• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.757-761
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• 1995

밥의 텍스쳐에 대한 일련의 연구에서 식미와 관련성이 있는 열수 가용성 쌀 전분에 대하여 분자 구조적 측면에서 그 관련성을 구명하고자 하였다. 열수 가용성 쌀 전분의 분자 구조는 분자 크기가 작은 아밀로오스와 평균 사슬길이 $10{\sim}20$ 글루코오스 단위로 된 아밀로펙틴이 7 : 3 정도로 결합하고 있었다. 열수 가용성 쌀 전분의 용출율은 아밀로오스의 분자 크기가 작을수록, 아밀로펙틴의 초장쇄가 적을수록 높았으며, 전분의 열수 가용화는 전분의 분자 구조와 밀접한 관계가 있었다. 또한, 밥의 텍스쳐는 열수 가용성 쌀 전분의 용출율이 높을수록 경도는 낮고, 부착성은 높았다. 이러한 결과들로 볼때, 밥의 텍스쳐는 쌀 전분의 분자 구조와 밀접한 관계가 있음을 알 수 있었으며 전분의 열수 가용화 되는 성질은 쌀의 식미 평가 지표로서의 가능성이 시사되었다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.560-570
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• 2006

Mistletoe (Viscum album) lectins, which are classified as a type II ribosome-inactivating protein (RIP) due to their unique biological function and the potential medical and therapeutic application in cancer cells, receive a rising attention. The heterodimeric glycoproteins contain the A-chain with catalytic activity and the B-chain with sugar binding properties. In recent years, studies involving the lectins from the white berry European mistletoe (Viscum album) and the yellow berry Korean mistletoe (Viscum album coloratum) have been described. However, the detailed mechanism in exerting unique cytotoxic effect on cancer cells still remains unclear. Here, we aim to understand and define the molecular basis and biological effects of the type II RIPs, through the studies of the recombinant Korean mistletoe lectin. To this end, we expressed, purified the recombinant Korean mistletoe lectin (rKML), and investigated its molecular characteristics in vitro, its cytotoxicity and ability to induce apoptotic cell death in cancer cells. To gain structural basis for its catalytic activity and sugar binding properties, we performed homology modeling studies based on the high degree of sequence identity and conserved secondary structure prediction between Korean and European, Himalayan mistletoe lectins, and Ricin.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.721-733
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• 2019

Objective: The objectives of this study were to investigate the thermal gelation properties and molecular forces of actomyosin extracted from two classes of chicken breast meat qualities (normal and pale, soft and exudative [PSE]-like) during heating process to further improve the understanding of the variations of functional properties between normal and PSE-like chicken breast meat. Methods: Actomyosin was extracted from normal and PSE-like chicken breast meat and the gel strength, water-holding capacity (WHC), protein loss, particle size and distribution, dynamic rheology and protein thermal stability were determined, then turbidity, active sulfhydryl group contents, hydrophobicity and molecular forces during thermal-induced gelling formation were comparatively studied. Results: Sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed that protein profiles of actomyosin extracted from normal and PSE-like meat were not significantly different (p>0.05). Compared with normal actomyosin, PSE-like actomyosin had lower gel strength, WHC, particle size, less protein content involved in thermal gelation forming (p<0.05), and reduced onset temperature ($T_o$), thermal transition temperature ($T_d$), storage modulus (G') and loss modulus (G"). The turbidity, reactive sulfhydryl group of PSE-like actomyosin were higher when heated from $40^{\circ}C$ to $60^{\circ}C$. Further heating to $80^{\circ}C$ had lower transition from reactive sulfhydryl group into a disulfide bond and surface hydrophobicity. Molecular forces showed that hydrophobic interaction was the main force for heat-induced gel formation while both ionic and hydrogen bonds were different significantly between normal and PSE-like actomyosin (p<0.05). Conclusion: These changes in chemical groups and inter-molecular bonds affected protein-protein interaction and protein-water interaction and contributed to the inferior thermal gelation properties of PSE-like meat.

• 한국염색가공학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.130-140
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• 2018

In the bio-synthesis of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)(PHB), which is a kind of poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate)(PHA), aimed to control the low molecular weight of PHB and obtain a telechelic PHB. As a result of incubation of R. eutropha at $30^{\circ}C$ with ethylene glycol added as a chain transfer agent, PHB content on the dry cell weight increased up to 24h, however, it decreased after that, and the molecular weight of PHB increased from 9h to 12h, and then, decreased up to 72h. The decrease of the content and the molecular weight of PHB indicates that PHB was decomposed as an energy source in bacterial cells and was incorporated into metabolic pathways. $^1H-NMR$ of the obtained PHB after incubation for 72h was measured to determine the terminal groups of the PHB during incubation. As the results of $^1H-NMR$ measurement, the peaks derived from ethylene glycol in both terminals of PHB were observed. Which indicate that the terminal reaction was caused by the addition of ethylene glycol, and that telechelic PHB having hydroxyl group at the both terminals where molecular weight was controlled was successfully synthesized.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권7호
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• pp.1098-1105
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• 2007

