• 한국근적외분광분석학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국근적외분광분석학회 2001년도 NIR-2001
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• pp.1158-1158
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• 2001

Fast and dynamic biochemical, enzymatic and morphological changes occur during the so-called generative development and during the vegetative processes in seeds. The most characteristic biochemical and compositional changes of this period are the formation and decline of storage components or their precursors, the change of their degree in polymerization and an extensive change in water content. The aim of the present study was to detect the maturation processes in seed nondestructively and to verify the applicability of near infrared spectroscopic methods in the measurement of physiological, chemical and biochemical changes in wheat seed. The amount and variation of different water “species” has been changed intensively during maturation. Characteristic changes of three water absorption bands (1920, 1420 and 1150 nm) during maturation were analysed. It was concluded that the free/bound transition of water molecules could be followed sensitively in different region of NIR spectra. Kinetic changes of carbohydrate reserves were characteristic during maturation. An intensive formation and decline of carbohydrate reserves were observed during early stage of maturation (0 -13 days, high energy demand). An accelerated formation of storage carbohydrates (starch) was detected in the second phase of maturation. Five characteristic absorption bands were analysed which were sensitive indicators the changes of carbohydrates occurred during maturation. Precursors of protein synthesis and the synthesis of reserve proteins and their kinetic changes during maturation were followed from NIR spectra qualitative and qualitatively. Dynamic formation of amino acids and the changes of N forms were detected by spectroscopic, chromatographic and by capillary electrophoresis methods. Calibration equations were developed and validated in order to measure the optimal maturation time protein and moisture content of developing wheat seeds. The spectroscopic methods are offering chance and measurement potential in order to detect fine details of physiological processes. The spectra have many hidden details, which can help to understand the biochemical background of processes.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.37-45
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• 2009

Insect cell cultures have become important tools in the production of biological substances for use in a variety of research, human and veterinary medicine, and pest control applications. These applications often require the introduction of foreign DNA into the cells and have generally used methods originally developed for use with human and other mammalian cell cultures. While these methods can be successfully employed, they are often less efficient with insect cells and frequently involve complex procedures or require specialized equipment. Even when they do work, they may require substantial modification because of differences in the culture medium or growth patterns of insect cells. In this study, We have optimized transfection conditions of Sf9 cell line using insect expression vector pIZT/V5-His which expresses green fluorescent protein effectively. Human stem cell factor (hSCF) is a glycoprotein that plays a key role in hematopoiesis acting both as a positive and negative regulator, often in synergy with other cytokines. It also plays a key role in mast cell development, gametogenesis, and melanogenesis. It can exist in membrane-bound form and in proteolytically released soluble form. As determined by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay performed, hSCF level in supernatant averaged 995ng/ml. The human hSCF was partially purified by immunoaffinity chromatography and analyzed with sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and immunoblotting. The results show that the hSCF has N-linked carbohydrate and corresponds to the soluble form, at or about 223 amino acids in length. The findings suggest functional importance for soluble hSCF in cells.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.324-336
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• 1992

영지버섯 Ganoderma lucidum과 잔나비걸상버섯 Ganoderna applanatum의 원형질체 융합균주 5개에 대하여 항암실험을 실시하여 그 중에서 다른 것에 비해 항암력이 높은 융합균주 F-2를 선발하였다. 그 항암성분을 조사하기 위하여 융합체의 균사를 액내 배양하고 열수추출물로부터 얻은 단백 다당체를 DEAE cellulose ion exchange column chromatography와 Sepharose CL-4B gel filtration을 이용하여 5가지 분획(Fr. I-V)으로 분리, 정제하여 모균주들과의 차이점을 비교, 분석하였다. 모균주와 분리한 각 성분들을 20mg/kg/day 용량으로 마우스의 복강에 투여하였을 때 sarcoma 180 고형암에 대하여 균주보다 융합체 성분(Fr. ll)의 종양억제율이 최고 1.5배로 증가되었다. 그리고 마우스의 면역에 영향을 미치는 항암성분을 연구한 결과, 대조군에 비해 활성화된 대식세포에서 분비되는 superoxide anion의 양을 1.2배, 비장세포중의 용혈반 형성 세포수를 4.3배로 증가시켰다. 화학분석에 의하면 이 성분은 glucose, galactose, mannose, fucose와 xylose로 구성된 다당류가 85.2%이며 15종의 아미노산으로 구성된 단백질이 0.39%이었고, hexosamine이 0.39%로 구성되었으며 분자량은 $5.6{\times}10^4$ dalton이었다.

