• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.1075-1081
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• 1997

L-Glutamate를 간편하고 단시간에 측정할 수 있는 glutamate sensor를 개발하기 위하여, glutamate oxidase를 여러 가지 membranes에 고정화 시키는데 적합한 조건과. 그 결과로 얻은 효소 membranes의 특성, 개발한 glutamate sensor의 반응특성 및 glutamate sensor의 정확성을 조사하였다. Glutamate oxidase를 membranes에 고정화 하는데 GA 0.25%, BSA 0.3 mg, 효소 사용량 2.0 units이상이 적당하였다. 고정화 효소의 최적 pH는 6.5이었고, chitosan membrane을 사상한 경우 가장 효소활성이 높았다. 그러나 저장 안정성이나 반응시간 등을 고려하여 preactivated nylon에 고정화시킨 효소 membrane을 glutamate sensor 개발에 사용하였다. Glutamate oxidase를 선택한 membrane에 고정화시켜 효소와 glutamate의 반응산물인 암모니아가 nonactin membrane을 이용한 암모니움이온 전극에 의하여 측정되도록 효소 sensor를 구성하였으며, sensor의 반응시간은 약 2분이었다. Preactivated membrane에 고정화된 효소는 $4^{circ}C$에서 2개월간 저장중 안정한 활성을 보였으며, 이를 사용한 glutamate sensor로 약 250회 측정할 때 까지 활성에 별 변화가 없었다, 개발된 glutamate sensor의 glutamate 측정 농도범위는 $0.1{\sim}5\;mM$ 이었다. Glutamate sensor를 체더 치즈중의 L-glutamate 측정에 응용한 결과는 HPLC로 분석한 결과와 높은 상관관계가 있어, 정확성이 인정되었다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.552-555
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• 1989

Corynebacterium glutamicum의 NADPH-specific glutamate dehydrogenase를 이용하여 NADPH, NH$_4$Cl, $\alpha$-ketoglutarate의 기질에 대한 kinetics를 고찰하였다. 이들의 kinetic constants를 측정함으로서 정반응에로의 효소반응 기작은 첫번째 효소와 반응하는 기질이 NADPH 임을 확인할 수 있었다. Glutamate dehydrogenase 활성의 조절을 위한 metabolites의 효과를 고찰하여 본 결과 malate와 citrate 만이 효소에 억제 효과를 나타내었으며, potassium chloride는 효소활성에 가장 많은 영향을 주었다.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.39-45
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• 2006

As the antioxidant and free radical scavenger, glutathione (GSH) participates in the preservation of cellular redox status and defense against reactive oxygen species and xenobiotics. Glutamate-cysteine ligase (GCL; also known as ${\gamma}$-glutamylcysteine synthetase, EC 6.3.2.2) is the rate limiting enzyme in GSH synthesis. In the present study, the accurate method for determination of GCL activity in crude liver extracts was developed by measuring both ${\gamma}$-glutamylcysteine and GSH from cysteine in the presence of glutamate, glycine and an ATP-generating system. We added glycine to promote the conversion of ${\gamma}$-glutamylcysteine to GSH, and to minimize the possibility of ${\gamma}$-glutamylcysteine metabolism to cysteine and oxoproline by ${\gamma}$-glutamylcyclotransferase. We established optimal conditions and substrate concentrations for the enzyme assay, and verified that inhibition of GCL by GSH did not interfere with this assay. Therefore, this assay of hepatic GCL under optimal conditions could provide a more accurate measurement of this enzyme activity in the crude liver extracts.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.355-360
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• 2012

A simple, sensitive and reproducible high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method has been validated for determining concentrations of glutamate, glycine, and alanine in human plasma. Proteins in plasma were precipitated with perchloric acid, followed by derivatization with 6-aminoquinolyl-N-hydroxysuccinimidyl carbamate (AQC). Simultaneous analysis of glutamate, glycine, and alanine is achieved using reversed-phase HPLC conditions and ultraviolet detection. Excellent linearity was observed for these three amino acids over their concentration ranges with correlation coefficients (r)>0.999. The intra- and inter-day precision were below 10%. This method utilizes quality control samples and demonstrates excellent plasma recovery and accuracy. The developed method has been successfully applied to measure plasma glutamate, glycine, and alanine in twenty volunteers.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.35-43
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• 1999

