竹红菌乙素对膜蛋白荧光猝灭研究

竹红菌乙素作为膜蛋白荧光猝灭剂,研究了乙素从水相进入膜体系过程中基本物理现象.包括了:膜与水分配系数(P);进入速度;以及膜与水相的体积比(α),并对其猝灭机理进行深入探讨.结果表明,乙素对膜蛋白质荧光的猝灭服从动态猝灭原理;用ESR技术直接观察到:激发态的色氨酸可以将电子转移给乙素并形成乙素自由基,因此用电子转移方程:K_et=K₀exp(-R)处理猝灭反应过程中的K_q值,可以方便地得到Trp-HB分子间距离(R)信息.     

竹红菌乙素作猝灭剂研究F_o构象方法的建立

线粒体Ｆ１Ｆｏ复合体Ｆｏ部分ａ亚基的色氨酸荧光可被竹红菌乙素（ｈｙｐｏｃｒｅｌｉｎＢ,ＨＢ）猝灭．不同温度下测定ＳｔｅｒｎＶｏｌｍｅｒ图的结果显示,猝灭常数（Ｋｓｖ）随温度的增加而加大,时间衰变荧光的结果显示,荧光寿命随ＨＢ浓度的增加而减小,加入不同浓度的ＨＢ,Ｆ１Ｆｏ复合体的吸收峰没有位移．这些实验结果支持动态猝灭机理．ＨＢ还具有有效猝灭浓度低,不影响酶的活力;在脂相和水相的分布比率可高达１６５６０∶１;实验操作简便等优点．因此ＨＢ可作为理想的疏水相荧光猝灭剂,研究与膜结合的Ｆ１Ｆｏ复合体中镶嵌于膜脂内Ｆｏ的构象变化．     

竹红菌乙素作猝灭剂研究Fo构象方法的建立

线粒体F₁F_o复合体F_o部分a亚基的色氨酸荧光可被竹红菌乙素(hypocrellin B, HB)猝灭.不同温度下测定Stern-Volmer图的结果显示,猝灭常数(K_sv)随温度的增加而加大,时间衰变荧光的结果显示,荧光寿命随HB浓度的增加而减小,加入不同浓度的HB, F₁F_o复合体的吸收峰没有位移.这些实验结果支持动态猝灭机理.HB还具有有效猝灭浓度低,不影响酶的活力;在脂相和水相的分布比率可高达16 560∶1;实验操作简便等优点.因此HB可作为理想的疏水相荧光猝灭剂,研究与膜结合的F₁F_o复合体中镶嵌于膜脂内F_o的构象变化.     

大豆液泡膜H^＋—ATPase功能与构象关系的初步研究

大豆液泡膜Ｖ型Ｈ＾＋－ＡＴＰａｓｅ是ＡＴＰａｓｅｓ中的一种,它在植物细胞的生长发育中有重要的作用。利用竹红菌乙素（ＨＢ）和ＫＩ这两种分别猝灭蛋白质疏水区域内源荧光和亲水区域内源荧光的荧光猝灭剂,在不同ｐＨ值、温度条件下对纯化的大豆液泡膜Ｖ型ＡＴＰａｓｅ进行荧光猝灭实验,初步探讨了Ｖ型Ｈ＾＋－ＡＴＰａｓｅ的水解活性同其蛋白质折叠状态间的关系。研究表明,通过比较不同ｐＨ值、温度条件下蛋白质疏水区域和亲     

