• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.70-74
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• 2003

The heterogeneous bioluminescence immunoassay for digoxin was developed using photoprotein, native aequorin as a label and the site-directed immobilization technique based on avidin/biotin interaction. Aequorin is a bioluminescence protein, originally isolated from the jellyfish Aequoria Victoria and an attractive label in analytical applications because of sensitive detection due to virtually no background bioluminescent signal. Digoxin is a cardioactive drug, and its therapeutic level in serum is at low concentration with very narrow therapeutic index. The aequorin-digoxigenin conjugates were synthesized by the N-hydroxysuccinimide ester method and characterized in terms of bioluminescent residual activity. The resulting dose-response curve shows that the detection limit is $1.0\;{\times}\;10^{-10}\;M$ and a dynamic range is three orders of magnitude, which was obtained by $1.0\;{times}\;10^{-10}\;M$ conjugate and 0.9 μg/mL anti-digoxin antibody. Three structurally similar molecules to digoxin were examined for their cross-reactivity. None of these three compounds showed any crossreactivity with digoxin antibody employed in this study. Standard amounts of digoxin corresponding to the therapeutic range were spiked into the each serum solution. Study of the serum matrix effect indicated that correlation coefficient shows good agreement between luminescence light intensity between in buffer and in serum.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제25권8호
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• pp.1291-1298
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• 2015

Five different polymer nanofibers, namely, polyaniline nanofiber (PANI), magnetically separable polyaniline nanofiber (PAMP), magnetically separable DEAE cellulose fiber (DEAE), magnetically separable CM cellulose fiber (CM), and polystyrene nanofiber (PSNF), have been used for the immobilization of lactase (E.C. 3.2.1.23). Except for CM and PSNF, three polymers showed great properties. The catalytic activities (k_cat) of the free, PANI, PAMP, and magnetic DEAE-cellulose were determined to be 4.0, 2.05, 0.59, and 0.042 mM/min·mg protein, respectively. The lactase immobilized on DEAE, PANI, and PAMP showed improved stability and recyclability. PANI- and PAMP-lactase showed only a 0-3% decrease in activity after 3 months of vigorous shaking conditions (200 rpm) and at room temperature (25℃). PANI-, PAMP-, and DEAE-lactase showed a high percentage of conversion (100%, 47%, and 12%) after a 1 h lactose hydrolysis reaction. The residual activities of PANI-, PAMP-, and DEAE-lactase after 10 times of recycling were 98%, 96%, and 97%, respectively.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권8호
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• pp.1216-1221
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• 2006

A protein array was fabricated for a miniaturized immunoassay using microcontact printing ($\mu$CP). A polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) stamp with a 5 $\mu$m$\times$5 /$\mu$m dimension was molded from a silicon master developed by photolithography. Under optimal fabrication conditions, including the baking, incubation, and exposure time, a silicon master was successfully fabricated with a definite aspect ratio. An antibody fragment was utilized as the ink for the $\mu$CP, and transferred to an Au substrate because of the Au-thiol (-SH) interaction. The immobilization and antibody-antigen interaction were investigated with fluorescence microscopy. When human serum albumin (HSA) was applied to the protein array fabricated with an antibody against HSA, the detection limit was 100 pg/ml of HSA when using a secondary antibody labeled with a fluorescence tag. The fabricated protein array maintained its activity for 14 days.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.173-177
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• 2006

In this study, a novel strategy was developed for the highly selective immobilization of proteins, using the polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) depolymerase substrate binding domain (SBD) as an active binding domain. In order to determine the appropriacy of this method for immunodiagnostic assays, the single-chain antibody (ScFv) against the hepatitis B virus (HBV) preS2 surface protein and the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) envelope protein (SCVe) were fused to the SBD, then directly immobilized on PH A-coated slides via microspotting. The fluorescence-labeled HBV antigen and the antibody against SCVe were then utilized to examine specific interactions on the PHA-coated surfaces. Fluorescence signals were detected only at the spotted positions, thereby indicating a high degree of affinity and selectivity for their corresponding antigens/antibodies. Furthermore, we detected small amounts of ScFv-SBD (2.7 ng/mL) and SCVe-SBD fusion proteins (0.6ng/mL). Therefore, this microarray platform technology, using PHA and SBD, appears generally appropriate for immunodiagnosis, with no special requirements with regard to synthetic or chemical modification of the biomolecules or the solid surface.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.491-496
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• 2009

