• Mass Spectrometry Letters
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.5-8
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• 2010

In the present study, collisionally-activated dissociation (CAD) experiments were performed under low energy collision conditions in six peptides containing a disulfide bond. Fragments produced as a result of the cleavage of a disulfide bond were obtained after CAD in four peptides (bactenecin, TGF-$\alpha$, cortistantin, and linearly linked peptide, Scheme 1) with basic amino acid residues. In contrast, the CAD analysis of two peptides with no basic residue (oxytocin and tocinoic acid) rarely produced fragments indicative of cleavage of a disulfide bond. These results are consistent with the mobile proton model suggested by the McLuckey and O'air groups (ref. 22 and 23); nonmobile protons sequestered at basic amino acid residues appear to promote the cleavage of disulfide bonds.

• BMB Reports
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.76-81
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• 1999

Dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase (E3) belongs to the protein family of pyridine nucleotide-disulfide oxidoreductases, including glutathione reductase (GR). The two subunits of human GR are covalently linked by an intersubunit disulfide bond between the pair of the Cys-90 residues. The corresponding residue (Ser-79) in human E3 was substituted to Cys using site-directed mutagenesis. The mutant was expressed in Escherichia coli and highly purified using an affinity column. About 40% of the mutants formed a spontaneous intersubunit disulfide bond linkage. This result implies that Ser-79 and possibly surrounding residues constitute one of the several intersubunit contact regions in human E3. It provides another good piece of evidence for the predicted high degree of the structural homology between human E3 and GR. Spectroscopic studies indicate conformational changes in the mutant.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.553-557
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• 2005

The formation of striped phases of unsymmetric hexyl octadecyl disulfide ($CH_3(CH_2)_5SS(CH_2)_{17}CH_3$, HOD) and 1-hydroxyundecyl octadecyl disulfide ($CH_3(CH_2)_{17}SS(CH_2)_{11}$OH, HUOD) on Au(111) and graphite has been investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) to understand the self-assembly processes of dialkyl disulfides. STM imaging clearly shows the formation of striped phases having corrugation periodicities that are nearly consistent with the molecular length of alkanethiolate moieties formed after the S-S bond cleavage of dialkyl disulfide on a gold surface. On the other hand, self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of dialkyl disulfides on a graphite surface displayed long-range, well-ordered monolayers with one striped pattern that shows periodicity as a function of molecular length via nondissociative adsorption. From a nonoscopic viewpoint, we have clearly demonstrated that dialkyl disulfide SAMs on gold form via S-S bond cleavage of disulfide.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.585-589
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• 2008

Actin cytoskeleton rearrangement를 조절하는 cofilin은 인산기가 제거되면서 활성화되는데 이를 담당하는 효소가 chronophin이다. 이 효소는 비타민 $B_6$의 활성형태인 pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP)의 세포 내 농도를 조절하는 PLP phosphatase로도 알려져 있다. Chronophin은 cap 도메인과 core 도메인을 갖는 HAD family에 속하는 phosphatase이며 다른 HAD phosphatase와 같이 기질결합을 위해 cap 도메인과 core 도메인 사이의 활성부위가 노출되는 열린 형태로의 전환이 있을 것으로 추정되었다. 이전의 밝혀진 chronophin/PLPP의 결정구조에서는 단백질의 결정화과정이 산화된 상태에 이루어졌기에 cap 도메인의 C91과 core 도메인의 C221 사이에 disulfide bond가 있었으며 이것이 cap 도메인과 core 도메인사이의 움직임을 막고 있었다. 본 연구에서는 환원된 상태의 chronophin의 결정체를 얻어 chronophin의 구조를 규명하였다. 환원된 상태의 chronophin의 구조에는 C91과 C221간의 disulfide 결합은 없었으나 산화된 상태와 동일한 닫힌 형태이었으며 국부적인 core 도메인의 움직임이외에는 core 도메인과 cap 도메인의 구조에는 변화가 없었다. 이는 chronophin이 기질이 없는 상태에서 닫힌 형태로 유지되는 것이 disulfide bond에 의한 것이 아님을 의미하며 세포 내의 환원된 상태에서도 닫힌 구조를 유지함으로서 높은 기질 특이성을 보여줄 것임을 암시한다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.561-565
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• 2005

Bacterial arylsulfate sulfotransferase (ASST) catalyzes the transfer of sulfate group from a phenyl sulfate ester to a phenolic acceptor. The promoter region and the transcripti on start sites of Enterobacter amnigenus astA have been determined by primer extension analysis. Northern blot analysis resolved two mRNA species with lengths of 3.3 and 2.0 kb, which correspond to the distances between the transcriptional initiation sites and the two inverted repeat sequences (IRSs). By length, the 3.3 kb RNA could comprise the three-gene (astA with dsbA and dsbB) operon. ASST has three highly conserved cysteine residues. Reducing and non-reducing SDS-PAGE and activity staining showed that disulfide bond is needed for the activity of the enzyme. To identify the cysteine residues responsible for the disulfide bond formation, a series of Cys to Ser mutants has been constructed and the enzymatic activity was measured. Based on the results, we assumed that the first cysteine (Cys349) might be involved in disulfide bond mainly with the second cysteine (Cys445) and result in active conformation.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제55권1호
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• pp.27-33
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• 2017

