尝试利用R-Q对应因子分析识别分群融合子代

在特定融合组合的子代群体中,以不同姊妹菌株作为观察样本(n=N),以蛋白质电泳全部谱带泳动率作为指标(p=P)。则所对应的谱带光密度扫描峰面积作为其观测值(x)(当某菌株缺乏某条带时,其峰面积记为零),利用R-Q对应因子分析程序,解析这个数据矩阵(X_nxp)。能够在同一标度的因子平面上考察这一特定融合重组事件发生后．姊妹菌株间和各菌株内蛋白质谱带位置与含量间以及它们相互之间的多重内在联系,从而推断子代群体与亲本的遗传继承关系。并由此来识别和分群姊妹菌株。这种探索具有拓展数值分类能力和指导融合育种实践的意义．     

判定纤维素酶系基因组融合重组的统计分析法

根据纤维素酶系中组分间协同作用现象及多元回归分析原理,提出同一融合组合Aspergillus niger ×Trichoderma reesei子代群体中,由于遗传物质重组传递的独立随机性,n个菌株各组分酶活性观测值相当于这一特定融合试验的n组观察值,可作多元线性回归模型分析,判断融合重组发生。40个融合子子代菌株分析结果表明,此法可准确有效的指导纤维素酶高产菌株选育。     

种间原生质体融合提高巴龙霉素单位产量的研究

将巴龙霉素产生菌与新霉素产生菌的高产变株进行了种间原生质体融合,融合频率为10^-4左右。在4l0株稳定的原养型重组体中,产生巴龙霉素者占58％。在200株产生巴龙霉素的种间重组体中,单位产量在1500μg／ml以上的约10％,获得了比巴龙霉素产生菌原始菌株(单位产量300μg／ml)单位产量高5—6倍的重组体菌株。核磁共振谱和质谱测定证明,高单位重组体所产抗生素确为巴龙霉素。结果表明,为了提高某一抗生素产生菌的单位产量,使之与另一生物合成途径相似的抗生素产生菌的高产变株进行种间杂交,是一值得探索的新途径。     

豌豆根瘤菌与新疆中华根瘤菌原生质体的属间融合研究

以青霉素和氯霉素分别作为RhizobiumleguminosorumUSDA2 370和SinorhizobiumxinjiangnesisCCBAU110的抗药性标记。利用原生质体融合技术 ,成功地获得了USDA2-370和CCBAU110的属间融合菌株。该融合菌株可分别在双亲寄主植物上结瘤。融合菌株在细胞形态、大小、菌落特征及蛋白质电泳图谱上与亲本菌株均有所不同。融合菌株与USDA2-370的DNA同源性为 5.66 % ,而与CCBAU110的DNA同源性为10.2 %。     

酿酒酵母糠醛耐受性状相关微卫星标记的筛选

筛选两株表型差异单倍体菌株作为亲本,二者杂交获得F2群体共200株,利用具有多态性的微卫星位点对表型分布在两极端的菌株(39株)进行PCR扩增,运用t检验分析不同位点的基因型在两基因池中的差异显著性,以此获得与糠醛耐受性相关的微卫星位点。结果发现两个与糠醛耐受性有关的微卫星位点,其中2P3位点在两基因池中达到显著差异(P=0.0390.05),而位点2P5达到极显著差异(P=0.0000.01);对于微卫星位点2P5,耐受亲本P1在该位点的基因型(333 bp)在子代耐受群体中出现率为72.2%,而敏感亲本P2的基因型(318 bp)在子代敏感群体中出现率达100%(333 bp出现率为零)。上述结果表明微卫星位点2P5的基因型在群体分离中达到极显著差异可能与控制该性状的基因相连锁,在分子设计育种方面可用来选择有利等位基因,提高育种的准确性和预见性。     

