• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제21권7호
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• pp.675-678
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• 2000

The reaction between silver (I) and thiomicher's ketone (TMK) was sensitive at pH 5 and 8 in the presence of non-ionic or anion surfactant. We studied the complex solution and determined the properties by beta-correction spectrophotometry, which included the complex ratio and the stability constant of the complex. The results showed that complex Ag(TMK)2 was formed in the presence of alkylphend ethoxylates (emulsifier OP) and Ag(TMK)2 was formed in the presence of sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate (SDBS). Their real absorptivities are as follows: $\varepsilonAg(TMK)540$ = 5.23 ${\times}$ 10(4), $\varepsilonAg(TMK)2(555)$ = l.05 ${\times}$ 10(5) Lmol(-l)cm(-1) both at pH 5 and $\varepsilonAg(TMK)2(555)$ = 7,52 ${\times}$ 10(4)lmol(-1)cm(-1) at pH 8. The stability constant of complex Ag(TMK) was equal to 1.23 ${\times}$ 10(5) at pH 5 and that of Ag(TMK)2 8.29 ${\times}$ 10(9) at pH 5 and 1.15 ${\times}$ 10(11) at pH 8.

• BMB Reports
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• 제47권10호
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• pp.575-580
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• 2014

In this study, we investigate whether arsenite-induced DNA damage leads to p53-dependent premature senescence using human glioblastoma cells with p53-wild type (U87MG-neo) and p53 deficient (U87MG-E6). A dose dependent relationship between arsenite and reduced cell growth is demonstrated, as well as induced ${\gamma}H2AX$ foci formation in both U87MG-neo and U87MG-E6 cells at low concentrations of arsenite. Senescence was induced by arsenite with senescence-associated ${\beta}$-galactosidase staining. Dimethyl- and trimethyl-lysine 9 of histone H3 (H3DMK9 and H3TMK9) foci formation was accompanied by p21 accumulation only in U87MG-neo but not in U87MG-E6 cells. This suggests that arsenite induces premature senescence as a result of DNA damage with heterochromatin forming through a p53/p21 dependent pathway. p21 and p53 siRNA consistently decreased H3TMK9 foci formation in U87M G-neo but not in U87MG-E6 cells after arsenite treatment. Taken together, arsenite reduces cell growth independently of p53 and induces premature senescence via p53/p21-dependent pathway following DNA damage.

• BMB Reports
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.503-506
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• 2004

Glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase from E. coli K12 was used to convert uridine-5'-triphosphate and glucose-1-phosphate to UDP-D-glucose. The conversion was efficient and completed within 5 minutes under the employed conditions. In addition, thymidine-5'-monophosphate kinase and acetate kinase were proven to be non-specific, converting udridine-5'-monophosphate to uridine-5'-triphosphate with 55% conversion after 6 h, which was much slower than the production of TTP under the same conditions (complete conversion within one hour). Since these two reactions could proceed under the same conditions, a one-pot synthesis of UDP-D-glucose with ATP regeneration was designed from easily available starting materials, and conversion up to 40% by HPLC peak integration was achieved given a reaction time of 4 h.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제25권12호
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• pp.2034-2042
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• 2015

A one-pot process of enzymatic synthesis of deoxythymidine-5'-triphosphate (5'-dTTP) employing whole cells of recombinant Escherichia coli coexpressing thymidylate kinase (TMKase) and acetate kinase (ACKase) was developed. Genes tmk and ack from E. coli were cloned and inserted into pET28a(+), and then transduced into E. coli BL21 (DE3) to form recombinant strain pTA in which TMKase and ACKase were simultaneously overexpressed. It was found that the relative residual specific activities of TMKase and ACKase, in pTA pretreated with 20 mM ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA) at 25℃ for 30 min, were 94% and 96%, respectively. The yield of 5'-dTTP reached above 94% from 5 mM deoxythymidine 5'-monophosphate (5'-dTMP) and 15 mM acetyl phosphate catalyzed with intact cells of pTA pretreated with EDTA. The process was so effective that only 0.125 mM adenosine-5'-triphosphate was sufficient to deliver the phosphate group from acetyl phosphate to dTMP and dTDP.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제38권10호
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• pp.829-835
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• 2015

