• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제14권7호
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• pp.1024-1050
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• 2001

Avian spermatozoa are characterised by high concentrations of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), in particular docosatetraenoic (DTA, 22:4n-6) and arachidonic (AA, 20:4n-6) acids. As a result they are vulnerable to lipid peroxidation, which is considered to be an important factor of male infertility. Antioxidant systems are expressed in spermatozoa and seminal plasma and build three major levels of antioxidant defense. The first level is based on the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) which is, in conjunction with glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), catalase and metal-binding proteins, responsible for prevention of free radical formation. The second level of defence is responsible for prevention and restriction of chain reaction propagation and includes chain-breaking antioxidants such as vitamin E, ascorbic acid, glutathione and some others. The third level of antioxidant defence deals with damaged molecules, repairing or removing them from the cell and includes specific enzymes such as lipases, proteases, DNA repair enzymes etc. In the review, profiles of PUFAs and the two first lines of antioxidant defence in avian spermatozoa are characterised. Dietary manipulation of the breeder's diet (PUFA, vitamin E and selenium) as an effective means of modulating fatty acid composition and antioxidant system is also considered. Antioxidant properties of seminal plasma and efficiencies of inclusion of antioxidants into semen diluents are also characterised.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제35권11호
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• pp.815-820
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• 2013

본 연구의 목적은 알루미늄판에 활성탄을 얇게 박판으로 코팅하여 분진제거를 위한 활성탄 전극을 제조함에 있다. 전극을 제조하기위하여 알루미늄판에 활성탄을 부착시키기 위한 적정 결합제 선정 그리고 결합제 사용에 따른 활성탄 세공의 막힘방지 그리고 제조된 제극의 분진제거능력 등을 알아보는 연구를 수행하였다. 알루미늄판에 활성탄 부착을 위한 결합제로는 비닐계의 PVA (polyvinyl acetate)가 적정하였고, 결합제 사용에 따른 활성탄 세공의 막힘을 방지하기 위해서는 우선 먼저 활성탄 세공에 결합제의 용매제를 충진하고 나중에 결합제와 활성탄을 혼합 후 고온에서 휘발시키는 방법이 적정하였다. 그리고 활성탄이 코팅된 전극판은 알루미늄 전극판보다 약 두배의 분진부착능력을 보여주었다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2009년도 제38회 동계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.101-101
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• 2010

ZnO shows a direct band gap of 3.37eV, large exciton binding energy (~60 meV), high oxidation ability, high sensitivity to many gases, and low cost, and it has been used in various applications such as transparent electrodes, light emitting diodes (LEDs), gas sensors and photocatalysts. Among these applications ZnO as photocatalyst has considerably attracted attention over the past few years because of its high activities in removing organic contaminants generated from industrial activities. In this research, ZnO nanoparticles were synthesized by spray-pyrolysis method using the zinc acetate dihydrate as starting material at synthesis temperature of $900^{\circ}C$ with concentration varied from 0.01 to 1.0M. The physical and chemical properties of the synthesized ZnO nanoparticles were examined by X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Fourier Transformation Infrared (FT-IR), and UV-vis spectroscopy. The Miller indices of XRD patterns indicate that the synthesized ZnO nanoparticles showed a hexagonal wurtzite structure. With increased precursor concentration, a primary, secondary particle sizes of ZnO nanoparticles increased by 0.8 to $1.5{\mu}m$ and 15 to 35nm, and their crystallinity was improved. Methyleneblue (MB) solution ($1{\mu}M$) as a test comtaminant was prepared for evaluating the photocatalytic activities of ZnO nanoparticles synthesized in different precursor concentration. The results show that the photocatalytic efficiency of ZnO nanoparticles was gradually enhanced by increased precursor concentration.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제31권12호
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• pp.1732-1740
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• 2021

