• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.822-827
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• 2000

새우 알러지를 감소시키기 위한 방법으로써 감마선 조사기술의 이용 가능성을 평가하였다. 새우로부터 분리한 열안정성 단백질(HSP)과 병원에서 임상진단용으로 사용하는 새우 단백질 추출액을 1, 3, 5, 7, 10 kGy의 선량으로 감마선을 조사하였다. 단백질 추출액 및 HSP의 알러지성과 항원성의 변화를 mAb와 환자의 IgE를 사용한 ELISA법과 immunoblotting법으로 측정하였고, 단백질의 구조변화는 gel permeation chromatography와 SDS-PAGE로 관찰하였다. 환자의 IgE는 감마선 조사된 단백질 추출액과 HSP용액 모두에서 감마선 조사선량이 증가함에 따라 감소하였다. GPC-HPLC와 sandwich ELISA법으로 HSP를 정량하였을 때도 역시 감마선 조사선량이 증가함에 따라 감소하였다. SDS-PAGE pattern 변화에서 HSP는 감마선 조사에 의해 변화되어 더 큰 분자량으로 전환되었다. 이러한 결과는 감마선 조사가 새우 알러지 억제에 적용 할 수 있다는 가능성을 시사하였다.

• Journal of Photoscience
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.281-283
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• 2002

S-modulin in frog or its bovine homologue, recoverin, is a 26 kDa EF-hand $Ca^{2+}$-binding protein found in rod photoreceptors. The $Ca^{2+}$ -bound form of S-modulin binds to rhodopsin kinase (Rk) and inhibits its activity. Through this regulation, S-modulin is believed to modulate the light-sensitivity of a rod. In the present study, we tried to identify the interaction site of the $Ca^{2+}$ -bound form of S-modulin to Rk. First, we mapped roughly the interaction regions by using partial peptides of S-modulin. The result suggested that a specific region near the amino terminus is the interaction site of S- modulin. We then identified the essential amino acid residues in this region by using S-modulin mutant proteins: four amino acid residues were suggested to interact with Rk. These residues are located in a small closed pocket in the $Ca^{2+}$-free, inactive form of S-modulin, but exposed to the surface of the molecules in the $Ca^{2+}$ -bound, active form of S-modulin. Two additional amino acid residues were found to be crucial for the $Ca^{2+}$ -dependent conformational changes of S-modulin. The present study firstly identified the functional site of S-modulin, a member of a neuronal calcium sensor protein family.in family..

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.23-27
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• 1997

계란 흰자내에 존재하면서 전형적인 알레르기원이며 단백질분해효소 저해물질인 ovomucoid의 탄수화물 곁사슬에 대한 방사선의 조사효과를 관찰하였다. Trypsin 저해 활성은 방사선 조사선량의 증가에 따라 급격히 손실되었는데 질소환경과 비교하였을 때, 산소환경에서 방사선 조사한 경우 ovomucoid의 불활성화가 현저히 보호되었다. Protein blotting 결과 산소환경에서 방사선을 조사한 경우는 단백질이 일부 파괴되었고, 질소환경하에서는 단백질 응집 현상이 일어났다. Carbohydrate blotting 결과로 나타난 밴드의 위치 및 형태 역시 protein blotting 결과와 유사하였다 HPLC 분석 결과 조사선량의 증가에 따라 모든 올리고당 분획이 감소하는 경향을 보였는데 산소환경하에서 더욱 현저하였다. 위의 결과로 보아, 방사선에 의해서 탄수화물 곁사슬의 파괴 및 유리로 인한 전반적인 구조적 변화가 초래되어 ovomucoid의 활성도 변화를 좌우한 것으로 생각된다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.233-239
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• 1998

A GABA synthesizing enzyme, glutamate decarboxylase, has been purified from bovine brain by several chromatographic procedures. The preparation appeared homogeneous on SDS-PAGE. The enzyme is a homodimeric protein with a molecular mass of 120 kDa. The activation of glutamate decarboxylase by ginesenosides from Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer has been studied. Preincubation of the enzyme with total ginsenoside, $Rb_2$ and Rc ginsenosides, increased glutamate decarboxylase activities in a dose-dependent manner. There was a reproducible decrease in $K_m$, in addition to a increase in $V_{max}$, in response to increasing concentrations of the Rc ginsenoside fraction. Upon addition of the ginsenoside to the enzyme, a decrease in flurorescence intensity was discernible, together with an increase in emission anisotropy. Judging from the anisotropy values, the ginsenoside is rapidly trapped by the protein matrix. Total ginsenoside was administered to rats and the rat brains were removed for the measurement of the changes of GABA shunt regulating enzyme activities. Among the GABA shunt regulating enzymes, only the glutamate decarboxylase activities were increased after ginsenoside treatment. Therefore, it is suggested that the ginsenosides may elevate the GABA level in brain by activation of glutamate decarboxylase and the enzymatic activation might be due to the conformational change induced by binding of ginsenoside to the enzyme.

