• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제26권12호
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• pp.1911-1920
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• 2005

Effective artificial metalloproteases have been designed by using cross-linked polystyrene as the backbone. Artificial active sites comprising Cu(II) complexes as the catalytic site and other metal centers or organic functionalities as binding sites were synthesized. The activity of Cu(II) centers for peptide hydrolysis was greatly enhanced on attachment to polystyrene. By placing binding sites in proximity to the catalytic centers, the ability to hydrolyze a variety of protein substrates at selected cleavage sites was improved. Thus far, the most advanced immobile artificial proteases have been obtained by attaching the aldehyde group in proximity to the Cu(II) complex of cyclen.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제24권12호
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• pp.1771-1774
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• 2003

CNTs have been synthesized by catalytic $C_2H_2$ decomposition through $Pd/Al_2O_3$ at low temperature. The CNTs were grown to a length of about 10 ${\mu}$m and diameter 150-200 nm with multiwalled structure. Pd catalysts have two major roles; one is the active catalyst for $C_2H_2$ decomposition, the other is a nucleation site of CNT's growth.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제33권7호
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• pp.2419-2422
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• 2012

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.338-342
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• 2006

The kinetic features of polymerization with an active site comprising cobalt dihalides ($CoX_2$, where X=Cl, Br, I) activated by methylaluminoxane (MAO) were investigated in 1,3-butadiene polymerization. The catalytic system exhibited the characteristic features of living polymerization. The initiation ($k_i$) and propagation ($k_p$) rate coefficients were estimated using the kinetic model for slow initiation previously reported by Shiono et al. The energy of activation fur the propagation reaction was calculated to be 27-30 $kJmol^{-1}$. The marked changes in reaction rate observed with different halides could be adequately described in terms of variations in the initiation process, with the same Arrhenius curve fitting propagation rate coeffcients estimated from all three halides, suggesting that the halide does not participate in the growing chain end.

• 한국자기공명학회논문지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.144-148
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• 2018

Catalytic enzyme Pyrazinamidase (PncA) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis can hydrolyze substrate pyrazinamide (PZA) to pyrazoic acid (POA) as active form of compound. Using NMR spectroscopy, pH-dependent catalytic properties were monitored including metal binding mode during converting PZA to POA. There seems to be a conformational change through zinc binding in active site from the perturbation of peak intensities in series of 2D HSQC spectra the conformation changes through zinc binding.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.274-279
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• 1992

Immobilization method of lariat azacrown ethers, containing hydroxyl group in the side arm of crown ring, on the polymer matrix and the phase-transfer catalytic activity of thus obtained immobilized lariat azacrown ethers were studied. Polystyrene resins with crown ether structures and hydroxyl groups adjacent to the macrorings were prepared by the reaction of crosslinked polystyrene resins containing epoxy groups with monoaza-15-crown-5 or monoaza-18-crown-6. Microporous crosslinked polystyrene resins containing epoxy group for the syntheses of these immobilized lariat crown catalysts were prepared by suspension polymerization of styrene, divinylbenzene (DVB 2%) and vinylbenzylglycidyl ether. The immobilized lariat catalysts with 10-20% ring substitution exhibited maximal activity for the halogen exchange reactions of 1-bromooctane with aqueous KI or NaI under triphase heterogeneous conditions. Immobilized catalyst exhibited higher activity than corresponding catalyst without the hydroxyl group and this result was suggested that the active site have a structure in which the $K^+$ ion was bound by the cooperative coordination of the crown ring donors and the hydroxyl group in the side arm.

