• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.472-476
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• 2008

Two isoforms of human CD99 have been identified, but only heterotypic interaction between the isomers was recently demonstrated. In this study, we performed bimolecular fluorescence complementation analysis to further characterize the interaction in vivo. Upon transiently transfecting plasmids expressing either of the two isoforms fused with yellow fluorescent protein (YFP) fragments, all the YFP-tagged CD99 molecules were properly localized on cell surfaces, and formed fluorescent dimers. Interestingly, however, unlike the previous report, the homodimers formed as efficiently as the heterodimer via their extracellular domains, implying its distinct regulatory role through modulating the complex profile.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제31권7호
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• pp.2036-2038
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• 2010

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제26권12호
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• pp.1965-1968
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• 2005

Extended H$\ddot{u}$ckel molecular calculations have been used to analyze how the magnitude of exchange coupling is influenced by the structural distortions in a series of dinuclear six-coordinate copper(II) complexes bridged by the planar bis-bidentate oxalate anion. Copper(II) ions have distorted octahedral surroundings, one being axially elongated and the other compressed. The magnetic interaction is strong in the former complexes and very weak in the latter. This is interpreted as resulting from a switching of magnetic spin orbitals due to the structural distortions (bond elongation or compression) of the copper sites.

• BMB Reports
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.281-286
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• 1998

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) core proteins from two different isolates (HCV-1 and HCV-RH) were expressed in Spotioptera Jrugiperda (Sf9) insect cells. The RH core consisted of two major species of proteins (21 kDa and 19 kDa). On the other hand, the HCV-1 core was approximately 16 kDa in a SDS-PAGE gel. Both core proteins were phosphorylated in vivo on serine residues. Furthermore, the RH core but not HCV-1 core formed dimers, indicating that the protein conformation of the core in these two isolates is dfferent from one another. Immunofluorescence studies showed that the RH core was present in the cytoplasm, whereas the HCV-1 core was localized predominantly to the nucleus in recombinant baculovirus-infected insect cells. Since the major difference between the two isolates is the codon 9 of the core protein, a single amino acid substitution appears to play a major role in the protein conformation and these properties may reflect the different biological functions of core proteins in HCV-infected cells.

• 한국염색가공학회지
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.9-16
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• 1994

알칼리 수용액 중에서의 Vinylsulfone(VS)계 반응성염료의 혼합상태의 가수분해 반응을 정량적으로 조사하였다. 혼합이량체의 생성 및 분해반응 속도상수를 각각의 염료의 가수분해반응에서 구한 속도상수를 이용하여 계산하였다. 단독이량체를 생성하는 염료들을 조합하였을 경우에는 혼합이량체가 생성되었다. C.I.Reactive Blue 19가 다른 VS계 염료들과 혼합되었을 경우에는 일반적으로 혼합이량체가 생성되었다. Blue 19와 Orange 16의 조합의 경우에는 낮은 염료농도에서만 혼합이량체가 생성되었으며, Red 22의 경우에는 단독 및 혼합이량체가 생성되지 않았다. 단독이량체가 생성되지않는 Orange 7는 다른 VS계 염료들과의 조합에서 혼합이량체를 생성함을 확인하였다. Yellow 17의 혼합이량체의 분해속도 상수값이 가장 큼을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국염색가공학회지
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.216-220
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• 1993

Dissociation constants and heat of dissociation of dimers of 3, 3'-diethyl-thiacarbocyanine dye(Dye 2) have been studied. At $10~40^{\circ}C$, absorption spectra of 2 vol% aqueous ethanol solutions of Dye 2 showed monomer and dimer bands. From the temperature dependence of monomer absorbance, dissociation constants K and ${\Delta}H$ were estimated to be $6.2(10^{\circ}C)-10.6(40^{\circ}C)mon/\ell$ and 3kcal/mol, respectively. These K valus are about one half of those for 3,3'-diethyl-2,2'-cyanine dye with one methine carbon, indication a higher dimer stability than that of 3,3-diethyl-2,2'-cyanine dye.

• BMB Reports
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.554-560
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• 1999

TTD1BI cells are non-hypersensitive to UV irradiation and perform normal genome repair of pyrimidine dimers but fail to excise 6-4 photoproducts and, concomitantly, are unable to restore RNA synthesis levels following UV irradiation. This pointed to a detect in gene-specific repair and this study was undertaken to examine repair of 6-4 photoproducts at the gene-level. The results indicated a defect in gene-specific repair of 6-4 photoproducts in active genes, although strand-specificity of 6-4 photoproduct removal was essentially similar to that of normal cells. These findings indicate that the near normal UV resistance of TTD1BI cells may be due to the inability of these cells to remove DNA lesions preferentially, as well as to the cells opting out of the cell cycle to repair damage before resuming replication.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.753-759
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• 1998

In physical and reactive extraction of acrylic acid using various solvents the equilibrium characteristics of extraction were investigated. The degree of extraction in reactive extraction with Tri-n-octylamine(TOA) was 1.5~3 times than that in physical extraction. Distribution ratio was constant in methyl isobutyl ketone(MIBK) and n-butylacetate(n-BAc) but was increased with increasing the concentration of acrylic acid in benzene and chloroform. It can be explained by formation of dimers. Maximum extraction leadings of acrylic acid were three in benzene and were two in MIBK, chloroform and n-BAc, and it was found that acrylic acid was extracted as the form of $A_3$R In benzene and $A_2R$ in MIBK, chloroform and n-BAc. In effect of solvent, the degree of extraction was increased as he difference of solubility parameter of solvent and solute was decreased, and as dielectric constant of solvent was increased.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.265-269
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• 1998

Several flavonoid dimers were isolated and elucidated from the bark of Korean pine tree (Pinus densiflora). One of them was postulated to be a compound, epicatechin $(4{\rightarrow}7)$ 5,8,3',4'-tetrahydroxy-(2R,3R)-flavan-3-ol, whose structural determination was carried out by diverse NMR techniques.

• Mass Spectrometry Letters
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.99-104
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• 2015

A liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS) system was used to identify and distinguish oligostilbene diastereoisomers. A polyphenolic extract from Neobalanocarpus heimii known to be rich in oligostilbenes of various degrees of condensation was used as test material. Fourteen oligostilbenes were isolated from this extract on a fully automated semi-preparative HPLC system. Out of these, two pairs of dimers, one pair of trimers, two pairs of tetramers and a group of four tetramers with similar skeleton were identified as diastereoisomers. Their structures and configurations were established by spectroscopic methods. All isolated compounds were subjected to an LC-MS/MS to study their fragmentation patterns. The experiments were performed on a liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) with electrospray-ionization (ESI) interface in positive mode. MS/MS spectra of each pure compound were recorded by direct infusion in identical conditions and their product ion spectra were analysed. Some subtle yet significant differences were observed between the spectra of oligostilbenes from the various diastereoisomeric series.