• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.109-114
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• 1995

Alkalophilic Cephalosporium sp. RYM-202 produced multiple xylanases extracellularly. One of these xylanases was purified to electrophoretical homogeneity by chromatography with DEAE-Sephadex A-50, Sephacryl S-200 HR and Superose 12 HR. The purified xylanase differed from most other microbial xylanases in that it had low-molecular weight and acidic isoelectric point. The molecular weight of the xylanase in that it had low-molecular weight and acidic isoelectric point. The molecular weight of the xylanase was 23 kDa by SDS-polyacrylamide electrophoresis and 24 kDa by gel permeation chromatography, and the isoelectric point was 4.3. The xylanase had the highest activity permentation chromatography, and the isoelectric point was 4.3. The xylanase had the highest activity permeation chromatography, and the isoelectric point was 4.3. The xylanase had the highest activity at pH 8.0 and 50 .deg.C. It was stable over a wide range of pH and retained more than 80% of its original activity after 24 h of incubation even at pH 12. The Km values of this enzyme on birchwood xylan and oat spelts xylan were 2.33 and 3.45 mg/ml, respectively. The complete inhibition of the enzyme of n-bromosuccinimide suggests the involvement of tryptophan in the active site. The sylanase lacked activity towards crystalline cellulose and carboxymethyl cellulose.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제29권7호
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• pp.551-557
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• 1992

X-ray diffraction patterns, IR spectra and zeta-potentials of silicon nitride and $\beta$-Sialon powders were investigated before and after surface manipulations. $\beta$-Sialon powder was produced from Hadong Kaolin by the carbothermic reduction and simulataneous nitridation. Isoelectric points of as-prepared Si3N4 and $\beta$-Sialon powders were 8.4 and 7.4, respectively. After both silicon nitride and $\beta$-Sialon powders were oxidized at 80$0^{\circ}C$ for 24 h in air, the isoelectric points of these powders corresponded to that of silica (pH=3). I case of the addition of Darvan C as deflocculant, its isoelectric point was 3 and zeta-potential was nearly constant in the range of pH 5~12. When SN 7347 was used as deflocculant, its isoelectric point was 8.3 and zeta-potential over -156 mV was measured above pH 11.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.326-331
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• 2010

Montmorillonite is one of representative inorganic clay particles. As the characteristics of clay particulate matter in aqueous environment determine the efficiencies of wastewater treatment and some industrial operations, it is essential to understand its aquatic behavior in relation with turbidity. The change of electrokinetic potential of montmorillonite suspension shows that it tends to negatively increase as the pH of suspension increases. In addition, it is observed that its potential is around 0mV when the solution pH is ca. 5. The turbidity of suspension is shown to be very low when pH is lower than its isoelectric point. However, the turbidity gradually enhances according to beyond isoelectric point. These results reveal that the correlation between electrokinetic potential and turbidity for clay mineral suspension is peculiar which should be fundamentally considered for systematic treatment of wastewater.

• BMB Reports
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.319-324
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• 2010

Experimental bioinformatics data obtained from an E. coli cell-based eukaryotic protein purification experiment were analyzed in order to identify any bottleneck as well as the factors affecting the target purification. All targets were expressed as His-tagged maltose-binding protein (MBP) fusion constructs and were initially purified by immobilized metal affinity chromatography (IMAC). The targets were subsequently separated from the His-tagged MBP through TEV protease cleavage followed by a second IMAC isolation. Of the 743 total purification trials, 342 yielded more than 3 mg of target proteins for structural studies. The major reason for failure of target purification was poor TEV proteolysis. The overall success rate for target purification decreased linearly as cysteine content or isoelectric point (pI) of the target increased. This pattern of pI versus overall success rate strongly suggests that pI should be incorporated into target scoring criteria with a threshold value.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제37권7호
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• pp.721-725
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• 2000

In this study, the dispersion stability of nano-sized CeO2 particles, synthesized by hydrothermal method in aqueous was evaluated from observing the surface potential behavior of CeO2 particle synthesized by solid state reaction. The isoelectric point(IEP) of nano-sized CeO2 synthesized by hydrothermal synthesis was found to be pH 9 contrary to the isoelectric point of micro-sized CeO2 synthesized by solid state reaction at pH 6.7. IEP was shifted to pH 2.0 as the addition of D-3019 from 0.1 to 1.0 wt%. The surface potential of CeO2 particles synthesized by hydrothermal synthesis was reduced as the addition of B-1001 used as a binder without change of IEP because the absorption of B-1001 polymer on the CeO2 particles shifted the shear plane of CeO2 particles outward away from the surface. This surface potential behavior was well correlated with the dispersion stability of slurry.

• 공업화학
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.9-14
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• 2009

양쪽성 계면활성제는 등전점 이하의 pH 조건에서 양이온 계면활성제로 작용함으로써 유연력을 나타낼 수 있으며, 등전점 이상의 pH 조건에서는 음이온 혹은 비이온 계면활성제로 작용하여 세정력을 나타낼 수 있다. 따라서 pH에 따른 양쪽성 계면활성제의 특성을 활용하면 한 종류의 계면활성제 분자로 세정력과 유연력을 동시에 발휘할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 amine oxide 양쪽성 계면활성제에 대하여 계면활성제의 기본적인 물성(임계 마이셀 농도, 표면장력, 계면장력, 접촉각, 점도, 계면활성제 시스템의 상거동 등)을 측정하였으며, 또한 계면활성제 수용액에 대하여 zeta potential 측정과 QCM 실험을 통하여 양쪽성 계면활성제가 양이온 계면활성제에서 음이온 혹은 비이온 계면활성제로 작용이 전환되는 등전점을 결정하였다. 본 실험에서 사용한 amine oxide 양쪽성 계면활성제의 등전점은 7.35와 7.4인 것을 각각 zeta potential 측정과 QCM 실험을 통하여 확인할 수 있었으며, 이 결과는 문헌에 보고된 값과 유사한 결과를 나타냄을 알 수 있었다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.31-37
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• 2009

