• Molecules and Cells
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• 제42권10호
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• pp.729-738
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• 2019

Autophagy is an important process for protein recycling. Oligomerization of p62/SQSTM1 is an essential step in this process and is achieved in two steps. Phox and Bem1p (PB1) domains can oligomerize through both basic and acidic surfaces in each molecule. The ZZ-type zinc finger (ZZ) domain binds to target proteins and promotes higher-oligomerization of p62. This mechanism is an important step in routing target proteins to the autophagosome. Here, we determined the crystal structure of the PB1 homo-dimer and modeled the p62 PB1 oligomers. These oligomer models were represented by a cylindrical helix and were compared with the previously determined electron microscopic map of a PB1 oligomer. To accurately compare, we mathematically calculated the lead length and radius of the helical oligomers. Our PB1 oligomer model fits the electron microscopy map and is both bendable and stretchable as a flexible helical filament.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.137-140
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• 2003

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.27-36
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• 2007

The hypothetical protein TTC0263 of Thermus thermophilus HB27 is a thermophilic tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR)-containing protein. In the present study, the TPR region (residues 26-230) was resolved at $2.5{\AA}$ with R-factors of $R/R_{free}$ = 23.6%/28.6% $R/R_{free}=23.6%/28.6%$. TTC0263 consists of 11 helices that form five TPR units. Uniquely, it contains one atypical "extended" TPR (eTPR) unit. This comprises extended helical residues near the loop region of TTC0263, such that the helical length of eTPR is longer than that of the canonical TPR sequence. In addition, the hybrid TPR domain of TTC0263 possesses oligomer-forming characteristics. TPR domains are generally involved in forming multi-subunit complexes by interacting with each other or with other subunit proteins. The dynamic structure of TTC0263 described here goes some way to explaining how TPR domains mediate the formation of multi-subunit complexes.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제39권10호
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• pp.776-782
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• 1995

.alpha. 트로포마이신솨 파라마이신등은 .alpha. 나선-사슬이합체를 이룰수 있다. 사슬이합체의 나선에서 코일로의 전이 현상을 적절이 설명할수 있는 이론을 얻을 수 있었다. 이전의 이론은 Zimm-Bragg 매개변수를 사용하는 행렬식으로 올리고펩티드 사슬 이합체의 전이를 설명하였지만 이 이론으로는 올리고펩티드에서 무시할 수 없는 dangling H-bond를 고려할 수 없었다. 본 이론에서는 dangling H-bond까지 고려할수 있는 zipper 모형을 사용하였다. 나선도를 단일 사슬에서 사용되는 나선 개시상수(.sigma.), 나선 안정화(.zeta.)와 소수성상호 인력 매개변수(.omega.) 등의 함수로서 계산할 수 있었다. .alpha. 트로포마이신에서 나선 안정화의 경향을 계산 하였다. 이 올리고펩티드의 온도, 올리고펩티드의 온도, 올리고펩티드농도 변화에 의한 전이는 사슬의 해리와 동시에 일어난다. S-S 결합 등으로 이어진 사슬이 합체나 긴 사슬을 가지는 폴리펩티드는 항상 나선구조로 존재하여 전이가 일어나기 힘들다. 올리고펩티드의 농도에 의한 전이는 사슬의 길이 또는 온도계에 의한 전이보다 급격함을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국자기공명학회논문지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.118-129
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• 2001

Binding interactions of cationic porphyrins, T4MPyP and TMAP with DNA oligomer d(CGCGAATTCGCG), were studied with NMR spectroscopy, W and CD spectroscopic method. Two porphyrins showed significant differences in NMR, UV and CD data upon binding to DNA. T4MPyP was considered to position more closely to DNA bases through partial intercalation as well as ionic intercalation between the positive charges of porphyrin and phosphate group of DNA at 5’-GC-3’steps. Contrast to this, TMAP was thought to bind to phosphate of DNA more or less outside of the groove.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.229-236
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• 2006

Gaegurin 4 (GGN4), a novel peptide isolated from the skin of a Korean frog, Rana rugosa, has broad spectrum antimicrobial activity. A number of amphipathic peptides closely related to GGN4 undergo a coil to helix transition with concomitant oligomerization in lipid membranes or membrane-mimicking environments. Despite intensive study of their secondary structures, the oligomeric states of the peptides before and after the transition are not well understood. To clarify the structural basis of its antibiotic action, we used analytical ultracentrifugation to define the aggregation state of GGN4 in water, ethyl alcohol, and 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol (HFIP). The maximum size of GGN4 in 15% HFIP corresponded to a decamer, whereas it was monomeric in buffer. The oligomeric transition is accompanied by a cooperative 9 nm blue-shift of maximum fluorescence emission and a large secondary structure change from an almost random coil to an ${\alpha}$-helical structure. GGN4 induces pores in lipid membranes and, using electrophysiological methods, we estimated the diameter of the pores to be exceed $7.3{\AA}$, which suggests that the minimal oligomer structure responsible is a pentamer.