江苏大麦纹枯病菌酯酶同工酶的测定

对立枯丝核菌(Rhizoctonia solani giihn)和禾谷丝核菌(R．E erealis Vande r Hoeven)的16个菌丝融合群或亚群的标准菌株及来自}工苏大麦纹枯病的9个菌丝融合群或亚群共68个菌株进行了聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳,测定酯酶同工酶。结果表明：1．立枯丝核菌主酶带数的变幅范围比禾谷丝核菌大;2．无论禾谷丝核菌,还是立枯丝核菌,各菌丝融合群或亚群之间的电泳图谱都有显著差异,但与各自对应的融合群或亚群的标准菌株的图谱则相似;3．44个大麦禾谷丝核菌CAG一1群菌株间的图谱也有差异,但都有一条共同的主酶带(E．);4．据主副酶带数目和位置,将禾谷丝核菌CAG一1群菌株再分为2个类型(1型和II型)和5个亚型(1a、Ib、Ic和Iia、Iib);酶谱类型与菌株的采集品种和致病性无关,但与采集地点似有一定的联系。     

荧光标记香菇原生质体融合菌株的鉴定

以异硫氰基荧光素（FITC）标记和香菇单核L4菌株的原生质体和未经标记的香菇单核B14菌株的原生质体为亲本,在聚乙二醇（PEG）的促融下进行融合,选取一个带有荧光,另一个不带荧光的原生质体粘合对进行再生培养,通过对利用“锁状联合”筛选得到的菌株进行鉴定后表明：融合菌株为双核菌丝,与双亲产生明显拮抗,其酯酶同工酶及可溶性蛋白质凝胶电泳图谱分析表明融合菌株均与双亲有区别,经琼脂平板快速出菇及出菇实验证明融合菌株出菇早,产量有所提高。     

金针菇自交后代生物学特性的研究

选用6个生产用金针菇菌种(白色品种菌株F10、F4、FM、F21,黄色品种菌株F29、F3)分别进行自交,对其S1代自交群体的菌丝生长速度、产量、原基发生早晚、农艺性状进行综合分析。结果表明,自交导致后代群体的平均生长速度、平均产量降低。黄色自交子代菌株平均生长速度快于白色自交子代菌株。菌丝生长速度与产量不具有相关性,产量与现原基早晚有较强相关性,相同自交系中黄色品种现原基早于白色品种,F3菌株黄色后代现原基早于白色后代。在各菌株自交子代群体中,FM菌株子代具有高产优势,F3菌株子代有短菌龄优势,F10菌株子代有较好的商品表型特征,可根据育种目标选择自交子代群体中的优势菌株加以利用。     

水稻品种次生物质与稻白叶枯病(Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae)抗性的关系

应用高效液相色谱分析了对白叶枯病具有不同抗性水平的12个水稻品种中的19个(组)次生物质色谱峰(面积)的差异及其与白叶枯病抗性水平间关系.结果表明,水稻品种抗性水平与谱峰面积值之间相关极显著(R=0.992,p<0.01),被测的19个组分中,峰1、峰2、峰8、峰10、峰12、峰14、峰16和峰18是影响水稻对稻白叶枯病抗性水平的主要抗原次生物质.建立了水稻品种对白叶枯病抗性级别与以上次生物质含量谱峰面积之间的回归模型:Y=10.7603 0.1823X1-0.2287X2 0.2163X8-2.1975X10 0.0728X12 -0.7438X14 1.1484X16-0.7795X18.研究结果表明水稻品种中起抗病作用的抗原次生物质不止一种,而是几种的组合,而且它们对水稻抗病性的贡献作用是不完全相同的,这与它们的性质与含量密切相关.提出了以抗原次生物质为标记的快速分析、鉴定、预测水稻品种对稻白叶枯病抗性水平的新途径、新方法.     

猕猴桃属种间体细胞杂种

利用PEG融合方法,分别进行了中华猕猴桃(Actinidia chinensis var.chinensis)(2n=2x=58)子叶愈伤组织来源的原生质体与美味猕猴桃(A.deliciosa var.deiciosa)(2n=6x=174)子叶愈伤组织原生质体、以及狗枣猕猴桃(A.kolomikta)(2n=2x=58)叶肉原生质体种间原生质体融合。结果表明:中华猕猴桃与美味猕猴桃融合的1个克隆和中华猕猴桃与狗枣猕猴桃融合的4个克隆的RAPD谱带分别具有双亲特异的DNA谱带;经流式细胞仪分析,前者细胞核倍性推测为8倍体,后者细胞核为3倍体、4倍体和5倍体。初步鉴定这5个克隆是猕猴桃属种间体细胞杂种。     

