• BMB Reports
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.595-599
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• 1998

To investigate conformational information of a low oxygen affinity recombinant hemoglobin (rHb) containing $96Val{\rightarrow}Trp$ mutation at the ${\alpha}96$ position, we ave produced rHb (${\alpha}96Val{\rightarrow}Phe$) and rHb (${\alpha}96Val{\rightarrow}Tyr$), using the Escherichia coli expression system and site-directed mutagenesis. The oxygen affinity of rHb (${\alpha}96Val{\rightarrow}Phe$) is similar to that of human normal adult hemoglobin (Hb A). However, the oxygen affinity of rHb (${\alpha}96Val{\rightarrow}Tyr$) showed much lower oxygen affinity than Hb A which is similar to that of rHb (${\alpha}96Val{\rightarrow}Tyr$), providing an opportunity as a potential candidate for a hemoglobin-based blood substitute. Both rHb (${\alpha}96Val{\rightarrow}Phe$) and rHb (${\alpha}96Val{\rightarrow}Tyr)$ showed high cooperativity in oxygen binding. IH-NMR spectroscopy shows that both rHb (${\alpha}96Val{\rightarrow}Phe$) and rHb (${\alpha}96Val{\rightarrow}Tyr$) have very similar tertiary structure around the heme pockets and uaternary structure in the ${\alpha}_1/{\beta}_2$ subunit interface ompared to Hb A. The low oxygen affinity of rHb (${\alpha}96Val{\rightarrow}Tyr$) has been suggested to be due to a hydrogen bond caused by an extra hydroxyl group not present in rHb (${\alpha}96Val{\rightarrow}Phe$). However, investigation of the carbonmonoxy form of rHb (${\alpha}96Val{\rightarrow}Phe$) and (${\alpha}96Val{\rightarrow}Try$) in the presence of inositol hexaphosphate at low temperature suggests that low oxygen affinity of (${\alpha}96Val{\rightarrow}Try$) may arise from a mechanism different to that of rHb (${\alpha}96Val{\rightarrow}Trp$).

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2014년도 제46회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.409-409
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• 2014

Recently hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), III-V compound of boron and nitrogen with strong covalent $sp^2$ bond, is a 2 dimensional insulating material with a large direct band gap up to 6 eV. Its outstanding properties such as strong mechanical strength, high thermal conductivity, and chemical stability have been reported to be similar or superior to graphene. Because of these excellent properties, h-BN can potentially be used for variety of applications such as dielectric layer, deep UV optoelectronic device, and protective transparent substrate. Ultra flat and charge impurity-free surface of h-BN is also an ideal substrate to maintain electrical properties of 2 dimensional materials such as graphene. To synthesize a single or a few layered h-BN, chemical vapor deposition method (CVD) has been widely used by using an ammonia borane as a precursor. Ammonia borane decomposes into hydrogen (gas), monomeric aminoborane (solid), and borazine (gas) that is used for growing h-BN layer. However, very active monomeric aminoborane forms polymeric aminoborane nanoparticles that are white non-crystalline BN nanoparticles of 50~100 nm in diameter. The presence of these BN nanoparticles following the synthesis has been hampering the implementation of h-BN to various applications. Therefore, it is quite important to grow a clean and high quality h-BN layer free of BN particles without having to introduce complicated process steps. We have demonstrated a synthesis of a high quality h-BN monolayer free of BN nanoparticles in wafer-scale size of $7{\times}7cm^2$ by using CVD method incorporating a simple filter system. The measured results have shown that the filter can effectively remove BN nanoparticles by restricting them from reaching to Cu substrate. Layer thickness of about 0.48 nm measured by AFM, a Raman shift of $1,371{\sim}1,372cm^{-1}$ measured by micro Raman spectroscopy along with optical band gap of 6.06 eV estimated from UV-Vis Spectrophotometer confirm the formation of monolayer h-BN. Quantitative XPS analysis for the ratio of boron and nitrogen and CS-corrected HRTEM image of atomic resolution hexagonal lattices indicate a high quality stoichiometric h-BN. The method presented here provides a promising technique for the synthesis of high quality monolayer h-BN free of BN nanoparticles.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.63-68
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• 2009

