• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.138-144
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• 1995

The cDNA, encoding human lysozyme (HLY) which was isolated from a human placenta cDNA library, has been well characterized (Yoshimura et al., 1988). Based on the communication, we have prepared an artificial HLY gene from chemically synthesized 38-oligomer with high codon usage in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. For directing the synthesis and secretion of HLY in S. cerevisiae, an expression vector, pHKl was constructed by inserting the HLY gene, containing a synthetic HLY secretion signal sequence, between the yeast GAP promoter and PH05 terminator. From a lysoplate assay, we have confirmed an yeast transformant harboring a pHK1 which makes a clearing zone on the overlayed Micrococcus luteus. This result means a chemically synthesized HLY gene which was normally expressed and secreted in yeast.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.28 no.7
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• pp.1114-1118
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• 2007

Based on the hit compound 4 derived from focused library, a series of furo[2,3-d]pyrimidines were designed, synthesized and evaluated for the inhibitory activity against Akt1 kinase. And their structure-activity relationships were investigated. Of these compounds, 3a having 2-thienyl and methyl groups at R1 and R2 showed the most potent activity with an IC50 value of 24 μ M. Introduction of the thienyl groups at C-5 and C- 6 positions significantly improved potency compared to furyl and phenyl groups.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.32 no.9
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• pp.3425-3428
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• 2011

Apolipoprotein A-I (Apo A-I) is a major component for high density lipoproteins (HDL). A number of mimetic peptides of Apo A-I were screened from the phase-displayed random peptide library by utilizing monoclonal antibodies (A12). Mimetic peptide for A12 epitope against Apo A-I was selected as CPFARLPVEHHDVVGL (pA1). From the BLAST search, the mimetic peptide pA1 had 40% homology with Apo A-I. As a result of the structural determination of this mimotope using homo/hetero nuclear 2D-NMR techniques and NMR-based distance geometry (DG)/molecular dynamic (MD) computations, DG structure had low penalty value of 0.3-0.7 ${\AA}^2$ and the total RMSD was 0.6-1.6 ${\AA}$. The mimotope pA1 exhibited characteristic conformation including a ${\beta}$-turn from Pro[7] to His[11].

• Journal of the Korean Graphic Arts Communication Society
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.97-104
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• 2011

The storing ability of information of optical disks directly depends on the physical property of recording unit cells. It means that the degradation of optical disks ultimately causes the loss of the physical and chemical properties of recording unit cells and leads also information, too. We investigated the degradation and life time of optical disks which tell us the longevity of the preservation of information. Optical disks were aged using the accelerated aging system and studied by optical reflectivity spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy(AFM), and the preservation environment of electronic media in National central library of Korea also were analysed. Results show that the double reflective coated optical disks have good preservation of recording information but revealed some deformation of dye area in the AFM images. It means that we should include the mechanical and chemical degradation of the optical disks in the life time expectation evaluation.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.149-152
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• 2012

The (S)-(+)-decursin and its analogues are reported as potent inhibitors of melanin production in B16 murine melanoma cells. In order to understand the factors responsible for potency as well as inhibition of potency of (S)-(+)-decursin and its analogues, three-dimensional quantitative structure-activity relationship (3D-QSAR) studies were performed. Since receptor structures are not available, a pharmacophore model was constructed. Using PHASE, we generated 3 different models and selected the seven-site model, which returned excellent statistical values ($r^2$ = 0.9127, $Q^2$ = 0.6878, Pearson-R = 0.9014). Using the generated pharmacophore model, we screened a natural products library and obtained 4'-epi-decursin as the most related compound. 4'-epidecursin is similar to (S)-(+)-decursin, but shows additional interaction possibilities with tyrosinase. The study thus sheds some light on possibility of developing more potent tyrosinase inhibitors.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.175-178
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• 2011

A facile, convenient, efficient and high yielding synthesis of a combinatorial library of coumarins has been developed by the condensation of readily available $\beta$-oxodithioesters and S,S-acetal with 2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde in the presence of catalytic amount of $CuCl_2$ under solvent free conditions.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.551-555
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• 2009

The ytterbium catalyst immobilized on the cross-linked poly(4-vinylpyridine/styrene) copolymer (P/S-Yb) was applied in the Mannich-type, three component one-pot synthesis of $\beta$-aminoketones. This catalytic system showed excellent catalytic activity and selectivity which resulted in the exclusive formation of $\beta$-aminoketone. The applicability of this immobilized catalyst system was shown by the reusability test and again highlighted by the synthesis of a $\beta$-aminoketone library using a broad range of substrates.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.34 no.8
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• pp.2522-2524
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• 2013

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.87-92
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• 1991

A dual capillary column system is described for the simultaneous measurement of retention index (RI) and area ratio (AR) values of each peak on two capillary columns of different polarity, DB-5 & DB-1701. Both capillary columns were connected to a common splitless injector via a deactivated fused-silica capillary tubing of 1 m length and a 'Y' splitter, the dead volume effect of which was found to be negligible. RI and AR were measured with high reproducibility(${\leq}$0.05% RSD) and with high accuracy (<10% RE), respectively. When applied to the test samples of the organic acid mixture, each acid was positively identified by the combined computer RI library search-AR comparison.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.488-492
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• 2001

As gas chromatography/infrared spectrometry (GC/IR) becomes routinely avaliable, methods must be developed to deal with the large amount of data produced. We demonstrate computer methods that quickly search through a large data file, locating thos e spectra that display a spectral feature of interest. Based on a modified library search routine, these selective data reduction methods retrieve all or nearly all of the compounds of interest, while rejecting the vast majority of unrelated compounds. To overcome the shifting problem of IR spectra, a search method of moving the average pattern was designed. In this moving pattern search, the average pattern of a particular functional group was not held stationary, but was allowed to be moved a little bit right and left.