毛霉菌油对被孢霉产花生四烯酸的影响

研究了不同浓度毛霉菌油对被孢霉产花生四烯酸（AA）的影响,发现0.3%毛霉菌油可以显著提高花生四烯酸产量,并研究了0.3%毛霉菌油在整个发酵过程中对被孢霉产花生四烯酸的影响。结果表明,毛霉菌油对被孢霉生长和油脂产量基本上没有影响,毛霉菌油可以提高被孢霉的AA产量,主要是因为其能提高AA在油脂中的含量。     

谷氨酸对花生四烯酸产生菌被孢霉发酵的影响

研究了不同浓度谷氨酸对被孢霉生产花生四烯酸的影响,发现当加入谷氨酸浓度为0.8g/L时总油脂和花生四烯酸产量达最高,选择0.8g/L谷氨酸进行花生四烯酸产生菌被孢霉发酵动力学研究的结果表明,在培养基中加入0.8g/L谷氨酸可以明显促进被孢霉的生长,加速基质代谢,提高单位被孢霉中的油脂和花生四烯酸产量,尤其在发酵第7d时生物量、油脂和花生四烯酸产量达到最大,分别为24.43、9.21、1.41g/L,分别是对照组第7d所得的1.13、1.15和1.69倍。     

高山被孢霉产花生四烯酸及其遗传改造的研究进展

花生四烯酸作为一种重要的多价不饱和脂肪酸,因其具有多种生理功能而被认为是潜在的食品添加剂和药物。近年来,利用高山被孢霉合成花生四烯酸已成为研究热点。前期相关研究主要集中在菌种选育及发酵调控方面。随着研究的不断深入,关于高山被孢霉合成花生四烯酸的代谢途径的研究取得了较大进展。以下简要概述前期工作进展,着重论述花生四烯酸合成途径的关键酶及其高山被孢霉的遗传改造的研究情况,包括生物合成花生四烯酸代谢途径、关键酶及其应用、高山被孢霉的遗传操作系统的构建以及遗传改造的应用,并对其研究前景进行了展望。     

YAG激光照射对高山被孢霉花生四烯酸产量的影响

花生四烯酸产生菌高山被孢霉的孢子在时间为8min,距离为10cm的YAG激光剂量照射下,其致死率为75％－80％,以该剂量反复进行照射及菌种筛选,得到其最高生物量28.6g/L,油脂11.04g/L,3.10g/L的突变株T105,比对照菌株的AA产量及油脂量分别提高了2．95倍和1．71倍。通过对突变株T105的形态,代谢情况以及继代稳定性进行分析,认为YAG激光诱变育种是获得茶花生四烯酸高产菌株的有效方法。     

实时PCR分析△5脱饱和酶在花生四烯酸合成中的作用

花生四烯酸是人体的必需脂肪酸,具有独特的生物活性。 Δ5脱饱和酶是花生四烯酸生物合成途径中催化二高-γ-亚麻酸脱饱和为花生四烯酸的酶。本研究通过实时定量PCR技术,检测了Δ5脱饱和酶在不同花生四烯酸产量的高山被孢霉(Mortierella alpina)菌株M10,M6和M23中的mRNA表达水平,以及在高产花生四烯酸菌株M6培养过程中的mRNA表达水平的动态变化,发现Δ5脱饱和酶基因的mRNA表达水平与花生四烯酸的产生之间存在明显的线性关系,表明Δ5脱饱和酶是高山被孢霉中花生四烯酸合成途径中起到了非常重要的作用。     

高山被孢霉中二酰甘油酰基转移酶2同源基因的克隆、表达和活性分析

[背景] 高山被孢霉（Mortierella alpina）是一种可积累大量花生四烯酸（Arachidonic Acid,AA）的产油丝状真菌,其所产脂肪酸主要被组装到甘油骨架上以三酰甘油（Triacylglycerol,TAG）形式存在。二酰甘油酰基转移酶（Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase,DGAT）是TAG生物合成途径的关键酶,对于高山被孢霉TAG的生产具有重要意义。[目的] 通过探究高山被孢霉DGAT2在TAG生物合成方面的功能特点,以期为提高产油真菌的TAG产量及改善TAG的脂肪酸组成提供参考。[方法] 利用序列比对在高山被孢霉ATCC32222基因组中筛选出2个编码DGAT2的候选基因MaDGAT2A/2B,在酿酒酵母（Saccharomyces cerevisiae）中异源表达后进行功能分析,并在外源添加AA条件下通过检测TAG产量进一步分析MaDGAT2A/2B的活性,最后在高山被孢霉中同源过表达MaDGAT2A/2B,通过检测重组菌总脂肪酸产量及组分以分析MaDGAT2A/2B的体内活性。[结果] MaDGAT2A在S. cerevisiae中异源表达时,重组酵母菌TAG的产量达到细胞干重的3.06%,为对照组的4.91倍;而MaDGAT2B未明显提高重组酵母菌TAG的产量。在外源添加AA时,MaDGAT2A/2B均可显著促进重组酵母菌中TAG合成,表达MaDGAT2A的重组酵母菌TAG含量为对照组的3.67倍,表达MaDGAT2B的重组酵母菌TAG含量为对照组的2.61倍。MaDGAT2A/2B在高山被孢霉中过表达对其总脂肪酸产量无显著影响,但可显著提高总脂肪酸中AA的含量,AA占总脂肪酸比例最高达到39.15%,相比对照组提高16.14%。[结论] MaDGAT2A/2B可以参与TAG的生物合成,表明2个候选基因编码的蛋白具有DGAT活性,并且可提高高山被孢霉脂肪酸中AA的含量,对于改善产油真菌的脂肪酸组成从而提高其应用价值具有重要意义。     