大豆液泡膜H+-ATPase功能与构象关系的初步研究

大豆液泡膜V型H⁺-ATPase是ATPases中的一种,它在植物细胞的生长发育中有重要的作用.利用竹红菌乙素(HB）和KI这两种分别猝灭蛋白质疏水区域内源荧光和亲水区域内源荧光的荧光猝灭剂,在不同pH值、温度条件下对纯化的大豆液泡膜V型ATPase进行荧光猝灭实验,初步探讨了V型H⁺-ATPase的水解活性同其蛋白质折叠状态间的关系.研究表明,通过比较不同pH值、温度条件下蛋白质疏水区域和亲水区域内源荧光的荧光猝灭常数（K_SV）,发现当环境pH值、温度偏离酶的最适pH值和温度时,蛋白质的内源荧光强度降低且疏水区域和亲水区域内源荧光的荧光猝灭常数（K_SV）降低,说明伴随着酶的水解活性降低,蛋白质的折叠状态发生了变化.我们认为蛋白质在膜内的折叠状态变化是酶失活机制的一个重要方面,为植物的抗冻和抗盐研究提供了一定的参考.     

菌紫质D96N样品的光暗适应型及其转化机制

通过对菌紫质D96N基因突变形成的薄膜样品在光照下动态光谱的测定和分析,研究了此样品的光适应型、暗适应型特性及其之间的转化机制。实验证实,样品受光照激发后很快从暗适应型（D态）光适应型（B态）进入光循环,经过一系列的光化学中间体到边较稳定的M态。M态经过约1小时热驰豫完全回到光适应型B态,B态再经过24小时缓慢热驰豫完全回到暗适应型D态。B态受光则进入光循环,不受光则转化为D态,从而认为B态是菌紫质光循环路径中一个重要的分支节点。据此,提出了该样品在光照下B,D和M态之间转化的模型。     

山莨菪碱对紫膜中菌紫质结构的影响及其与膜脂的关系

本文用吸收光谱和可见圆二色谱研究了不同浓度的山莨菪碱对紫膜中菌紫质结构的影响,并设计了用不同浓度的去垢剂Triton X-100作为脂环境的扰动剂,研究山莨菪碱对菌紫质的影响与膜脂关系的实验.结果表明山莨菪碱不仅影响菌紫质分子本身的构象变化而且扰动了菌紫质分子之间的激子偶联作用.通过吸收差光谱技术表明山莨菪碱对菌紫质结构的影响与膜脂密切相关并指出紫膜中菌紫质的三体结构对膜功能的贡献是不容忽视的.     

菌紫质膜对315nm辐照的光反应

利用仪器本身的测量光束３１５ｎｍ光照对紫膜薄膜中菌紫质的光反应的影响的ＣＤ谱研究说明：３１５ｎｍ的近紫外光可以激发薄膜中菌紫质的光反应,３１５ｎｍ与４０８ｎｍ、３３５ｎｍ光激发的光反应变化类型一致,但与５６８ｎｍ光激发的反应变化类型不一致;３１５ｎｍ光激发的光反应与菌紫质的初始样品状态有关,与菌紫质所处的分子状态的分布有关,而不是直接与初始样品状态存在的表现条件有关。结果认为利用包括近ＵＶ光在内的不同光照条件来调控ＢＲ的光反应是有可能的。     

紫膜蛋白与离子通道物质A23187间的能量转移

紫膜蛋白(即菌紫质)与离子通道A23187之间存在非辐射共振能量转移.能量转移效率随A23187浓度增高而增加,在此体系中,A23187荧光的增强,除由于紫膜蛋白转移能量到A2187外,还有一部分荧光的增强是由于A23187直接吸收激发的结果.Ca~(2+)与Tb~(3+)对紫膜与A23187之间的能量转移的影响均不显著.两种离子对此体系中的A23187的荧光都有降低作用,Ca~(2+)的作用较小,Tb~(3+)的猝灭效应较显著.     

