• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.251-255
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• 2008

The aim of the present recent study was to compare the protein patterns in the vaginal mucus of Hanwoo cattles during spontaneous and CIDR induced-estrus. Ten cattles, who had been observed in estrus, received no treatment and served as the group of cattles with normal spontaneous estrus. Thirteen cattles in the CIDR received an CIDR insert on day 14 were removed and cattles were injected GnRH on day 15. Vaginal mucus samples were collected from all cattles at the same time the single AI in cattles with spontaneous estrus and the AI in cattles with induced estrus. Spontaneous and CIDR-induced estrus vaginal mucus samples were analyzed on two different array surfaces: cation-exchange (CM10), anion-exchange (Q10). In addition, using the NaCl solution by which the proteins combined after washing are 0.5, 1 and 2 M, it was fractionated and a protein was collected successively. The results are summarized as follows: 1) Ionic surfaces chemistries (Q10 and CM10) gave the best results in terms of detectable protein peaks, with more than 100 protein peaks in the two fractions and under each condition. 2) Protein mass spectrometer using 11 different proteins in protein identification of 7 were able to determine the protein. List of identified proteins as follows; Ribosome-binding protein 1, GRIP 1-associated protein 1, Katanin p60 ATPase-containing subunit A-like 1, Protein FAM44A, DUF729 domain-containing protein 1, Prolactin precursor, Dihydrofolate erductase. Conclusively, on the basis of this study, protein expression in the vaginal mucus could be used as an indicator for time of estrus manifestation in order to increase conception rates by applying AI at an optional time.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.215-221
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• 1994

Bacillus megaterium ATCC 14945의 penicillin G acylase 유전자의 염기배열을 결정하였다. 이 유전자에는 2,406 염기쌍으로 이루어진 하나의 open reading frame이 존재하는데, 개시코돈의 5' 위쪽에서 Shine-Dalgarno 배열과 promoter로 여겨지는 부분을 발견하였으며, 종결코돈의 3' 아래쪽에서 rho-independent한 전사종결체와 dby사한 구조를 발견하였다. 염기배열로부터 폴리펩티드의 아미노산 배열을 유추하였다. 이 폴리펩티드의 분자량은 91,983 Da이었으며, 아미노 말단 부이에 signal sequence가 존재하였다. 이 아미노산 배열을 여러 다른 penicillin G acylase의 아미노산 배열과 비교하고 분리 정제한 효소를 SDS-polyacrylamide gel 전기영동으로 분석한 결과로부터 이 효소는 92kDa의 전구체로 해독된 후 processing 과정을 거쳐 각각 25kDa과 61kDa의 ${\alpha}$-, ${\beta}$-단위체로 구성됨을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.29-42
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• 1979

In order to observe metabolic effects of an oral conceptive, Norinyle, on female Guinea pig, the changes of ascorbic acid amount and alkaline phosphatase activity in the liver and serum were determined, and histochemical changes of the uterus were observed by microscopic and electronmicroscopic methods by administration of Norinyle with or without ascorbic acid. The results obtained are summerized as follows: 1) The metabolic changes were clearly influenced by the administration of Norinyle alone, but the changes were diminshed by administration of Norinyle with ascorbic acid. 2) The adimnistration of Norinyle influenced to increases the requirment of ascorbic acid in the liver. 3) The uterus weight of the Norinyle administered group was much increased, while the weight was less increased in the group of administered Norinyle with ascorbic acid than the control. 4) The Norinyle administration was brought about an atrophy of endometrium, of uterus especially, functional layer, that the formation of glands were inadequately and the fromation of basal layer and stroma were diminished. 5) An acute infarction on the all layers of the uterus was developed at 9th and 25th days of Norinyle administration and 20th day of Norinyle with ascorbic acid administration. 6) A hypertrophy of stromal and endovascular cells were observed on the groups administered of Norinyle alone(group II ) or Norinyle with ascorbic acid(group IV). 7) It was observed that amount of collagen fiber in the basal and muscular layeres of uterus were diminished under a microscopical observation by the special stained specimen on the Norinyle administered group, but the amount and distribution of reticulin fiber were not changed significantly. 8) The fille structure of outer functional layer of the uterus were significantly changed by administration of Norinyle which were shown irregurarity of nuclear membrane, poor development ana significant expansion of enaoplasmic reticulum, decreases of the amount of ribosome due to slip off, increases of the number of dense bodies, obvious formation of vaccule, an4 decreases the amount of collagen in inner and outer layer of the stroma. 9) The amount of ascorbic acid in the serum did not much changed but the amount in the liver was much decreased by the administration of Norinyle, And the administration of Norinyle with ascorbic acid induced for a significant diminishing on the changes of uterus which might be able to developed by the administration of Norinyle alone.

