假单胞菌M18转录调节因子σs基因与无启动子lacZ基因融合突变株的构建和鉴定

通过菌落原位杂交和Southern杂交,从假单胞菌M18基因组文库中克隆了rpoS基因及相邻序列。为了深入研究影响rpoS基因表达的调控因素,运用同源重组技术,将无启动子β-半乳糖苷酶基因(-′lacZ)插入并融合于rpoS基因中,构建了假单胞菌M18rpoS基因突变株M18SZ。Miller法测定显示,突变株M18SZ的β-半乳糖苷酶可高达480U,而野生株检测不到β-半乳糖苷酶活性。表明,突变株中的rpoS基因与无启动子β-半乳糖苷酶基因已融合并且表达。在KMB培养基中生长量测定(OD600)的结果表明,突变株与野生株生长存在显著差异。     

云南传统发酵豆豉中产β-半乳糖苷酶乳酸菌的筛选及其产酶条件的研究

目的从云南豆豉样品中筛选产β-半乳糖苷酶的乳酸菌,并对其产酶条件进行研究。方法从云南省元阳、红河、建水、石屏等地采集豆豉样品,并从中分离得到355株微生物。结果经明胶诱导、脱脂乳平板实验,复筛得到87株蛋白酶产生菌,从中筛选产β-半乳糖苷酶的乳酸菌。通过X-Gal平板实验,共获得34株产β-半乳糖苷酶菌株,通过酶活测定,最终筛选得到1株高产β-半乳糖苷酶菌株GJ-1-3L,经16S rDNA序列分析鉴定为短乳杆菌;GJ-1-3L在以葡萄糖为碳源、多聚蛋白胨为氮源、起始pH 6.5的MRS培养基中,接种量为4%,35℃发酵培养12 h,其β-半乳糖苷酶活性高达6.73 U/mL,Cu2＋、Ba2＋对酶活有抑制作用,而K2HPO4、MgSO4则能促进酶活。结论 GJ-1-3L菌株来源于豆豉,能够产生β-半乳糖苷酶发酵乳糖,同时产生乳酸,其在食品与乳品加工等方面具有很好的应用前景。     

假单胞菌M18转录调节因子σS基因与无启动子lacZ 基因融合突变株的构建和鉴定

通过菌落原位杂交和Southern 杂交,从假单胞菌M18基因组文库中克隆了rpoS基因及相邻序列。为了深入研究影响rpoS基因表达的调控因素,运用同源重组技术,将无启动子β半乳糖苷酶基因（′lacZ）插入并融合于rpoS基因中,构建了假单胞菌M18 rpoS基因突变株M18SZ。 Miller法测定显示,突变株M18SZ的β-半乳糖苷酶可高达480U,而野生株检测不到β半乳糖苷酶活性。表明,突变株中的rpoS基因与无启动子β-半乳糖苷酶基因已融合并且表达。在KMB培养基中生长量测定（OD600）的结果表明,突变株与野生株生长存在显著差异。     

重组α-半乳糖苷酶的制备工艺研究

α-半乳糖苷酶是B→O血型改造研究中的关键工具酶。在获得了可分泌表达α-半乳糖苷酶的基因工程毕赤酵母菌株的基础上,进行了工程菌株在5L发酵罐中的发酵。发酵液上清中α-半乳糖苷酶活性为80～150U／mL,蛋白浓度为3～4.5mg／mL,比活性约为20-30U／mg。发酵液采用超滤、阳离子交换层析、疏水层析和阴离子交换层析等纯化方法,建立起了规模化生产重组α-半乳糖苷酶的工艺。制备的重组酶纯度经鉴定达98％以上,符合新生物制品的纯度要求。制备的重组α-半乳糖苷酶可有效地将B型红细胞改造成O型红细胞,从而解决了应用此酶开展B→O血型改造研究的关键问题。     

粉纹夜蛾新细胞克隆株Tn5B-40的研究(英文)

从Tn5B1-4细胞系中克隆并筛选出了新克隆株Tn5B-40,测定分析结果表明,该克隆株对病毒(AcNPV)的敏感性和生长特性与原始细胞无显著差异,但在重组蛋白表达方面,无论对β-半乳糖苷酶还是碱性磷酸酶都明显地高于野生型细胞系,其中β-半乳糖苷酶在第6天的表达为原始细胞株的2倍,碱性磷酸酶的表达在第9天最高为原始细胞株的1.4倍。因此,该细胞是一株高产病毒和高表达重组蛋白的新克隆株。     

一种来源于青霉的新的α-半乳糖苷酶的分离纯化及其酶学性质

从丝状真菌中筛选到一株产α-半乳糖苷酶的菌株F63,对该菌株进行了形态观察和18SrDNA序列分析,该菌株属于青霉属。采用硫酸铵沉淀、阴离子交换层析和分子筛层析等方法分离纯化了该菌株的一种α-半乳糖苷酶。经过聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳,此酶蛋白的分子量约为82kDa。该α-半乳糖苷酶反应的最适pH为5.0,最适温度为45℃。此α-半乳糖苷酶的热稳定性在40℃以下,pH稳定性为pH5.0-6.0。与已报道的α-半乳糖苷酶的活性都受到Ag 的强烈抑制不同的是,该α-半乳糖苷酶受Ag 的抑制作用不显著。以pNPG为底物的Km值为1.4mmol/L和Vmax=1.556mmol/L.min-1.mg-1。该酶可以有效降解蜜二糖、棉子糖和水苏糖,但不能降解末端含α-半乳糖苷键的多糖。通过利用质谱技术对纯化的α-半乳糖苷酶进行鉴定以及内肽的N端测序证明该蛋白为一种新的α-半乳糖苷酶。     

