• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.23-33
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• 2022

Electron density irregularities in the equatorial ionosphere at night are understood in terms of plasma bubbles, which are produced by the transport of low-density plasma from the bottomside of the F region to the topside. Equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs) have been detected by various techniques on the ground and from space. One of the distinguishing characteristics of EPBs identified from long-term observations is the systematic seasonal and longitudinal variation of the EPB activity. Several hypotheses have been developed to explain the systematic EPB behavior, and now we have good knowledge about the key factors that determine the behavior. However, gaps in our understanding of the EPB climatology still remain primarily because we do not yet have the capability to observe seed perturbations and their growth simultaneously and globally. This paper reviews the occurrence climatology of EPBs identified from observations and the current understanding of its driving mechanisms.

• 한국응용약물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국응용약물학회 2006년도 Proceedings of The Convention
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• pp.127-130
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• 2006

Coenzyme Q10(CoQ10) is a biological quinine compound that is widely found in living organisms including yeast, plants, and animals. CoQ10 has two major physiological activities:(a)mitochondrial electron-transport activity and (b )antioxidant activity. Various clinical applications are also available: Parkinson's disease, Heart disease, diabetes. Because of its various application filed, the market size of CoQ10 is continuously expanding all over the world. A Japanese company, Nisshin Pharma Inc. is the first industrial producer of CoQ10(1974). CoQ10 can be produced by fermentation and chemical synthesis. In several companies, these two methods are used for the production of CoQ10:chemical synthesis - Yungjin, Daewoong, Nishin Parma; fermentation - Kaneka, Kyowa, Yungjin, etc. Researchs in microbial production of CoQ10 have several steps: screening of producing microorganisms, strain development, fermentation process, purification process, scale-up process, plant production. Several strategies are available for the strain development : Random mutation and screening, directed metabolic engineering. For the optimization of fermentation process, various conditions (nutrient, aeration, temperature, culture type, etc.) are considered. Purification is one of the most important step because the quality of final products entirely depends on its purity. The production cost will be reduced and the quality of the CoQ10 will be impoved by continuous researches in strain development, fermentation process, purification process.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.153-157
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• 1991

Intracellular enzymes of an extreme halophilic bacterium, Halobacterium sp. HE10, isolated from a saltern in Korea was investigated. The membrane-bound enzyme, NADH dehydrogenase, involved in electron transport system was stimulated by the addition of 2.0 M NaCl. The respiratory enzyme activities such as NADH oxidase and NADH dehydrogenase was decreased on removal of $Na^+$ ion and restored when replaced with cations like $K^+$, $Li^+$and $NH_{4}^{+}$ ions. Furthermore, their activities were affected by the anions such like carbonate, acetate, sulfate, chloride and nitrate at the presence of $Na^+$ion. Lactate dehydrogenase activity was highest at the asturated solution of NaCl and isocitrate dehydrogenase activity was a maximum level at 1.0 M NaCl. These results suggested that the enzyme activites of the respiratory chain in Halobacterium sp. EH10 was stimulated by the presence of $Na^+$ ion.

• 한국약용작물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국약용작물학회 2006년도 Proceedings of The Convention of The Korean Society of Applied Pharmacology
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• pp.127-130
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• 2006

Coenzyme Q10(CoQ10) is a biological quinine compound that is widely found in living organisms including yeast, plants, and animals. CoQ10 has two major physiological activities:(a)mitochondrial electron-transport activity and (b)antioxidant activity. Various clinical applications are also available : Parkinson's disease, Heart disease, diabetes. Because of its various application filed, the market size of CoQ 10 is continuously expanding all over the world. A Japanese company, Nisshin Pharma Inc. is the first industrial producer of CoQ10(1974). CoQ10 can be produced by fermentation and chemical synthesis. In several companies, these two methods are used for the production of CoQ10:chemical synthesis - Yungjin, Daewoong, Nishin Parma; fermentation - Kaneka, Kyowa, Yungjin, etc. Researchs in microbial production of CoQ10 have several steps: screening of producing microorganisms, strain development, fermentation process, purification process, scale-up process, plant production. Several strategies are available for the strain development : Random mutation and screening, directed metabolic engineering. For the optimization of fermentation process, various conditions (nutrient, aeration, temperature, culture type, etc.) are considered. Purification is one of the most important step because the quality of final products entirely depends on its purity. The production cost will be reduced and the quality of the CoQ10 will be impoved by continuous researches in strain development, fermentation process, purification process.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.133-140
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• 1998

