• BMB Reports
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.579-584
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• 1999

Mantis egg fibrolase (MEF-3) was purified from the egg cases of Tenodera sinensis using ammonium sulfate fractionation, gel filtration on Bio-Gel P-60, DEAE Affi-Gel blue gel affinity chromatogragphy, and MONO-Q anion-exchange chromatography. This protease had a molecular weight of 35,600 Da as determined by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis under reducing conditions and its isoelectric point was 6.0. The N-terminal amino acids sequence was Ala-Thr-Gln-Asp-Asp-Ala-Pro-Pro-Gly-Leu-Ala-Arg-Arg. This sequence was 80% homologous to the serine protease from Tritirachium album. MEF-3 readily digested the ${\alpha}$-and ${\beta}$-chains of fibrinogen and more slowly the ${\gamma}$-chains. It showed strong proteolytic and fibrinolytic activities. Phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride and chymostatin inhibited its proteolytic activity, while EDTA, EGTA, cysteine, ${\beta}$-mercaptoethanol, elastinal, tosyl-lysine chloromethylketone, and tosyl-amido-2-phenylethyl chloromethyl ketone did not affect its proteolytic activity. Among the chromogenic protease substrates, the most sensitive one to the hydrolysis of MEF-3 was benzoyl-Phe-Val-Arg-p-nitroanilide. Based on these experimental results, we speculated that MEF-3 is a serine protease with a strong fibrin(ogen)olytic activity.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.231-236
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• 1992

A 5.8 kb chromosomal DNA fragment of Serratia marcescens ATCC 27117 including an extracellular serine protease gene was cloned in Escherichia coli. The cloned gene(pSMP18) caused specific excretion of the protease into the extracellular medium through the outer membrane of E. coli host cells. The protease purified from E. coli harboring pSMP18 was inactivated not by 100 mM EDTA but by 10 mM phenyl methyl sulfonyl flouride (PMSF). The molecular weight of the purified serine protease was about 66, 000 in the SDS-PAGE and the isoelectric point was approximately 5.7 in IEFㆍGel electrophoresis. The optimal pH and temperature for reaction of the purified serine protease were 9.5 and $45^\circ{C}$, respectively.

• BMB Reports
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.102-107
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• 2008

Extracellular proteases play an important role in a wide range of host physiological events, such as food digestion, extracellular matrix degradation, coagulation and immunity. Among the large extracellular protease family, serine proteases that contain a "paper clip"-like domain and are therefore referred to as CLIP-domain serine protease (clip-SP), have been found to be involved in unique biological processes, such as immunity and development. Despite the increasing amount of biochemical information available regarding the structure and function of clip-SPs, their in vivo physiological significance is not well known due to a lack of genetic studies. Recently, Drosophila has been shown to be a powerful genetic model system for the dissection of biological functions of the clip-SPs at the organism level. Here, the current knowledge regarding Drosophila clip-SPs has been summarized and future research directions to evaluate the role that clip-SPs play in Drosophila immunity are discussed.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.196-201
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• 1997

Lysine 특이적 serine protease인 Achromobacter protease I(API)의 기질특이성을 결정하는 아미노산 잔기가 255위치에 존재하는 가정하에 이 잔가에 변이를 도입하여 기질특이성의 변화 유무를 조사하였다. 그리고 pro-API이 자기촉매적으로 소화될 수 있도록 Lys(-1) 또는 다른 아미노산 잔기로 치환하였다. 그러나 예상과는 달리 제작된 모든 변이체는 발현되지 않았거나 불활성전구체로서 발현되었다. 이 결과로부터 225위치의 잔기는 API의 maturation과정에 있어 Iysylendopeptidase활성에 중요한 역할을 담당하고 있으나 APl의 기질특이성은 225위치 잔기의 특성에 한정되지 않을 가능성이 시사되었다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2011년도 제41회 하계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.182-182
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• 2011

We investigated the adsorption structures of serine on a Ge(100) surface by core-level photoemission spectroscopy (CLPES) in conjunction with density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The adsorption energies calculated using DFT methods suggested that four of six adsorption structures were plausible. These structures were the "O-H dissociated-N dative bonded structure", the "O-H dissociation bonded structure", the "Om-H dissociated-N dative bonded structure", and the "Om-H dissociation bonded structure" (where Om indicates the hydroxymethyl oxygen). These structures are equally likely, according to the adsorption energies alone. The core-level C 1s, N 1s, and O 1s CLPES spectra confirmed that the carboxyl oxygen competed more strongly with the hydroxymethyl oxygen during the adsorption reaction, thereby favoring formation of the "O-H dissociated-N dative bonded" and "O-H dissociation bonded" structures at 0.30 ML and 0.60 ML, respectively. The experimental results were corroborated theoretically by calculating the reaction pathways leading to the two adsorption geometries. The reaction pathways indicated that the "O-H dissociated-N dative bonded structure" is the major product of serine adsorption on Ge(100) due to comparably stable adsorption energy.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.19-29
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• 1993

