• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.44-54
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• 2019

Geldanamycin and its derivatives, inhibitors of heat shock protein 90, are considered potent anticancer drugs, although their biosynthetic pathways have not yet been fully elucidated. The key step of conversion of 4,5-dihydrogeldanamycin to geldanamycin was expected to catalyze by a P450 monooxygenase, Gel16. The adequate bioconversions by cytochrome P450 mostly rely upon its interaction with redox partners. Several ferredoxin and ferredoxin reductases are available in the genome of certain organisms, but only a few suitable partners can operate in full efficiency. In this study, we have expressed cytochrome P450 gel16 in Escherichia coli and performed an in vitro assay using 4,5-dihydrogeldanamycin as a substrate. We demonstrated that the in silico method can be applicable for the efficient mining of convenient endogenous redox partners (9 ferredoxins and 6 ferredoxin reductases) against CYP Gel16 from Streptomyces hygroscopicus. The distances for ligand FDX4-FDR6 were found to be $9.384{\AA}$. Similarly, the binding energy between Gel16-FDX4 and FDX4-FDR6 were -611.88 kcal/mol and -834.48 kcal/mol, respectively, suggesting the lowest distance and binding energy rather than other redox partners. These findings suggest that the best redox partners of Gel16 could be NADPH ${\rightarrow}$ FDR6 ${\rightarrow}$ FDX4 ${\rightarrow}$ Gel16.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제30권12호
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• pp.1905-1911
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• 2020

Homoserine dehydrogenase (HSD) catalyzes the reversible conversion of ʟ-aspartate-4-semialdehyde to ʟ-homoserine in the aspartate pathway for the biosynthesis of lysine, methionine, threonine, and isoleucine. HSD has attracted great attention for medical and industrial purposes due to its recognized application in the development of pesticides and is being utilized in the large scale production of ʟ-lysine. In this study, HSD from Bacillus subtilis (BsHSD) was overexpressed in Escherichia coli and purified to homogeneity for biochemical characterization. We examined the enzymatic activity of BsHSD for ʟ-homoserine oxidation and found that BsHSD exclusively prefers NADP+ to NAD+ and that its activity was maximal at pH 9.0 and in the presence of 0.4 M NaCl. By kinetic analysis, Km values for ʟ-homoserine and NADP+ were found to be 35.08 ± 2.91 mM and 0.39 ± 0.05 mM, respectively, and the Vmax values were 2.72 ± 0.06 μmol/min-1 mg-1 and 2.79 ± 0.11 μmol/min-1 mg-1, respectively. The apparent molecular mass determined with size-exclusion chromatography indicated that BsHSD forms a tetramer, in contrast to the previously reported dimeric HSDs from other organisms. This novel oligomeric assembly can be attributed to the additional C-terminal ACT domain of BsHSD. Thermal denaturation monitoring by circular dichroism spectroscopy was used to determine its melting temperature, which was 54.8℃. The molecular and biochemical features of BsHSD revealed in this study may lay the foundation for future studies on amino acid metabolism and its application for industrial and medical purposes.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제31권11호
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• pp.1533-1544
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• 2021

n-Caproic acid (CA) is gaining increased attention due to its high value as a chemical feedstock. Ruminococcaceae bacterium strain CPB6 is an anaerobic mesophilic bacterium that is highly prolific in its ability to perform chain elongation of lactate to CA. However, little is known about the genome-wide transcriptional analysis of strain CPB6 for CA production triggered by the supplementation of exogenous lactate. In this study, cultivation of strain CPB6 was carried out in the absence and presence of lactate. Transcriptional profiles were analyzed using RNA-seq, and differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between the lactate-supplemented cells and control cells without lactate were analyzed. The results showed that lactate supplementation led to earlier CA p,roduction, and higher final CA titer and productivity. 295 genes were substrate and/or growth dependent, and these genes cover crucial functional categories. Specifically, 5 genes responsible for the reverse β-oxidation pathway, 11 genes encoding ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters, 6 genes encoding substrate-binding protein (SBP), and 4 genes encoding phosphotransferase system (PTS) transporters were strikingly upregulated in response to the addition of lactate. These genes would be candidates for future studies aiming at understanding the regulatory mechanism of lactate conversion into CA, as well as for the improvement of CA production in strain CPB6. The findings presented herein reveal unique insights into the biomolecular effect of lactate on CA production at the transcriptional level.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제32권8호
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• pp.1041-1046
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• 2022

