多变鱼腥藻(Anabaena variabilis)藻胆体——类囊体膜光能传递的研究

多变鱼腥藻(Anabaena variabilis)藻胆体一类囊体膜的吸收峰位于678,624,490,438和418nm.当用580nm波长光激发藻胆体一类囊体膜中藻胆蛋白时,室温荧光峰位于662nm,在680nm附近有一肩;液氮温度荧光峰位于655,666,695和730nm.这说明藻胆蛋白捕获的光能能有效地传给叶绿素a.当用436nm波长光激发藻胆体一类囊性膜中叶绿素a时,室温荧光峰(?)于683nm;液氮温室荧光峰在730nm,另一小峰在695nm.表明叶绿素a捕获的光能不能传递给藻胆蛋白.藻胆体一类囊体膜放氧速率为245μmoleO_2/小时,毫克叶绿素,电境照片显示在类囊体膜上有大量藻胆体.用0.3M蔗糖,O.05M磷酸缓冲溶液洗藻胆体一类囊体膜,能使藻胆体与类囊体膜分开.对藻胆体与类囊体之间的光能传递进行了讨论.     

多变鱼腥藻(Anabaena variabilis)藻胆体——类囊体膜光能传递的研究

多变鱼腥藻(Anabaena variabilis)藻胆体一类囊体膜的吸收峰位于678,624,490,438和418nm.当用580nm波长光激发藻胆体一类囊体膜中藻胆蛋白时,室温荧光峰位于662nm,在680nm附近有一肩;液氮温度荧光峰位于655,666,695和730nm.这说明藻胆蛋白捕获的光能能有效地传给叶绿素a.当用436nm波长光激发藻胆体一类囊性膜中叶绿素a时,室温荧光峰(?)于683nm;液氮温室荧光峰在730nm,另一小峰在695nm.表明叶绿素a捕获的光能不能传递给藻胆蛋白.藻胆体一类囊体膜放氧速率为245μmoleO_2/小时,毫克叶绿素,电境照片显示在类囊体膜上有大量藻胆体.用0.3M蔗糖,O.05M磷酸缓冲溶液洗藻胆体一类囊体膜,能使藻胆体与类囊体膜分开.对藻胆体与类囊体之间的光能传递进行了讨论.     

聚球藻 (Synechococcus leopoliensis 625) 藻胆体 一 类囊体膜光化学活性和亚显微结构的研究

聚球藻藻胆体-类囊体膜吸收光谱中有五个吸收峰,它们位于420nm,438nm, 490nm,624nm和678nm。放氧速率为161-179mol O2／mg Chl.hr.电镜照片中显示在类囊体膜上有大量藻胆体。     

盐类对蓝绿藻光合特性的影响

藻胆蛋白是蓝绿藻的天线蛋白,由无色多肽连接,形成的一定结构叫做藻胆体,作为蓝绿藻的主要光能捕获器。一种分子量为90—120KD的无色多肽将藻胆体固着在类囊体膜表面,从而使吸收的光能可从藻蓝蛋白有效地传递给类囊体膜中光系统Ⅱ反应中心的叶绿素a3。为探讨在能量传递水平上藻胆体和类囊体膜之间的相互作用,我们研究了离子强度对蓝绿藻胆体和叶绿素a之间能量传递的影响。       

钝顶螺旋藻（Spirulina platensis）藻胆体Langmuir-Blodgett膜

从钝顶螺旋藻中分离制备完整藻胆体 ,然后滴加于空气 水界面上 ,应用LB膜技术制备藻胆体LB膜。结果表明 ,藻胆体在空气 水界面上具有很好的成膜性能。将藻胆体LB单层膜转移到刚揭开的云母表面 ,喷一层金 ,然后用扫描隧道显微镜观察。结果表明 ,藻胆体在Langmuir Blodgett膜中的排列方式与其在体内类囊体膜表面的排列方式类似 ,一排排聚集在一起 ,然后排列成膜。藻胆体的“核”吸附在云母表面 ,而藻胆体的“杆”伸向外面。由于钝顶螺旋藻易于规模化培养 ,藻胆体容易批量制备 ,加之藻胆体具有的独特的光物理、光化学特性和良好的成膜性能 ,以及本身就是纳米量级的颗粒 (5 0 70nm) ,预示着藻胆体在纳米光电子器件中具有很好的应用前景。     

一种观察藻胆体移动的光漂白后荧光恢复技术

文章从样品制备、测定方法、数据分析方面就如何应用光漂白后的荧光恢复（FRAP）技术观测蓝藻藻胆体在类囊体膜上的移动进行介绍,得到的结果表明FRAP技术可以直接而有效地观测蓝藻藻胆体在类囊体膜上的移动情况。     