국내 토양시료로부터 점액성 고분자물질을 생산하는 효모 균주를 분리 및 동정하여 Aureobasidium pullulans IMS-822라 명명하였다. A. pullulans IMS-822가 생산하는 외분비성 폴리머를 정제 및 동결 건조하여 구조분석을 수행하였다. HPLC를 이용한 구성당 성분분석에서 포도당 단일성분으로 구성되어 있음을 확인하였다. FT-IR을 이용한 구조분석에서는 890 $cm^{-1}$ 부근에서의 ${\beta}-configuration$을 확인하였으며, 3300 $cm^{-1}$ 부근으로 shift 된 완만한 -OH stretching은 폴리머를 구성하고 있는 분자 사이에 강한 수소결합이 작용하고 있는 것으로 추측되었다. $^{13}C-NMR$ 분석결과는 A. pullulans IMS-822가 생산하는 외분비형 다당류인 (1,3)-linked ${\beta}-D-glucosyl$ unit의 6개의 탄소, ${\delta}$ 105.05 ppm (C1), 75.82 ppm (C2), 86.62 ppm (C3), 70.61 ppm (C4), 78.13 ppm (C5), 63.22 ppm (C6) 및 ${\beta}-(1,3)D-glucosyl$ 잔기에 분기사슬 되어 있는 ${\delta}$ 72.11 ppm의 C-6의 signal을 확인할 수 있었다. A. pullulans IMS-822가 생산하는 ${\beta}-(1{\to}3)(1{\to}6)-glucan$의 알칼리 수용액(0.5%, w/v)에 24.0 ${\mu}M$의 Congo red 첨가하여 30분간 반응시킨 후 $400{\sim}700$ nm의 범위에서 최대흡수파장의 변화를 조사한 결과 NaOH의 농도가 증가함에 따라 최대흡수파장은 장파장으로 이동하여 498 nm에서 515 nm까지 이동하였다. 최대흡수파장은 0.4 M NaOH 농도에서 점차로 감소하여 506 nm 부근에서 안정화되는 것으로 나타남으로써 순차적 구조를 가지는 것으로 확인되었다.

• 농약과학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.8-17
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• 2007

N-phenylbenzenesulfonamide 및 N-phenyl-2-thienylsulfonamide 유도체(1-34)들의 phenyl 및 theinyl 고리상치환기(R1-R5) 변화에 따른 모잘록병균(Pythium ultimum)의 살균활성에 관한 3차원적인 정량적 구조와 활성과의 관계(3D-QSARs)들을 비교 분자장 분석(CoMFA)과 비교분자 유사성 지수분석(CoMSIA) 방법으로 각각 검토하였다. 전반적으로 CoMSIA 모델들의 통계값은 atom based fit 정렬보다는 field fit 정렬시에 높은 값을 나타내었으나 CoMFA모델의 경우에는 차이가 없었다. 그리고 CoMSIA (FF1) 모델($r_{cv.}^2\;(q^2)=0.674$ 및 $r_{ncv.}^2=0.964$)이 CoMFA (AF5) 모델($r_{cv.}^2\;(q^2)=0.616$ 및 $r_{ncv.}^2=0.930$)보다 상관성과 예측성이 양호하였다. CoMSIA (FF1) 모델의 정보에 따라 살균활성은 분자의 정전기장과 소수성장에 의존적이었다. 또한, CoMSIA (FF3) 모델의 등고도 분석 결과로부터 N-phenyl 고리상 R4-치환기의 친수성과 수소결합 받게로서의 성질인 모잘록병균의 살균활성에 기여할 것으로 예상되었다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.52-58
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• 2010