采用复合诱变方法选育高产β-半乳糖苷酶菌株

目的:研究复合诱变方法选育高产β-半乳糖苷酶菌株.方法:以马克斯克鲁维酵母为出发菌株,经过紫外线诱变及硫酸二乙酯、亚硝基胍复合诱变,从大量突变株中进行筛选.结果:成功地选育出一株高产、稳定的菌株15D,其产酶活力由出发菌的124.5U/mg提高到172.4U/mg,酶活力提高了约1.4倍.结论:该方法选育β-半乳糖苷酶菌株是有效的.     

一株产低温β-半乳糖苷酶微杆菌的筛选鉴定、产酶条件及其酶学特性

【背景】低温β-半乳糖苷酶能在低温下仍保持较高的乳糖水解活性,筛选酶学特性适合在牛乳体系中高效水解乳糖的β-半乳糖苷酶生产菌株,是低乳糖牛乳加工产业关注的焦点。【目的】对天山中国一号冰川沉积物中分离的一株产低温β-半乳糖苷酶菌株的产酶条件和酶学特性进行研究。【方法】结合X-Gal平板法初筛和测定粗酶液酶活复筛,获得产低温β-半乳糖苷酶的菌株。通过形态学、生理生化试验及16S rRNA基因测序分析对筛选菌株进行鉴定,单因素摇瓶实验优化菌株的产酶条件,硫酸铵分级沉淀初步纯化β-半乳糖苷酶并对其酶学特性进行分析。【结果】通过形态学、生理生化特征和16S rRNA基因鉴定,确定菌株LW106为微杆菌属(Microbacterium)菌株;该菌株最适产酶温度为25°C,最佳产酶碳源为可溶性淀粉,培养基初始pH为7.0,接种量为3%;对初步纯化的低温β-半乳糖苷酶酶学性质的研究表明,LW106所产β-半乳糖苷酶的最适pH为6.0,最适反应温度为35°C,4°C时酶活为最大酶活的78%,4°C和pH 7.0时的稳定性最好,10 mmol/L的Na+对酶活性基本没有抑制作用,Ca~(2+)对酶活性具有一定的激活作用。【结论】菌株LW106所产低温β-半乳糖苷酶的酶学特性表明该酶在乳品低温加工领域具有进一步研究和应用的价值。     

β-半乳糖苷酶的筛选、克隆表达、酶学性质及其酶法合成低聚半乳糖

采用人工底物邻硝基苯酚-β-D-半乳糖苷(o NPG)为筛选标记,从耐有机溶剂微生物菌库中,筛选出具有较高水解活性的β-半乳糖苷酶产生菌,再以乳糖为底物考察菌株低聚半乳糖的合成性能,筛选得到1株产β-半乳糖苷酶的Erwinia billingiae WX1。根据Gen Bank中相同属种的基因组序列推测β-半乳糖苷酶基因,克隆得到β-半乳糖苷酶基因gal,并在大肠杆菌中实现了来源于Erwinia billingiae菌β-半乳糖苷酶的克隆表达。该基因的开放阅读框(ORF)为1 428 bp,编码475个氨基酸,理论相对分子质量为5.2×104。镍柱法分离纯化得到电泳纯的β-半乳糖苷酶GAL,其酶学性质研究表明最适催化温度55℃,最适p H 7.0;Mg~(2+)、Mn~(2+)对该酶起较强促进作用,EDTA对该酶抑制作用较强。利用β-半乳糖苷酶GAL的转糖基作用,以乳糖为底物合成低聚半乳糖,初步优化的反应条件:底物乳糖质量浓度400 g/L,每克乳糖添加酶量1.0 U,在40℃反应16 h后,低聚半乳糖合成率达到34%(质量分数),显示了较好的开发前景。     

天山1号冰川底部沉积层产β-半乳糖苷酶低温菌株的系统发育分析及生理多样性

[目的]通过对天山1号冰川底部沉积层冻土中细菌的分离和产β-半乳糖苷酶低温菌株的筛选,了解天山冻土微生物的物种多样性,并对产β-半乳糖苷酶低温菌株的系统发育和生理多样性进行分析.[方法]以乳糖为主要碳源,X-Gal为显色剂,分离筛选出产低温β-半乳糖苷酶菌株.对细菌常规生理生化实验、最适生长温度、耐盐性、药物敏感性进行测定.根据16S rRNA基因序列初步确定产β-半乳糖苷酶低温菌种的系统进化地位,并采用BOX-PCR指纹图谱技术对16S rRNA基因高度同源性的菌株进一步区分.[结果]分离到90株可培养低温菌中25株可产β-半乳糖苷酶,其中76％为革兰氏阳性菌.依据生长温度,产酶菌株80％为嗜冷菌,20％为耐冷菌.在系统发育上,产酶菌株隶属于4个类群,其中肠球菌属(Enterococcus)占26％,短波单胞菌属(Brevundimonas)占22％,假单胞菌属(Pseudomonas)占13％.[结论]天山1号冰川底部沉积层冻土中产β-半乳糖苷酶的低温细菌具有比较丰富的物种和生理多样性.     

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).