商品果胶酶中endo－PG的分离纯化及其部分性质研究

以Ａ．ｎｉｇｅｒ来源的果胶酶为材料,经过ＣＭ－ＳｅｐｈａｄｅｘＣ－５０及ＳｅｐｈａｄｅｘＧ－１００两步骤分离纯化得到电泳均一的ｅｎｄｏ－ＰＧ１及ｅｎｄｏ－ＰＧ２,其亚基分子量分别为３５ｋＤ及３７ｋＤ,含糖量为１１．２２％及８．３％,最大紫外吸收峰分别在２７４ｎｍ及２６９ｎｍ处,氨基酸组成分析结果表明Ｇｌｙ含量较高,Ｍｅｔ含量较低,不含Ｃｙｓ,并且酸性氨基酸含量高于碱性氨基酸,圆二色谱结果表明二级结构主要为α螺旋和β折叠,其中ｅｎｄｏ－ＰＧ１含α螺旋４５．１％,β折叠２４．９％;ｅｎｄｏ－ＰＧ２含α螺旋３９．６％,β折叠３６．５％。     

酵母PHO2蛋白的磷酸化研究

本文报道了ＰＨＯ２蛋白能被一种未知的蛋白激酶磷酸化。ＰＨＯ２蛋白的第２３０－２３３位氨基酸残基因组成一个可能ｐ３４＾ｃｄｃ３／ＣＤＣ２８相关的蛋白激酶识别的一致序列,用点突变的方法将Ｓｅｒ－２３０变成Ａｌａ可导致ＰＨＯ２蛋白激活ＰＨＯ５表达能力的完全丧失。     

NMR法研究天花粉蛋白T14肽片段的溶液构象

本文报道用１ＨＮＭＲ法测定Ｔ１４肽在ＤＭＳＯ（ＭＳ１４）,Ｈ２Ｏ（ＨＯ１４）,５０％甲醇（ＭＥ１４）和５０％六氟异丙醇（ＦＰ１４）中的溶液构象。通过ＮＯＥ效应,偶合常数,Ｈ／Ｄ交换速率表征和定位二级结构和疏水域,计算两面角φ和螺旋形成几率。结果表明序列Ｓｅｒ９～Ｔｌｅ１７在ＨＯ１４中较为有序,存在强流水作用。推测是类似螺旋样的亚稳结构;而在ＤＭＳＯ中序列ＳＡＬＳＫＱ存在形成α－螺旋结构的可能性,且六氟异丙醇（ＨＦＰ）促进α－螺旋的稳定性,并综合分析Ｈ２Ｏ,ＤＭＳＯ,ＭｅＯＨ和ＨＦＰ４种溶剂对Ｔ１４肽二级结构形成的作用。     

白细胞介素－2中某些残基替换对活性的影响

用基因定点突变法研究了白细胞介素－２（ＩＬ－２）中某些氨基酸对生物活性的影响。将ＩＬ－２中３９Ｍｅｔ和４３Ｌｙｓ分别改为Ｐｒｏ,企图破坏此处α螺旋,突变体的ＣＤ图谱和生物活性均,不变,说明此处可能原来就不存在α螺旋．而将５２Ｇｌｕ．５３Ｌｅｕ,５４Ｌｙｓ分别改为Ｐｒｏ后,ＣＤ谱发生了变化,生物活性也显著下降。表明这些氨基酸处在α螺旋中,将它们改为Ｐｒｏ后,影响了ＩＬ－２的结构,并导致活性下降     

DDPH对猪肺动脉平滑肌细胞PDGF·BB和bFGF表达的影响：免疫细胞化学研究

ＤＤＰＨ［１－（２．６－二甲基苯乙氧基）－２－（３．４二甲氧基苯乙胺基）丙烷盐酸盐］是南京药科大学合成的降压新化合物,也具有降低肺动脉高压和抑制肺动脉平滑肌细胞增殖作用。本实验用细胞培养、免疫细胞化学、图像分析、３Ｈ－ＴｄＲ、细胞周期测定等方法,进一步探讨ＤＤＰＨ对缺氧性肺动脉平滑肌细胞（ＰＡＳＭＣＳ）增殖的抑制机制。结果：缺氧促进肺动脉内皮细胞（ＰＡＥＣｓ）的ＰＤＧＦ·ＢＢ和ｂＦＧＦ两种生长因子的表达（积分光密度ＯＤ值）增高。缺氧内皮细胞条件培养液（ＨＥＣＣＭ）能促进ＰＡＳＭＣＳ的ＰＤＧＦ·ＢＢ的ＯＤ值增高,ｂＦＧＦ的ＯＤ值无明显改变。加药组（ＨＥＣ－ＣＭ＋ＤＤＰＨ）的ＰＤＧＦ·ＢＢ和ｂＦＧＦ的ＯＤ值均显著降低,尤以ＰＤＧＦ·ＢＢ的ＯＤ值减少最多．提示：ＤＤＰＨ能抑制ＨＥＣＣＭ引起ＰＡＳＭＣＳ的ＰＤＧＦ·ＢＢ和ｂＦＧＦ表达增多和细胞增殖。结果与大鼠实验观察相符。     

