• BMB Reports
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.127-132
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• 1999

The NAD(P)H-quinone oxidoreductase (EC 1. 6. 99. 2) was purified from S. cerevisiae. The native molecular weight of the enzyme is approximately 111 kDa and is composed of five identical subunits with molecular weights of 22 kDa each. The optimum pH of the enzyme is pH 6.0 with 1,4-benzoquinone as a substrate. The apparent $k_m$ for 1,4-benzoquinone and 1,4- naphthoquinone are 1.3 mM and $14.3\;{\mu}M$, respectively. Its activity is greatly inhibited by $Cu^{2+}$ and $Hg^{2+}$ ions, nitrofurantoin, dicumarol, and Cibacron blue 3GA. The purified NAD(P)H-quinone oxidoreductase was found capable of reducing aromatic nitroso compounds as well as a variety of quinones, and can utilize either NADH or NADPH as a source of reducing equivalents. The nitroso reductase activity of the purified NAD(P)H-quinone oxidoreductase is strongly inhibited by dicumarol.

• Journal of Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.66-73
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• 2003

Alkaline cellulolytic enzymes are prepared from Coprinus cinereus 2249. Recovery method of enzyme protein from cultured medium and effect factors on enzyme activity of protein were investigated. The results could summarized as follows, \circled1 Amount of enzyme protein from cultured medium was highest in incubation with shaking and addition of skim milk. \circled2 Protein from cultured medium was alkaline enzymatic protein which shows the highest activity at pH 9.0. \circled3 The most effective recovery method of enzyme protein was the precipitation of protein by addition of cultured medium of protein in ethanol. \circled4 The enzyme activity was enhanced by tween-80 and decreased with $Al_2(SO_4)_3$, $H_2O_2$et al, and was little changed with metal ions except $Hg^{++}$.

• Proceedings of the Korean Biophysical Society Conference
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• 1999.06a
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• pp.49-49
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• 1999

$H^{＋}$-ATPases play major roles in various cellular physiology. In order to characterize the effects of heavy metal ions on the activity of $H^{＋}$-ATPases, microsomes were isolated from the roots of tomato grown hydroponically. The activity of microsomal $H^{＋}$-ATPase was measured by an enzyme-coupled assay. H $g^{2＋}$ inhibited the activity of microsomal $H^{+}$-ATPase as a dose-dependent manner, F $e^{3+}$ and Z $n^{2+}$ inhibited the activity although they also blocked the activities of enzymes used in the assay, and C $s^{+}$ and $Ba^{2+}$ showed no significant effect.(omitted)d)ted)d)

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.556-558
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• 1999

Lead-selective PVC membrane electrodes based on newly synthesized bis(crown ether)s containing 18-crown-6 moiety was prepared using standard PVC membrane composition. In order to monitor lead in environmental samples by lead sensor, especially good selectivity over alkali and alkaline earth metals has to be obtained. Thus, responses of the PVC membrane prepared with new bis(crown ether)s and Fluka ionophore V (crown ether) base to various cations include lead, alkali and alkaline earth metal ions were investigated for their use as a lead sensor. The polymeric liquid membrane based on trans-1 8-crown-6 ether exhibits the best overall potentiometric performances as a lead-selective electrode in terms of a wide linear dynamic range (between 10-6 and 10-2 M, Pb2+), excellent detection limit (less than 10-6 M) and good durability within limited error. The preferences of lead over other cations, such as Ag+, Hg2+, Na+, Ca2+ and even K+ in the aforementioned electrode are much better than the Fluka ionophore V system.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.49-55
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• 2022

In this study, the heavy metal ions (of Pb, Cd, Cr, and Hg) in wastewater were removed using a spent Li₂O-Al₂O₃-SiO₂-based crystallized glass previously used as an induction top plate material. Changes in the removal efficiency of heavy metals according to different reaction parameters, such as the amount of zeolite used as a heavy-metal adsorbent, adsorption time, initial concentration of the heavy metals, and pH of the initial solution, were investigated. As the amount of zeolite added increased, the heavy-metal removal efficiency also increased. Adsorption time had a considerable influence on adsorption characteristics, and the removal efficiency of all heavy metals increased with increasing adsorption time. In the case of Cd, the removal efficiency was greatly improved depending on the adsorption time. The initial concentration of the heavy-metal solution did not affect the removal efficiency; however, the initial pH of the heavy-metal solution affected the removal efficiency. More specifically, the removal efficiency of Cd increased while that of Pb and Cr decreased with increasing pH. The adsorption characteristics of Hg were not significantly affected by pH.

