• Molecules and Cells
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.247-252
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• 2008

There are several branch points in the flavonoid synthesis pathway starting from chalcone. Among them, the hydroxylation of flavanone is a key step leading to flavonol and anthocyanin. The flavanone 3-${\beta}$-hydroxylase (GmF3H) gene was cloned from soybean (Glycine max cultivar Sinpaldal) and shown to convert eriodictyol and naringenin into taxifolin and dihydrokaempferol, respectively. The major flavonoids in this soybean cultivar were found by LC-MS/MS to be kamepferol O-triglycosides and O-diglycosides. Expression of GmF3H and flavonol synthase (GmFLS) was induced by ultraviolet-B (UV-B) irradiation and their expression stimulated accumulation of kaempferol glycones. Thus, GmF3H and GmFLS appear to be key enzymes in the biosynthesis of the UV-protectant, kaempferol.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.139-143
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• 1981

사과 식초 제조 과정 중 유기산의 변화를 검토하기 위하여 사과즙을 알콜발효시킨 후 Acetobacter aceti와 이 균에 NTG와 UV의 처리로 하여 얻은 변이주를 접종하여 식초산 발효를 시켰을 때 제조과정별로 유기산의 조성과 함량을 gas chromatography로 분석하여 다음의 결과를 얻었다. 1. 사과 원료 중 유기산의 함량은 malic acid 0.73 %, citric acid 0.038%, acetic acid 0.067%이었다. 2. 사과즙을 알콜발효시켰을 때 유기산의 함량은 malic acid 0.114%, lactic acid 0.1%, acetic acid 0.08%이었다. 3. 모균주와 변이주를 이용하여 얻어진 발효식초의 유기산 조성에 있어서는 차이가 없었고 함량에서는 차이가 있었다. 4. 변이주의 초기산 생성능은 모균주에 비하여 약간 빨랐다.

• 폴리머
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.290-294
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• 2008

러빙한 고분자 필름이 액정 분자와 증착된 분자의 배향을 유도하는 메커니즘을 이해하고자 $\pi$ 전자들의 공액구조가 주사슬과 곁사슬에 각각 있는 polyimide와 polyyinylcinnamate를 사용하여 필름과 LC 셀을 만들어 편광 UV/Vis 분광실험으로 조사하였다. 러빙한 필름 내에 형성되는 이방성, LC 셀의 액정 방향자, 그리고 종착된 pentacene의 배열방향을 측정하여, 액정배향은 microgroove 영향보다는 분자간 상호작용에 의하여 우선적으로 유도되는 반면에 pentacene 증착의 경우에는 러빙에 의하여 형성된 필름 표면의 microgroove 영향으로 배향이 유도되는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.228-234
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• 2005

Caenorhabditis elegans him-6 mutants, which show a high incidence of males and partial embryonic lethality, are defective in the orthologue of human Bloom's syndrome protein (BLM). When strain him-6(e1104) containing a missense him-6 mutation was irradiated with ${\gamma}$-rays during germ cell development or embryogenesis, embryonic lethality was higher than in the wild type, suggesting a critical function of the wild type gene in mitotic and pachytene stage germ cells as well as in early embryos. Even in the absence of ${\gamma}$-irradiation, apoptosis was elevated in the germ cells of the him-6 strain and this increase was dependent on a functional p53 homologue (CEP-1), suggesting that spontaneous DNA damage accumulates due to him-6 deficiency. However, induction of germline apoptosis by ionizing radiation was not significantly affected by the deficiency, indicating that HIM-6 has no role in the induction of apoptosis by exogenous DNA damage. We conclude that the C. elegans BLM orthologue is involved in DNA repair in promeiotic cells undergoing homologous recombination, as well as in actively dividing germline and somatic cells.

• 한국동물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물학회 1998년도 한국생물과학협회 학술발표대회
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• pp.113-113
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• 1998

