• The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.186-192
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• 2004

This study was performed to investigate softening methods of raw sea tangle for development of sea tangle processing products and intermediate materials. In examination of various softening agents, it was revealed that 0.3％ sodium triphosphate was best effective on softening with heat treatment. Softerness and spreadability of sea tangle treated with sodium triphosphate and heat treatment were indicated to be better than the others. In blanching studies, microwave was extremely effective on softening and the effect was as follows: microwave>steaming>boiling water in softening order. In the case of adding 0.3％ sodium triphosphate in blanching treatment, there was synergy effectiveness on softening. The color change of treated sea tangle was significantly different at p<0.05 depending on blanching method and addition amount of the agent.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.444.2-444
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• 2001

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.25 no.12
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• pp.2034-2042
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• 2015

A one-pot process of enzymatic synthesis of deoxythymidine-5'-triphosphate (5'-dTTP) employing whole cells of recombinant Escherichia coli coexpressing thymidylate kinase (TMKase) and acetate kinase (ACKase) was developed. Genes tmk and ack from E. coli were cloned and inserted into pET28a(+), and then transduced into E. coli BL21 (DE3) to form recombinant strain pTA in which TMKase and ACKase were simultaneously overexpressed. It was found that the relative residual specific activities of TMKase and ACKase, in pTA pretreated with 20 mM ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA) at 25℃ for 30 min, were 94% and 96%, respectively. The yield of 5'-dTTP reached above 94% from 5 mM deoxythymidine 5'-monophosphate (5'-dTMP) and 15 mM acetyl phosphate catalyzed with intact cells of pTA pretreated with EDTA. The process was so effective that only 0.125 mM adenosine-5'-triphosphate was sufficient to deliver the phosphate group from acetyl phosphate to dTMP and dTDP.

• BMB Reports
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.403-408
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• 2002

A hypothetical 21.0 kDa protein (ORF O197) from Escherichia coli K-12 was cloned, purified, and characterized. The protein sequence of ORF O197(termed EcO197) shares a 33.5% identity with that of a novel NTPase from Methanococcus jannaschii. The EcO197 protein was purified using Ni-NTA affinity chromatography, protease digestion, and gel filtration column. It hydrolyzed nucleoside triphosphates with an O6 atom-containing purine base to nucleoside monophosphate and pyrophosphate. The EcO197 protein had a strong preference for deoxyinosine triphosphate (dITP) and xanthosine triphosphate (XTP), while it had little activity in the standard nucleoside triphosphates (dATP, dCTP, dGTP, and dTTP). These aberrant nucleotides can be produced by oxidative deamination from purine nucleotides in cells; they are potentially mutagenic. The mutation protection mechanisms are caused by the incorporation into DNA of unwelcome nucleotides that are formed spontaneously. The EcO197 protein may function to eliminate specifically damaged purine nucleotide that contains the 6-keto group. This protein appears to be the first eubacterial dITP-and XTP-hydrolyzing enzyme that has been identified.

• BMB Reports
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• v.36 no.3
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• pp.243-250
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• 2003

In this paper we investigate (using AM1 semi-empirical as well as HF methods at the STO-3G, 3-21G, 6-31G, 6-$31G^*$ and 6-31+$G^{**}$ level) the conformations, geometrical parameters, Mulliken charges, and solvation effects of the triphosphate form of AZT (AZTTP), as well as the thymidine nucleotide (dTTP) structure. Our calculated geometrical parameters and Mulliken charges, with and without solvation effects, are correlated with recent experimental results.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.329-331
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• 2011

• Journal of Dental Rehabilitation and Applied Science
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.55-60
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• 2020

The aim of this study was to investigate the change of microbial contamination levels in the different areas and at the different time points after application of a quaternary ammonium compound (QAC) that has mechanical antimicrobial effect. The microbial contamination levels were measured in three different areas; unit chair handle, spit sink area and hand piece holder at different time points using adenosine triphosphate (ATP) monitoring system and ATP surface test kit. Hand piece holder showed the highest level of microbial contamination. In most of the clinics, QAC significantly reduced the levels of microbial contamination, and maintained antimicrobial activity for 4 to 6 months. QAC may be used effectively in dental clinics due to the duration of antimicrobial effect and the minimal exposure of chemicals and further studies are needed with large sample size.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.44 no.1
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• pp.55-61
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• 2016

