一种耐热几丁质酶的产生及其稳定性研究

疏绵状嗜热丝孢菌(Thermomyces lanuginosus)SY2在以胶状几丁质为唯一碳源的诱导培养基中产生了胞外几丁质酶。该酶在50℃保温1 h, 酶活稳定; 65℃时半衰期为25 min; 酶液在室温下保存到12周, 残余酶活性为45％左右。该酶有较宽的pH范围, 3.0~9.0之间保持稳定, pH值为2.5时, 仍具有70％的剩余酶活性。Ca2+ 对几丁质酶的活性有显著的激活作用; 高浓度变性剂对酶有抑制作用。结果表明该酶是一种热稳定性高且耐酸碱的新型几丁质酶, 能在酸性和高温环境中发挥作用, 这些特性赋予了T. lanuginosus几丁质酶在几丁质的生物转化及其它生物技术中极大的应用优势。     

产几丁质酶菌株SWCH-6的筛选、鉴定及其产酶条件的优化研究

从汕头海湾养殖区域的海底沉积物中分离到1株几丁质酶活性较高的菌株, 命名为SWCH-6, 根据菌株的形态特征、生理生化特征和16S rDNA 序列, 确定该菌株为嗜水气单胞菌(Aeromonas hydrophlilla)。采用单因素优化方法结合正交实验, 得到菌株SWCH-6产几丁质酶的最佳发酵条件：胶体几丁质25.0 g/L, 胰蛋白胨10.0 g/L, 陈海水1.0 L, pH 8.5, 32℃, 150 r/min培养72 h; 在该条件下酶活力达0.39 U/mL。此外, 菌株所产几丁质酶的最适催化pH 5.0; 最适催化温度为40℃; Cu2+、Fe3+及表面活性剂Tween-80能增强该酶的催化活性; Zn2+、Mn2+及表面活性剂SDS、洗衣粉对该酶的催化活性有抑制作用, 与其它几丁质酶存在着一些不同。     

嗜热真菌Thermomyces lanuginosus热稳定几丁质酶基因的cDNA克隆及表达

根据Thermomyces lanuginosus热稳定几丁质酶Chit的N-端氨基酸序列和同源保守序列设计简并引物,通过RT-PCR及快速扩增cDNA末端(RACE)的方法,克隆了该几丁质酶的编码基因chit,全长cDNA为1500bp,包含一个由442个氨基酸组成的开放阅读框。该基因已在GenBank中注册,登录号为DQ092332。将成熟肽几丁质酶Chit阅读框与酵母表达载体pPIC9K连接,构建重组质粒pPIC9K/chit,转化毕赤酵母GS115,在甲醇的诱导下,成功地分泌出具生物活性的几丁质酶,诱导6d后酶活性达2.261U/mL,酶蛋白表达量为0.36mg/mL。该酶的最适反应温度和pH值分别为60℃和5.5,该酶在50℃以下稳定;65℃的半衰期为40min。     

疏绵状嗜热丝孢菌热稳定几丁质酶的纯化及其性质研究

采用硫酸铵沉淀、DEAE SepharoseFastFlow阴离子层析、Phenyl Sepharose疏水层析等步骤获得了凝胶电泳均一的疏绵状嗜热丝孢菌 (Thermomyceslanuginosus)几丁质酶。经SDS PAGE和凝胶过滤层析测得纯酶蛋白的分子量在 4 8～ 4 9 .8kD之间。该酶反应的最适温度和最适pH分别为 5 5℃和 4 5 ,在pH4 5条件下 ,该酶在 5 0℃以下稳定 ;6 5℃的半衰期为 2 5min ;70℃保温 2 0min后 ,仍保留 2 4 %的酶活性。其N 端氨基酸序列为AQGYLSVQYFVNWAI。金属离子对几丁质酶的活性影响较大 ,Ca2 、Na 、K 、Ba2 对酶有激活作用 ;Ag 、Fe2 、Cu2 、Hg2 对酶有显著的抑制作用 ;以胶体几丁质为底物的Km 和Vmax值分别为 9 .5 6mg mL和 2 2 . 12 μmol min。抗菌活性显示 ,该酶对供试病原菌有不同程度的抑制作用。     

黄杆菌(Flavobacterium sp.)几丁质酶的纯化和性质

黄杆菌(Flavobacteium sp.)在几丁质的诱导下产生几丁质酶.通过(NH_4)_2SO_4沉淀、DEAE纤维素柱层析、Sephacryl 300柱层析及Sephadex G-75柱层析,从Flavobacterium sp.培养上清液中分离纯化了几丁质酶.SDS-聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳(SDS-PAGE)纯度分析表明,纯化后的几丁质酶达到了均一的程度.用SDS-PAGE测得该酶的分子量约45D00道尔顿.该酶水解几丁质的最适pH为 7.0,最适温度为50℃,-20C贮存两年以上仍有活性.水解几丁质的Km值为5.0mg/ml.金属离子对几丁质酶活性影响较大,Ca~(2+) 、Co~(2+)’和Cu~(2+)对酶有激活作用.而NH_4~-、Ba~(2+)、Mg~(2+)、Mn~(2+)对酶有抑制作用.几丁质酶水解几丁质的产物是几丁质二糖.     

