Substrate Specificity Determinant of C-Deglycosidase from Human Gut Bacterium Dorea sp. MRG-IFC3
Puerarin-metabolizing C-deglycosidase from Dorea sp. MRG-IFC3 exhibits high substrate specificity compared to the other C-deglycosidase isolated from the human gut. We have found that the glutamine 118 residue at the D3dgpB was the key residue controlling the substrate specificity.
The 2nd MRG Colloquium will be held on Jul 21-22, 2025.
ASNP2025 Symposium by the ASNP Korean Chapter will be held in Jecheon, Korea, on Sep 22 - Sep 24, 2025. Registration and abstract submission are open now.
KSABC International Symposium in Jeju, Korea, will be held on Jun 29 - Jul 1,2025. Registration and abstract submission is now open.
The NATPRO10 in Jeju, Korea, will be held on Nov 4 - 6, 2026. Registration and abstract submission will be open soon.
MRG Group on a nice day, before attending 4KNUT conferenece
Sep 24, 2024
Electric energy for data
Koreans, in a developed country, use more modern gear. Many of us love to use SNS services for many reasons which relate to the cloud data storage service. Let's think about how much we contribute to the earth's environmental changes. I estimate an average Korean uses 10giga bites data in the cloud, noticeable or not, which is equivalent to about 5 kW/h (How much electricity for data). It also matches to 300Kg of CO2 currently (CO2 per unit of energy). Consider the population of Korea is 50 million, then we get 15 megatons of CO2 emissions. It occupies 2.3% of national CO2 emissions (Korea CO2 emission data).
Culinary chemistry
A thought on lab safety!
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Assoc. Professor Jutaporn and her staffs from Khon Kaen university, Thailand, has visited MRG to discuss about possible collaborative research. Her group currently is working on purple nonsulfur bacterium.
Sep 4, 2024
MRG welcomes Niels Krabbe Johnsen, a visiting PhD student from Aarhus University, Denmark, and Netchanok Punriboon, a visiting PhD student from Khon Kaen University, Thailand in the second semester of 2024.
The Fourth CBTP-KNUT Joint Symposium will be held on Sep 25 - 27, 2024. Registration and abstract submission will be open soon.
ASNP-supporting international symposium will be held in Nov, 2024. Registration and abstract submission is now open.
NATPRO9
NATPRO9 in Philippines will be held in Apr 29 - May 1, 2025. Registration and abstract submission will be open.
MRG 2024 Alumni gathering on May 6, 2024
Ms. Heji Kim defended her MS degree, The Reactivity and Potential Industrial Applications of Glycoside-metabolizing Oxidoreductase D3dgpA, on June 4, 2024
Ms. Huynh Thi Ngoc Mi (Sunny) defended her PhD dissertation, Deglycosylation of C-Glycosides by Human Intestinal Bacterium Dorea sp. MRG-IFC3, on June 4, 2024
Metalloenzyme Reserach Group and Department of Plant Science and Technology
Chung-Ang University, Anseong-si, Gyeonggi-do, 17546, Korea