花生种子发育和萌发过程中贮藏蛋白的合成和降解

以花生品种汕油5 2 3种子为材料,分离纯化花生球蛋白的41 kD和38.5 kD两种主要亚基及伴花生球蛋白的6 0.5 KD亚基并制备抗体.We stern blot分析表明,3种亚基在花生胚组织分化期的胚轴和子叶中就开始合成,其中60.5 kD亚基是最先在胚轴和子叶中大量合成和积累的贮藏蛋白,41 kD和38.5 kD亚基在随后的发育中积累量不断增加;种子萌发时这3种亚基的降解进程不一样,胚轴和子叶中41 kD和38.5kD亚基的降解均先于60.5 kD亚基.     

莲子贮存蛋白的主要亚基及积累模式

红莲(Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn)成熟子叶总蛋白含量达24.35 g/100 g干样品,其贮存蛋白(SP) 的积累模式与豆科种子相似,即随成熟度的提高,SP猛增至占总蛋白含量的86%以上。对莲子不同发育阶段子叶蛋白SDS-PAGE图谱的光密度测定表明莲子叶蛋白有12个主要SP亚基(SP 1～12)。按分子量(MW)大小和积累顺序可分3组A组是98 kD和93 kD的2个亚基,MW最大,积累最晚,但量最多;B组是3个亚基,MW为55～50 kD,大小居中,积累最早,量最少;C组的7个亚基MW最小,在27～14 kD之间,积累较早,量较多。对莲的不同品种、不同器官进行分析后发现,它们都有1个主峰为68 kD的多连峰的代谢蛋白亚基,可能是莲共有的蛋白亚基。     

莲子贮存蛋白的主要亚基及积累模式

红莲（NelumbonuciferaGaertn）成熟于叶总蛋白含量达24．35g／100g干样品,其贮存蛋白（SP）的积累模式与豆科种子相似,即随成熟度的提高,SP猛增至占总蛋白含量的86％以上。对莲子不同发育阶段子叶蛋白SDS-PAGE图谱的光密度测定表明：莲子叶蛋白有12个主要SP亚基（SP1－12）。按分子量（MW）大小和积累顺序可分3组：A组是98kD和93kD的2个亚基,MW最大,积累最晚,但量最多;B组是3个亚基,MW为55－50kD,大小居中,积累最早,量最少;C组的7个亚基MW最小,在27－14kD之间,积累较早,量较多。对莲的不同品种、不同器官进行分析后发现,它们都有1个主峰为68kD的多连峰的代谢蛋白亚基,可能是莲共有的蛋白亚基。     

莲胚发育与核酸,蛋白质含量的变化

莲胚发育达到最大鲜重(开花后21d)前,胚轴和子叶的DNA,RNA都持续增长。开花13d后,蛋白、淀粉等贮藏物质显著积累,核酸增长速度加快。成熟胚轴的DNA和RNA含量很高,而子叶中积累大量的淀粉、可溶性糖和蛋白质。发育前期胚乳的生长速度较快,开花后16d左右鲜重和物质积累达到高峰。胚生长后期胚乳逐渐败育,贮藏物质和结构物质都减少,膨大的子叶逐步取代了胚乳的地位。 莲胚生物大分子物质含量的模式属于双子叶植物类型。讨论了莲胚细胞多倍化的问题。     

HMW-GS组成不同小麦品种各种亚基形成和积累规律研究

以3个HMW—GS组成不同的冬小麦品种为材料,研究了籽粒形成过程中亚基形成及积累表达规律。结果表明,不同亚基形成时间存在差异,Glu—D1、Glu—B1编码的亚基约在开花后第13天最早出现,Glu—A1编码的1亚基形成较晚。在灌浆期亚基已基本全部形成,但积累较慢;花后第20天后进入成熟过程,高分子量麦谷蛋白亚基大量迅速积累,开花第28～31天积累量达最高,之后含量有所下降。同一品种内不同亚基积累量不同,形成较早的Glu—D1、Glu—B1编码的亚基积累量最多,Glu—D1编码的X型亚基在所有供试品种中都有最多量的积累。     