蓝藻藻胆体与类囊体膜之间光能传递的研究

从嗜热蓝藻优雅粘囊藻（Ｍｙｘｏｓａｒｃｉｎａ ｃｏｎｃｉｎｎａ Ｐｒｉｎｔｚ．）中分离到具有放氧活性的藻胆体－类囊体膜复合物。它的吸收峰位于６８０、６２８、４９０、４３８和４２０ ｎｍ ,在低离子强度（０．１～０．４ ｍ ｏｌ／Ｌ）磷酸缓冲液中的６６４ ｎｍ 荧光发射峰随离子强度的降低而升高,７１８ ｎｍ 荧光发射峰与此相反（７７ 。Ｋ,Ｅｘ＝ ５８０ ｎｍ ）。当把游离的藻胆体和已解离去藻胆体的类囊体膜在蔗糖磷酸缓冲液中重组时,随时间延长（０～６０ ｍ ｉｎ）,７１８ ｎｍ 荧光发射峰逐渐升高,６８５ ｎｍ 荧光发射峰逐渐下降（７７ 。Ｋ,Ｅｘ ＝ ５８０ ｎｍ ）,表明藻胆体与类囊体之间的解离和结合对光能传递的影响     

钝顶螺旋藻中一种新的模型藻胆体

以钝顶螺旋藻为材料 ,分离得到完整的藻胆体 ,然后用扫描隧道显微镜(STM)对其结构进行研究 .结果表明钝顶螺旋藻藻胆体的结构与传统的半圆盘状结构模型不同 ,藻胆体的杆不是排列在同一平面内 ,而是呈放射状向空间的各个方向伸展 ,藻胆体的直径为 70nm左右 ,杆的长度为 5 0nm左右 ,并且可清楚地观察到藻胆体的杆中圆盘状的藻胆蛋白面对面的聚集在一起 .从藻胆体LB膜的STM图像中也观察到了相同的结果 .藻胆体解离之后 ,STM图像中没有完整藻胆体的结构特征 ,进一步证实前面得到的是完整藻胆体的STM图像 .Chang等人用计算机模拟方法构建了这种放射状结构的藻胆体的理论模型 ,首次用扫描隧道显微镜从三维实空间直接观察到钝顶螺旋藻中这种结构模型的藻胆体的存在 ,并对这种放射状模型的藻胆体的功能进行了讨论 .     

柱孢鱼腥藻的藻蓝蛋白亚基和F_(678)色素蛋白

柱孢鱼腥藻的藻蓝蛋白包含有两个亚基。β亚基具有578nm吸收峰和600nm荧光发射峰,分子量19.80±0.40KD,可表明β亚基仅有一个载色团。α亚基具有578nm和630nm吸收峰及645nm的荧光发射峰,分子量17.35±0.38,α亚基可能有两个载色团。别藻蓝蛋白有635nm和650nm吸收蜂及664nm的荧光发射峰。具藻胆体的类囊体膜从高盐浓度缓冲液移至低盐浓度缓冲液时表现678nm荧光发射峰,可能柱孢鱼腥藻存在的F_(678)色素蛋白相当于GLazer(1975)的别藻蓝蛋白B。     

发菜藻胆体的分离和光谱特性的研究

完整藻胆体和不完整藻胆体的吸收峰都在618nm。完整藻胆体的室温荧光峰位于670nm以上,而不完整藻胆体则在670nm以下。完整藻胆体的77K荧光发射光谱中只有648nm一个荧光发射带;而在不完整藻胆体,则有2个或3个发射带,它们位于684nm,666nm和648nm,依次属于别藻蓝蛋白-B,别藻蓝蛋白和C-藻蓝蛋白的荧光。     

某些物理化学因素对竹红菌甲素敏化的人红细胞膜乙酰胆碱酯酶的光失活作用的影响

本文以人红细胞膜乙酰胆碱酯酶力作用对象,研究了甲素浓度、pH、温度等因素对甲素致敏的酶光失活的影响,并计算了不同条件下的酶失活速率常数.甲素与某些光敏化剂相比,有以下特点:(1)甲素光敏化效率随着pH降低而增加,(2)光强指数α>1,(3)甲素在400nm—600nm波长范围内均有较大的光敏化作用.后性氧清除剂的试验结果表明,乙酰胆碱酯酶的光失活主要是单线态氧的作用,其它活性氧也有一定作用.     

