• BMB Reports
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• 제49권9호
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• pp.459-473
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• 2016

Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) often involve the formation of abnormal and toxic protein aggregates, which are thought to be the primary factor in ND occurrence and progression. Aged neurons exhibit marked increases in aggregated protein levels, which can lead to increased cell death in specific brain regions. As no specific drugs/therapies for treating the symptoms or/and progression of NDs are available, obtaining a complete understanding of the mechanism underlying the formation of protein aggregates is needed for designing a novel and efficient removal strategy. Intracellular proteolysis generally involves either the lysosomal or ubiquitin-proteasome system. In this review, we focus on the structure and assembly of the proteasome, proteasome-mediated protein degradation, and the multiple dynamic regulatory mechanisms governing proteasome activity. We also discuss the plausibility of the correlation between changes in proteasome activity and the occurrence of NDs.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.17-26
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• 2006

We have shown that zeolite microcrystals can be readily organized in the form of uniformly oriented monoand multilayers on various substrates by well-defined chemical linkages based on covalent, ionic, and hydrogen bondings between the microcrystals and the substrates. This finding establishes the fact that micrometer-scale building blocks can be readily organized into organized entities through interconnection of the surface-tethered large number of functional groups. Since zeolite crystals have highly regular and uniform nanochannels and nanopores within them, the resulting mono and multilayers of zeolite microcrystals bear great potential to be utilized in various novel applications.

• 멤브레인
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.329-336
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• 2016

수소이온 교환막(PEM; Proton Exchange Membrane)은 연료전지 막-전극 복합체(MEA; Membrane-electrode Assembly)를 구성하는 핵심 소재 중 하나로서, 촉매와 함께 연료전지 성능을 결정하는 중요한 역할을 한다. 이러한 수소이온교환막의 성능은 내부에 존재하는 수소이온 전달 통로인 수화 채널의 구조에 큰 영향을 받는 것으로 알려져 있다. 분자 동역학(MD; Molecular Dynamics) 전산모사 기술은 이러한 소재 내부의 분자 및 원자구조를 파악하기 위한 유용한 도구로서, 수소이온 교환막의 구조 및 특성에 관한 많은 관련 연구가 진행되고 있다. 본 총설에서는 분자동역학 전산모사 관련 연구에 대한 동향을 정리하고, 이를 통해 어떤 구조적 특징들을 분석할 수 있는지 제시하여, 수소이온 교환막 연구자들과 분리막 연구자들에게 분자동역학 전산모사 기술의 유용성에 대하여 소개하고자 한다.

• 한국생물물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물물리학회 2002년도 제9회 학술 발표회 프로그램과 논문초록
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• pp.28-28
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• 2002

Peptidoglycan is an extensively cross-linked polymer essential for the integrity of the bacterial cell wall. Many antibiotics act by disruption of its biosynthesis and assembly, several are targeted against the cytoplasmic enzymes that synthesize the key intermediate UDP-N-acetylmuramyl pentapeptide. One such drug is fosfomycin, which inactivates the first enzymes in this pathway, UDP-N-acetylglucosamine enopyruvyl transferase (murZ).(omitted)

• BMB Reports
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.427-439
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• 2000

The activity of the phagocyte respiratory burst oxidase is regulated by complex and dynamic alterations in protein-protein interactions that result in the rapid assembly of an active multicomponent NADPH oxidase enzyme on the plasma membrane. While the enzymatic activity has been studied for the past 20 years, the past decade has seen remarkable progress in our understanding of the enzyme and its activation at the molecular level. This article describes the current state of knowledge, and proposes a model for the mechanism by which protein-protein interactions regulate enzyme activity in this system.

