• BMB Reports
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.353-357
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• 2002

Singlet oxygen ($^1O_2$) is highly reactive form of molecular oxygen that may harm living systems by oxidizing critical cellular macromolecules. The oxyR gene product regulates the expression of the enzymes and proteins that are needed for cellular protection against oxidative stress. In this study, the role of oxyR in cellular defense against a singlet oxygen was investigated using Escherichia coli oxyR mutant strains. Upon exposure to methylene blue and visible light, which generates singlet oxygen, the oxyR overexpression mutant was much more resistant to singlet oxygen-mediated cellular damage when compared to the oxyR deletion mutant in regard to growth kinetics, viability and protein oxidation. Induction and inactivation of major antioxidant enzymes, such as superoxide desmutase and catalase, were observed after their exposure to a singlet oxygen generating system in both oxyR strains. However, the oxyR overexpression mutant maintained significantly higher activities of anticxidant enzymes than did the oxyR deletion mutant. These results suggest that the oxyR regulon plays an important protective role in singlet oxygen-mediated cellular damage, presumably through the protection of antioxidant enzymes.

• BMB Reports
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.297-301
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• 2002

Membrane lipid peroxidation processes yield products that may react with DNA and proteins to cause oxidative modifications. The oxyR gene product regulates the expression of enzymes and proteins that are needed for cellular protection against oxidative stress. Upon exposure to tert-butylhydroperoxide (t-BOOH) and 2,2'-azobis (2-amidinopropane) hydrochloride (AAPH), which induce lipid peroxidation in membranes, the Escherichia coli oxyR overexpression mutant was much more resistant to lipid peroxidation-mediated cellular damage, when compared to the oxyR deletion mutant in regard to growth kinetics, viability, and DNA damage. The deletion of the oxyR gene in E. coli also resulted in increased susceptibility of superoxide dismutase to lipid peroxidation-mediated inactivation. The results indicate that the peroxidation of lipid is probably one of the important intermediary events in free radical-induced cellular damage. Also, the oxyR regulon plays an important protective role in lipid peroxidation-mediated cellular damage.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.492-495
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• 2015

This study provides evidence that RecG regulates the expression of the OxyR-independent gene mexA in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. A reduction in mexA expression was observed in the absence of RecG, but not OxyR, by northern blot and quantitative real-time PCR analyses. The canonical palindromic RecG binding sequence was present upstream of the mexA promoter, and bound purified RecG and single strand-binding protein. These data reveal a novel mechanism of OxyR-independent gene transcription by RecG.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권8호
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• pp.1344-1352
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• 2007

An opportunistic human pathogen, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, contains the major catalase KatA, which is required to cope with oxidative and osmotic stresses. As an attempt to uncover the $H_2O_2$-dependent regulatory mechanism delineating katA gene expression, four prototrophic $H_2O_2$-sensitive mutants were isolated from about 1,500 TnphoA mutant clones of P. aeruginosa strain PA14. Arbitrary PCR and direct cloning of the transposon insertion sites revealed that one insertion is located within the katA coding region and two are within the coding region of oxyR, which is responsible for transcriptional activation of several antioxidant enzyme genes in response to oxidative challenges. The fourth insertion was within PA3815 (IscR), which encodes a homolog of the Escherichia coli iron-sulfur assembly regulator, IscR. The levels of catalase and SOD activities were significantly reduced in the iscR mutant, but not in the oxyR mutant, during the normal planktonic culture conditions. These results suggest that both IscR and OxyR are required for the optimal resistance to $H_2O_2$, which involves the expression of multiple antioxidant enzymes including KatA.

• 폴리머
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.38-42
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• 2014

Poly[(9,9-bis((6'-(N,N,N-trimethylammonium)hexyl)-2,7-fluorene)-alt-(9,9-bis(2-(2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethoxy)ethyl)-9-fluorene)) dibromide(WPF-6-oxy-F)]와 graphene oxide(GO)를 혼합하여 WPF-6-oxy-F-GO를 제조한 후 공기 중에서 감마선을 조사하였다. WPF-6-oxy-F-GO 복합재는 유기태양전지(organic solar cells, OSCs)의 정공수송층(hole transporting layer, HTL)으로서 적용하였다. GO와 비교해 보았을 때, 조사된 WPF-6-oxy-F-GO의 면저항(sheet resistance, $R_{sheet}$)은 약 2배 정도 감소하였다. 이는 감마선 조사를 통하여 WPF-6-oxy-F와 GO 사이의 C-N 결합의 형성으로 인한 ${\pi}-{\pi}$ 공유 결합의 영향과 효율적인 packing 때문이다. 결과적으로, 조사된 WPF-6-oxy-F-GO를 정공수송층으로 적용하였을 때 유기태양전지의 효율은 6.10%까지 증가하였다. 수용성 고분자 WPF-6-oxy-F-GO는 정공수송층으로서 사용되고 있는 PEDOT:PSS를 대체하는 대안 소재로서, 높은 효율과 저가의 유기태양전지를 구현할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국연소학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2004

