壳聚糖固定化谷胱甘肽硫转移酶的研究

目的：利用壳聚糖固定日本血吸虫谷胱甘肽硫转移酶,并对固定化酶性质及体外催化活性进行研究。方法：利用大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)表达日本血吸虫谷胱甘肽硫转移酶,并从中粗提谷胱甘肽硫转移酶,将其固定在用戊二醛交联的壳聚糖载体上,对游离酶和固定酶的最适pH、温度,游离酶和固定化酶对底物1-氯-2,4-二硝基苯(CDNB)和谷胱甘肽(GSH)的亲和力,温度的稳定性进行了研究。结果：固定化酶活回收率可达41．6％,最适pH6．5～7．0,最适温度37℃,对底物(CDNB和GSH)的亲和力略有下降,对温度稳定性大大提高。在体外固定化酶有很好的催化解毒作用。     

壳聚糖固定化德氏根霉脂肪酶的研究

研究了壳聚糖吸附和戊二醛交联对脂肪酶固定化条件,在室温条件下将0．4g酶粉溶于pH6．0缓冲液中,加入10g壳聚糖,摇匀,再加入浓度为0．6％戊二醛交联6h,得到固定化酶,酶活力回收率约为54．2％。固定化酶的半失活温度比游离酶的高,半失活温度由游离酶的47℃提高到100℃,最适反应温度由40℃上升至80℃,最适pH由6下降到5．5,固定化酶K’m值由游离酶的Km 50mg／mL增加到56mg／mL。该固定化脂肪酶用于酯的合成;在80℃条件下经过10批次连续水解植物油反应,固定化酶的活力仍保持在82．6％以上。     

壳聚糖固定化木聚糖酶的研究

从青霉菌m8提取出木聚糖酶,将其固定在用戊二醛交联的壳聚糖载体上。1．0g壳聚糖与4％的二醛结合固定3．5mg蛋白,酶活回收率为46．6％。在酶的最适pH为4．6,固定化酶为pH3．8。原酶的最适温度为55℃,固定化酶在60－75℃都具有较高活性。固定化酶的耐热性优于原酶,固定化酶的表现Km值略低于原酶,前者为5．0×10－2g／L,后者为3．58×10－2g／L。     

壳聚糖载体的制备及脲酶的固定化研究

以甲壳素为原料,制备出壳聚糖载体,并对脲酶进行固定化。通过测量悬挂醛基探讨了交联条件对载体性能的影响,优化了脲酶的固定化条件,研究了固定化酶的酶学性质,并与游离酶进行了比较。结果表明。制备载体的最优条件是将微球用6％的戊二醛活化2h,最佳联酶条件是载体与脲酶共反应1h。该固定化酶的最适温度为65℃,最适pH值为6．6,米氏常数为0．009mol／L,较游离酶均有较大改善。热稳定性较游离酶有很大的提高,且具有良好的操作稳定性。     

壳聚糖固定化琼脂酶的研究

采用壳聚糖微球对琼脂酶进行固定化,在单因素实验的基础上用正交试验法确定最佳固定化工艺。结果表明:在戊二醛体积分数为2.5%,交联时间为6 h,加酶量为15 mL,固定时间为3 h时固定酶的活力最高;固定化酶的最适反应温度及最适pH分别为50℃和8.5,高于游离酶;同时其热稳定性及操作稳定性均高于游离酶。     

白腐真菌漆酶的固定化及其应用研究*

以尼龙网为载体,戊二醛为交联剂,进行固定化真菌漆酶的条件优化和性质研究,优化条件为：尼龙网在5％的戊二醛溶液中交联6h后,加入30U漆酶溶液固定8h,酶活回收率为50．3％。与游离酶相比,固定化漆酶的热稳定性明显提高,最适pH值略有下降。用该固定化漆酶处理低浓度造纸废水,经过8批次连续试验,酶活保留52％。     

固定化黑曲霉β-葡萄糖苷酶制备染料木素活性苷元的研究

比较了以海藻酸钠为载体,用胶囊法、包埋-交联法、交联-包埋法三种不同方法固定化黑曲霉β-葡萄糖苷酶的效果,并研究了最佳固定化方法的固定化条件和固定化酶的部分性质。结果表明,交联-包埋法即β-葡萄糖苷酶与0.20%戊二醛交联后再用2.0%海藻酸钠包埋的固定化方法中酶结合效率和酶活力回收率最高。海藻酸钠浓度和戊二醛浓度对酶结合效率影响较大,戊二醛浓度和包埋颗粒直径大小对酶活力回收率影响显著。与游离酶相比,制备的固定化酶最适温度、最适pH值和K_m值分别由50℃、4.5和2.57 μg/mL下降到40℃、4.0和2.02 μg/mL。固定化酶具有更强的耐酸性和稳定性。该固定化酶用于大豆异黄酮活性苷元染料木素的合成,重复使用6次后,固定化酶的活力仍保持84.94%,染料木苷转化率为56.04%。     

脱乙酰壳聚糖固定化宇佐美曲霉木聚糖酶及固定化酶的性质和应用(英文)

研究壳聚糖吸附和戊二醛交联对木聚糖酶固定化条件 .将酶液加入到经醋酸溶液处理过的脱乙酰壳聚糖的pH 4 8的悬液中 ,加入浓度为 0 3%～ 0 4 %的戊二醛溶液 ,室温下 ,8h后得到固定化酶 .固定化酶的半失活温度比游离酶高 ,由 5 1℃升至 71℃ ,Km 值由游离酶的 1 2mg ml增加到1 5mg ml ,最适反应温度也由 5 5℃增加到 71℃ ,而最适反应pH由 4 6下降到 3 8.该固定化木聚糖酶可用于制造低聚木糖 .经过 10次连续应用实验后 ,该固定化酶的活力保持 81%     

青霉菌胞外半纤维素酶的固定化研究

青霉菌m8胸外半纤维素酶经过离子交换和分子筛层析两步纯化,纯化的酶固定在戊二醛交联的壳聚精上,残活力为45．6％。固定化酶的最适pH为3．6,最适温度为65℃,且固文化酶在65～75℃活力都较高。该酶的耐热性比较强,固定化酶热稳定性优于原酶;以半纤维素为底物,固定化酶的表观米氏常数为3．58×10－2g／L。     

固定化黑曲霉β-葡萄糖苷酶制备染料木素活性苷元的研究

比较了以海藻酸钠为载体,用胶囊法、包埋-交联法、交联-包埋法三种不同方法固定化黑曲霉β-葡萄糖苷酶的效果,并研究了最佳固定化方法的固定化条件和固定化酶的部分性质。结果表明,交联-包埋法即β-葡萄糖苷酶与0.20%戊二醛交联后再用2.0%海藻酸钠包埋的固定化方法中酶结合效率和酶活力回收率最高。海藻酸钠浓度和戊二醛浓度对酶结合效率影响较大,戊二醛浓度和包埋颗粒直径大小对酶活力回收率影响显著。与游离酶相比,制备的固定化酶最适温度、最适pH值和Km值分别由50℃、4.5和2.57μg/mL下降到40℃、4.0和2.02μg/mL。固定化酶具有更强的耐酸性和稳定性。该固定化酶用于大豆异黄酮活性苷元染料木素的合成,重复使用6次后,固定化酶的活力仍保持84.94%,染料木苷转化率为56.04%。     

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.