• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
• /
• 제8권6호
• /
• pp.714-718
• /
• 1998

Various mutants either lacking or having decreased levels of light-harvesting complexes and reaction center complex were obtained with a high frequency by an increased formation of poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) in Rhodobacter sphaeroides. One of the photosynthesis-defective mutants, PY-17, which was devoid of any of the light-harvesting complexes (B800-850, B875) as well as the reaction center complex, was analyzed further. The mutant showed substantial transcription of the puhA, pufKBALMX, and pucBAC operons coding for the structural proteins of the photosynthetic complexes although each of the activities was lower than that of the wild type. Translation of the pufKBALMX and pucBAC operons were also active in the mutant although with activities different from the corresponding one of the wild type. From these results the mutation appears to exert its effect at the post-translational level of the photosynthetic complex assembly. Complementation of the photosynthesis-defective phenotype of the mutant was achieved with an about 12-kb DNA region containing the puhA gene. The relationship between the formation of PHB and photosynthetic complexes is discussed.

• 청정기술
• /
• 제17권3호
• /
• pp.280-282
• /
• 2011

광에너지를 이용하여 바이오원료 및 바이오케미컬을 생산하려는 새로운 시도가 많은 관심을 받고 있다. 특히, 광합성기작을 이용한 다양한 바이오유래 물질을 생산하려는 연구가 진행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 광합성기작을 갖고 있는 해양 미생물인 Salinibacter ruber의 세포막에서 retinal과 salinixanthin의 작용으로 광전자를 흡수하는 역할을 하는 잔토로돕신을 수성 이상계 계면 농축법을 이용하여 효율적으로 분리하였다. 분리된 잔토로돕신을 생물학적 세포막인 레시틴으로 리포좀을 생성하여 잔토로돕신의 광전자흡수 활성을 그대로 갖는 인위적인 잔토로돕신-레시틴 리포좀을 제작하였다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
• /
• 제32권4호
• /
• pp.347-356
• /
• 2008

Forest-grown American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.) is exposed to daily and seasonal light variations. Our goal was to determine the effect of understory light changes on the maximum quantum yield of photosystem II, expressed as $F_v/F_m$, and photosynthetic pigment composition of two-year-old plants. Understory light photon flux density and sunfleck durations were characterized using hemispherical canopy photography. Our results showed that understory light significantly affected the $F_v/F_m$ of American ginseng, especially during the initial development of the plants when light levels were the highest, averaging 28 mol $m^{-2}d^{-1}$. Associated with low $F_v/F_m$ during its initial development, American ginseng had the lowest levels of epoxidation state of the xanthophyll cycle of the season, suggesting an active dissipation of excess light energy absorbed by the chlorophyll pigments. As photon flux density decreased after the deployment of the forest canopy to less than 10 mol $m^{-2}d^{-1}$, chlorophyll a/b decreased suggesting a greater investment in light harvesting pigments to reaction centers in order to absorb the fleeting light energy.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
• /
• 제14권3호
• /
• pp.442-449
• /
• 2004

Improving the light utilization efficiency of photosynthetic cells in photobioreactors (PBRs) is a major topic in algal biotechnology. Accordingly, in the current study we investigated the effect and suitability of photosynthetic pigment reduction for improving light utilization efficiency. The light-harvesting complex II (LH-II) genes of Rhodobacter sphaeroides were removed to construct a mutant strain with less pigment content. The mutant strain exhibited a slower growth rate than the wild-type under a low light intensity, while the mutant grew faster under a high light intensity. In addition, the specific absorption coefficient was lower in the mutant due to its reduced pigment content, thus it seemed that light penetrated deeper into its culture broth. However, the distance (light penetration depth) from the surface of the PBR to the compensation point did not increase, due to an increase in the compensation irradiance of the mutant strain. Experimental data showed that a reduced photosynthetic pigment content, which lessened the photoinhibition under high-intensity light, helped the volumetric productivity of photosynthetic microorganisms.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
• /
• 제15권5호
• /
• pp.1094-1099
• /
• 2005

Photosynthetic dinoflagellates contain a water-soluble, light-harvesting antenna called the peridinin-chlorophyll-protein (PCP) complex, which has an apoprotein with no sequence similarity to other known proteins. There are two forms of PCP apoproteins; the 15-kDa short form and the 32- to 35­kDa long form. The present study describes the PCP protein and its cDNA from Alexandrium tamarense. A cDNA library was constructed from mRNA isolated from A. tamarense. The complete PCP cDNA was generated by reverse-transcription coupled to polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), together with rapid-amplification of cDNA ends (RACE). The A. tamarense PCP cDNA encoded a 55-amino acid signal peptide and a 313-amino acid mature protein with a calculated mass of 32 kDa, which corresponded to that of the long form of PCP. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that the sequence of A. tamarense PCP did not cluster with the short-form PCPs, to which it was only about $55\%$ identical, but which were $79-83\%$ identical to other long-form PCPs. The deduced amino acid sequence of A. tamarense PCP contains an internal duplication, which suggests the possibility that long-form PCPs arose by gene duplication or by the fusion of genes encoding the short form. The abundance of PCP mRNA changed substantially in response to different light conditions, indicating the possible existence of a photo-acclimation response in A. tamarense.

