正交试验法探讨单酸降解纤维素的最佳条件

正交试验法探讨了乙酸、草酸、盐酸、硫酸等单酸降解植物纤维素的最佳条件。研究结果表明,乙酸降解纤维素时,影响因素的主次顺序为：A＞B＞C,最佳组合为A3B1C2。即乙酸浓度为30％,温度40℃,反应1．5h为最佳条件,验证性试验结果表明,单用乙醇能使纤维素降解成葡萄糖的转化率达42．2％。而草酸影响因素的主次则为A＞C＞B,最佳组合为A2C1B2。即草酸度浓度0％,70℃酸解1h为最佳条件。在此条件下,转化率可达40．8％。对于盐酸影响因素的主次为A＞B＞C,最佳组合为A3B3C1。即在20％盐酸,100℃酸解1h的条件下,转化率可达42．8％。而硫酸影响因素的主次顺序为B＞A＞C,最佳组合为A3B3C1。即在40％硫酸,100℃反应1h的最佳条件下能使转化率达40．9％。研究还发现,乙酸、草酸、盐酸、硫酸降解纤维素特性不同。乙酸、草酸同属有机酸,但因二者的酸性、挥发性、溶解性等不同,致使温度、时间两因素对纤维降解的影响相关很大。盐酸、硫酸无机强酸,都要求高温短时,但随着浓度的升高,转化度呈下降趋势,且二者的下降幅度不同,硫酸大于盐酸。     

正交实验法对碱性磷酸酶活性测定的优化

碱性磷酸酶(ALP)是一种非特异性磷酸单酯酶,碱性条件下几乎能催化所有磷酸单酯的水解。采用正交实验法研究兔肝ALP的活性,在单因素实验的基础上,利用Minitab对碱性磷酸酶的催化条件(pH值、反应温度、酶量、底物量)进行4因素3水平的正交实验设计。正交实验结果表明,4种因素对酶活性的影响由大到小排列顺序为pH值温度底物酶,最佳组合为A3B3C1D1,即酶量为0.4 mL,底物量为0.8 mL,温度50℃,pH值为10时兔肝ALP的活性最强。     

裂解性多糖单加氧酶HcLPMO与纤维素酶协同降解纤维素

【目的】为研究HcLPMO的活性测定方法及其与纤维素酶的协同降解特性。【方法】利用大肠杆菌表达系统进行HcLPMO异源表达,研究以AmplexTM Ultra Red为荧光底物的LPMOs活性检测条件;研究HcLPMO与纤维素酶最优配比协同降解微晶纤维素及其他多种生物质底物的能力。【结果】表达条件确定最适装液量为20%,最适诱导温度为20°C。活性测定研究结果表明HcLPMO需先与铜离子结合才具有活性,电子供体抗坏血酸钠(ASC)最适浓度为10–4 mol/L,并发现AmplexTM Ultra Red浓度以及辣根过氧化物酶浓度对酶活的检测影响较小。HcLPMO与纤维素酶协同降解微晶纤维素研究确定HcLPMO与纤维素酶最优配比为2:3,葡萄糖产量相较纤维素酶单独作用提高了99.48%。此外,针对多种生物质底物,发现该酶与纤维素酶的复配体系对汽爆玉米秸秆和微晶纤维素的协同降解效果较好,相较于单独用纤维素水解酶,葡萄糖产量分别提高了63.81%和59.43%,而对碱处理玉米芯和木薯渣降解效果次之,葡萄糖产量仅分别提高35.41%和11.06%。【结论】HcLPMO与纤维素酶复配能够有效提高酶法降解纤维素效率;而底物前处理如蒸汽爆破或碱处理对于HcLPMO与纤维素酶协同降解木质纤维素影响较大。     

Study on Optimal Conditions of Degradation of Wheat Straw by Cellulase and Analysis of Kinetics

以小麦秸秆为原料,通过正交实验对纤维素酶降解秸秆纤维的影响因素进行了研究.结果表明,影响小麦秸秆降解的因素依次为:酶量＞酶解时间＞料液比＞反应温度,其最适条件是:加酶量为40 u/g,酶解时间为10h,反应温度为40℃,料液比为1∶3,总糖含量达到43.24％.以米氏方程为基础,建立起最适酶解条件下总纤维素降解的动力学模型.     

一株产纤维素酶的甲醇利用细菌的鉴定及其纤维素降解条件优化

采用刚果红染色法,从废弃矿山周边土壤中筛选出一株产纤维素酶的甲醇利用细菌,命名为xt-04。形态特征、生理试验及16SrDNA序列和gyrB序列分析表明,该菌株属于Bacillusmethylotrophicus。为提高该菌所产纤维素酶的降解能力,首先通过单因子实验考察了底物CMC—Na浓度、反应温度及缓冲液pH值对纤维素酶活力的影响;然后采用响应面分析法对影响纤维素酶活力的3个单因子进行了优化。结果表明,单因素实验得出的适宜反应温度、缓冲液pH和底物浓度分别为70℃、5．0和2％（20mg／mL）;响应面法得出的最高酶活力条件：反应温度、pH和底物浓度分别为66．1℃、4．81和19．01mg／mL。在最优条件下,酶活力达到17．85U／mL,比优化前的酶活力12．84U／mL提高了39．01％。因此,鉴于这种纤维素酶能耐受较高温度和酸性条件,该菌株所产纤维素酶可能在工业中具有良好的应用前景。     

