• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.215-221
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• 1995

S. coelicolor A3(2) cells were treated with various redox-cycling agents on nutrient agar plates and examined for their effect on the growth and differentiation. When treated with plumbagin, severe effect on cell viability was observed at concentrations above 250 $\mu$M. However, the surviving colonies differentiated normally. When treated with 100 $\mu$M paraquat, growth rate was decreased and morphological differentiation was inhibited, while the survival rate was maintained at about 100% even at 5 mM paraquat. Menadione or lawsone did not cause any visible changes at concentrations up to 1 mM. The effect of paraquat was also observed when it was added to nutrient agar plate before spore inoculation. Paraquat had also observed when it was added to nutrient agar plate before spore inoculation. Paraquat had no effect on colonies growing on R2YE agar plates. Among the components of R2YE medium selectively added to nutrient agar medium, CaCl$_2$ was found to have some protective function from the inhibitory effect of paraquat. As a first step to study the mechanism of the inhibitory effect of paraquat on differentiation, resistant mutants which sporulate well in the presence of paraquat were screened following UV mutagenesis. Three paraquat-resistant mutants were isolated with a frequency of 3 $\times$10${-5}$. Their mutation sites were determined by genetic crossings. All three mutations were mapped to a single locus near arg4 at about 1 o'clock on the genetic map of S. coelicolor A3(2).

• 대한약리학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.155-166
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• 1991

Paraquat 독성작용에 있어서 mitochondria의 잠재적인 역할을 평가하기 위하여, 이 약물의 산소 radical 생성과 지질과산화 반응에 미치는 영향을 mouse간의 submitochondrial particle 과 microsome에서 비교하여 보았다. Submitochondrial particle 사용시 NADH를, microsome 사용시 NADPH를 전자공여체로 이용한 경우 paraquat는 두 분획에서 superoxide anion과 hydrogen peroxide의 생성을 증가시켰다. 동일한 조건하에서 paraquat는 hydroxyl radical의 생성을 시사하는 methional로 부터 ethylene의 생성을 증가시켰다. 그러나, paraquat에 의한 이들 각각의 효과는 microsome에서 보다 submitochondrial particle에서 약간 낮았다. 한편, 두 분획 모두에서 paraquat는 지질과산화 반응을 촉진시켰다. Submitochondrial particle과 microsome에서의 Paraquat에 의한 지질과산화반응은 i) 두 분회에서 지질과산화는 SOD에 의해서 부분적으로 억제됨을 보였고, DETAPAC(iron chelator)에 의해서는 완전히 억제되었고, catalase와 hydroxyl radical scavenger에 의해서는 억제되지 아니하였으며, ii) 반응내 $ADP-Fe^{3+}$ 첨가로 paraquat에 의한 지질과산화는 더욱 증가되었지만 methional로 부터 ethylene 생성은 감소하여 hydroxyl radical 생성과 지질과산화 사이에는 상관성이 없음으로 보아 같은 기전을 통해 촉진됨을 알 수 있었고 이러한 촉진작용은 perferryl ion을 통하여 일어나리라 추측되었다. Submitochondrial particle에서 paraquat에 의해 촉진된 산소라디칼 생성과 지질과산화 반응은 p-hydroxymercuribenzoate(NADH dehydrogenase 억제제)에 의하여 억제되었으나 다른 respiratory chain 차단제들에 의해서는 거의 영향을 받지 않음으로 보아 mitochondria에서의 paraquat의 redox-cycling은 CoQ 보다는 NADH dehyrogenase와 관련이 있음을 시사하였다. 이상의 결과로 보아 산소 radical의 생성과 지질과산화를 유도하는 paraquat의 redox-cycling은 microsome에서와 마찬가지로 mitochondria에서도 일어나며, 이결과 생체내에서의 paraquat의 독작용에 관여함을 짐작할 수 있다.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.220-228
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• 2018

This study introduced a carbon-free electrode for $Li-O_2$ cells with the aim of suppressing the side reactions activated by carbon material. Micro-particles of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT), a conducting polymer, were used as the base material for the air electrode of $Li-O_2$cells. The PEDOT micro-particles were treated with $H_2SO_4$ to improve their electronic conductivity, and LiBr and CsBr were used as the redox mediators to facilitate the dissociation of there action products in the electrode and reduce the over-potential of the $Li-O_2$ cells. The capacity of the electrode employing PEDOT micro-particles was significantly enhanced via $H_2SO_4$ treatment, which is attributed to the increased electronic conductivity. The considerable capacity enhancement and relatively low over-potential of the electrode employing $H_2SO_4$-treated PEDOT micro-particles indicate that the treated PEDOT micro-particles can act as reaction sites and provide storage space for the reaction products. The cyclic performance of the electrode employing $H_2SO_4$-treated PEDOT micro-particles was superior to that of a carbon electrode. The results of the Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopic analysis showed that the accumulation of residual reaction products during cycling was significantly reduced by introducing the carbon-free electrode based on $H_2SO_4$-treated PEDOT micro-particles, compared with that of the carbon electrode. The cycle life was improved owing to the effect of the redox mediators. The refore, the use of the carbon -free electrode combined with redox mediators could realize excellent cyclic performance and low over-potential simultaneously.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.152-161
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• 2023

Vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) have been considered one of promising power sources for large scale energy storage systems (ESS) because of their excellent cycle performance and good safety. However, VRFBs still have a few challenging issues, such as poor Coulombic efficiency due to vanadium crossover between catholyte and anolyte, although recent efforts have shown promise in electrochemical performance. Herein, the vanadium complexes with various glyme ligands have been examined as active materials to suppress vanadium crossover between catholyte and anolyte, thus improving the Coulombic efficiency of VRFBs. The conventional Nafion membrane has a channel size of ca. 10 Å, whereas vanadium cation species are small compared to the Nafion membrane channel. For this reason, vanadium cations can permeate through the Nafion membrane, resulting in significant vanadium crossover during cycling, although the Nafion membrane is a kind of ion-selective membrane. In this regard, various glyme additives, such as 1,2-dimethoxyethane (monoglyme), diethylene glycol dimethyl ether (diglyme), and tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether (tetraglyme) have been examined as complexing agents for vanadium cations to increase the size of vanadium-ligand complexes in electrolytes. Since the size of vanadium-glyme complexes is proportional to the chain length of glymes, the vanadium permeability of the Nafion membrane decreases with increasing the chain length of glymes. As a result, the vanadium complexes with tetraglyme shows the excellent electrochemical performance of VRFBs, such as stable capacity retention (90.4% after 100 cycles) and high Coulombic efficiency (98.2% over 100 cycles).

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제56권6호
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• pp.890-894
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 염료 물질 중 하나인 메틸렌 블루(methylene blue)를 수계 레독스 흐름 전지의 활물질로 처음으로 도입하였다. Methylene blue의 레독스 전위는 pH가 높아짐에 따라 음의 방향으로 이동하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 이 methylene blue를 음극 활물질로 활용하고, 양극 활물질로는 바나듐(vanadium) 을 활용하여 산 전해질을 기반으로 셀성능 평가를 진행하였다. Methylene $blue/V^{4+}$ 레독스 조합의 산 전해질에 대한 셀 전압은 0.45 V로 낮으며, Methylene blue의 물에 대한 용해도 또한 0.12 M로 굉장히 낮다. 이에 따라 0.0015 M의 낮은 농도로 단전지 셀 성능을 평가하였으며, Nafion 212 멤브레인을 사용하여 0~0.8 V 컷-오프 전압으로 $1mA/cm^2$ 전류밀도 하에서 4 cycle에서 충방전 효율 96.67%, 전압효율 88.83%, 에너지효율 85.87%, 방전 용량($0.0500Ah{\cdot}L^{-1}$)의 성능을 보였으며, 낮은 방전용량은 활물질의 낮은 농도에 의한 것이므로 활물질인 메틸렌 블루의 농도를 0.1 M로, 전류밀도는 $10mA/cm^2$로 더 높였을 때 4 cycle에서 CE 99%, VE 85%, EE 85%의 효율로 더 높은 방전 용량($3.8122Ah{\cdot}L^{-1}$)을 도출함을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.386-390
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• 2006

A green fluorescent protein-based Pseudomonas putida reporter was successfully constructed and shown to be capable of detecting oxidative stress. In this whole-cell reporter, the promoter of the paraquat-inducible ferredoxin-$NADP^+$ reductase (fpr) was fused to a promoterless gfp gene on a broad-host-range promoter probe vector. Pseudomonas putida KT2440 harboring this reporter plasmid exhibited an increased level of gfp expression in the presence of redox-cycling agents (paraquat and menadione), hydrogen peroxide, and potential environmental pollutant chemicals such as toluene, paint thinner, gasoline, and diesel. Induction of fpr in the presence of these chemicals was confirmed using Northern blot analysis.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2000

The bacterial strain JW-2 which conferred resistance against paraquat (1,1'-dimethyl-4,4'-bipyridinium dichloride) was isolated from soil. The strain was identified as an Ochrobactrum anthropi based on its morphological, physiological, biological and fatty acid composition, and was designated as Ochrobactrum anthropi JW-2. We compard paraquat resistance of O. anthropi JW-2 with Escherichia coli J105. In the presence of 100mM paraquat, E. coli JM105 was not grown whereas the growth rate of O. anthropi was about 70% of control. We compared the sensitivity of O. anthropi JW-2 and E. coli J105 to redox-cycling compounds such as paraquat, plumbagin or menadione, which are known to exacebate wuperoxide generation. O. anthropi JW-2 did not show cross-resistance to plumbagin or menadione. superoxide dismutase activity was increased in paraqunt-treated E. coli JM105 while it was not increased in O.anthropi JW-2. These results suggest that the mechanism of paraquat resistance in O.anthropi JW-2 is probably due to selectively decreased permeability toward paraquat by membrane protein.