To investigate the effects of sulfite on the chloroplast development, etiolated barley seedlings were treated with 100 mM sulfite solution every 3 hour by spraying during 96 hours greening Period. The effects were determined by chlorophyll a, b and carotenoids contents, photosynthetic electron transport activity, chlorophyll fluorescence yield and fluorescence quenching parameters. The contents of chlorophyll a and carotenoids were decreased than that of control by treatment of salfite over 48 hours greening. PS II Is more sensitive to sulfite than PS I Is. And by the addition of DPC to the chloroplasts of the barley seedling treated with sulfite, the photoreduction of DCPIP was not recovered. In greening with suite treated barley leaves, Fo, Fv and Nlh ratio were decreased with little difference from that of control. But qP, qNP and qR were lowed in comparison with those of controls whereas qE was markedly higher than that of control. Especially, It is Interesting that qR was decreased markedly compared to that of control. The results in the change of PS I activity, Nf and qP suggest that the strate of Inhibition by suite Is carbon dioxide reduction cycle.

• Journal of Photoscience
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.33-39
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• 2005

Plants possess the ability to dissipate the excitation energy for the protection of photosynthetic apparatus from absorbed excess light. Heat dissipation is regulated by xanthophyll cycle in thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts. We investigated the mechanistic aspects of xanthophyll cycle-dependent photoprotection against low-temperature photoinhibition in plants. Using barley and rice as chilling-resistant species and sensitive ones, respectively, chilling-induced chlorophyll fluorescence quenching, composition of xanthophyll cycle pigments and mRNA expression of the zeaxanthin epoxidase were examined. Chilled barley plants exhibited little changes in chlorophyll fluorescence quenching either of photochemical or non-photochemical nature and in the photosynthetic electron transport, indicating low reduction state of PS II primary electron acceptor. In contrast to the barley, chilled rice showed a marked decline in those parameters mentioned above, indicating the increased reduction state of PS II primary electron acceptor. In addition, barley plants were shown to have a higher capacity to elevate the pool size of xanthophyll cycle pigments in response to cold stress compared to rice plants. Such species-dependent regulation of xanthophyll cycle activity was correlated with the gene expression level of cold-induced zeaxanthin epoxidase. Chilled rice plants depressed the gene expression of zeaxanthin epoxidase, whereas barley increased its expression in response to cold stress. We suggest that chilling-induced alterations in the pool size of xanthophyll cycle pigments related to its capacity would play an important role in regulating plant's sensitivity to chilling stress.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.364-370
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• 1987

본연구의 근간이 되는 기본적 가정은, (1) 식물냉해기작에서 2차과정은 반응성이 강한 $O_2^-$의 체내 축적이다. (2) $O_2^-$는 식물체가 저온(低溫)처리를 받고 있는 도중이 아니라 상온(常溫)으로 환원된 뒤에 축적되기 시작한다. (3) $O_2^-$의 축적은 미토콘드리아 막의 상전이가 야기한 세포대사(細胞代謝)$(glycolysis{\rightarrow}TCA\;cycle{\rightarrow}respiratory\;electron\;transport)$의 균형파괴에 기인 한다. 이와 같은 가정을 뒷받침할 수 있는 중요한 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 먼저 $O_2^-$의 상대적(相對的) 수준(水準)을 측정하는 방법을 확립하였다. 저온처리를 받은 벼 유묘는 처리하지 않은 유묘보다 그 조직 추출액중의 $O_2^-$수준이 높게 나타났다. 48시간의 저온처리중에는 $O_2^-$의 축적이 거의 일어나지 않았으나, 상온(常溫)으로 환원시킨 후 축적되기 시작하여 약 8시간후에 최고치에 도달하였다. Model system을 이용한 연구 결과, 호흡기질을 공급했을 때 미토콘드리아 membrane(SMP)에서 $O_2^-$의 생성이 증가하였다. 효소적으로 발생시킨 $O_2^-$가 존재하는 조건하에서 미토콘드리아막의 전자전달 활성이 저해를 받았다. $O_2^-$의 축적이 최고치에 도달한 후 급격히 감소되는 사실이 관찰되었으며, 이는 Superoxide dismutase(SOD)에 의한 $O_2^-$의 dismutation 결과로 해석되었다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.2951-2957
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• 2015