紫膜菌紫质分子的光生物物理学研究

本文介绍了紫膜细菌视紫红质的微观结构,质子泵功能和光循环过程,及其菌紫质分子中发色团和蛋白质相互作用(结合位点)的几种光谱研究,最后讨论了菌紫质分子原初事件量子产率的双重性和相应的分子动力学模型。     

Quenching of fluorescence in membrane protein by hypocrellin B

The hypocrellin B (HB) was used as a fluorescence quencher to study the basic physical characteris-tics of HB in membrane systems, including the diffusion speed of quencher from aqueous phase into membrane phase, the partition coefficient (P) of quencher between membrane and water, and the fluorescence quenching constant of protein (Ksv; Kq). The experimental results show that the quenching of fluorescence in membrane protein by HB can be determined by the principle of dynamic quenching. The experimental process of fluorescence quenching was ob-served in detail by using the ESR technique. The signal of HB" was found to arise from an electron transfer from ex-cited trytophan to HB.     

用稳态荧光探针研究竹红菌乙素光敏损伤对人红细胞膜流动性的影响

本文以红细胞膜为材料,用了三种稳态荧光探针研究了HB光敏作用引起人红细胞膜流动性的改变.实验结果表明在HB光敏作用下,膜的旋转扩散速度和侧向扩散速度均发生明显变化,ANS和DPH探针测得HB引起膜流动性降低,也就是膜粘度增加,用芘探针结果则表明膜的侧向扩散变慢.本文还对HB光敏作用的机理进行了探讨,我们观察了数种单重态氧猝灭剂,羟自山基猝灭剂和抗氧化剂对于光敏作用的影响,分别测定了膜流动性和膜的内源荧光的变化,发现在HB光敏作用中,除了~1O_2的作用之外,还存在其它自由基的作用.在HB与HA光敏能力的比较中发现,在比较高一些浓度条件下,存在着HB大于HA的趋向.     

竹红菌甲素对红细胞膜内脂双层的微扰

本文以荧光探针为手段,以人红细胞膜为材料,测量了膜偏振度的改变,荧光探针能量转移,荧光峰的蓝移和甲素激发峰的分裂。结果表明在有竹红菌甲素存在时,红细胞膜偏振度增加,探针荧光强度减小,荧光峰蓝移。甲素浓度增加时,上述现象更加明显,即它们之间有正的相关关系。同时,甲素激发光谱的a带发生分裂。据此,我们认为甲素对红细胞膜内脂双层产生明显微扰,甲素与红细胞膜间存在着相互作用。在甲素浓度较大时,它主要是渗入到红细胞膜脂双层的深层部位(膜脂肪酸链的12—16位)。     

Fluorescence quenching and electron spin resonance study of percolation in a two-phase lipid bilayer containing bacteriorhodopsin

The effect of bacteriorhodopsin (BR) on the percolation properties of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine/distearoylphosphatidylcholine bilayers was examined by studying the quenching of a lipid-bound fluorophore by a lipid-bound quencher, and by spin-spin interactions of a nitroxide-labeled lipid using electron spin resonance (ESR). At the low concentrations of BR used, differential scanning calorimetry showed that although the transition enthalpy was reduced in a concentration-dependent manner by incorporation of BR, the solidus and fluidus phase boundaries and overall shape of the heat capacity profiles were essentially unchanged. However, fluorescence quenching and spin-label ESR data showed that the domain topology, as reflected in the percolation properties, is strongly affected by the protein. In contrast to our previous fluorescence data for the pure lipid mixtures, quenching in the coexistence region is independent of the fluid phase fraction when BR is present. In addition, the percolation threshold estimated by spin-label ESR is shifted in the presence of BR to a higher gel phase fraction at a given lipid composition. Both the fluorescence quenching and spin-label ESR data, together with the results of earlier simulations, strongly suggest that the fluid phase domains are substantially larger and/or less ramified in the presence of BR than in its absence. We have previously reported a similar effect of a transmembrane peptide, pOmpA (Escherichia coli outer membrane protein A signal peptide), on fluid domain connectivity in binary phosphatidylcholine mixtures.     

