• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.305-308
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• 2008

We performed coupled-cluster calculations to determine the intermolecular interaction energy between two TiAu4 clusters. Our ab initio calculations predict that the binding energy is 2.89 eV, which is somewhat larger than the known binding energy of 2.0 eV for TiH4-TiH4. The intermolecular binding energy is relatively high, despite TiAu4 having all the attributes of a magic cluster. The favorable orbital interaction between occupied Au(6s) and unoccupied Ti(3d) orbitals leads to the strong dimeric interaction for TiAu4-TiAu4.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.749-752
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• 2013

Trehalose-tethered monomeric and dimeric berberines were synthesized in 50% and 30% from the reaction of berberrubine with 6-tosyl-${\alpha}$,${\alpha}^{\prime}$-trehalose and 6,6'-ditosyl-${\alpha}$,${\alpha}^{\prime}$-trehalose, respectively, and fully characterized by MS (HR and ESI) and NMR ($^1H$, $^{13}C$, COSY and HSQC). Spectrophotometric and spectrofluorimetric titrations indicated that compared with berberine, trehalose-tethered monomeric berberine had comparable DNA-binding affinity toward calf-thymus DNA, whereas trehalose-spaced dimeric berberine exhibited higher DNA-binding affinity. The potential application of these conjugates is also briefly discussed.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제29권9호
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• pp.1711-1716
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• 2008

The reaction of copper(II) chloride with phenyl-N-[(pyridine-2-yl)methylene]methaneamide (ppmma) leads to a new $\mu$ -chloro bridged dimeric [Cu(ppmma)$Cl_2$]$_2$ complex, whereas a reaction of copper(II) bromide with ppmma affords a monomeric Cu(ppmma)$Br_2$ complex. Both complexes have been characterized by X-ray crystallography and electronic absorption spectroscopy. The crystal structural analysis of [Cu(ppmma)$Cl_2$]$_2$ shows that the two Cu(II) atoms are bridged by two chloride ligands, forming a dimeric copper(II) complex and the copper ion has a distorted square-pyramidal geometry ($\tau$ = 0.2). The dimer units are held through a strong intermolecular $\pi-\pi$ interactions between the nearest benzyl rings. On the other hand, Cu(ppmma)Br2 displayed a distorted square planar geometry with two types of strong intermolecular π-π interaction. EPR spectrum of [Cu(ppmma)$Cl_2$]$_2$ in frozen glas s at 77 K revealed an equilibrium between the mononuclear and binuclear species. The magnetic susceptibilities data of [Cu(ppmma)$Cl_2$]$_2$ and Cu(ppmma)$Br_2$ follow the Curie-Weiss law. No significant intermolecular magnetic interactions were examined in both complexes, and magnetic exchange interactions are discussed on the basis of the structural features.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.16-23
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• 2005

티올특이성 산화환원 단백질인 peroxiredoxin (thiolspecific peroxiredoxin, Prx) 은 거의 모든 생명체에 존재하며, reactive oxgen species (ROS)을 제거하는 역할을 수행한다. 전자현미경/image processing을 이용하여 세포의 방어기작에 중요한 기능을 수행하는 Prx의 구조를 분석하였다. Yeast-Prx는 크게 세 가지의 다른 형태 즉, 구 형태, ring 형태의 구조와 비 규칙적인 적은 입자로 구성되어 있음을 확인하였다. 또한 산화/환원 상태에서의 구조적 변화를 관찰하기위해 DTT와 $H_2O_2$를 처리 후 전자현미경을 관찰 하였다. 환원상태의(DTT 처리 후) yeast-Prx는 많은 decamer 구조를 보여주는 반면, 산화상태에서는 ($H_2O_2$ 처리 후) dimer나 구 형태의 구조를 보여 주고 있다. 또한 dimeric subunit간의 ionic interaction이 yeast-Prx의 oligomerization에 중요한 인자임을 확인하였다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.346-348
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• 1989

Interactions between Tl atoms for the Tl dimer are studied by relativistic and nonrelativistic EHT methods. Relativistic bond weakening for the Tl dimer is qualitatively explained by comparing orbital energies from relativistic and nonrelativistic calculations. It is also shown that significant overlap exists, especially for 6p orbitals, at the internuclear distance larger than 4 ${\AA}$, implying that Tl-Tl interaction is not just the electrostatic interaction in the recently discovered dimeric thallacarborane.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.1231-1236
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• 2011

