• Molecules and Cells
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• 제45권8호
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• pp.564-574
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• 2022

Epithin/PRSS14 is a membrane serine protease that plays a key role in tumor progression. The protease exists on the cell surface until its ectodomain shedding, which releases most of the extracellular domain. Previously, we showed that the remaining portion on the membrane undergoes intramembrane proteolysis, which results in the liberation of the intracellular domain and the intracellular domain-mediated gene expression. In this study, we investigated how the intramembrane proteolysis for the nuclear function is initiated. We observed that ectodomain shedding of epithin/PRSS14 in mouse breast cancer 4T1 cells increased depending on environmental conditions and was positively correlated with invasiveness of the cells and their proinvasive cytokine production. We identified selenite as an environmental factor that can induce ectodomain shedding of the protease and increase C-C motif chemokine ligand 2 (CCL2) secretion in an epithin/PRSS14-dependent manner. Additionally, by demonstrating that the expression of the intracellular domain of epithin/PRSS14 is sufficient to induce CCL2 secretion, we established that epithin/PRSS14-dependent shedding and its subsequent intramembrane proteolysis are responsible for the metastatic conversion of 4T1 cells under these conditions. Consequently, we propose that epithin/PRSS14 can act as an environment-sensing receptor that promotes cancer metastasis by liberating the intracellular domain bearing transcriptional activity under conditions promoting ectodomain shedding.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.266-279
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• 2022

This study was conducted to evaluate the proteolysis trends and change in meat quality during 10 days of cold storage in duck M. pectoralis major (PM) and M. iliotibialis (IL). Duck IL had a higher pH and greater degree of lightness but lower cooking loss than PM (p<0.05). During the 10-day cold storage, the pH value of PM declined significantly (p<0.05), while the meat quality traits of IL were not affected by cold storage (p>0.05). In PM, the redness increased from day 1 to day 5, while cooking loss was lower on day 10 compared to day 5 (p<0.05). There were no significant differences in the activities of cathepsin B and proteasome 20S during cold storage (p>0.05). The activity of calpains declined gradually during 10 days of storage (p<0.05), and the activity of calpains in PM was higher than that in IL (p<0.05). A total of 5,155 peptides were detected and derived from 34 proteins of duck PM muscle, whereas 4,222 peptides derived from 32 proteins were detected from duck IL muscle. Duck PM muscle was composed only of fast type of muscle fiber, whereas IL muscle was composed of both slow and fast types. The proteins responsible for glycolysis or myofibrillar proteins were closely related to changes in meat color or water-holding capacity during cold storage. These results suggest that changes in meat quality characteristics during cold storage are closely related to protein degradation, which is also related to the distribution of muscle fiber types.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.89-93
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• 2011

녹용을 식품소재로 활용하고자 단백질 가수분해조건 설정 및 추출조건에 따른 품질특성을 조사하였다. 효소제 종류에 따른 영향을 조사한 결과 효소제 종류에 따른 pH는 차이는 없었으나, $^{\circ}Brix$, 고형분 및 조단백질 함량은 ProteAX(A)에서 높게 나타났다. 효소제 A 농도에서는 0.5%(w/w)까지 $^{\circ}Brix$, 고형분 및 조단백질 함량은 증가하였으며, 1.0%(w/w) 이상에서는 큰 변화가 없었다. 가수분해 시간은 5시간까지 $^{\circ}Brix$, 고형분 및 조단백질 함량은 증가하였으나 그 후 큰 변화가 없어 가수분해 시간을 5시간으로 설정하였다. 녹용에 효소 A와 C를 각각 0.5%(w/w)씩 혼합첨가 하여 $60^{\circ}C$에서 5시간 가수분해할 때 고형분 및 단백질 함량이 가장 높게 나타났다. 상기 설정된 조건으로 가수분해 시킨 녹용가수분해물(DAH)과 대조구(DA)를 $95^{\circ}C$ 상압조건(AP, 6~18시간) 및 $120^{\circ}C$ 가압조건(UP, 15~60분)으로 각각 추출한 결과 pH는 효소처리 및 추출조건에 따른 큰 차이는 없었다. $^{\circ}Brix$는 DA $1.5^{\circ}Brix$, DA-UP 및 DAH-AP에서는 $2.2^{\circ}Brix$로 나타났으며, DAH-UP에서 60분 추출하였을 때 $2.7^{\circ}Brix$로 가장 높게 나타났다. 또한 DAH-UP에서는 가용성 고형분 1.97%, 조단백질 함량 742.7 mg/100 g, 콜라겐 함량 498.8 mg/100 g으로 가장 높게 나타났다. 이상의 결과 가압추출조건이 녹용의 품질특성 향상에 더 효과적인 것으로 나타났으며, 향후 다양한 소재로 활용이 기대되었다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권spc8호
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• pp.3113-3116
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• 2011

• 한국동물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물학회 1999년도 한국생물과학협회 학술발표대회
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• pp.38-38
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• 1999

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• 약학회지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.67-77
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• 1994

