• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.429-435
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• 1999

An adenosine 5'-monophosphate deaminase (AMP aminohydrolase, EC 3.5.4.6) was purified to homogeneity from the cell-free extract of Saccharomyces cerevisiae DKCTC7248. The molecular mass of subunit was estimated to be 80 kDa on SDS-PAGE, and that of the holoenzyme was shown to be 240 kDa by gel filtration. The isoelectric point of the enzyme (AMP deaminase D) was determined to be 6.2. The AMP deaminase D was specific towards AMP with an apparent $K_m$ value of 4.1 mM and a Hill coefficient, $n_H$, of 2.2. Both ATP and ADP were positive allosteric effectors of the AMP deaminase D: The apparent $K_{m}$ was decreased to 1.6 mM and 3.3 mM in the presence of 0.1 mM ATP and ADP, respectively, lowering $n_{H}$ to 1.0. Univalent cations like $K^+, Na^+ and Li^ +$ activated the enzyme but some divalent cations such as $Cu^{ 2+} and Cd^{2+}$ showed strong inhibitory effects. This enzyme displayed optimum activity at $30^{\circ}C$ and pH 7.0. In addition, it was stable up to $45^{\circ}C$ and over a wide pH range(pH 5.5-9.0). Amino acid sequences of its N-terminal region were analyzed to be ADYKMQMFADDA.

• 폴리머
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.555-560
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• 2009

설폰화된 6FDA 계열의 폴리이미드의 설폰간기에 1가 이온($Li^+$, $Na^+$, $K^+$)과 2가 이온($Mg^{2+}$, $Ca^{2+}$, $Ba^{2+}$)이 치환되어졌으며, 이러한 금속이온의 치환효과가 $CO_2$, $O_2$ 및 $N_2$등의 기체 투과도와 선택도에 미치는 영향에 대하여 조사하였다. 설폰화된 폴리이미드의 열적 안정성이 금속이온을 치환함으로써 향상된 것을 열중량기 분석을 통하여 확인되었다. 1가 이온으로 치환된 막의 투과도는 이온반경 [$Li^+$(0.059 nm)>$Na^+$(0.102 nm)>$K^+$(0.138 nm)]의 순서로 감소하며, 2가 이온의 경우 이온반경과 고분자와 금속이온 간의 전기적 가교로 인하여 결정되어짐을 알 수 있었다. 반면에, 금속이온으로 치환된 설폰화된 폴리이미드 막의 선택도는 치환되지 않은 막에 비하여 향상된 것을 알 수 있었다. $K^+$이온으로 치환된 설폰화된 폴리이미드 막의 산소 투과도는 89.98 Barred[$1\times10^{-10}\;cm^3$(STP) $cm/cm^2{\cdot}s{\cdot}cmHg$]을 나타내어 원래의 폴리이미드 막의 산소 투과도인 126.5 Barrer 보다 현저히 줄었으며, $Li^+$으로 치환된 막의 $O_2/N_2$선택도는 12.9를 나타내어 원래의 4.2보다 크게 향상되어졌다.

• 한국광물학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.249-259
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• 2009

본 연구는 황토와 황토에서 분리한 점토(clay fraction)를 이용하여 수용액 내 양이온의 종류와 농도에 따른 점토광물의 분산과 응집의 변화를 알아보고자 하였다. 본 연구를 위하여 사용한 황토는 전남 나주시 동강면 장동리 황토로 지표면으로 부터 90~130 cm 깊이에서 채취하였다. 황토와 황토에서 분리한 점토(< $2\;{\mu}m$) 그리고 이들 시료로부터 결정질 철과 비결정질 철을 제거한 황토와 점토시료를 이용하여 실험을 실시하였다. 이온의 종류와 농도에 따른 점토광물의 저면간격과 물리적 성질의 변화를 알아보기 위하여 4가지 양이온($Na^+$, $K^+$, $Mg^{2+}$, $Ca^{2+}$)과 이들 이온의 농도(0.001 M~1 M)를 변화시켰을 때 광물의 침강속도와 점토광물의 저면간격의 변화를 연구하였다. 장동리 황토의 주 구성광물은 석영이며, 황토로부터 분리한 점토는 카올리나이트, 일라이트, 버미큘라이트로 이루어져 있다. 장동리 황토의 비결정질 철과 결정질 철의 함량은 각각 16.3 mg/kg과 436 mg/kg으로 주로 결정질 철로 이루어져 있다. 이온농도가 다른 4가지 이온을 추가한 수용액에서 구성 입자의 크기가 작은 점토가 황토에 비하여 분산이 더 잘되었다. 황토광물을 코팅하고 있는 결정질 철과 비결정질 철을 제거하기 전과 제거한 후 광물의 분산실험 결과에서 철을 제거한 시료가 분산이 더 잘 일어났으며 이는 코팅된 철 산화물이 광물입자들의 분산을 방해하는 것으로 사료된다. 수용액 중 이온의 종류와 농도가 광물의 분산에 미치는 영향 실험결과에 따르면 첨가한 이온의 농도가 클수록 그리고 양이온 전하량이 클수록 침강속도가 빨랐다. X-선 회절 분석 결과에 따르면 카올리나이트와 일라이트는 양이온의 종류와 농도에 따른 저면 간격의 변화가 없었다. 하지만 버미큘라이트는 일반적으로 +2가 양이온을 첨가한 경우 저면간격이 $14.04\;{\AA}$으로 +1가 양이온의 $13.9\;{\AA}$보다 크게 나타났다. 이는 +2가 양이온들의 수화반경이 +1가 양이온보다 크기 때문으로 사료된다. 따라서 광물에 코팅된 철과 수용에 내의 이온의 종류와 농도가 광물의 분산 및 버미큘라이트와 같은 팽창성 점토광물의 저면간격에 영향을 줄 수 있음을 시사한다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.692-697
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• 1998

