• Animal cells and systems
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.323-328
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• 1997

We have previously shown that chick muscle extracts contained at least 10 different ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolases (UCHs). In the present studies, one of the enzymes, called UCH-9, was purified by conventional chromatographic procedures using $^{125}l$-labeled ubiquitin-${\alpha}$NH-MHISPPEPESEEEEE HYC (Ub-PESTc) as a substrate. The purified enzyme behaved as a 27-kDa protein under both denaturing and nondenaturing conditions, suggesting that it consists of a single polypeptide chain. It was maximally active at pHs between 7 and 8.5, but showed little or no activity at pH below 6 and above 10. Lice other UCHs, its activity was strongly inhibited by sulfhydryl blocking reagents, such as iodoacetamide, and by Ub-aldehyde. In addition to Ub-PESTc, UCH-9 hydrolyzed Ub-aNH-protein extensions, including Ub-${\alpha}NH$-carboxyl extension protein of 80 amino acids and Ubo-${\alpha}NH$-dihydrofolate reductase. However, this enzyme was not capable of generating free Ub from mono-Ub-${\varepsilon}NH$-protein conjugates and from branched poly-Ub chains that are ligated to proteins through ${\varepsilon}NH$-isopeptide bonds. This enzyme neither could hydrolyze poly-His-tagged di-Ub. These results suggest that UCH-9 may play an important role in production of free Ub and ribosomal proteins from their conjugates.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.573-577
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• 2008

$^1H$-Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometry was applied to the quantitative analysis of coumarins in the roots of Angelica gigas without any chromatographic purification. The experiment was performed by the analysis of each singlet germinal methyl, which was well separated in the range of 1.0-2.0 ppm in the $^1H$-NMR spectrum. The quantity of the compounds was calculated by the ratio of the intensity of each compound to the known amount of internal standard (dimethyl terephthalate). These results were compared with the conventional gas chromatography (GC) method. The contents of decursin and decursinol angelate in A. gigas were determined $1.98{\pm}0.07$, $1.13{\pm}0.08%$ in quantitative $^1H$-NMR method and $2.06{\pm}0.24$, $1.17{\pm}0.24%$ in GC method, respectively. The advantages of quantitative $^1H$-NMR analysis are that can be analyzed to identify and quantify, and no reference compounds required for calibration curves. Besides, it allows rapid and simple quantification for coumarins with an analysis time for only 10 min without any preprocessing.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.37-45
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• 1996

수도재배환경(水稻栽培環境) 및 현탁배양세포(懸濁培養細胞) 조건에서 생성된 PCP의 수용성대사물(水溶性代謝物)을 확인에 필요한 정보를 확보하기 위해서 이를 여러 chromatography로 충분히 정제한 다음 이것의 aglycons과 glycon(전보(前報)에서 ${\beta}-glucose$ conjugates인 것으로 추정)을 GC/MS로 분석, 동정하였다. Glycon, 즉 대사물의 polar부위(endocon)가 glucose임을 확인하므로써 전보에서 효소특이성을 통해 추론한 것을 입증할 수 있었다. 또한 conjugates의 source에 따라 다르기는 하였지만 배양세포에서의 aglycon(exocon)s는 주로 PCP, tetrachlorophenol이성체 및 tetra chlorocatechol을, 그리고 수도재배환경에서는 이 외에도 2,4,5- 및 2,4,6-trichlorophenol을 각각 확인할 수 있었다. 이러한 사실은 PCP glucose conjugates의 구조는 PCP뿐만 아니라 이것의 대사물인 Polychlorinated phenols가 개별적으로 glucose와 ${\beta}-anomeric$ conjugation을 이루고 있는 것으로 판단할 수 있었다. 그리고, 대사초기에 이미 여러 종류의 aglycon이 생성되는 것으로 보아 PCP자체도 빠르게 PCPs로 전환되는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.264-269
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• 2013

Pattern recognition receptors are known to participate in the activation of Prophenoloxidase system. In this study, a 1,3-${\beta}$-D-glucan recognition protein was detected for the first time in Antheraea pernyi larvae (Ap-${\beta}GRP$). Ap-${\beta}GRP$ was purified to 99.9% homogeneity from the hemolymph using traditional chromatographic methods. Ap-${\beta}GRP$ specifically bind 1,3-${\beta}$-D-glucan and yeast, but not E. coli or M. luteus. The 1,3-${\beta}$-D-glucan dependent phenoloxidase (PO) activity of the hemolymph inhibited by anti-Ap-${\beta}GRP$ antibody could be recovered by addition of purified Ap-${\beta}GRP$. These results demonstrate that Ap-${\beta}GRP$ acts as a biosensor of 1,3-${\beta}$-Dglucan to trigger the Prophenoloxidase system. A trace mount of 1,3-${\beta}$-D-glucan or Ap-${\beta}GRP$ alone was unable to trigger the proPO system, but they both did. Ap-${\beta}GRP$ was specifically degraded following the activation of proPO with 1,3-${\beta}$-Dglucan. These results indicate the variation in the amount of Ap-${\beta}GRP$ after specific immune challenge in A. pernyi hemolymph is an important regulation mechanism to immune response.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.413-420
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• 2003

