• 분석과학
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.624-629
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• 2000

Mistletoe lectin I(ML I)에 대한 간단하고 빠른 용액상 효소결합 분석법을 렉틴의 당 특이성을 이용하여 개발하였다. ML I에 특이성을 가지고 있는 D-galactose를 사용하였으며, 용액상 분석법의 효소로는 malate dehydrogenase(MDH)를 사용하였다. 분석신호물질로 사용되는 MDH-galactose 접합체는 isothiocyanate 방법을 통해 합성하였으며, 이 접합제는 thiourea 결합을 하고 있다. ML I의 존재하에, ML I은 D-galactole와의 특이 인식결합을 통해 MDH-galartose 접합체의 활동도를 억제한다. 그러므로, 존재하는 ML I의 농도는 MDH-galactose 접합제의 촉매활동도의 억제도에 비례하게 된다. 따라서, 본 용액상 효소결합 분석법을 통하여 ${\mu}g/mL$ 수준의 ML I의 측정이 분석 시간 10분 이내에 가능하였다.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.84-89
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• 2009

Our nation's water resources remain susceptible to contamination by phenolic agrichemicals. These compounds can be toxic to a variety of organisms including humans. Their disposal is restricted in many countries with strict limits for acceptable concentrations in drinking water. Enzyme-mediated in situ stabilization has been advocated as an approach for the treatment of phenolic compounds in soils and groundwater. This study reports the development of a new approach to quantify the activity of the HRP enzyme in aqueous systems. The method is based on the coupled processes of energy transfer and enhanced chemiluminescence using a luminol-$H_2O_2$-HRP system. In this study, the effects of solution pH, ionic strength and aqueous concentrations of HRP, $H_2O_2$ and enhancer were evaluated on the p-iodophenol-enhanced, HRP-catalyzed chemiluminescence reaction intensity in Tris-HCl buffer. All assay components were found to affect the maximum chemiluminescene intensity. The calibration curve for HRP showed the linear relationship with maximum light intensity.

• 분석과학
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.359-364
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• 1995

Urinary dipeptidase와 alanine dehydrogenase의 연쇄반응을 이용한 형광분석법을 개발하였다. 반응계는 기질로서 L-ala-ala, ${\beta}-NAD^+$, L-alanine dehydrogenase와 pH 9의 12.5mM sodium carbonate buffer를 포함하며 urinary dipeptidase를 가함으로써 반응을 시작했다. 생성된 NADH는 여기파장 340nm, 형광파장 460nm에서 측정했다. 기존의 glycyldehydrophenylalanine(Gdp)의 가수분해 방법과 형광분석법을 비교한 결과 0.996의 높은 상관계수를 나타냈으며 10배 이상의 감도 증가를 보였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.228-234
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• 2023

In this study, the performance of a gold biosensor combined with light microscope imaging system (GB-LMIS) was comparatively evaluated against enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detecting Salmonella under simulated chilling condition. The optimum concentration of antiSalmonella polyclonal antibodies (pAbs) was determined to be 12.5 and 100 ㎍/ml for ELISA and GBLMIS, respectively. GB-LMIS exhibited a sufficient and competitive specificity toward three tested Salmonella among only. To mimic a real-world situation, chicken was inoculated with Salmonella cocktail and stored under chilling condition for 48 h. The overall growth of Salmonella under chilling condition was significantly lower than that under non-exposure to the chilling condition (p < 0.05). No significant differences in bacterial growth were observed between brain heart infusion and brilliant green broth during the enrichment period (p > 0.05). Finally, both GB-LMIS and ELISA were employed to detect Salmonella at every 2-h interval. GB-LMIS detected Salmonella with a competitive specificity by the direct observation of bacteria on the sensor using a charge-coupled device camera within a detection time of ~2.5 h. GB-LMIS is a feasible, novel, and rapid method for detecting Salmonella in poultry facilities.