It has been suggested that AUXIN BINDING PROTEIN 1 (ABP1) functions as an apoplastic auxin receptor, and is known to be involved in the post-transcriptional process, and largely independent of the already well-known SKP-cullin-F-box-transport inhibitor response (TIR1) /auxin signaling F-box (AFB) ($SCF^{TIR1/AFB}$) pathway. In the past 10 years, several key components downstream of ABP1 have been reported. After perceiving the auxin signal, ABP1 interacts, directly or indirectly, with plasma membrane (PM)-localized transmembrane proteins, transmembrane kinase (TMK) or SPIKE1 (SPK1), or other unidentified proteins, which transfer the signal into the cell to the Rho of plants (ROP). ROPs interact with their effectors, such as the ROP interactive CRIB motif-containing protein (RIC), to regulate the endocytosis/exocytosis of the auxin efflux carrier PIN-FORMED (PIN) proteins to mediate polar auxin transport across the PM. Additionally, ABP1 is a negative regulator of the traditional $SCF^{TIR1/AFB}$ auxin signaling pathway. However, Gao et al. (2015) very recently reported that ABP1 is not a key component in auxin signaling, and the famous abp1-1 and abp1-5 mutant Arabidopsis lines are being called into question because of possible additional mutantion sites, making it necessary to reevaluate ABP1. In this review, we will provide a brief overview of the history of ABP1 research.

• 한국농림기상학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.174-184
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• 2009

지표 증발산은 육상 생태계의 수문순환의 주요 성분으로서, 지표-대기간의 에너지 교환, 미기후, 지역의 수자원 함량, 식생의 일차생산성 등에 중요한 영향을 미친다. 증발산을 추정하기 위한 방법들 중에서 MODIS를 이용한 방법은 위성 자료만을 사용하여 넓은 지역에 대한 지속적인 증발산 모니터링이 가능하다는 장점을 갖고 있다. 본 연구에서는 MODIS 기반의 증발산 추정 알고리즘을 동아시아 지역에 적용하고, 그 신뢰도를 평가하였으며, 주요 오차요인을 분석하였다. 증발산 평가 결과 여섯 연구지역(GDK, HFK, TKY, TMK, CBS, SKT)에서는 $r^2$가 0.38~0.73, ME 와 RMSE가 각각 $-44{\sim}+31W\;m^{-2}$, $48{\sim}111W\;m^{-2}$로 신뢰할 만한 결과를 나타냈다. 하지만 다른 세 연구지역(HBG, QYZ, MKL)에서는 관측 값과 비교해서 차이를 나타내었고, 과소평가하는 경향을 보였다. HBG, MKL 지역은 MODIS 기상 자료 및 복사요소의 오차가 주요 원인으로 나타났다. 그러나 QYZ지역은 기상 자료와 복사요소가 모두 좋은 일치도를 보였기 때문에, 모형의 모수와 관련된 오차가 주요 원인의 하나로 판단된다. 임관 전도도의 오차가 증발산 오차에 미치는 영향을 분석한 결과, HBG지역을 제외한 다른 연구지 역에서 r값이 0.59~0.82로 관측값과의 상관성이 높은 것을 확인하였다. 또한 MODIS로부터 산출된 순간 증발산을 일 단위로 확장시킨 결과, 순간 증발산의 일치도가 떨어졌던 3개 연구지역을 제외하고 6개 지역에서 $r^2$가 0.44~0.89, ME와 RMSE는 각각 $-0.7{\sim}+0.6mm\;day^{-1}$, $0.5{\sim}1.1mm\;day^{-1}$의 범위로 신뢰도 있는 결과를 나타냈다.