Human histamine H1 receptor (HHR1) is a G protein-coupled receptor and a primary target for antiallergic therapy. Here, the ligand-based three-dimensional pharmacophore models were built from a set of known HHR1 inverse agonists using HypoGen module of CATALYST software. All ten generated pharmacophore models consist of five essential features: hydrogen bond acceptor, ring aromatic, positive ionizable and two hydrophobic functions. Best model had a correlation coefficient of 0.854 for training set compounds and it was validated with an external test set with a high correlation value of 0.925. Using this model Maybridge database containing 60,000 compounds was screened for potential leads. A rigorous screening for drug-like compounds unveiled RH01692 and SPB00834, two novel molecules for HHR1 with good CATALYST fit and estimated activity values. The new lead molecules were docked into the active site of constructed HHR1 homology model based on recently crystallized squid rhodopsin as template. Both the hit compounds were found to have critical interactions with Glu177, Phe432 and other important amino acids. The interpretations of this study may effectively be deployed in designing of novel HHR1 inverse agonists.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제47권6호
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• pp.553-558
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• 2003

$[n-Bu_4N]_2[Mo_6O_{19}]$(TBAM)의 결정구조는 X-ray 분석기로 결정되었다. 그 결정은 monoclinic 계이며 ${\alpha}$=16.314(5), b=17.288(5), c=17.776(4) ${\AA}$, ${\beta}$=101.47(3) 그리고 z=4의 결정파라미터를 갖는 sapce group 이 C2/c인 결정이다 $[Mo_6O{19}]^{2-}$ 음이온에서, Mo 원자는 팔면체의 여섯 개 모서리를 차지하며 각 Mo 원자는 여석개의 산소원자에 배위되어 찌그러진 팔면체 배위 기하학을 지닌다. Mo-Ot(말단기), Mo-Ob(연결된), 그리고Mo-Oc(중앙)의 평균거리는 각각 1.680 ${\AA}$, 1.931 ${\AA}$ 및 2.325 ${\AA}$ 이다. $[n-Bu_4N]^+$ 양이온에서 N원자는 약간 찌그러진 사면체 모형을 갖는다. 격자안에서 폭 넓은 C-H ${\cdots}$ O 수소결합이 있으며, 그것에 의하여 분자들을 연결하고 결정구조를 안정화 한다. 열분석에 의하여 제목의 열적분핸ㄴ 두개의 전이가 일어나며 356.0와 803.5 $^{\circ}$에서 각각 무게를 잃는다. 그리고 분해된 생성물은 $Mo_2O_2$로 추정된다. 따라서, 제목의 화합물은 높은 열적 안정성을 갖는다.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.50-60
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• 2008

The majority of the described experimental results deal with relatively pure aluminium. Variations were made in the pretreatment of the aluminum substrates and an investigation was performed on the resulting changes in oxide layer composition and chemistry. Subsequently, the bonding behavior of the surfaces was investigated by using model adhesion molecules. These molecules were chosen to represent the bonding functionality of an organic polymer. They were applied onto the pretreated surfaces as a monolayer and the bonding behavior was studied using infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy. A direct and clear relation was found between the hydroxyl fraction on the oxide surfaces and the amount of molecules that subsequently bonded to the surface. Moreover, it was found that most bonds between the oxide surface and organic functional groups are not stable in the presence of water. The best performance was obtained using molecules, which are capable of chemisorption with the oxide surface. Finally, it was found that freshly prepared relatively pure aluminum substrates, which are left in air, rapidly lose their bonding capacity towards organic functional groups. This can be attributed to the adsorption of contamination and water to the oxide surface. In addition the adhesion of a typical epoxy-coated aluminum system was investigated during exposure to water at different temperatures. The coating was found to quite rapidly lose its adhesion upon exposure to water. This rapid loss of adhesion corresponds well with the data where it was demonstrated that the studied epoxy coating only bonds through physisorptive hydrogen bonding, these bonds not being stable in the presence of water. After the initial loss the adhesion of the coating was however found to recover again and even exceeded the adhesion prior to exposure. The improvement could be ascribed to the growth of a thin oxyhydroxide layer on the aluminum substrate, which forms a new, water-stable and stronger bond with the epoxy coating. Two routes for improvement of adhesion are finally decribed including an interphasial polymeric thin layer and a treatment in boiling water of the substrate before coating takes place. The adhesion properties were finely also studied as a function of the Mg content of the alloys. It was shown that an enrichment of Mg in the oxide could take place when Mg containing alloys are heat-treated. It is expected that for these alloys the (hydr)oxide fraction also depends on the pre-treatment and on the distribution of magnesium as compared to the aluminium hydroxides, with a direct impact on adhesive properties.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.161-166
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• 1996

