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Crystal structure of mismatch repair protein MutS and its complex with a substrate DNA

  • Ban, Changill
    • 한국결정학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국결정학회 2003년도 춘계학술연구발표회
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    • pp.16-16
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    • 2003
  • Mismatches in a DNA duplex are mainly due to DNA duplication errors that are generated by improper function of DNA polymerase. MutS, MutL and MutH are crucial proteins for the initiation of the methyl-directed mismatch repairing in bacteria. MutS has an ATPase activity md recognize the mismatched or unpaired bases on DNA. After binding to a mismatch, MutS recruits MutL to mediate the activation of MutH an endonuclease, which cleaves the 5' site of d(GATC) on the un-methylated strand. Both MutL and MutS also have essential roles in the subsequent removal and re-synthesis of the daughter strand. We have determined the crystal structures of either intact or active fragments of each of these proteins, both alone and complexed with ligands (DNA, ADP and ATP). The biochemical and mutagenesis studies based on the detailed 3-D structures led to new insights into the role of the ATPase activity of MutS in the mismatch recognition and directions for future investigation of mismatch repair.

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Functional properties of the thermostable mutL from Thermotoga maritima

  • Kim, Tae-Gyun;Heo, Seong-Dal;Ku, Ja-Kang;Ban, Chang-Ill
    • BMB Reports
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    • 제42권1호
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    • pp.53-58
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    • 2009
  • The methyl-directed mismatch repair (MMR) mechanism has been extensively studied in vitro and in vivo, but one of the difficulties in determining the biological relationships between the MMR-related proteins is the tendency of MutL to self-aggregate. The properties of a stable MutL homologue were investigated using a thermostable MutL (TmL) from Thermotoga maritima MSB8 and whose size exclusion chromatographic and crosslinking analyses were compatible with a dimeric form of TmL. TmL underwent conformational changes in the presence of nucleotides and single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) with ATP binding not requiring ssDNA binding activity of TmL, while ADPnP-stimulated TmL showed a high ssDNA binding affinity. Finally, TmL interacted with the T. maritima MutS (TmS), increasing the affinity of TmS to mismatched DNA base pairs and suggesting that the role of TmL in the formation of a mismatched DNA-TmS complex may be a pivotal observation for the study of the initial MMR system.

공기 중 광대역 초음파 방사용 압전 박막 기반 초소형 초음파 트랜스듀서의 설계 (Design of piezoelectric micro-machined ultrasonic transducer for wideband ultasonic radiation in air)

  • 안홍민;진재혁;문원규
    • 한국음향학회지
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    • 제39권2호
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    • pp.87-97
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    • 2020
  • 본 논문에서는 공기 중 광대역 초음파 방사용 압전 박막 기반 초소형 초음파 트랜스듀서(piezoelectric Micro-machined Ultrasonic Transducer, pMUT)의 설계 연구가 진행되었다. 하나의 트랜스듀서로 광대역을 달성하는 방법 중 하나는 다공진 시스템으로 설계하는 것이다. 새로운 pMUT은 박막 구조의 앞면과 뒷면에 적절한 음향 구조를 추가하여 다공진 시스템을 구현하도록 설계되었다. 박막 앞쪽은 도파관 구조로 모델링된 방사 파트로, 박막 뒷쪽은 음향 공동으로 모델링된 패키징 파트로 이루어져있다. 박막 파트, 방사 파트, 패키징 파트로 구성된 새로운 pMUT은 집중 변수 모델로 설계되었으며, 최종적으로 유한요소해석으로 검증되었다. 최종 설계된 pMUT은 102 kHz ~ 132 kHz (-3 dB)의 주파수 대역을 달성하였다.