微波等离子体溅射诱变选育花生四烯酸高产菌及补料工艺研究

采用微波等离子（N^ ,15w,3min)溅射高山被孢霉T105,筛选到高产菌R254,该菌最高生物量29．3g/L,油脂11．5g/L,花生四烯酸4．20g/L,花生四烯酸产量是原出发菌株1．35倍。通过对突变株R245的代谢情况、继代稳定性以及脂肪酸组成分析,认为微波等离子溅射诱变育种是获得花生四烯酸高产菌株的有效方法。并采用补糖工艺可进一步提高其产量,花生四烯酸产量为7．43g/L,是未补糖时花生四烯酸产量的1．76倍,且为出发菌株花生四烯酸最高产量的2．40倍。     

高山被孢霉的红四氮唑染色程度与菌体油脂中花生四烯酸含量的关系

研究了高山被孢霉菌体被红四氮唑(TTC)染色的条件,并探讨了染色程度与菌体油脂中花生四烯酸含量的关系．高山被孢霉的种子菌体被TTC染色的程度随种龄增加而增加,而种子中的油脂含量和油脂中的花生四烯酸含量也都随种龄增加而增加．在发酵过程中,菌体被TTC染色的程度和菌体中的油脂含量以及油脂中的花生四烯酸含量随培养时间增加而增加．三株具有相似油脂含量、不同花生四烯酸含量的高山被孢霉以及一株不产花生四烯酸的鲁氏毛霉的染色结果显示菌体被红四氮唑染色的程度与菌体油脂中的花生四烯酸含量具有正相关性．该发现有助于花生四烯酸高产菌的快速筛选．     

高山被孢霉产花生四烯酸发酵条件的研究

通过一株高山被孢霉M_(20)(Mortierella alpina)产花生四烯酸的摇瓶发酵研究,确定了其最佳发酵培养基组成及最适摇瓶发酵工艺条件。摇瓶实验确定的最佳培养基组成为(g/L):玉米粉水解液葡萄糖150,酵母粉15,KH_2PO_4 3.0,NaNO_3 3.0,MgSO_4·7H_2O 0.5。最佳发酵工艺条件为:初始pH6.5,装液量为50ml/500ml摇瓶,摇床转速150r/min,温度在菌体生长前三天控制在25℃培养,以后调至20℃培养。在此条件下,发酵培养被孢霉的生物量、菌体总油脂及花生四烯酸分别高达35.5g/L、13.2g/L及2.2g/L,在15L及1000L自动机械搅拌罐进行发酵试验,AA产量分别高达1.86g/L及1.70g/L。     

高山被孢霉发酵生产花生四烯酸的宏观形态

采用图像处理技术对高山被孢霉(Mortierella alpina)发酵过程中的不同形态进行分析,并对其产花生四烯酸(ARA)能力进行了比较。研究发现:复合N源中蛋白胨与酵母粉比例是影响高山被孢霉宏观形态的重要因素,球形形态生长的菌体中ARA产量较分散,菌丝体中ARA产量高;在球形形态中,空心球的菌体生物量低,ARA比例低,蓬松球可以兼顾菌体高生物量、高油脂比例及高ARA比例。产ARA能力由生物量、油脂比例及油脂中ARA比例共同决定。结果表明:直径大约4 mm、成核区域面积大约为43.6%、紧密度为71.36的蓬松球形态,是高山被孢霉一种相对较佳的发酵形态,其菌体产ARA能力分别是空心球和分散丝状菌体产ARA能力的2.01和2.70倍。     

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.     

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.     

肝癌中HBV和HCV基因和抗原的分布及意义

采用原位分子杂交方法检测HCV RNA及HBV X基因;采用免疫组织化学方法研究HCV核心抗原,非结构区C33c抗原及HBxAg在肝细胞肝癌中的定位及分布.结果表明(1)HCV RNA、HBV X基因在肝细胞肝癌组织检出率分别为40%(55/136)和82%(112/136).HCV RNA定位于癌细胞的胞浆内,阳性细胞呈散在、灶状及弥漫分布三种形式;HBV X基因在肝癌细胞中的分布呈胞浆型、核型及核浆型,阳性细胞也呈上述三种分布形式;(2)HCV C33c抗原、核心抗原在肝细胞肝癌中的阳性率为81%(133/164)及86%(141/164).C33c抗原定位于癌细胞及肝细胞的胞浆内;核心抗原既定位于癌细胞核中,又可定位于胞浆中.C33c抗原阳性细胞以灶状分布为主;而核心抗原阳性细