• 제목/요약/키워드: Understand of Molecular Structure

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나노구조기판의 형상 및 온도변화에 따른 액체 클러스터의 거동에 대한 분자동역학적 연구 (Molecular Dynamics Study on Behaviors of Liquid Cluster with Shape and Temperature of Nano-Structure Substrate)

  • 고선미;정흥철;;최경민;김덕줄
    • 한국분무공학회지
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    • 제13권1호
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    • pp.34-41
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    • 2008
  • Molecular dynamic simulations have been carried out to study the effect of the nano-structure substrate and its temperature on cluster laminating. The interaction between substrate molecules and liquid molecules was modeled in the molecular scale and simulated by the molecular dynamics method in order to understand behaviors of the liquid cluster on nano-structure substrate. In the present model, the Lennard-Jones potential is applied to mono-atomic molecules of argon as liquid and platinum as nano-structure substrate to perform simulations of molecular dynamics. The effect of wettability on a substrate was investigated for the various beta of Lennard-Jones potential. The behavior of the liquid cluster and nano-structure substrate depends on interface wettability and function of molecules force, such as attraction and repulsion, in the collision progress. Furthermore, nano-structure substrate temperature and beta of Lennard-Jones potential have effect on the accumulation ratio. These results of simulation will be the foundation of coating application technology for micro fabrication manufacturing.

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Determination of the Solution Structure of Malonyl-CoA by Two-Dimensional Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Dynamical Simulated Annealing Calculations

  • Jung, Jin-Won;An, Jae-Hyung;Kim, Yu-Sam;Bang, Eun-Jung;Lee, Weon-Tae
    • BMB Reports
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    • 제32권3호
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    • pp.288-293
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    • 1999
  • In order to understand the initial interaction of the substrates malonate, ATP, and CoA with malonyl-CoA synthetase, the catalytic product malonyl-CoA was characterized by NMR spectroscopy and molecular modeling. To assign proton and carbon chemical shifts, two-dimensional $^1H-^1H$ DQF-COSY and $^1H-^{13}C$ HMBC experiments were used. The structure of malonyl-CoA in the solution phase was determined based on distance constraints from NOESY and ROESY spectra. The structures were well-converged around the pantetheine region with the pairwise RMSD value of 0.08 nm. The solution structure exhibited a compact folded conformation with intramolecular hydrogen bonds among its carbonyl and hydroxyl groups. These findings will help us to understand the initial interaction of malonate and CoA with malonyl-CoA synthetase.

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세포에서의 상전이와 크로마틴 구조 (Phase Transitions in Cells and the Structure of Chromatins)

  • 김하진;유제중
    • 진공이야기
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    • 제5권1호
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    • pp.13-17
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    • 2018
  • Phase transition is not unique to solid state systems or homogeneous molecular systems but it is also observed in highly heterogeneous biological systems. Phase transition and phase separation in cells are recently being found to be central to many biological functions by temporarily and locally controlling the storage and exchange of certain proteins and RNAs. There are also clues suggesting them to be playing pivotal roles in the spatial organization of chromosomes into topological domains and its time-dependent control. Here we introduce early efforts to explain at the molecular level how the spatiotemporal organization of chromosomes are programmed and modulated by the sequence and chemical modifications of the DNA. Continuing works may provide a physical framework to understand the molecular level control of chromosome structure and dynamics that determine the epigenetic state and the fate of the cells.

3D Structure of Bacillus halodurans O-Methyltransferase, a Novel Bacterial O-Methyltransferase by Comparative Homology Modeling

  • Lee, Jee-Young;Lee, Sung-Ah;Kim, Yang-Mee
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • 제28권6호
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    • pp.941-946
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    • 2007
  • Bacillus halodurans O-methyltransferase (BhOMT) is a S-adenosylmethionine (SAM or AdoMet) dependent methyltransferase. Three dimensional structure of the BhOMT bound to S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine (SAH or AdoHcy) has been determined by comparative homology modeling. BhOMT has 40% sequence identity with caffeoyl-CoA 3-O-methyltransferase (CCoAOMT) from alfalfa. Based on x-ray structure of CCoAOMT, three dimensional structure of BhOMT was determined using MODELLER. The substrate binding sites of these two proteins showed slight differences, but these differences were important to characterize the substrate of BhOMT. Automated docking study showed that four flavonoids, quercetin, fisetin, myricetin, and luteolin which have two hydroxyl groups simultaneously at 3'- and 4'-position in the B-ring and structural rigidity of Cring resulting from the double bond characters between C2 and C3, were well docked as ligands of BhOMT. These flavonoids form stable hydrogen bondings with K211, R170, and hydroxyl group at 3'-position in the Bring has stable electrostatic interaction with Ca2+ ion in BhOMT. This study will be helpful to understand the biochemical function of BhOMT as an O-methyltransferase for flavonoids.

