• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
• /
• v.25 no.9
• /
• pp.1411-1413
• /
• 2004

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
• /
• v.24 no.10
• /
• pp.1525-1526
• /
• 2003

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
• /
• v.27 no.9
• /
• pp.1445-1449
• /
• 2006

Molecular tweezers based on chenodeoxycholic acid bearing different lengths of arm were synthesized andtheir anion binding affinities were evaluated by $^1H$ NMR, isothermal calorimetric titration, and ESI mass spectrometry. Molecular tweezer 6 showed a high selectivity toward $H_2PO_4\;^-$ over $Cl^-,\;Br^-,\;I^-, $ and $CH_3CO_2\;^-$ by $^1H$ NMR titration, whereas the association constant for $F^-$ revealed the largest value as determined by ITC. The selectivity of 6 towards $F^-$ was about 103 times higher than that of $Cl^-,\;H_2PO_4\;^- $, and $CH_3CO_2\;^-$. ITCexperiment of 6 with $F^-$ in a DMSO showed two binding modes; two sequential association constants $K_1\;=\;2.77\;{\times}\;10^5\;M^{-1}$ and $K_2\;=\;8.68\;{\times}\;10^6\;M^{-1}$ were found. These sequential bindings were confirmed by ESI massspectrometry. 1 : 1 and 1 : 2 complexes of 6 and $F^-$ were found at m/z 868.08 and 884.04.

• International Journal of Oral Biology
• /
• v.43 no.2
• /
• pp.53-59
• /
• 2018

In order to understand biological phenomena accurately, single molecule techniques using a physical research approach to molecular interactions have been developed, and are now widely being used to study complex biological processes. In this review, we discuss some of the single molecule methods which are composed of two major parts: single molecule spectroscopy and manipulation. In particular, we explain how these techniques work and introduce the current research which uses them. Finally, we present the oral biology research using the single molecule methods.

• Molecular & Cellular Toxicology
• /
• v.3 no.1
• /
• pp.19-22
• /
• 2007

Optic tweezer is powerful tool to investigate biologic cells. Of eukaryotic cells, it was poorly documented regarding to optic trapping to manipulate yeasts. In preliminary experiment to explore yeast biology, interferometric optical tweezers was exploited to trap and manipulate budding yeasts. Successfully, several budding yeasts are trapped simultaneously. We found that the budding direction of the daughter cell was almost outward and the daughter cell surrounded by other yeasts grows slowly or fail to grow. Thus it was assumed that neighboring cells around budding yeast may be critical in budding and the growth of daughter cells. This is first report pertaining to the pattern of yeast budding under the optical trap when multiple yeasts were trapped.