造纸废水纸浆沉淀物中未培养微生物纤维素酶基因的克隆和鉴定

提取纯化造纸废水纸浆沉淀物的宏基因组DNA并构建16S rDNA文库,系统发育分析显示该环境中存在大量的未培养细菌且具有种类的多样性。以柯斯质粒为载体构建了1个含10000个克隆的宏基因组文库,文库容量为3.53×108bp。筛选文库得到2个表达内切葡聚糖酶活性的克隆、3个表达外切葡聚糖酶活性的克隆和2个表达β-葡萄糖苷酶活性的克隆。从表达不同活性的克隆中分别挑选活性最强的进行鉴定,得到3个新的纤维素酶基因umcel5L、umcel5M和umbgl3D。umcel5L、umcel5M和umbgl3D分别编码产生内切葡聚糖酶、纤维糊精酶和β-葡萄糖苷酶,其编码产物与已报道的纤维素酶一致性最高的分别为43%、48%和46%。这是第一次采用未培养方法对造纸废水纸浆沉淀物中的细菌多样性进行分析并从中克隆纤维素酶基因的报道。     

纤维素酶的研究进展与发展趋势

纤维素酶是一类能够水解纤维素的β-D-糖苷键生成葡萄糖的多组分酶的总称.传统上将其分为3类:内切葡聚糖酶、外切葡聚糖酶和β-葡萄糖苷酶.纤维素酶属于糖苷水解酶类,近年来,根据氨基酸序列的同源性以及纤维素酶结构的相似性,将其分成不同的家族.总结了纤维素酶近年来的主要进展与研究趋势,包括酶的作用机理、基因的表达与调控、酶的发酵生产以及在纺织、洗涤、能源等工业的应用进展.     

木霉内切葡聚糖酶的研究现状及应用

木霉因其能有效地生产纤维素酶,并且具有很高的降解纤维素能力而备受关注。其中木霉纤维素酶由内切β-1,4-葡聚糖酶(EC.3.2.1.4)、外切β-1,4-葡聚糖酶(EC.3.2.1.91)和β-葡萄糖苷酶(EC.3.2.1.21)三种酶组成,而内切葡聚糖酶能够随机作用于纤维素长链内部,将纤维素降解成小分子多糖,是纤维素酶系中重要的组成部分。近几年,主要木霉内切葡聚糖基因被克隆与分析,同时通过有效的方法进行异源表达,使其能够得到高效利用。本文综述了内切葡聚糖酶的结构、特性和催化机制,内切葡聚糖酶基因的生物信息学特点,基因在不同宿主体内表达和改造,以及内切葡聚糖酶在工业中应用的最新研究进展,并且提出了一些尚需深入研究的问题,为以后的研究提供参考。     

福寿螺（Ampullaria crossean）内源性多功能纤维素酶基因的克隆

迄今为止已克隆的动物纤维素酶基因都是编码内切—β—1,4—葡聚糖酶或β—葡萄糖苷酶的,还没有有关动物外切—β—1,4—葡聚糖酶基因的报道。并且,动物是否对植物细胞壁的另一主要成分木聚糖具有水解能力也依然是个疑问。已经由草食性软体动物福寿螺的胃液中纯化得到一种纤维素酶,该酶同时具有外切β—1,4—葡聚糖酶、内切β—1,4—葡聚糖酶和内切β—1,4—木聚糖酶等三种活性,是一种多功能纤维素酶(命名为EGX)。在此基础上,从福寿螺胃组织中克隆得到的EGX cDNA开放阅读框全长为1185bp,共编码395个氨基酸。由氨基酸顺序同源和活性部位的保守顺序的比较分析,EGX可归属于糖苷水解酶第10家族。该多功能纤维素酶cDNA在毕赤酵母(Pichia pastoris)中表达的产物具有水解外切β—1,4—葡聚糖酶底物(pNPC),羧甲基纤维素(内切β—1,4—葡聚糖酶的底物)和木聚糖(木聚糖酶的底物)的活力。另外也从福寿螺卵巢组织中获得编码福寿螺多功能纤维素酶．EGX基因,长度为4892bp,含有9个外显子和8个内含子。8个内含子分别位于开放阅读框的74bp、122bp、280bp、336bp、473bp、646bp、753bp和972bp处。以上结果证明了多功能纤维素酶EGX是福寿螺自身产生的,同时也证明了福寿螺具有与微生物相似的纤维素酶系,即也含有内源性的外切β—1,4—葡聚糖酶活力组分。     