Quantum mechanical and molecular dynamics simulation analysis has been performed on the model system for CALB (Candida antarctica lipase B) with esters to study the reaction mechanism and conformational preference of catalytic hydrolysis and the esterification reaction. Using quantum mechanical analysis, the ping-pong bi-bi mechanism was applied and energies and 3-dimensional binding configurations of the whole reaction pathways were calculated. Further molecular dynamics simulation analysis was performed on the basis of the transition state obtained from quantum mechanical study to observe the effect of structures of the substrates. Calculation results using substrates of different chain length and chiral configurations were compared for conformational preference. The calculated results showed very small influence on chain length, whereas chiral conformation showed big differences. Calculated results from molecular modeling studies have been compared qualitatively with the experimental data using racemic mixtures of (${\pm}$)-cis-4-acetamido-cyclopent-2-ene-1-ethyl acetate as substrates.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권10호
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• pp.1393-1396
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• 2010

The attachment of sugar to flavonoids enhances their solubility. Glycosylation is performed primarily by uridine diphosphate-dependent glycosyltransferases (UGTs). The UGT from Bacillus cereus, BcGT-1, transferred three glucose molecules into kaempferol. The structural analysis of BcGT-1 showed that its substrate binding site is wider than that of plant flavonoid monoglucosyltransferases. In order to create monoglucosyltransferase from BcGT-1, the error-prone polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was performed. We analyzed 150 clones. Among them, two mutants generated only kaempferol O-monoglucoside, albeit with reduced reactivity. Unexpectedly, the two mutants harbored mutations in the amino acids located outside of the active sites. Based on the modeled structure of BcGT-1, it was proposed that the local change in the secondary structure of BcGT-1 caused the alteration of triglucosyltransferase into monoglucosyltransferase.

• 폴리머
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.385-389
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• 2008

반응온도의 안정화, 용매 hexafluoropropylene(HFP) 투입량, 그리고 단량체 hexafluoropropylene oxide(HFPO)의 투입속도와 같은 반응조건이 HFPO 음이온 중합의 사슬확장과 사슬이동에 미치는 영향에 대해 연구하였다. Cesium fluoride(CsF)와 tetraethyleneglycol dimethylether(TG)를 사용하여 합성된 음이온 개시제를 이용한 HFPO의 음이온 중합반응에서, 안정적인 반응온도 $-35{\sim}-36^{\circ}C$, 개시제 투입량에 대한 HFP 투입 몰비 31.5, 그리고 HFPO 투입속도 11.57 g/hr의 반응조건으로부터 평균분자량 14800의 고분자량 poly(HFPO)를 얻을 수 있었다. 반면, 불안정한 반응온도, 최적화되지 않은 용매의 투입량과 HFPO 투입속도는 중합물의 사슬이동을 증가시켜 중합체가 원활하게 성장하지 못하였다. 결론적으로, HFPO 음이온 중합반응에서의 사슬확장과 사슬이동은 반응온도의 안정화, 용매의 투입량과 단량체의 투입속도에 매우 민감하게 영향을 받고 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.127-130
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• 2004

We describe here the cloning and characterization of a cDNA encoding a putative myosin light chain-2 (MLC-2) from the mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis. The G. orientalis MLC-2 cDNA sequences comprised of 615 bp with 205 amino acid residues with a calculated molecular weight of approximately 23 kDa. The deduced protein sequence of G. orientalis MLC-2 cDNA showed 64% and 54% identity to Drosophila melanogaster MLC-2 and D. yakuba MLC-2, respectively. Northern blot analysis confirmed the muscle-specific expression of G. orientalis MLC-2.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.1133-1137
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• 2011

Ordered array of gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) over ITO glass was investigated in terms of ITO pretreatment, particle size, and diamines with different chain length. Owing to the indium-tin-oxide (ITO) layer coated on the glass, the substrate surface has a limited number of hydroxyl groups which can produce functionalized amine groups for Au binding, which resulted in the loosely-packed array of Au NPs on the ITO surface. Diamine ligand as a molecular linker was introduced to enhance the lateral binding of adjacent Au NPs immobilized on the amine-functionalized ITO glass, consequently leading to the densely-packed array of Au NPs over the ITO substrate. The molecular bridging effect was strengthened with the increase of chain length of diamines: C-12 > C-8. The packing density of small Au NPs (< 40 nm) was significantly increased with the increase of C-8 diamine, but large Au NPs (> 60 nm) did not produce densely-packed array on the ITO glass even for the dosage of C-12 diamine.

• 한국염색가공학회지
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.63-74
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• 1997

Polyurethane microcapsules were synthesized by interfacial polymerization in an aqueous poly(ethylene glycol) dispersion with ethylenediamine as chain extender of toluene diisocyanate in perfume oil using poly(vinyl alcohol) as the stabilizing agent. The effect of chemical structure on the average particle size and distributions, morphologies, and thermal properties to design microcapsules for the sustained release system was investigated. It came to be known that polyurethane microcapsules with ethylene diamine as chain extender had a rounder, more permeable and controlled release membranes. And the release test of polyurethane microcapsules with different soft segment content was done to certify the effect of long methylene chain. According to the higher molecular weight of polyether polyol, the release rate of microencapsulated disperse dye molecular was faster.