Nucleoside deoxyribosyltransferase (NDT) is an enzyme that replaces the purine or pyrimidine base of 2'-deoxyribonucleoside. This enzyme is generally used in the nucleotide salvage pathway in vivo and synthesizes many nucleoside analogs in vitro for various biotechnological purposes. Since NDT is known to exhibit relatively low reactivity toward nucleoside analogs such as 2'-fluoro-2'-deoxynucleoside, it is necessary to develop an enhanced NDT mutant enzyme suitable for nucleoside analogs. In this study, molecular evolution strategy via error-prone PCR was performed with ndt gene derived from Lactobacillus leichmannii as a template to obtain an engineered NDT with higher substrate specificity to 2FDU (2'-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine). A mutant library of 214 ndt genes with different sequences was obtained and performed for the conversion of 2FDU to 2FDA (2'-fluoro-2'-deoxyadenosine). The E. coli containing a mutant NDT, named NDT^L59Q, showed 1.7-fold (at 40℃) and 4.4-fold (at 50℃) higher 2FDU-to-2FDA conversions compared to the NDT^WT, respectively. Subsequently, both NDT^WT and NDT^L59Q enzymes were over-expressed and purified using a His-tag system in E. coli. Characterization and enzyme kinetics revealed that the NDT^L59Q mutant enzyme containing a single point mutation of leucine to glutamine at the 59^th position exhibited superior thermal stability with enhanced substrate specificity to 2FDU.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.203-209
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• 2023

차세대 나트륨이온전지용 음극 소재로 유망한 코발트 황화물 나노복합체를 간단한 수열법을 통해 합성하였다. 본 연구에서는 배터리의 전기화학적 에너지 저장 성능 향상을 위해 코발트 황화물 나노입자와 환원된 산화그래핀과 복합화 된 코발트 황화물 나노복합체를 제조하여 비교해주었다. 제조된 나노복합체 전극은 가역적이고 안정적인 사이클 성능(전류밀도 200 mA g^-1에서 30 사이클 후 62 %)을 보였다. 개선된 전기화학적 특성은 수열합성 과정에서 코발트 황화물의 입자 크기가 작고 균일하게 분포되어 나트륨 이온의 확산 경로를 극대화함에서 기인하였다. 뿐만 아니라 전환 반응 중 음극재의 박리 및 부피 팽창을 효과적으로 억제함으로써 차세대 나트륨이온전지용 유망한 음극 소재로써의 가능성을 보여주었다.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.211-221
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• 2024

라이브 스트리밍 커머스는 혁신적인 전자상거래 모델이 된다. 본 연구는 정교화 가능성 모델(ELM)에 기반하여 라이브 스트리밍 커머스에서 키 오피니언 소비자(KOCs)의 속성이 짧은 동영상 플랫폼에서 구매 의도에 미치는 영향을 탐구하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 411명의 소비자를 대상으로 설문 조사를 실시하고, SPSS 24.0과 AMOS 23.0 소프트웨어를 사용하여 데이터 분석과 가설 검정을 수행한다. 연구에 따르면 소비자의 정보 처리 능력 차이는 경로 선택에 영향을 미친다. 중심 경로의 추천 동질성, 제품 관여도, 전문성 및 주변 경로의 추천 시효성은 소비자 구매 의도에 모두 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 반면, 주변 경로의 시각적 단서는 유의미한 영향을 미치지 않는다. 본 연구는 라이브 스트리밍 커머스 산업의 발전을 위해 이론적 지원과 실질적인 지침을 제공하고, 소비자 정보 처리의 차이에 따라 기업이 홍보 전략을 조정하여 구매 전환율을 향상시키는 데 도움을 주는 것을 목표로 한다.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.243-251
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• 2007