粗糙脉孢菌C2H2转录因子家族基因敲除突变体产纤维素酶筛选分析

丝状真菌的木质纤维素水解酶基因的表达很大程度上受到转录水平的调控,对纤维素酶系调控转录因子的研究对提高纤维素酶的产量具有重要意义。为了挖掘纤维素酶表达新调控基因,本研究对粗糙脉孢菌锌指转录因子C₂H₂家族的57株基因敲除突变株在以2%结晶纤维素为唯一碳源的培养条件下进行产纤维素酶水平分析筛选。通过测定发酵液的蛋白、内切β-1,4-葡聚糖酶酶活、外切纤维素酶酶活、β-葡萄糖苷酶酶活、木聚糖酶酶活及生物量,发现突变株L-38、L-85、L-40、L-64、L-99、L-07、L-86在蛋白水平及内切β-1,4-葡聚糖酶酶活水平均比野生型有25%-77%不等的显著提高,而突变株L-87、L-06在蛋白水平及内切β-1,4-葡聚糖酶酶活水平均比野生型有65%-80%不等的显著降低。这些纤维素酶新调控基因的获得为后续相关表达调控的研究提供了新素材。     

不同香型茶树鲜叶挥发性组分与β-葡萄糖苷酶的相关性分析

为了明确不同香型茶树(Camellia sinensis)品种鲜叶挥发性物质的组成、含量、β-葡萄糖苷酶活性及其基因差异表达特征,以黄观音、0318E、福云6号、0213-2和C19五个四年生茶树品种(系)为实验材料,使用GC-MS测定其鲜叶挥发性物质的组成及含量,并对β-葡萄糖苷酶活性进行测定,同时克隆β-葡萄糖苷酶基因,分析其在不同品种中的表达差异。结果表明,黄观音和0318E的鲜叶中,萜烯类与衍生物种类及含量都高于普通香型茶树鲜叶(福云6号、0213-2和C19);鲜叶中β-葡萄糖苷酶活性以黄观音(7.8 U·g–1)和0318E(7.3 U·g–1)最高,福云6号和C19次之,0213-2(6.1 U·g–1)最低。β-葡萄糖苷酶基因在黄观音和0318E中表达最强,显著高于C19、福云6号和0213-2,在0213-2中的表达量最低。     

纤维素酶在生物质转化中的应用研究进展

纤维素酶是木质纤维素转化的重要酶系,主要是由内切β-1,4-葡聚糖酶、外切β-1,4-葡聚糖酶和β-葡萄糖苷酶组成,水解不同位置的糖苷键从而形成葡萄糖。本文总结了纤维素酶近几年来的研究开发与应用研究进展,包含产酶菌和菌种选育、辅助蛋白,介绍了纤维素酶来源和组成、纤维素酶工业化生产的最新研究进展以及纤维素酶在生物质转化方面的应用,纤维素酶在1.5代、2代纤维素燃料乙醇及生物质制气中都有重要的应用。     

球毛壳菌(Chaetomium globosum)NK102 纤维素酶基因及其表达条件

[目的]生物质的利用是当前生物技术研究的一个热点.本小组分离到一株高效降解纤维素球毛壳菌(Chaetomium globosum)NK102,本文拟探索研究此菌的纤维素酶表达系统并寻找影响酶基因表达的关键因素.[方法]通过对NK102测序,本文界定了球毛壳菌NK102的主要纤维素酶编码基因,使用数字基因表达谱升级版(RNA-Seq)的方法得到纤维素酶基因的表达差异,然后观察了营养、物理条件下纤维素酶基因表达和酶活性变化的情况.[结果]发现随着培养时间的延长,纤维素酶基因整体上表达量升高.在所选基因中,外切葡聚糖酶、纤维二糖脱氢酶和内切葡聚糖酶基因(cbh1,cdh和egl1)的表达量最高.糖代谢的负调控因子ACE I和CreA的随时间表达量均降低,而Hap2/3/5复合体的表达量反而升高.之后检测了不同碳源培养基对纤维素酶基因表达量和酶活性的影响,发现葡萄糖为强阻遏因子,纤维二糖为其诱导物,而山梨醇没有影响.特别是,我们发现光照也影响纤维素酶基因的表达,黑暗条件明显抑制酶基因的表达.[结论]转录组学的方法可以初步探索纤维素酶表达的规律,酶基因的表达受到营养、物理条件的影响.本研究为揭示球毛壳菌降解纤维素分子机理和阐释生物质糖代谢途径提供了有用参考.     