Mechanism of inhibition of activated protein C by protein C inhibitor

Protein C inhibitor isolated from human plasma inhibited thrombin, factor Xa, trypsin and chymotrypsin as well as activated protein C, but had very little effect on urokinase and plasmin. The inhibition constants (K1) of protein C inhibitor for activated protein C, thrombin and factor Xa were 5.6 X 10(-8) M, 6.7 X 10(-8) M and 3.1 X 10(-7) M, respectively. The second-order rate constant for inhibition of activated protein C by the inhibitor increased about 30-fold in the presence of an optimal heparin concentration (5-10 units/ml). The inhibition of activated protein C by plasma protein C inhibitor was also accelerated by heparin. When activated protein C (Mr = 62,000) was incubated with protein C inhibitor (Mr = 57,000), enzyme-inhibitor complexes with apparent Mr = 102,000 and 88,000 were observed in the nonreduced and the reduced samples, respectively, on SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. In addition to these complexes, a band of unbound enzyme and a band with Mr = 54,000 were detected. When 125I-labeled protein C inhibitor was exposed to activated protein C, the inhibitor band was converted to bands with apparent Mr = 102,000 and 54,000 in the nonreduced samples, as determined by autoradiography after gel electrophoresis in SDS. The band with Mr = 54,000 also appeared when the inhibitor reacted with other serine proteases. The activated protein C was released from the inactive complex by treatment with 1 M ammonia or hydroxylamine. This phenomenon was found by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis to represent the dissociation of the enzyme-inhibitor complex by ammonia or hydroxylamine into the free enzyme and the proteolytically modified inhibitor.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

Developmental pattern of rat intestinal brush-border enzymic proteins along the villus–crypt axis

At various postnatal stages, intestinal epithelial cells were isolated sequentially from villus tip to crypt base by successive EDTA treatments. According to the localization of marker enzymic activities, isolated cells were pooled into three cell compartments: villus (V), lower villus and upper crypt (VC) and crypt (C). Purified brush-border-membrane proteins were separated by 7.5%-polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulphate. Enzymic activities could be assigned to some protein bands: maltase/glucoamylase (protein band 3), sucrase-isomaltase (protein bands 3 and 6), lactase (protein band 5) and alkaline phosphatase (region of protein bands 8 and 9). The findings suggest the following. (1) Sucrase-isomaltase activities appeared in compartment C at 17 days with a simultaneous increase of the pre-existing protein band 3 and appearance of a well-defined protein band in position 6; the enzymic complex remained still present in the crypt cells until adulthood. From the day 21 onwards, sucrase-isomaltase was detected in compartments VC and V. (2) Lactase was only present in the three cell compartments until day 21; at this developmental stage its activity completely disappeared from compartment C, in spite of the persistence of a weak protein band. (3) Alkaline phosphatase activity could be detected as a single peak corresponding to protein band 9 in all three cell compartments until day 21; thereafter it was replaced by two peaks of activity showing a less precise correlation with the well-defined protein bands 8 and 9. In the crypt cells of the adult rat, however, the preweaning situation, which was regularly observed, is an unexpected phenomenon. (4) Maltase and glucoamylase did not display any marked qualitative or quantitative modifications either along the villus-crypt axis or during the period of postnatal development studied. Evidence is given from the present data that each brush-border enzyme investigated has a specific developmental pattern.     

Resonance Raman studies of ETE dehydrogenase (an iron sulfur flavoprotein)

