一种新的核糖核酸酶-栝楼核糖核酸酶的纯化

从一种高等植物栝楼中分离出一种新的单一碱基特异性核楼核酸内切酶—栝楼核糖核酸酶(RNase TCS),它在pH 3.57M脲的变性条件下,能单一地把RNA分子中尿嘧啶核苷酸的5′端切开,纯化酶在SDS-PAGE中呈单一泳带,分子量为24.2KD,最大吸收峰279nm,比活12800U/mg。     

Effect of cadmium on proline accumulation and ribonuclease activity in rice seedlings: role of proline as a possible enzyme protectant

When seedlings of two rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars Ratna and Jaya were raised under 100 and 500 μM cadmium nitrate in the medium, a high proline content was noted in Cd²⁺ stressed seedlings compared to controls. Seedlings grown under 500 μM Cd(NO₃)₂ maintained increased proline level compared to non-stressed seedlings. Kinetic properties of RNase extracted from control grown and Cd²⁺ stressed seedlings showed a marked alteration in Km due to Cd²⁺ treatment. The RNase isoforms were purified from 15-d-old rice seedlings with a total purification of 22.25 fold and 74.75 % yield using conventional biochemical techniques. Three RNase isoforms, namely I, II and III were eluted from DEAE-Sephacel column. The isoform RNase II had Km value of 3.2 mg(RNA) cm^-3. The in vitro osmotic stress created by incorporation of PEG in the enzyme assay medium led to decreased affinity of enzyme towards its substrate with increase in Km. This loss in affinity was partially restored by the addition of 1 M proline in the assay medium, suggesting the possible protective role of proline on RNase under osmotic stress. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

常用的核糖核酸制备条件对牛胰核糖核酸酶活力的影响

(1)RNA的存在与否对牛胰RNase在酚水两相体系中的分配性质有决定性的影响。(2)6%以上的苯酚基本上抑制了RNase的活力,加入鼠肝匀浆,抑制作用不变。但用乙醚将苯酚除去后,RNaso活力可以恢复。(3)水层中的RNase能和RNA、DNA或白蛋白一同为乙醇所沉淀。RNase也能和RNA为1M氯化钠所共沉。(4)比较了几种常用的RNA制备方法对牛胰RNase活力的影响。磺酸十二酯钠和苯酚相似,是RNase的可逆抑制剂,膨润土是除去RNase的良好材料。(5)对文献上RNA样品不稳定的原因进行了分析。     

RNase MRP RNA and human genetic diseases

RNase MRP RNA is the RNA subunit of the RNase mitochondrial RNA processing （MRP） enzyme complex that is involved in multiple cellular RNA processing events. Mutations on RNase MRP RNA gene （RMRP） cause a recessively inherited developmental disorder, cartilage-hair hypoplasia （CHH）. The relationship of the genotype （RMRP mutation）, RNA processing deficiency of the RNase MRP complex, and the phenotype of CHH and other skeletal dysplasias is yet to be explored.     

黄芪多糖对RNase和RNase抑制因子的作用

黄芪多糖-Ⅱ(简称APS-2)系葡萄糖聚合体,分子量12,300,其作用与黄芪多糖(APS)相似。小鼠和大鼠皆腹腔注射200mg/kg/day×3J小鼠实验表明APS-2有显著抑制肝、脾碱性RNase活力的作用,对血清RNase活力无作用,对酸性RNase无明显抑制。大鼠实验表明对肝碱性RNase只有104,000×g部分有显著抑制作用,而对10,000×g部分无影响。对肝碱性RNase的抑制因子具显著性增强作用。因此黄芪多糖的作用是通过增强RNase抑制因子和抑制RNase活力,使RNA的分解代谢降低,从而引起RNA累积和合成速率的降低。     

细菌中RNase HI介导RNA降解的研究进展

在细菌细胞中,为了维持基因组稳定和正常的生命活动,RNase HI通常以降解RNA/DNA杂合链中RNA的方式来防止复制中引物的积累以及转录中R环的形成。RNase HI对底物的识别主要依赖于DNA与RNA结合槽,对底物的催化主要依赖于DEDD基序和位于活性位点附近柔性环中的一个组氨酸。以Mg²⁺为代表的金属离子在催化过程中发挥了至关重要的作用。杂交双链中ssDNA突出部分的类型决定了RNase HI的作用模式：在没有突出或在ssDNA的5′端存在突出部分的情况下,RNase HI作为一种非序列特异性核酸内切酶随机地降解RNA;当ssDNA的3′端存在突出部分时,RNase HI依靠5′核酸外切酶活性对RNA进行连续切割。RNase HI、Rep、DinG和UvrD通过与单链DNA结合蛋白(single-stranded DNA-binding protein, SSB)的C端尾部的6个残基相互作用被招募到复制叉附近,并可能以协作的方式解决复制-转录冲突。RNaseHI的缺失或活性降低将引起DNA结构不稳定、基因突变、转录装置回溯和复制不协调等一系列有害后果。RN...     