BRs의 생합성 경로는 $C_{28}-BRs$ 생합성 경로 외에 $C_{27}-BRs$ 생합성 경로가 존재함이 확인되었고, 최근 $C_{29}-BRs$의 생합성 경로가 존재함이 보고되어 BRs의 생합성 과정이 복잡하게 연결되어 있을 가능성이 예상되었다. 이에 $C_{29}-BRs$인 28-homoTE와 28-homoTY 등이 동정된 벼의 유식물을 대상으로 하여 $C_{29}-BR$인 25-homoCS의 대사 과정을 조사하였다. 그 결과 in vitro 효소변환 연구를 통해 28-homoCS은 CS와 26-nor-28-homoCS으로 전환됨을 확인 할 수 있었으며, 그 역반응인 CS에서 28-homoCS로 또는 26-nor-28-homoCS에서 28-homoCS로의 전환은 일어나지 않음을 알 수 있었다. 이는 $C_{29}-BRs$인 28-homoCS은 C-28위치의 demethylation에 의해 보다 강한 활성의 $C_{28}-BRs$인 CS로 생합성 되는 과정과 C-26 위치의 demethylation에 의해 26-nor-28-homoCS으로 생분해 되는 과정이 존재함을 최초로 확인하였다. 한편, $C_{28}-BRs$인 CS에서 BL로의 전환과 동일한 반응이 $C_{29}-BRs$에서도 일어나는지 확인하고자 하였으나 벼 유식물에서는 28-homoCS에서 28-homoBL로 전환되지 않음을 확인 할 수 있었다. 이는 $C_{29}-BRs$와 $C_{28}-BRs$의 생합성과정의 연결이 28-homoCS에서 CS를 통하고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 28-homoCS에서 CS로 전환되는 과정을 통하여 $C_{29}-BRs$ 또한 $C_{28}-BRs$ 와 동일한 과정을 거쳐 활성형의 CS로 전환됨을 확인 할 수 있었으며, BRs의 생합성은 $C_{27}-BRs$과 $C_{28}-BRs$의 생합성과정이 연결된 것처럼 $C_{29}-BRs$ 또한 $C_{28}-BRs$ 생합성 과정과 연결되어 있음을 확인 할 수 있었다. 즉, 활성형 BR인 CS은 $C_{27}-BRs$, $C_{28}-BRs$의 생합성 과정뿐만 아니라 $C_{29}-BRs$의 생합성 과정을 통하여 생성되는 과정이 식물체내에 존재함을 확인 할 수 있었다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제21권7호
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• pp.1003-1010
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• 2008

The objective of the present study was to identify differences in the expression levels of liver proteins between healthy and ketotic cows, establish a liver metabolic interrelationship of ketosis and elucidate the metabolic characteristics of the liver during ketosis. Liver samples from 8 healthy multiparous Hostein cows and 8 ketotic cows were pooled by health status and the proteins were separated by two-dimensional-electrophoresis (2D-E). Statistical analysis of gels was performed using PDQuest software 8.0. The differences in the expression levels of liver proteins (p<0.05) between ketotic and healthy cows were identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF-TOF) tandem mass spectrometry. Five enzymes/proteins were identified as being differentially expressed in the livers of ketotic cows: expression of 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase type-2 (HCDH), acetyl-coenzyme A acetyltransferase 2 (ACAT) and elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) were down-regulated, whereas that of alpha-enolase and creatine kinase were up-regulated. On the basis of this evidence, it could be presumed that the decreased expression of HCDH, which is caused by high concentrations of acetyl-CoA in hepatic cells, in the livers of ketotic cows, implies reduced fatty acid ??oxidation. The resultant high concentrations of acetyl-CoA and acetoacetyl CoA would depress the level of ACAT and generate more ??hydroxybutyric acid; high concentrations of acetyl-CoA would also accelerate the Krebs Cycle and produce more ATP, which is stored as phosphocreatine, as a consequence of increased expression of creatine kinase. The low expression level of elongation factor Tu in the livers of ketotic cows indicates decreased levels of protein synthesis due to the limited availability of amino acids, because the most glucogenic amino acids sustain the glyconeogenesis pathway; thus increasing the level of alpha-enolase. Decreased protein synthesis also promotes the conversion of amino acids to oxaloacetate, which drives the Krebs Cycle under conditions of high levels of acetyl-CoA. It is concluded that the livers of ketotic cows possess high concentrations of acetyl-CoA, which through negative feedback inhibited fatty acid oxidation; show decreased fatty acid oxidation, ketogenesis and protein synthesis; and increased gluconeogenesis and energy production.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.28-32
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• 2004