正交试验法确定测定意大利蜜蜂头部乙酰胆碱酯酶反应的最佳条件

用正交试验法研究了酶浓度、底物浓度、反应体系的pH值、反应温度和反应时间5个因素对测定意大利蜜蜂Apis mellifera ligustica Spinola头部乙酰胆碱酯酶(AChE)活性的影响, 并从试验组合中选出最佳条件。蜜蜂AChE活性的测定采用Gorun(1978)改进的Ellman方法, 以碘化硫代乙酰胆碱(ATCI)为底物, 5, 5' 二硫双硝基苯甲酸(DTNB)为显色剂, 测定反应物在412 nm波长下的光密度值, 用考马斯亮蓝G-250法测定蛋白质含量, 经计算得到蜜蜂头部AChE的比活力。对正交试验结果进行极差分析和方差分析, 结果表明各因素对实验结果影响的大小顺序为：温度＞pH值＞时间＞酶浓度＞底物浓度。并得出测定蜜蜂头部AChE活性的最佳条件是：酶终浓度0.2头/mL、底物终浓度0.8 mmol/L、pH值7.5、温度40℃及反应时间5 min。     

纤维素酶在木质纤维素生物质转化中的应用研究

选育得到纤维素酶高产菌株里氏木霉突变菌株(Trichoderma reesei) 813A,优化了其发酵产酶条件。利用该菌株所产纤维素酶对天然木质纤维素的水解糖化过程进行研究,确定了实验条件下最优的糖化条件(温度50℃, pH 4.5,酶浓度6～8 FPU/mL,底物浓度2%)。以玉米叶和杨树叶为天然纤维素原料,水解糖化率分别达到86.2％和56.0%。通过酿酒酵母(Saccharomyces cerevisiae)将糖化液转化为酒精,产乙醇浓度达到 5%～5.8%,转化率为79.4%～92.1%。     

玉米秸秆酶水解过程中的酶复配条件优化

降低酶解成本是纤维素乙醇生产的关键。利用酶复配技术优化蒸汽爆破处理后玉米秸秆的酶水解工艺条件,以提高纤维素的转化率。通过单因素实验和正交实验,研究了纤维素酶、木聚糖酶和β-葡萄糖苷酶对酶解效率的影响规律。结果表明,汽爆玉米秸秆,纤维素含量达42.21%,半纤维素仅为3.65%。纤维素酶对酶解过程起决定性作用,添加40 FPU/g时,酶解率为75.45%;木聚糖酶可促使更多的纤维素暴露出来,添加1 500 IU/g时,酶解率最高为78.03%;β-葡萄糖苷酶有助于消除纤维二糖积累造成的反馈抑制,用量40 IU/g时,纤维二糖浓度为0.330 4 g/100 m L,酶解率达76.45%。正交实验确定最佳工艺为:纤维素酶用量30 FPU/g,木聚糖酶用量800 IU/g,β-葡萄糖苷酶用量40 IU/g;该条件下,进行底物质量浓度25%的验证实验,葡萄糖达9.3g/100 m L,若用单一天冠纤维素酶,葡萄糖仅5.9 g/100 m L,提高了57.63%。三种酶的影响顺序为:纤维素酶木聚糖酶β-葡萄糖苷酶。     

云斑白条天牛幼虫肠道纤维素降解菌的分离鉴定及产酶条件的优化

为筛选云斑白条天牛[Batocera lineaolata(Chaevroat)]幼虫肠道中高效纤维素降解菌,实现纤维素的高效利用,以羧甲基纤维素钠为唯一碳源,并利用刚果红平板染色法初筛、纤维素酶活测定复筛,从云斑白条天牛幼虫肠道中分离产纤维素酶菌株;采用形态学观察和16S rDNA基因序列同源性分析方法对该菌株进行鉴定,单因素试验法对菌株的产酶条件进行优化。结果表明:从45株纤维素降解菌中通过刚果红染色获得2株高效产纤维素酶菌株A04、A07,鉴定分别为苍白杆菌属(Ochrobactrum)A04、拉乌尔菌属(Raoultella)A07。初步确定苍白杆菌属A04在温度32℃、初始pH=6、以酵母膏为氮源条件下滤纸酶(FPase)活力最大;拉乌尔菌属A07产纤维素酶在温度32℃、初始pH=7、以酒石酸铵为氮源条件下FPase活力最大。     

一株玉米秸秆纤维素分解菌株的分离鉴定及酶学性质

【目的】筛选分离可以分解玉米秸秆纤维素的菌株。【方法】采用平板稀释法从土样中分离纯化得到能够分解玉米秸秆纤维素的菌株,对分离得到的菌株进行生理生化及分子鉴定,同时以菌株Penicillium spp.(CICC40361)作为对照,比较菌株纤维素酶和木质素酶的活性,研究不同因素对菌株纤维素酶活力的影响,确定菌株纤维素酶动力学常数Km值。【结果】分离得到的菌株命名为PL2#,经生理生化及分子鉴定后,确定菌株PL2#为羊毛状青霉(Penicillium lanosum)。菌株PL2#的纤维素酶和木质素酶活力高于对照菌株Penicillium spp.;菌株PL2#的最优酶活测定条件为:1%CMC底物浓度,pH 4.8,50°C,酶反应时间60 min以及2 m L DNS添加量。【结论】羊毛状青霉(Penicillium lanosum)菌株PL2#比对照菌株Penicillium spp.具有更好地降解玉米秸秆纤维素的性能。     

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.