• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.653-658
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 동적광산란법을 이용하여 아밀로즈 함량과 용매 조건에 따른 전분 분자 구조 변화를 규명하였다. 분자량이 다른 여러 가지 덱스트란 표준물질을 이용하여 동적광산란법의 정확성을 검증하였으며, 이를 전분에 적용해본 결과 아밀로즈 함량에 따른 전분 분자의 $D_h$ 변화를 규명할 수 있었고 아밀로즈 함량이 높아질수록 전분 분자의 $D_h$ 값이 증가하였다. 또한, 용매 조건에 따른 전분 분자의 $D_h$ 변화를 동적광산란법으로 규명할 수 있었으며, NaCl의 경우 농도가 높아질수록 아밀로펙틴의 $D_h$가 증가했지만, 아밀로즈의 $D_h$는 urea에 더 큰 영향을 받는 것으로 생각된다. 1-Butanol의 경우 전분 분자의 $D_h$를 증가시켰지만 주목할 만한 경향은 관찰하지 못하였다. 또한, 전분의 아밀로즈 함량과 전분 분자의 $D_h$는 유의적인 상관관계를 보였으며, 이를 활용할 경우 전분의 아밀로즈 함량을 예측하는 데 도움이 될 수 있을 것이라고 기대한다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제25권9호
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• pp.1331-1335
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• 2004

Angiogenesis is essential for the growth and persistence of solid tumors. Their metastases, anti-angiogenesis could lead to the suppression of tumor growth. One of the main strategies of cancer treatment is developing molecules of anti-angiogenic activity. In this study, two angiogenic inhibitors, Ang3 (KLFDF) and Ang4 (XLFDF) derived from KLYDY, which is the sequence of angiostatin active sites kringle 5, were designed and synthesized. Previously we reported the activities and structures of two inhibitors, Ang1 (KLYDY) and Ang2 (KLWDF). In order to investigate the effect of Phe substitution, Ang3 was designed with a sequence of KLFDF. In order to reduce conformational flexibility of side chain in Lys, Ang4 was designed with a sequence of XLFDF, where X has amino substituted phenyl ring. Solution structures of those inhibitors were investigated using NMR spectroscopy and their activities as angiogenesis inhibitors were studied. Ang1 and Ang2 show angiogenic activities, while Ang3 and Ang4 have no activities and have extended structures compared to Ang1 and Ang2. Therefore, Phe rings do not have effective hydrophobic interactions with other aromatic residues in Ang3 and Ang4. The representative structure of Ang2 has a stable intramolecular hydrogen bond. Therefore, intramolecular hydrogen bonding might be more important in stabilizing the structure than the hydrophobic interactions in these inhibitors. More rigid structure, which can be expected to have higher activities and better match with the receptor bound conformations, can be obtained with a constrained cyclic structure. Further peptidomimetic approaches should be tried to develop angiogenesis inhibitors.

• 멤브레인
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.89-96
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• 1995

Azobenzene기를 가지는 인산형 양친매성 화합물의 기/액 계면에 있어서으 단분자막 거동이 $\pi-A$ 곡선 및 표면흡수스펙트라로 검토되었다. 분자간의 강한 수소결합력을 가지는 이 화합물들은 수면에 전개 후 즉시 결정화하여 단분자막 domain들을 형성한 회합체 흡수스펙트라를 나타내었다. 그러나 subphase의 조건(분자량이 큰 유가염의 첨가 및 pH의 상승)을 변화시킴에 의해 결정 domain 형성을 제어하는 것이 가능하였다. 한편, 금속이온 첨가는 인산령 양친매성 단분자막의 분재배향상태를 변화시켰다. 금속이온의 전하가 높을수록 ($1\leq2$ < 3 < 4 가), azobenzene기를 가지는 양친매성 화합물의 분자상태가 tilt된 배향성에 기인하는 장파장으로 이동한 흡수극대를 나타내었다. 이것은 서로 다른 전하를 가진 금속이온을 흡착시킴에 의해 단분자막의 분자배향성을 변화시켜, 단분자막의 집합상태 제어 가능성을 시사한다.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.45-52
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• 2015