粗糙脉孢菌丝氨酸/苏氨酸激酶家族基因敲除库纤维素酶表达分泌研究

【目的】蛋白磷酸化在丝状真菌细胞对外界纤维素酶诱导信号感应以及信号胞内的传导过程中有着重要的作用,而蛋白磷酸化是由蛋白激酶来完成的。为了挖掘在丝状真菌纤维素酶表达过程中发挥重要作用的激酶基因,对粗糙脉孢菌丝氨酸/苏氨酸家族的61株蛋白激酶单基因突变体的纤维素酶表达分泌情况进行了分析测定。【方法】在以微晶纤维素为唯一碳源的条件下,7株单基因突变体胞外分泌蛋白产量有显著变化,随后,对这7株突变体胞外蛋白进行了详细的SDS-PAGE分析和内切-β-1,4-葡聚糖酶酶活、β-葡萄糖苷酶酶活、外切纤维素酶酶活以及木聚糖酶酶活的测定。【结果】突变株W14、W38、W87和W40胞外分泌蛋白含量提高了30%以上,除了突变株W14外,其它突变体的内切-β-1,4-葡聚糖酶酶活分别显著提高了62%、42%和42%。而突变株W85、W26和W46胞外分泌蛋白含量降低了50%以上,相对应的内切-β-1,4-葡聚糖酶酶活也分别下降了86%、75%和84%。【结论】这些关于粗糙脉孢菌丝氨酸/苏氨酸家族蛋白激酶基因的挖掘,为进一步深入研究蛋白激酶在纤维素酶诱导表达调控中的分子机理奠定了基础。     

新疆6个大果红枣裂果性差异及其内在原因分析

该研究以新疆栽培的6个大果型红枣品种(‘骏枣’、‘赞新大枣’、‘金谷大枣’、‘蛤蟆枣’、‘晋赞大枣’、‘新郑大马牙’)全红期果实为对象,通过考察裂果性差异,观察果皮组织结构,测定细胞壁成分及代谢相关酶活性,分析扩展蛋白基因表达的变化,探讨造成枣品种裂果差异的内在规律,为栽培引种及抗裂品种选育提供理论基础。结果表明:(1)‘骏枣’、‘赞新大枣’、‘金谷大枣’属于易裂果品种,而‘蛤蟆枣’、‘晋赞大枣’、‘新郑大马牙’的抗裂果能力较强。(2)6个品种之间的果实角质层厚度差异显著,并以‘晋赞大枣’、‘蛤蟆枣’和‘新郑大马牙’较大;表皮层厚度在品种之间无显著差异;品种间的果肉空腔与果肉面积比例差异显著,由低到高依次为‘蛤蟆枣’‘新郑大马牙’‘晋赞大枣’‘骏枣’‘金谷大枣’‘赞新大枣’。(3)6个品种间果皮的纤维素含量、纤维素酶活性以及原果胶含量、可溶性果胶含量、果胶酶活性等指标均存在显著差异,且原果胶含量与裂果率具有相关性,抗裂品种‘晋赞大枣’和‘蛤蟆枣’的原果胶含量明显低于其他品种;其他指标与它们各自的裂果率未发现相关性。(4)扩展蛋白基因ZjEXP11和ZjEXP12在6个品种果皮中的表达水平差异显著,且与裂果率具有相关关系,并以抗裂果能力较强品种的表达量显著较低。研究发现,新疆大果型红枣的裂果性在品种间存在显著差异,抗裂果品种比易裂果品种具有更厚的角质层和表皮层,以及更小的果肉空腔面积、更低的原果胶含量和更低的扩展蛋白基因ZjEXP11、ZjEXP12表达水平。     