Plasminogen activator (PA)-plasmin system in follicular fluid is involved in the process leading to follicular rupture at ovulation. It is well known that PA is closely associated with cellular differentiation and tissue remodeling on evidences from the study of normal and malignant tissues. This study was designed to ascertain a potential role of PA in the ovarian folliculogenesis. Immature Sprague-Dawley rats were injected with pregnant mare serum gonadotropin, followed by injection of serine protease inhibitor (SPI; mixture of 1 mol/L benzamidine and 1 mol/L amino-caproic acid) into the unilateral ovarian bursa. In the control study, mechanical effect of bursal injection and contralateral ovarian effect SPI were ruled out. Total antral follicular areas relative to total ovarian cross-sectional areas was siginificantly lower in SPI-injected ovary than in saline-injected ovary. SPI injection decreased the relative antral follicular area by 33 % respectively. Electron microscopic finding of granulosa cell in the atretic follicle showed the presence of pyknotic nucleus, blurring of neucleolemma, degeneration of mitochondria and dilation of endoplasmic reticulum. After induction of ovulation with hCG, the number of oocytes released was significantly decreased in SPI-injected oviduct than in saline-injected oviduct. From above results, author discussed that PA may play a role not only in ovulation but also in some processes of folliculogenesis.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.253-257
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• 1991

천연물질과 합성물질의 전합성에 중요한 중간체인 광학활성의 glycerol acetonide,fmf L-serine, L- and D-ascorbic acid, D-mannitol로부터 합성하였다. 각각의 출발물질로부터 얻어진 (R)-, (S)-glycerol acetonide를 광학적 순도와 수율 {(S)-glycerol : D-mannitol$[{\alpha}]^{22}_D$ = +15.2$^{\circ}$(34%), D-isoascorbic acid $[{\alpha}]^{22}_D$ = +14.7$^{\circ}$(28%), (R)-glycerol : L-serine $[{\alpha}]^{22}_D$ = -12.21$^{\circ}$(26%), L-ascorbic acid $[{\alpha}]^{22}_D$ = -11.7$^{\circ}$(17%)}을 비교 검토하였다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.433-440
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• 2016

Inositol-1,4,5-triphosphate [$IP_3$] receptors binding protein released with $IP_3$ (IRBIT) was previously reported as an activator of NBCe1-B. Recent studies have characterized IRBIT homologue S-Adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase-like 2 (AHCYL2). AHCYL2 is highly homologous to IRBIT (88%) and heteromerizes with IRBIT. The two important domains in the N-terminus of AHCYL2 are a PEST domain and a coiled-coil domain which are highly comparable to those in IRBIT. Therefore, in this study, we tried to identify the role of those domains in mouse AHCYL2 (Ahcyl2), and we succeeded in identifying PEST domain of Ahcyl2 as a regulation region for NBCe1-B activity. Site directed mutagenesis and coimmunoprecipitation assay showed that NBCe1-B binds to the N-terminal Ahcyl2-PEST domain, and its binding is determined by the phosphorylation of 4 critical serine residues (Ser151, Ser154, Ser157, and Ser160) in Ahcyl2 PEST domain. Also we revealed that 4 critical serine residues in Ahcyl2 PEST domain are indispensable for the activation of NBCe1-B using measurement of intracellular pH experiment. Thus, these results suggested that the NBCe1-B is interacted with 4 critical serine residues in Ahcyl2 PEST domain, which play an important role in intracellular pH regulation through NBCe1-B.

• BMB Reports
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• 제42권8호
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• pp.506-510
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• 2009

The Toll signalling pathway in invertebrates is responsible for defense against Gram-positive bacteria and fungi, leading to the expression of antimicrobial peptides via NF-$\kappa$B-like transcription factors. Gram-negative binding protein 3 (GNBP3) detects beta-1,3-glucan, a fungal cell wall component, and activates a three step serine protease cascade for activation of the Toll signalling pathway. Here, we showed that the recombinant N-terminal domain of Tenebrio molitor GNBP3 bound to beta-1,3-glucan, but did not activate down-stream serine protease cascade in vitro. Reversely, the N-terminal domain blocked GNBP3-mediated serine protease cascade activation in vitro and also inhibited beta-1,3-glucan-mediated antimicrobial peptide induction in Tenebrio molitor larvae. These results suggest that the N-terminal GNBP homology domain of GNBP3 functions as a beta-1,3-glucan binding domain and the C-terminal domain of GNBP3 may be required for the recruitment of immediate down-stream serine protease zymogen during Toll signalling pathway activation.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제9권
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• pp.59-64
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• 1968

1. 국자(?子)를 사용(使用)하여 백미(白米) 및 옥수수를 원료(原料)로 탁주(濁酒)를 담금하고 경시적(經時的)으로 그 발효(醱酵)술덧중(中)의 Amino-N를 Formol 법(法)으로 정량(定量)하고 또한 유리(遊離) Amino 산(酸)을 PPC 법(法)으로 검출(檢出).하였다. 2. 백미정료탁주(白米定料濁酒)술 덧 중(中)에서는 Aspartic acid, Cystine Glutamic acid, Glycine, Serine Alanine, Tyrosine, Histidine, Valine, Tryptophan, Phenylalanine, Proline 및 Leucine 등 14종의 Amino 산(酸)을 검출(檢出)하였다. 3. 옥수수원료탁주(原料濁酒)술덧 중(中)에서는 Aspartic acid, Cystine, Glycine, Derine, Alanine, Lysine, Valine, Aistididine, Proline, Leucine 및 Tryptophan 등(等) 12종(種의) Amino 산(酸)을 검출하였다. 4. 백미(白米) 및 옥수수원료(原料) 탁주중(濁酒中)의 주체 Amino 산(酸)은 Paper Chromatography에 나타난 각(各) Spot의 정색도(呈色度)로 보아 Lysine, Valine, Leucine, Serine, Proline 및 Glycine 등(等)으로 추정(推定)하였다.