A gas chromatography/mass spectrometric assay method was developed for the simultaneous determination of neutral and bacis twenty-five disruptors $(ED_S)$ in frog and fish. Afther homogenization and sonication of 5 g of sample, purification was achieves in one step with a solid phase extraction procedure using silica gelflorisl. Eluton was performed with 50mL of acetone : n-hexane (1 : 9) solution. The eluate was concentrated to approximately 10uL and dissolves with 100 uL of hexane and analyzed by GC-MS (SIM). The peaks had good chromatographic properties and the extraction of these compounds from sample also gave relatively high recoveries with small variatoins. Detection limits were 0.1 ng/g for 4-nitrotoluene, benzophenone, hexachlorobenzene, atrazine, malathion, o,p-DDT, o,p-DDT and permethrin, and 0.2 ng/g for heptachlor epoxide, γ-chlordane, α-chlordane, p,p'-DDE, p,p'-DDD, cypermethrin and fenvalerate, and 0.3 ng/g for trifluralin, metribuzin, alachlor, dieldrin and p,p'-DDT, and 0.5 ng/g for heptachlor, aldrin and parathion, and 0.7 ng/g for endrin, and 0.8 ng/g for nitrofen. The recoveries were between 33 and 109%. The method was used to analyze twenty-five frogs and forty-six fishes fishes samples caught from various regions in Korea. Benzophenone was detected at concentration of up to 17.2 ng/g in frog or fish. Heptachlor, aldrin, γ-chlordane, p,p'-DDE, p,p'-DDD, endrin and o,p-DDD were detected at concentrations of 0.7-12.5 ng/g in frog or fish. Also significant leveles of dieldrin (up to 22.5 ng/g) were observed. The developed method may be valuable to be used to the national monitoring project of EDS in biota samples.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.230-235
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• 2020

A pregnane steroid, 3α-hydroxy-pregn-7-ene-6,20-dione (1), was isolated from a Hydractinia-associated Cladosporium sphaerospermum SW67 by repetitive column chromatographic separation and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) purification. The planar structure of 1 was elucidated from the analysis of the spectroscopic data (1D and 2D NMR spectra) and LC-MS data. The absolute configuration of 1 was determined by interpretation of ROESY spectrum of 1, together with the comparison of reported spectroscopic values in previous studies. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of the identification of the pregnane scaffold from C. sphaerospermum, a natural source. Compound 1 was evaluated for its effects on lipid metabolism and adipogenesis during adipocyte maturation and showed that compound 1 substantially inhibited lipid accumulation compared to the control. Consistently, the expression of the adipocyte marker gene (Adipsin) was reduced upon incubation with 1. Further, we evaluated the effects of 1 on lipid metabolism by measuring the transcription of lipolytic and lipogenic genes. The expression of the lipolytic gene ATGL was significantly elevated upon exposure to 1 during adipogenesis, whereas the expression of lipogenic genes FASN and SREBP1 was significantly reduced upon treatment with 1. Thus, our findings provide experimental evidence that the steroid derived from Hydractinia-associated C. sphaerospermum SW67 is a potential therapeutic agent for obesity.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.456-464
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• 1996

밀의 영양체 저장탄수화물인 fructan의 대사에 관련된 fructan exohydrolase(FEH) 효소의 특성을 구명하기 위해 FEH를 밀의 줄기와 엽초에서 정제, 실험한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. FEH의 분자량은 63.7kD이었으며, pH 5.5와 3$0^{\circ}C$에서 최고의 활성을 보였다. 2. FEH의 $K_{m}$ 과 $V_{max}$는 fructan의 크기에 따라 각각 10~37mM, 5g~179mM로 변이를 보였으며, tetrasaccharide가 본 실험에서 사용된 기질 중에서 가장 낮은 $K_{m}$ 과 $V_{max}$를 보였다. 3. 밀의 FEH는 $eta$(2 $\longrightarrow$1)로 연결된 fructan에 대하여 기질 특이성을 보였으며 $\beta$(2 $\longrightarrow$6) fructan과 sucrose는 분해할 수 없었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.893-902
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• 2020