• Current Research on Agriculture and Life Sciences
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• 제3권
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• pp.92-98
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• 1985

도마도 과실의 감압저장에 관한 연구의 일환으로 도마도 과실의 추숙, 노화 현상을 효소적인 면에서 관찰하고자, 퍼옥시다제의 활성 변화, 동위효소의 유무, 그리고, 이에 따른 과실내의 저장물질의 변화를 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 도마도 퍼옥시다제의 활성은 가용성구분, 세포벽구분, 미토콘드리아구분, 리보조옴구분의 순으로 강하게 나타났으며, 그 중 가용성과 세포벽구분의 활성이 95% 이상을 차지하고 있었다. 도마도의 추숙, 노화에 따라 퍼옥시다제의 활성은 감소하였으며 상온저장($25^{\circ}C$)에 비해, 저온저장($15^{\circ}C$)이 전반적으로 활성이 높았으며, 그 감소 경향은 유사하였다. 상압에 비해 감압구의 활성이 높았으며, 감압구 중에서도 380Torr.구가 570Torr.구에 비해 높은 활성을 보였다. 저장중 가용성(soluble), 가용화성(Solubilized), 퍼옥시다제의 전기영동 패턴(electrophoresis pattern)의 변화를 관찰한 바 3 - 4 종의 동위효소(isoenzyme)가 관찰되었으며 저장중 전기영동상의 변화가 인정되었다. 감압에 따른 저장중 일반성분의 변화는, 저온구와 상온구에 있어서, 온도에 의한 영향이 전반적으로 많이 나타나서 상온구 보다 저온구가 저장효과가 좋은 것으로 나타났고, 압력에 의한 영향도 다소간 나타내어 570Torr.구보다 380Torr.구의 저장 효과가 좋았으며, 이상의 두가지 사실을 종합해 볼때, 저온 380Torr.구가 저장효과가 가장 좋은 것으로 나타났다. 가용성 퍼옥시다제는 밴드B가 저장초기에 있었으나 저장 6일 경에 소실되었으며 밴드A는 가용화시킨 퍼옥시다제의 경우와 거의 같은 경향이었으며, 밴드는 저장시일이 경과할수록 전반적으로 약간 모여드는 경향이었다.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.271-282
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• 1983

동면기 양서류 피부 색소세포의 미세구조를 관찰하기 위하여 무미 양서류인 개구리 (Rana nigromaculata)의 피부조직을 2.5% glutaradehyde-paraformaldehye (pH 7.2)와 2% osmium tetroxide에 전후 고정한 후 ethanol과 acetone으로 탈수, Epon 812 mixture에 포매하여 LKB ultramicrotome으로 초박절 표본을 만들어 uranyl acetate와 lead citrate로 염색하여 Jeol-100B형 전자현미경으로 관찰하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 동면기 개구리의 피부 색소세포는 대황세포, iridophore 및 흑색소 보유세포로 구성되었으며, 이들 세포의 특징은 다음과 같다. 1. 대황세포 A. 대황세포는 pterinosome과 carotinoid vesicles이 전세포질에 채워져 있었으며, 많은 ribosome과 소수의 mitochondria 및 glycogen particle이 pterinosome 사이에 분산되었다. B. Pterinosome은 크고 작은 원형 또는 타원형이며, 이 소낭속의 내부 구조물에 EK라 6가지 형 (제1형 pterinosome, 제2형 pterinosome, 제3형 pterinosome, 제4형 pterinosome, 제5형 pterinosome, 제6형 pterinosome)으로 구분되며, 특히 제1형 pterinosome, 제2형 pterinosome, 제3형 pterinosome이 발달되었따. C. Carotinoid vesicle은 작은 원형 또는 타원형이며, 대부분의 carotinoid vesicle은 핵 주변부에 덩어리 모양으로 모여있고, 일부분은 이 세포의 pterinosome 사이에 분산되어 나타났다. 2. Iridophore A. Iridophore는 볼록렌즈와 같이 나타나고 좁은 세포간 공간에 의하여, 대황세포 아래에 위치하였다. B. Iridophore는 장방형 EH는 방추형의 reflective platelet로 채워져 있었으며, 서로 평행하게 규칙적으로 배열되었다. 3. 흑색소 보유세포 A. 흑색소 보유세포는 대황세포와 iridophore와 평행하여 가장 밑부분에 위치하였다. B. 흑색소 과립은 원형 또는 타원형으로 전세포질에 채워져 있었으며, 세포 소기관은 잘 관찰되지 않았다. C. 흑색소 과립으로 채워진 흑색소 보유세포의 돌기는 iridophore의 양 측부로 \ulcorner어 올라가 대황세포와 iridophore의 사이에 위치하였다.