Sepiapterin, a precursor for tetrahydrobiopterin, is produced in higher mammals using guanosine triphosphate (GTP) as a biosynthetic intermediate. Four genes involved in GTP biosynthesis, namely those of guanosine monophosphate kinase (gmk), nucleoside diphosphate kinase (ndk), guanosine phosphate synthetase (guaA), and inosine-5'-monophosphate dehydrogenase (guaB), were expressed in sepiapterin-producing recombinant Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) to increase intracellular GTP concentration and to improve sepiapterin production concomitantly. Coexpression of gmk, ndk, guaA, and guaB, doubled the intracellular GTP concentration and increased the maximum sepiapterin concentration up to $126.1{\pm}19.3mg/l$ (an increase of 43% compared with control cells) in batch-cultivated recombinant E. coli.

• Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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• v.47 no.4
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• pp.371-378
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• 2007

To understand the role of $PM_{2X}/P_{2Y}$ receptor in cortex region of kidney and renal artery, molecular and functional analysis of $PM_{2X}/P_{2Y}$ receptor by pharmacophysiological skill in conventional swine tissues were performed. In functional analysis of $P_{2Y}$ receptor for vascular relaxation, 2-methylthio adenosine triphosphate, a strong agonist of $P_{2Y}$ receptor, induced relaxation of noradrenaline (NA)-precontracted renal artery in a dose-dependent manner. Strikingly, relaxative effect of ATP, 2-msATP, agonists of $P_{2Y}$ receptor, abolished by treatment of reactive blue 2, a putative $P_{2Y}$ receptor antagonist. In contrast, no significant differences of gene encoding $PM_{2X}/P_{2Y}$ and protein expression in immortalized suprachiasmatic nucleus from brain, primary isolated vascular smooth muscle cells from renal artery of pigs and HEK293 from human embryonic kidney under with/without adenosine triphosphate were observed. Taken together, the relationship between molecular and functional characteristic of $PM_{2X}/P_{2Y}$ receptors in conventional pig should be considered that they are another important factor which regulate the kidney function in swine. Based on this study, we propose the purinergic receptor as well as adrenergic and cholinergic receptors is an essential component of the renal homeostasis.

• Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.253-258
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• 1991

The aims of this study were to investigate the effect of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which has been known as the neurotransmitter of nonadrenergic, noncholinergic nerves, and the source of $Ca^{\sharp}$ in the effect of ATP on the isolated renal artery of pig. The results of this study were summarized as follows: 1. ATP caused the contraction and the contractile responses were increased in a dose-dependent manner between the concentration of ATP $2{\times}10^{-3}M$ and $10^{-2}M$ on the isolated renal artery of pig. 2. The contractile responses induced by ATP $(5{\times}10^{-3}M)$ were not blocked by pretreatment with cholinergic receptor blocker (atropine, $10^{-6}M$), $\alpha$-adrenergic recptor blocker(phentolamine, $10^{-6}M$) or $\beta$-adrenergic receptor blocker (propranolol, $10^{-6}M$), and $H_1$-receptor blocker (pyrilamine, $10^{-6}M$) or $H_2$-receptor blocker (cimetidine, $10^{-6}M$) on the isolated renal artery of pig. 3. The contractile responses induced by ATP $(5{\times}10^{-3}M)$ were not appeared in $Ca^{\sharp}$-free medium. As the concentration of $Ca^{\sharp}$ in $Ca^{\sharp}$-free medium was increased, the contractile responses induced by ATP $(5{\times}10^{-3}M)$ were enhanced but were completely inhibited by pretreatment with $Ca^{\sharp}$-channel blocker, papaverine $(5{\times}10^{-5}M)$ or verapamil $(5{\times}10^{-5}M)$ on the isolated renal artery of pig.