Chiral discrimination is the ability to distinguish one enantiomeric form over another. The differential binding interaction between two molecules with the same helicity and those with the opposite helicity was investigated by using dispersion-corrected density functional theory. [5]helicene, tetrahydro[5]helicene and the polar D-${\pi}$-A compounds, 3,12-dimethoxy-7,8-dicyano-[5]helicene and 3,12-dimethoxy-7,8-dicyano-tetrahydro[5]helicene were the monomers considered in this study. In gas phase, the dimeric interaction from two helical molecules with the opposite handedness is greater than from those with the same handedness. The stable configurations of such dimers were identified. The most stable configuration tends to be the one with maximum contact between monomers.

• 한국결정학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국결정학회 2003년도 춘계학술연구발표회
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• pp.14-14
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• 2003

We have crystallized and determined the structures o the Shank PDZ domain, alone and in complex with the synthetic C-terminal hexapeptide of GKAP protein at resolutions of 1.8Å and 2.5Å, respectively. The structure revealed the structural basis of the ligand recongition by Class I PDZ-ligand interaction. Moreover, dimeric structureof shank PDZ domain suggests that the βA strand is a common surface for dimerization of PDZ domains.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.138-142
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• 1989

Three oxovanadium(IV) complexes with bidentate ligands having only oxygen donor atoms, benzohydroxamic acid (Hben), 8-hydroxyquinoline-N-oxide(Hhqno) and picolinic acid-N-oxide (Hpicn) are prepared and magnetic and spectroscopic properties are investigated for the complexes $VO(ben)_2,\;VO(hqno)_2\;and \;VO(picn)_2.$ Magnetic data together with IR results strongly indicate that dimeric intermolecular interaction is significant in $VO(ben)_2$ while the presence of polymeric V-O${\cdot}{\cdot}$V-O interaction is suggestive in $VO(picn)_2$. For all three complexes, three electronic d-d transitions were observed; extremely strong optical absorption of these bands of $VO(ben)_2$ in DMSO are supposed to be arised from a great metal-ligand covalency. Some fundamental vibration modes of oxovanadium(IV) complexes were empirically assigned from the differences in the spectrum of metal complexes with free ligand.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.1003-1009
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• 2021

수용액에서 Sodium hyaluronate(NaHA)와 Alkanediyl-bis(dimethylalkylammonium bromide) 계면활성제의 회합성질에 관한 연구를 계면활성제의 화학적 구조와 관련하여 조사하였다. 계면장력을 측정한 결과 특정 농도에서 최소값(C_min)을 나타내는 포물선 모양의 그래프를 보여주었다. 이 최소 농도 이상에서 계면장력의 증가는 공기와 물의 접촉면에서 NaHA사슬과 이합체 계면활성제들로 이루어진 집합체의 형성과 관계있다고 생각된다. NaHA와 계면활성제의 착물결합체에서 하나의 NaHA 음전하에 대한 계면활성제의 양전하 비율을 보면 약간 양전하가 우세하나, 전체적으로 전하의 균형은 크게 벗어나지 않았다. NaHA/이합체 계면활성제의 착물결합체에서 계면활성제 농도와 점성도의 관계가 비 선형성을 나타내는 것은 계면활성제의 화학적 구조와 관계되기 때문이다. 이 비 선형성은 착물체의 성장에 따른 크기 증가와 C_min 농도 이상에서의 수축 현상과 밀접하게 관련된다고 볼 수 있다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제31권8호
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• pp.1183-1189
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• 2021

Autodisplay of a multimeric protein complex on a cell surface is limited by intrinsic factors such as the types and orientations of anchor modules. Moreover, improper folding of proteins to be displayed often hinders functional cell surface display. While overcoming these drawbacks, we ultimately extended the applicability of the autodisplay platform to the display of a protein complex. We designed and constructed a cell surface attachment (CSA) system that uses a non-covalent protein-protein interaction. We employed the high-affinity interaction mediated by an orthogonal cohesin-dockerin (Coh-Doc) pair from Archaeoglobus fulgidus to build the CSA system. Then, we validated the orthogonal Coh-Doc binding by attaching a monomeric red fluorescent protein to the cell surface. In addition, we evaluated the functional anchoring of proteins fused with the Doc module to the autodisplayed Coh module on the surface of Escherichia coli. The designed CSA system was applied to create a functional attachment of dimeric α-neoagarobiose hydrolase to the surface of E. coli cells.