拟南芥菜(Arabidopsis thaliana)子叶中蛋白体形成的超微结构和免疫电镜定位研究

本文对拟南芥菜(Arabidopsis thaliana)种子发育过程中贮藏蛋白的积累和蛋白体的形成进行了超微结构和免疫电镜定位的研究。常规超薄切片的电镜观察表明,在开花后第10天(10 DAF),高电子密度的蛋白质物质开始在子叶细胞的液泡中沉积。这一过程一直延续到种子接近成熟(14 DAF),这时液泡中充满了蛋白质物质,转变成为大的蛋白体。利用了该种植物主要种子贮藏蛋白之一的12 s球蛋白的单克隆抗体作为免疫探针,以蛋白质A-胶体金电镜技术对12 s种子蛋白进行了细胞内定位,证实了在液泡中积累的物质为种子贮藏蛋白。实验结果表明在拟南芥菜中,子叶细胞中的液泡是蛋白体的前体,肯定了蛋白体的发生起源于液泡的观点。本文还对应用胶体金电镜技术进行细胞内定位的某些问题作了初步探讨。     

湖北省优质杂交稻品种贮藏蛋白的比较研究

研究选取水稻品种共20个,其中包括湖北省近两年审定的优质杂交水稻品种10个(‘鄂早17’、‘鄂早18’、‘两优1193’、‘武香880’、‘岳优26’、‘宜优99’、‘协优96’、‘鄂晚12’、‘鄂中5号’、‘两优277’)以及7个普通杂交水稻(‘G98-202’、‘578’、‘两优637’、‘宜优22’、‘3685’、‘3089’、‘加育948’)和国家审定的优质水稻品种3个(‘嘉育948’、‘两优932’、‘舟903’),采用不连续的SDS-PAGE电泳分析种子贮藏蛋白,结果在谷蛋白中主要分离出57 kD的蛋白前体、37～39 kD的酸性亚基和22～23 kD的碱性亚基。同时,选取品种‘3089’、‘嘉育948’、‘537’、‘舟903’和‘两优932’,利用高效液相色谱法分析了种子贮藏蛋白中的谷蛋白亚基的含量。结果表明,水稻谷蛋白亚基含量的多少可以作为评价品种营养品质优劣的参考依据之一。     

苏铁(Cycas revoluta Thunb.)种子的胚与胚乳解剖结构研究

对苏铁(Cycas revoluta Thunb.)种子的胚和胚乳组织进行了解剖研究。结果表明:苏铁种子为有胚乳种子,兼有胚乳和外胚乳,成熟时具直立型胚。胚乳的表层细胞含有角蜡质,胞核大,不含淀粉粒;中层细胞胞核明显;内层细胞胞核不明显,富含淀粉颗粒,淀粉粒单脐点明显。胚孔端的胚乳内陷成一凹槽,似贮藏窖。成熟的子叶胚为倒生胚胎,位于胚乳细胞解体后形成的囊腔中,子叶胚长度在胚乳中占到种子的1/3至2/3,已达到生理成熟阶段。双子叶直立,半合生。胚状体基部呈喙状突起,喙状突起下端连着一根肠叠着的丝状吸器,吸器基部连着一个小气囊。胚芽由顶端分生组织和数枚真叶组成,此时真叶已具羽状叶原基和绒毛原始体。在胚状体中发现有长管细胞及螺纹加厚的导管,在子叶中脉有数条并列的螺环纹导管。     

