海洋低温蛋白酶菌株选育及发酵培养基的研究(I)

以渤海和黄海分离出400多株在低温条件下生长良好的菌株为出发菌株,利用常规筛选方法选出2株低温蛋白酶产生菌(Pseudom onas alcaligenes)。经UV、DES、NTG、EMS、L iC l单独及复合诱变,选育出一株(Pa040523)蛋白酶高产突变株。通过单因素实验,确定了Pa040523菌株蛋白酶发酵培养基为:玉米淀粉糖1.8%,尿素0.6%,磷酸氢二钾0.6%,磷酸二氢钾0.3%。该突变株低温蛋白酶产量为940.8 U/mg。     

海洋低温蛋白酶菌株选育及发酵培养基的研究(Ⅰ)

以渤海和黄海分离出400多株在低温条件下生长良好的菌株为出发菌株,利用常规筛选方法选出2株低温蛋白酶产生菌（Pseudorrtortas alcaligenes）。经UV、DES、NTG、EMS、LiCl单独及复合诱变,选育出一株（Pa040523）蛋白酶高产突变株。通过单因素实验,确定了Pa040523菌株蛋白酶发酵培养基为：玉米淀粉糖1．8％,尿素0．6％,磷酸氢二钾0．6％,磷酸二氖钾0．3％。该突变株低温蛋白酶产量为940．8U／mg。     

68株北极产蛋白酶菌株的筛选、鉴定以及部分酶学性质

【目的】从北极海水样品中分离产蛋白酶细菌,并对其进行初步的分类鉴定,为低温蛋白酶的低温适应性及其应用研究奠定基础。【方法】通过酪蛋白筛选培养基低温培养的方法从北极水样中分离出68株产蛋白酶细菌,采用16S rRNA基因PCR-RFLP(限制性酶切多态性)方法及传统的表型特性分析对所分离纯化的菌株进行分类,每种细菌类型各取1株代表菌株进行16S rRNA基因序列测定、GenBank数据库blast分析以及通过DNAMAN软件进行系统进化树分析。对代表菌株的蛋白酶酶学性质进行初步研究。【结果】68个菌株可归为3种类型(54.41%、42.65%和2.94%),分别以菌株6、11和52为代表菌株。16S rRNA基因序列分析结果表明,菌株11与比目鱼黄杆菌(Chryseobacterium scophthalmum)具有98.24%的同源性;菌株52与嗜根寡养单胞菌(Stenotrophomonas rhizophila)具有98.55%的同源性;菌株6与Stenotrophomonas rhizophila具有96.50%的同源性,可能为该属的新物种。对3种类型代表菌株进行表型性状研究显示,菌株6、11和52为革兰氏阴性、直杆状、不产胞外脂肪酶和淀粉酶,具有强的蛋白酶活性。菌株6的蛋白酶最适酶活温度为55℃,最适宜pH为6.7;菌株11的蛋白酶最适酶活温度为40℃,属于低温酶,最适酶活pH约为8.5;菌株52的蛋白酶最适酶活温度为65℃,最适酶活pH为7.4。【结论】本文首次报道了Stenotrophomonas和Chryseobacterium的菌株在北极海水样品中的分布,充实了极地产蛋白酶菌的种属分布多样性,为后续低温蛋白酶的研究和应用奠定了基础。     

地衣芽孢杆菌固态发酵麻疯树饼粕产蛋白酶及其酶学性质

利用地衣芽孢杆菌作为出发菌株,以提油后的麻疯树饼粕作为培养基,采用固态发酵方式生产蛋白酶。控制培养基湿度为125%,添加10%的乳糖和5%的蛋白胨,30°C条件下发酵3d,蛋白酶产量达到最大值(7465U/g)。酶学性质研究表明,蛋白酶最适作用pH为5?6,最适催化温度为55°C,最大催化速度Vmax为0.0324μmol/(s·mg),Km值为0.0531mmol/L。有机溶剂对酶活力有明显促进作用,10%(V/V)甲醇和5%(V/V)乙醇可以使酶活力分别提高13.55%和70.9%。Mg2+可以使蛋白酶活力提高42.54%,而Hg2+却使酶彻底失活。     

低温纤维素酶菌株CNY086发酵条件优化(Ⅱ)

本文是在前文(Ⅰ)确定菌株CNY086低温纤维素酶发酵培养基的基础上,通过单因素和正交实验研究温度、装液量、接种量及种龄对菌株CNY086低温纤维素酶发酵影响.最适发酵温度、装液量、接种量和种龄分别为15℃、250 mL/500 mL、15%、10 h.上述条件下CNY086菌株5 L发酵酶活力为104.36 U/mL.     