RAPD重建的大豆属植物的亲缘关系

利用８种ＲＡＰＤ引物（ＯＰＨ－２、ＯＰＨ－３、ＯＰＨ－５、ＯＰＨ－１２、ＯＰＨ－１５、ＯＰＨ－１６、ＯＰＨ－１８和ＯＰＨ－２０）对大豆属的２１份植物材料,其中包括Ｇｌｙｃｉｎｅ亚属的１０个种和Ｓｏｊａ亚属的３个种,进行了基因组指纹图谱构建。通过对获得的基因组指纹图谱的量化分析,利用Ｕｎｗｅｉｇｈｔｅｄｐａｉｒｇｒｏｕｐｗｉｔｈｍａｔｈｅｍａｔｉｃａｖｅｒａｇｅ（ＵＰＧＭＡ）对大豆属中的各个种进行了亲缘关系重建。重建的亲缘关系表明：Ｇ．ｔｏｍｅｎｔｅｌｌａ种中存在３种不同的进化类型,其分化距离已大于某些种种间的分化距离,它们可能是被形态遮蔽的３个种。Ｓｏｊａ亚属内３个种的分化关系同前人的研究推断相同,其亲缘关系很近,这一结果支持将这３个种归并为一个种的观点。但是重建的亲缘关系未能显示出大豆属两个亚属的划分格局。     

酵母转录调控因子PH081的结构与功能

本文发现ＰＨＯ８１蛋白上的碱性区（８８－１６０）和酸性区（７７１－８１０）附近的微小变化可导致ｒＡＰａｓｅ的表达向组成型转化,且这两个区域是协同作用的,而酸性区的净负电荷的降低能使ｒＡＰａｓｅ的活力降低。ＰＨＯ８１蛋白中有６个锚蛋白重复单位（ａｎｋｙｒｉｎｒｅｐｅａｔｓ）,是ＰＨＯ８１蛋白与ＰＨＯ８０－ＰＨＯ８５蛋白复合物的结合区。对锚蛋白重复序列的突变表明锚蛋白重复序序列１,２,４,５,６对ＰＨＯ８１是十分关键的,而锚蛋白重复序列３的Ｐｒｏ５０９,Ｌｅｕ５１０的缺失并不影响ＰＨＯ８１的功能。在ＰＨＯ８１蛋白的７０１－７１９位氨基酸残基有一段类似核定位序列的肽段,相应基因片段的缺失导致ＰＨ０８１完全失活。但将该可能的核定位序列的最保守的碱性氨基酸Ａｒｇ７０１、Ｌｙｓ７０２同时变为中性氨基酸（Ｓｅｒ,Ｇｉｎ）导致ｒＡＰａｓｅ的表达大大提高,而将核定位序列中Ｌｙｓ７１７变为Ａｓｎ,或将Ａｒｇ７１９变为Ｓｅｒ,都不影响ＰＨＯ８１的功能。     

NMR法研究天花粉蛋白TDK肽片段的溶液构象

用ＨＮＭＲ法测定ＴＤＫ肽在Ｈ２Ｏ（ＨＯＤＫ）,５０％六氟丙醇（ＦＰＤＫ）和２ｍｏｌ／ＬＧｕ．ＨＣｌ（ＧＵＤＫ）溶液构象。在ＨＯＤＫ和ＦＰＤＫ中,ＴＤＫ肽的两段序列Ａｓｐ０－Ｉｌｅ４,Ｓｅｒ９－Ｉｌｉ１７分别具有较稳定的α－螺旋含量;而ＧＵＤＫ的ＳＡＬＳ序列仍能检测到有序残存结构。并假设ＳＡＬＳ序列是肽链形成二级结构的原始核心。     

酵母PAP1与PHO85激酶复合物对PHO4的磷酸化

酵母ＰＨＯ８５结合蛋白ＰＡＰ１与其它的ＰＨＯ８５结合蛋白ＰＨＯ８０、ＰＣＬ１及ＰＣＬ２有较高的同源性。我们上ＰＡＰ１与ＨＡ抗原的融合基因,利用抗－ＨＡ抗体进行免疫沉淀。体外翻译的融合ＨＡ标记肽的ＰＡＰ１与体外翻译的ＰＨＯ８５的免疫共沉淀证明了ＰＡＰ１与ＰＨＯ８５的结合。同时纯化了大肠杆菌表达的ＰＨＯ４蛋白,并构建了Ｐ９ＨＯ８５：：ＰＲＰ１缺失株。ＰＡＰ１与ＨＡ的融合基因被置于酵母ＡＤＨ１启动子的控     