Tobacco etch virus protease (TEVp) is a useful tool for removing fusion tags, but wild-type TEVp is less stable under oxidized redox state. In this work, we introduced and combined C19S, C110S and C130S into TEVp variants containing T17S, L56V, N68D, I77V and S135G to improve protein solubility, and S219V to inhibit self-proteolysis. The solubility and cleavage activity of the constructed variants in Escherichia coli strains including BL21(DE3), BL21(DE3)pLys, Rossetta(DE3) and Origami(DE3) under the same induction conditions were analyzed and compared. The desirable soluble amounts, activity, and oxidative stability were identified to be reluctantly favored in the TEVp. Unlike C19S, C110S and C130S hardly impacted on decreasing protein solubility in the BL21(DE3), but they contributed to improved tolerance to the oxidative redox state in vivo and in vitro. After two fusion proteins were cleaved by purified TEVp protein containing double mutations under the oxidized redox state, the refolded disulfide-rich bovine enterokinase catalytic domain or maize peroxidase with enhanced yields were released from the regenerated amorphous cellulose via affinity absorption of the cellulose-binding module as the affinity tag.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.368-376
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• 2003

AA를 AA-2G로 전환하는 CGTase를 고정화하여 AA-2G 대량 생산의 가능성을 고찰한 결과, CNBr-sepharose 4B가 가장 효과적인 담체로 판명되었고, CGTase의 고정화 최적 조건과 고정화 CGTase에 의한 AA-2G 생산의 최적조건 및 재사용성을 검토하였다. 최적 고정화 조건은 효소량 24,000 units/g resin으로 9시간 반응하여 약 18,000 units/g resin의 최고 고정화율을 얻을 수 있으며, pH 5.0(50 mM sodium citrate buffer)용액에 12% AA-Na와 8% soluble starch를 기질로 하여 800 units/ml의 고정화 CGTase를 첨가한 후 $37^{\circ}C$에서 100 rpm으로 교반하면서 25시간 반응하여 약 18 mM의 AA-2G 최고량을 얻을 수 있었다. 또한 0.015 mM의 $CaCl_2$를 첨가하여 고정화 CGTase의 재사용성을 관찰한 결과, 5회까지 50% 이상의 AA-2G 생산율로서 그 가능성을 입증할 수 있었다. 그리고 효소의 재사용성이란 측면에서, 본 고정화의 다른 한 방법인 ultrafiltration(한외 여과)에 의해서는 Millipore사의 YM 10 membrane을 이용하여 먼저 단백질량과 효소 활성 변화를 측정하여 그 가능성을 확보할 수 있었으며, 기질 20 ml을 사용하여 AA-2G를 생성시킨 후, 한외여과에 의해 효소만을 회수하여 연속 반응해 본 결과 8회까지 50%의 생성률을 유지하였다. 따라서 한외 여과는 CNBr-sepharose 4B와 함께 효율적인 고정화의 한 방법으로 판명되었으며, 앞으로 이들 고정화 효소를 이용한 연속 반응 시스템의 구축이 뒤따라야 할 것이다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제30권7호
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• pp.996-1004
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• 2020

Various genetically engineered microorganisms have been developed for the removal of heavy metal contaminants. Metal biosorption by whole-cell biosorbents can be enhanced by overproduction of metal-binding proteins/peptides in the cytoplasm or on the cell surface. However, few studies have compared the biosorption capacity of whole cells expressing intracellular or surface-displayed metal-adsorbing proteins. In this study, several constructs were prepared for expressing intracellular and surface-displayed Ochrobactrum tritici 5bvl1 ChrB in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) cells. E. coli cells expressing surface-displayed ChrB removed more Cr(VI) from aqueous solutions than cells with cytoplasmic ChrB under the same conditions. However, intracellular ChrB was less susceptible to variation in extracellular conditions (pH and ionic strength), and more effectively removed Cr(VI) from industrial wastewater than the surface-displayed ChrB at low pH (<3). An adsorption-desorption experiment demonstrated that compared with intracellular accumulation, cell-surface adsorption is reversible, which allows easy desorption of the adsorbed metal ions and regeneration of the bioadsorbent. In addition, an intrinsic ChrB protein fluorescence assay suggested that pH and salinity may influence the Cr(VI) adsorption capacity of ChrB-expressing E. coli cells by modulating the ChrB protein conformation. Although the characteristics of ChrB may not be universal for all metal-binding proteins, our study provides new insights into different engineering strategies for whole-cell biosorbents for removing heavy metals from industrial effluents.