초임계 이산화탄소 용매에서의 (벤질렌)삼페닐 인 일리드 화합물의 카르보닐 화합물과의 Wittig 반응을 연구하였다. 소량의 조용매 (THF, 5%)를 첨가한 이산화탄소 (24 mL 용기)에 녹인 (벤질렌)삼페닐 인 일리드 (약 1 mmol)를 여러 방향족 알데히드와 초임계 조건(80 $^{\circ}C$, 2,000 psi) 에서 2시간 반응시켜 올레핀 화합물을 좋은 수율로 얻을 수 있었다. 새로운 조건에서의 반응은 기존 용매 (THF)에서의 반응보다는 약간 느리게 나타났으나 생성물의 (E)- 와 (Z)-이성체 비율에 차이가 있었다. 두 이성체가 함께 생성되는 반응의 경우 (Z)-이성체의 비율이 증가하였다. 반면 t-butylcyclohexanone과 같은 케톤과의 반응은 두 조건에서 모두 낮은 전환을 보였다. 이 연구를 통하여 이산화탄소에서의 Wittig 반응이 초임계 조건에서 좋은 수율로 이루어지며 이 새로운 용매의 사용으로 반응선택성의 변화가 가능할 수 있다는 초기 결과를 얻었다. 이 결과는 Wittig 반응과 같은 유용한 유기반응을 친환경 용매 (이산화탄소)에서 수행할 수 있도록 전환하는데 좋은 자료가 될 수 있다고 본다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.435-441
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• 2020

Background: As a process of aging, skeletal muscle mass and function gradually decrease. It is reported that ginsenoside Rb1 and Rb2 play a role as AMP-activated protein kinase activator, resulting in regulating glucose homeostasis, and Rb1 reduces oxidative stress in aged skeletal muscles through activating the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt/Nrf2 pathway. We examined the effects of Rb1 and Rb2 on differentiation of the muscle stem cells and myotube formation. Methods: C2C12 myoblasts treated with Rb1 and/or Rb2 were differentiated and induced to myotube formation, followed by immunoblotting for myogenic marker proteins, such as myosin heavy chain, MyoD, and myogenin, or immunostaining for myosin heavy chain or immunoprecipitation analysis for heterodimerization of MyoD/E-proteins. Results: Rb1 and Rb2 enhanced myoblast differentiation through accelerating MyoD/E-protein heterodimerization and increased myotube hypertrophy, accompanied by activation of Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin signaling. In addition, Rb1 and Rb2 induced the MyoD-mediated transdifferentiation of the rhabdomyosarcoma cells into myoblasts. Furthermore, co-treatment with Rb1 and Rb2 had synergistically enhanced myoblast differentiation through Akt activation. Conclusion: Rb1 and Rb2 upregulate myotube growth and myogenic differentiation through activating Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin signaling and inducing myogenic conversion of fibroblasts. Thus, our first finding indicates that Rb1 and Rb2 have strong potential as a helpful remedy to prevent and treat muscle atrophy, such as age-related muscular dystrophy.