• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권7호
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• pp.2253-2259
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• 2011

The self-assembly of one novel organic complex based on chlorogenic acid (HCA) and 2,2'-bipyridine (2,2'-bipy) has been synthesized and characterized. The complex achieved by hydrogen-bonding interactions, adopted a 1:1 stoichiometry in a solid state. The proton transfer occurred from the carboxyl oxygen to the aromatic nitrogen atom to form salts CA${\cdot}$(2,2'-Hbipy), the 2,2'-Hbipy molecule individually occupies the pseudo-tetragonum that is formed with CA. In this paper, the interactions of CA${\cdot}$(2,2'-Hbipy) with bovine serum albumin (BSA) were studied by fluorescence spectrometry. For CA${\cdot}$(2,2'-Hbipy), HCA and 2,2'-bipy, the average quenching constants for BSA were $2.4384{\times}10^4$, $4.653{\times}10^3$, and $3.059{\times}10^3\;L{\cdot}mol^{-1}$, respectively. The mechanism for protein fluorescence quenching is apparently governed by a static quenching process. The Stern-Volmer quenching constants and corresponding thermodynamic parameters ${\Delta}$H, ${\Delta}$G and ${\Delta}$S were calculated. The binding constants and the number of binding sites were also investigated. The conformational changes of BSA were observed from synchronous fluorescence spectra.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.104-111
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• 2001

There are some evidence that active enzymatic proteins, e.g. fungal laccase, exist in the naturally occured soil humus. This study was performed to investigate the covalent binding of fungal laccase to the humic acid-iron complex, and to measure laccase activity of immobilized ones. Seven methods were adopted to form the covalent binding of fungal laccase with soil humic acids complexed with iron. Using these seven methods it was possible to change the dimension of spacer arm between laccase and support, and also to regulate the mode of covalent binding of this enzyme. The spacer arm was regulated from 2C to 11C. There was not observed any straight relationship between the spacer arm longitude and the laccase activity after immobilization, but the binding mode more effective than the former. Three out of the seven methods gave the high activity of immobilized laccase, and which active products of laccase immobilization was stable up to 10 days after the process. It is indicated that natural soil condition might be prevented the laccase activation by the toxic influence of some phenolic humic compounds. It was shown, for the first time, the possibilities to obtain the high activity of fungal laccase by binding to humic acids, and especially in complex with iron.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.50-59
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• 1994

신호전달과정의 연구는 calcium이 messenger로서 작용한다고 밝혀진 후로 식물에서 $Ca^{++}$ -messenger system에 대한 생화학적 및 분자생물학적 분야에서의 연구는 급속하게 발전하게 되었다. 식물세포에서 calcium 이온들의 많은 작용은 EF hand family로서 알려진 calcium binding protein에 의해서 조절된다. Calmodulin (CaM)은 highy conserve 되어 있으며, 4개의 calcium binding domain을 가진 ubiquitous한 단백질이다. 본 연구는 calmodulin 유전자의 발현에 미치는 calcium, EGTA, calcium ionophore 및 calmodulin antagonist의 영향과 또한 외부신호(light, wounding), chemical 및 auxin 등의 영향을 reporter화 유전자의 분석에 의해서 CaM유전자의 발현기작을 규명하고자 하였고, 또한 calmodulin 유전자의 organ-specific 발현 및 calmodulin의 새로운 생리적인 기능도 연구하고자 하였다.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.85-92
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• 2015

콘크리트 내 염소이온은 콘크리트 내부로 침투하여 철근부식을 일으키는 주요 요인이다. 그런데 내재된 염소이온의 일부는 시멘트의 수화물과 반응하여 물리 또는 화학적 흡착을 유발하여 침투속도는 느려진다. 이때 시멘트의 수화물이 염소이온의 고정화에 영향을 미치는 요인이므로, 본 논문은 독립적인 시멘트 수화물에서 염소의 흡착에 대하여 초점을 두어 연구하였다. 본 연구의 목적은 시멘트 수화물이 염소이온을 흡착하는 시간의존적 거동을 고찰하여 염소이온 고정화의 메커니즘을 구명하는 것이다. 시멘트 수화물 중 AFt 상과 CH 상은 염소이온을 흡착하지 못하였으나 C-S-H 상과 AFm 상은 염소 흡착능력을 갖고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 특히, AFm 상은 40일 동안 느린 속도로 화학적 흡착 거동을 보인 반면, C-S-H 상은 순간적 물리흡착, 물리화학적 흡착, 그리고 화학적 흡착의 3단계로 구분되어 순차적인 흡착거동을 보였다. 반응 실험결과를 토대로, C-S-H 상과 AFm 상의 흡착 거동 해석기법이 제안되었다. 본 연구는 염소이온의 도입원에 따른 흡착 메커니즘을 이해를 토대로, 염소이온의 도입원에 따른 염소이온의 침투속도를 산정하는데 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.27-31
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• 2009