• 식물조직배양학회지
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.453-475
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• 1998

During the 100 years since the initial discovery of meiotic phenomenon many brilliant aspects have been elucidated, but further researches based on light microscopy alone as an experimental tool have been found to have some limits and shortcomings. By the use of electron microscopy and armed with the advanced knowledges on modern genetics and biochemistry it has been possible to applu molecular technology in gaining information on the detailed aspects of meiosis. As synapsis takes place, a three-layered proteinous structure called the synatonemal complex starts to form in the space between the homologous chromosomes. To be more precise, it begins to form along the paired chromosomes early in the prophase I of meiotic division. The mechanism that leads to precise point-by-point pairing between homologous chromocomes division. The mechamism that leads to precise point-by-point pairing between homologous chromosomes remains to be ascertained. Several items of information, however, suggest that chromsome alignment leading to synapsis may be mediated somehow by the nuclear membrane. Pachytene bivalents in eukaryotes are firmly attached to the inner niclear membrane at both termini. This attached begins with unpaired leptotene chromosomes that already have developed a lateral element. Once attached, the loptotene chromosomes begin to synapse. A number of different models have been proposed to account for genetic recombination via exchange between DNA strands following their breakage and subsequent reunion in new arrangement. One of the models accounting for molecular recombination leading to chromatid exchange and chiasma formation was first proposed in 1964 by Holliday, and 30 years later still a modified version of his model is favored. Nicks are made by endomuclease at corresponding sites on one strant of each DNA duplex in nonsister chromatid of a bivalent during prophase 1 of meiosis. The nicked strands loop-out and two strands reassociate into an exchanged arrangement, which is sealed by ligase. The remaining intact strand of each duplex is nicked at a site opposite the cross-over, and the exposed ends are digested by exonuclease action. Considerable progress has been made in recent years in the effort to define the molecular and organization features of the centromere region in the yeast chromosome. Centromere core region of the DNA duplex is flanked by 15 densely packed nucleosomes on ons side and by 3 packed nucleosomes on the other side, that is, 2000 bp on one side and 400 400 bp in the other side. All the telomeres of a given species share a common DNA sequence. Two ends of each chromosome are virtually identical. At the end of each chromosome there exist two kinds of DNA sequence" simple telpmeric sequences and telpmere-associated sequencies. Various studies of telomere replication, function, and behabior are now in progress, all greatly aided by molecular methods. During nuclear division in mitosis as well as in meiosis, the nucleili disappear by the time of metaphase and reappear during nuclear reorganizations in telophase. When telophase begins, small nucleoli form at the NOR of each nucleolar-organizing chromosome, enlarge, and fuse to form one or more large nucleoli. Nucleolus is a special structure attached top a specific nucleolar-organizing region located at a specific site of a particular chromosome. The nucleolus is a vertical factory for the synthesis of rRNAs and the assenbly of ribosome subunit precursors.sors.

