• BMB Reports
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.1-5
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• 1995

The effect of 6-sulfooxymethyl benzo(a)pyrene (SMBP) on conformational changes of calf thymus DNA was investigated. As SMBP is a strong electrophile, the covalent binding of SMBP to DNA should distort three dimensional conformation of DNA at the binding sites. A formaldehyde-unwinding methods were used to determine the rate of DNA denaturation. The increase in absorbance at 251nm was detected by addition of formaldehyde following treatment with SMBP. SMBP changed supercoiled DNA to relaxed and linear DNA as determined by electrophoresis, which was similar to the change in DNA due to in vitro treatment with benzo(a) pyrene diol epoxide. Treatment with SMBP completely denatured DNA under alkaline conditions. However, DNA was nicked or partially denatured under neutral condition. The absorption band of DNA was increased by the treatment with SMBP in V79 cells, which may be explained by the formation of stabilized SMBP-DNA adduct.

• Carbon letters
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.292-298
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• 2007

In order to investigate functional groups on the surface of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs) induced by oxyfluorination, XPS (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy) analysis was carried out. All core level spectra of MWCNTs were deconvoluted to several Pseudo-Voigt functions (sum of Gaussian-Lorentzian functions). Both O1s and F1s binding energy of oxyfluorinated MWCNTs shifted high value as increment of fluorine mixing ratio. The carbon-fluorine covalent bonding concentration increased as increment of fluorine mixing ratio. The shape and intensity of OF10-MWCNTs are similar with those of as-received MWCNTs. However, the intensity and binding energies of main peak position of OF20-MWCNTs and OF30-MWCNTs were dramatically increased by oxyfluorination.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.337-342
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• 1998

Immunosensor for the determination of LDL(Low-Density Lipoprotein), a good indicator for the diagnosis of atherosclerosis and hypercholesterolemia, was developed by using quartz crystal microbalance(QCM). The immunosensor consists of flow-through cell, oscillating circuit, oscilloscope, and frequency counter. FIA(Flow Injection Analysis) was applied to the QCM system for the measurement of LDL in liquid phase. Antibody showing binding affinity against LDL was immobilized on the gold electrode of a quartz crystal by covalent coupling via polyethylenimine / glutaredehyde. LDL was injected and bound to the antibody immobilized on the QCM immunosensor. The response of the immunosensor (F0 - F1) was found to be proportional to the LDL concentration from 200 $\mu\textrm{g}$/ml to 800 $\mu\textrm{g}$/ml. Operational conditions for the operation of immunosensor were also investigated in terms of sensitivity and non-specific binding.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.525-533
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• 1998

The covalent interactions of toluenediisocyanate (TDI) with macromolecules were investigated both in vitro and in vivo. In vitro incubations of 2,4- and 2,6-TDI with DNA or proteins resulted in dose-dependent formation of TDI-protein and TDI-DNA adducts. TDI-treated DNA was highly resistant to enzymatic digestion and thermal hydrolysis, but was readily hydrolyzed under acidic conditions by releasing its corresponding toluenediamine (TDA), suggesting that TDI caused the crosslinking of DNA. Reaction of TDI with albumin and globin resulted in the formation of several adducts, and some adducts were formed in blood of TDI-treated rats in a dose-dependent fashion. Administration of TDI to rats resulted also in a dose-dependent binding of TDI to hepatic tissue. Levels of TDI-albumin adducts were 10 times higher than those of TDI-globin adducts; the biological half lives of TDI-albumin and TDI-globin adducts were 1.2 and 12.5 days, respectively. Globin adducts were detected up to 28 days after the treatment. Hepatic TDI protein adducts were persistent for a substantial period whereas the levels of hepatic TDI-DNA adduct were decreased rapidly. These results indicate that the isocyanato group of TDI is not readily hydrolyzed under physiological conditions, is transported to other organs, and is bound to DNA and/or proteins without further metabolic activation. As the adducted products degrade in the body, TDA is released and introduced to the liver. TDA may additionally bind to hepatic tissue after metabolic activation. Thus, the toxic effect of TDI exposure is considered to persist during the lifetime of the adducted biological macromolecules.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2010년도 추계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.113.2-113.2
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• 2010