The present study was performed to investigate the binding affinity of the ethanol extract from the leaves of Morus alba (EMA) and some EMA related plant materials (EMA-D, EMA-DM) for melanin-concentrating hormone-1 receptor (MCH-1) and also to examine the antagonistic effect of them for the recombinant MCH-1 receptor expressed in CHO cells. EMA, dichloromethane fraction (EMA-D) and EMA-DM exhibited high affinity for mammalian MCH receptor in receptor binding assays ($IC_{50}$ value: 2.3, 1.6 and $1.0{\mu}g/ml$, respectively). Other plant materials (MMA-D, MMA-DM) obtained from methanol extracts from the leaves of Morus alba (MMA) also exhibited high affinity for mammalian MCH receptor, even though the $IC_{50}$ values of them were lower than those of EMA-D and EMA-DM. In Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells expressing human MCH-1, EMA-DM and EMA-D significantly inhibited MCH-induced intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ increase ($IC_{50}$ values: 16.5 and $22.7{\mu}g/ml$, respectively). These results clearly indicate that the ethanol extract from the leaves of Morus alba (EMA) and some EMA related plant materials (EMA-D, EMA-DM) are novel selective MCH-1 receptor antagonist, respectively.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.630-634
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• 2010

The synthesis and ion binding properties of calix[4]pyrrole bearing pyrene moieties appended to one side of the calix[4]pyrrole are reported. The key feature is the presence of flexible fluorescence arms attached to the calix[4]pyrrole ring in a cis-fashion. The preliminary solution phase anion and cation binding studies revealed that the systems can be in fact as viable sensors for anionic guest.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.1839-1844
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• 2013

Molecularly imprinted microsphere for chloramphenicol (CAP) with high adsorption capacity and excellent selectivity is prepared by aqueous suspension polymerization, in which chloramphenicol is used as template molecule and ethyl acetate as porogen. The CAP-imprinted microspheres are used as high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) stationary phase and packed into stainless steel column ($150mm{\times}4.6mm$ i.d.) for selective separation of chloramphenicol. HPLC analysis suggests that chloramphenicol can be distinguished from not only its structural analogs but also other broad-spectrum antibiotic such as erythromycin and tetracycline. In addition, the binding experiments of CAP-imprinted microspheres are carried out in ethanol/water (1:4, V:V), the results indicate that the maximum apparent static binding capacity of molecularly imprinted microspheres is up to 66.64 mg $g^{-1}$ according to scatchard model.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제26권12호
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• pp.1911-1920
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• 2005

Effective artificial metalloproteases have been designed by using cross-linked polystyrene as the backbone. Artificial active sites comprising Cu(II) complexes as the catalytic site and other metal centers or organic functionalities as binding sites were synthesized. The activity of Cu(II) centers for peptide hydrolysis was greatly enhanced on attachment to polystyrene. By placing binding sites in proximity to the catalytic centers, the ability to hydrolyze a variety of protein substrates at selected cleavage sites was improved. Thus far, the most advanced immobile artificial proteases have been obtained by attaching the aldehyde group in proximity to the Cu(II) complex of cyclen.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제30권9호
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• pp.1996-2000
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• 2009

Alkali metal salts were introduced to enhance the ionization efficiency of glucose and maltooligoses in electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). A mixture of the same moles of glucose, maltose, maltotriose, maltotetraose, maltopentaose, maltohexaose, and maltoheptaose was used. Salts of lithium, sodium, potassium, and cesium were employed as the cationizing agent. The ionization efficiency varied with the alkali metal cation types as well as the analyte sizes. Ion abundance distribution of the [M+$cation]^+$ ions of the carbohydrates varied with the fragmentor voltage. The maximum ion abundance at low fragmentor voltage was observed at maltose, while the maximum ion abundance at high fragmentor voltage shifted to maltotriose or maltotetraose for Na, K, and Cs. Variation of the ionization efficiency was explained with the hydrated cation size and the binding energy of the analyte and alkali metal cation.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제23권11호
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• pp.1623-1628
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• 2002

Tetracyclic pyrido[2,3-b]azepine derivatives 4a-d and 4f as analogues of mirtazapine were synthesized via N-acyliminium ion cyclization by using aromatic rings such as benzene and thiophene ring as a ${\pi}-nucleophile$, and evaluated for the binding affinity for ${\alpha}2-adrenoceptor$. Among tested compounds, 2,3,9,13b-tetrahydro-1H-benzo[f]pyrrolo[2,1-a]pyrido[2,3-c]azepine (4a) was the most potent (Ki = 0.26 ${\mu}M)$ but showed about 3-fold less binding affinity than mirtazapine (Ki = 0.08 ${\mu}M)$ for a2-adrenoceptor.