• Journal of Life Science
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.14-18
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• 2002

Subpopulations of nucleotides that bind specifically to a variety of proteins have been isolated from a population of random sequence RNA/DNA molecules. Roughly one in $10^{13}$ random sequence RNA/DNA molecules folds in such a way as to create a specific binding site for small ligands. Since the development of in vitro selection procedure, more than 50 nucleic acid ligands (aptamers) have been isolated. These molecules are very useful for the study of molecular recognition between nucleic acid and protein/organic compound. In addition to these basic studies this method gives us a dream to produce new drugs against several diseases. We focused on several aptamers which specifically binds to trypsin-like serine proteases (thrombin, human neutrophil elastase, activated protein C and NS3 protease of human hepatitis C virus) and want to introduce their structural characteristics and some functions.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.126-133
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• 1992

Comparative amino acid quantities on the blood analysis was carried out to investigate the amino acid specific characters on the blood in four type of physical constitution 1. In TAE-EUM-IN group, compared with control group, the proline and the serine were more observed. 2. In SO-EUM-IN group, compared with control group, the aspartic acid was more observed. 3. In SO-YANG-IN group, compared with control group, the proline was more observed. but the threonine and the aspartic acid were less observed. 4. In SO-EUM-IN group, compared with TAE-EUM-IN group, the aspartic acid and the serine were more observed. 5. In SO-YANG-IN group, compared with TAE-EUM-IN group, the serine and the proline were more observed, but the glutamic acid and the threonine were less observed. 6. In SO-YANG-IN group, compared with SO-EUM-IN group, the threonine and the aspartic acid were less observed.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.347-351
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• 2004

Maggot fibrolase (MsMg-1) was purified from the maggots of Mimela splendems using ammonium sulfate fractionation, DEAE Affi-gel affinity chromatography. This protease had a molecular weight of 85 kDa as determined by SDS-polyacrylarnide gel electrophoresis under reducing conditions. It showed strong proteolytic and fibrinolytic activities. The purified enzyme was strongly inhibited by phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride, Mn/sup 2+/, and Zn/sup 2+/ but it was not by EDTA, EGT, Mg/sup 2+/, Ca/sup 2+/, and Li/sup 2+/ ions. In these experimental results, we have speculated that MsMg-1 is a serine protease with a strong fibrinolytic activity.

• BMB Reports
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.421-425
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• 2003

The serine/threonine protein kinase family is a large and diverse group of enzymes that are involved in the regulation of multiple cellular pathways. Elevated kinase activity has been implicated in many diseases and frequently targeted for the development of pharmacological inhibitors. Therefore, non-radioactive antibody-based kinase assays that allow high throughput screening of compound libraries have been developed. However, they require a generation of antibodies against the phosphorylated form of a specific substrate. We report here a time-resolved fluorescence assay platform that utilizes a commercially-available generic anti-phosphothreonine antibody and permits assaying kinases that are able to phosporylate threonin residues on protein substrates. Using this approach, we developed an assay for Cdc7/Dbf4 kinase activity, determined the $K_m$ for ATP, and identified rottlerin as a non-ATP competitive inhibitor of this enzyme.

• Mycobiology
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.209-213
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• 2003

Aspergillus flavus K-03 isolated from poultry forming soil in Korea was studied for its ability to produce extracellular proteases on basal medium containing 2%(w/v) chicken feathers. The fungus was observed to be a potent producer of such enzymes. Keratinolytic enzyme secretion was the best at 15 days of incubation period at pH 9 and temperature $40^{\circ}C$. No relationship existed between the enzyme yield and increase of biomass. Enzyme production was suppressed by exogenous sugars in descending order arabinose>maltose>mannose>fructose. But glucose did not influence the enzyme activity. The keratinolytic enzyme released by the fungus demonstrated the ability to decompose keratin substrates as chicken feather when exogenous glucose was present. The keratinolytic activity was inhibited by $HgCl_2$ and serine-protease inhibitors such as phenymethylsulfonyl fluoride(100%), chymostain(88%), crystalline soybean trypsin inhibtor(80%), antipain(45%) and aprotinin(40%), and was not by cystein-protease and aspartyl-protease inhibitors. The enzyme activity is only partially inhibited by metallo-protease inhibitor. Thus, the enzyme secreted by A. flavus K-03 belongs to the alkaline serine-type protease.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.253-261
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• 1984

Leaf discs isolated from the pea seedling grown in nutrient solution containing 5mM ammonia or nitrate exhibited a half level of photorespiration as compared with the nitrogen free control. The manifestation of the ammonia effect appeared somewhat earlier than that of nitrate effect, but this difference subsided as the culture periods was extended. The total amount of ${CO}_2$ fixed by leaves from nitrogen-supplemented seedlings showed approximately 1.5 fold increase over the control with the ammonia effect being manifested earlier than the nitrate effect. The activities of peroxisomal serine: glyoxylate aminotransferase were always higher with ammonia than nitrate, the two types of nitrogen source, however, had similar effect on conversion rate of glyoxylate into glycine. These results indicate that exogenous ammonia does not act directly as an effector of this aminotransferase in vivo. But changes in the level of the pool size of glycine and serine, both of which are the intermediates of photorespiratory process, suggest that exogenous ammonia inhibit the transformation of serine from glycine metabolically.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.96-104
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• 2019