Propolis is a resinous substance that is collected by Apis mellifera from plant sources and is used in traditional medicine. To study the phytochemical constituents and apoptotic potential of Jordanian propolis extract against different cancer cell lines, propolis was extracted using methanol, hexane, and ethyl acetate and was fractionated using chromatographic methods. Cytotoxicity was assessed using MTT and LDH assays. The apoptotic potential was investigated using florescence microscopy, multicaspase assay, Annexin-V and dead cell assay, and cell cycle assay. The phytochemical constituents were analyzed using GC-MS. The methanol extract of propolis exhibited cytotoxic potential against all cell lines tested. The IC₅₀ values of the methanol extract were 47.4, 77.8, 91.2, and 145.0 ㎍/ml for HepG2, LoVo, MDAMB231, and MCF7 cell lines, respectively. The IC₅₀ values of the F1 fraction were 31.6 (MDAMB231), 38.9 (HepG2), 36.7 (LoVo) and 75.5 (MCF7) ㎍/ml. On further purification using thin-layer chromatography, the IC₅₀ values of the F1-3 fraction were found to be 84.31(HepG2), 79.2 (MCF7), 70.4 (LoVo), and 68.9 (MDAMB231) ㎍/ml, respectively. The anticancer potential of the F1 fraction was confirmed through the induction of apoptosis and cell cycle arrest at the G0/G1 phase. The GC-MS analysis of the F1 fraction revealed the presence of 3-methyl-4-isopropylphenol (29.44%) as a major constituent. These findings indicate the potential of propolis extract as a cancer therapy. However, further investigation is required to assess the acute and subacute toxicity of the most active fraction.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.122-126
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• 2003

본 연구에서는 다중 이온교환크로마토그래피로 리소짐을 분리하는 공정개발을 위해 Cellufine CM C-200과 Bio-rex 70 겔을 이용하여 비교 실험하였다. 난백에서 Iysozyme의 분리, 정제 및 수지의 활용성을 확인하는 실험이었다. 실험결과 Cellufine겔은 5 주기가 지나면서부터 용출분획에서 낮은 농도의 단백질이 용출됨을 확인하였다. 이는 주기가 진행될 수록 겔의 흡착능력이 약화됨을 보여주는 것이다. 또한 주기가 진행될수록 각 주기의 크로마토그램을 분석한 결과, 단백질이 겔의 작용기와 효과적으로 흡·탈착 작용을 하고 있지 못하기 때문에 용출영역의 peak가 계속해서 낮아지는 경향을 보였다. 그러나 Bio-rex 70겔은 6 주기를 수행 후에도 겔의 흡착능력이 상실되지 않고 단백질과 효과적으로 결합함을 용출영역의 크로마토그램과 전기영동에서 확인하였다. Bio-rex 겔은 Cellufine겔보다 단백질과 작용기와의 결합력이 우수하였으나 순수한 Iysozyme의 정제에 있어서 적당하지 못함을 알 수 있었다. Iysozyme의 용출 이온강도가 다른 단백질들보다 더 강하기 때문에 용출용액의 소금 농도구배를 실행함으로써 단백질을 용출한다면 순수한 IysoByme을 정제할 수 있다고 생각된다. 따라서 본 실험결과 다중 이온교환크로마토그래피 공정에 효과적인 겔은 Bio-rex 70겔임을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.360-368
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• 1993

세포막 정보전달 경로에서 수용체에 전달된 정보를 세포내로 전달하는데 조절 단백질로 알려진 GTP 결합단백질을 소외 뇌조직으로부터 정제하고 그 분자량등을 관찰하였다. 분쇄한 소의 뇌조직으로부터 세포막을 분리 해내고 1% cholate를 이용하여 세포막 단백질을 얻었으며 DEAE-Sephacel column chromatography를 시행하였다. 여기서 얻은 GTP 결합단백질은 다시 Ultrogel AcA 34 column chromatography, heptylamine-Sepharose column chromatography 순으로 실시하여 $GTP{\gamma}S$와 결합하는 단백질 분획을 모았고 활성도와 일치하는 분획을 얻었다. 전기영동으로 관찰한 결과 $Go{\alpha}$가 분자량 39,000 dalton. $G{\beta}$가 36,000 dalton인 band를 확인하였고 나머지 다른 단백질도 함께 관찰되어 heptylamine-Sepharose 분획을 다시 DEAE-Sephacel column에 적용하여 순수한 band를 구하였다. GTP 결합단백질의 활성화는 GTP가 결합될 때 ${\alpha}$부분과 결합하고 ${\beta}{\gamma}$는 떨어져 나간다. 그러므로 heptylamine-Sepharose column분획의 활성도에서 $Go{\alpha}$의 band 분획과 곡선의 활성도가 일치하고 ${\beta}$는 곡선이 하향하는 분획에서 전기영동상에 관찰되었다.