• BMB Reports
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.578-585
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• 2006

The cDNA of a firefly luciferase from lantern mRNA of Lampyroidea maculata has been cloned, sequenced and functionally expressed. The cDNA has an open reading frame of 1647 bp and codes for a 548-residue-long polypeptide. Noteworthy, sequence comparison as well as homology modeling showed the highest degree of similarity with H. unmunsana and L. mingrelica luciferases, suggesting a close phylogenetic relationship despite the geographical distance separation. The deduced amino acid sequence of the luciferase gene of firefly L. maculata showed 93% identity to H. unmunsana. Superposition of the three-dimensional model of L. maculata luciferase (generated by homology modeling) and three dimensional structure of Photinus pyralis luciferase revealed that the spatial arrangements of Luciferin and ATP-binding residues are very similar. Putative signature of AMP-binding domain among the various firefly species and Lampyroidea maculata was compared and a striking similarity was found. Different motifs and sites have been identified in Lampyroidea maculata by sequence analysis. Expression and purification of luciferase from Lampyroidea maculata was carried out using Ni-NTA Sepharose. Bioluminescence emission spectrum was similar to Photinus pyralis luciferase.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.22-27
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• 1998

여러 가지 용매에서 N,N-dimethylaniline에 의한 coumarin 153과 coumarin 481분자의 형광소광효과를 조사하였다. 소광속도상수와 분자의 확산속도상수간의 관계로부터 소광과정이 분자의 확산과 어느정도 상호연관성을 갖고 있음을 알 수 있었다. slip boundary조건 보다stick boundary 조건을 적용하였을 때 분자확산 속도상수와 실험적인 소광속도상수와의 차이가 작게 나타났다. cyclohexane 과 같은 비극성용매에서의 소광속도 상수는 이론적인 확산속도상수 값과 오차범위 내에서 거의 일치하였으나 acetonitrile과 같은 극성용매에서는 소광속도상수는 확산속도상수보다 일관되게 작게 나타났다. 이것은 coumarin 분자의 형광소광이 분자간 확산에 의한 충돌 뿐만 아니라 분자내 전하분리와 같은 과정에 의해서도 진행되는 것으로 해석할 수 있다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.446-450
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• 2006

In order to treat the wastewater containing organic compound, pre-treatment system connected with MSP(molecular separation process) was investigated. With the aim of selecting an optimum process of Fenton's oxidation, removal efficiency of each process in the optimum reaction condition was recommended. The $Fe/H_{2}O_{2}$(ferric sulfate to hydrogen peroxide)reagent is referred to as the Fenton's regent, which produces hydroxyl radicals by the interaction of Fe with $H_{2}O_{2}$. The powerful oxidizing ability and extreme kinetic reactively of the hydroxyl radical was well established. Increasing dosage of $Fe/H_{2}O_{2}$ increased removal efficiency as molar ratio of $Fe/H_{2}O_{2}$ between 0.2 and 2.5. Optimum dosage of molar ratio was 1. The removal efficiency for reaction condition was increased as pH decreased when the molar ratio of $Fe/H_{2}O_{2}$ was 1.7. Fenton's oxidation was most efficient in the reaction time 35 min for complex wastewater. Also, coagulation aid experiments using kaolin resulted in 3% of kaolin dosage.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.169-176
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• 2008

The concentration of fresh gel from Aloe vera L. by using ulfrafiltration (UF) process was investigated and analyzed. The two membranes (organic and ceramic) with different molecular weight cut-off (MWCO) and modules (flat sheet and tubular) was used. Under optimum operation conditions, ceramic (zirconium dioxide) tubular membrane with MWCO of 50 kDa resulted in higher flux, less fouling, more turbid, higher total solid, higher polysaccharide and less aloin content. Optimum operation conditions were transmembrane pressure of 1.0 bar, feed velocity of 240 L/hr and temperature of $23^{\circ}C$. Volume concentration factor of aloe gel was 3.13 at permeate flux of $51.1\;L/m^2{\cdot}hr$ after processing time of 1.66 hr. Aloin in fresh aloe gel by UF process was effectively removed as permeate and bioactive polysaccharide content was 2.1 times higher than that of fresh aloe gel. These results allowed a very good level of concentration degree and polysaccharide content. Thus, ultrafiltration process of this study was suitable for the concentration of fresh aloe gel though the aloe concentrate showed both the viscosity decrease and partially separation of liquid layer during storage at $4^{\circ}C$.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.295-301
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• 2011

We investigated the genetic structure of Korean and Japanese ayu Plecoglossus altivelis populations by examining 669 individuals from 14 populations using three microsatellite loci. Genetic variation did not differ significantly among the populations examined in terms of allelic number and heterozygosity. Korean populations were genetically close to each other, implying that persistent gene flow has occurred in these populations. This suggests that eastern populations in Korea form a single large population and all of the Korean populations are distinct from the Japanese populations. Pairwise population $F_{ST}$ estimates, principal component analyses, and a neighbor-joining tree showed that genetic separation between the southern and pooled eastern coast populations was probably influenced by restricted gene flow. Hierarchical analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) revealed a weak but significant genetic structure among three ayu groups (eastern and southern coasts of Korea and the Japan coast), and no genetic variation within groups. The estimated genetic population structure and potential applications of microsatellite markers may aid in the proper management of ayu populations.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.1035-1039
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• 1998