Beauveria bassiana, one of the most common entomopathogenic fungi, has been isolated, pre defined and characterized in-house from soil of tea cultivation area. Experiments have been performed to verify the presence of chitinase as intracellular metabolite and its release as extracellular product rendering the spores with biopesticide activity. Although there are many responsible enzymes for the pest killer action of B. bassiana, binding property of chitinase depending on presence as well as absence of serine supplemented in the media has been studied with respect to the production and kinetics. A programmed investigation conclusively indicates that the isolated spore (hyphae) of B. bassiana has been metabolically enriched with the enzyme chitinase in presence of an externally added amino acid serine with its inhibitory kinetics.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.36-43
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• 1972

여름철 즐겨먹는 토마토, 수박, 참외, 복숭아, 자두중(中)의 유리(遊離) amino 산(酸) 및 당(糖)을 Amino acid Autoanalyzer와 thin layer chromatography에 의해 분석(分析) 조사(調査)한 결과(結果)는 다음과 같다. 1) 과즙중(果汁中)에서 동정(同定)된 amino산(酸) 종류(種類)로는 aspartic acid, glutamic acid, alanine, serine, asparagine, lysine, valine, glycine, methionine, histidine, thereonine, leucine, isoleucine, proline, arginine의 15개(個)였고 그밖에 1개(個)의 unknown이 발견 되었다. 2) 토마토, 복숭아, 자두 중(中)에는 10개(個)의 amino산(酸)이 수박과 참외(가식부(可食部))중(中)에는 13개(個)의 amino산(酸)이, 그리고 참외(과피부(果皮部))에는 11개(個)의 amino산(酸)이 함유(含有)되었다. 3) 일반적(一般的)으로 이러한 amino산(酸)들은 소량이지만 골고루 함유(含有) 되었다. 4) 토마토에는 glutamic acid와 aspartic acid가 가장 많이 함유(含有)되었고, 수박에는 asparagine과 lysine이, 참외에는 alanine, serine, aspartic acid가 그리고 복숭아와 자두에는 aspartic acid와 serine이 가장 많이 함유(含有)되었다. 5) 과즙중(果汁中) 유리당(遊離糖)은 다같이 glucose, fructose, sucrose, maltose의 4개(個)가 함유(含有)되었고 그중(中) glucose와 fructose는 다량(多量)이고 sucrose, maltose는 소량(少量)이었다.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.179-184
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• 2021

각질층은 피부의 가장 바깥쪽에 위치하여 피부 내 수분을 유지시킨다. 피부 보습은 각질층 내 천연보습인자(natural moisturizing factors, NMF)에 의존하는데, NMF 중 아미노산이 가장 많은 비율을 차지한다. 본 연구에서는 NMF 중 serine (Ser)의 피부 투과율을 개선시키기 위해 생체 적합한 고형지질인 stearic acid 기반 고형지질나노입자(solid lipid nanoparticles, SLNs)를 설계하였다. Ser 봉입 SLNs은 이중 가온용융유화법으로 제조하였다. 평균 입자 크기는 256.30 ~ 416.93 nm이었고 제타전위는 -17.60 ~ -35.27 mV이었다. 유화제의 지용성 또는 친수성의 정도가 각각 높아질수록 입자크기 작아지고 안정성 및 봉입율이 높아지는 경향을 보였다. Ser의 피부 투과 연구를 위해 인체 표피 유래 피부 조직(SkinEthic^TM RHE)을 사용하였다. Ser의 피부 투과결과 SLN을 적용한 제형이 대조군인 Ser 용액에 비해 약 4.1 ~ 6.2 배 투과율이 개선되었음을 확인하였다. 유화제의 지용성 또는 친수성의 정도가 각각 높아질수록 Ser의 피부 투과율이 높아지는 경향을 보였다. 따라서, Ser이 봉입된 SLN은 기능성화장품의 보습효과 처방을 위한 경피흡수 제형으로 사용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제33권11호
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• pp.859-867
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• 2023

루페올은 5환성 트리테르펜의 일종으로 많은 질병에 치료 효과가 있는 것으로 보고되었으나, 인슐린 저항성에 미치는 영향은 명확하지 않다. 본 연구에서는 3T3-L1 지방세포에서 루페올의 IRS-1 인산화 억제능을 통해 인슐린 저항성 개선효과를 조사하였다. 3T3-L1 세포를 배양하고 TNF-α를 24시간 동안 처리하여 인슐린 저항성을 유도하였다. 서로 다른 농도의 루페올(15, 30 μM) 또는 100 nM의 rosiglitazone을 처리한 세포를 배양한 후, 용해된 세포를 이용하여 western blotting을 시행하였다. 실험결과 루페올은 지방세포에서 TNF-α에 의해 유발되는 인슐린 신호전달의 음성 조절자와 염증 활성화 단백질 kinase에 대한 개선 효과를 나타냈다. 인슐린 신호전달의 음성 조절자인 PTP-1B와 JNK의 활성 및 IKK와 염증활성화 단백질키나아제의 활성을 억제하였다. 또한, 루페올은 IRS-1의 serine 인산화는 하향 조절하고 tyrosine 인산화는 상향 조절하였다. 그 후, 하향 조절된 PI3K/AKT 경로가 활성화되고, GLUT 4의 세포막 전위가 자극되어, 결과적으로 인슐린 저항성이 유도된 3T3-L1 지방세포에서에서 세포내 포도당 흡수가 증가하였다. 본 연구결과, 루페올은 3T3-L1 지방세포에서 인슐린 신호전달 및 염증 활성화 단백질 kinsase들의 음성 조절인자를 억제하여, IRS-1의 serine 인산화를 하향 조절함으로써 TNF-α 유발 인슐린 저항성을 개선할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.