We report that the novel covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are capable of reversibly providing an extremely high uptake capacity of carbon dioxide and hydrogen at room temperature. These COFs are designed based on the multiscale simulations approach via the combination of ab initio calculations and force-field calculations. For this goal, we explore the adsorption sites of carbon dioxide and hydrogen on COFs, their porosity, as well as carbon dioxide adsorption isotherms. We identify the binding sites and energies of $CO_2$ on COFs using ab initio calculations and obtain the carbon dioxide adsorption isotherms using grand canonical ensemble Monte Carlo calculations. Moreover, the calculated adsorption isotherms are compared with the experimental values in order to build the reference model in describing the interactions between the $CO_2/H_2$ and the COFs and in predicting the $CO_2$ and $H_2$ adsorption isotherms of COFs. Finally, we design three new COFs, 2D COF-05, 3D COF-05 (ctn), and 3D COF-05 (bor), for the high capacity $CO_2/H_2$ and $H_2$ storage.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.139-145
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• 2002

Hen egg-white lysozyme, ovalbumin, egg-yolk phosvitin, acid-precipitated soy protein and $\alpha$$_{sl}$ milk casein were covalently linked with galactomannan through a controlled dry-heating at 6$0^{\circ}C$ under 79% relative humidity without any chemical reagent. Neoglycosylation by the covalent binding of polysaccharide chains brought a significant improvement into the surface functionalities of food proteins. Excellent emulsifying properties and foaming properties were observed in all protein-galactomannan conjugates. Bacterial mutagenesis tests and animal dose test were done to evaluate the food safety of the protein-galactomannan conjugates. The neo-glycoproteins were negative for Ames test using Salmonella typhimurium TA100 (hisG46) and TA98 (hisD3052) strains, and rec-assay using Bacillus subtilis Hl7 (rec) and M45 (re $c^{+}$) strains. All substances were also nontoxic for oral administration to rats. L $D_{50}$ 's of these substances were all more than 7.5 g/kg body-weight of rat. No effect was also observed in the weight increases and the concentrations of total cholesterol, triglyceride and phospholipids in blood serum of the administrated rats with 7.5 g/kg conjugates. Thus, Maillard-type protein-polysaccharide conjugates prepared by covalent attachment of galactomannan to food proteins were proposed to be useful as a safe functional biopolymer in this study.y.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2003년도 하계학술대회 논문집 C
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• pp.1935-1937
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• 2003

최근 콜레스테롤 센서는 전극 상에 효소를 고정화 하는 방식을 이용하여 센서의 집적도를 높이는 시도가 이루어지고 있다. 이러한 전극 상의 효소고정화 방식으로 entrapment, cross liking, covalently binding 등이 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 효소 고정화 방식-전도성 고분자인 P3MT를 사용하여 entrap시키는 방법과 silanization을 이용한 covalent bonding 시키는 방법-에 따른 전기화학 센서의 감도 특성에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. 전도성 고분자를 사용한 고정화 방법은 cyclic voltammograms으로 scan rate 10 mA/s, potential 0.5-1.3V의 조건하에서 P3MT를 Polymerization하고, 효소 고정화를 위해 chromoampermeter로 potential 0.6V에서 900초 동안 수행하였다. silanization을 이용한 covalent bonding 시키는 방법은 nitric acid로 Pt 전극표면을 산화시키고, APTER로 silanization 공정을 시행하였다. 효소 고정화를 위해 전해질로는 0.1M Phosphate buffer solution을 사용하여 cyclic voltammograms으로 scan rate 50 mA/s 전위 0.0-0.7V의 조건 하에서 수행하였다. 이 결과 전도성 고분자를 이용한 고정화 방법에서의 senstivity가 0.89 ${\mu}A/mM{\cdot}cm^2$이고, silanization을 이용한 효소 고정화 방법에서는 1.51 ${\mu}A/mM{\cdot}cm^2$였다. 이처럼 후자의 방법에서 더 좋은 감도 특성이 나타났다. 따라서, silanization을 이용한 고정화 방법이 센서 제작 방식으로 더 적합하다고 사료된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.607-616
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• 2019