ETF Dehydrogenase is an iron sulfur flavoprotein responsible for the transfer of electrons between electron transfer flavoprotein (ETF) and CoQ of the electron transport chain. We have determined the resonance Raman spectrum of this enzyme observing in the process at least seven of thirteen flavin bands in the 1100cm-1-1600 cm-1 region of the Raman spectrum. The positions of three of these bands, II, IX, and X (see Figure I and Table I for band numbering system) in ETF dehydrogenase is very similar to their positions in aqueous solution of flavins in which water is hydrogen bonded to N-1, N-5, C=0(2), C=0(4), and N-H(3) of flavin. Conversely the positions of the flavin Raman bands are considerably shifted from those of flavin in nonhydrogen bonding solvent. The positions of bands II, IX, and X are nearly identical to those in the flavoprotein glutathione reductase; x-ray structural investigations on this enzyme indicate that there is extensive hydrogen bonding between FAD and protein in this molecule. A previous study in our laboratory has demonstrated that metal complexation at N-5 and C=0(4) with either Ru or Ag produces large shifts in the positions of Raman bands II, VI, IX, and X. None of these shifts are observed in ETF dehydrogenase indicating that there is no direct inner sphere coordination of Fe to flavin. In addition to the Raman bands of flavin observed in our spectrum, we also observe one band that is in the Fe-S stretching region observed for a variety of Fe-S proteins. This band is located at 331 cm-1. The frequency of the band corresponds to the 335 cm-1 band associated with the strongest Fe-S stretching mode in the 4Fe-4S protein ferrodoxin from C. pasterianum. The observed frequency is quite different from that of the 3Fe-3S proteins such as ferrodoxin(II) from D. gigas. Finally, ETF dehydrogenase shows no loss of activity or visual evidence of photodegradation in the laser beam as most other FeS proteins do.     

Dalargin-binding proteins of synaptic membranes from the rat brain: isolation and comparison of their properties with opiate receptor properties]

The proteins isolated from rat brain synaptic membranes were studied by affinity chromatography on dalargin-omega-aminohexyl-Sepharose 4B and specific elution with DAGO (Tyr-D-Ala-Gly-N-Me-Gly-ol). These proteins were shown to bind specifically 3H-naloxone (Kd = 6.6 nM; Bmax = 690 pmol/mg of protein). SDS electrophoresis of the dalargin-binding proteins termed as DBPDAGO revealed one major protein band with M(r) of 42 kDa and two minor bands with M(r) of 29 and 67 kDa. The glycoprotein component was found in DBPDAGO; their isoelectric properties were established (pI 5.4). The close similarity of DBP properties with those of isolated brain opiate receptors suggest them to be opiate receptor components.     

Redox-induced conformational changes in plastocyanin: an infrared study.

The conformational changes associated with the redox transition of plastocyanin (PC) were investigated by absorption and reaction-induced infrared spectroscopy. In addition to spectral features readily ascribed to beta and turn protein secondary structures, the amide I band shows a major component band at 1647 cm(-1) in both redox states of the protein. The sensitivity of this component to deuteration and increasing temperature suggests that PC adopts an unusual secondary structure in solution, which differs from those described for other type I copper proteins, such as azurin and halocyanin. The conformations of oxidized and reduced PC are different, as evidenced (1) by analysis of their amide I band contour and the electrochemically induced oxidized-minus-reduced difference spectrum and (2) by their different thermal stability. The redox-induced difference spectrum exhibits a number of difference bands within the conformationally sensitive amide I band that could be assigned to peptide C=O modes, in light of their small shift upon deuteration, and to signals attributable to side chain vibrational modes of Tyr residues. Lowering the pH to 4.8 induces destabilization of both redox states of the protein, more pronounced for reduced PC, without significantly affecting their secondary structure. Besides the conformational differences obtained at neutral pH, the oxidized-minus-reduced difference spectrum shows two broad and strong negative bands at 1405 and 1571 cm(-1), assigned to COO(-) vibrations, and a broad positive band at 1710 cm(-1), attributed to the C=O vibration of a COOH group(s). These bands are indicative of a protonation of (an) Asp or Glu side chain(s) upon plastocyanin oxidation at acidic pH.     

Two-step purification of mouse kidney ornithine decarboxylase

We developed a simple two-step purification procedure for ornithine decarboxylase (ODC, EC 4.1.1.17), consisting of DEAE-Cellulofine chromatography and affinity chromatography on a HO-101 monoclonal anti-rat liver ODC antibody-Affi-Gel 10 column. By this method, ODC was purified 1700-fold to homogeneity with about 80% yield from the kidney of ICR mice treated with testosterone enanthate. The final specific activity range between 1.0 x 10(6)-1.4 x 10(6) nmol/h.mg protein. On SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoretic analysis, the final preparations gave a major protein band of Mr 54,000 and a minor band of Mr 51,000. Although relative staining intensity of the two bands varied depending on preparations, both bands could be stained by immunoblotting and labeled by a preincubation with [14C]difluoromethylornithine (DFMO). On Oudin double diffusion immunoanalysis, a single fused precipitin line was formed between purified anti-mouse kidney ODC IgG and both the purified enzyme and crude mouse kidney extract. In contradiction with earlier reports, no significant difference was observed between mouse kidney ODC and rat liver ODC in either final specific activity or specific binding of labeled DFMO.     