GTP cyclohydrolase I catalyzing the first reaction in the biosynthesis of pterin moiety of folic acid in bacteria, was purified from Streptomyces tubercidicus by at least 203-fold with a yield of 32% to apparent homogeneity, using ammonium sulfate fractionation, DEAE-cellulose, Sepharose CL-6B, and hydroxylapatite column chromatography. The molecular weight of the native enzyme was estimated to be 230,000 daltons by gel permeation chromatography. The purified enzyme gave a single band on sodium dodesyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and its molecular weight was apparently 58,000 daltons. These results indicate that the enzyme consists of four subunits with the same molecular weight. The $K_m$ and $V_{max}$ values for GTP of the purified enzyme were determined to be 80${\mu}$M and 90nmol/min (mg protein), respectively. The optimum pH and temperature for the enzyme reaction were pH 7.5-8.5 and $40-42^{\circ}C$, respectively. Coenzyme or metal ion was not required for the enzyme activity. The enzyme activity was inhibited by most divalent cations, while it was slightly activated by potassium ion. In case of nucleotides, CTP, GMP, GDP, and UTP inhibited enzyme activity, among which GDP exhibited the strongest inhibitory effect.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제29권11호
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• pp.900-904
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• 1992

High temperature electrical conductivity was measured for perovskite La0.98Sr0.02MnO3 at 200~130$0^{\circ}C$ as a function of Po2 and 1/T. Perovskite La1-xSrxMnO3 system is the typical oxygen electrode in solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC). Acetate precursors were used for the preparation of mixed water solution and the calcined powders were reacted with Na2CO3 flux in order to obtain highly reactive powders of perovskite La0.98Sr0.02MnO3. The relative density was greatly increased above 90% because of the homogeneous sintering. From the conductivity ($\sigma$)-temperature and conductivity-Po2 at constant temperature, the defect structure of La0.98Sr0.02MnO3 was discussed. From the slope of 1n($\sigma$) vs 1/T, the activation energy of 0.069 and 0.108eV were evaluated for above 40$0^{\circ}C$, respectively. From the relationship between $\sigma$ and Po2, it was found that the decomposition of La0.98Sr0.02MnO3 was occurred at 10-15.5 atm(97$0^{\circ}C$) and 10-11 atm(125$0^{\circ}C$). It is supposed that the improvement of p-type conductivity may be leaded by the increase of Mn4+ concentration through the substitution of divalent/monovalent cations for La site in LaMnO3.

• BMB Reports
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.161-167
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• 1999

The role of oxidative stress in the initiation and the complication of diabetes was examined by monitoring blood glucose increase and oxidative DNA damage in rats treated with alloxan or streptozotocin (STZ). Oxidative DNA damage was assessed by quantitating 8-oxo-2'-deoxyguanosine ($oxo^8dG)$ excreted in urine and the $oxo^8dG$ accumulated in pancreas DNA. Both alloxan and STZ treatments resulted in an abrupt increase in blood glucose and significant increases in urinary and pancreatic $oxo^8dG$. Pretreatment of buthionine sulfoximine (BSO), a glutathione-depleting agent, slightly potentiated the increase of blood glucose and urinary $oxo^8dG$ in the alloxan- and STZ-treated rats. Furthermore, the BSO pretreatment caused significant amplification of pancreatic $oxo^8dG$ increase in the rats. On the other hand, pretreatment with 1,10- phenanthroline (o-phen), a chelator of divalent cations, showed different results between alloxan- and STZ-treated rats. The o-phen pretreatment completely blocked diabetes and the increase of $oxo^8dG$ by alloxan treatment, while it potentiated the increase of blood glucose and $oxo^8dG$ by STZ treatment. The results demonstrate that the causative effect of alloxan on diabetes may be the generation of reactive oxygen species through a Fenton type reaction, but that of STZ may not.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.734-740
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• 2010