Skeletal muscle atrophy is a common phenomenon during the prolonged muscle disuse caused by cast immobilization, extended aging states, bed rest, space flight, or other factors. However, the cellular mechanisms of the atrophic process are poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the involvement of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) in the expression of muscle-specific RING finger 1 (MuRF1) during atrophy of the rat gastrocnemius muscle. Histological analysis revealed that cast immobilization induced the atrophy of the gastrocnemius muscle, with diminution of muscle weight and cross-sectional area after 14 days. Cast immobilization significantly elevated the expression of MuRF1 and the phosphorylation of p38 MAPK. The starvation of L6 rat skeletal myoblasts under serum-free conditions induced the phosphorylation of p38 MAPK and the characteristics typical of cast-immobilized gastrocnemius muscle. The expression of MuRF1 was also elevated in serum-starved L6 myoblasts, but was significantly attenuated by SB203580, an inhibitor of p38 MAPK. Changes in the sizes of L6 myoblasts in response to starvation were also reversed by their transfection with MuRF1 small interfering RNA or treatment with SB203580. From these results, we suggest that the expression of MuRF1 in cast-immobilized atrophy is regulated by p38 MAPK in rat gastrocnemius muscles.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.112-122
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• 2001

Laccase enzymes from Cerrena unicolor and Trametes versicolor were immobilized on the activated glass beads (CPG), silica gel (SG) and soil (SL). The heterogeneous matrices were activated by ${\gamma}$-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) and glutaraldehyde (GA), and their surfaces were coated by keratin (KER) on activated or non-activated CPG, SG and SL. The laccase activities were tested in the aqueous solution for the native and immobilized preparations using different pH and temperature conditions. By keratin coating on supports, in the cases of CPG-KER and SL-KER, the immobilization yield was increased from about 80% to 90%. Moreover, much less protein was immobilized in keratin coated matrices than in inorganic ones alone (e.g. on CPG-KER 57.6%, whereas on CPG alone 80.6%). Laccase immobilization on keratin coated inorganic matrices was generally more effective than that of non-coated matrices. Concerned to pH dependency, the optima pH for immobilized laccases generally shifted towards to higher values, 5.5-5.8 and even 5.9 in the case of keratin for C. unicolor and from 5.3 to 5.7 for T. versicolor, respectively, and decreased less gradually both in acidic and alkaline regions. The immobilized laccase was more stable against thermal denaturation. This seems particularly true at $75^{\circ}C$ in the case of C. unicolor, where the activity of immobilized enzyme is > 50% higher than that of the free enzyme. For T. versicolor the respective values were $65^{\circ}C$, and 50%.

• 센서학회지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.380-386
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• 2008

Quartz crystal microbalance immunosensor has a capacity to perform a label-free and real time detection of a trace amount of analyte through the specific interaction between antibody and antigen. However, immobilization of antibody molecules on the sensor surface is a troublesome procedure for researchers who are not experienced in chemistry. Protein G has a specific affinity to antibody and would serve as a capturing agent for antibody when immobilized on the sensor surface. In this work, we prepared a protein G sensor chip by immobilizing protein G on the surface of quartz crystal microbalance and examined its capability to detect human haptoglobin or human transferrin with unpurified corresponding antiserum. Specific and dose dependent response was observed when the protein G chip was used for detection of antigens after saturated with antiserum. We also verified several advantageous aspects of the protein G chip such as improved flexibility and sensitivity.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.500-504
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• 2001