THE TOTAL LUMINOUS EFFICIENCY OF LUMINOUS BACTERIA

Methods are described for measuring the light emitted by an emulsion of luminous bacteria of given thickness, and calculating the light emitted by a single bacterium, measuring 1.1 x 2.2 micra, provided there is no absorption of light in the emulsion. At the same time, the oxygen consumed by a single bacterium was measured by recording the time for the bacteria to use up .9 of the oxygen dissolved in sea water from air (20 per cent oxygen). The luminescence intensity does not diminish until the oxygen concentration falls below 2 per cent, when the luminescence diminishes rapidly. Above 2 per cent oxygen (when the oxygen dissolving in sea water from pure oxygen at 760 mm. Hg pressure = 100 per cent) the bacteria use equal amounts of oxygen in equal times, while below 2 per cent oxygen it seems very likely that rate of oxygen absorption is proportional to oxygen concentration. By measuring the time for a tube of luminous bacteria of known concentration saturated with air (20 per cent oxygen) to begin to darken (2 per cent oxygen) we can calculate the oxygen absorbed by one bacterium per second. The bacteria per cc. are counted on a blood counting slide or by a centrifugal method, after measuring the volume of a single bacterium (1.695 x 10^–12 cc.). Both methods gave results in good agreement with each other. The maximum value for the light from a single bacterium was 24 x 10^–14 lumens or 1.9 x 10^–14 candles. The maximum value for lumen-seconds per mg. of oxygen absorbed was 14. The average value for lumen-seconds per mg. O₂ was 9.25. The maximum values were selected in calculating the efficiency of light production, since some of the bacteria counted may not be producing light, although they may still be using oxygen. The "diet" of the bacteria was 60 per cent glycerol and 40 per cent peptone. To oxidize this mixture each mg. of oxygen would yield 3.38 gm. calories or 14.1 watts per second. 1 lumen per watt is therefore produced by a normal bacterium which emits 14 lumen-seconds per mg. O₂ absorbed. Since the maximum lumens per watt are 640, representing 100 per cent efficiency, the total luminous efficiency if .00156. As some of the oxygen is used in respiratory oxidation which may have nothing to do with luminescence, the luminescence efficiency must be higher than 1 lumen per watt. Experiments with KCN show that this substance may reduce the oxygen consumption to 1/20 of its former value while reducing the luminescence intensity only ¼. A partial separation of respiratory from luminescence oxidations is therefore effected by KCN, and our efficiency becomes 5 lumens per watt, or .0078. This is an over-all efficiency, based on the energy value of the "fuel" of the bacteria, regarded as a power plant for producing light. It compares very favorably with the 1.6 lumens per watt of a tungsten vacuum lamp or the 3.9 lumens per watt of a tungsten nitrogen lamp, if we correct the usual values for these illuminants, based on watts at the lamp terminals, for a 20 per cent efficiency of the power plant converting the energy of coal fuel into electric current. The specific luminous emission of the bacteria is 3.14 x 10^–6 lumens per cm². One bacterium absorbs 215,000 molecules of oxygen per second and emits 1,280 quanta of light at λ_max = 510µµ. If we suppose that a molecule of oxygen uniting with luminous material gives rise to the emission of 1 quantum of light energy, only 1/168 of the oxygen absorbed is used in luminescence. On this basis the efficiency becomes 168 lumens per watt or 26.2 per cent.     

OXYGEN TENSION AND THE RATES OF MITOSIS AND INTERPHASE IN ROOTS

The object of this work was to determine the influence of a wide range of oxygen tensions upon the relative rates of respiration, mitosis, and interphase in pea root tips, compared with the normal rates of these processes in air. From the rates of disappearance of mitotic figures in excised tips kept in various oxygen tensions, the relative rates of mitosis were found to decrease gradually from 122 per cent in 100 per cent oxygen to 24 per cent in 0.0007 per cent oxygen. From the mitotic indices of intact seedlings, the relative rates of interphase were found to decrease sharply from 82 per cent in 10 per cent oxygen to 6 per cent in 5 per cent oxygen. The data on relative rates of respiration, mitosis, and interphase in root tips were compared, and it was shown that the three processes are perfectly distinct in their quantitative relationships to low oxygen tensions.     