• 대한약리학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.241-250
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• 1995

Protein B23 is one of the major nucleolar phosphoproteins associated with pre-ribosomal particles, and is localized in the granular region of the nucleolus. Recent studies suggest that protein B23 shuttles between nucleus and cytoplasm and also interacts with HIV Rev. These findings indicate that protein B23 is important in nucleocytoplasmic relationship and viral replication. However, the exact function of protein B23 is not clear yet. In acute nucleolar hypertrophy of rat liver, treated with thioacetamide, there was observed an increase of not only protein B23 but also B23-like protein p45 when anti-B23 monoclonal antibody (MAb) was used for identification. On the basis of the large B23 specific epitope structure composed of 68 amino acids, a hypothesis was formulated to examine that p45 is the pre-B23 resulting from excessive production of B23. In an attempt to investigate the precursor of B23, we analyzed the subcellular fractions and microsomal subfractions. Subsequently, we analyzed the finger printings of B23-like proteins using the tryptic peptide mapping. The results are summarized: 1) Using B23 MAb, we observed the presence of B23-like proteins in nucleolar fraction, nucleoplasmic fraction and microsomal fraction. 2) In the further microsomal subfractionation, we could partially purify B23-like protein in 2M layer of sucrose gradient. 3) When ion exchange chromatography was employed, there were protein species 80kDa(p80), 65kDa(p65) and 60kDa(p60). 4) Based on the tryptic map analysis of $^{125}I$ labeled proteins, the similarity between B23 and p80 was found only in 9 out of 14(B23) and 21(p80) peptides, and difference was found in the remaining peptides. p80 and p60 had 18 common peptides, and all the peptides of p60 were similar to those of p80. From these results, it is proposed that p45 is an abnormal metabolite resulting from carcinogenesis by thioacetamide, and it is not the precursor of B23. In addition, we suggest that p80 may be a precursor of p45.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.1096-1107
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• 2019

녹두의 기능성 식품 소재로서 활용 가능성을 알아보고자 이화학적 특성에 관하여 분석한 결과, 일반성분 중 탄수화물 함량은 57.20±0.29%로 절반을 차지하였으며, 조단백질 26.40±0.69%, 수분 9.90±0.16%, 조회분 3.54±0.43% 및 조지방 2.96±0.26%로 확인되었다. 녹두의 비타민 성분 중 vitamin B₅가 0.62±0.013 mg/100 g으로 높은 함량을 나타내었으며, 비타민 A의 전구체인 β-carotene이 87.37±0.754 ㎍ RE/100 g으로 동정되었다. 칼륨(K) 함량은 12,428.55±147.55 mg kg^-1로 가장 높게 나타났고, 마그네슘(Mg)은 2,053.32±14.13 mg kg^-1, 칼슘(Ca) 1,966.40±14.53 mg kg^-1을 함유하고 있었으며, 녹두의 총 지방산 중 포화지방산은 29.23±0.03%의 함유량을 보였으며, 단불포화지방산은 20.30±0.04%, 다불포화지방산은 50.46±0.06%의 비율로 불포화지방산 함유량이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 특히, ω-6계 linoleic acid가 41.19±0.02%, ω-9계 oleic acid 19.98±0.03%를 함유하고 있었다. 총 아미노산 함량은 21.75±0.24 g%이며, glutamic acid 3.93±0.03 g%, aspartic acid 2.68±0.03 g% 등을 함유하고 있었고, glutamic acid 및 aspartic acid가 총 아미노산 함유량의 18.07%, 12.32%를 차지하였으며, 구성 아미노산의 대부분을 차지하는 것으로 나타났다. 녹두 중, 총 유리 아미노산 함량은 336.77±8.66 mg%로 확인되었고, arginine이 81.97±1.31 mg%로 유리 아미노산의 24.34%를 차지하는 것으로 나타났다. glutamic acid, asparagine 및 aspartic acid 순으로 각각, 41.97±0.29, 28.47±0.15 및 26.97±0.12 mg% 함유된 것으로 분석되었다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제33권11호
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• pp.868-875
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• 2023