• 한국약용작물학회지
• /
• 제9권4호
• /
• pp.265-268
• /
• 2001

황기 종자의 발아환경, 저장방법 및 저장기간에 따른 발아율 등을 알아보고자 실험한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 황기 종자의 발아에 적합한 온도는 ${20{\sim}25^{\circ}C}$였으며, 광조건이나 암조건 모두 발아가 양호하여 광무관발아(光無關發芽) 종자인 것으로 나타났다. 2. 발아율은 1년생과 2년생 식물, 그리고 채종시기별로 차이가 없었다. 3. $-20^{\circ}C$와 $-4^{\circ}C$에 저장한 종자는 15개월까지 발아율이 80%이상이었으나 $4^{\circ}C$와 실온에 저장할 때는 4개월 이후부터 발아율이 낮아졌다. 4. 실온에서 4개월 저장한 종자는 발아세가 80% 이상이었으나 16개월 저장할 때는 57%, 28개월 저장시는 23%이었으며 발아기간도 40일 이상 길었다.

• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 한국재료학회 2011년도 추계학술발표대회
• /
• pp.13.1-13.1
• /
• 2011

Photoelectrochemical solar cells such as dye-sensitized cells (DSSCs), which exhibit high performance and are cost-effective, provide an alternative to conventional p-n junction photovoltaic devices. However, the efficiency of such cells plateaus at 11~12%, in contrast to their theoretical value of 33%. The majority of research has focused on improving energy conversion efficiency of DSSC by controlling nanostructure and exploiting new materials in photoelectrode consisting of semiconducting oxide nanoparticles and a transparent conducting oxide electrode (TCO) [1-5]. In this presentation, we introduce inverse opal-based scattering layers containing highly crystalline anatase nanoparticles and their feasibility for use as bi-functional light scattering layer is discussed in terms of optical reflectance and charge generation properties as a function of optical wavelength. A new ITO nanowire-based photoelecrode is also introduced and its unique charge collection property is presented, demonstrating potential use for highly efficient charge collection in DSSC.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2006년도 6th International Meeting on Information Display
• /
• pp.980-983
• /
• 2006

New blue light emitting branched molecules were synthesized by reacting 3,5-bis-(3,5-bis-benzyloxy)- benzoic moiety or 3,5-bis-(3,5-bis-benzyloxy-benzyloxy)- benzoic moiety with biscarbazolyl vinyl biphenyl moiety by dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC) catalyzed esterification. Similar synthetic strategy was also applied to prepare a red light emitting dendrimer. In this paper, we described two blue emitting dendrimers for investigating the effect of the dendronized structures on photoluminescence (PL) and electroluminescence (EL). EL properties of the dendrimers were investigated using heterostructured samples in detalil.

• 한국연초학회지
• /
• 제21권2호
• /
• pp.152-159
• /
• 1999

A CAB cDNA clone(pKGCAB) encoding the light harvesting chlorophyll a/b binding protein of the semi-shade plant, Korean ginseng(Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer) was isolated by the one-way path random sequencing of ginseng cDNA library clones and transgenic tobacco plants(Nicotiana tabacum NC82) were produced by the transformation of this ginseng CAB gene in use of Agrobacterium tumefaciens LBA4404. The CAB gene showed type 1 structure of LHCP-II, 84% similarity in nucleotide sequence and 92% in amino acid sequence to that of Nicotiana tabacum CAB40, respectively. Seed germination and initial growth of the transgenic tobacco plants transformed with the cDNA fragment were accelerated under low light intensity compared with those of normal tobacco plant, that may result from the higher light sensitivity of the transgenic plants than that of the normal.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 한국진공학회 2013년도 제45회 하계 정기학술대회 초록집
• /
• pp.280-280
• /
• 2013

In green plants, energy generation is accomplished through light-harvesting photosystem, which utilize abundant visible light and multi-stepwise redox reaction to oxidize water and reduce NADP+, transferring electrons efficiently with active cofactors1. Inspired by natural photosynthesis, artificial solar water-splitting devices are being designed variously. However, the several approaches involving immobilization2, conjugation3, and surface modification4 still have limitations. We have made artificial photosynthesis templates by self-assembling tyrosine-based peptide to mimick photosystem II. Porphyrin sensitizer absorbing blue light strongly was conjugated with the templates and they were hybridized with cobalt oxide through the reduction of cobalt ions in an aqueous solution. The formation of hybrid templates was characterized using TEM, and their water oxidation performance was measured by fluorescence oxygen probe. Our results suggest that the bio-templated assembly of functional compounds has a great potential for artificial photosynthesis.