수용액상에서 단백질과 다당류 사이의 비혼합성은 일반적인 현상이므로 다양한 조성과 형태의 수용성 거대분자를 포함하는 식품에서 상분리는 매우 전형적인 현상이다. 본 연구에서는 식품원료로 자주 쓰이는 카제인과 알긴산을 이용하여, pH (6, 8, 10), NaCl 농도(0, 0.25, 0.5 M), 알긴산의 분자량$(1.64{\times}10^5,\;1.95{\times}10^5)$에 따른 상분리현상에 대하여 연구하였다. 식품에서 카제인이 유화제로 작용할 때 알긴산의 첨가에 따른 혼합성의 변화는 카제인의 유화안정성에 영향을 끼치게 된다. 알긴산의 분자량에 따른 혼합성의 차이는 크게 나타나지 않았다. pH가 높을수록, 염농도가 낮을수록 카제인-알긴산 혼합물의 비혼합성은 감소하였다. 이 결과로 보아 카제인과 알긴산 사이의 정전기적 작용이 혼합성에 관련되어 있는 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국펄프종이공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국펄프종이공학회 1999년도 Proceedings of Pre-symposium of the 10th ISWPC
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• pp.61-69
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• 1999

Contaminants such as fatty acids, triglycerides, resin acids and foam collected from a high yield sulfite weak liquor storage tank lowered the water surface tension and reduced inter-fibre bonding but also tended to benefit sheet opacity. Some common wet end additives such as defoamers and dispersants gave similar results. Lignosulfonate and naphthalene sulfonate showed little if any negative effect on both surface tension and sheet strength properties. Among the natural wood extractives. fatty acids were identified to be most detrimental followed by triglycerides and then resin acids. In order to alleviate the detrimental impact of these contaminants, membrane separation, air floatation and ozone treatment were carried out on paper machine white water samples. The effect of these treatments on removal of fatty and resin acids was quantified by a GC-Mass analysis. Reverse osmosis with a 1000 molecular weight cut off membrane failed to totally reject fatty and resin acids, but markedly reduced losses of sheet properties due to contaminants. Ozone treatment resulted in a significant increase of the surface tension and air floatation was considered to be a practical and useful method for removing fatty and resin acids from the machine white water.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2011년도 제41회 하계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.161-161
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• 2011

Titanium (IV) dioxide (TiO2) is one of the most attractive d-block transition metal functional oxides. Many applications of TiO2 such as dye-sensitized solar cells and photocatalyst have been widely investigated. To utilize solar energy efficiently, TiO2 should be well-aligned with a high surface area and promote the charge separation as well as electron transport. Herein, the TiO2 nanotubes were successfully fabricated by a template-directed method. The electrospun PEO(Polyethylene oxide, Molecular weight, 400k)fibers were used as a soft template for coating with titanium dioxide using an atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique. The deposition was conducted onto a template at 50$^{\circ}C$ by using titaniumisopropoxide [Ti(OCH(CH3)2)4; TTIP] as precursors of TiO2. While the as-deposited TiO2 layers onto PEO fibers were completely amorphous with atomic layer deposition, the TiO2 layers after calcination at 500$^{\circ}C$ for 1 h were properly converted into polycrystalline nanostructured hallow TiO2 nanotube. The TiO2 nanotube with high surface area can be easily handled and reclaimed for use in future applications related to solar cell fabrications.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.18-24
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• 1999

Kinesin은 Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Aspergillus nidulans, Drosophila melanogaster 등에서 발견 되었으며 dynein 과 더불어 세포분열 과정중 chromosome 의 이동과 spindle pole 의 분리에 관련된 것으로 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 기존에 발견된 kinesin 유사 유전자의 homology 가 많은 motor domain을 이용하여 primer를 합성한 후 이를 이용하여 Schizosaccharomyces pombe 로부터 kinesin heavy chain 의 유전자를 클론하였다. 염기서열을 결정한 결과 2496 bp의 해독틀을 가지고 있으며 832개의 아미노산으로 이루어진 분자량이 96 kd의 kinesin heavy chain을 암호화하는 것이 밝혀졌다. 기존에 밝혀진 다른 organism 의 kinesin 과 서열을 비교한 결과 새로이 클론된 S.pombe 의 kinesin 은 C-terminal motor subfamily 에 속함이 밝혀졌다.

• 한국어업기술학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국어업기술학회 2000년도 춘계수산관련학회 공동학술대회발표요지집
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• pp.145-146
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• 2000

The presence of cross-reacting muramidase in Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus ULl2 was shown by using monoclonal antibodies raised against an muramidase-2 of Enterococcus hirae ATCC 9790. The separation of protein by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis followed by Western immunoblot confirmed the presence of one cross-reacting band in Enterococcus hirae with an estimated molecular mass of 80 kDa, L. bulgaricus cultured cells harvested after 4 and 12 h were submitted to different autolysin releasing procedures and the liberated products were allowed to cross-react with muramidase-2 antibodies in order to estimate the efficiency of each treatment. Although the cultured cells harvested after 4 h yielded only a slight immune-reaction in Western immunoblots against these enzyme monoclonal antibodies, a strong signal was observed for the cell walls obtained from the same experimental conditions and treated with Triton X-100 surfactant. The same phenomenon was also observed by light fluorescence microscopy. Immune-labelling followed by optical and electron microscopy have shown that the muramidase-2 of L. bulgaricus ULl2 was essentially localized in the innermost part of the cell wall.(omitted)