传染性法氏囊病病毒中国强毒株A节段cDNA基因的克隆和序列分析

以来自哈尔滨传染性法氏囊病病毒（ＩＢＤＶ） 强毒株（Ｈａｒｂｉｎ 毒株,Ｈ） 的基因组ＲＮＡ为模板,用反转录聚合酶链反应（ＲＴ－ ＰＣＲ） 的方法得到了其Ａ 节段的全长ｃＤＮＡ 片段,分５＇端（１ ６５９ｂｐ） 和３＇端（１ ４４４ｂｐ） 上下两段分别克隆到ｐＧＥＭＢ○Ｒ － Ｔ 载体上,测定了其核苷酸顺序,在长为３ １０１ ｂｐ 中含有两个阅读框ＯＲＦＡ１ 和ＯＲＦＡ２ ,分别编码１ ０１２ 个氨基酸的前体蛋白（ＶＰ２ － ４ －３） 和１４５ 个氨基酸的ＶＰ５,ＯＲＦＡ１ 和ＯＲＦＡ２ 有部分的重叠。将核苷酸序列及推测出的氨基酸序列与已报道的ＩＢＤＶ 血清Ⅰ型和Ⅱ型毒株的相应序列进行了比较,结果表明：Ｈ 毒株与其它血清Ⅰ型毒株之间,在核苷酸水平上存在２５ｂｐ － ２６７ｂｐ 的差异;在氨基酸水平上存在１７ ～４０ 个氨基酸的差异。在ＶＰ２ － ４ － ３ 内比较显示,Ｈ 毒株与Ｐ２ 、Ｃｕ－ １ 之间氨基酸的差异最小为１ ．７％ ,Ｈ 毒株与ＵＫ６６１ 之间氨基酸的差异最大为３ ．９ ％ 。变异主要发生在ＶＰ２ 的可变区（２０６ － ３５０ 位氨基酸） ,在Ｈ 毒株所特有的１２ 个氨基酸当中,该区就占５ 个,代表１ ．７６ ％ 的变异。ＶＰ４、ＶＰ３ 和ＶＰ５区各有     

Ectogenesis and the case against the right to the death of the foetus

Ectogenesis, or the use of an artificial womb to allow a foetus to develop, will likely become a reality within a few decades, and could significantly affect the abortion debate. We first examine the implications for Judith Jarvis Thomson’s violinist analogy, which argues for a woman’s right to withdraw life support from the foetus and so terminate her pregnancy, even if the foetus is granted full moral status. We show that on Thomson’s reasoning, there is no right to the death of the foetus, and abortion is not permissible if ectogenesis is available, provided it is safe and inexpensive. This raises the question of whether there are persuasive reasons for the right to the death of the foetus that could be exercised in the context of ectogenesis. Eric Mathison and Jeremy Davis have examined several arguments for this right, doubting that it exists, while Joona Räsänen has recently criticized their reasoning. We respond to Räsänen’s analysis, concluding that his arguments are unsuccessful, and that there is no right to the death of the foetus in these circumstances.     

On the diversity of the Cladocera in the tropics

The mythical concept of an impoverished tropical cladoceran fauna is refuted. On a planetary scale, around half of the cladoceran species presently known occur exclusively in the tropics-subtropics, often with considerable restriction to particular geographical subzones. On a regional (political) scale, the situation is often unclear because of the continued fragmentary nature of studies, and because political units are not a good basis for biogeographical comparisons. At the finest level of resolution (lake-perlake comparisons), there appears to be an upper limit of c. 50 cladoceran species per individual lake. No significant difference between lakes in the temperate zone and in the tropics could be established here. Daphnia is largely absent from the tropics, but is replaced by more Sidids, Moinids, and Bosminids, such that the average cladoceran community in the limnetic zone of a tropical lake is not characterized by less species but rather by lower population densities. This, in turn, is considered a consequence of higher prevalent predation levels in the tropics.     

