细菌漆酶的生物信息学分析

漆酶是一种含铜的多酚氧化酶。本研究利用生物信息学分析工具对细菌的漆酶蛋白序列的基本性质、保守结构域、系统发育树以及结构等进行了分析。所分析细菌主要分布在变形菌门、放线菌和厚壁菌门。细菌漆酶的物理化学性质相似,但不同细菌来源的漆酶之间序列相似性较低,但其仍然具有容易识别的保守结构域特征。二级结构及三级结构具有明显的相似性。细菌漆酶的生物信息分析为其功能研究及在其他微生物中研究该类酶提供了基础。     

漆酶空间结构、反应机理及应用

漆酶 (EC 1.10.3.2) 属于多铜氧化酶家族,可以催化氧化酚类和芳香类化合物,利用自由基反应机理完成4个电子的转移,并将分子氧还原成水。漆酶具有非常保守的拓扑学结构,结合作者自身工作实践,对漆酶结构与功能的最新研究进展进行综述,其中对漆酶的三维结构、活性中心、催化机理研究和最新的应用进展作重点阐述。     

漆酶的性质、功能、催化机理和应用

漆酶是一种结合多个铜离子的蛋白,是铜蓝氧化酶蛋白家族的一员。本文叙述漆酶的分子结构、底物特异性及其物理化学特性,并讨论漆酶的酶促反应机理和生物学功能,包括植物漆酶参与细胞壁的形成以及漆酶与病原菌毒力的关系。本文还着重介绍了漆酶在环境生物修复方面的应用。     

漆酶的性质、功能、催化机理和应用

漆酶是一种结合多个铜离子的蛋白,是铜蓝氧化酶蛋白家族的一员。本文叙述漆酶的分子结构、底物特异性及其物理化学特性,并讨论漆酶的酶促反应机理和生物学功能,包括植物漆酶参与细胞壁的形成以及漆酶与病原菌毒力的关系。本文还着重介绍了漆酶在环境生物修复方面的应用。     

真菌漆酶及其介体系统：来源、机理与应用

漆酶是一类含铜氧化酶,广泛分布于植物、真菌、细菌、昆虫中,它们能够高效催化芳香族和非芳香族化合物氧化降解,并最终将分子氧还原为水作为副产物。一些小分子介体能够进一步提高漆酶的降解底物范围、催化效率和稳定性。它们与漆酶构成漆酶/介体系统（laccase mediator systems, LMS）,能够更有效地降解非酚类、多环芳烃类等难降解化合物,在造纸制浆与漂白、染料脱色、环境脱毒等领域有着巨大的应用前景,成为近年来的研究热点之一。对漆酶的来源与功能、真菌漆酶结构与反应机理、介体类型与作用机理、LMS的应用进行了综述,以期为漆酶的应用研究提供参考。     

芽胞杆菌漆酶的研究进展

芽胞杆菌漆酶具有耐高温、适宜碱性条件的特性,是细菌漆酶的典型代表,其潜在工业化应用价值极高。枯草芽胞杆菌的芽胞外衣蛋白CotA是目前研究得最深入的细菌漆酶,其三维结构及催化机理与其他漆酶类似,但其催化部位的结构与其他漆酶差异较大。同时,近年来科研工作者们还发现了很多其他类型的芽胞杆菌漆酶。本文从结构特征、催化特性、酶学性质和应用四个方面阐述芽胞杆菌漆酶的特点及近年来的最新研究进展,并对其前景进行展望。     

漆酶的固定化及其在生物传感器方面的应用

漆酶是一类含铜的多酚氧化酶,它能够催化许多酚类和非酚类物质的氧化.固定化漆酶能改善漆酶的稳定性,实现酶制剂的重复连续使用,具有重要意义.该文综述了漆酶固定化的各种方法,阐述了漆酶相关活性、机械性能和功能等内容,并对漆酶固定化在生物传感器方面的应用作了介绍.     

漆酶介导生物体内酚类氧化偶联的基本原理及其在绿色合成中的应用

漆酶(Laccase,p-diphenol dioxygen oxidoreductases,EC 1.10.3.2)是一类包含三核铜簇位点的多酚氧化还原酶,广泛存在于细菌、真菌、高等植物和昆虫体内。该类酶不仅能够促进生态系统中高分子木质素和腐殖质聚合物的生物分解,还可以催化有机体内单酚和多酚类化合物参与黑色素、木质素、黄酮类和角质层等功能酚聚合物的生物合成。漆酶介导有机物的分解代谢和合成代谢机制有益于生态环境中碳循环和生物形态发生变化。在生物体内,漆酶催化天然酚类单电子氧化形成苯氧活性自由基或醌类中间体,随后这些活性中间体发生自我偶联或交叉偶联反应,生成多种结构复杂的大分子C-C、C-O-C或C-N-C功能聚合产物。因此,通过人工模拟漆酶催化生物体内的绿色合成代谢机理和路径,合理设计和定向改造漆酶在生物体外催化酚类底物偶联形成大分子功能聚合产物的结构和特性,有望为拓展和研发漆酶在绿色合成化学中的多功能应用提供丰富的参考价值和新颖的见解思路。     

漆酶可降解底物种类的研究进展

漆酶是一种含铜离子的多酚氧化酶,广泛存在于植物及真菌中。漆酶含特有的铜离子,其功能为传递结构中的电子,使漆酶具有了较强的氧化还原能力,能与木质素、胺类化合物、芳香化合物等底物发生作用,且大多数反应的唯一产物为水。目前,漆酶在降解多种有毒物质和有害污染物方面表现出高效、成本较低的特性,如白腐真菌所产的高水平漆酶已广泛成熟应用在工业废水处理等生物整治和修复领域。近年来最新研究利用载体固定化酶的技术使漆酶能够在使用后回收反复利用且更具有稳定性,这降低成本的同时还保持了漆酶催化氧化的特性,克服了不少漆酶在解决环境污染中出现的问题。利用介体的介导作用解决了漆酶氧化还原电势较低的问题,大量增多了可降解底物的种类,使其在废水处理、污染物降解、土壤修复、工业染料漂白等领域的应用前景更广阔。对现有漆酶应用于各领域进行研究总结,综述了降解各领域中的有害污染物等底物种类,提出了利用漆酶的降解过程中的现有不足和改进方向,以期为生物法降解环境污染物的研究提供参考。     

一色齿毛菌漆酶的酶学特性及染料脱色研究

染料由于具有复杂的化学结构通常难以降解。本文从白腐菌一色齿毛菌LS0547中纯化出胞外漆酶并用于染料脱色实验。SDS-PAGE结果显示纯化的漆酶分子量大小为63.7kDa。漆酶氧化底物ABTS的最适pH为2.2,最适温度为50℃。叠氮钠可强烈抑制漆酶活性,半胱氨酸和二硫苏糖醇可部分抑制漆酶活性。漆酶氧化ABTS,丁香醛连氮和2,6-二甲氧基苯酚的米氏常数分别为0.217,0.306和0.199mmol/L。粗酶和纯化的漆酶用于不同化学结构的染料的脱色研究,结果表明一色齿毛菌纯化漆酶可快速对RB亮蓝进行脱色,偶氮胭脂红和结晶紫的脱色效果低于RB亮蓝,测试的三种染料均可在没有介体存在的条件下被漆酶脱色,显示出一色齿毛菌漆酶在染料废水处理中的应用前景。     

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.