In Saccharomyces cerevisiae UV irradiation and a variety of chemical DNA -damaging agents induce the transcription of specific genes, including several involved in DNA repair. One of the best characterized of DNA -damage inducible genes is PHRI, which encodes the apoenzyme for DNA photolyase. Basal-level and damage-induced expression of PHRI require an upstream activation sequence, UASPHRI. Here we report the identification of the UlvIE6 gene of S. cerevisiae as a regulator of UASPHRl activity. Surprisingly, the effect of deletion of UME6 is growth phase dependent. In wild-type cells PHRI is induced in late exponential phase, concomitant with the initiation of glycogen accumulation that precedes the diauxic shift. Deletion of UNIE6 abolishes this induction, decreases the steady-state concentration of photolyase molecules and PHRI mRNA, and increases the UV sensitivity of a rad2 mutant. The results suggest that UM E6 contributes to the regulated expression of a subset of damage-responsive genes in yeast. Furthermore, the upstream repression sequence, URSPHRI, is required for repression and damage-induced expression of PHRl. Here we show identification of YER169W and YDR096W as putative regulators acting through $URS_{PHRI}$. These open reading frames were designated as RPHI (YERl69W) and RPH2 (YDR096W) indicating regulator of PHRI. Simultaneous disruption of both genes showed a synergistic effect, producing a four-fold increase in basal level expression and a similar decrease m the induction ratio following treatment of methyl methanesulfonate(MMS). Mutation of the sequence ($AG_4$) bound by Rphlp rendered the promoter of PHRI insensitive to changes in RPHI or RPH2 status. The data suggest that RPHI and RPH2 act as damage-responsive negative regulators of PHRI. Surprisingly, the sequence bound by Rphlp in vitro is found to be $AG_4$ which is identical to the consensus binding site for the regulators Msn2p and Msn4p involved in stress-induced expression. Deletion of MSN2 and MSN4 has little effect on the induction$.$ ratio following DNA damage. However, all deletions led to a significant decrease in basal-level and induced expression of PHRI. These results imply that MSN2 and MSN4 are positive regulators of P HRI but are not required for DNA damage repression. [Supported by grant from NIH]om NIH]

• 한국양식학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.97-102
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• 2004

흔한가리비, Chiamys nobilis의 산란유발 및 종묘생산을 위한 생물학적 기초자료를 얻고자 자극방법별 효과와 난 발생에 미치는 수온의 영향에 대하여 조사하였다. 산란유발방법으로는 햇빛노출자극방법이 자극 후 40분 이내 100%의 반응을 보여 반응시간이 가장 빨랐고, 그 외 자외선 조가 해수 자극방법에서도 70분 이내 100%의 반응으로 양호한 결과를 나타냈다. 발생 가능수온은 15∼3$0^{\circ}C$로 나타났다. 또한 초기 D상 유생에 도달하는 시간은 15, 20, 25 및 3$0^{\circ}C$에서 각각 63.5, 31.5, 18.5및 17.0시간이 소요되었다. 수온(WT: $^{\circ}C$)과 각 발생 단계별 소요시간(t: time)의 관계식은 다음과 같다. 2세포기: 1/t=0.0606WT-0.6194 ($r^2$=0.9791) 8세포기: 1/t=0.0304WT-0.3453 ($r^2$=0.9941) 상실기: 1/t=(1.0100WT-0.1049 ($r^2$=0.9663) 담륜자기: 1/t=0.0058WT-0.0618 ($r^2$=0.9848) D상유생: 1/t=0.0030WT-0.0282 ($r^2$=0.9731) 이들 관계식을 기초로 한 흔한가리비의 초기발생에 있어서 난 발생이 정지하는 생물학적 영도(Biological minimum temperature)는 평균 10.44$^{\circ}C$였고, 수온별 발생 시 D상까지의 생존율은 $25^{\circ}C$에서 가장 높았다.

• Molecular & Cellular Toxicology
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.85-91
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• 2008

These days there is a constant possibility of exposure to UV radiation which can cause abnormal production of melanin and result in skin disease such as hyperpigmentation and melanoma. Many materials were investigated for skin whitening and protection against UV radiation. In this study, we assessed the melanogenesis inhibitory activities of Korean Red Ginseng (KRG, Ginseng Radix Rubra) and Ginkgo (EGb 761 Ginkgo Biloba) in an attempt to develop a new skin whitening agent derived from natural products. B16F10 melanoma cells were treated for 48 hr with KRG and EGb 761. The inhibitory effect on melanogenesis was measured and related cytokines and proteins expression were also investigated by RT-PCR and Western blotting. In addition, we also assessed the effects of these substances on the skin of C57BL/6 mice. Cell growth, melanin content and tyrosinase activity were inhibited effectively in B16F10 melanoma cells treated with KRG and EGb 761. Moreover, tyrosinase mRNA expression was inhibited clearly and melanogenesis related proteins (MRPs) containing tyrosinase, TRP1 and TRP2 were also reduced by KRG and EGb761, while cytokines such as IL-$1{\beta}$ and IL-6 were induced. In the case of UV irradiated mice, we observed induction of cytokine mRNA levels and reduction of MRPs mRNA expression. In addition, a decrease in pigmentation from treatment with KRG and EGb 761 on the skin of mice was observed. These results indicate that KRG and EGb 761 inhibit melanogenesis in B16F10 cells and have display protective activities against UVB. Therefore, we suggest that KRG and EGb 761 are good candidates to be used as whitening agents and UVB protectors for the skin.

