• 한국자기공명학회논문지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.175-187
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• 2006

Binding interactions between a positively charged porphyrin derivative TMAP(meso-tetra(p-trimethylanilinium-4-yl)porphyrin) and triple helical $(dT)_{12}{\cdot}(dA)_{12}{\cdot}(dT)_{12}$, as well as double helical $(dA)_{12}{\cdot}(dT)_{12}$ have been studied with NMR, UV and CD spectroscopy to obtain the detailed information about the binding mode and binding site. UV melting studies showed both DNA duplex and triple helix represented very similar UV absorption patterns upon binding TMAP, but the presence of third strand of triple helical $(dT)_{12}{\cdot}(dA)_{12}{\cdot}(dT)_{12}$, inhibited improvement in thermal stability in terms of melting temperature, $T_m$. In addition, the TMAP molecule is thought to bind to the major groove, according to CD and NMR data. But absence of the clear isosbestic point in UV absorption spectra represented that binding of TMAP to DNA duplex as well as DNA triplex did not show a single binding mode, rather complex binding modes.

• BMB Reports
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.391-395
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• 2000

Calexcitin, a calcium-binding protein, was previously cloned and functionally characterized in the squid Loligo pealei. We now report the cloning of a second form of Calexcitin, Calexcitin-2, found in the squid Todarodes pacificus optic lobe. Calexcitin-2 has a significantly different carboxyl terminal region than Calexcitin-1. It lacks the CAAX motif, which is a farnesylation site. The amino acid sequence of Calexcitin-2 shows an 84% identity with Calexcitin-1 and also displays a strong cross immunoreactivity. Western blotting shows that Calexcitin-2 was expressed exclusively in the optic lobe region of squid, but not in other body organs. Regardless of its lack of conserved regions for GTP-binding, Calexcitin-2 shows moderately low affinity GTP-binding and also shows dramatic conformational change induced by GTP-binding. Three possible GTP-binding region mutations, K142A, D144A, and K157A, did not change the G TP binding affinity. This raises the possibility that Calexcitin-2 may have a novel GTP-binding motif.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권7호
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• pp.1120-1126
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• 2007

This study was performed to screen probiotic bifidobacteria for their ability to bind and neutralize lipopolysaccharides (LPS) from Escherichia coli and to verify the relationship between LPS-binding ability, cell surface hydrophobicity (CSH), and inhibition of LPS-induced interleukin-8 (IL-8) secretion by HT-29 cells of the various bifidobacterial strains. Ninety bifidobacteria isolates from human feces were assessed for their ability to bind fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-labeled LPS from E. coli. Isolates showing 30-60% binding were designated LPS-high binding (LPS-H) and those with less than 15% binding were designated LPS-low binding (LPS-L). The CSH, autoaggregation (AA), and inhibition of LPS-induced IL-8 release from HT-29 cells of the LPS-H and LPS-L groups were evaluated. Five bifidobacteria strains showed high levels of LPS binding, CSH, AA, and inhibition of IL-8 release. However, statistically significant correlations between LPS binding, CSH, AA, and reduction of IL-8 release were not found. Although we could isolate bifidobacteria with high LPS-binding ability, CSH, AA, and inhibition of IL-8 release, each characteristic should be considered as strain dependent. Bifidobacteria with high LPS binding and inhibition of IL-8 release may be good agents for preventing inflammation by neutralizing Gram-negative endotoxins and improving intestinal health.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제20권11호
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• pp.1319-1322
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• 1999

Leucine zipper dynamically tunes the degree of bifurcation of the DNA binding segments in the basic region of the Fos-Jun bZIP complex. Molecular dynamics simulation indicated that site-specific mutagenesis of conserved leucine residues inside the leucine zipper domain caused the change of dynamic behavior of the basic region, and efficient DNA binding occurs only within a certain range of distance between the two DNA binding segments in the basic region. Distribution of α-helices in the hinge region is also suggested to influence the bifurcation of the DNA binding segments.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.414-419
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• 1994

This study was trying to find what physical changes occurred to albumin when it reacted with estrogen and other ligands. Each concentration of human serum albumin with 100$\mu$l estradiol reacted at the highest binding capacity of 280nm. In addition, 1 hr of reaction time showed the highest binding rate. Conformational changes in human serum albumin with dietylstillbesterol and N-ethyl-maleimide produced strong binding capacities. The changes were immediate and they did not increase or decrease over time. Effects of human serum albumin with estriol induced no interaction each other. The binding capacity of human serum albumin with vitamin D$_2$was lower than estradiol. and the highest binding rate showed 1 hr of reaction time. Vitamin D$_2$ was very similar to the binding capacity of estradiol.

• 한국생물정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물정보시스템생물학회 2005년도 BIOINFO 2005
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• pp.35-40
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• 2005

Interaction of twelve erythromycin A analogues with 50S ribosomal subunit were studied employing AutoDock 3.0.5. Results showed that all active macrolides bound at the same binding site with erythromycin A in contrast to the inactive analogues which bound at location slightly different than erythromycin A. The binding site showed consistency with the X-ray data from the perspectives of hydrogen bonding and hydrophobic interactions formed by erythromycins, roxithromycin, azithromycin, cethromycin and telithromycin with the ribosome. The inactive derivatives of erythromycin A anhydride showed higher binding free energy, while 5-desosaminyl erythronolides A and B even though having quiet similar values of binding free energy with the active analogues, docked at binding sites which are quiet different than the active analogues. These results suggest the molecular docking technique can be used in predicting the binding of erythromycin A analogues to their ribosomal target.

