• 한국생물물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물물리학회 1999년도 학술발표회 진행표 및 논문초록
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• pp.31-31
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• 1999

Neuropeptide ${\gamma}$ is a recently identified tachykinin family peptide which has conserved ammo acid sequence of -Phe-X-Gly-Leu-Met-NH2 in the C-terminal region, where X represents aromatic or hydrophobic residues. In this study, three-dimensional structure of neuropeptide ${\gamma}$ from goldfish Carassius auratus (G-NP${\gamma}$) was determined by NMR spectroscopy.(omitted)

• 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한약학회 2002년도 Proceedings of the Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Vol.2
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• pp.409.1-409.1
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• 2002

For the development of a biocompatible nano-scale drug carrier. hydrophilic polysaccharide pullulan was hydrophobized by the conjugation with fatty acid. The synthesized polymers were characterized by the measurements of fourier transform infrared (FT -IR) spectroscopy and 1H -nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. In aqueous solution. hydrophobically modified puliulan was self-assembled and structured into the core-shell type nanoparticles. (omitted)

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제51권3호
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• pp.171-176
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• 2008

기질 화합물로써 3${\beta}$-Hydroxy-12-oleanen-28-oic acid 유도체(1-30)들과 그들의 protein tyrosine phosphatase(PTP)-1B 저해활성에 관한 비교분자 유사성 지수분석(CoMSIA)보델을 유도하였다. QSAR 모델의 통계 값은 CoMFA>CoMSIA${\geq}$HQSAR>2D-QSAR 모델의 순서로 양호하였다. 최적화된 CoMSIA F1 모델은 grid 3.0${\AA}$과 field fit 정렬조건에서 가장 족은 예측성과 상관성($r^2_{cf}$=0.754 및 $r^2_{ncv}$=0.976)을 나타내었다. 저해 활성에 관한 CoMSIA상의 기여비율(%)은 수소결합 받게장(48.9%), 입체장(25.8%) 및 소수성장(25.4%)의 순서이었다. 그러므로 기질 화합물의 PTP-1B에 대한 저해활성은 $R_4$-치환기의 수소결합 받게 장(A)에 의존적이었다. 등고도 분석 결과로부터 $R_1$-치환기는 수소결합 받게장이 작고 $R_3$-치환기는 입체장이 작으며 그리고 $R_4$-치환기는 수소결합 받게장, 소수성 및 입체장이 큰 치환기가 저해활성을 증가시킬 것으로 예측되었다.

• 폴리머
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.119-123
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 항암제 전달체로 응용하기 위하여 천연고분자인 히알루론산(hyaluronic acid, HA)에 소수 성기 도입을 위하여 담즙산(bile acid) 중 하나인 디옥시콜산(deoxycholic acid)(DA)을 개질하여 양친성 공중합체를 제조하였고, 이를 항암제 전달체로 응용하고자 하였다. 디옥시콜산이 결합된 히알루론산(HADA)의 물리화학적 특성은 $^1H$ NMR, FTIR, spectrophotometer와 TEM을 이용하여 측정하였다. 디옥시콜산이 결합된 히알루론산에 항암제(파클리탁셀)를 투석방법을 통하여 봉입시켰고, in vitro에서 KB 세포에 대한 항암활성을 확인하였다. 제조된 디옥시콜산이 결합된 히알루론산이 항암제 전달체로서의 응용 가능성을 제시하였다.

• International Journal of Oral Biology
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.63-70
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• 2017

Selecting an appropriate antigen with optimal immunogenicity and physicochemical properties is a pivotal factor to develop a protein based subunit vaccine. Despite rapid progress in modern molecular cloning and recombinant protein technology, there remains a huge challenge for purifying and using protein antigens rich in hydrophobic domains, such as membrane associated proteins. To overcome current limitations using hydrophobic proteins as vaccine antigens, we adopted in silico analyses which included bioinformatic prediction and sequence-based protein 3D structure modeling, to develop a novel periodontitis subunit vaccine against the outer membrane protein FomA of Fusobacterium nucleatum. To generate an optimal antigen candidate, we predicted hydrophilicity and B cell epitope parameter by querying to web-based databases, and designed a truncated FomA (tFomA) candidate with better solubility and preserved B cell epitopes. The truncated recombinant protein was engineered to expose epitopes on the surface through simulating amino acid sequence-based 3D folding in aqueous environment. The recombinant tFomA was further expressed and purified, and its immunological properties were evaluated. In the mice intranasal vaccination study, tFomA significantly induced antigen-specific IgG and sIgA responses in both systemic and oral-mucosal compartments, respectively. Our results testify that intelligent in silico designing of antigens provide amenable vaccine epitopes from hard-to-manufacture hydrophobic domain rich microbial antigens.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.114-117
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• 2008

