 다시 1 M phosphoric acid로 14분간 rinse하여 다음 시료 분석시의 오차를 줄였다. 이 조건으로 2000년 및 2001년의 국산 및 수입산 율무 총 240점을 분석한 결과 서로를 구분하는 peak JT5의 도출이 가능하였으며 이 peak JT5에 의한 국산 및 수입산 율무의 판별율은 2000년 시료에서는 국산이 총 47점 중 39점(판별율 약 83%), 수입산은 총 48점 중 39점(판별율 약 81%), 2001년 시료는 국산 총 74점 중 60점(판별율 약 81%), 수입산은 총 71점 중 59점(판별율 약 83%)이었으며 전체적으로 약 82%의 판별율을 나타내었다.