• 대한약리학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.33-44
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• 1982

전해질농도(電解質濃度)를 달리하고 morphine, naloxone 또는 morphine+naloxone을 가(加)하거나 가(加)하지 않은 modified Krebs-Henseleit bicarbonate buffer용액(溶液)에 흰쥐의 뇌절편(腦切片)을 incubate하여 저온처리(低溫處理)와 media내(內) 전해질조성(電解質組成)이 $(^3H)-morphine$의 saturable binding에 미치는 영향(影響)을 관찰(觀察)하여 다음과 같은 성적(成績)을 얻었다. 1) 저온처리(低溫處理)는 $(^3H)-morphine$의 saturable binding을 현저(顯著)히 증가(增加)시켰고, maximal saturable binding은 증가(增加)시키나 $K_D$치(値)에는 영향(影響)을 미치지 못하였다. 2) 저온처리시(低溫處理時) media내 morphine과 naloxone은 $(^3H)-morphine$ 의 maximal saturable binding 과 $K_D$치(値)를 증가(增加) 시켰다. 3) 저온처리시(低溫處理時) media내(內) $K^+$감소(減少), $Mg^{++}$제거 또는$Mn^{++}$첨가(添加)는 $(^3H)-morphine$의 saturable binding을 현저(顯著)히 증가(增加)시켰고, $Na^+$감소(減少), $Ca^{++}$증가(增加)는 saturable binding에 영향(影響)을 미치지 못하였다. 4) 저온처리시(低溫處理時) media내(內) morphine에 의한 $(^3H)-morphine$의 saturable binding증가(增加)는 media내(內) $Na^+$감소(減少), $K^+$감소(減少), $Mg^{++}$제거 또는 $Mn^{++}$첨가(添加)로는 영향(影響) 받지 않았으나 $Ca^{++}$증가(增加)로 억제(抑制)되었고, media내(內) naloxone에 의한 saturable binding증가(增加)는 $Mn^{++}$첨가(添加)는 영향(影響)받지 않았으나 media내(內) $Na^+$감소(減少), $K^+$감소(減少), $Ca^{++}$증가(增加) 또는 $Mg^{++}$제거로 억제(抑制)되었다. 이상(以上) 실험성적(實驗成績)은 저온처리(低溫處理) 및 저온처리시(低溫處理時) media내(內) morphine 또는 naloxone이 opiate수용체(受容體)의 양적(量的)인 변동(變動)과 또는 친화력(親和力)의 변동(變動)을 유발(誘發)하며, media내(內) 전해질조성(電解質組成)이 이들 변동(變動)에 영향(影響)을 미침을 시사(示唆)한다.

• 생약학회지
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• 제32권3호통권126호
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• pp.212-218
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• 2001

The water extracts of 82 Korean medicinal herbs were prepared and were examined for the binding affinity on the glycine binding site of NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) receptor prepared by the synaptic membranes from the forebrains of male Sprague-Dawley rats. Among the tested, the extracts of Dioscoreae Rhizoma, Hoveniae Semen cum Fructus, Astragali Radix, Armeniacae Semen, Huttuynia cordata Herba, Acanthopanacis Cortex, Aurantii nobilis Pericarpium, Phellinus linteus, Amomi Fructus, Artemisiae capillaris Herba, Polyporus, Agastachis Herba and of Galli Stomachichum Corium were found to exhibit significant competitions with $[^3H]-MDL$ 105,519 for the glycine specific binding site of NMDA receptor in a dose dependent manner, respectively.

• 한국언어정보학회지:언어와정보
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.63-78
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• 2011

This study investigates the binding behavior of the Korean anaphor 'caki', which has been regarded thus far as a long-distance anaphor (LDA). Given that even local anaphors can be bound long-distance when they function as exempt anaphors in certain languages (Pollard and Sag 1992; Kim and Yoon 2009a, b), I investigated the binding behavior of LD-bound 'caki', in order to determine whether LD-bound 'caki' differs from LD-bound 'caki-casin' in the same contexts. In the experiment, subjects were required to rate the grammaticality of Korean sentences representing various types of LD binding of 'caki' and to determine whether the sloppy or the strict reading was more prominent in elliptical VPs containing the anaphor. The results are discussed with respect to the typology of LDAs proposed by Cole, Hermon and Huang (2001).

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제2권6호
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• pp.671-676
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• 1998

In the present study, we first examined whether the changes in the DNA binding activities of the transcription factors, cAMP response element binding protein (CREB) and activator protein-1 (AP-1) mediate the long-term effects of morphine in differentiated SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma cells. The increases in CREB and AP-1 DNA binding activities were time-dependent up to 6 days of morphine treatment (1, 4, and 6 days). However, the significant reduction in the DNA binding activities of CREB and AP-1 was observed after 10 days of chronic morphine $(10\;{\mu}M)$ administration. Secondly, we examined whether the changes of CREB and AP-1 DNA binding activities could be modulated by dopamine and haloperidol. Dopamine cotreatment moderately increased the levels of the CREB and AP-1 DNA binding activities induced by 10 days of chronic morphine treatment, and haloperidol cotreatment also resulted in a moderate increase of the CREB and AP-1 DNA binding activities. However, dopamine or haloperidol only treatment showed a significant increase or decrease of the CREB and AP-1 DNA binding activities, respectively. In the case of acute morphine treatment, the CREB and AP-1 DNA binding activities were shown to decrease in a time-dependent manner (30, 60, 90, and 120 min). Taken these together, in differentiated SH-SY5Y cells, morphine tolerance seems to involve simultaneous changes of the CREB and AP-1 DNA binding activities. Our data also suggest the possible involvement of haloperidol in prevention or reversal of morphine tolerance at the transcriptional level.