Intergeneric protoplast fusion between Fusobacterium varium and Enterococcus faecium for enhancing dehydrodivanillin degradation.

Intergeneric protoplast fusion between Fusobacterium varium (Pcs Glu+) and Enterococcus faecium (Pcr Glu-) was performed under strictly anaerobic conditions to improve dehydrodivanillin (DDV) degradation. The fusion frequency obtained from the selective medium (Pc+ Glu-) was about 0.9 X 10(-5) to 1.3 X 10(-5). The seven fusants isolated were all gram-negative anaerobes with rod shapes like that of F. varium and with main phenotypical properties of cocci like those of E. faecium such as esculin and starch hydrolysis, milk clotting, and lactate production. Five fusants showed enhanced DDV degradation activities that were 2 to 4 times higher than those of parental strains. Genetic relatedness between a fusant (FE7) and the parents was estimated by DNA-DNA Southern blot hybridization with 32P-labeled chromosomal DNA fragments of F. varium and E. faecium as respective probes. The fusant FE7 presented a very high cross-hybridization with both probes, indicating a high DNA homology between the fusant and both parental strains. Almost all the fusants obtained here have stably kept the properties described above for about 2 years. These results suggest that intergeneric gene transfer takes place through protoplast fusion and that the fusants that were obtained are stable recombinants.     

Polymorphic forms of human apolipoprotein[a]: inheritance and relationship of their molecular weights to plasma levels of lipoprotein[a]

The plasma concentration of human lipoprotein[a], Lp[a], is highly correlated with coronary artery disease. The protein moiety of Lp[a], apoLp[a], consists of two apoproteins, apo[a] and apoB-100, linked by one or more disulfide bonds(s). Apo[a], the protein unique to Lp[a], exists in polymorphic forms that exhibit different apparent molecular weights (Mr). Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in sodium dodecyl sulfate followed by immunoblotting was used to separate and visualize these different forms and to determine the polymorphic pattern of apo[a] in the plasma samples of 692 individuals. A total of 11 different polymorph bands ranging in Mr from 419 kD to 838 kD could be resolved, but only 1 or 2 bands were present per individual. The polymorphic band pattern for an individual was assigned to 1 of the 66 different phenotype designations representing the total number of possible single- and double-band combinations of the 11 detectable bands. All 11 of the possible single-band phenotypes but only 32 of the 55 possible double-band phenotypes were represented. There were 412 plasma samples (59.5%) that contained a single band, 274 (39.6%) contained two bands, and only 6 (0.9%) had no detectable apo[a] band. A highly significant inverse correlation was found between the Mr of the band(s) present and the plasma apoLp[a] concentration (r = -0.461; rho = 0.0001). The correlation was better between apoLp[a] and single-band (r = -0.495; rho = 0.0001) than double-band (r = -0.382; rho = 0.0001) phenotypes. Of the 274 individuals exhibiting double-band phenotypes, the lower Mr band was more intense in 141 (51.4%), the two bands were equally intense in 85 (31.0%), while the higher Mr band was more intense in 48 (17.5%). Based upon the hypothesis that apo[a] polymorphism is controlled by different alleles at a single locus, the frequency of the 11 alleles determined from the observe phenotypes (low Mr----high Mr) was: band 1) 419 kD, 0.00875; band 2) 489 kD, 0.00510; band 3) 536 kD, 0.0555; band 4) 553 kD, 0.0758; band 5) 613 kD, 0.135; band 6) 680 kD, 0.0824; band 7) 705 kD, 0.104; band 8) 742 kD, 0.151; band 9) 760 kD, 0.246; band 10) 796 kD, 0.128; band 11) 838 kD, 0.00802. The observed distribution of phenotypes in the population was compared by chi-square analysis to that predicted on the basis of simple Mendelian inheritance, and the hypothesis was rejected (chi 2 = 921.7; rho less than 0.001). Significantly, the singleband phenotypes are over-represented in the population compared to that predicted.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)