• 한국미생물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국미생물학회 1991년도 춘계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.225-236
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• 1991

The genes encoding the thermostable $\alpha$-amylase and maltogenic amylase from Bacillus lichenciformis were cloned and expressed in E. coli. The recombinant plasmid pTA322 was found to contain a 3.1kb EcoRI genomic DNA fragment of the thermostable $\alpha$-amylase. The cloned $\alpha$-amylase was compared with the B. licheniformis native $\alpha$-amylase. Both $\alpha$-amylase have the same optimal temperature of $70^{\circ}C$ and are stable in the pH range of 6 and 9. The complete nucleotide sequences of the thermostable $\alpha$-amylase gene were determined. It was composed of one open reading rame of 1,536 bp. Start and stop codons are ATG and TAG. From the amino acid sequence deduced from the nucleotide sequence, the cloned thermostable $\alpha$-amylase is composed of 483 amino acid residues and its molecular weight is 55,200 daltons. The content of guanine and cytosine is $47.46mol\%$ and that of third base codon was $53_41mol\%$. The recombinant plasmid, pIJ322 encoding the maltogenic amylase contains a 3.5kb EcoRI-BamHI genomic DNA fragment. The optimal reaction temperature and pH of the maltogenci amylase were $50^{\circ}C$ and 7, respectively. The maltogenic amylase was capable of hydrolysing pullulan, starch and cyclodextrin to produce maltose from starch and panose from pullulan. The maltogenic amylase also showed the transferring activity. The maltogenic amylase gene is composed of one open reading frame of 1,734bp. Start and stop codons are ATG and ATG. At 2bp upstream from start codon, the nucleotide sequence AAAGGGGGAA seems to be the ribosome-binding site(RBS, Shine-Dalgarno sequence). A putative promoter(-35 and-10 regions) was found to be GTTAACA and TGATAAT. From deduced amino acid sequence from the nucleotide srquence, this enzyme was comosed of 578 amino acid residues and its molecular weight was 77,233 daltons. The content of guanine and cytosine was $48.1mol\%$. The new recombinant plasmid, pTMA322 constructed by inserting the thermostable $\alpha$-amylase gene in the EcoRI site of pIJ322 to produce both the thermostable $\alpha$-amylase and the maltogenic amylase were expressed in the E. coli. The two enzymes expressed from E. coli containing pTMA322 was reacted with the $15\%$ starch slurry at $40^{\circ}C$ for 24hours. The distribution of the branched oligosaccharides produced by the single-step process was of the ratio 50 : 50 between small oligosaccharide up DP3 and large oligosaccharide above DP3.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.239-244
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• 2014

ErmSF는 macrolide 항생물질인 tylosin을 생성하는 Streptomyces fradiae가 보유한 4개의 항생제 내성인자 단백질 중 하나로 23S rRNA의 $A_{2058}$에 dimethylation 시킴으로써 항생제가 부착되는 것을 막음으로써 그 내성을 일으킨다. ErmSF는 다른 Erm 단백질과는 달리 긴 N-terminal end region을 가지고 있어서 그 역할을 알아보기 위해 1-38번째의 아미노산을 제거한 결손변이 단백질을 고안하고 대장균에서 발현하여 그 활성을 in vivo와 in vitro에서 관찰하였다. 결손변이 단백질을 발현하는 대장균은 결손에 의한 활성저하에 기인하여 야생형 단백질을 발현하는 대장균에 비하여 항생제에 대한 내성이 손상된 것을 관찰하였다. 세포 외 in vitro에서의 활성은 야생형 ErmSF에 비하여 약 20%가 손상된 것으로 나타났다. 이렇게 관찰된 활성의 저하는 결손 변이에 의한 활성화 부위에서 일어난 결손에 의한 것이라기 보다는 기질의 부착 또는 생성물의 효소에서의 이탈 과정이 손상되어서 나타나는 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국미생물생명공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국미생물생명공학회 2001년도 Proceedings of 2001 International Symposium
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• pp.83-89
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• 2001