Dicer基因

Dicer编码RNaseⅢ家族,是一进化保守基因。它包含四个ORF框架：DExH/DEAH盒解旋酶,PAZ,两个RNaseⅢ催化区与双链RNA结合区DS－RBD。目前发现Dicer在RNA干扰以及异时发育中起重要作用,它可以切割长的双链RNA成长度为22nt左右的小干扰RNA－siRNA,异时基因stRNA的成熟也与需要Dicer的参与。Dicer行使切割功能需要RDE－1或其同源基因ALG1／ALG2的协同。随着研究的深入,Dicer的其它生物功能将进一步被发现。     

异硫氰酸胍-酚-氯仿—步法提取RNA时某些操作技术的改进

在异硫氰酸肥和卜流基乙醇等变性剂存在的情况下，RNase是不会起作用的，含RNA，DNA和RNase的溶液（水相）在酸性pH下经酚／氯仿反复抽提使RNase蛋白变性，而RNA游离进入水相的能力明显优于DNA，反复抽提后的水相经异丙醇沉淀，便可获得高质量的RNA。样品粉碎后，酚／氯仿反复抽提在超净台中进行，其余操作在带盖的经处理的离心管内完成，排除了外源RNase污染的可能性。由于变性剂始终和＊＊A在一起（水相），内源RNase虽存在，但不起作用。故该方法具有快速、简便、能同时处理多个样品的优点，重复性和RNA质量都较好，完全能满…     

论核糖核酸酶P

<正> 核糖核酸酶P(RNase P)是一类使转移核糖核酸(tRNA)5′端成熟的加工酶,在tRNA生物合成中起着非常重要的作用。RNase P活性于1972年在大肠杆菌中首次发现,到1977年证明该酶是一个由核糖核酸(RNA)和蛋白质两者构成的核糖核蛋白(RNA蛋白,ribonucleoprotein),RNA部分为酶活性所必需。1979年将无活性的RNA组分和蛋白质组分重组得到有活性的酶。1983年分离出RNase P中RNA组分的前体分子,同时阐明,无论     

HSV-1 UL41基因编码蛋白的RNase活性及其调控

单纯疱疹病毒1型(herpes simplex virus type-1,HSV-1)UL41基因编码一种皮层蛋白,该蛋白质具有核糖核酸酶(ribonuclease,RNase)活性,能特异性地降解一些宿主和病毒信使RNA(messenger RNA,m RNA),参与宿主免疫逃逸,与其他蛋白质相互作用调控其RNase活性。该文概述了HSV-1UL41基因编码蛋白的RNase活性及其调控机制,以期为该基因的深入研究提供参考。     

Astragalar morphology of late Eocene anthropoids from the Fayum Depression (Egypt) and the origin of catarrhine primates

The phylogenetic relationships of the late Eocene anthropoids Catopithecus browni and Proteopithecus sylviae are currently a matter of debate, with opinion divided as to whether these taxa are stem or crown anthropoids. The phylogenetic position of Catopithecus is of particular interest, for, unlike the highly generalized genus Proteopithecus, this taxon shares apomorphic dental and postcranial features with more derived undoubted catarrhines that appear in the same region 1-2 Ma later. If these apomorphies are homologous and Catopithecus is a stem catarrhine, the unique combination of plesiomorphic and apomorphic features preserved in this anthropoid would have important implications for our understanding of the crown anthropoid morphotype and the pattern of morphological character transformations that occurred during the early phases of stem catarrhine evolution.Well-preserved astragali referrable to Proteopithecus, Catopithecus, and the undoubted early Oligocene stem catarrhine Aegyptopithecus have provided additional morphological evidence that allows us to further evaluate competing hypotheses of interrelationships among Eocene-Oligocene Afro-Arabian anthropoids. Qualitative observations and multivariate morphometric analyses reveal that the astragalar morphology of Proteopithecus is very similar to that of early Oligocene parapithecids and living and extinct small-bodied platyrrhines, and strengthens the hypothesis that the morphological pattern shared by these taxa is primitive within crown Anthropoidea. In contrast, Catopithecus departs markedly from the predicted crown anthropoid astragalar morphotype and shares a number of apomorphic features (e.g., deep cotylar fossa, laterally projecting fibular facet, trochlear asymmetry, mediolaterally wide astragalar head) with Aegyptopithecus and Miocene-Recent catarrhines. The evidence from the astragalus complements other independent data from the dentition, humerus and femur of Catopithecus that support this taxon's stem catarrhine status, and we continue to maintain that oligopithecines are stem catarrhines that constitute the sister group of a clade containing propliopithecines and Miocene-Recent catarrhines.     