Kinesin-1은 kinesin superfamily (KIF) 단백질 중에서 처음으로 확인된 모터 단백질로 세포내 미세소관 의존하여 세포내 cargo를 수송한다. Kinesin-1은 두 개의 중쇄(KHC, 또는 KIF5)와 두 개의 경쇄(KLC)로 구성된다. KIF5A의 C-말단의 93개 아미노산은 KIF5B와 KIF5C의C-말단 꼬리 영역과는 상동성이 없다. 본 연구에서 우리는 KIF5A의 C-말단 영역과 특이적으로 결합하는 단백질을 분리하기 위해 효모 2-하이브리드 스크리닝을 하였다. 본 연구에서 우리는 KIF5A와 결합하는 단백질로 유비퀴틴화 경로 및 단백질 수송에 관여하는 어댑터 단백질로 기능하는 CUE 도메인을 가진 CUEDC2를 확인하였다. CUEDC2는 KIF5A의 C-말단 영역과 결합하지만, KIF5B, KIF3A 및KLC1과는 결합하지 않았다. KIF5A는 CUEDC2의 C-말단 영역과 특이적으로 결합하였지만, CUEDC2의 다른 isoform인 CUEDC1과는 결합하지 않았다. 또한, KIF5A와 CUEDC2의 결합은 글루타티온 S-트랜스퍼라제(GST) 풀다운으로 단백질간 결합을 확인하였다. HEK-293T 세포에서 myc-KIF5A와 FLAG-CUEDC2을 공동 발현되었을 때, CUEDC2는 kinesin-1과 공동 면역 침전되었고, myc-KIF5A와 EGFP-CUEDC2는 세포내의 같은 위치에서 발현하였다. 이러한 결과들은 kinesin-1에 의한 세포내 화물 수송에서 CUEDC2는 KIF5A에 결합하여 kinesin-1과 화물을 연결하는 어댑터 단백질 역할을 시사한다.

• Journal of Photoscience
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.302-304
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• 2002

pharaonis phoborhodopsin (ppR), a photophobic sensor of haloalkaliphilic bacteria, Natronobacterium phar-aonis, has retinal as a chromophore covalently bound to Lys in G-helix via a protonated Schiff base (PSB), as is the same as bacteriorhodopsin (bR). For ppR, the corresponding counter-ion is Asp residue (Asp75) located in C-helix. Here we investigated the influence of the protonated state of this counter-ion and its location on the chromophore configuration. Under alkaline condition, the chromophore configuration of D75E mutant was analyzed by HPLC. D75E had a much larger content of 13-cis isomer: the ratio of 13-cis to all-trans was 6:4 while the wild-type had this ratio of 1 :9. On the other hand, under acidic condition where Glu was associated, D75E had no 13-cis retinal isomer. Mutants whose Asp75 was replaced by neutral amino acids (D75N and D75Q) did not contain 13-cis retinal. Furthermore, retinal isomer compositions and the change in the visible ab- sorption spectra (indicating the dissociation state of Glu75) were measured under varying pH, and these were almost the same dependencies. These results indicate that an important factor determining the 13-cis isomer content is the presence of negative charge of the counter-ion against PSB, but not the size of this residue. Com- parison between the wild-type and D75E in alkaline solutions indicates the influence of the location of the counter-ion.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.277-285
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• 2009