Systematic significance of mature embryo of bamboos

The mature embryo of seven species belonging to five genera of Indian bamboos is described. In all these the basic pattern of embryo organisation is same: the scutellar and coleoptilar bundles are not separated by an internode, the epiblast is absent, the lower portion of the scutellum and the coleorhiza are separated by a cleft and the margins of embryonic leaves overlap. The features unique to fleshy fruited bamboos are: presence of a massive scutellum, the juxtaposition of plumule and radicle and the occurrence of a bud in the axil of the coleoptile. The fleshy fruit bearing bamboos should be classified into one group, the tribeMelocanneae. Evidence is provided to recognise additional groups in the subfamilyBambusoideae.     

Taxonomic status of the species of the green algal genusNeochloris

Komárek has recently reviewed the various species assigned to the green algal genusNeochloris Starr (Chlorococcales, Chlorococcaceae) and removed those with uninucleate vegetative cells to a new genus,Ettlia. Watanabe & Floyd, unaware ofKomárek's work, also reviewed the species ofNeochloris and distributed them among three genera—Neochloris, Chlorococcopsis gen. nov., andParietochloris gen. nov.—on the basis of details of the covering of the zoospore and the arrangement of the basal bodies of the flagellar apparatus. This paper reconciles these two treatments and makes additional recommendations at the ranks of genus, family, order, and class.     

Phylogeny of cardinalfishes (Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Apogonidae) and the evolution of visceral bioluminescence

The cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) are a diverse clade of small, mostly reef-dwelling fishes, for which a variety of morphological data have not yielded a consistent phylogeny. We use DNA sequence to hypothesize phylogenetic relationships within Apogonidae and among apogonids and other acanthomorph families, to examine patterns of evolution including the distribution of a visceral bioluminescence system. In conformance with previous studies, Apogonidae is placed in a clade with Pempheridae, Kurtidae, Leiognathidae, and Gobioidei. The apogonid genus Pseudamia is recovered outside the remainder of the family, not as sister to the superficially similar genus Gymnapogon. Species sampled from the Caribbean and Western Atlantic (Phaeoptyx, Astrapogon, and some Apogon species) form a clade, as do the larger-bodied Glossamia and Cheilodipterus. Incidence of visceral bioluminescence is found scattered throughout the phylogeny, independently for each group in which it is present. Examination of the fine structure of the visceral bioluminescence system through histology shows that light organs exhibit a range of morphologies, with some composed of complex masses of tubules (Siphamia, Pempheris, Parapriacanthus) and others lacking tubules but containing chambers formed by folds of the visceral epithelium (Acropoma, Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia). Light organs in Siphamia, Acropoma, Pempheris and Parapriacanthus are distinct from but connected to the gut; those in Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia are simply portions of the intestinal tract, and are little differentiated from the surrounding tissues. The presence or absence of symbiotic luminescent bacteria does not correlate with light organ structure; the tubular light organs of Siphamia and chambered tubes of Acropoma house bacteria, those in Pempheridae and the other Apogonidae do not.     

Analysis of twin of eyeless regulation during early embryogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster

The Drosophila Pax6 homolog twin of eyeless (toy) is so far the first zygotically expressed gene involved in eye morphogenesis in Drosophila. The study of its expression during embryogenesis is therefore informative of the initial events of eye development in Drosophila. We have analyzed how the initial expression domain of toy at cellular blastoderm is regulated. We show that the three maternal patterning systems active in the cephalic region (the anterior, terminal and dorsal-ventral systems) cooperate with zygotically activated gap genes to shape the initial expression domain of toy. Whereas Bicoid, Dorsal and Torso signaling synergistically act as activators, Hunchback, Knirps and Decapentaplegic act as repressors.     

Host plants of someRhinanthoideae (Scrophulariaceae) of eastern North America

Twenty three species in 11 genera were examined in the field to determine hosts. OnlyStriga asiatica andSeymeria cassioides have a narrow host range being restricted to grasses and pines, respectively. These are the only species which cause pronounced and sometimes serious host damage. The other species attach to a great diversity of hosts.     