Overuse of veterinary antibiotics threats public health and surrounding environment due to the occurrence of antibiotic resistant bacteria. The objective of this study was to evaluate the antibiotic's concentrations of tetracycline (TC), chlortetracycline (CTC), and oxytetracycline (OTC) in a tetracycline group (TCs), sulfamethazine (SMT), sulfamethoxazole (SMX), and sulfathiazole (STZ) in a sulfonamide group, lasalocid (LSL), monensin (MNS), and salinomycin (SLM) in a ionophore (IPs), and tylosin (TYL) in a macrolide (MLs) group from soil, water, and sediment samples adjacent to a cattle manure composting facility. For all samples of soil, water, and sediment, the highest concentrations were detected in TCs among the tested antibiotics because of its higher annual consumption in veterinary farms, Korea and its higher cohesiveness with divalent or trivalent cations in soil. Moreover, the concentrations of residual antibiotics in September were generally higher than in June because of heavier rainfall in June. We suggest that continual monitoring and developing guideline of antibiotics are needed to control residual antibiotics in the environment.

• 한국광물학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.105-113
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• 1997

Mineral description and mineralogical characterization were made for the wellsite, a barrian zeolite, which found as diagenetic alterations in the Miocene pyroclastic rocks in Gampo area. The wellsite occurs together with clinoptilolite, smectite and apatite as euhedral crystallites (0.2~0.4mm) forming interpenetraion twinning in the vesicles of altered pmice fragments. Compared to other reported wellsites, the wellsite is rather silicic (Si/(Al+Fe): 3.12-3.16) and Ca-rich. Unit cell dimensions and chemical formular determined from XRD, EMPA and TGA data are as follows:a=9.883$\AA$, b=14.204$\AA$, c=8.677$\AA$, $\beta$-124.764$^{\circ}$, (Ba0.57K0.36)(Ca1.18Na0.04)Al3.9Si12.1O32.13.9H2O.The cation composition of the Gampo wellsite, which shows an exchange reaction in the form of Ba2++Ca2+=2(K++Na-), is deviated far from the compositional range of a phillipsite-harmotome series. Due to higher abundance of divalent cations (Ca, Ba) and si in the wellsite, cimpared to those of the phillipsite and harmotome reported in other areas, the zeolite seems to be characteristic of higher water content (18.7 wt%) and higher thermal stability. XRD, chemical and thermo-chemical results of the wellsite reflects that wellsite is rather a Ba- and Ca-rich end member of a phillipsite-harmotome-wellsite series than an intermediate phase of phillipsite-harmotome series or a barrian variety of phillipste.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.12-18
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• 1999

Sucrose synthase (EC 2.4.1.13) has been purified from the plant cytosolic fraction of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L. cv. Amethyst) nodules. The native enzyme had a molecular mass of $356{\pm}15kD$. The subunit molecular mass was $87{\pm}2kD$, and a tetrameric structure is proposed for sucrose synthase of chickpea nodule. Optimum activities in the sucrose cleavage and synthesis directions were at pH 6.5 and 9.0, respectively. The purified enzyme displayed typical hyperbolic kinetics with substrates in cleavage and synthesis reactions. Chickpea nodules sucrose synthase had a high affinity for UDP ($K_m$, $8.0{\mu}M$) and relatively low affinities for ADP ($K_m$, 0.23 mM), CDP ($K_m$, 0.87 mM), and GDP ($K_m$, 1.51 mM). The $K_m$ for sucrose was 29.4 mM. In the synthesis reaction, UDP-glucose ($K_m$, $24.1{\mu}M$) was a more effective glucosyl donor than ADP-glucose ($K_m$, 2.7 mM), and the $K_m$ for fructose was 5.4 mM. Divalent cations, such as $Ca^{2+}$, $Mg^{2+}$, and $Mn^{2+}$, stimulated the enzyme activity in both the cleavage and synthesis directions, and the enzyme was very sensitive to inhibition by $HgCl_2$ and $CuSO_4$.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제55권4호
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• pp.241-246
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 토양에 대한 동물용 의약품의 흡 탈착 특성과 토주 실험을 이용한 동물용 의약품의 이동 특성을 조사하였다. 토양 중에서 동물용 의약품 흡 탈착은 Freundlich 흡 탈착등온식에 부합하였다. 흡착상수($K_F$) 값은 oxytetracycline > amoxicillin > sulfathiazole 순으로 나타났다. 100일 동안의 토주실험을 진행한 결과, tetracycline 계열의 oxytetracycline은 토양 내 흡착력이 강해 지하로의 이동이 거의 이루어지지 않는 반면, sulfonamide 계열의 sulfamethoxazole은 토양 흡착은 거의 이루어지지 않고 대부분 중력수를 통한 지하로의 이동량이 매우 높게 나타났다. 이는 oxytetracycline은 토양 중 존재하는 2가 양이온 $Ca^{2+}$ 등과 강하게 흡착되어 토양내 잔류량이 높게 나타날 것이며, amoxicillin과 sulfathiazole은 환경중 유거수나 지하수로 용탈가능성이 높음을 보여주는 지표이다.