Recent advances in the structural and molecular biology uncovered that a set of translation factors resembles a tRNA shape and, in one case, even mimics a tRNA function for deciphering the genetic ：ode. Nature must have evolved this 'art' of molecular mimicry between protein and ribonucleic acid using different protein architectures to fulfill the requirement of a ribosome 'machine'. Termination of protein synthesis takes place on the ribosomes as a response to a stop, rather than a sense, codon in the 'decoding' site (A site). Translation termination requires two classes of polypeptide release factors (RFs)： a class-I factor, codon-specific RFs (RFI and RF2 in prokaryotes; eRFI in eukaryotes), and a class-IT factor, non-specific RFs (RF3 in prokaryotes; eRF3 in eukaryotes) that bind guanine nucleotides and stimulate class-I RF activity. The underlying mechanism for translation termination represents a long-standing coding problem of considerable interest since it entails protein-RNA recognition instead of the well-understood codon-anticodon pairing during the mRNA-tRNA interaction. Molecular mimicry between protein and nucleic acid is a novel concept in biology, proposed in 1995 from three crystallographic discoveries, one, on protein-RNA mimicry, and the other two, on protein-DNA mimicry. Nyborg, Clark and colleagues have first described this concept when they solved the crystal structure of elongation factor EF- Tu：GTP：aminoacyl-tRNA ternary complex and found its overall structural similarity with another elongation factor EF-G including the resemblance of part of EF-G to the anticodon stem of tRNA (Nissen et al. 1995). Protein mimicry of DNA has been shown in the crystal structure of the uracil-DNA glycosylase-uracil glycosylase inhibitor protein complex (Mol et al. 1995; Savva and Pear 1995) as well as in the NMR structure of transcription factor TBP-TA $F_{II}$ 230 complex (Liu et al. 1998). Consistent with this discovery, functional mimicry of a major autoantigenic epitope of the human insulin receptor by RNA has been suggested (Doudna et al. 1995) but its nature of mimic is. still largely unknown. The milestone of functional mimicry between protein and nucleic acid has been achieved by the discovery of 'peptide anticodon' that deciphers stop codons in mRNA (Ito et al. 2000). It is surprising that it took 4 decades since the discovery of the genetic code to figure out the basic mechanisms behind the deciphering of its 64 codons.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.188-199
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• 2002

Xylanase를 생산하는 내열성 Bacillus pumilus TX703의 chromosomal DNA로부터 xylanase 유전자를 cloning하여 그 염기배열 순서를 결정한 다음 이로부터 유전자 발현에 관련된 구조를 분석하였다. Xylanase 유전자의 cloning을 위해 제한효소 HindIII로 절단한 B. pumilus TX703의 chromosomal DNA와 pUC19을 ligation시켜 E. coli DH5 $\alpha$에 형질전환시킨 후 형질전환체 중에서 xylanase 활성을 나타내는 재조합 plasmid pXES106을 분리하였다. 재조합 plasmid pXES106은 pUC19의 HindIII 부위 내에 2.24 kb의 외래 DNA가 삽입되었고, 이 plasmid DNA를 분리하여 E. coli DH5 $\alpha$에 재형질전환시킨 결과 vector 내에 xylanase 유전자가 cloning되었음을 확인하였다. Cloning된 유전자의 염기배열을 분석한 결과 이 유전자의 총 크기는 2,187 bp였고 이는 409개기 아미노산을 coding 하는 open reading frame 1,227 bp를 포함하고 있었다. 이 염기배열은 ATG개시 codon으로부터 각각 193과 216 base 상류에 TTTAAT의 -10 box와 TCGAAA인 -35 box로 추정되는 염기배열이 존재하였고 -10 box로부터 7 bp하류에 전사개시점인 A가 위치하고 있었다. 또한, 개시 codon으로부터 432 bp 상류에 공통염기배열과 14개의 염기 중 11개의 염기가 일치하는 TGATGGCGTCGGCA의 catabolite responsive element (CRE)가 존재하였다. B. pumilus TX703의 xylanase와 아미노산배열의 유사성이 가장 높은 xylanase는 Hordeum vulgare의 isozyme X-I이었고 본 xylanase는 208번째와 322번째에 glutamic acid 잔기를 가지고 있어 Clostridium thermocellum, Dictyoglomus thermophilum, Thermotoga neapolitana 등에서 밝혀진 바와 같이 glutamic acid 부위가 xylanase의 활성부위라 여겨진다.