生物酶催化聚合的研究进展

酶催化聚合反应是近年来的研究热点之一,氧化还原酶是应用广泛的一类催化聚合酶。概括总结了近年来酶促聚合反应的研究进展,重点叙述了辣根过氧化物酶(HRP)、大豆过氧化物酶(SBP)和漆酶(laccase)的结构、催化机理以及它们在酶催化聚合中的应用概况。     

苏氨酸醛缩酶的结构与功能及其在药物合成中的应用

β-羟基-α-氨基酸(β-hydroxy-α-amnio acids,HAAs)是一类广泛应用于制药工业的重要手性中间体。由于其含有双手性中心(C_α和C_β),探索其严格立体选择性的生物合成方法备受关注。苏氨酸醛缩酶(threonine aldolase,TA)可在温和条件下催化不同类型的醛与氨基酸缩合构筑丰富的HAAs产物库,显示了工业应用潜力。由于目前表征的TA普遍存在对C_β立体选择性不严格、活性较低以及催化机制不清晰等问题,为其在HAAs合成中的应用带来了挑战。本文综述了TA在新酶挖掘、结构与催化机理解析、蛋白质工程以及合成应用等方面的研究进展,为推动酶催化绿色、高效合成手性药物提供参考。     

胺基裂解酶及其在医药中间体生产中的应用

C-N裂解酶(E.C.4.3)是能催化释放氨、脒和胺基等并形成双键或环的一类酶.胺基裂解酶(E.C.4.3.3)就是其中能够催化释放胺基的一类酶,该类酶在医药中间体生产中起关键酶的作用.本文概述了4种胺基裂解酶的来源,酶学特性以及它们在医药中间体生产中的应用.     

原花青素聚合作用机理研究进展

原花青素是一类通过植物类黄酮次生代谢途径合成的聚多酚类化合物,它具有抗紫外线、抗病、抗虫,清除自由基,调节种子休眠和萌发等生理功能。该文对近年来国内外有关原花青素的结构类型和生物合成机制、原花青素聚合作用机理(包括:原花青素的聚合作用发生在植物细胞中央大液泡、缩合过程中延伸单元前体可能为无色花青素、黄烷-3-醇和花青素等假说)、以及推测参与催化聚合反应的缩合酶(包括:植物多酚氧化酶、植物漆酶和植物过氧化酶)等方面的研究进展进行综述,为深入研究原花青素生物合成机制提供资料。     

L-氨基酸氧化酶的结构、底物谱、家族进化及应用研究进展

L-氨基酸氧化酶(LAAO)是一类生物体内参与氨基酸氧化代谢的重要氧化还原酶,能够以氧分子为电子受体催化L-氨基酸氧化脱氨,生成相应的酮酸、氨(NH₃)和过氧化氢(H₂O₂).近期发现有些LAAO能够专一性识别特定氨基酸,而不受其他种类氨基酸的干扰,因而在手性胺类化合物拆分、α-酮酸生物合成、临床样本、食品及氨基酸发酵过程中氨基酸含量检测等领域都发挥着重要作用.本文重点综述目前研究报道的底物专一性LAAO,总结并比较这些酶的酶学性质、结构功能,以及家族进化规律等,并进一步讨论这些酶在生物催化及氨基酸检测中的应用.本综述将为底物特异性LAAO的分子机制研究及产业应用研究提供重要的素材和指导.     

利用Bio-BglBrick方法表达紫杉醇生物合成酶

目的:进行紫杉醇药物生物合成前五步催化酶二磷酸盐合酶(GGPPS)、紫杉二烯合酶(TS)、紫杉二烯5α羟化酶(THY5α)、紫杉二烯5α-O-乙酰转移酶(TAT)和紫杉烷10β羟化酶(TDH)基因在大肠杆菌异源生物合成途径的组建及串联,实现单个表达及串联表达,并试图通过连续生物催化获得紫杉醇中间体紫衫二烯。方法:依据合成生物学中Brick基因组装方法,通过对载体pET30a的酶切位点进行定向改造,设计独特的BglⅡ/BamHⅠ和XbaⅠ/SpeⅠ串联表达盒,在大肠杆菌BM Rosetta(DE3)中表达产物。结果:设计多基因表达盒,实现紫杉醇药物生物合成前五步催化酶的单个表达,GGPPS和TS以及THY5α、TAT和TDH的串联表达。结论:利用BglBrick/BioBrick基因组装方法,可以实现紫杉醇生物合成催化酶的快速组装及后续表达。     

紫杉醇的生物合成途径和参与催化的酶

通过了解紫杉醇生物合成途径和途径中的催化酶 ,特别是催化限速步骤的关键酶以及这些酶的编码基因 ,从而从分子水平对该途径实施人工操纵 ,将是发展先进的生物工艺大量生产紫杉醇的前提。文章介绍了紫杉醇生物合成途径和催化酶类的研究进展 ,并简略讨论了紫杉醇生物合成研究领域所面临的问题     