A photoreversible conformational change in 124 kDa Avena phytochrome

Tryptophan (Trp) fluorescence quenching of phytochrome has been studied using anionic, cationic and neutral quenchers, I-, Cs+ and acrylamide, respectively, in an effort to understand the molecular differences between the Pr and Pfr forms. The data have been analyzed using both Stern-Volmer and modified Stern-Volmer kinetic treatments. The anionic quencher, I-, was proven to be an ineffective quencher with Stern-Volmer constants, Ksv, of 0.60 and 0.63 M-1, respectively, for the Pr and Pfr forms of phytochrome. The cationic quencher, Cs+, showed about a 2-fold difference in the Ksv of Pr and Pfr, indicating a significant change in the fluorescent Trp environments during the Pr to Pfr phototransformation. However, only 25-37% of the fluorescent Trp residues were accessible to the cationic quencher. Most of the fluorescent Trp residues were accessible to acrylamide, but the quenching by acrylamide was indistinguishable for the Pr and Pfr forms. An additional quenching by acrylamide after a saturated quenching with Cs+ showed more than 40% increase in the Ksv of Pfr over Pr. These observations, along with the finding of two distinct components in the Trp fluorescence lifetime, indicate the existence of Trp residues in at least two different sets of environments in the phytochrome protein. The two components of the fluorescence had lifetimes of 1.1 ns (major) and 4.7 ns (minor) for Pr and 0.9 ns (major) and 4.6 ns (minor) for Pfr. Fluorescence quenching was found to be both static and dynamic as the Stern-Volmer constants for the steady-state fluorescence quenching were higher than for the dynamic fluorescence quenching. Based on the quenching results, in combination with the location of Trp residues in the primary structure, we conclude that the Pr to Pfr phototransformation involves a significant conformation change in the phytochrome molecule, preferentially in the 74 kDa chromophore-bearing domain.     

Fluorescence characterization of type I collagen from normal and silicotic rats and its quenching dynamics induced by hypocrellin B

In this paper, we studied the quenching mechanism of intrinsic fluorescence of type I collagen by a new type photosensitizer and fluorescence quencher, hypocrellin B (HB). It was indicated that type I collagen can emit Tyr-intrinsic fluorescence with the excitation wavelength of Tyr (λ_ex = 269 nm). Its fluorescence decay conform to the triexponential rule of the fluorescence lifetime. The intrinsic fluorescence of type I collagen can be effectively quenched by HB through a process of charge and energy transference, which is involved in the collisional quenching, the dipolar inducement, and the formation of exciplex between HB and excited fluorophores of collagen. The fluorescence quenching would be weakened by higher ionic environments. The fluorescence emission and its quenching rate of abnormal silicotic collagen show falling trends, implying its much weakened potential of charge and energy transference, and its lessen bioelectric activities. In conclusion, the bioelectric properties of collagen depends on the perfect order of its molecular structure and orderly intramolecular and intermolecular interactions, which is important in its performing normal physiological functions. It is also demonstrated that the fluorescence quenching technique, using HB as a quencher, is truly an effectively method for biomolecular studies. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biopoly 42: 219–226, 1997     

A photoreversible conformational change in 124 kDa Avena phytochrome

Tryptophan (Trp) fluorescence quenching of phytochrome has been studied using anionic, cationic and neutral quenchers, I⁻, Cs⁺ and acrylamide, respectively, in an effort to understand the molecular differences between the Pr and Pfr forms. The data have been analyzed using both Stern-Volmer and modified Stern-Volmer kinetic treatments. The anionic quencher, I⁻, was proven to be an ineffective quencher with Stern-Volmer constants, K_sv, of 0.60 and 0.63 M⁻¹, respectively, for the Pr and Pfr forms of phytochrome. The cationic quencher, Cs⁺, showed about a 2-fold difference in the K_sv of Pr and Pfr, indicating a significant change in the fluorescent Trp environments during the Pr to Pfr phototransformation. However, only 25–37% of the fluorescent Trp residues were accessible to the cationic quencher. Most of the fluorescent Trp residues were accessible to acrylamide, but the quenching by acrylamide was indistinguishable for the Pr and Pfr forms. An additional quenching by acrylamide after a saturated quenching with Cs⁺ showed more than 40% increase in the K_sv of Pfr over Pr. These observations, along with the finding of two distinct components in the Trp fluorescence lifetime, indicate the existence of Trp residues in at least two different sets of environments in the phytochrome protein. The two components of the fluorescence had lifetimes of 1.1 ns (major) and 4.7 ns (minor) for Pr and 0.9 ns (major) and 4.6 ns (minor) for Pfr. Fluorescence quenching was found to be both static and dynamic as the Stern-Volmer constants for the steady-state fluorescence quenching were higher than for the dynamic fluorescence quenching. Based on the quenching results, in combination with the location of Trp residues in the primary structure, we conclude that the Pr to Pfr phototransformation involves a significant conformation change in the phytochrome molecule, preferentially in the 74 kDa chromophore-bearing domain.     