Sepharose CL-6B 의 기능기를 aldehyderl로 활성화시킨 후 urokinase와 공유결합 시켜 고정화하는 방법을 6mL 규모에서 250 mL 규모로 스케일업한 결과 고정화 수율 및 고정화 된 UK에 의한 절단반응 수율 등에서 스케일업 전후의 결과에 차이가 없었다. 따라서 위의 고정화 방법의 scale-up 효능은 매우 우수한 것으로 나타났다. hGH와 GST 절편으로 구성된 융합 단백질의 고정화 UK 컬럼에 의한 절단 반응 후 용출액의 pH를 3.5로 낮춤으로써 이물질들을 침전시키고 이를 expanded bed chromatography zf칼럼에 통과시킨 결과, 이 물질들의 제거와 hGH 단량체의 흡착분리가 동시에 이루어졌다. 흡착된 단량체는 NaCL에의해 용출되었으며 이 단계의 수율은 거의 100%이었다. 따라서 칼럼에 의한 절단 반응과 t산 침전에 의한 이물질 침전 바능, EBA에 의한 이물질 제거 및 단량체 회수 반응을 연속적으로 진행할 수 있는 기초를 제시하였다. 또한 고정화된 UK는 guanidine HCl(6 M)을 이용하여 unfolding 시키고 이를 세적하여 refolding 시킨 결과 20회의 반복적인 처리 후에도 초기 활성의 약 80% 수준을 유지하였다. 이는 UK 가 공유결합된 상태에서 solid-phase refolding이 가능하다는 증거이며, 고정화 효소 칼럼의 수명을 크게 향상시켜 경제성을 확보하는 방안으로 이용될 것으로 기대된다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제20권11호
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• pp.1656-1661
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• 2010

난황단백질 가수분해를 위한 알칼리성 단백질분해효소를 5가지 담체 Duolite A568, Celite R640, Dowex-1, Dowex 50W 그리고 Silica gel R60 에 고정화하였다. Duolite A568의 경우에 24.7%의 최대 고정화 효율을 나타내었다. 자유 효소와 고정화 효소에 대한 최적의 pH는 각각 8과 9였고, 최적의 pH는 고정화에 의해 염기성으로 1만큼 증가하였다. 그러나 최적 온도는 자유 효소와 고정화 효소 모두 $50^{\circ}C$로 같았다. 고정화 효소가 자유 효소에 비해 높은 열 안정성을 보였다. 재사용 회분식 공정에서 10 cycle 동안 효소활성은 초기 활성의 86%를 유지하였다. 연속 공정을 위한 충진층 반응기에서 여러 유속에 대한 장기 조업에서 효소 활성의 안정성 평가하였는데 낮은 유속일수록 높은 활성을 유지하였다. 연속 조업에서 casein과 난황 단백질을 사용하여 원료에 대한 고정화 효소의 활성에 대한 영향을 조사하였다. 96시간 연속 조업에서 casein의 경우는 초기 활성의 83%를 유지하였고 난황 단백질의 경우는 초기 활성의 61%를 유지하였다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.166-171
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 전기적 결합 계수가 큰 PMN-PT 압전 재료를 사용하여 탄성표면파를 발진시켜 단백질을 검출할 수 있는 새로운 바이오센서로써 이용 가능성을 확인하고자 시도하였다. 실험결과 PMN-PT 압전 재료의 중심 주파수 필터링은 LT 압전 재료보다 우수하였지만, 만족할만한 결과를 얻을 수는 없었다. 또한, 본 연구에서는 위암을 일으키는 mismatched DNA를 검출하기 위한 방법을 개발하고자 하였다. 그 결과 EDC 용액을 사용하여 NTA에 MutS를 고정화 하였다. 그러나 Ni(니켈)을 사용하여 MutS를 고정화하여 mismatched DNA를 측정하는 것이 더 효과적인 방법이라 판단된다.