Overstimulation of both kainate (KA) and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors has been reported to induce excitatoxicity which can be characterized by neuronal damage and formation of reactive oxygen free radicals. Neuroprotective effect of melatonin against KA-induced excitotoxicity have been documented in vitro and in vivo. It is, however, not clear whether melationin is also neuroportective against excitotoxicity mediated by NMDA receptors. In the present work, we tested the in vivo protective effects of striatally infused melatonin against the oxidative stress and neuronal damage induced by the injection of KA and NMDA receptors into the rat striatum. Melatonin implants consisting of 22-gauge stainless-steel cannule with melatonin fused inside the tip were placed bilaterally in the rat brain one week prior to intrastriatal injection of glutamate receptor subtype agonists. Melatonin showed protective effects against the elevation of lipid peroxidation induced by either KA or NMDA and recovered Cu, Zn-superoxide dismutase activities reduced by both KA and NMDA into the control level. Melatonin also clearly blocked both KA- and NMDA-receptor mediated neuronal damage assessed by the determination of choline acetyltransferase activity in striatal monogenages and by microscopic observation of rat brain section stained with cresyl violet. The protective effects of melatonin are comparable to those of DNQX and MK801 which are the KA- and NMDA-receptor antagonist, respectively. It is suggested that melatonin could protect against striatal oxidative damages mediated by glutamate receptors, both non-NMDA and NMDA receptors.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.196-201
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• 1996

The N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-ion channel complex is activated by the simultaneous presence of L-glutamate and glycine, allowing the binding of MK-801 to the phencyclidine (PCP) site of the receptor. The $[^3H]$MK-801 binding assay system was established for determination of pharmacological functions of test compounds acting at the glycine site of the receptor. The binding in the presence of 0.1 $\mu$M L-glutamate was increased by an agonist (glycine) in a dose-dependent fashion, while decreased by either partial agonist (R-(+)-HA-966) or antagonist (5,7-dichlorokynurenic acid: 5,7-DCKA). To distinguish partial agonism from antagonism, various concentrations of 7-chlorokynurenic acid (7-CKA) were added in the assay to eliminate the interference of the endogenous glycine present in the membrane preparations. The bindings in the presence of L-glutamate (0.1$\muM$) and 7-CKA (1, 5, or 10$\muM$) were increased by R-(+)-HA-966. Being a weak partial agonist, the extent of potentiation was much less than that by the agonist. These binding profiles were clearly distinguishable from those by the antagonist, 5,7-DCKA, which exhibited no intrinsic activity. The binding assays established in the present study are a useful system to classify ligands acting at the glycine site of the NMDA receptor by their pharmacological functions.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.25-36
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• 1964

The present paper deals with the comparative study on phylogenic difference in the patterns of energy metabolism of brain slices of several vertebrate species by measuring oxygen consumptionwith glucose-6-phosphate, glucose-1-phosphate, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate or glutamate as respiratory substrate employing Warburg's manometric method, by determination of the utilization rate of glucose using glucose-1-C14 by analyzing patterns of free amino acid distribution , and by histochemical determination using glucose-1-C14 by analyzing patterns of free amino acid distribution acid distribution , and by histochemical determination of glycogen contents. 1. Glucose enhances the oxygen consumption of brain slices of animals belinging to reptile, aves and mammalia while it shows a tendency to decrease that of animals belonging to pisces and amphibia. 2. Glucose-6--phosphate increase oxygen consumption more than glucose in every species examined, while glucose-1-phosphate and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate increase that of Rana nigromaculata only . In general m, it appears that phosphosugars are more effective as a respiratory substrate to those species which have less endogenous respiration than to those having larger endogenous respiration. 3. Similar patterns of free amino acid distribution and the relative amount are found among the species and in every species examined glutamic acid is detected in the larges amount . ${\gamma}$-Amino butyric acid, glycine, alanine and aspartic acid are found in every species. 4. Ophicephalus showed less oxygen consumption than endogenous respiration when glutamate was added to the medium. When sodium fluoride was added, the oxygen consumption was some what increased . Such phenomenon wasnot found in the frog. 5. The result of histochemcial analysis of the brain showed that glycogen was abundantly present in the fish , amphibia , and especially in the reptile and that no distinctive grains of glycogen were found in the bird and mammal . From these facts, it may be supposed that anaerobic glycolysis as energy source dominates in fish and amphibia and aerobic respiration through the oxidation of glucose dominates in bird and mamal , the reptile occupying transitional position between these two categories. The way of obtaining energy for brain activity by the oxidation of glucose supplied from the circulating blood is seemed to be first acquired by reptile and the function is completed both in aves and mammal.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.326-336
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• 2016