Luminescence of bacteriorhodopsin from Halobacterium halobium and its connection with the photochemical conversions of the chromophore

Red luminescence of purple membranes from Halobacterium halobium cells in suspension, dry film or freeze-dried preparations was studied and its emission, excitation and polarization spectra are reported. The emission spectra have three bands at 665–670, 720–730 and at 780–790 nm. The position (maximum at 580 nm) and shape of the excitation spectra are close to those of the absorption spectra. The spectra depend on experimental conditions, in particular on pH of the medium. Acidification increases the long wavelength part of the emission spectra and shifts the main excitation maximum 50–60 nm to the longer wavelength side. Low-temperature light-induced changes of the absorption, emission and excitation spectra are presented. Several absorbing and emitting species of bacteriorhodopsin are responsible for the observed spectral changes. The bacteriorhodopsin photoconversion rate constant was estimated to be about 1 · 10¹¹ s^?1 at ? 196°C from the quantum yields of the luminescence (1 · 10^?3) and photoreaction (1 · 10^?1). The temperature dependence of the luminescence quantum yield points to the existence of two or three quenching processes with different activation energies. High degree of luminescence polarization (about 45–47%) throughout the absorption and fluorescence spectra and its temperature independence show that there is no energy transfer between bacteriorhodopsin molecules and no chromophore rotation during the excitation lifetime. In carotenoid-containing membranes, energy migration from the bulk of carotenoids to bacteriorhodopsin was not found either. Bacteriorhodopsin phosphorescence was not observed in the 500–1100 nm region and the emission is believed to be fluorescence by nature.     

酶切菌紫质C端引起的紫膜蛋白的发光性质变化

用木瓜蛋白酶切去bRC端尾巴约20—25个氨基酸之后发现:在KCl盐浓度作用下,其蛋白荧光光谱中的色氨酸荧光成份有明显的增强;用Cs~ 对bR蛋白荧光的猝灭实验表明此色氨酸荧光成份的增加是由于在KCl作用下bR中某些色氨酸残基暴露的结果;磷光光谱实验表明在KCl作用下色氨酸磷光的增加也是由于色氨酸残基暴露的结果。本文讨论了这种构象变化可能影响正常bR分子中菌蛋白光循环的进行,从而使质子泵效率降低;并且此构象变化可能与其C端尾巴的构象有关。     

Vertical fluctuations of phospholipid acyl chains in bilayers

The possibility of vertical displacement of acyl chains in lipid bilayers has been examined by quenching the fluorescence of 2-(9-anthroyloxy)palmitic acid with 5- and 16-doxylstearates in dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine unilamellar vesicles. Measurement of lifetime and steady-state quenching showed that the dynamic component of quenching was independent of the transverse position of the quencher indicating that a quencher at the 16-position could interact with a fluorophore at the 2-position with high frequency. The differences in steady-state quenching could be accounted for by the differences in the static component of quenching. The results provide further evidence for rapid vertical displacements of acyl chains in phospholipid bilayers.