• Animal cells and systems
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.93-98
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• 2007

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), synthesized in the hypothalamus, plays a pivotal role in the regulation of vertebrate reproduction. Since molecular isoforms of GnRH and their receptors (GnRHR) have been isolated in a broad range of vertebrate species, GnRH and GnRHR provide an excellent model for understanding the molecular co-evolution of a peptide ligand-receptor pair. Vertebrate species possess multiple forms of GnRH, which have been created through evolutionary mechanisms such as gene/chromosome duplication, gene deletion and modification. Similar to GnRHs, GnRH receptors (GnRHR) have also been diversified evolutionarily. Comparative ligand-receptor interaction studies for non-mammalian and mammalian GnRHRs combined with mutational mapping studies of GnRHRs have aided the identification of domains or motifs responsible for ligand binding and receptor activation. Here we discuss the molecular basis of GnRH-GnRHR co-evolution, particularly the structure-function relationship regarding ligand selectivity and signal transduction of mammalian and non-mammalian GnRHRs.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제18권8호
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• pp.827-831
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• 1997

A novel ONNO-type tetradentate ligand, 1,3-diaminopropane-N,N'-di-α-(β-methyl)-pentanoic acid (H2apmp) and its cobalt(Ⅲ) complexes, [Co(apmp)X2]n+, (X=Cl-, NO2-, H2O, X2=CO32-, en, L-phenylalanine) have been synthesized. During the preparation of the dichloro cobalt(Ⅲ) complex of apmp, [Co(apmp)Cl2]-, the ligand has coordinated to the cobalt(Ⅲ) ion in a geometric selectivity to give only the uns-cis isomer and, during the substitution reaction between L-phenylalanine and [Co(apmp)Cl2]-, the L-phenylalanine has coordinated to the cobalt(Ⅲ) ion in a geometric selectivity to give only an uns-cis-meridional isomer. It is of interest that this is a rare case of the [Co(ONNO ligand)X2]n+-type complex preparations, which gives only an uns-cis isomer with geometric selectivity.

• 분석과학
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.333-338
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• 2003

Inclusion selectivity of a three-dimensional piperazine-ligated cyanocadmate host complex, $[Cd_x(CN)_{2x}\{HN(CH_2CH_2)_2NH\}_y]{\cdot}zG$, has been investigated for benzene (B), toluene (T), ethylbenzene (E), o- (O), m- (M), and p-xylene (P) isomers as the aromatic guest molecules. From the binary, ternary and quarternary guest mixtures of E and xylene isomer (X), the order of inclusion selectivity in the host complex is O>E>P>M. From the binary to quinary BTX mixtures, the order of preference in the complex is seen to be B>T>O${\gg}$P>M.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.119-122
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• 1992

The affinity chromatographic technique was applied to the isolation of Thromboxane Synthase, with a variety of imidazolyl alkanoic acids coupled Sepharose 2B including a gel (G in Table 4) which has one free COOH group in the bound affinity ligand. The effect of ligand structure on the "affinity" and "selectivity" for thromboxane synthase isolation is described.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제23권11호
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• pp.1585-1589
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• 2002

Two novel calixarene-based fluoroionophores were synthesized. Their conformations were confirmed to 1,3-alternate by X-ray crystal structures. From CHEF by blocking the PET mechanism in fluorescence spectra, we observed $In^{3+}$ and $Pb^{2+}$ selectivity over other metal ions. For $In^{3+}$ion, calix[4]-bis-azacrown-5 showed about 20 times more sensitive than calix[4]-mono-azacrown-5 because the source of the binding selectivity comes from the calixarene framework and azacrown ligand by controlling the fluorescence and PET mechanisms as-sociated with the amine moiety.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제27권10호
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• pp.1648-1650
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• 2006

The synthesis of a new C,N-bipyrazolic ligand with a functionalized donor-group is reported. The binding properties of the ligand and two other ligand of similar structures towards heavy metal ions ($Hg^{2+}$, $Cd^{2+}$, $Pb^{2+}$, $Zn^{2+}$, $Cu^{2+}$) and alkaline metal ions ($K^+$, $Na^{+}$, $Li^+$) were studied by a liquid-liquid extraction process and the extracted cation percentage was determined by atomic absorption measurements. The selectivity of the ligand to Hg(II) has been mentioned in the abstract.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제31권9호
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• pp.2537-2541
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• 2010