• BMB Reports
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• 제46권10호
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• pp.495-500
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• 2013

Turnip yellow mosaic virus (TYMV) is a positive strand RNA virus. We have modified TYMV coat protein (CP) by inserting a c-Myc epitope peptide at the N- or C-terminus of the CP, and have examined its effect on assembly. We introduced the recombinant CP constructs into Nicotiana benthamiana leaves by agroinfiltration. Examination of the leaf extracts by agarose gel electrophoresis and Western blot analysis showed that the CP modified at the N-terminus produced a band co-migrating with wild-type virions. With C-terminal modification, however, the detected bands moved faster than the wild-type virions. To further examine the effect, TYMV constructs producing the modified CPs were prepared. With N-terminal modification, viral RNAs were protected from RNase A. In contrast, the viral RNAs were not protected with C-terminal modification. Overall, the results suggest that virion assembly and RNA packaging occur properly when the N-terminus of CP is modified, but not when the C-terminus is modified.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제31권9호
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• pp.2519-2526
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• 2010

Silane-based self-assembly was employed for the surface modification of carbon-coated Si electrodes and their surface chemistry and electrochemical performance in battery electrolyte depending on the molecular structure of silanes was studied. IR spectroscopic analyses revealed that siloxane formed from silane-based self-assembly possessed Si-O-Si network on the electrode surface and high surface coverage siloxane induced the formation of a stable solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer that was mainly composed of organic compounds with alkyl and carboxylate metal salt functionalities, and PF-containing inorganic species. Scanning electron microscopy imaging showed that particle cracking were effectively reduced on the carbon-coated Si when having high coverage siloxane and thickened SEI layer, delivering > 1480 mAh/g over 200 cycles with enhanced capacity retention 74% of the maximum discharge capacity, in contrast to a rapid capacity fade with low coverage siloxane.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회 논문집 센서 박막재료 반도체 세라믹
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• pp.23-27
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• 2003

Molecular self-assembled of surfactant viologen are of recent interest because they can from functional electrodes as well as micellar assemblies, which can be profitably utilized for display devices, photoelectrochemical studies and electrocatalysis as electron acceptor or electron mediator. Fromherz et al studied the self-assembly of thiol and disulfide derivatives of viologens bearing long n-alkyl chains on Au electrode surface. The electrochemical behavior of self-assembled viologen monolayer has been investigated with QCM, which has been known as nano-gram order mass detector. The self-assembly process of viologen was monitored using resonant frequency$({\Delta}F)$ and resonant resistance(R). The redox process of viologen was observed with resonant frequency $({\Delta}F)$.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제46권6호
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• pp.1081-1086
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• 2008

양자 점을 이용한 QD-LED(Quantum Dot - Light Emitting Device)의 소자 제작을 하기 위해서는 양자 점의 균일한 배열이 중요하다. 핵-껍질(core-shell) 구조의 CdSe/ZnS 양자 점을 기판에 고 밀도, 고 균일도로 배열하기 위하여 두 종류의 분자 끈(molecular linker)을 사용하였고, 공정의 단순화와 비용 절감을 위하여 고분자 도장인 PDMS(polydimethylsiloxane)를 이용한 미세접촉인쇄방법으로 양자 점들을 배열하였다. $TiO_2/ITO$ 기판에 양자 점을 고정시켜주는 역할을 하는 분자 끈으로는 2-carboxyethylphosphonic acid(CAPO)를 사용하였고, 양자 점 사이의 인력을 향상시켜주는 분자 끈으로는 1,6-hexanedithiol(HDT)을 사용하였다. 양자 점들의 배열 특성을 주사전자현미경(SEM, scanning electron microscope)과 원자 힘 현미경(AFM, atomic force microscope)으로 분석하였고, 광 발광분광기(PL, photoluminescence spectroscope)로 발광특성을 측정하였다.

• Rapid Communication in Photoscience
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.42-47
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• 2014

Development of molecular and supramolecular systems showing efficient photoinduced energy or electron transfer are of current research interest due to their applications in various chemical and biological processes. Various polypyridine metal complexes including Ru(II), Ru(III), Os(II), Pt(II), Fe(II), Re(I), Ir(III) and so on as a metal center introduce for expanding some more understanding of molecular-scale photoelectronics. Their complexes are concisely classified by the types of relay ligands as follows; (a) metal-direct ligand-metal system; dinuclear or trinuclear systems, (b) metal-nonconjugated ligand-metal system and metal-nonconjugated ligand system having flexible/rigid ligand, (c) metal-conjugated ligand-metal system, and (d) conjugated ligand-metal-conjugated ligand system and metal-self assembly ligand-metal system. It is pointed out that the role played by the relay ligands is important in constructing the metal complexes.