• ALGAE
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.177-187
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• 2020

Cyanobacteria have been widely reported to produce a variety of UV-absorbing mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs). Herein, we reported production of the unusual MAA, mycosporine-glycine-alanine (MGA) in the cyanobacterium Sphaerospermopsis torques-reginae ITEP-024 using a newly developed UHPLC-DAD-MS/HRMS (ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-diode array detection-high resolution tandem mass spectrometry) method. MGA had previously been first identified in a red-algae, but S. torques-reginae strain ITEP-024 is the first cyanobacteria to be reported as an MGA producer. Herein, the chemical structure of MGA is fully elucidated from one-dimensional / two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance and HRMS data analyses. MAAs are unusually produced constitutively in S. torques-reginae ITEP-024, and this production was further enhanced following UV-irradiance. It has been proposed that MAA biosynthesis proceeds in cyanobacteria from the pentose phosphate pathway intermediate sedoheptulose 7-phosphate. Annotation of a gene cluster encoded in the genome sequence of S. torques-reginae ITEP-024 supports these gene products could catalyse the biosynthesis of MAAs. However, addition of glyphosate to cultures of S. torques-reginae ITEP-024 abolished constitutive and ultra-violet radiation induced production of MGA, shinorine and porphyra-334. This finding supports involvement of the shikimic acid pathway in the biosynthesis of MAAs by this species.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.192-196
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• 2005

본 연구는 분열형 효모 Schizosaccharomyces pombe에서 여러 가지 DNA 절제회복 및 유전자 발현에 관여하는 SNF2/SW12유전자의 기능을 연구하기 위하여 이에 관련되는 유전자를 분리하고 그 특성을 연구하였다. SNF2 motif의 conserved sequence를 primer로 하여 중합효소 연쇄반응 (PCR) 방법으로 480 bp 크기의 DNA fragment를 분리하여, 이를 probe로 하여 효모에서 hrp2+ 유전자를 분리하였다. 분리한 hrp+ 유전자의 sequence homology를 비교한 결과 3개의 SNF2 motif를 포함하고 있었다. hrp2+ 유전자의 전사체 크기는 4.7kb임을 Northern hybridization으로 확인하였다. 분리한 유전자의 특성 연구를 위하여 Northern hybridization 으로 hrp2+ 유전자의 UV와 MMS에 대한 유도성을 조사한 결과 자외선에 대해서만 유전자의 발현이 유도되었다. 이 결과 분리한 hrp2+는 UV-inducible 유전자임을 확인하였다. 또한 분리한 유전자의 특성연구 중 하나로 hrp2+ 단백질을 분리하여 helicase activity를 측정하였다. 이 결과 분리한 hrp2+ 유전자는 전혀 helicase activity를 나타내지 않았다.

• 한국양식학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.23-29
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• 2002

기수재첩의 인공 종묘생산 기술개발의 일환으로 산란기 조사, 산란유발, 난 발생 및 유생의 발달 과정을 관찰 한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 기수재첩의 산란기는 7월 하순부터 9월 하순가지이며, 주 산란기는 8월 초순부터 9월 중순으로 나타났다. 산란유발은 자외선 조사 자극과 생식소절개 방법으로는 반응이 전혀 없었다. 3$\textperthousand$ 해수의 온도 자극에서는 8월하순에 90.0%, 9월에 75.0%의 높은 반응률을 보였다. NH$_4$OH용액을 3$\textperthousand$ 해수에 첨가하는 자극은 1/1000∼3/1000 N에서 15∼45%의 반응률을 보였다. 기수재첩의 수정난은 직경 86${\pm}$3 um의 구형이다. 수정난의 발생은 23.0∼24.5$^{\circ}C$에서 2시간 후 4세포기로 되고, 15시간이 지나면 담륜자 유생 (trochophore larvae),수정 후 2일째에는 D상 유생, 9일째에는 각정기로 성장하였다. 수정 16일째에는 성숙 유생으로 성장하여 저서 생활을 시작하였다.