Chelating agents to sand lance fish sauce for the prevention of precipitate formation were applied. The precipitates consisted of crude protein (74.4%), ash (18.7%), and other components (6.9%). Sand lance sauce was mainly composed of glutamic acid (3.69 mg/g), alanine (2.96 mg/g), and lysine (2.64 mg/g). However, there was an increase in the amount of hydrophobic amino acids, phenylalanine, isoleucine, and leucine, in the precipitates. Sodium ions were not detected in the precipitate; rather, the main elements were Mg ($1.98{\times}10^4\;{\mu}g/g)$, K ($1.36{\times}10^4\;{\mu}g/g)$, and Ca ($6.66{\times}10^2\;{\mu}g/g)$. In HPLC analysis, fish sauce was composed of 2 main peaks with molecular weights of 85.5 and 528.4 Da, respectively. However, the precipitate contained one peak with a molecular weight of 1,513.5 Da. The addition of 0.2% malic acid and citric acid caused 55 and 70% prevention of the precipitate, respectively. Citric acid was the most effective chelating agent and efficiently prevented precipitation in the fish sauce.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.139-145
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• 1993

The nucleotide sequence of the xylanase gene (xynS) from alkali-tolerant Bacillus sp. YA.14 was determined and analyzed. A 639 base pairs open reading frame for xynS gene was observed and encoded for a protein of 213 amino acids with a molecular weight of 23, 339. S1 nuclease mapping showed that the transcription initiation site of the xynS gene did not exist in the cloned DNA. Ribosome binding site sequence with the free energy of -18.8 Kcal/mol was observed 8 base pairs upstream from the initiation codon, ATG. The proposed signal sequence consisted of 28 amino acids, of which 3 were basic amino acid residues and 21 were hydrophobic amino acid residues. When the amino acid sequences of xylanases were compared, Bacillus sp. YA-14 xylanase showed 48% homology with Bacillus sp. YC-335 xylanase and 96% homology with xylanases from B. subtilis and B. circulans.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.306-311
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• 1993

소수성 기질인 progesterone 을 수용성 반응액 속에 용해하기 위하여 사용되는 methanol 이 Rhizopus nigricans 의 성장과 progesterone 의 11.alpha.-hydroxylation 반응에 미치는 영향을 조사하고, 세포막 인지질의 불포화 지방산 함량을 증가시켜 유기용매에 대한 내성을 유도하였다. R. nigricans 의 균사체는 methanol 존재하에서 형태적인 변화를 일으켰으며, 세포막 인지질의 지방산 조성에 변화를 가져와 불포화 지방산, 특히 oleic acid 의 함량이 증가되었다. 세포의 고정화는 유기용매로부터 세포를 보호하여 progesterone 의 11-.alpha.-hydroxylation 율을 증가시켰다. 성장배지에 500.$\mu$g/l의 biotin 을 첨가하였을 때 세포막 인지질의 oleic acid 함랴이 증가되었으며 methanol 에 대한 내성이 증진되어 높은 progesterone 의 11 $\alpha$-hydroxylation 율을 얻을 수 있었다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제25권9호
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• pp.1321-1325
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• 2004

Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), an anionic surfactant, can strongly adsorb at the surface of a carbon paste electrode (CPE) via the hydrophobic interaction. In pH 3.0 $Na_2HPO_4$-citric acid buffer (Mcllvaine buffer) and in the presence of SDS, the cationic indole-3-acetic acid (IAA, $pK_a$ = 4.75) was highly accumulated at the CPE surface through the electrostatic interaction between the negative-charged head group of SDS and cationic IAA, compared with that in the absence of SDS. Hence, the oxidation peak current of IAA increases greatly and the oxidation peak potential shifts towards more negative direction. The experimental parameters, such as pH, varieties of surfactants, concentration of SDS, and scan rate were optimized for IAA determination. The oxidation peak current is proportional to the concentration of IAA over the range from $5\;{\times}\;10^{-8}$ mol/L to $2\;{\times}\;10^{-6}$ mol/L. The detection limit is $2\;{\times}\;10^{-8}$ mol/L after 3 min of accumulation. This new voltammetric method was successfully used to detect IAA in some plant leaves.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.120-124
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• 1986

In order to investigate effective solar energy conversion system, the light-induced electron transfer reactions have been examined across single-lamellar liposomes incorporated organic photosensitizers such as anthracene and naphthalene derivatives. We have observed photosensitized reduction of methyl viologen (1,1'-dimethyl-4,4'-$bipyridinium^{2+}$) dissolved in the exterior aqueous phase of the pigmented phospholipid liposomes when EDTA, as electron donor, is dissolved in the enclosed aqueous phase of the liposomes. The anthroyl stearic acid incorporated in the hydrophobic bilayer of liposomes leads to much less quantum yield for the photosensitized reduction of $MV^{2+}$ than the anthracene carboxylate incorporated in the outer hydrophilic layer. However, ${\beta}$-carotene with anthroyl stearic acid incorporated into the bilayer enhances the quantum yield significantly (${\Phi}{\simeq}0.2-0.3$), preventing the reverse reaction of electron transfer ($MV^+_\ {\rightarrow}MV^{2+}$) so that it might be useful for solar energy conversion into chemical energy. A naphthalene derivative, octadecyl naphthylamine sulfonic acid incorporated into the outer layer of liposomes results in less efficiency of $MV^{2+}$ reduction than anthroyl stearic acid. These results have been also tested with respect to lipid components of liposomes.