中国异极衣科地衣二新记录种

该文综合运用形态学、解剖学和化学等方法对山东大型地衣进行分类研究,发现了两个中国新记录种,即德氏蜂窝衣(Heppia despreauxii)和多孢小极衣(Lichinella myriospora)。德氏蜂窝衣隶属于蜂窝衣属(Heppia),生于光线充足且裸露的土壤上,主要识别特征为下皮层缺失、子实层IKI+蓝色;多孢小极衣隶属于小极衣属(Lichinella),生于干燥的钙质岩石上,主要识别特征为其子实层IKI+酒红色变为蓝色。该文对这两个中国新记录种进行了详细描述,与近似物种进行了对比讨论,并且提供了其地衣体、子囊盘及其解剖特征图片。同时,该文还补充报道了白棋盘蜂窝衣(Heppia solorinoides)的有性繁殖结构特征和数据。蜂窝衣属和小极衣属均为山东新记录属。以上研究结果为中国异极衣科(Lichinaceae)地衣研究提供基础资料。     

藏药多刺绿绒蒿种子萌发特性研究

多刺绿绒蒿(Meconopsis horridula)为罂粟科绿绒蒿属一年生草本植物,是一种极具观赏价值和药用价值的高山植物,目前处于濒危状态,因此研究多刺绿绒蒿种子的萌发特性对其种子育苗及人工栽培具有重要意义。为了提高多刺绿绒蒿的种子发芽率,该研究以多刺绿绒蒿的种子为材料,分析了不同消毒剂、浸种时间、温度和外源植物激素对种子萌发特性的影响。结果表明:(1)最适消毒方法为75%乙醇1 min+3%H2O25 min,最适浸种时间为24 h,最适温度和光照条件为20℃/10℃(光照12 h/黑暗12 h),用无菌水浸种后的种子发芽率为49.67%。(2) GA_3100～600 mg·L~(-1)和NAA 5～30 mg·L~(-1)可以提高种子的发芽率、发芽势和发芽指数,缩短发芽启动时间和发芽持续时间,对种子的萌发有促进作用。(3) 6-BA 5 mg·L~(-1)和10 mg·L~(-1)对种子的萌发有一定的促进作用,但不显著,6-BA浓度≥15 mg·L~(-1)则抑制种子的萌发。(4)用GA3500 mg·L~(-1)浸种后的种子发芽指标最好,发芽率、发芽势和发芽指数分别为69.67%、33.00%、4.51,种子的发芽起始时间和发芽持续时间分别为10.67 d、11.67 d。     

中国兰科二新记录种

兰科植物资源调查是掌握地区兰科本底资料的基础,对研究兰科植物的地理分布和资源多样性具有重要意义。该文报道了分别产自中国西藏自治区墨脱县和巴宜区的石豆兰属(Bulbophyllum Thou.)中国分布新记录种——尼泊尔大苞兰(B.raskotii J.J.Verm.,Schuit.&de Vogel)和曲唇兰属[Panisea(Lindl.)Steud.]中国分布新记录种——林芝曲唇兰(P.panchaseensis Subedi)。此二新记录种均生长在海拔约2000 m的常绿阔叶林中的树干或岩壁上。此外,还提供了二新记录种的形态特征描述和彩色图片等信息,并附有国产曲唇兰属的分种检索表。该研究结果扩充了我国兰科植物的记录,为我国兰科植物多样性和保护研究提供了新资料。     

Stratigraphy, artefact industries and hominid associations for Sterkfontein, member 5

A revised stratigraphy for the early hominid site of Sterkfontein (Gauteng Province, South Africa) reveals a complex distribution of infills in the main excavation area between 2.8 and 1.4 m.y.a, as well as deposits dating to the mid to late Pleistocene. New research now shows that the Member 4 australopithecine breccia (2.8-2.6 Ma) extends further west than was previously thought, while a late phase of Member 4 is recognized in a southern area. The artefact-bearing breccias were defined sedimentologically as Member 5, but one supposed part of these younger breccias, the StW 53 infill, lacks in situ stone tools, although it does appear to post-date 2.6 Ma when artefacts first appear in the archaeological record. The StW 53 hominid, previously referred to Homo habilis, is here argued to be Australopithecus. The first artefact-bearing breccia of Member 5 is the Oldowan Infill, estimated at 2-1.7 Ma. It occupies a restricted distribution in Member 5 east and contains an expedient, flake-based tool industry associated with a few fossils of Paranthropos robustus. An enlarged cave opening subsequently admitted one or more Early Acheulean infills associated in Member 5 west with Homo ergaster. The artefacts attest to a larger site accumulation between ca. 1.7 and 1.4 Ma, with more intensive use of quartzite over quartz and a subtle but important shift to large flakes and heavier-duty tools. The available information on palaeoenvironments is summarized, showing an overall change from tropical to sub-tropical gallery forest, forest fringe and woodland conditions in Member 4 to more open woodland and grassland habitats in the later units, but with suggestions of a wet localized topography in the Paranthropus -bearing Oldowan Infill.     

