一株海藻糖合成酶产生菌的鉴定及产酶条件优化

目的对一株海洋来源的产海藻糖合成酶菌株进行鉴定及产酶条件的初步优化。方法通过16SrDNA基因序列的同源性分析,对一株来源于东海海水的海藻糖合成酶产生菌进行鉴定,并通过单因素分析初步研究其培养特性和最佳的发酵条件。结果该菌16SrDNA序列与GenBank中已知序列相比,最高相似度为100％,鉴定为假单胞菌属（Pseudomonas）,命名为Pseudomonassp．A50。其最佳碳源和氮源分别为2％麦芽糖和0．5％酵母膏,最佳NaCl浓度为2．5％,在初始pH7．8,接种量1％,装液量125mL／250mL,28℃,130r／min发酵48h,海藻糖合成酶活力达到最高。结论此产海藻糖合成酶菌株为假单胞菌属,优化后,海藻糖合成酶活力达到14．16U／mL。     

诱导蜂房哈夫尼菌产L-赖氨酸脱羧酶条件的研究

用响应面法对蜂房哈夫尼菌（Hafnia alvei）L-赖氨酸脱羧酶产酶诱导条件进行优化。首先通过单因素实验对产酶体系的pH、震荡培养时间、静置培养时间、诱导物添加量和Ⅷ添加量进行优化。在此基础上,用部分因子重复试验筛选出对酶活影响显著的3个因素（静置培养时间,诱导物添加量,VB6添加量）,再通过Box-behnken实验对这三个因素进行优化,得出最优值。最终得到产酶最佳诱导条件为：震荡培养阶段培养基pH6．5,静置培养阶段pH5．5;摇床震荡培养11h后静置培养7．5h,诱导物L一赖氨酸加入量为5．18dL,维生素B6加入量为1．38g／L时酶活最高,达到71．2U／mL,为优化前（1．74u／mL）的41．8倍,在单因素的基础上提高了19％。     

绿色糖单孢菌降解木质纤维胞外酶的分泌条件及其生物漂白研究

以一株耐热耐碱放线菌-绿色糖单孢菌（Saccharomonospora viridis）为研究对象,探讨其产胞外木素过氧化物酶、木聚糖酶、纤维素酶的优化发酵条件。结果表明,其最佳碳氮源分别为葡萄糖和蛋白胨,最佳接种量为1％,不同的诱导底物对三种木质纤维降解酶有不同的诱导效果,其中麦草浆的诱导效果最好。在培养基中添加0．01mol／L的Mn^2＋和0．1％的土温80能够显著促进木质纤维降解酶的产生。在pH8．0,45℃条件下,培养120h后木素过氧化物酶的酶活达到最大0．36U／mL,培养156h后木聚糖酶和纤维素酶的酶活达到最大,最高酶活分别为18．46U／mL,10．42u／mL。用含有这三种酶的粗酶液对麦草烧碱蒽醌浆进行生物漂白表明,绿色糖单孢菌所产的木质纤维降解酶具有较好的漂白效果。     

Aspergillus sp.脂肪酶发酵条件优化及酶学性质的研究

作者为了得到一种热稳定性较好的脂肪酶新酶种,通过研究分离白极端环境的Aspergillus sp．的最佳产酶条件及其所产脂肪酶的酶学性质,得出了该菌产酶的最佳发酵条件为：以1％黄豆饼粉为氮源、0．2％玉米淀粉为碳源,1．5％橄榄油为诱导物,起始pH6．0左右。装量10mL（250mL三角瓶。摇瓶转速180r／min）、发酵时间为96h。在最佳发酵条件下可得最大发酵酶活36U/mL。Aspergillus sp．所产的脂肪酶的酶学性质是：最适pH为9．0,在pH5．0—10．0于20℃下放置24h后,残余酶活仍保持在起始酶活的90％以上;该酶的最适温度为50℃,50℃保温60min后仍保留70％以上的酶活。Aspergillus sp．所产脂肪酶的热稳定性较好。     

