固定化诺卡氏菌细胞生产L(+)酒石酸的研究

用明胶包埋酒石酸诺卡氏菌(Nocardia tartaricans SWl3—57)得到顺式环氧琥珀酸开环水解酶活力较高的固定化细胞。固定化细胞的最适温度为30～45℃,而游离细胞的最适温度为35～45℃。两者的最适pH均为8．0～9．0,固定化细胞的表观米氏常数Km为0．256mol／L,而游离细胞有底物抑制作用,在底物浓度小于0．45mol／L时Km为0．246mol／L。用固定化细胞装柱(y=100ml),pH8．S,温度37℃,稀释速率D=0．25h^-1,以0．5mol／L浓度顺式环氧琥珀酸钠溶液为底物,连续运转53d,平均产L(+)酒石酸66．95g／L,克分子转化率为92．09％,反应器生产能力达到16．58g／L·h。     

原位吸附浸没式膜生物反应器催化制备茚二醇

在浸没式膜反应器(IMB)中利用恶臭假单胞菌ATCC 55687催化茚制备顺式茚二醇。采用25根膜丝制作的膜组件,在茚为3 g/L时,经过24 h培养,IMB中顺式茚二醇产量达到悬浮细胞反应器(SCB)的4倍多;进一步,在培养开始阶段加入10 g/L sp-207树脂进行原位吸附,IMB中顺式茚二醇产量最高达709 mg/L,为SCB产量的660%,容积产率也从SCB中的6 mg/(L·h)提高到30 mg/(L·h)。在原位吸附IMB中,中空纤维膜既可作为固定化细胞载体,同时又可作为第二相吸附不溶性底物,降低底物和产物抑制,兼有固定化反应器和两相反应器的优点。     

实验室模拟高负荷SPAC厌氧反应器运行

采用模拟废水, 对新型高负荷螺旋式自循环(Spiral automatic circulation, SPAC)厌氧反应器的运行性能进行了实验室模拟研究。结果表明: 在30oC, 水力停留时间(HRT)为12 h, 进水COD浓度从8000 mg/L升至20 000 mg/L的条件下, 反应器的COD去除率为91.1%~95.7%, 平均去除率为93.6％。在进水浓度为20 000 mg/L, HRT由5.95 h缩短至1.57 h的工况下, COD去除率从96.0%降低至78.7%, 反应器达到最高容积负荷率306 g COD/(L·d), 最大容积COD去除率240 g/(L·d), 最高容积产气率131 L/(L·d)。该反应器对基质浓度的连续提升具有良好的适应能力。进水COD浓度由8000 mg/L提升至20 000 mg/L时, 出水COD浓度一直处在较低水平(平均为852?mg/L), 容积COD去除率和容积产气率分别提高162%和119%。该反应器对HRT的连续缩短也有良好的适应能力。HRT由5.95 h缩短至1.57 h时,反应器容积COD去除率和容积产气率分别升高191%和195%。     

固定化桔青霉产生核酸酶P_1的研究

利用吸附固定在多孔聚酯载体上的桔青霉(Penicillium citrinum)菌丝细胞,在摇瓶中以分批发酵方式合成核酸酶P_1.试验结果表明:在固定化细胞产酶的条件下,培养液中葡萄糖和蛋白胨的最适浓度分别为10g/L和1g/L,摇瓶转速以180~200r/min为宜.固定化细胞经过48h的产酶周期,培养液中的核酸酶P_1活力可高达513.3U/ml,其产酶效率是游离菌丝的3.6倍,而葡萄糖和蛋白胨的用量仅为游离菌丝产酶的五分之一.在重复分批发酵试验中,固定化菌丝细胞形状稳定,连续28批(共56d)的产酶结果基本一致,每批的平均酶活力为507.4U/ml,在经济上和工艺上均显示了明显的优越性.     

固定化桔青霉产生核酸酶P_1的研究

利用吸附固定在多孔聚酯载体上的桔青霉(Penicillium citrinum)菌丝细胞,在摇瓶中以分批发酵方式合成核酸酶P_1.试验结果表明:在固定化细胞产酶的条件下,培养液中葡萄糖和蛋白胨的最适浓度分别为10g/L和1g/L,摇瓶转速以180~200r/min为宜.固定化细胞经过48h的产酶周期,培养液中的核酸酶P_1活力可高达513.3U/ml,其产酶效率是游离菌丝的3.6倍,而葡萄糖和蛋白胨的用量仅为游离菌丝产酶的五分之一.在重复分批发酵试验中,固定化菌丝细胞形状稳定,连续28批(共56d)的产酶结果基本一致,每批的平均酶活力为507.4U/ml,在经济上和工艺上均显示了明显的优越性.     