Apoptotic Regulation of Caspase Activity

Intracellular cysteine aspartate-specific proteases (caspases) play both signaling and effector roles in realizing the program of cell death. Caspases function as proteolytic cascades unique for each cell type and signal triggering apoptosis. All parts of the proteolytic cascades are duplicated and controlled by feedback signals. Amplification cycles between pairs of caspases (the third and the sixth, the ninth and the third, the twelfth and the sixth, and others) help multiply the initial apoptotic signal. The presence of physiological inhibitors of apoptosis that directly interact with caspases creates a multilevel regulatory network of apoptosis in cell. The caspase proteolytic cascades are also regulated by sphingolipid secondary messengers, among them ceramide, sphingosine, and their phosphates. Moreover, an association of the caspase signaling with ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis is shown in cells. In particular, the use of extracellular activators and inhibitors of caspases allows irreversible activation of apoptosis in tumor cells or the prevention of apoptosis in cortical neurons under neurodegenerative diseases.     

广西青藓科分类学修订

通过对采自广西24个县(市)的1 147份青藓科植物标本的逐一鉴定及相关文献的查阅,确认有广西青藓科植物11属、44种,其中包括广西青藓科植物新记录属1属,即拟异叶藓属(Pseudokindbergia),新记录种7种,分别为匐枝青藓(Brachythecium procumbens)、阔叶尖喙藓(Oxyrrhynchium latifolium)、泛生尖喙藓(O. vagans)、拟异叶藓(Pseudokindbergia dumosa)、华东细喙藓(Rhynchostegiella sinensis)、长肋拟青藓(Sciurohypnum populeum)和弯叶拟青藓(S. reflexum)。该文提供了修订后的广西青藓科植物名录,并对其中的新记录属、种的主要形态学识别特征、生境和地理分布等进行了详细描述。     

In vitro appraisal of the probiotic value of intestinal lactobacilli

Lactobacilli play a distinctive role in the microbial balance of the chicken gut. In experiments simulating the chicken crop, the antagonism of lactobacilli against Enterobacteriaceae and Salmonella typhimurium was demonstrated and was attributed to lactic acid production. Moreover, adhesion to the crop epithelium was a common characteristic of intestinal lactobacilli. As opposed to salmonellas, lactobacilli were sensitive to deconjugated bile salts at 2.5mm. This sensitivity could lower their chance of proliferation in the small bowel of the chicken tract.The authors are at the Laboratory of Microbial Ecology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, State University of Gent, Coupure L., 653, B-9000 Gent, Belgium.     

Evaluation of antiprotozoal and antimycobacterial activities of the resin glycosides and the other metabolites of Scrophularia cryptophila

Resin glycosides are secondary metabolites exclusive to the convolvulaceous plants. In this study, crypthophilic acids A–C (1–3), the first resin glycosides occurring in another family (Scrophulariaceae), and the other constituents of Scrophularia cryptophila were examined for in vitro antiprotozoal and antimycobacterial potentials. Except for crypthophilic acid B (2), all tested compounds exhibited growth-inhibitory effect against Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, with l-tryptophan (6) and buddlejasaponin III (7) being the most potent ones (IC₅₀'s 4.1 and 9.7 μg/ml). In contrast, the activity towards Trypanosoma cruzi was poor, and only crypthophilic acid C (3), 6 and 7 were trypanocidal at concentrations above 40 μg/ml. With the exception of 2 and 6, all compounds were active against Leishmania donovani. Harpagide (4) and 3 emerged as the best leishmanicidal agents (IC₅₀'s 2.0 and 5.8 μg/ml). Only compounds 3, 6 and 7 showed antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum with IC₅₀ values of 4.2, 16.6 and 22.4 μg/ml. Overall the best and broadest spectrum activity was presented by compounds 3 and 7, as they inhibited all four parasitic protozoa. None of the isolates had significant activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MICs >100 μg/ml) or were toxic towards mammalian (L6) cells. This is the first report of antiprotozoal activity for natural resin glycosides, as well as for harpagide (4), acetylharpagide (5), tryptophan (6) and buddlejasaponin III (7).