一株中性蛋白酶产生茵的筛选及产酶条件优化

从酒曲中筛选出一株高产蛋白酶的菌株,命名为OPY6,初步鉴定为假单胞菌Pseudomonassp．,经Plackett．BurmanDesign设计和Box．Behnken响应面设计对其产酶培养基做了优化,最优产酶条件为：葡萄糖2．83％,淀粉0．87％,酵母膏0．55％,氯化钙0．001％,氯化钠0．5％,黄豆粉1％,初始pH=7．0,在最佳培养基添加量下蛋白酶活提高到134．718U／mL;又对该酶在水产蛋白降解过程中的酶解效果进行了评价。     

海藻糖生产过程中产酶发酵条件的研究

研究了产酶的培养基组分和比例以及最佳培养条件对微球菌生产麦芽寡糖基海藻糖合成酶(MTSase)和麦芽寡糖基海藻糖海藻糖水解酶(MTHase)的影响,得到最优培养基组成为：葡萄糖2．0％,酵母膏2．0％,蛋白胨1．0％,磷酸氢二钾0．1％,硫酸镁0．05％;优化后的培养条件为：以15％的接种量接种至250mL的锥形瓶中,装液量为50mL,初始pH值7．5～8．5,培养温度为30℃,摇床培养4d。经优化后菌体干重由原来的1．938g／L增加到18．5g／L,生物量几乎增长了10倍;而酶活也由原来的30．64U／g增加到206．11U／g,酶活提高了接近7倍。     

高产超氧化物歧化酶菌株发酵条件的研究

从1348株芽孢杆菌(Bacillus cereus)中分离和选育出高产超氧化物歧化酶(superoxide dismutase)菌株C328,并进行了产酶条件的研究。结果表明,该菌株最佳产酶的最适温度为30～35℃,培养基最适起始pH为8．0～8．5。金属离子Cd^2 、Mn^2 、Zn^2 ,表面活性剂吐温80、司班80、琥珀酸钠和无机盐CaCl2、CaCO3对产酶有抑制作用。适宜浓度的K2HPO4、EDTA、金属离子Fe^3 和表面活性剂NaAC对产酶有明显的促进作用。发酵培养用250mL三角瓶以30mL装液量酶活力最高。适宜种龄为8～12h,适宜接种量为0．9％～3％,最佳接种量为1％～2％。     

适于罗布麻生物脱胶的果胶酶产生菌分离筛选与表征

在青海柴达木盆地沤制的罗布麻表皮中分离得到两株适于罗布麻脱胶的高产果胶酶菌株,经形态、生理生化指标鉴证和16SrDNA菌种鉴定,确定一株为新的果胶酶产生菌琼氏不动杆菌（Acinetobacter junii）,一株为枯草芽孢杆菌（Bacillus subtilis）。水解圈实验得出前者H／C值（H／C为水解圈直径H与菌落直径C之比）为5,后者为3;经酶活力测定,在37℃下,琼氏不动杆菌（Acinetobacter junii）在11h达到产酶高峰（酶活力为103．2IU／mL）,枯草芽孢杆菌（Bacillus subtilis）培养至9h达到产酶高峰（酶活力为91．6IU／mL）,但前者最高酶活力比后者高12．5％;经脱胶实验得出两菌残胶率分别为18．47％和17．31％,对罗布麻生物脱胶有较好的适用性。     

耐冷菌Bacillus cereus SYP-A3-2低温蛋白酶的发酵条件

研究了营养因子及环境条件对中国冰川1号耐冷菌Bacillus cereus SYP-A3-2产低温蛋白酶的影响。结果表明对该菌产酶影响较大的因素分别是温度、酪蛋白浓度和pH,在酪蛋白浓度0．8％、pH7、15℃下摇瓶发酵48h产酶水平可达3,800U／mL。     

脂肪酶产生菌Aspergillus sp.FS132产酶条件的初步优化及其18S rRNA基因序列的比较分析

从新疆火焰山口土样中分离的一株脂肪酶产生菌FS132,菌落形态表明为霉菌。对其产酶条件的初步优化表明,产酶的最适培养时间为45h,培养基最适初始pH7．0,最适培养温度36℃,最适摇瓶空气量25mL／250mL锥形瓶。为进一步鉴定该菌株,克隆测定了该菌18SrRNA基因序列。并对其进行系统进化树分析,结果表明该菌与已报道的Aspergillus tamarii具有最紧密亲缘关系。     

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.