The results of a series of experiments executed by using two pilot-scale oxy-fuel burners are presented. The oxy-fuel burners are designed for maximum capacity of 50,000kcal/hr, 200,000kcal/hr and installed in the test furnace. The effects of turn-down ratio, excess oxygen ratio, nozzle exit velocity, injection angle, and swirl vane angle on the combustion characteristic are investigated. Temperature distributions are measured using R-type and Molybdenum sheathed C-type thermocouple at various points of the flame. The results showed that maximum temperature and mean temperature increase with the increase of turn-down ratio and momentum. The maximum flame temperature was increased about 35% compared to the case of equivalent air operated condition. In addition, optimum burner type, excess oxygen ratio and nozzle characteristics are obtained for this oxy-fuel glass melting furnace.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.87-99
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• 1999

천연 물질로 지용성인 뉴질랜드산 차나무 정유(Manuka oil), 그 구성 성분인 $\alpha$-pinene, Oxy’less clear, 수용성인 자몽 종자 추출물(Citrex) 및 그 구성성분인 R-limonene의 항균력 을 측정 평가하여 항균력을 보다 향상시키고 광범위하게 사용할 수 있는 방부제의 처방을 제안하였다. 항균력 측정에는 disk diffusion법이 사용되었으며, 균주로는 그람 음성균인 Escherichia coli와 그람 양성균인 Staphylococcus aureus을 사용하였다. Manuka oil과 $\alpha$-pinene은 항균력이 10${\mu}\ell$/paper disk일 때에는 큰 차이가 없었으나 2${\mu}\ell$/paper disk이하의 소량의 시료에서는 Manuka oil이 $\alpha$-pinene에 비해 월등하게 우수하였다. Citrex가 R-limonene보다 두 균주에 대하여 항균력이 모든 농도에서 우수한 성능을 보였다 Oxy’less clear은 두 균주에 대하여 모든 농도에서 파라벤류 propyl para hydroxybenzoate(PPHB)나 R-limonene보다는 항균효과가 우수하며 $\alpha$-pinene과는 비슷하게 나타났고, Manuka oil과 Citrex보다 약간 낮게 나타났다. 이상을 종합해 본 결과 Manuka oil과 Citrex가 다른 물질들에 비해 항균력이 가장 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 항균력이 우수한 지용성 물질 Manuka oil과 확산도가 큰 수용성 물질 Citrex를 적절히 혼합하여 항균력을 향상시키고 광범위하게 사용할 수 있는 이상적인 혼합비(Manuka oil : Citrex)를 구하였는데 Escherichia coli에 대해서는 75 : 25이었고 Staphylococcusureus에 대해서는 25 : 75 이었다.

• 월간포장계
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• 통권220호
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• pp.104-107
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• 2011

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제23권10호
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• pp.1490-1492
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• 2002

• 농약과학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.183-190
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• 2010

수용체 접근 방법으로 새로운 제초성 물질을 탐색하기 위하여 acetyl-CoA carboxylase(PDB code: 3K8X)에 대한 2-(4-(6-chloro-2-benzoxazolyl)oxy)phenoxy-N-phenylpropionamide 유도체(1-38)의 분자도킹으로부터 기질분자와 수용체 사이의 상호작용을 정량적으로 검토하였다. 대부분의 기질분자들은 ACCase의 반응점내 아미노산 잔기들(Ala1627 및 Ile1735) 사이에 2개의 수소결합이 생성되었다. 그러나 $R_1$=Acetyl 지환체(6 및 P9)와 같은 기질분자들은 나머지 잔기(Gly1998)를 포함하는 3개의 아미노산 잔기내 수소결합 주게들과 기질분자의 수소결합 받게들 사이에 3개의 수소결합이 생성되었다. 그러므로 수소결합 특성들에 기인한 기질분자들의 ACCase에 대한 저해활성 요소들은 제초성 물질을 최적화하는데 적용될 수 있을것이다.