The nucleotide sequence of the Paenibacillus curdlanolyticus B-6 xyn10A gene, encoding a xylanase Xyn10A, consists of 3,828 nucleotides encoding a protein of 1,276 amino acids with a predicted molecular mass of 142,726 Da. Sequence analysis indicated that Xyn10A is a multidomain enzyme comprising nine domains in the following order: three family 22 carbohydrate-binding modules (CBMs), a family 10 catalytic domain of glycosyl hydrolases (xylanase), a family 9 CBM, a glycine-rich region, and three surface layer homology (SLH) domains. Xyn10A was purified from a recombinant Escherichia coli by a single step of affinity purification on cellulose. It could effectively hydrolyze agricultural wastes and pure insoluble xylans, especially low substituted insoluble xylan. The hydrolysis products were a series of short-chain xylooligosaccharides, indicating that the purified enzyme was an endo-$\beta$-1,4-xylanase. Xyn10A bound to various insoluble polysaccharides including Avicel, $\alpha$-cellulose, insoluble birchwood and oat spelt xylans, chitin, and starches, and the cell wall fragments of P. curdlanolyticus B-6, indicating that both the CBM and the SLH domains are fully functioning in the Xyn10A. Removal of the CBMs from Xyn10A strongly reduced the ability of plant cell wall hydrolysis. These results suggested that the CBMs of Xyn10A play an important role in the hydrolysis of plant cell walls.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제32권9호
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• pp.1134-1145
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• 2022

SCO6993 (606 amino acids) in Streptomyces coelicolor belongs to the large ATP-binding regulators of the LuxR family regulators having one DNA-binding motif. Our previous findings predicted that SCO6993 may suppress the production of pigmented antibiotics, actinorhodin, and undecylprodigiosin, in S. coelicolor, resulting in the characterization of its properties at the molecular level. SCO6993-disruptant, S. coelicolor ΔSCO6993 produced excess pigments in R2YE plates as early as the third day of culture and showed 9.0-fold and 1.8-fold increased production of actinorhodin and undecylprodigiosin in R2YE broth, respectively, compared with that by the wild strain and S. coelicolor ΔSCO6993/SCO6993⁺. Real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis showed that the transcription of actA and actII-ORF4 in the actinorhodin biosynthetic gene cluster and that of redD and redQ in the undecylprodigiosin biosynthetic gene cluster were significantly increased by SCO6993-disruptant. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay and DNase footprinting analysis confirmed that SCO6993 protein could bind only to the promoters of pathway-specific transcriptional activator genes, actII-ORF4 and redD, and a specific palindromic sequence is essential for SCO6993 binding. Moreover, SCO6993 bound to two palindromic sequences on its promoter region. These results indicate that SCO6993 suppresses the expression of other biosynthetic genes in the cluster by repressing the transcription of actII-ORF4 and redD and consequently negatively regulating antibiotic production.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.60-66
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• 1998

10종의 식용 버섯 자실체에 대한 항보체 활성 검색에서 가장 높은 활성을 나타낸 양송이버섯 자실체를 대상으로 항보체 활성물질의 추출조건을 조사하였다. 최적조건으로서 5% urea가 함유된 0.1 N NaOH 용액으로 $65^{\circ}C$에서 2시간동안 양송이버섯 자실체를 추출한 후 methanol 가용획분이 제거된 조다당 획분 AB-0를 얻었다. AB-0는 1 mg/ml에서 90% 이상의 높은 항보체활성을 나타내었으며 마우스에 이식된 sarcoma-180에 대하여 74%의 저지효과를 보였다. AB-0를 acetone 농도에 따른 침전 분획을 실시하여 AB-20, AB-40, AB-60, AB-80, AB-A의 5개의 획분을 얻었다. 이중 가장 높은 항보체활성과 수율을 나타낸 AB-20 획분은 탄수화물 39%, 단백질 46%를 함유하였으며, 구성당은 glucose, arabinose, xylose, galactose, mannose가 6.49 : 1.98 : 1.24 : 1.00 : 0.71의 비율로 존재하였고 구성아미노산은 isoleucine(12.60%), glutamic acid+glutamine(12.45%), valine(11.79%), alanine(11.46%), leucine(10.19%)와 aspartic acid, asparagine(10.56%) 등 이었다. Pronase 처리한 AB-20에서는 78.5%의 항보체활성을 나타내고 대조군에 비해 14.5% 감소하였으나, AB-20의 periodate 산화물에서는 활성이 42.6%로 50% 이상 크게 감소하였다. 따라서 양송이 버섯의 알칼리 추출물중 가장 강한 활성을 보인 AB-20의 주요 활성부위는 다당류이며 단백질도 일부 관여하는 것으로 생각되었다.