6-ethyl-5,-6-dihydrouracil($C_6H_10N_2O_2$)은 단사정계인 공간군 $P2_{1c}$으로 a=10.302(2), b=10.419(3), $c=7.095(1)\AA$, $\beta=106.6(0)^{\circ}$, Z=4, $V=729.7(3)\AA^3$, $D_c=1.29g/cm^3,\;{\lambda}(MoK\alpha)=0.71073\AA$, $\mu=0.010$cm^{-1}$, F(000)=304이며, F>4.0 $\sigma(F)$인 1070개의 관측된 회절점에 대한 R값은 0.054였다. 직접법에 의하여 구조를 풀었으며, 전행열-최소자승법에 의하여 정밀화하였고, C-H 결합길이는 $0.96\AA$에 고정하였다. Hydrouracil 고리는 불규칙한 puckered 각을 가진 envelope conformation으로 되어 있고, 고리에 붙어 있는 에틸기는 axial 방향으로 향하고 있으며, 단위격자속에는 100평면에 거의 평행인 2차원의 결합망을 이룬, 두 개의 분자간 수소결합, N(1)-H---O(7)(1+x, 0.5-y, -0.5+z)와 N(3)-H---O(7)(1+x, 0.5-y, 0.5+z)가 있으며, 이웃 분자와의 최단거리는 C(4)---O(8)(-x, -y, 1-z)의 $3.187\AA$이다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.201-207
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• 2011

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are members of nuclear receptors and their activation induces regulation of fatty acid storage and glucose metabolism. Therefore, the $PPAR\gamma$ is a major target for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. In order to generate pharmacophore model, 1080 known agonists database was constructed and a training set was selected. The Hypo7, selected from 10 hypotheses, contains four features: three hydrogen-bond acceptors (HBA) and one general hydrophobic (HY). This pharmacophore model was validated by using 862 test set compounds with a correlation coefficient of 0.903 between actual and estimated activity. Secondly, CatScramble method was used to verify the model. Hence, the validated Hypo7 was utilized for searching new lead compounds over 238,819 and 54,620 chemical structures in NCI and Maybridge database, respectively. Then the leads were selected by screening based on the pharmacophore model, predictive activity, and Lipinski's rules. Candidates were obtained and subsequently the binding affinities to $PPAR\gamma$ were investigated by the molecular docking simulations. Finally the best two compounds were presented and would be useful to treat type 2 diabetes.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.1152-1156
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• 2009

Silent information regulator 2 (Sir2) or sirtuins are NAD(+)-dependent deacetylases, which hydrolyze the acetyllysine residues. In mammals, sirtuins are classified into seven different classes (SIRT1-7). SIRT1 was reported to be involved in age related disorders like obesity, metabolic syndrome, type II diabetes mellitus and Parkinson’s disease. Activation of SIRT1 is one of the promising approaches to treat these age related diseases. In this study, we have used HipHop module of CATALYST to identify a series of pharmacophore models to screen SIRT1 enhancing molecules. Three molecules from Sirtris Pharmaceuticals were selected as training set and 607 sirtuin activator molecules were used as test set. Five different hypotheses were developed and then validated using the training set and the test set. The results showed that the best pharmacophore model has four features, ring aromatic, positive ionization and two hydrogen-bond acceptors. The best hypothesis from our study, Hypo2, screened high number of active molecules from the test set. Thus, we suggest that this four feature pharmacophore model could be helpful to screen novel SIRT1 activator molecules. Hypo2-virtual screening against Maybridge database reveals seven molecules, which contains all the critical features. Moreover, two new scaffolds were identified from this study. These scaffolds may be a potent lead for the SIRT1 activation.