Saccharomyces cerevisiae is one of the most employed cell factories for the production of bioproducts. Although monomeric hexose sugars constitute the preferential carbon source, this yeast can grow on a wide variety of nitrogen sources that are catabolized through central nitrogen metabolism (CNM). To evaluate the effects of internal perturbations on nitrogen utilization, we characterized strains deleted or overexpressed in GLT1, encoding for one of the key enzymes of the CNM node, the glutamate synthase. These strains, together with the parental strain as control, have been cultivated in minimal medium formulated with ammonium sulfate, glutamate, or glutamine as nitrogen source. Growth kinetics, together with the determination of protein content, viability, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation at the single cell level, revealed that GLT1 modulations do not significantly influence the cellular physiology, whereas the nitrogen source does. As important exceptions, GLT1 deletion negatively affected the scavenging activity of glutamate against ROS accumulation, when cells were treated with H₂O₂, whereas Glt1p overproduction led to lower viability in glutamine medium. Overall, this confirms the robustness of the CNM node against internal perturbations, but, at the same time, highlights its plasticity in respect to the environment. Considering that side-stream protein-rich waste materials are emerging as substrates to be used in an integrated biorefinery, these results underline the importance of preliminarily evaluating the best nitrogen source not only for media formulation, but also for the overall economics of the process.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.190-195
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• 2007

본 연구는 뇨 속에 있는 에피네피린을 선택적으로 정량하기 위한 새로운 전기화학적 센서를 제작하고 그 특성을 연구한 것이다. 전극의 제작은 유리질 탄소전극에 촉매능이 있는 니켈(II)거대고리 착물을 전착시킨 후, 그 위에 생체적합성이 좋으며 음의 하전을 띤 polyuretane benzyl L-glutamate(PUBLG)로 막을 입힌 이중 폴리머 전극이다. 이 전극은 뇨 속에 있는 많은 방해물질에 대하여 좋은 선택성을 보였으며, 우수한 장기 안정성을 보였다. 최적 실험조건하에서 이 전극을 이용한 에피네피린의 정량범위는 $8.0\;{\times}\;10^{-7}\;M$에서 $2.0\;{\times}\;10^{-4}\;M$이고, 검출한계는 $1.0\;{\times}\;10^{-7}\;M$이다. 완충용액으로 5 배 희석한 뇨 시료에서 에피네피린의 회수율은 6 회 측정에서 $101.5({\pm}3.2)%$ 이었다.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제37권11호
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• pp.937-942
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• 1993

Immobilon-AV Affinity membrane에 L-glutamate dehydrogenase를 고정하여 유리질 탄소전극에 부착시킨 전극을 사용하여 암모니아를 전류법으로 정량하였다. 이때 환원형의 NADH가 $NAD^+$로 산화될 때 전류를 +1.0 volt vs. Ag/AgCl에서 측정하였다. 효소 고정화된 membrane을 부착시킨 전극의 감응 특성은 다음과 같다. 곧 직선 감응 농도 범위는 $4.0\;{\times}\;10^{-5}\;{\sim}\;4.0\;{\times}\;10^{-4}$ M이었으며, 정량한계는 2.0 ${\times}\;10^{-6}$ M이었다. 또한 감응 시간은 2분이었으며 효소 고정화된 막의 최적 pH와 수명은 각각 pH 7.3∼7.6 (Dulbecco's buffer 용액)과 25일이었다. 그리고 다른 생리활성 물질의 방해는 없었다.