Identification of a novel frameshift mutation (L345Sfs*15) in a Korean neonate with methylmalonic acidemia

  • Kim, Young A;Kim, Ji-Yong;Kim, Yoo-Mi;Cheon, Chong Kun
    • Journal of Genetic Medicine
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    • 제14권2호
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    • pp.80-85
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    • 2017
  • Methylmalonic acidemia (MMA) is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder characterized by an abnormal accumulation of methylmalonyl-CoA and methylmalonate in body fluids without hyperhomocysteinemia. Cardiac disease is a rarely known lethal complication of MMA, herein, we report a Korean neonate diagnosed with MMA on the basis of biochemical and genetic findings, who developed cardiomyopathy, resulting in sudden death. The patient presented vomiting and lethargy at 3 days of age. Initially, the patient had an increased plasma propionylcarnitine/acetylcarnitine concentration ratio of 0.49 in a tandem mass spectrometry analysis and an elevated ammonia level of $537{\mu}mol/L$. Urine organic acid analysis showed increased excretion of methylmalonate. Subsequent sequence analysis of the methylmalonyl-CoA mutase (MUT) gene revealed compound heterozygous mutations c.323G>A (p.Arg108His) in exon 1 and c.1033_1034del (p. Leu345Serfs*15) in exon 4, the latter being a novel mutation. In summary, this is the first case of MMA and cardiomyopathy in Korea that was confirmed by genetic analysis to involve a novel MUT mutation.

Bacillus lentimorbus WJ5의 감마선유도 돌연변이체들에서 공통으로 발현되는 방사선 관련 유전자의 microarray 분석 (Microarray Analysis of Radiation Related Gene Expression in Mutants of Bacillus lentimorbus WJ5 Induced by Gamma Radiation)

  • 이영근;장화형;장유신;허재호;형석원;정혜영
    • 환경생물
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    • 제22권3호
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    • pp.472-477
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    • 2004
  • 본 연구에서는 감마선으로 유도된 돌연변이체들에서 공통으로 발현되는 방사선 관련 유전자들의 발현을 연구하기 위하여, B. lentimorbus WJ5 의 방사선 유도 돌연변이체에서 발현되는 유전자를 DNA microarray로 동시에 탐색하였다. DNA microarray는 B. lentimorbus WJ5 genome을 무작위로 절단하여 2,000 단편으로 구성하였으며, 감마선 $(^{60}/Co)$으로 유도된 7 돌연변이체의 발현을 정량적으로 관찰하였다. 클러스터 분석결과 발현된 408 유전자 중 27개가 감마선 유도 돌연변이체 모두에서 유의하게 발현이 증가되었다. 특히, 복구(mutL, mutM) 에너지 대사 (acsA, sdhB, pgk, yhjB, citB), protease (npr), 산화자극에 대한 환원 (HMM)관련 유전자들이 동시에 증가되었다. 이는 감마선 유도 돌연변이체들에서 자발적인 직/간접 복구 관련 유전자의 발현 증가는 방사선 노출 직후 보이는 stress response와는 다른 현상임을 나타내는 것으로 생각된다.

Design and Simulation a New Unique-Slit Reticle for Pulsed Infrared Seekers

  • Yasin, Sair Alcekh;Erfanian, Ali Reza;Mosavi, Mohammad Reza;Mohammadi, Ali
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • 제18권1호
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2014
  • Spin reticle infrared seekers have good linearity, and the pulse-modulated reticle seekers have good digital characteristics for anti-jamming processing. A basic design for a spin pulse-modulated reticle is introduced. This design uses the rotating design of the optical system in the spin infrared seekers and an improved design of the reticle in the pulse-modulated seekers. The reticle contains a unique well-designed slit to produce one pulse for each target in the spinning period. The target data will be carried by the unique pulse parameters. A simulation tool is implemented using the MATLAB packages for analyzing and evaluating the new design.

표고 톱밥재배용 신품종 '농진고' 특성 (Characteristic of a new variety Lentinula edodes, 'Nongjin-go')

  • 문지원;이찬중;정종천;공원식;김길자
    • 한국버섯학회지
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    • 제13권3호
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    • pp.228-232
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    • 2015
  • 모본 ASI 3305mut와 L5(3265-238701-2)-16을 2011년에 교잡하여, 2012년부터 2013년까지 생산력 검정시험을 통해 PM-L5(농진고)를 출원하였다. 농진고의 균사배양 최적온도는 $30^{\circ}C$이며, 버섯 발생온도는 $15{\sim}23^{\circ}C$로 중고온성이다. 자실체의 갓은 평반구형이며 색깔은 황갈색이고, 인피는 갓의 둘레에 생긴다. 버섯의 배양은 1.5kg 배지에서 최소 90~100일이 소요되며, 갈변이 다소 늦은 편이다. 버섯 발생형은 집중형이나 산조701에 비하여 초기 발생이 다소 늦으면서 개체수가 10개 내외이고, 주기별 발생이 고른 편이다. 톱밥 봉지재배 품종으로 지면 재배, 균상재배에서 모두 적합하다.

