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Biological Network Evolution Hypothesis Applied to Protein Structural Interactome

  • Bolser, Dan M.;Park, Jong Hwa
    • Genomics & Informatics
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.7-19
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    • 2003
  • The latest measure of the relative evolutionary age of protein structure families was applied (based on taxonomic diversity) using the protein structural interactome map (PSIMAP). It confirms that, in general, protein domains, which are hubs in this interaction network, are older than protein domains with fewer interaction partners. We apply a hypothesis of 'biological network evolution' to explain the positive correlation between interaction and age. It agrees to the previous suggestions that proteins have acquired an increasing number of interaction partners over time via the stepwise addition of new interactions. This hypothesis is shown to be consistent with the scale-free interaction network topologies proposed by other groups. Closely co-evolved structural interaction and the dynamics of network evolution are used to explain the highly conserved core of protein interaction pathways, which exist across all divisions of life.

First Recorded Family Synopiidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the Korean Waters

  • Kim, Young-Hyo;Heo, Jun-Haeng
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.162-168
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    • 2017
  • A newly recorded species of gammaridean amphipod, Synopia (Telsosynopia) trifidilla Hughes and Lowry, 2006 belonging to the family Synopiidae Dana, 1853 was collected from the southern Korean coasts. Synopia (Telsosynopia) trifidilla Hughes and Lowry is characterized by the entire telson with a trifid apical margin. The species is described and fully illustrated in the present study. This is the first record of the family Synopiidae from Korea.

New Records of Marine Fishes, Arius maculatus and Luciogobius saikaiensis from Korea (한국산 어류 2 미기록종, Arius maculatus와 Luciogobius saikaiensis)

  • 김익수;최승호
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.279-284
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    • 1997
  • Arius maculatus (Thunberg) of the family Ariidae collected from Wando, Chollanam-do Province is a new family and genus to the fish fauna in Korea. Luciogobius saikaiensis D tu of the family Gobiidae collected from Haenam, Chollanam-do Province is also a new record. Their diagnostic characters, distribution, remarks and photos of each species are given.

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Taxonomic Study of Family Doliolidae (Urochordata: Thaliacea: Doliolida) from Korea

  • Kim, Sun-Woo;Lee, Jea-Hyun;Kim, Chang-Bae
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.11-14
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    • 2010
  • Four species in two genera of the family Doliolidae are identified and re-described in Korean waters: Doliolum denticulatum Quoy and Gaimard, 1834, Doliolum nationalis Borgert, 1894, Dolioletta gegenbauri (Uljanin, 1884), and Dolioletta tritonis (Herdman, 1888). Dolioletta gegenbauri is newly recorded in Korean fauna. A key to species of the family Doliolidae in Korea is provided.

Crystal structure and functional analysis of the surE protein identify a novel phosphatase family

  • Lee, Jae-Young;Kwak, Jae-Eun;Suh, Se-Won
    • Proceedings of the Korean Biophysical Society Conference
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    • 2001.06a
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    • pp.19-19
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    • 2001
  • The genome sequencing has revealed a large number of proteins of unknown or little characterized functions that have been well conserved during evolution. It remains a great challenge to decipher the molecular and physiological functions of these proteins. One example of the evolutionarily conserved protein family with little understood function is the surE family.(omitted)

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MULTI-HARMONIC MODELS FOR BUBBLE EVOLUTION IN THE RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITY

  • Choi, Sujin;Sohn, Sung-Ik
    • Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.54 no.2
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    • pp.663-673
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    • 2017
  • We consider the multi-harmonic model for the bubble evolution in the Rayleigh-Taylor instability in two and three dimensions. We extend the multi-harmonic model in two dimensions to a high-order and present a new class of steady-state solutions of the bubble motion. The growth rate of the bubble is expressed by a continuous family of two free parameters. The critical point in the family of solutions is identified as a saddle point and is chosen as the physically significant solution. We also present the multi-harmonic model in the cylindrical geometry and find the steady-state solution of the axisymmetric bubble. Validity and limitation of the model are also discussed.

Sirtuin/Sir2 Phylogeny, Evolutionary Considerations and Structural Conservation

  • Greiss, Sebastian;Gartner, Anton
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • v.28 no.5
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    • pp.407-415
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    • 2009
  • The sirtuins are a protein family named after the first identified member, S. cerevisiae Sir2p. Sirtuins are protein deacetylases whose activity is dependent on $NAD^+$ as a cosubstrate. They are structurally defined by two central domains that together form a highly conserved catalytic center, which catalyzes the transfer of an acetyl moiety from acetyllysine to $NAD^+$, yielding nicotinamide, the unique metabolite O-acetyl-ADP-ribose and deacetylated lysine. One or more sirtuins are present in virtually all species from bacteria to mammals. Here we describe a phylogenetic analysis of sirtuins. Based on their phylogenetic relationship, sirtuins can be grouped into over a dozen classes and subclasses. Humans, like most vertebrates, have seven sirtuins: SIRT1-SIRT7. These function in diverse cellular pathways, regulating transcriptional repression, aging, metabolism, DNA damage responses and apoptosis. We show that these seven sirtuins arose early during animal evolution. Conserved residues cluster around the catalytic center of known sirtuin family members.

Seven New Records of the Family Proctotrupidae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) from South Korea

  • Park, Bia;Lee, Jong-Wook
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.39-51
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    • 2021
  • The South Korean species of family Proctotrupidae Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) are studied. Here, seven proctotrupid species are newly added in the South Korean fauna: Cryptoserphus aculeator (Haliday), Disogmus basalis (Thomson), Mischoserphus arcuator (Stelfox), M. samurai (Pschorn-Walcher), Nothoserphus scymni (Ashmead), Proctotrupes gravidator (Linnaeus), and Tretoserphus laricis (Haliday). Which of them, four genera belonging to the tribes Cryptoserphini and Proctotrupini (Cryptoserphus, Mischoserphus, Proctotrupes, and Tretoserphus) are also newly recorded from South Korea. A key to genera of South Korean Proctotrupidae, diagnosis, photographs, distribution, and recorded hosts for each species are presented. All proctotrupid specimens were kept in the collections of the Geolim Entomological Institute, Daegu, South Korea.

First record of the family Cletopsyllidae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from Korean waters, with description of a new species

  • Song, Sung-Joon;Kim, Won;Hwang, Ui-Wook
    • Animal cells and systems
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.351-360
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    • 2010
  • A new species of the Cletopsyllidae belonging to the genus Isocletopsyllus Huys and Lee, 1999 is described from the materials collected from subtidal sandy bottoms at Jeju Island and Ulleung Island, Korea. So far, only two species of the genus Isocletopsyllus, viz. I. tertius (Por, 1964) from Israel and I. quartus (Soyer, 1966) from Banyuls-sur-Mer (France) are recorded, both from the Mediterranean Ocean. The new species can be clearly distinguished from its congeners by the combination of the following characters: (1) female antennule with a large process on the outer margin of first segment, (2) caudal rami with a bulbous proximal inner expansion, and shorter than those of other species (about four times long as wide in the new species), (3) second segment of P1 exopod with a short rod-like inner seta, (4) sexual dimorphism presented in the second endopodal segment of male P2, not in exopod of P4, and (6) female P5 with a very long exopod with very short second outer seta. A table comparing the modifications of swimming legs in the family Cletopsyllidae Huys and Lee, 1999 is presented. This is the first record of this family from Korea.