We chose a fluorescent pentapeptide sensor (-CPGHE) containing a dansyl fluorophore as a model peptide and investigated whether the selectivity and sensitivity of the peptides for heavy and transition metal ions could be tuned by changing amino acid sequence. In this process, we developed a selective peptide sensor, Cp1-d (-HHPGE, $K_d\;=\;670\;nM$) for detection of $Zn^{2+}$ in 100% aqueous solution and a selective and sensitive peptide sensor, Cp1-e (-CCHPGE, $K_d\;=\;24\;nM$) for detection of $Cd^{2+}$ in 100% aqueous solution. Overall results indicate that the selectivity and sensitivity of the metallopeptide sensors to specific heavy and transition metal ions can be tuned by changing amino acid sequence.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.491-498
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• 1995

Cyclodextrin의 고순도 분획, 정제를 위한 CD adsorbent의 제조에 척합한 matnx를 선별하기 위하여 capric acid를 ligand로 각종 이온교환수지를 비교 검토한 결과 DEAE Cellulose가 가장 적합함을 알았다. DEAE Cellulose와 capric acid간의 결합 안정성은 온도, ionic strength의 변화에 영향을 받았으며, ethanol 농도의 변화에는 안정하였다. CD adsorbent의 흡착량, 탈착량, 그리고 ${\alpha}$-, ${\beta}$- 및 ${\gamma}$-CD 의 용출양상을 규명하였다. 탄소쇄가 다른 각종 포화, 불포화 fatty acid를 ligand로 하여 specific adsorbent를 제조하였으며, ${\alpha}$-, ${\beta}$- 및 ${\gamma}$-CD의 회수율과 분리능을 비교 검토 하였다. 그 결과 steanc a acid는 ${\alpha}$-CD 그리고 linoleic acid는 ${\beta}$-CD에 대하여 높은 회수율과 선택성을 보였으며, 선택성은 fatty acid의 탄소쇄 길이와 이중결합 유무에 의하여 영향을 받았다. Stearic acid와 linoleic acid CD adsorbents를 이용하여 CD 혼합물로부터${\alpha}$-, ${\beta}$- 및 ${\gamma}$-CD의 분획양상을 검토하였다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.91-98
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• 2008

The Glu/$Asp^{7.32}$ residue in extracellular loop 3 of the mammalian type-I gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor (GnRHR) interacts with $Arg^8$ of GnRH-I, conferring preferential ligand selectivity for GnRH-I over GnRH-II. Previously, we demonstrated that the residues (Ser and Pro) flanking Glu/$Asp^{7.32}$ also play a role in the differential agonist selectivity of mammalian and non-mammalian GnRHRs. In this study, we examined the differential antagonist selectivity of wild type and mutant GnRHRs in which the Ser and Pro residues were changed. Cetrorelix, a GnRH-I antagonist, and Trptorelix-2, a GnRH-II antagonist, exhibited high selectivity for mammalian type-I and non-mammalian GnRHRs, respectively. The inhibitory activities of the antagonists were dependent on agonist concentration and subtype. Rat GnRHR in which the Ser-Glu-Pro (SEP) motif was changed to Pro-Glu-Val (PEV) or Pro-Glu-Ser (PES) had increased sensitivity to Trptorelix-2 but decreased sensitivity to Cetrorelix. Mutant bullfrog GnRHR-1 with the SEP motif had the reverse antagonist selectivity, with reduced sensitivity to Trptorelix-2 but increased sensitivity to Cetrorelix. These findings indicate that the residues flanking $Glu^{7.32}$ are important for antagonist as well as agonist selectivity.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2013년도 제44회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.85-85
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• 2013

Label-free, sensitive and selective detection methods with high spatial resolution are critically required for future applications in chemical sensor, biological sensor, and nanospectroscopic imaging. Here I describe the development of Plasmon Resonance Energy Transfer (PRET)-based molecular imaging in living cells as the first demonstration of intracellular imaging with PRET-based nanospectroscopy. In-vivo PRET imaging relied on the overlap between plasmon resonance frequency of gold nanoplasmonic probe (GNP) and absorption peak frequencies of conjugated molecules, which leads to create 'quantized quenching dips' in Rayleigh scattering spectrum of GNP. The position of these dips exactly matched with the absorption peaks of target molecules. As another innovative application of PRET, I present a highly selective and sensitive detection of metal ions by creating conjugated metal-ligand complexes on a single GNP. In addition to conferring high spatial resolution due to the small size of the metal ion probes (50 nm in diameter), this method is 100 to 1,000 folds more sensitive than organic reporter-based methods. Moreover, this technique achieves high selectivity due to the selective formation of Cu2+complexes and selective resonant quenching of GNP by the conjugated complexes. Since many metal ion ligand complexes generate new absorption peak due to the d-d transition in the metal ligand complex when a specific metal ion is inserted into the complex, we can match with the scattering frequency of nanoplasmonic metal ligand systems and the new absorption peak.