유해 유독 적조생물의 대발생은 해양생물 건강성과 수산어족자원에 심각한 피해를 입힌다. 본 연구에서는 미세조류의 대발생을 억제하기 위해 개발된 Thiazolidione 유도체(TD49)와 현장에서 적조생물을 제어하기 위하여 살포되는 황토에 대한 살조능을 조사하였다. 아울러 적조생물 생사판별과 관련된 자가영양생물의 광합성에 영향을 미칠 수 있는 활성엽록소(activity Chl. a), 광합성효율($F_v/F_m$), 전자 전달율(electron transport rate, ETR)등을 평가하였다. 대상적조생물은 유해조류 3종과 비유해 조류 1종을 선택하였으며, 유해조류는 침편모조류 Heterosigma akashiwo, Chattonella marina와 더불어 와편모조류 Heterocapsa circularisquama를 비교하였고, 비유해조류는 은편모조류 Rhodomonas salina에 대하여 평가하였다. 유해조류 3종은 살조물질(TD49)에 의하여 빠른 시간에 세포가 파괴되어 우수한 살조 효과(>80%)를 보인 반면, 황토에 관해서는 살조효율이 30%이하로 낮게 나타났다. 또한 TD49에 대한 유해조류 3종의 살조효율은 H. circularisquama> C. marina> H. akashiwo 순으로 높게 나타났으며, 광합성 효율 및 전자전달율 또한 극히 낮게 나타나, 광합성에 치명적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 사료되었다. 반면, 유해조류 3종에 관해서 황토에 대한 광합성 효율과 전자전달율은 대조군과 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다(p>0.01). 비유해종 R. salina 은 대조군에 비하여 TD49와 황토의 살조 효과, 광합성효율 및 전자전달율의 차이는 명확하게 나타나지 않았고, 오히려 TD49물질에서 성장에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것을 확인하였다. 결과적으로 본 연구에서 TD49물질은 유해적조 생물을 선택적으로 제어 할 수 있으며, 현장 적용시 우수한 살조 효과를 가질 수 있을 것으로 판단된 반면, 황토는 적조생물 제어에 적합하지 않을 것으로 사료되었다.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.441-446
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• 2005

The molecular mechanism of ischemia/reperfusion injury remains unclear. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are implicated in cell death caused by ischemia/reperfusion in vivo or hypoxia in vitro. Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) activation has been reported to be involved in hydrogen peroxide-induced cell death in renal epithelial cells. This study was therefore undertaken to evaluate the role of P ARP activation in chemical hypoxia in opossum kidney (OK) cells. Chemical hypoxia was induced by incubating cells with antimycin A, an inhibitor of mitochondrial electron transport. Exposure of OK cells to chemical hypoxia resulted in a time-dependent cell death. In OK cells subjected to chemical hypoxia, the generation of ROS was increased, and this increase was prevented by the $H_2O_2$ scavenger catalase. Chemical hypoxia increased P ARP activity and chemical hypoxia-induced cell death was prevented by the inhibitor of PARP activation 3-aminobenzamide. Catalase prevented OK cell death induced by chemical hypoxia. $H_2O_2$ caused PARP activation and $H_2O_2-induced$ cell death was prevented by 3-aminobenzamide. Taken together, these results indicate that chemical hypoxia-induced cell injury is mediated by PARP activation through H202 generation in renal epithelial cells.

• Journal of Photoscience
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.47-52
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• 1994

Effects of HgCl$_2$-treatment on electron transport, chlorophyll a fluorescence and its quenching were studied using isolated barley (Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Albori) chloroplasts. Depending on the concentration of HgCI$_2$, photosynthetic oxygen-evolving activities of photosystem II (PS II) were greatly inhibited, whereas those of photosystem I (PS I) were slightly decreased. The inhibitory effects of HgCl$_2$ on the oxygen-evolving activity was partially restored by the addition of hydroxyamine, suggesting the primary inhibition site by HgCl$_2$2-treatment is close to the oxidizing site of PS tl associated with water-splitting complex. Addition of 50 $\mu$M HgCI$_2$ decreased both photochemical and nonphotochemical quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence. Especially, energy dependent quenching (qE) was completely disappeared by HgCl$_2$-treatment as observed by NH$_4$CI treatment. In the presence of HgCI$_2$, F'o level during illumination was also increased. These results suggest that pH gradient across thylakoid membrane can not be formed in the presence of 0 $\mu$M HgCl$_2$. In addition, antenna pigment composition might be altered by HgCl$_2$-treatment.