• BMB Reports
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.230-235
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• 1996

The interaction of ${\alpha}-ketoglutarate$ dehydrogenase complex (${\alpha}-KGDC$) with a hydrophobic fluorescent probe [1,1'-bi(4-aniline)naphthalene-5,5'-disulfonic acid] (bis-ANS) was studied. The punfied ${\alpha}-KGDC$ was potently inhibited by bis-ANS with an apparent half maximal inhibitory concentration ($IC_{50}$) of 9.8 ${\mu}m$ at pH 8.0. The catalytic activities of both the E1o and E2o subunits were predominantly inhibited while that of the E3 component was hardly affected. The binding of bis-ANS to the enzyme caused a marked enhancement and blue shift from 523 nm to 482 nm in the fluorescence emission spectrum. The dissociation constant ($K_d$) and the number of binding sites (n) were calculated to be 0.87 mM and 158, respectively. Allosteric regulators such as purine nucleotides and divalent cations further increased the fluorescence intensity of the $bis-ANS-{\alpha}-KGDC$ binary complex. These data suggest that the binding of these allosteric regulators to ${\alpha}-KGDC$ may cause the conformational changes in the enzyme and that bis-ANS could be used as a valuable probe to study the interaction of the multi-enzyme complex and its allosteric regulators.

• 한국자기공명학회논문지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.67-73
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• 2015

The microcystin is a cyclic heptapeptide from metabolites of cyanobacteria in the genera mycrocystis, anabaeba as a result of eutrophication. It has been known that microcystin-LR is a potent inhibitor of the catalytic subunits of protein phosphatase-1 (PP-1) as well as powerful tumor promoter. The active site of microcystin actually has two metal ions $Fe^{2+}/Zn^{2+}$ close to the nucleophilic portion of PP-1-microcystin complex. We report the isolation and purification of this microcystin-LR from cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) obtained from Daechung Dam in Chung-cheong Do, Korea. Microcystin-LR was extracted from solid-phase extraction (SPE) sample preparation using a CN cartridge. The cyanobacteria extract was purified to obtain microcystin-LR by HPLC method and identified by LC/MS. The detail structural studies that can elucidate the possible role of monovalent and divalent metal ions in PP-1-microcystin complexation were carried out by utilizing molecular dynamics. Conformational changes in metal binding for ligands were monitored by molecular dynamic computation and potential of mean force (PMF) using the method of the free energy perturbation. The microcystin-metal binding PMF simulation results exhibit that microcystin can have very stable binding free energy of -10.95 kcal/mol by adopting the $Mg^{2+}$ ion at broad geometrical distribution of $0.5{\sim}4.5{\AA}$, and show that the $K^+$ ion can form a stable metal complex rather than other monovalent alkali metal ions.

• 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.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.155-161
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• 1983

Bacteriophage f2에 대한 자외광선의 살균효과와 외투막 단백질의 구조에 미치는 영향을 Ray-onet photoreactor PPR-208을 사용하여 300nm의 광선으로 연구하였다. 처음 20분간의 조사에서는 약 4 log의 phage가 감소되고 그후 완만한 살균효과를 보이다가 90분 이상의 조사에서는 생존 바이러스가 발견되지 않았다. Tryptophan residue의 fluorescenve quenching, 자외선으로 조신한 phage에 부착시킨 ANS (8-anilino-1-napht-halene sulfonate)의 fluorescence emission의 감소, tryptophan에서 ANS로의 energy transfer 의 감소 등 spectroscopic technique에 의한 결과와 자외선 조사에 의하여 단백질 외투만이 파손되는 전자현미경 관찰의 결과에 의하여 자외광선은 phage f2의 외투막 단백질의 구조에 변화를 일으킨다는 것이 밝혀졌다.

• 한국자기공명학회논문지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.56-60
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• 2016

Adenylate kinase (AK) enzyme which acts as the catalyst of reversible high energy phosphorylation reaction between ATP and AMP which associate with energetic metabolism and nucleic acid synthesis and signal transmission. This enzyme has three distinct domains: Core, AMP binding domain (AMPbd) and Lid domain (LID). The primary role of AMPbd and LID is associated with conformational changes due to flexibility of two domains. Three dimensional structure of human AK1 has not been confirmed and various mutation experiments have been done to determine the active sites. In this study, AK1R138A which is changed arginine[138] of LID domain with alanine[138] was made and conducted with NMR experiments, backbone dynamics analysis and mo-lecular docking dynamic simulation to find the cause of structural change and substrate binding site. Synthetic human muscle type adenylate kinase 1 (hAK1) and its mutant (AK1R138A) were re-combinded with E. coli and expressed in M9 cell. Expressed proteins were purified and finally gained at 0.520 mM hAK1 and 0.252 mM AK1R138A. Multinuclear multidimensional NMR experiments including HNCA, HN(CO)CA, were conducted for amino acid sequence analysis and signal assignments of $^1H-^{15}N$ HSQC spectrum. Our chemical shift perturbation data is shown LID domain residues and around alanine[138] and per-turbation value(0.22ppm) of valine[179] is consid-ered as inter-communication effect with LID domain and the structural change between hAK1 and AK1R138A.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.92-96
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• 2006

유기용매에서 효소를 이용하면 다양한 선택적 반응을 쉽게 수행할 수 있어 산업적 적용 가능성이 매우 높지만, 효소의 안정성 저하는 아직까지 큰 문제 중의 하나로 남아있다. 유기용매에서 효소 반응시 효소의 실활 원인과 효소의 안정화 방법 연구를 위하여 단백질의 folding에 관여하는 molecular chaperone의 일종인 heat-shock protein Hsp90을 이용하여, 대표적인 유기용매 반응시스템에서의 과산화효소 HRP 안정성 향상 연구를 수행하였다. 그 결과 Hsp90은 30％ DMSO, 30％ 및 50％ dioxane 완충용액에서 HRP의 실활 방지 효과를 보였고, 실활된 효소의 재생에도 탁월한 효과를 보였다. 그리고 형광분석과 CD(circular dichroism)에 의한 구조분석을 수행하여 Hsp90이 유기용매에 의해 unfolding되어 있는 효소를 다시 refolding하는 데 기여함을 알았다.