Simulation Methods for Prediction of Membrane Protein Structure

  • Son, Hyeon-S.
    • 한국생물물리학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국생물물리학회 1998년도 학술발표회
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    • pp.10-10
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    • 1998
  • IMPs are important to cells in functions such as transport, energy transduction and signalling. Three dimensional molecular structures of such proteins at atomic level are needed to understand such processes. Prediction of such structures (and functions) is necessary especially because there are only a small number of membrane protein structures determined in atomic resolution.(omitted)

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Kinetic Approaches to Measuring Peroxiredoxin Reactivity

  • Winterbourn, Christine C.;Peskin, Alexander V.
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • 제39권1호
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    • pp.26-30
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    • 2016
  • Peroxiredoxins are ubiquitous thiol proteins that catalyse the breakdown of peroxides and regulate redox activity in the cell. Kinetic analysis of their reactions is required in order to identify substrate preferences, to understand how molecular structure affects activity and to establish their physiological functions. Various approaches can be taken, including the measurement of rates of individual steps in the reaction pathway by stopped flow or competitive kinetics, classical enzymatic analysis and measurement of peroxidase activity. Each methodology has its strengths and they can often give complementary information. However, it is important to understand the experimental conditions of the assay so as to interpret correctly what parameter is being measured. This brief review discusses different kinetic approaches and the information that can be obtained from them.

머신러닝 교육 플랫폼 활용 '분자 구조의 이해'를 위한 융합교육 프로그램 개발 (Development of Convergence Education Program for 'Understanding of Molecular Structure' using Machine Learning Educational Platform)

  • 이소율;이영준
    • 정보교육학회논문지
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    • 제25권6호
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    • pp.961-972
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    • 2021
  • 현재까지 진행된 다양한 인공지능 교육 관련 연구 성과에서는 인공지능의 원리와 개념 교육에 관한 내용이 중심이었다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 인공지능을 타 학문과 탈 학문적 융합교육을 할 수 있도록 교육 프로그램을 개발하였다. 중심 교육 내용으로는 고등학교 화학에서 다루고 있는 분자 구조의 이해를 도울 수 있도록 머신러닝을 활용하는 것으로 하였고, 총 8차시 분량으로 설계하였다. 본 연구에서 개발한 프로그램은 전문가 검토를 통해 I-CVI(Item Content Validity Index) 값을 산출하였고, 그 결과 모든 문항이 .80 이상으로 기각되는 항목이 없었으나. 추가 세부 의견을 반영하여 수정 및 완성하였다. 본 연구의 프로그램은 화학 교과와 정보(인공지능) 교과의 내용적 요소를 탈 학문적으로 융합하였기 때문에 학습자로 하여금 융합인재소양이 높아질 수 있을 것으로 기대한다. 또한, 이 교육 프로그램을 위한 별도의 시수 확보가 요구되지 않아 교사에게는 수업 부담을 낮출 수 있을 것이다.

Molecular cloning of cDNAs for Korean garlic viruses

  • Choi, Jin-Nam;Ahn, Ji-Hoon;Choi, Yang-Do;Lee, Jong-Seob
    • Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • 제36권4호
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    • pp.315-317
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    • 1993
  • To understand the molecular structure and pathogenesis mechanism of Korean garlic viruses (GV), virus particles were isolated from field-grown garlic leaves and RNA genome was isolated from them. It was used for constructing cDNA library for GV. Several cDNA clones for GV were isolated and classified into 4 different groups on the basis of cross Southern hybridization. Northern blot analysis of GV RNA with one of these cDNA clones shows that the clone is a cDNA for GV RNA.

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Purification and Characterization of Hrp1, a Homolog of Mouse CHD1 from the Fission Yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe

  • Yong Hwan Jin;Eung Jae Yoo;Yeun Kyu Jang;Seung Hae Kim;Chee-Gun Lee;Rho Hyun Seong;Seung Hwan Hong;Sang Dai Park
    • Animal cells and systems
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    • 제2권4호
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    • pp.539-543
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    • 1998
  • Hrp1, of Schizosaccharomyces pombe, is a new member of the SW12/SNF2 protein family that contains a chromodomain and a DNA binding domain as well as ATPase/7 helicase domains. This configuration suggests that Hrp1 could be a homolog of mouse CHD1, which is thought to function in altering the chromatin structure to facilitate gene expression. To understand the enzymatic nature of Hrp1 we purified the 6-Histidine-tagged Hrp1 protein (6$\times$His-Hrp1) to homogeneity from a S. pombe Hrp1-overexpressing strain and hen examined its biochemical properties. We demonstrate that the purified 6$\times$His-Hrp1 protein exhibited a DNA-binding activity with a moderate preference to the (A+T)-rich tract in double-stranded NA via a minor groove interaction. However, we failed to detect any intrinsic DNA helicase activity from the purified Hrp1 like other SW12/SNF2 proteins. These observations suggest that the DNA binding activities of Hrp1 may be involved in the remodeling of the chromatin structure with DNA-dependent ATPase. We propose that Hrp1 may function in heterochromatins as other proteins with a chromo- or ATPase/helicase domain and play an important role in the determination of chromatin architecture.

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Molecular Characterization of Nippostrongylus brasiliensis (Nematoda: Heligmosomatidae) from Mus musculus in India

  • Chaudhary, Anshu;Goswami, Urvashi;Singh, Hridaya Shanker
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • 제54권6호
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    • pp.743-750
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    • 2016
  • Mus musculus (Rodentia: Muridae) has generally been infected with a rodent hookworm Nippostrongylus brasiliensis. In this report, we present morphological and molecular identification of N. brasiliensis by light and scanning electron microscopy and PCR amplification of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) gene and the protein sequences encoded by cox1 gene, respectively. Despite the use of N. brasiliensis in many biochemistry studies from India, their taxonomic identification was not fully understood, especially at the species level, and no molecular data is available in GenBank from India. Sequence analysis of cox1 gene in this study revealed that the present specimen showed close identity with the same species available in GenBank, confirming that the species is N. brasiliensis. This study represents the first record of molecular identification of N. brasiliensis from India and the protein structure to better understand the comparative phylogenetic characteristics.