Acute myeloid leukemia is a well characterized blood cancer in which the unnatural growth of immature white blood cell takes place, where several genes transcription is regulated by the micro RNAs (miRNAs). Argonaute (AGO) protein is a protein family that binds to the miRNAs and mRNA complex where a strong binding affinity is crucial for its RNA silencing function. By understanding pattern recognition between the miRNAs-mRNA complex and its binding affinity with AGO protein, one can decipher the regulation of a particular gene and develop suitable siRNA for the same in disease condition. In the current work, HOXA9 gene has been selected from literature, whose deregulation is well-established in acute myeloid leukemia. Four miRNAs (mir-145, mir-126, let-7a, and mir-196b) have been selected to target mRNA of HOXA9 (NCBI accession No. NM_152739.3). The binding interaction between mRNAs and mRNA of HOXA9 gene was studied computationally. From result, it was observed mir-145 has highest affinity for HOXA9 gene. Furthermore, the interaction between miRNAs-mRNA duplex of all chosen miRNAs are docked with AGO protein (PDB ID: 3F73, chain A) to study their interaction at molecular level through an in silico approach. The residual interaction and hydrogen bonding are inspected in Discovery Studio 3.5 suites. The current investigation throws light on understanding of AGO-assisted miRNA based gene silencing mechanism in HOXA9 gene associated in acute myeloid leukemia computationally.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.864-880
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• 2003

A unified picture for magnetism, superconductivity, quantum optics and other properties of molecule-based materials has been presented on the basis of effective model Hamiltonians, where necessary parameter values have been determined by the first principle calculations of cluster models and/or band models. These properties of the matetials are qualitatively discussed on the basis of the spin and pseudo-spin Hamiltonian models, where several quantum operators are expressed by spin variables under the two level approximation. As an example, ab initio broken-symmetry DFT calculations are performed for cyclic magnetic ring constructed of 34 hydrogen atoms in order to obtain effective exchange integrals in the spin Hamiltonian model. The natural orbital analysis of the DFT solution was performed to obtain symmetry-adapted molecular orbitals and their occupation numbers. Several chemical indices such as information entropy and unpaired electron density were calculated on the basis of the occupation numbers to elucidate the spin and pair correlations, and bonding characteristic (kinetic correlation) of this mesoscopic magnetic ring. Both classical and quantum effects for spin alignments and singlet spin-pair formations are discussed on the basis of the true spin Hamiltonian model in detail. Quantum effects are also discussed in the case of superconductivity, atom optics and quantum optics based on the pseudo spin Hamiltonian models. The coherent and squeezed states of spins, atoms and quantum field are discussed to obtain a unified picture for correlation, coherence and decoherence in future materials. Implications of theoretical results are examined in relation to recent experiments on molecule-based materials and molecular design of future molecular soft materials in the intersection area between molecular and biomolecular materials.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.494-498
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• 2003

The transition from aromatics to heteroaromatics is very attractive since it provides an extremely large structural variety, the chemical functionality as well as the possibilities for electronic tuning of the fullerene properties. A synthesis of heterofullerenes in macroscopic quantities is unknown however the spectrometric detection of $C_{59}B$ has been reported. The electronic structures of $C_{(60-2x)}(BN)_x$ systems, isoelectronic with $C_{60}$ have been explored by Extended Hukel, AM1 and ab initio methods. The polyhedral assembly energy are 7.7 kcal greater than $C_{60}$ when one B-N unit is substituted with C-C unit. The assembly energies are getting bigger if more B-N unit is introduced. We focus on HOMO-LUMO energy gap and the stability effects in $C_{(60-2x)}(BN)_x$ with different compositions of $(BN)_x$ moiety. The bonding properties of the substituent atoms were investigated in detail.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.1323-1328
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• 2014