去胚轴对花生子叶肽链内切酶和贮藏蛋白质降解的影响

从离体子叶与连体子叶在水中培养一段时间后的比较,看到它们之间在肽链内切酶活性和盐溶蛋白及花生球蛋白降解上的差异并不大,这表明去除胚轴对子叶肽链内切酶活性和贮藏蛋白降解的影响很轻微。亚胺环己酮(蛋白质合成抑制剂)不能完全抑制离体子叶肽链内切酶活性的提高,子叶的大部分大分子贮藏蛋白同样被降解。这表明,在花生种子萌发过程中降解大部分贮藏蛋白的子叶肽链内切酶并非全部是在种子萌发时新合成的,子叶贮藏蛋白降解和肽链内切酶活性基本不受胚轴调控,子叶与胚轴之间在调控关系上可能是一种新的调节类型。     

高,低蛋白含量的大豆种子贮藏蛋白积累的比较研究

利用ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ及电子显微镜等技术比较分析和观察了两个大豆品种（Ｇｌｙｃｉｎｅ ｍ ａｘ（Ｌ．） Ｍｅｒｒ．）种子贮藏蛋白积累的差异。结果表明,在子叶发育过程中,蛋白含量高（４５％ ）的“公交８０５９－３”比蛋白含量低（３５％ ）的“ＧＤ－１５１５”蛋白含量高,且增长速率较快;蛋白质及７Ｓ和１１Ｓ亚基积累的时期较早,尤其是７Ｓ的β亚基。电镜观察表明“公交８０５９－３”蛋白质在液泡中的积累,前期与“ＧＤ１５１５”相似,中期以后的液泡中,蛋白体占整个细胞的比例均高于“ＧＤ１５１５”。这表明：大豆蛋白含量的差异有其生化及结构上的基础     

Recent advances in the study of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus replication and pathogenesis

It has now been over twenty years since a novel herpesviral genome was identified in Kaposi's sarcoma biopsies. Since then, the cumulative research effort by molecular biologists, virologists, clinicians, and epidemiologists alike has led to the extensive characterization of this tumor virus, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus(KSHV; also known as human herpesvirus 8(HHV-8)), and its associated diseases. Here we review the current knowledge of KSHV biology and pathogenesis, with a particular emphasis on new and exciting advances in the field of epigenetics. We also discuss the development and practicality of various cell culture and animal model systems to study KSHV replication and pathogenesis.     

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.     

The structure, reproduction and taxonomy of Vidalia and Osmundaria (Rhodophyta, Rhodomelaceae)

Comprises species occurring mostly in subtidal habitats in tropical, subtropical and warm-temperate areas of the world. An analysis of the type species, V. spiralis (Sonder) Lamouroux ex J. Agardh, a species from Australia, establishes basic characters for distinguishing species in the genus. These characters are (1) branching patterns of thalli, (2) flat blades that may be spiralled on their axis, (3) width of the blade, (4) primary or secondary derivation of sterile and fertile branchlets and (5) position of sterile and fertile branchlets on the thalli. Application of the latter two characters provides an important basic method for separation of species into three major groups. Osmundaria , a genus known only in southern Australia, was studied in relation to Vidalia , and its separation from the Vidalia assemblage is not accepted. Species of Vidalia therefore are transferred to the older genus name, Osmundaria. Two new species, Osmundaria papenfussii and Osmundaria oliveae are described from Natal. Confusion in the usage of the epithet, Vidalia fimbriala Brown ex Turner has been clarified, and Vidalia gregaria Falkenberg, described as an epiphyte on Osmundaria pro/ifera Lamouroux, is revealed to be young branches of the host, Osmundaria prolifera.     

New or rare chromosome counts in Artemisia L. (Asteraceae, Anthemideae) and related genera from Kazakhstan

Fifteen chromosome counts of six Artemisia taxa and one species of each of the genera Brachanthemum, Hippolytia, Kaschgaria, Lepidolopsis and Turaniphytum are reported from Kazakhstan. Three of them are new reports, two are not consistent with previous counts and the remainder are confirmations of very scarce (one to four) earlier records. All the populations studied have the same basic chromosome number, x = 9, with ploidy levels ranging from 2x to 6x. Some correlations between ploidy level, morphological characters and distribution are noted.