不同光质对白及组培苗生长及光合特性的影响

白及的自然繁殖率极低,组培育苗是其种苗繁殖的主要方式之一。为探索提高白及组培育苗质量及缩短育苗周期的高效人工光环境,该文以紫花白及(Bletilla striata)为试验材料,研究LED光质对白及组培苗的生长和光合特性的影响。结果表明:提高红蓝光组合中的蓝光占比,有利于促进白及组培苗的生长和生物量的积累,而白及的球茎大小与红光的占比呈正相关;在红蓝组光合中增加25%的绿光(2R1B1G),可显著提高白及叶片的叶绿素含量和净光合速率,促进组培苗根系和叶片的生长。综上结果表明,2R1B1G处理下的白及组培苗株高、茎粗、叶绿素含量、净光合速率和根系发育均表现出最佳优势,2R1B1G处理的LED光谱可推荐作为白及组培育苗的光质配方。     

荨麻科三新种

该文描述了荨麻科三新种:(1)自中国重庆市发现的荨麻科荨麻属一新种,城口荨麻。此种与异株荨麻有亲缘关系,区别特征为此种的茎被少数刺毛,叶片多为心形,雄、雌花序均不分枝,瘦果在中央稍凹陷。(2)自中国广西发现的荨麻科赤车属一新种,来宾赤车。此种与特产云南东南部的富宁赤车相近缘,与后者的区别在于本种茎的毛开展或向上弯曲,叶片长椭圆形,基部斜楔形,雌花具3~4枚花被片,其中1~2枚较大花被片在背面顶端具一长筒状突起。(3)自缅甸北部发现的荨麻科楼梯草属一新种,克钦楼梯草。此种在体态上与骤尖楼梯草甚为相似,与后者的区别在于本种的每一茎节具正常叶和一退化叶,托叶狭披针状条形和无脉,雌总苞苞片无角状突起,雌小苞片较大,呈楔状长圆形,雌花具一小花被片,以及雌蕊具一宽倒卵球形柱头。     

中国翠雀花属修订(一)

该文对中国毛茛科(Ranunculaceae)翠雀花属(Delphinium)进行了修订,收载了该属232种和55变种,并写出了检索表;同时对每个种写出了形态描述,绘出了多幅墨线图,并将全部种划分为2亚属、5组、11亚组和26系,其中包括4新亚组、11新系、15新种和5新变种。此外,还给出了此属的分类学研究简史、地理分布和经济用途。     

绿色荧光蛋白

来源于水母Aequorea victoria的绿色荧光蛋白(green fluorescent protein, GFP)现已成为在生物化学和细胞生物学中研究和开发应用得最广泛的蛋白质之一. 其内源荧光基团在受到紫外光或蓝光激发时（λ_max=395 nm, 小峰在479 nm）可高效发射清晰可见的绿光. GFP的高分辨率晶体结构为了解和研究蛋白质结构和光谱学功能关系提供了一个极好的机会. GFP已成为一个监测在完整细胞和组织内基因表达和蛋白质定位的理想标记. 通过突变和蛋白质工程构建的GFP嵌合蛋白在生理指示剂、生物传感器、光化学领域以及生产发光纤维等方面展示了广阔前景.     

绣球属(Hydrangea L.)及近缘属花粉形态的研究

为深入研究绣球属植物花粉形态的分类学价值和系统学意义,厘清绣球属与近缘属之间的系统发育关系,该文利用扫描电子显微镜(SEM,scanning electron microscope)对国产绣球属及其近缘属41种绣球花科(Hydrangeaceae)植物的花粉形态以及表面纹饰进行了观察。结果表明:绣球属及其近缘属的花粉为三孔沟;形状多数为长圆体形或近球体形;赤道面观为椭圆形或圆形;极面观多为圆形,少数为三角形或圆三角形。花粉外壁纹饰可分为网状和孔穴状。网眼内的三级纹饰可分为光滑和具颗粒状突起。根据花粉形状和外壁纹饰类型将上述物种划分为4个组,即花粉的形状为长圆体形,表面纹饰为孔穴纹饰;花粉的形状为长圆体形,表面纹饰为网状纹饰;花粉的形状为近球体形,表面纹饰为孔穴纹饰;花粉的形状为近球体形,表面纹饰为网状纹饰。以上可进一步细分为8个类型。上述表明花粉形态证据可为绣球属及其近缘属的属下分类和种间界定提供重要佐证;但结合前人的系统发育重建分析该属植物花粉形态的系统学意义相对有限,如花粉形态证据对于该属及其近缘种属系统发育树上大支的界定难以提供有力的证据。