In this study, functionalized poplar powder (FPP) was used as a support material for the immobilization of enoate reductase (ER) and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (GDH) by covalent binding. Under optimal conditions, the immobilization efficiency of ER-FPP and GDH-FPP was 95.1% and 84.7%, and the activity recovery of ER and GDH was 47.5% and 37.8%, respectively. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) analysis indicated that FPP was a suitable carrier for enzyme immobilization. ER-FPP and GDH-FPP exhibit excellent thermal stabilities and superior reusability. Especially, ER-FPP and GDH-FPP enable the continuous conversion of 4-(4-Methoxyphenyl)-3-buten-2-one with $NAD^+$ recycling. While the immobilization strategies established here were simple and inexpensive, they exploited a new method for the immobilization and application of ER and its cofactor recycling system.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제54권4호
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• pp.330-342
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• 2018

Streptavidin (STR)과 Biotin system은 Biotin의 Streptavidin에 대한 높은 비공유 친화력(non-covalent affinity; $K_D=10^{-14}M$)과 4 Biotin 결합부위를 갖는 Streptavidin의 tetramer 구조로 인해 복수의 항원결합부위 및 복수의 항원특이성을 갖는 항체를 제조할 수 있기 때문에 가장 활발하게 연구되고 있다. 이 system을 활용하기 위해 우리는 Streptomyces avidinii 염색체 DNA로부터 PCR을 통해 Streptavidin (STR) 유전자를 증폭하고 이를 TRAIL (tumor necrosis factor ${\alpha}$ related apoptosis induced ligand) receptor인 death receptor 4 (DR4)에 특이적으로 결합하는 hAY4 single-chain Fv 항체유전자에 융합시켰다. 대장균에서 발현시킨 STR에 융합된 hAY4 ScFv (hAY4-STR) 항체는 가열시킨 SDS-PAGE에서 43 kDa monomer를 나타내었다. 그러나 가열하지 않은 SDS-PAGE와 Size-exclusion chromatography에서는 tetramer인 172 kDa을 나타내었는데 이는 hAY4 ScFv-STR 항체가 STR의 자연적인 비공유결합에 의해 유도된 tetramer를 형성하고 있음을 나타내고 있다. 본 융합 단백질은 Ouchterlony assay와 ELISA에서 보여주는 것처럼 자연 Streptavidin과 유사한 Biotin 결합력을 유지하고 있었다. ELISA와 Westernblot을 이용하여 정제된 hAY4-STR 융합항체의 DR4 항원결합력 또한 확인하였다. 게다가 표면 플라즈몬 공명(surface plasmon resonance) 분석에서 hAY4 ScFv-STR tetramer는 tetramerization에 의해 hAY4 ScFv monomer보다 60배 더 높은 항원결합력을 나타내었다. 요약하면 hAY4 ScFv-STR 융합단백질은 E. coli에서 soluble tetramer로 성공적으로 발현 및 정제되었으며 Biotin과 DR4 항원에 동시에 결합함을 보여 주었다. 이는 bifunctional and tetrameric ScFv 항체를 제조 할 수 있음을 제시해 주고 있다.

• 대한약리학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.135-140
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• 1995

Glycation이란 단당류의 카보릴기와 아미노산의 입실론 아미노기가 공유결합에 의하여 형성되는 반응으로 이는 단백질의 생리적 기능을 변화시키며 아울러 당뇨합병증을 유발한다. 본 연구에서는 warfarin과 dansylsarcosine의 단백질결합에 미치는 glycation의 영향을 평형투석법을 이용하여 연구하였으며 평형투석은 섭씨 37도의 진탕수조에서 3시간 동안 실시하였다. 약물의 농도가 알부민의 농도보다 높을 경우, $50{\pm}16%$가 glycation된 알부민은 $8.5{\pm}5.28%$ glycation 알부민을 함유한 정상알부민에 비해 약물과의 결합도가 낮았으나 warfarin의 농도가 알부민의 3배가 될 경우에만 유의성이 인정되었고(P<0.05) 6%의 차이를 보였다. 본 실험에 나타난 glycation에 의한 유리약물의 미미한 상승효과는 glycated albumin 농도가 낮은 생체내의 여건과, 실제로 사용되는 약물의 적정 치료농도가 낮고 또한 과도한 유리약물은 신장을 통하여 신속히 배설되는 이유로 당뇨환자의 신기능 손상이 없는한 glycation에 의한 유리약물의 상승은 약물중독의 위험요소로 작용되지 않으리라 생각된다.