• Korean Membrane Journal
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.43-49
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• 2006

Complex membranes consisting of silver salt ($AgBF_4,\;AgCF_3SO_3,\;AgSbF_6,\;AgNO_3$) and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) or crosslinked PVA (CPVA) were prepared and tested for the separation of propylene/propane mixtures. For the tested membranes, the complex membranes containing $AgBF_4$ exhibited the highest separation properties, i.e., approximately 20 GPU ($1 GPU=10^{-6}cm^3 (STP)/(cm^2 sec cmHg)$) and 100 of selectivity at 0.2 of silver mole fraction. The CPVA membranes containing silver salt always showed higher selectivity than PVA membranes, presenting silver ions coordinated to -CHO are more effective than those to -OH groups. The threshold silver concentration of CPVA membranes was lower than that of PVA membranes, which might be due to stronger interaction of silver ions with -CHO than that with -OH. The composition at which the selectivity is the highest did not significantly depend on the crosslinking, but did on the kind of silver salt.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.35-45
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• 1989

Streptococcus thermophilus 510 was investigated as n potential source of $\beta$-galactosidase. Optimum cultural conditions for maximum enzyme production were 0.5% loctose as carbon source, initial pH 7.0, 37 $^{\circ}C$, and 18 hours of cultivation. The enzyme was purified to homogeneity by ammonium sulfate fractionation, protamine sulfate precipitation, Sephadex G-200 gel filtration, and DEAE-Sephadex A-50 ion exchange chromntography. The purified enzyme exhibited an optimum pH at 1.0, and an optimum temperature of 5$0^{\circ}C$. Metal ions such as Mn$^{2+}$ and $K^+$, dithiothreitol, and 2-mercaptoethanol stimulated $\beta$-galactosidase activity. Ethylenediamine tetraacetic add, 8-hydroxyquinoline, Hg$^2+$, Zn$^{2+}$, Co$^{2+}$, $Ca^{2+}$, and galactose were inhibitory. The $K_m$ and V$_{max}$ for o-nitrophenyl $\beta$-D-galactopyranoside were 1.25mM and 88.50$\mu$moles/min.mg protein, respectively. The molecular weight was estimated to be 520,000, and the amino acid composition indicated relatively high contents of glutamic acid, aspartic acid, leucine, and valine.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.34-43
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• 2001

The present work is aimed to evaluate the conditions of the hydride generation (HG) for germanium analysis by inductively coupled plasma (ICP)-atomic emission spectrometry (AES). Twelve different kinds of acids were used such as phosphoric, hydrochloric, nitric, sulfuric, perchloric, boric, tartaric, malic, oxalic, tannic, citric, and acetic acid. It was found that phosphoric acid yielded the maximum efficiency of hydride generation. Also, efficient hydride generation was obtined with the buffer solutions containing phosphate ions over a wide range of pH. In addition, in the presence of phosphoric acid the interference caused by metals was suppressed in the hydride generation of germanium. As the concentrations of a reducing agent and a stabilizing increased the hydride generation efficiency and the acid concentration proviaing the maximum intensity were increased. By using an analytical method developed in this study, the contents of germanium in water and rock samples were determined. The detection limit of germanium in the presence of phosphoric acid was $0.03{\mu}g/L$.

• Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.1-5
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• 1998

A spectrophotometric method was developed for the acidic solution stripped after an extraction of 0.5 to 2.5 ppm of Lead(II) from 50 mL of $Na_2S_2O_3$ solution into chloroform as the ion-pairs formed between their thiosulfate complexes and alkylamine, Aliquat336. Pb(II) in the stripped solution forms an complex with DDTC in pH 7.3 buffer solution, and was developed in yellow by copper replacement. The ydlow-colored solution have the maximum absorbance at 435 nm in the measurement of absorbance by UV-Visible spectrophotometer. The interference ions such as Fe(III), Hg (II), Al(III), Co, Cu, Ni, Zn, Ca, Sn, have great effects on the extraction, but they were overcomed by the usage of adequate masking agents before an extraction. At last, a good result was obtained in applying this method to synthetic water.

• KSBB Journal
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.1-5
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• 1998

A $\beta$-fructofuranosidase of garlic (Allium sativum L. ; Seosan) was purified by ammonium sulfate fractionation and gel filtration chromatography with a recovery of 8.3%. The molecular mass of the purified enzyme was estimated to be 79kDa by SDS-PAGE, which revealed two subunits of 41kDa and 38kDa. Maximum enzyme activity was observed at pH 5.0 and 40$^\circ C$ and the enzyme was stable over the pH range of 4.0-6.0 and below 50$^\circ C$. The Km value for sucrose was 15.5mM and the enzyme activity was significantly inhibited by bivalent metal ions(Hg$^2+$, Cu$^2+$, Cd$^2+$) and EDTA.