• 한국생물물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물물리학회 1999년도 학술발표회 진행표 및 논문초록
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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)

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.344-350
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• 2006

Thermoplasma acidophilum is a thermoacidophilic archaeon that grows optimally at $59^{\circ}C$ and pH 2. Along with another thermoacidophilic archaeon, Sulfolobus solfataricus, it is known to metabolize glucose by the non-phosphorylated Entner-Doudoroff (nED) pathway. In the course of these studies, the specific activities of glyceraldehyde dehydrogenase and glycerate kinase, two enzymes that are involved in the downstream part of the nED pathway, were found to be much higher in T. acidophilum than in S. solfataricus. To characterize glycerate kinase, the enzyme was purified to homogeneity from T. acidophilum cell extracts. The N-terminal sequence of the purified enzyme was in exact agreement with that of Ta0453m in the genome database, with the removal of the initiator methionine. Furthermore, the enzyme was a monomer with a molecular weight of 49kDa and followed Michaelis-Menten kinetics with $K_m$ values of 0.56 and 0.32mM for DL-glycerate and ATP, respectively. The enzyme also exhibited excellent thermal stability at $70^{\circ}C$. Of the seven sugars and four phosphate donors tested, only DL-glycerate and ATP were utilized by glycerate kinase as substrates. In addition, a coupled enzyme assay indicated that 2-phosphoglycerate was produced as a product. When divalent metal ions, such as $Mn^{2+},\;CO^{2+},\;Ni^{2+},\;Zn^{2+},\;Ca^{2+},\;and\;Sr^{2+}$, were substituted for $Mg^{2+}$ the enzyme activities were less than 10% of that obtained in the presence of $Mg^{2+}$. The amino acid sequence of T. acidophilum glycerate kinase showed no similarity with E. coli glycerate kinases, which belong to the first glycerate kinase family. This is the first report on the biochemical characterization of an enzyme which belongs to a member of the second glycerate kinase family.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.261-268
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• 2000

할미송이버섯으로부터 혈전용해효소 (FE-2)를 DEAE-cellulose, Mono-S column으로 분리 정제하였다. 이 효소는 분자량이 18.2 kDa 이었으며, ICP-MS (inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer) 분석 결과 $Zn^{2+}$을 포함하고 있었다. 15번째까지의 N-terminal amino acid 서열은 A-L-Y-V-G-X-S-P-X-Q-Q-S-L-L-V이고, pH 7.5에서 활성이 가장 큰 염기성 단백질 분해효소로, EDTA와 1,10-phenanthroline에 의해 활성이 감소되는 metalloprotease였다. $Mg^{2+}$, $Zn^{2+}$, Fe$^{2+}$, Co$^{2+}$의 첨가 시 활성이 증가하였으나 Hg$^{2+}$의 경우 활성이 완전히 소멸되었다. 이 효소 (FE-2)는 단백질 분해효소 저해제인 E-64 (trans-epoxysuccinyl-L-leucylamido-(4-guanidino)-butane), PMSF (phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride), pepstatin 과 2-mercaptoethanol의 영향을 받지 않으며, 섬유소원 (fibrinogen)과 반응 시 $A\alpha$ chain과 B$\beta$ chain은 분해시키지만 $\gamma$ chain과는 반응하지 않았다.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.298-303
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• 1999

토마토 뿌리조직의 마이크로솜 ATPpase활성에 대한 중금속의 효과를 조사하기 위하여 뿌리조직으로부터 마이크로솜을 분리하였고, enzyme-coupled assay를 이용하여 마이크로솜 이온펌프(ATPase)의 활성을 측정하였다. 여러 가지 중금속 이온들 중 $Hg^{2+}$은 마이크로솜 ATPpase 활성을 농도 의존적으로 저해하였으며, $Gd^{3+}$과 $Fe^{3+}$, $La^{3+}$, $Zn^{2+}$, $Pb^{2+}$ 등은 마이크로솜 ATPpase의 활성을 저해하면서 동시에 assay에 사용된 효소를 저해하였다. 그러나, $Cs^+$과 $Ba^{2+}$은 마이크로솜 ATPpase 활성에 영향을 미치지 않았다. $Hg^{2+}$은 원형질막과 액포막에 위치하는 $H^+-ATPase$들의 활성을 $10\;{\mu}M$ 이상의 농도에서 현저히 저해하였고, 1 mM 이상의 농도에서 완전히 저해하였으며, 두 효소들에 대한 활성저해의 Ki 값은 각각 $80\;{\mu}M$, $58\;{\mu}M$로 나타났다. $Hg^{2+}$에 의해 저해된 ATPpase의 활성은 DTT의 농도를 증가시킴에 따라 회복되어, $Hg^{2+}$에 의한 ATPpase 활성저해는 가역적임을 확인하였다. 이러한 결과들은 $Hg^{2+}$이 원형질막과 액포막에 위치한 $H^+-ATPase$들을 비선택적이고 가역적으로 저해함을 보여준다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제45권7호
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• pp.495-501
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• 2022