Analysis of the Cross Talk Mechanism in Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers

  • Rho, Yongrae;Khuri-Yakub, Butrus T.
    • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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    • 제20권3E호
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    • pp.31-37
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    • 2001
  • Finite element model of a cMUT is constructed using the commercial code ANSYS to analyze the cross talk mechanism. Calculation results of the complex load impedance seen by single capacitor cells are presented, and then followed by a calculation of the plane wave real load impedance seen by a parallel combination of many cells that are used to make a transducer. Cross talk between 1-D array elements is found to be due to two main sources: coupling through a Stoneley wave propagating at the transducer-water interface and coupling through Lamb waves propagating in the substrate. To reduce the cross talk level, the effect of various structural variations of the substrate are investigated, which include a change of its thickness and etched trenches or polymer walls between array elements.

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Proposal of Dual Inhibitor Targeting ATPase Domains of Topoisomerase II and Heat Shock Protein 90

  • Jun, Kyu-Yeon;Kwon, Youngjoo
    • Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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    • 제24권5호
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    • pp.453-468
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    • 2016
  • There is a conserved ATPase domain in topoisomerase II (topo II) and heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) which belong to the GHKL (gyrase, Hsp90, histidine kinase, and MutL) family. The inhibitors that target each of topo II and Hsp90 are intensively studied as anti-cancer drugs since they play very important roles in cell proliferation and survival. Therefore the development of dual targeting anti-cancer drugs for topo II and Hsp90 is suggested to be a promising area. The topo II and Hsp90 inhibitors, known to bind to their ATP binding site, were searched. All the inhibitors investigated were docked to both topo II and Hsp90. Four candidate compounds as possible dual inhibitors were selected by analyzing the molecular docking study. The pharmacophore model of dual inhibitors for topo II and Hsp90 were generated and the design of novel dual inhibitor was proposed.

한국 및 일본의 주류용 종국에서 분리한 국균 곰팡이의 특성 (Characteristics of Koji Molds Isolated from Koji-Starters for Brewing in Korea and Japan)

  • 오명환
    • 한국식품영양학회지
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    • 제6권1호
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 1993
  • 19 Samples of koji-starters using in brewing were collected from Korea and Japan, and then 31 strains of koji-molds were isolated from them. After Identification of the Isolate, rice koji was made with each strains, and its saccharogenic activity, dextrogenic activity, proteolytic activity, acid Producing ability, browning reaction and flavor were tested. Among 31 strains of isolates, 10 strains were Identified as Asp nwamori var. kawachii, 18 strains as Asp. oryzae, 3 strains as Asp. usamii mkt. shirousamii. The koji-starters made in Korea were composed of single species of koji-mold with same strain, but those made in Japan were composed of the mixture of different two species or the mixture of different 2 ∼4 strains in same species. Judging from amylolytic and proteolytic ability by species, Asp. awamori var. kawachii H1, I1 and 11, Asp. owsae J2, L2, M2, P3 and P4, and Asp. usamii writ. shirousamii S1 were better than the others. Mold strains isolated from Korean koji-starters were much lower in amylolytic or proteolytic activity than those from Japanese koji-starters. The typical characteristics for the 3 species of koji-molds were that Asp. awamori var. kawachii was strong in acid producing ability, but week in amylolytic and proteolytic ability, that Asp. owzae had strong amylolytic activity and good aroma, but produced little amount of acid, and that Asp. usamii mut. shirousamii had strong Proteolytic activity but some off-flavor.

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