棘孢木霉几丁质酶tachi2 基因的原核表达及酶学性质研究

目的:实现棘孢木霉(Trichoderma asperellum)几丁质酶基因tachi2的原核高效表达,研究几丁质酶Tachi2的酶学性质.方法:利用PCR技术扩增得到几丁质酶基因tachi2,将其克隆到原核表达载体pEHISTEV中,测序后,转化大肠杆菌BL21感受态细胞,经异丙基硫代-β-D-半乳糖苷(IPTG)诱导后进行Tachi2蛋白的纯化和复性.用纯化的目的蛋白Tachi2进行几丁质酶酶学性质的研究.结果:tachi2基因在重组大肠杆菌中正确表达,其主要以包涵体形式存在;重组蛋白Tachi2分子量约为44kDa,经过纯化和复性后得到的Tachi2有较高的几丁质酶活性.该酶的最适温度为40℃,最适pH值为7.0,几丁质酶在40℃以下比较稳定、pH 6～9时酶有较高活性,受Cu2和Zn2+的强烈抑制.结论:成功实现了棘孢木霉几丁质酶基因tachi2的原核高效表达,表达纯化了重组蛋白,明确了几丁质酶Tachi2的酶学性质,为该几丁质酶的进一步开发利用和深入研究奠定了基础.     

麻疯树几丁质酶性质的研究

为了评价麻疯树几丁质酶的性质,本研究采用不同pH的提取缓冲液提取麻疯树种子的几丁质酶,并比较分析了不同温度、不同反应时间对几丁质酶活性的影响。结果表明,在提取液pH为7．0时获得的几丁质酶活性最高;且在55℃时与底物胶体几丁质温育60min后可达最高酶活性。同时,本研究还提取麻疯树幼苗不同器官几丁质酶,并比较其比活力,结果表明,在叶中几丁质酶比活力最高,而根中比活力最低。实验结果为进一步研究麻疯树提供了理论依据。     

黏质沙雷氏菌L15-2几丁质酶的分离纯化与性质研究

几丁质酶高产菌株黏质沙雷氏菌L15-2在含有1%胶体几丁质、0.3%K2HPO4、0.3%KH2PO4、0.05%MgSO4、0.05?Cl2、0.001?SO4的产酶培养基中37℃培养4 d后,粗酶液经过DEAE Sepharose Fast Flow和Seph-adex G-100,电泳检测得到电泳纯的几丁质酶。该酶的性质特征测定结果表明,该几丁质酶的分子量为41.314 kD;最适作用温度为50℃,最适作用pH为6.6;在60℃之前热稳定性较好,在pH 4~10范围内较稳定;各种金属离子对酶活力影响不同,Fe2 、Zn2 抑制作用明显,而Ba2 、Mn2 、Ca2 对酶活性有一定的促进作用。几丁质酶对致病真菌的抑制作用也很明显。     

莱氏野村菌产几丁质酶条件及酶学性质研究

对莱氏野村菌(Nomuraea rileyi)菌株CQ031021产几丁质酶条件及酶学性质进行了研究。结果表明:该菌株最适产酶碳源为2.0%(W/V)葡萄糖,氮源为1.2%(W/V)复合氮源(蛋白胨、牛肉膏按1∶1的比例),接种量为孢悬液2mL(1×107个/mL),培养温度28℃,培养液初始pH6.0,培养时间6d;一定浓度的吐温-80对几丁质酶活性有促进作用,而SDS有抑制作用;粗酶液最适反应温度50℃,最适pH6.0,在40℃以下及pH5.5～6.5范围内酶活力较稳定。     