• 한국응용약물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국응용약물학회 1992년도 제1회 신약개발 연구발표회 초록집
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• pp.41-41
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• 1992

새로이 합성된 1,4-Naphthoquinone(1,4-NQ) 화합물의 세포독성의 확인과 그 작용기전을 규명코져 본 실험을 수행하였다. 분리된 흰쥐 간세포를 1,4-NQ유도체들과 반응 시켰을때 이들 중 YC 001과 YC 008은 독성을 나타냈으나 YC 012는 독성율 나타내지 아니하였다. 세포독성은 세포치사, lactate dehydrogenase 유출 및 산소소비의 억제등으로 확인하였다. 세포 독성의 기전은 mitochondria에서의 전자흐름 차단작용과 microsome에서 redox-cycling 기전에 의한 산소리디칼 생성의 두가지에 대하여 검토하였다. 분리된 mitochondria를 YC 001과 YC 008은 반응 시켰을때 mitochondria의 호흡은 완전히 억제되었다. 그러나 YC 012는 전혀 작용을 나타내지 아니하였다. 이는 간세포에 대한 독성작용과 일치하는 결과이며 따라서 mitochondria에 대한 억제 작용은 이들의 세포독성에 주요한 요인이라고 추측되었다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1996년도 하계학술대회 논문집 C
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• pp.1703-1706
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• 1996

The purpose of this study is to research and develop polypyrrole(PPy) positive for thin film rechargeable lithium battery. We investigated cyclic voltammetry, AC impedance response and charge/discharge cycling of PPy/SPE/Li cells as a function of temperature. The redox capacity of $PPy/CF_{3}SO_{3}$ film was the most large. The discharge capacity of PPy/SPE/Li cell with $PPy/CF_{3}SO_{3}$ film was higher than those of $PPy/ClO_{4}$ and $PPy/AsF_6$ films at all cycles. The energy density of PPy/SPE/Li cells during 1st cycle was 73, 90 and 101Wh/kg at $25^{\circ}C$, $45^{\circ}C$ and $60^{\circ}C$, respectively. The improvement of energy density is due to reduction of charge-transfer resistance associated doping-undoping process in PPy film with Increasing temperature. $PPy/CF_{3}SO_{3}$ film shows a good property on charge/discharge cycling in PEO-$LiClO_4$-PC-EC electrolyte.

• 한국결정학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국결정학회 2002년도 정기총회 및 추계학술연구발표회
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• pp.16-16
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• 2002

The presently commercialized lithium-ion batteries use layer structured LiCoO₂ cathodes. Because of the high cost and toxicity of cobalt, an intensive search for new cathode materials has been underway in recent years. Recently, a concept of a one-to-one solid state mixture of LiNO₂ and LiMnO₂, i.e., Li[Ni/sub 0.5/Mn/sub 0.5/]O₂, was adopted by Ohzuku and Makimura to overcome the disadvantage of LiNiO₂ and LiMnO₂. Li[Ni/sub 0.5/Mn/sub 0.5/]O₂ has the -NaFeO₂ structure, which is characteristic of the layered LiCoO₂ and LiNiO₂ structures and shows excellent cycleability with no indication of spinel formation during electrochemical cycling. Layered Li[Ni/sub x/Co/sub 1-2x/Mn/sub x/]O₂ (x = 0.5 and 0.475) materials with high homogeneity and crystallinity were synthesized using a mechanical alloying method. The Li[Ni/sub 0.475/Co/sub 0.05/Mn/sub 0.475/]O₂ electrode delivers a high discharge capacity of 187 mAh/g between 2.8 and 4.6 V at a high current density of 0.3 mA/㎠(30 mA/g) with excellent cycleability. The charge/discharge and differential capacity vs. voltage studies of the Li[Ni/sub x/Co/sub 1-2x/Mn/sub x/]O₂ (x = 0.5 and 0.475) materials showed only one redox peak up to 50 cycles, which indicates that structural phase transitions are not occurred during electrochemical cycling. The magnitude of the diffusion coefficients of lithium ions for Li[Ni/sub x/Co/sub 1-2x/Mn/sub x/]O₂(x = 0.5 and 0.475) are around 10/sup -9/ ㎠/s measured by the galvanostatic intermittent titration technique (GITT).