鲨烯合酶的研究进展

鲨烯合酶 (SqualeneSynthase,EC 2 5 1 2 1 ,简称SQS)是催化两分子的法呢酯焦磷酸 (Farnesyldiphos phate,简称FPP)缩合产生鲨烯 (SQ)的关键酶 ,而鲨烯是生物合成三萜、甾醇、胆固醇等萜烯类重要物质的共同前体[1 ,2 ] 。因此 ,对鲨烯合酶的研究倍受重视 ,迄今人们已对 1 4个不同物种中的鲨烯合酶进行了研究。本文简要综述国内外关于鲨烯合酶研究的进展。1　SQS在萜烯类化合物生物合成中的作用萜烯类化合物生物合成的途径见图 1 [1 ] ,SQS处于代谢途径中FPP到其它产物的分支点上 ,FPP除可以被鲨烯合酶催化产生鲨烯 (SQ)外 ,还…     

紫杉醇生物合成途径中相关酶的研究进展

抗癌新药紫杉醇是具有萜类环状结构的一种重要次生代谢产物 ,研究紫杉醇的生物合成对于通过基因工程手段提高紫杉醇的产量 ,解决目前资源紧缺造成的巨大供求矛盾具有重要意义 ,这就需要对紫杉醇生物合成途径中催化各步反应 (尤其是关键步骤 )的酶以及编码这些酶的基因有个全面的了解。对近年来紫杉醇生物合成途径中相关酶的研究进行了综述 ,大部分酶及相关基因已被分离、克隆 ,但还有一些酶及相关基因没有发现 ,有待继续深入研究。     

漆酶介导生物体内酚类氧化偶联的基本原理及其在绿色合成中的应用

漆酶(Laccase,p-diphenol dioxygen oxidoreductases,EC 1.10.3.2)是一类包含三核铜簇位点的多酚氧化还原酶,广泛存在于细菌、真菌、高等植物和昆虫体内。该类酶不仅能够促进生态系统中高分子木质素和腐殖质聚合物的生物分解,还可以催化有机体内单酚和多酚类化合物参与黑色素、木质素、黄酮类和角质层等功能酚聚合物的生物合成。漆酶介导有机物的分解代谢和合成代谢机制有益于生态环境中碳循环和生物形态发生变化。在生物体内,漆酶催化天然酚类单电子氧化形成苯氧活性自由基或醌类中间体,随后这些活性中间体发生自我偶联或交叉偶联反应,生成多种结构复杂的大分子C-C、C-O-C或C-N-C功能聚合产物。因此,通过人工模拟漆酶催化生物体内的绿色合成代谢机理和路径,合理设计和定向改造漆酶在生物体外催化酚类底物偶联形成大分子功能聚合产物的结构和特性,有望为拓展和研发漆酶在绿色合成化学中的多功能应用提供丰富的参考价值和新颖的见解思路。     

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.     

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     

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.     

Entwicklungsgeschichte und Ultrastruktur von Pollenkitt und Exine bei nahe verwandten entomophilen und anemophilen Angiospermensippen derAlismataceae,Liliaceae, Juncaceae,Cyperaceae, Poaceae undAraceae

Some closely related members of the monocotyledonous familiesAlismataceae, Liliaceae, Juncaceae, Cyperaceae, Poaceae andAraceae with variable modes of pollination (insect- and wind-pollination) were studied in relation to the ultrastructure of pollenkitt and exine (amount, consistency and distribution of pollenkitt on the surface of pollen grains). The character syndromes of pollen cementing in entomophilous, anemophilous and intermediate (ambophilous or amphiphilous) monocotyledons are the same in principal as in dicotyledons. Comparing present with former results one can summarize: 1) The pollenkitt is always produced in the same manner by the anther tapetum in all angiosperm sub-classes. 2) The variable stickiness of entomophilous and anemophilous pollen always depends on the particular distribution and consistency of the pollenkitt, but not its amount on the pollen surface. 3) The mostly dry and powdery pollen of anemophilous plants always contains a variable amount of inactive pollenkitt in its exine cavities. 4) A step-by step change of the pollen cementing syndrome can be observed from entomophily towards anemophily. 5) From the omnipresence of pollenkitt in all wind-pollinated angiosperms studied one can conclude that the ancestors of anemophilous angiosperms probably have been zoophilous (i.e. entomophilous) throughout.

     

Identification and Characterization of the First Equine Parainfluenza Virus 5

正Dear Editor,Parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5), known as canine parainfluenza virus in the veterinary field, is a negative-sense,nonsegmented, single-stranded RNA virus belonging to the Paramyxoviridae family (Chen 2018). The virus was first reported in primary monkey kidney cells in 1954 (Hsiung1972), then it has been frequently discovered in various     

Pathogenic Characterization and Full Length Genome Sequence of a Reassortant Infectious Bursal Disease Virus Newly Isolated in Pakistan

<正>Dear Editor,Infectious bursal disease (IBD) is one of the most important diseases of the poultry. The IBD virus (IBDV), a nonenveloped virus belonging to the Birnaviridae family with a genome consisting of two segments of double-stranded RNA (segments A and B), targets B lymphocytes of bursa of Fabricious leading to immunosuppression. In Pakistan,poultry farming is the second biggest industry and IBD is the second biggest disease threating the poultry sector.However, there is limited genome information of IBDV