Molecular structures of the various conformational stereoisomers of 2,8,14,20-cyanophenyl pyrogallol[4]arenes 1 were optimized using the mPW1PW91 (hybrid Hartree-Fock density functional) calculation method. The total electronic and Gibbs free energies and the normal vibrational frequencies of the different structures from three major conformations (CHAIR, TABLE, and 1,2-Alternate) of the four stereoisomers [1(rccc), 1(rcct), 1(rctt), and 1(rtct)] were analyzed. The mPW1PW91/6-31G(d,p) calculations suggested that $1(rcct)_{1,2-A}$, 1(rctt)CHAIR, and $1(rtct)_{CHAIR}$ were the more stable conformations of the respective stereoisomers. Hydrogen bonding is the primary factor for the relative stabilities of the various conformational isomers, and maximizing the ${\pi}-{\pi}$ interaction between the cyanophenyl rings is the secondary factor. The calculated IR spectra of the more stable conformers [$1(rctt)_{CHAIR}$, $1(rcct)_{1,2-A}$, $1(rtct)_{CHAIR}$] were compared with the experimental IR spectrum of $1(rtct)_{CHAIR}$.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.406-413
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• 1985

이미 연구된 황 및 질소를 배위자로 가지는 금속 착물의 항종양 활성에 근거하여 sulfoxide와 cycloamine계의 Pd(II) 착물들을 합성하였고 이들에 대한 확인과 성질은 다음과 같다. 원소 분석 및 질량 분석으로써 착물에 대한 존재원소의 함량과 분자량을 측정하였고, 가시 및 자외선 스펙트라와 핵자기 공명 스펙트라로부터 배위자와 금속간의 결합을 확인하였고, 적외선 스펙트라로부터는 배위자의 배위 자리와 그 구조를 추정하였다. 이들 착물은 노란색 결정으로 메탄올과 클로로포름에 녹으며 물과 그 밖의 일반 유기용매에는 잘 녹지 않는다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제45권8호
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• pp.476-481
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• 2012

Flavodoxin (Fld) has been demonstrated to bind to ferredoxin-NADP$^+$ reductase A (FprA) in Pseudomonas putida. Two residues ($Phe^{256}$, $Lys^{259}$) of FprA are likely to be important for interacting with Fld based on homology modeling. Site-directed mutagenesis and pH-dependent enzyme kinetics were performed to further examine the role of these residues. The catalytic efficiencies of FprA-$Ala^{259}$ and FprA-$Asp^{259}$ proteins were two-fold lower than those of the wild-type FprA. Homology modeling also strongly suggested that these two residues are important for electron transfer. Thermodynamic properties such as entropy, enthalpy, and heat capacity changes of FprA-$Ala^{259}$ and FprA-$Asp^{259}$ were examined by isothermal titration calorimetry. We demonstrated, for the first time, that $Phe^{256}$ and $Lys^{259}$ are critical residues for the interaction between FprA and Fld. Van der Waals interactions and hydrogen bonding were also more important than ionic interactions for forming the FprA-Fld complex.

• 한국염색가공학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.64-70
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• 1996

Wool yarns were treated in dimethylformamide solutions containing various concntrations of three dibasic acid anhydrides: succinic, itaconic, and phthalic arthydrides in various conditions. The structurl aspects of these dibasic acid anhydries are different: succinic, itaconic, and phthalic acid arthydrides have saturated aliphatic ethylene, unsaturated aliphatic vinyl and aromatic phenyl one groups, respectively. The properties of acylated wool keratin are as follows: Decreasing amino group and increasing carboxyl group by acylation lowered the hydrophilic property, and then moisture regain, and decreased acid dye uptake and enhanced cationic dye uptake of wool keratin. In the case of phthalic acid anhydries, in spite of lowest acyl content, the minimum of moisture regain was resulted from the bulk benzen ring, occuping much more voids on wool keratin molecules than other reagents. Acid solubility was increased by the decrease of amino group and hydrogen bonding by acylation. Alkali solubility was also increased formation of new amide group on the side chain of keratin, which can be degraded easily by alkali. In the case of phthalic acid anhydride, the relative high solubility was resulted from the much higher molecular weight of dissolved fractions. The surface of wool keratin was not damaged by treatment with any acylating agent.