• BMB Reports
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.697-707
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• 2007

Cytochrome $cbb_3$ oxidase is a member of the heme-copper oxidase superfamily that catalyses the reduction of molecular oxygen to the water and conserves the liberated energy in the form of a proton gradient. Comparison of the amino acid sequences of subunit I from different classes of heme-copper oxidases showed that transmembrane helix VIII and the loop between transmembrane helices IX and X contain five highly conserved polar residues; Ser333, Ser340, Thr350, Asn390 and Thr394. To determine the relationship between these conserved amino acids and the activity and assembly of the $cbb_3$ oxidase in Rhodobacter capsulatus, each of these five conserved amino acids was substituted for alanine by site-directed mutagenesis. The effects of these mutations on catalytic activity were determined using a NADI plate assay and by measurements of the rate of oxygen consumption. The consequence of these mutations for the structural integrity of the $cbb_3$ oxidase was determined by SDS-PAGE analysis of chromatophore membranes followed by TMBZ staining. The results indicate that the Asn390Ala mutation led to a complete loss of enzyme activity and that the Ser333Ala mutation decreased the activity significantly. The remaining mutants cause a partial loss of catalytic activity. All of the mutant enzymes, except Asn390Ala, were apparently correctly assembled and stable in the membrane of the R. capsulatus.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.252-254
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• 2004

$\alpha$소단위체 56번 잔기가 치환된 돌연변이 (D56E/G/N) 트립토판 합성효소의 효소활성도는 매우 낮다. 이러한 돌연변이 효소에 $\alpha$와 $\beta$소단위체 특이 리간드를 처리하여 그 영향을 조사하였다. 양이온은 야생종과 잔기치환체에 다른 흡광도를 보여주었다. 반면, glycerophosphate는 모두 비슷한 양상의 흡광도를 보여주고 있다. glycerophosphate는 $\alpha$소단위체의 활성부위에 결합함으로 $\alpha$소단위체에 기질이 결합된 반응 단계에서는 56번 잔기가 $\alpha$와 $\beta$소단위체간의 이소조절에 관여하지 않고 있음을 시사한다. 따라서, 잔기 56번 치환 효소는 $\alpha$소단위체로부터 기질이 떨어진 이후에 일어나는 반응 단계에 결함이 있는 것으로 추정된다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.549-555
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• 2006

Acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS, EC 2.2.1.6 also referred to as acetolactate synthase) catalyzes the first common step in the metabolic pathway leading to biosynthesis of the branched-chain amino acids in plants and microorganisms. Due to its presence in plants, AHAS is a target for the herbicides (sulfonylurea and imidazolinone), which act as potent inhibitors of the enzyme. Recently, we have shown [J. Kim, D.G. Baek, Y.T. Kim, J.D. Choi, M.Y. Yoon, Biochem. J. (2004) 384, 59-68] that the residues in the “mobile loop” 567-582 on the C-termini are involved in the binding/stabilization of the active dimer and ThDP (thiamin diphosphate) binding. In this study, we have demonstrated the role of the W573 in the mobile loop of the C-termini of tobacco AHAS. The substitution of this W573 residue caused significant perturbations in the activation process and in the binding site of ThDP. Position W573 plays a structurally important role in the binding of FAD, maintaining the enzyme active site in the required geometry for catalysis to occur. In here we propose that the tryptophan at position 573 is important for the catalytic process.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제21권11호
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• pp.1116-1122
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• 2011

In this study, site-directed mutagenesis was performed on the ${\beta}$-agarase AgaA gene from Zobellia galactanivorans to improve its catalytic activity and thermostability. The activities of three mutant enzymes, S63K, C253I, and S63K-C253I, were 126% (1,757.78 U/mg), 2.4% (33.47 U/mg), and 0.57% (8.01 U/mg), respectively, relative to the wild-type ${\beta}$-agarase AgaA (1,392.61 U/mg) at $40^{\circ}C$. The stability of the mutant S63K enzyme was 125% of the wild-type up to $45^{\circ}C$, where agar is in a sol state. The mutant S63K enzyme produced 166%, 257%, and 220% more neoagarohexaose, and 230%, 427%, and 350% more neoagarotetraose than the wild-type in sol, gel, and nonmelted powder agar, respectively, at $45^{\circ}C$ over 24 h. The mutant S63K enzyme produced 50% more neoagarooligosaccharides from agar than the wild-type ${\beta}$-agarase AgaA from agarose under the same conditions. Thus, mutant S63K ${\beta}$-agarase AgaA may be useful for the production of functional neoagarooligosaccharides.