昆虫来源的几丁质酶的分离纯化及酶学性质

几丁质酶在真菌和昆虫的生理和发育过程中起着关键作用,该酶本身及其酶抑制剂是获取生物农药的重要途径。本研究从蚕蛹体内提取几丁质粗酶,经硫酸铵分级沉淀和Sephadex G-150分离得到几丁质酶。用SDS-PAGE测得该酶的分子量为88kDa。水解胶体几丁质的Km值为22.3μmol/L。酶反应的最适温度为45℃,最适pH值为6.0,金属离子和有机试剂对几丁质酶活性都有影响,其中高浓度的Mn2+对酶有较强的激活作用,而Cu2+、SDS则有较强的抑制作用。研究结果为基于几丁质酶的生物农药筛选研究奠定了基础。     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

Selection with two alleles and complete dominance

For a plant selection model with frequency-independent viabilities, fertilities and selfing rates, it is shown that apart from global fixation, for certain parameter combinations a protected polymorphism and facultative fixation (either allele may become fixed according to initial frequencies) may both occur. Facultative fixation requires different selling rates for the dominant and recessive type. Protection of the polymorphism requires resource allocation for male and female function. In this connection the problem of purely genetically caused population extinction is discussed.
For general frequency dependence and regular segregation, the chances for establishment of a completely recessive gene are compared to those of a completely dominant gene. It is proven that the process of establishment of the recessive gene, despite a fitness advantage, may be considerably endangered by drift effects if random mating prevails. The recessive gene may reach the same effectivity in establishment as a dominant gene, only if the recessive homozygote mates exclusively with its own type during the period of establishment.     

Composition and diversity of bird communities in Swedish farmland–forest mosaic landscapes

CapsuleThe amount of forest (at local and landscape scales) and occurrence of residual habitats at the local scale are shown to be the major factors influencing bird community composition in farmland–forest landscapes in central Sweden.

Aims To investigate the importance of local habitat and landscape structure for breeding birds in farmland–forest landscapes in central Sweden.

Methods Breeding birds were censused at 292 points. A detailed habitat mapping was made within 300 m of the points. Within a 300–600 m radius only two major habitats (forests and arable fields) were identified.

Results Cluster analyses of bird communities identified three site types that also differed in habitat composition: (i) partially forested sites in forested landscapes; (ii) heterogeneous sites with residual habitats in mosaic landscapes; and (iii) field-dominated farmland sites in open landscapes. A total of 19 of 25 farmland bird species (restricted to farmland or using both farmland and forest) had the highest abundance in farmland sites with mosaics of forest and farmland, while only six farmland species had the highest abundance in field-dominated sites. The bird community changed from being dominated by farmland species to being dominated by forest species (common in forest landscapes without farmland) at small proportions (10–20%) of forest at the local scale. A major difference in habitat composition between heterogeneous and field-dominated sites was the occurrence of different residual habitats (e.g. shrubby areas and seminatural grasslands). These habitats seemed to influence bird community composition more than land-use, despite covering <10% of the area. Seminatural grasslands were important for bird community composition and species-richness, but grazing seemed to be less important. Among different land-use types, cereal crops were the least preferred fields. Set-asides with tall vegetation and short rotation coppices were positively associated with species-richness of farmland birds.

Conclusion In general, the composition of the landscape was important for bird community composition, although amount and distribution of forests, occurrence of residual habitats and land-use of fields at the local scale had the strongest influence on bird community composition. The possible implications of these patterns for managing farmland–forest landscapes are discussed.     

Chemical constituents from the fruits of Rhus typhina L. and their chemotaxonomic significance

This work describes the isolation and characterization of twenty-nine compounds from the fruits of Rhus typhina L., including eleven flavonoids (1–11), eleven phenols (12–22), two pentacyclic triterpenes (23–24), two organic acids (25–26), one lumichrome (27), one courmarin (28) and one pyrimidine (29) on the basis of their spectroscopic data. Compounds apigenin (1), daidzein (4), orobol (5), 3′, 5, 5′, 7-tetrahydroxyflavanone (6), naringenin (7), butein (8), (-)-catechin (9), quercetin-3-O-α-L-(3″-O-galloyl)-rhamnoside (11), 2-hydroxybenzoic acid (13), 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde (14), vanillin (15), methyl 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate (16), 3,5-dihydroxybenzamide (18), tyrosol (19), caffeic acid (20), 3-(2,4,6-trihydroxyphenyl)-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-propan-1-one (21), phlorizin (22), friedelin (23), oleanolic acid (24), 4,4-dimethyl-heptanedioic acid (25), anthranilic acid (26), lumichrome (27), scoparone (28) and uracil (29) have not been recorded before in this plant. This is the first report on the occurrence of compounds 4–7, 9, 11, 13–14, 16, 18–21, 25–29 from the genus Rhus. Moreover, the chemotaxonomic significance of these isolated compounds was also summarized.