In order to investigate the feasibility of transmucosal delivery of the model peptide, LHRH, metabolism of LHRH and inhibition effect of medium chain fatty acid salts were studied in rabbit mucosal homogenate. LHRH incubated in homogenates of rectal(RE), nasal(NA) and vaginal(VA) mucosa were assayed by HPLC. Five to six degradation products of LHRH were deterted and the degradation of LHRH$(500\;{\mu}g/ml)$ followed the first order kinetics. The main degradation products were found as $LHRH^{1-5}(M-I)$, $LHRH^{1-3}(M-II)$ and $LHRH^{1-6}(M-III)$ by the method of amino acid analysis. The half-lives of LHRH in the mucosal homogenates were found to be less than 20 min at protein concentration of 2.5 mg/ml with the order of VA>NA>RE mucosal homogenate. Medium chain fatty acid salts such as sodium caprylate $(C_8)$, sodium caprate $(C_{10})$ and sodium laurate $(C_{12})$ at the concentration of $0.5%{\sim}1.0%$ inhibit the proteolysis of LHRH significantly. The addition of sodium laurate(0.5%) into the NA and VA mucosal homogenates protected LHRH completely from the degradation.

• 한국잠사곤충학회지
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.73-78
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• 1997

분자량 약 7000의 Fcp는 효소분해역반응을 이용하는 것에 의해 분자량 약 17000과 약 24000까지 고분자량화된 PIFcp가 얻어졌다. 또, 효소분해의 역반응에 의해 고분자량화되는 것은 일부의 Fcp이며 Silk II형결정으로부터 Silk I형결정으로 전이하는 것은 대부분의 Fcp에서 나타났다. 이 PIFcp는 X선회절과 시차열분석(DTA)의 결과로부터 어느정도 안정한 Silk I형의 결정구조를 가지는 것이 확인되었다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제39권8호
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• pp.581-586
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• 2016

Post-translational modifications (PTMs) of proteins are essential to increase the functional diversity of the proteome. By adding chemical groups to proteins, or degrading entire proteins by phosphorylation, glycosylation, ubiquitination, neddylation, acetylation, lipidation, and proteolysis, the complexity of the proteome increases, and this then influences most biological processes. Although small RNAs are crucial regulatory elements for gene expression in most eukaryotes, PTMs of small RNA microprocessor and RNA silencing components have not been extensively investigated in plants. To date, several studies have shown that the proteolytic regulation of AGOs is important for host-pathogen interactions. DRB4 is regulated by the ubiquitin-proteasome system, and the degradation of HYL1 is modulated by a de-etiolation repressor, COP1, and an unknown cytoplasmic protease. Here, we discuss current findings on the PTMs of microprocessor and RNA silencing components in plants.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.73-80
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• 2002

Pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase (PDP)와 kinase는 당대사시 해당과정에서의 대사 산물인 pyruvate를 acetyl CoA로 만들어 구연산 회로로 진입시켜 주는 효소인 pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC)의 활성을 조절하는 중요한 효소이다. PDP의 catalytic subunit는 PDC의 dihydrolipoamide acetyltransferase (E2), PDP regulatory subunit (PDPr), 그리고 칼슘 결합 도메인 등으로 구성되어 있는 것으로 추측되어지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 그 구조와 기능과의 상관관계를 알아보기 위해 PDPc를 E. coli JM101에서 발현시켜 순수 정제 후 단백분해 효소를 이용한 제한적 가수분해 방법을 이용해 그 구조와 기능과의 상관관계에 대해 연구하고자 하였다 정제된 PDPc는 trypsin, chymotrypsin, Arg-C 그리고 elastase를 이용하여 3$0^{\circ}C$ 그리고 pH 7.0에서 제한적으로 분해시켰으며 각 분해산물의 아미노 말단의 아미노산 배열을 분석하였다. 그 결과 PDPc는 trypsin, chymotrypsin, elastase에 의해 N-terminal의 50 kD과 C-terminal의 10 kD의 두개의 분해산물을 만들었으며, Arg-C에 의해 50kD의 분해산물은 약 35kD와 15kD으로 더 가수분해가 되었다. 이러한 결과로 볼 때 PDPc는 앞에서 추측한데로 세개의 주요한 기능적 도메인으로 이루어져 있음을 알 수 있었다 또한 C-terminal의 10kD은 PDPc의 활성에는 영향을 주지 않는 것으로 밝혀졌으나 다른 도메인의 기능은 더 연구가 되어져야 할 것으로 생각된다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.194-199
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• 2007

GCN4 is a typical eukaryotic transcriptional activator that is implicated in the expression of many genes involved in amino acids and purine biosyntheses under stress conditions. It is degraded by 26S proteasomes following ubiquitination. However, the immediate receptor for ubiquitinated Gcn4p has not yet been identified. We investigated whether ubiquitinated Gcn4p binds directly to Rpn10p as the ubiquitinated substrate receptor of the 26S proteasome. We found that the level of Gcn4p increased in cells deleted for Rpn10p but not in cells deleted for RAD23 and DSK2, the other ubiquitinated substrate receptors and, unlike Rpn10p, neither of these proteins recognized ubiquitinated Gcn4p. These results suggest that Rpn10p is the receptor that binds the polyubiquitin chain during ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis of Gcn4p.