양쪽성 계면활성제는 등전점 이하의 pH 조건에서 양이온 계면활성제로 작용함으로써 유연력을 나타낼 수 있으며, 등전점 이상의 pH 조건에서는 음이온 혹은 비이온 계면활성제로 작용하여 세정력을 나타낼 수 있다. 따라서 pH에 따른 양쪽성 계면활성제의 특성을 활용하면 한 종류의 계면활성제 분자로 세정력과 유연력을 동시에 발휘할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 betaine 양쪽성 계면활성제에 대하여 계면활성제의 기본적인 물성(CMC, 표면장력, 계면장력, 접촉각, 점도, 계면활성제 시스템의 상거동 등)을 측정하였으며, 또한 계면활성제 수용액에 대하여 QCM(quartz crystal microbalance) 실험과 zeta potential 측정을 통하여 양쪽성 계면활성제가 양이온 계면활성제에서 음이온 계면활성제로 작용이 전환되는 등전점을 결정하였다. Betaine 계면활성제의 CMC는 약 $10^{-4}mol/L$ 이며, CMC에서의 표면장력은 약 32 mN/m이었다. Spinning drop tensiometer를 사용하여 1 wt% 계면활성제 수용액과 n-decane 오일 사이의 계면장력을 pH 2~10의 조건에서 측정한 결과, 계면장력은 pH 5까지 증가하다가 그 이후 감소하는 경향을 보였으며, 평형에 도달하는 시간도 유사한 경향을 나타내었다. 본 연구에서 사용한 betaine 양쪽성 계면활성제의 등전점을 QCM 실험을 통하여 측정한 결과, 등전점은 pH 3.0~3.3에 존재하였으며, 이 결과는 zeta potential 측정 결과와 동일함을 확인하였다.

• 공업화학
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.112-118
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 합성한 DE7-OSA82-AO와 DEP52-OSA82-AOQ82 양쪽성 계면활성제에 대하여 계면활성제의 기본적인 물성(임계 마이셀 농도, 표면장력, 계면장력, 접촉각, 점도, 계면활성제 시스템의 상거동 등)을 측정하였다. 또한 계면활성제 수용액에 대한 제타전위 측정과 QCM 실험을 통하여 양쪽성 계면활성제가 양이온 계면활성제에서 음이온 혹은 비이온 계면활성제로 작용이 전환되는 등전점을 결정하였다. 제타전위 측정과 QCM 실험을 통하여 결정한 DE7-OSA82-AO 계면활성제의 등전점은 각각 7.2와 7.4이며, DEP52-OSA82-AOQ82 계면활성제의 등전점은 각각 10.4와 11.0으로서 제타전위 측정과 QCM 측정 결과가 거의 일치하였다. 표면 마찰 시험기를 사용하여 DE7-OSA82-AO 계면활성제로 세정한 섬유의 평균 마찰계수 값을 측정한 결과, 계면활성제 수용액의 pH가 산성 조건 혹은 중성 조건에서 섬유 유연 효과가 크며, DEP52-OSA82-AOQ82 계면활성제의 유연력은 등전점보다 낮은 pH 11 이하의 조건에서 우수함을 확인하였다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.445-450
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• 1999

We purified and characterized a bovine pregnancy-associated protein in pregnant cow urine using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Urine from cows was collected according to their status of pregnancy and non-pregnancy. Proteins in the cow urine were fractionated with 50% ammonium sulfate prior to two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Proteins separated on the gels were compared in terms of expression level and new expression by molecular mass and isoelectric point. We localized two pregnancy-associated protein spots on the gels at molecular masses of 24 kDa and 20 kDa and isoelectric points of 5.5 and 5.7, respectively. Likewise, two non-pregnancy specific proteins were localized at 27 kDa and 28 kDa with isoelectric points of 5.7 and 5.9, respectively. To rule out the possibility that environmental or genetic factors might influence the expression of the proteins, we demonstrated the pregnancy-associated expression of the proteins in two-dimensional gels with pregnant urine taken from cows raised in a different institute. The pregnancy-associated protein with molecular mass of 20 kDa and isoelectric point of 5.7, namely spot 2, was microsequenced and found to be highly homologous to the bovine collagen alpha 1 chain.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.191-202
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• 2010

The porosity (including the specific surface area and pore volume-diameter distribution) of montmorillonitic soft rock (MSR) was studied experimentally with an electrochemical treatment, based on which the change in porosity was further analyzed from the perspective of its electrokinetic potential (${\zeta}$ potential) and the isoelectric point of the electric double layer on the surface of the soft rock particles. The variation between the ${\zeta}$ potential and porosity was summarized, and used to demonstrate that the properties of softening, degradation in water, swelling, and disintegration of MSR can be modified by electrochemical treatment. The following conclusions were drawn. The specific surface area and total pore volume decreased, whereas the average pore diameter increased after electrochemical modification. The reduction in the specific surface area indicates a reduction in the dispersibility and swelling-shrinking of the clay minerals. After modification, the ${\zeta}$ potential of the soft rock was positive in the anodic zone, there was no isoelectric point, and the rock had lost its properties of softening, degradation in water, swelling, and disintegration. The ${\zeta}$ potential increased in the intermediate and cathodic zones, the isoelectric point was reduced or unchanged, and the rock properties are reduced. When the ${\zeta}$ potential is increased, the specific surface area and the total pore volume were reduced according to the negative exponent law, and the average pore diameter increased according to the exponent law.