Leucine dehydrogenase (LDH, EC 1.4.1.9) catalyzes the reversible deamination of branched-chain L-amino acids to their corresponding keto acids using NAD⁺ as a cofactor. LDH generally adopts an octameric structure with D4 symmetry, generating a molecular mass of approximately 400 kDa. Here, the crystal structure of the LDH from Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa-LDH) was determined at 2.5 Å resolution. Interestingly, the crystal structure shows that the enzyme exists as a dimer with C2 symmetry in a crystal lattice. The dimeric structure was also observed in solution using multiangle light scattering coupled with size-exclusion chromatography. The enzyme assay revealed that the specific activity was maximal at 60℃ and pH 8.5. The kinetic parameters for three different amino acid and the cofactor (NAD⁺) were determined. The crystal structure represents that the subunit has more compact structure than homologs' structure. In addition, the crystal structure along with sequence alignments indicates a set of non-conserved arginine residues which are important in stability. Subsequent mutation analysis for those residues revealed that the enzyme activity reduced to one third of the wild type. These results provide structural and biochemical insights for its future studies on its application for industrial purposes.

• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.176-187
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• 2000

Objectives : This study was purposed to investigate the antioxidative effects of Paeoniae radix aqua-acupuncture solution(PR) on culture liver cell system, lipid peroxidation and antioxidative enzyme activities in tert-butyl hydroperoxide(t-BHP) treatmented conditions. Methods : Cultured normal rat liver cell(Ac2F) were prepared and incubated with or without PR(at 2% volume in culture medium). After 16~18hr, cells placed in DMEM medium without serum, and then incubated with 1mM t-BHP for 2hr. Viable cells were detected by MTT assay, and the levels of lipid peroxide(LPO) were measured by TBA method. And catalase activity was measured as the decrease in hydrogen peroxide absorbance at 240nm on spectrophotometer using 30mM hydrogen peroxide. Superoxide dismutase(SOD) were assayed by recording the inhibition of nitro blue tetrazolium reduction with xanthine and xanthine oxidase. Glutathione peroxidase(GPX) activity was determined by the modified coupled assay developed by Paglia and Lawrence. The reaction was started by addition of 2.2mM hydrogen peroxide as substrate. The change in absorbance at 340nm was measured for 1min on spectrophotometer. Glutathione-S-transferase(GST) activity was assayed with CDNB as substrate and enzyme activity of GST towards the glutathione conjugation of CDNB. Results : Cell killing was significantly enhanced by addition of t-BHP compared to those of untreated group. PR pretreated cell resisted the toxic effects of t-BHP. LPO levels of t-BHP treatment group were significantly higher than other groups. This increased level was significandy reduced by PR pretreatment. The t-BHP treatment resulted in a decrease of catalase, GPX and GST activities. By contrast, PR pretreatment markedly increased compare to those of untreated groups. Conclusions : T-BHP which can produce intracellular free radical was used for inducer of the peroxidation of cellular lipids. PR protected the cell death induced by t-BHP and significantly increased cell viabiliry in the normal rat liver cell, and showed effective inhibition of lipid peroxidation, and elevations of catalase, GPX and GST activities. These results suggested that PR might play a protective role in lipid peroxidation by free radicals.