Differentiation of the intracytoplasmic membrane of Rhodopseudomonas palustris induced by variations of oxygen partial pressure or light intensity

The photosynthetic apparatus of Rhodopseudomonas palustris contains, in addition to reaction center bacteriochlorophyll (Bchl) two spectral forms of light harvesting (LH) Bchl, i.e. LH Bchl I, characterized by an infrared absorption maximum at 880 nm (890 nm at 77°K) and LH Bchl II absorbing at 805 and 855 nm (805 and 870 nm at 77°K). LH Bchl I seems to be associated with a single protein species of an apparent mol. wt. of 13000 whereas LH Bchl II is apparently associated with two proteins of mol. wts. of 9000 and 11000.Cells in anaerobic cultures adapt to changes of light intensity 1. by variation of the size of the photosynthetic unit, i.e. the molar ratio of LH Bchl II to reaction center Bchl, 2. by variation of the number of photosynthetic units per unit of membrane area, 3. by regulation of the size of the intracytoplasmic membrane system.During adaptation of changes of oxygen partial pressure cells are able to synthesize reaction center Bchl, LH Bchl and intracytoplasmic membranes at different rates. The synthesis of reaction center Bchl and LH Bchl I are, however, coordinated with each other, while the syntheses of LH Bchl II and reaction center Bchl proceed independently.List of Non-Standard Abbreviations Bchl bacteriochlorophyll - ICM mitracytoplasmic membrane - LDAO lauryldimethyl aminoxide - R Rhodopseudomonas - RC reaction center - SDS sodium dodecylsulfate     

ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PLASMA MEMBRANE FRACTIONS FROM GARFISH LEPISOSTEUS OSSEUS OLFACTORY NERVE

Garfish Lepisosteus osseus olfactory nerve, because of its large size and the unusually high concentration of axonal membrane, is an excellent source of axonal membrane. A procedure is described for the isolation of two types of plasma membranes from the nerve which are obtained in yields of about 20 mg (fraction I) and 1.5 mg (fraction II) per g of wet nerve. Both membrane fractions consist mostly of rounded membrane vesicles, with a unit membrane thickness of ~7.5 nm. The two membrane fractions are different in their lipid to protein ratios, Na-K ATPase activities, polypeptide patterns on sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) gel electrophoresis, and fatty acid compositions. They have similar phospholipid composition. On the basis of the relative concentration of axonal and Schwann cell plasma membranes in the nerve, the Na-K ATPase activities of the two membrane fractions and a comparison of the properties of the membrane fractions to those of squid and lobster nerve membrane preparations, fraction I seems to be the axonal membrane and fraction II the Schwann cell plasma membrane. Fraction I has a low protein to lipid ratio. Its polypeptide pattern on SDS gel appears to be much more complex as compared to that of fraction II membrane.     

Oxidative damage to E. coli membranes caused by superoxide radicals]

The effects of bacterial membranes of active oxygen species photochemically generated by riboflavin-histidine systems were studied. According to SDS-PAAG data, the formation of high molecular weight protein aggregates and the appearance of fluorochromes whose fluorescence is seen in the longwave length region of the spectrum (lambda excit = 350 nm, lambda emis = 400-500 nm) and which are bound to the proteins, are suggestive of membrane oxidation consisting in the chemical modification of protein components. The presence in E. coli membranes of endogenous photosensitizers which upon illumination with visible light induce the oxidation of membrane proteins, was established.     

FORMATION OF ASCOSPORE DELIMITING MEMBRANE IN SORDARIA HUMANA

The origin and the formation of the ascospore delimiting membrane in Sordaria humana were studied by electron microscopy. The complete delimiting membrane consists of a double unit membrane system. It originates from tubular elements of 70–100 nm diameter which are formed with a thin membrane 5–6 nm thick and filled with electron translucent materials. The process of development of the delimiting membrane is as follows: Tubular elements first aggregate, and then become arranged in a plane. Soon afterwards, they fuse laterally and become transformed into a delimiting membrane. Spore delimitation starts from the distal end of the centriolar plaque and develops towards the opposite side of the nucleus, preceding the formation of the membrane system.     

THE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION OF LUMINOUS BACTERIA

Oxygen consumption of luminous bacteria determined by the Thunberg micro respirometer and by the time which elapses before the luminescence of an emulsion of luminous bacteria in sea water begins to dim, when over 99 per cent of the dissolved oxygen has been consumed, agree exactly. Average values for oxygen consumption at an average temperature of 21.5°C. are 4.26 x 10^–11 mg. O₂ per bacterium; 2.5 x 10⁴ mg. per kilo and 5.6 mg. O₂ per sq. m. of bacterial surface. The only correct comparison of the oxygen consumption of different organisms or tissues is in terms of oxygen used per unit weight with a sufficient oxygen tension so that oxygen consumption is independent of oxygen tension. Measurement of the oxygen concentration which just allows full luminescence, compared with a calculation of the oxygen concentration at the surface of a bacterial cell just necessary to allow the observed respiration throughout all parts of the cell, indicates that oxygen must diffuse into the bacterium much more slowly than through gelatin or connective tissue but not as slowly as through chitin.