Tubular networks in the terminal endings of the visual receptor cells in the human,the monkey,the cat and the dog

Summary A tubular network was found in the terminal endings of the visual receptor cells in the human, the monkey (Macaca mulatta), the cat and the dog. These tubules are arranged in close groups in the vicinity of the synaptic lamellae and the invaginated dendrites. According to the form, diameter, density of the tubules and to the consistence of the network formed by them one can distinguish at these places an initial type (type I), a transitory (type II) and a vesicular one (type III). In the the type III branching, bizarre forms are frequent. The diameter of all the tubules reaches 500–600 Å, their density and walls being the same as in the synaptic vesicles.Similar networks also occur in the axons of the visual receptor cells of the monkey.

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Zusammenfassung In den Endigungen der Photorezeptorzellen von Mensch, Affe (Macaca mulatta), Katze und Hund kommen aus Tubuli bestehende Komplexe vor. Organellenartig in geschlossenen Gruppen angeordnet, liegen sie in Nähe der synaptischen Lamellen und der invaginierten Dendriten. An diesen Stellen kann man nach Form, Durchmesser, Dichte und Konsistenz der von den Tubuli gebildeten Komplexe drei Typen unterscheiden: 1. einen initialen (Typus I), 2. einen Übergangstypus (Typus II) und 3. einen vesiculären Typus (Typus III). In letzterem kommen häufig verzweigte, bizarre Formen vor. Der Durchmesser sämtlicher Tubuli erreicht 500–600 Å. Ihre Dichte und ihre Wand gleicht denen der synaptischen Vesikel.Ähnliche Komplexe fanden wir auch in den Axonen der Photorezeptorzellen vom Affen.

     

Assessing the Physiological State of the Fucoids from the Barents Sea Littoral by the End of the Polar Night

Methods of amperometry and potentiometric titration were used to follow dark respiration (DR) and apparent photosynthesis (AP) in the fucoids Ascophyllum nodosum (L.) Le Jol, Fucus vesiculosus L., and F. serratus L. from the Barents Sea littoral by the end of the 40-day-long polar night. The macroalgae were shown to manifest species-specific low rates of photosynthesis and respiration. However, in spite of their low photosynthetic status due to the effects of subzero temperature and prolonged low or zero illumination, the macroalgae have been able to restore DR and AP to the initial level already by the day 9; the ability to restore AP depended on the level of illumination. The study of the changes in the carbonate–bicarbonate system in the light and darkness demonstrated that the macroalgae grown in darkness, in contrast to those grown in twilight, could absorb bicarbonate in darkness; however, they lost this capacity after two-day-long illumination at an irradiance of 7 mol/(m² s). Bicarbonate uptake in darkness and the capacity to restore the systems of photosynthesis and respiration in fucoid cells are discussed in the context of algal energy metabolism under the polar night conditions.     

Arranging the elements of the potassium channel: the T1 domain occludes the cytoplasmic face of the channel

The voltage-gated potassium channel is currently one of the few membrane proteins where functional roles have been mapped onto specific segments of sequence. Although high-resolution structures of the transmembrane portions of three bacterial potassium channels, the tetramerization domain and the cytoplasmic ball are available, their relative spatial arrangement in mammalian channels remains a matter of ongoing debate. Cryo-electron microscopic images of the six transmembrane voltage-gated Kv channel have been reconstructed at up to 18 Å resolution, revealing that the T1 domain tetramerizes and is suspended below the transmembrane segments. However, the resolution of these images is insufficient to reveal the location of the third piece of the puzzle, the inactivating ball domain. We have used the aberrant interactions observed in a series of chimæric channels to establish that an assembled T1 domain restricts access to the cytoplasmic face of the channel, suggesting that the N-terminal ball and chain may be confined in the space between the T1 domain and the transmembrane portion of the channel.     

Separation of the pineal vesicle from the wall of the third ventricle during the post-hatching development of the chicken

Summary According to light- and electron-microscopic observations the pineal organ of the 3-day-old chicken consists of a prominent end vesicle and a tapering parenchymal stalk. During this stage the pineal lumen is in open communication with the third ventricle. However, in the 40-day-old chicken, which still possesses a well-developed end vesicle, the proximal portion of the pineal stalk displays regressive changes leading to local fragmentation. At this stage the pineal stalk is reduced, and the pineal lumen is missing. In 1-year-old chickens the parenchyma of the proximal portion of the stalk is further diminished, and in 3-year-old domestic fowl is completely displaced by bundles of collagenous fibers, only some nerve fibers being present. This post-hatching pineal development may reflect the sequence of changes leading from pineal sense organs to pineal glands.This work was supported by a grant-in-aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan     

On the Dependence of the Quadratic Risk of the Classical Predictor and the Prediction-Horizon

When constructing predictors on the basis of the linear model of time series of various indicators often the question arises on the dependence of forecasting accuracy and the changing prediction horizon. The dependency of the quadratic risk of the classical predictor and the time horizon is considered.