铜绿假单胞菌产蛋白酶的发酵条件优化

【目的】鉴定一株来源于酱油曲能够分泌蛋白酶的铜绿假单胞菌CAU342A,优化其产蛋白酶的发酵条件。【方法】采用形态学观察、16S r RNA基因序列比对和生理生化方法鉴定菌株CAU342A;通过碳源、氮源、初始pH、温度、表面活性剂及发酵时间的单因素优化和正交试验获得最适发酵条件。【结果】菌株CAU342A被鉴定为铜绿假单胞菌(Pseudomonas aeruginosa),其最适发酵产酶条件为(质量体积比):3%酒糟,1.5%酵母浸提物,0.05%吐温-80,0.5%NaCl,0.7%K_2HPO_4,0.3%KH_2PO_4,0.04%MnSO_4,培养基初始pH 7.5,30°C培养72 h。在最适发酵条件下,该菌株最大产酶水平达到2 653.5 U/m L。蛋白酶酶谱分析表明该菌株能够产生至少4种具有蛋白酶活性的同工酶,其中两个主要酶谱带对应分子量分别为32 k D和50 k D。【结论】铜绿假单胞菌CAU342A高产蛋白酶,具有很大的工业应用潜力。     

红树林微生物DH-2胞外蛋白酶的性质及产酶条件优化

从大亚湾红树林土壤样品中分离得到产蛋白酶菌株,鉴定所产胞外蛋白酶的酶学性质以及菌株的最佳发酵培养条件。采用平板透明圈法筛选菌株,福林酚显色法测定蛋白酶的酶活,通过单因素和正交试验确定其最佳发酵培养基以及发酵条件。从壤样品中分离得到一株产蛋白酶的枯草芽孢杆菌DH-2,该菌株分泌的蛋白酶最适反应pH和温度分别为8.0和65℃,50℃保温处理60 min后,剩余酶活仍保留80%以上。该蛋白酶对多种金属离子、有机溶剂及表面活性剂均有较好的耐受性。确定该菌株产蛋白酶的最适条件:1%(m/V,下同)可溶性淀粉,1%胰蛋白胨、1%NaCl,初始pH 5.5及7%的接种量,40℃培养36 h。在最适条件下测得其发酵液的酶活为236.30 U/mL,约为初筛时的酶活的8倍。该蛋白酶具有较为广阔的作用温度和pH范围,金属离子、有机溶剂及表面活性剂耐受性好,酶的性质比较稳定。     

产弹性蛋白酶菌种的筛选及发酵条件优化研究

从合肥肉联厂附近的土壤和污水中分离得到19株产弹性蛋白酶菌株,初步鉴定该菌株属于假单胞菌属.经过发酵复筛有三株产酶能力超过15u/mL.实验对菌株最佳产酶发酵条件进行了优化2%干酪素、0.5%葡萄糖、0.4%酵母膏、0.2% K2HPO4、0.01% MgSO4·7H2O;起始pH值7.0;最适发酵温度为30℃;装液量为25mL/250mL;该菌株在28h左右产弹性蛋白酶的量达18u/mL.     

产低温蛋白酶极地菌株的筛选及Pseudoalteromonas sp. QI-1产蛋白酶粗酶性质

通过酪蛋白平板法从实验室极地微生物资源库中筛选到130株在低温条件(4℃)下具有蛋白酶活性的菌株,并对部分酪蛋白水解圈较大的菌株进行了酶活测定和系统发育分析。发现酶活较高的8株菌分别属于假交替单胞菌属(Pseudoalteromonas)、科尔韦尔氏菌属(Colwellia)、希瓦氏菌属(Shewanella)、嗜冷杆菌属(Psychrobacter)。选择低温蛋白酶活性较高的菌株Pseudoalteromonas sp.QI-1为研究对象,以酪蛋白为反应底物对其所产低温蛋白酶粗酶酶性质进行初步研究。结果表明:QI-1低温蛋白酶酶活最适反应温度为40℃,在0℃时保持10%的相对酶活,酶活最适反应pH为10.0;其催化作用不需要金属离子的参与;热稳定性极差,在60℃放置15 min即完全失活。     

重离子诱变技术选育碱性蛋白酶高产菌株

从采集的土壤样品中分离筛选出一株碱性蛋白酶产生菌G-41,经16S rRNA分子鉴定为芽孢杆菌属菌株。该菌株在发酵培养基中能产生较高产量的胞外碱性蛋白酶(1.7×104U/mL)。以G-41为出发菌株,对其进行重离子辐照诱变处理,获得突变株G-41-68,将该突变株再次经重离子诱变,从大量突变株中筛选出碱性蛋白酶高产菌株15Gy-54,其酶活力达到6.22×104U/mL。与出发菌株相比较,突变株G-41-68和15Gy-54的酶活力分别提高了1.58倍和2.65倍。对突变株15Gy-54的发酵条件进行了优化研究,结果表明,该菌株的碱性蛋白酶活力得到进一步提高,达到7.18×104U/mL,其最适发酵条件为:培养基(g/100mL)为胰蛋白胨1、酵母膏0.5、乳糖5、Na2HPO4·12H2O0.4、KH2PO40.03、Na2CO30.1、MgSO40.0481(4×10-3mol/L)、pH8.0,培养温度41℃,振荡培养时间42-48h。实验结果表明,重离子辐照诱变技术是一种非常有效的微生物诱变育种新技术。     

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.