• Proceedings of the Zoological Society Korea Conference
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• 1994.10a
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• pp.191.1-191
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• 1994

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• Proceedings of the Zoological Society Korea Conference
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• 1996.10a
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• pp.182.2-182
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• 1996

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.261-262
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• 2003

Sunflower(Helianthus annuus L.) seedings were de-rooted and grown in nutrient solutions providing either deficient or sufficient boron supply and supplemented with aluminum. Increasing concentrations of aluminum in the nutrient medium caused progressive inhibition of root growth and a parallel increase in proline level of roots. Elevated boron levels improved root growth under toxic aluminum conditions and produced higher proline contents. Exogenous ascorbate improved adventitions root growth in plants supplied with insufficient boron and aluminum. These findings suggest that root growth inhibition resulting from either boron deficiency or aluminum toxicity may be a result of impaired ascorbate metabolism.

• BMB Reports
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• v.43 no.11
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• pp.720-725
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• 2010

The small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) proteins have been implicated in the pathology of a number of diseases, including neurodegenerative diseases. The conjugation machinery for SUMOylation consists of a number of proteins which are redox sensitive. Here, under oxidative stress ($100{\mu}M$ hydrogen peroxide), antioxidant ($100{\mu}M$ ascorbate) or control conditions 169 proteins were identified by electospray ionisation fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry. The majority of these proteins (70%) were found to contain SUMOylation consensus sequences. From the remaining proteins a small number (12%) were found to contain possible SUMO interacting motifs. The proteins identified included DNA and RNA binding proteins, structural proteins and proteasomal proteins. Several of the proteins identified under oxidative stress conditions had previously been identified as SUMOylated proteins, thus validating the method presented.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.20 no.11
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• pp.1506-1512
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• 2010

The present study examined the salinity-induced oxidative damage and differential response of enzymatic and nonenzymatic antioxidants of Nostoc muscorum. As compared with carotenoid content that showed induction, the chlorophyll and phycocyanin contents were inhibited after salt stress. Acceleration of lipid peroxidation and peroxide production suggested the onset of oxidative damage. The activities of all studied enzymatic antioxidants were significantly increased by salt stress, with maximum induction occuring with superoxide dismutase (154.8% at 200 mM NaCl treatment). Interestingly, under severe stress condition (250 mM NaCl), ascorbate peroxidase seemed to be more crucial than catalase for peroxide scavenging. Among the studied nonenzymatic antioxidants, ${\alpha}$-tocopherol was induced maximally (56.0%); however, ascorbate and reduced glutathione were increased by only 8.9% after 250 mM NaCl treatment as compared with control cells. Therefore, salinity was found to induce the antioxidative defense system of N. muscorum.

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.65-68
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• 1970

In continuation of the previous work (The New Medical Journal, Vol. 12, No. 3, 111, 1969), the effects on the bactericidal activity against coli form group, on vitamin C content and ascorbate oxidase activity of the purple laver due to the $^{80}Co$ gamma-irradiation were studied. The results obtained are ; 1) After the 0.1m rad./hr. doses treatment of gamma-irradiation for 1 hours to the laver, the coli form group was being remarkably destoryed and after the application for 10 hours the coli form group was completely destroyed. 2) The content of vitamin C was gradually decreased during the gamma-irradiation to the laver. According to the sensory test, no changes in flavor nad color were indicated for 9-10 hours treatment. But, the loss of ascorbic was much than that of dehydroascorbic acid after 10-hour treatment. 3) And also, the ascorbate oxidase activity due to the irradiation waas conspicuously decreased.

• The Korean Journal of Zoology
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.410-419
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• 1991

마우스 악하선 배양세포의 DNA와 단백질 합성 및 epidermal growth factor(EGF) 분비에 미치는 isoproterenol(IPR)의 효과를 조사하였다. 마우스 악하선으로부터 분리되어 배양된 상피형세포의 DNA및 단백질 합성은 IRP에 의해 농도 의존적으로 현저하게 감소하였다. 이와는 달리 IPR처리 1시간 후에 IPR-처리 마우스로부터 얻은 혈청은 악하선 배양세포의 단백질 합성에는 별 영향을 미치지 못하였으나, DNA합성은 현저하게 증가시켰다. IPR에 의한 악하선 세포의 DNA 합성능의 감소는 propranolol에 의해 차단되지 않았으나 ascorbate에 의해서는 회복되었다. 악하선 배양세포의 DNA 및 단백질 합성을 저해한 IPR의 처리에 의해 배양세포의 EGF분비는 현저히 증가되었다. 이상과 같은 결과는 악하선 세포의 DNA 및 단백질 합성에 작용한 IPR의 효과는 beta-adrenoceptor의 흥분에 의한 것이라기 보다는 IPR로부터 유래된 free radical에 의한 세포독성에 기인함을 시사한다. 따라서 IPR의 생체내 투여에 의한 악하선의 비대화를 보고 한 기존의 결과는 IPR이 악하선에 직접 작용하여 유발된 것이 아닌 다른 경로를 통한 간접적인 효과로 판단될 수 있을 것이다.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.143-147
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• 2006

Physiological activities of Korean-grown ginger (KG) and Chinese-grown ginger (CG) extracts were examined. Ginger was extracted with water, and 50 and 100% ethanol, and then nitrite-scavenging activity (NSA), superoxide dismutase (SOD)-like activity, and electron-donating ability (EDA) of extracts were investigated. NSA at pH 1.2 was the most effective in 50% ethanol extracts of both origins. SOD-like activities of water and 50% ethanol extracts of both samples were 8.66-35.95% lower than those of 1 and 0.1% L-ascorbate solutions. SOD-like activity of KG extracts was higher than that of CG extracts, and water extracts of samples were the highest. EDA of KG extract was higher (22.23-86.95%) than that of CG extract, while both sample extracts showed lower EDA than those of 1 and 0.1% L-ascorbate solutions.

• KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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• v.49 no.2
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• pp.116-120
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• 2004

In order to investigate low molecular antioxidants synthesized by enhanced UV-B radiation, we used the seedlings of two rice varieties. Woonjangbyeo, UV-tolerant, and Hwajoongbyeo, UV-susceptible, were subjected under supplemental UV-B irradiation. When rice seedlings were irradiated with UV light for short period, biosynthesis of total phenolic compound, ascorbate and glutathione were momently reduced. With an increase of UV-B radiation, however, those were slightly synthesized. The content of lipid peroxides in UV-challenged rice leaves was considerably increased after 12 hrs of UV-B treatment. Lipoxygenase activity under supplemental UV-B radiation was differently responded on rice varieties.

• Molecules and Cells
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.20-25
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• 2016

Photosynthesis is a highly robust process allowing for rapid adjustment to changing environmental conditions. The efficient acclimation depends on balanced redox metabolism and control of reactive oxygen species release which triggers signaling cascades and potentially detrimental oxidation reactions. Thiol peroxidases of the peroxiredoxin and glutathione peroxidase type, and ascorbate peroxidases are the main peroxide detoxifying enzymes of the chloroplast. They use different electron donors and are linked to distinct redox networks. In addition, the peroxiredoxins serve functions in redox regulation and retrograde signaling. The complexity of plastid peroxidases is discussed in context of suborganellar localization, substrate preference, metabolic coupling, protein abundance, activity regulation, interactions, signaling functions, and the conditional requirement for high antioxidant capacity. Thus the review provides an opinion on the advantage of linking detoxification of peroxides to different enzymatic systems and implementing mechanisms for their inactivation to enforce signal propagation within and from the chloroplast.