이황화결합(Disulfide Bond)은 다양한 생리학적 혹은 병리학적 과정 중 단백질번역 후 변형(Post-Translational Modifications) 과정 중에 형성된다. 그러므로 이황화결합에 대한 정보는 단백질의 화학적 구조를 보다 종합적으로 이해하는데 매우 중요한 일이다. 질량분석기를 이용한 이황화결합 분석은 매우 효과적이며, 현재까지 질량 분석기를 활용한 다양한 이황화결합 분석법들이 개발되었다. 그러나, 대부분의 이황화결합 분석법의 경우, 이황화결합 분석 시 자유-시스테인잔기(Free Thiol Residues) 분석을 고려하지 않았다. 본 연구에서는 이황화결합에 관여하는 시스테인/자유-시스테인에 초점을 두고 총 4단계(1단계: 아미노산 서열을 통한 이황화결합 가능 부위를 예측, 2단계: 자유시스테인의 존재 유무의 확인, 3단계: 질량 분석기를 활용한 이황화결합 분석, 4단계: 이황화결합 분석법의 종합적인 검증)의 분석법을 개발하였다. 나아가, 본 연구에서 개발된 분석 기법을 실제 휴먼 유래 재조합 단백질(HRPE1)에 적용함으로써 개발된 이황화결합 분석법의 효용성을 확인하였다. HRPE1의 경우, 총 6개의 이황화결합(Inter-chain 형태: 1, Intra-chain 형태: 5)으로 구성된 것을 최종 확인하였다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.1903-1905
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• 2013

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.13-17
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• 1996

The protein disulfide isomerase(PDI) reaction kinetics has been studied to evaluate its effect on the monoclonal antibody(MAb) refolding and assembly which accompanies disulfide bond formation The MAb in vitro assembly experiments showed that the assembly rate of heavy and light chains can be greatly enhanced in the presence of PDI as compared to the rate of assembly obtained by the air-oxidation. The reassembly patterns of MAb intermediates were identical for both with and without PDI, suggesting that the PDI does not determine the MAb assembly pathway, but rather facilitates the rate of MAb assembly by promoting PDI catalyzed disulfide bond formation. The effect of growth rate on PDI activities for MAb production has also been examined by using continuous culture system. The specific MAb productivity of hybridoma cells decreased as the growth rate increased. However, PDI activities were nearly constant for a wide range of growth rates except very high growth rate, indicating that no direct correlation between PDI activity and specific MAb productivity exists.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.673-680
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• 2009

Conversion of the normal soluble form of prion protein, PrP ($PrP^C$), to proteinase K-resistant form ($PrP^{Sc}$) is a common molecular etiology of prion diseases. Proteinase K-resistance is attributed to a drastic conformational change from ${\alpha}$-helix to ${\beta}$-sheet and subsequent fibril formation. Compelling evidence suggests that membranes play a role in the conformational conversion of PrP. However, biophysical mechanisms underlying the conformational changes of PrP and membrane binding are still elusive. Recently, we demonstrated that the putative transmembrane domain (TMD; residues 111-135) of Syrian hamster PrP penetrates into the membrane upon the reduction of the conserved disulfide bond of PrP. To understand the mechanism underlying the membrane insertion of the TMD, here we explored changes in conformation and membrane binding abilities of PrP using wild type and cysteine-free mutant. We show that the reduction of the disulfide bond of PrP removes motional restriction of the TMD, which might, in turn, expose the TMD into solvent. The released TMD then penetrates into the membrane. We suggest that the disulfide bond regulates the membrane binding mode of PrP by controlling the motional freedom of the TMD.

• BMB Reports
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.437-441
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• 2002

Dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase (E3) is a member of the pyridine nucleotide-disulfide oxidoreductase family. Thr residues are highly conserved. They are at the active site disulfide-bond regions of most E3s and other oxidoreductases,. The crystal structure of Azotobacter vinelandii E3 suggests that the hydroxyl group of Thr that are involved in the FAD binding interact with the adenosine phosphate of FAD. However, several prokaryotic E3s have Val instead of Thr. To investigate the meaning and importance of the Thr conservation in many E3s, the corresponding residue, Thr-44, in human E3 was substituted to Val by site-directed mutagenesis. The mutant’s E3 activity showed about a 2.2-fold decrease. Its UV-visible and fluorescence spectra indicated that the mutant might have a slightly different microenvironment at the FAD-binding region.