固定化生长酵母连续生产酒精的研究

采用固定化生长细胞方法,以柱式生物反应器连续发酵甜菜糖蜜酒精。酒精能力为39.45g/L凝胶/h,停留时间1.8小时。生物反应器具有良好的稳定性,连续工作50天,发酵醪酒精含量在8.5％(v/v)以上。系统研究了最适固定化条件,用L_(16)(4~5)正交试验确定了最佳发酵条件。     

壳聚糖酶产生菌的筛选及固定化细胞产酶

旨在筛选得到一株壳聚糖酶产生菌,并研究固定化细胞产酶的条件。在培养基中以壳聚糖为唯一碳源,对土壤样品进行筛选,获得一株无花果沙雷氏菌(Serratia ficaria CH-0203),该菌可被壳聚糖诱导产生壳聚糖酶。固定化细胞产酶的研究结果表明,多孔玻璃可以有效吸附CH—0203菌细胞。在最适发酵条件下(pH6．5,培养基与载体的总体积48ml,载体与培养基的比例为1．5g/4．0ml,吸附时间是20h-26h),发酵液酶活达到4．5U／ml,比游离细胞发酵提高了16％。采用半连续发酵的方式,固定化的细胞可以稳定发酵产酶120h左右。固定化细胞产酶的效率大大高于游离细胞。     

固定化酵母酿造啤酒

用固定在藻朊酸钙凝胶珠中的葡萄汁酵母连续酿造啤酒。当把含有8.5mg/L溶解氧的短期发酵的麦芽汁以120ml/小时的流量用泵打进装填了固定化酵母珠(总柱体积的54％)的2.5L柱反应器的底部,共形成2.25mg/L的二乙酰。但是,当麦芽汁含有0.04mg/L的溶解氧时,总共仅形成0.05mg/L的二乙酰。基于这些结果,发展了一个结合固定化酵母反应器的新发酵体系用于快速生产含低二乙酰前体的优质啤酒。     

固定化原生质体产谷氨酸脱氢酶的研究

本文报道了用海藻酸钙凝胶包埋法制备固定化谷氨酸捧杆菌T6—13原生质体及其用于生产谷氨酸脱氢酶(GDH,E．C．1．4．1．4)的研究。在一定条件下游离细胞和固定化细胞胞内可积累谷氨酸脱氢酶,但并不分泌到胞外。对数生长前期的细胞经蛋清溶菌酶处理14h后分离得到原生质体,游离原生质体和固定化原生质体可产胞外GDH。用3％海藻酸钙凝胶包埋10%的原生质体制备的固定化原生质体具有较高的产酶性,分批培养72h后发酵液中GDH活力可达到1．64×10^-2u／ml,为游离细胞胞内产酶的205％。固定化原生质体可用溶菌酶处理固定化细胞而制得,与直接固定化原生质体制备的固定化原生质体具有同样的产酶能力,且制备方便。固定化原生质体可重复使用6批次(约18天),且具有良好的贮藏稳定性。     

双载体固定化细胞的脱色研究*

将PVA包埋的细菌细胞涂布并固定于作为多孔载体的棉布上,进行染色废水的脱色试验。制备固定化细胞的条件为,细胞浓度20mg湿重/ml,PVA浓度5%,涂布量0.3ml/cm~2,饱阳硼酸液固定12小时,再用含染料的缓冲液活化细胞的脱色能力,可获得脱色能力较好的固定化细胞。在装填固定化细胞的反应柱中,分别用连续和间歇进水两种运行方式进行脱色效率的比较。在20天内,二者脱色率均在90%以上,尔后连续进水方式的脱色率下降,60天后脱色率仅为60%左右,而间歇进水方式仍能达到80%。后者的脱色效果明显高于前者。     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

Enterovirus 71 3C proteolytically processes the histone H3 N-terminal tail during infection

Highlights
1. The N-terminal tail of histone H3 is specifically cleaved during EV71 infection.
2. Viral protease 3C is identified as a protease responsible for proteolytically processing the N-terminal H3 tail.
3. Our finding reveals a new epigenetic regulatory mechanism for Enterovirus 71 in virus-host interactions.     

Detection of EBV and HHV6 in the Brain Tissue of Patients with Rasmussen’s Encephalitis

Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a rare pediatric neurological disorder, and the exact etiology is not clear. Viral infection may be involved in the pathogenesis of RE, but conflicting results have reported. In this study, we evaluated the expression of both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human herpes virus (HHV) 6 antigens in brain sections from 30 patients with RE and 16 control individuals by immunohistochemistry. In the RE group, EBV and HHV6 antigens were detected in 56.7% (17/30) and 50% (15/30) of individuals, respectively. In contrast, no detectable EBV and HHV6 antigen expression was found in brain tissues of the control group. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in 20.0% (6/30) of individuals. In particular, a 4-year-old boy had a typical clinical course, including a medical history of viral encephalitis, intractable epilepsy, and hemispheric atrophy. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in neurons and astrocytes in the brain tissue, accompanied by a high frequency of CD8⁺ T cells. Our results suggest that EBV and HHV6 infection and the activation of CD8⁺ T cells are involved in the pathogenesis of RE.     

Perinatal Vertical Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Ruili,a Town on the Border between China and Myanmar

正Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus, is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A. albopictus mosquito, and causes disease in humans characterized by fever, rash, and arthralgia (Silva and Dermody 2017; Suhrbier 2019). It was first reported in 1953 in Tanzania, and caused only a few outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia in last century. However, in the epidemic in 2004, CHIKV acquired mutations that conferred enhanced transmission by the A. albopictus mosquito(Schuffenecker et al. 2006). Since then, it has successively caused outbreaks in Africa, the Indian Ocean, South East Asia, the South America, and Europe (Zeller et al. 2016).     

Development of a Novel Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

In conclusion, the novel visual RT-LAMP assay is a simple, rapid, and sensitive approach for detection of SARS-CoV-2, and it is ready for application in primary care and community hospitals or health care centers, and even patients' own houses in response to the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic because the assay does not require sophisticated equipment and skilled personnel. Furthermore, it is also ready to be used in fields for screening samples from wild animals and environments to facilitate the identification of potential intermediate hosts that mediate the cross-species transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans.