诺卡氏菌属GS-17耐热茁霉多糖酶的提纯和性质

诺卡氏菌属GS-17(Nocardia sp.GS-17)的耐热茁霉多糖酶(Pullulanase EC.3.2.1.41)的粗酶液经中空纤维柱超滤浓缩、羟基磷灰石柱层析和Pullulan-Sepharose 6B亲和层析,得到凝胶电泳均一的纯酶,比活提高264倍.酶作用最适温度为55℃,最适PH6.2,分子量140000,等电点pI为6.0.该酶水解茁霉多糖、支链淀粉和可溶性淀粉,但不水解糖原.酶在50℃作用于茁霉多糖的米氏常数K_m为0.90mg/ml,最大反应速度V_(max)为57μmol·min~(-1)·mg~(-1).Zn~(2+)、Fe~(3+)、Hg~(2+)、Cu~(2+)、Pb~(2+)和环状糊精对酶有抑制作用,Ca~(2+)对酶有激活作用.经蛋白质侧链化学修饰研究表明,色氨酸残基位于酶的活性位区.该酶是由1129个氨基酸残基组成的单肽链,酶的N末端序列经测定为:Ala-Gly-His-Gly-Pro-Asp-Val-Gln-Asp-Gly-     

新茁霉多糖酶和淀粉茁霉多糖酶

新茁霉多糖酶水解茁霉多糖的α-1,4糖苷键产生潘糖,淀粉茁霉多糖酶水解茁霉多糖的α-1,6糖苷键产生麦芽三糖,二者又都能水解淀粉的α-1,4和α-1,6糖苷键。这两类酶都属于α-淀粉酶家族。从嗜热菌和高温厌氧菌中分离的这两类新酶种一般热稳定性都很好,是生产寡糖和在淀粉高温液化和糖化中很有发展前途的酶种。本文列表比较了各种新茁霉多糖酶和淀粉茁霉多糖酶的性质,并对这些酶蛋白的氨基酸顺序和淀粉酶共有序列进行了分析比较。     

产气气杆菌茁霉多糖酶的研究I．酶的提纯和性质

产气气杆菌(Aerobacter aerogenes) 10016的茁霉多糖酶(pullulanase E．C．3．2．1．41)用Sephadex G100凝胶过滤、聚丙烯酰胺垂直板型凝胶电泳进行纯化,得到了聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳均一的纯酶。纯酶作用的最适温度为50℃,最适pH为5．3—5．8,耐热性较差,50℃ 4小时后仅存活力10％。纯酶在pH4．3一8．6稳定。酶作用于糯米淀粉的米氏常数Km为2.0×10-2克／毫升。用聚丙烯酰胺薄屡凝胶等电聚焦测定酶的等电点pI为3．8,用SDS凝胶电泳测定酶的分子量为51,000—52,000;此酶是一种糖蛋白;含糖总量为6．5—7．0％;纯酶能专一性的水解茁霉多糖、糯米淀粉,也能分解糊精,而不作用于糖原、纤维二糖以及环状糊精。     

茁霉多糖酶与β-淀粉酶的联合作用及其糖-肽链的连结方式

产气气杆菌(Aerobacter aerogenes)10016的茁霉多糖酶(pullulanase E.C.3.2.1.41)能专一地水解支链淀粉分支点的α-1,6-葡萄糖苷键,但它不作用于糖原而能专一地水解茁霉多糖为麦芽三糖。我们曾报道过此酶的提纯、性质以及各种不同化学试剂对酶活力的影响,本文主要报道茁霉多糖酶与β-淀粉酶的联合作用、酶结构中糖组份分析以及糖与蛋白质肽链的连结方式。一、材料和方法 1.材料:粗酶制剂由江西食品发酵所提供,生产菌种为产气气杆菌10016,酶活力为43,000单位/克。将粗酶制剂用蒸馏水浸泡,放     

嗜热栖热菌HB 8耐热α-葡萄糖苷酶的提纯和性质

嗜热栖热菌HB 8(Thermus thermophilus<.I> H8 8 )的耐热α-葡萄糖苷酶(α-glucosidaseEC．.2.1.20)经硫酸铵分步沉淀、DEAE-纤维素柱层析和垂直板制备凝胶电泳提纯,经盘状凝胶电泳鉴定为单一区带,比活提高17倍。酶作用最适温度80℃,最适pH5．8,分子量67000,等电点Pl为4.5。该酶能够水解对硝基酚α--D-葡萄糖苷(PNPG)、蔗糖和麦芽糖,但不水解纤维二糖、蜜二糖、可溶性淀粉。酶作用于PNPG的米氏常数(Km)为0.4mmol／L,最大反应速度Vmax为0.29umol·nmin-1·mg-1。金属离子Mg2+、Mn2+、Ca2+和Ba2+对酶有激活怍用,Hg2+和Cu2+有强烈抑制作用。酶表现出极好的热稳定性,在90℃保温10小时后,仍保留90％的原始酶活力,在95℃的失活半寿期(t1/2)为108分钟．经蛋白质侧链化学修饰研究表明,羧基和组氨酸残基为其表现话力所必需。     

芽孢杆菌WS-3L淀粉酶的纯化和特性的研究

芽孢杆菌WS-3L产生的α-淀粉酶AmyL经过多步纯化,酶的回收率为15.5%,比活提高了345倍.该淀粉酶能够有效水解淀粉生成麦芽寡糖.酶的最适反应温度为45℃,最适反应pH为6.5,在pH 7.0～8.0,40℃以下酶活较稳定;离子Cu2 、NH4 、Ag 、Hg 和EDTA、SDS对酶活力有显著抑制作用,而其他一些常见金属离子如Na 、K 则对酶活影响不大.AmyL对可溶性淀粉、直链淀粉、支链淀粉的Km值和Vmax分别为2.81 mg/mL、8.37 mg/mL、1.80 mg/mL和11.67 μmol/(min·mL)、10.00μmol/(min·mL)、13.33 μmol/(min·mL),表明支链淀粉是该酶的理想水解底物.玉米淀粉对AmyL有很高的吸附率,预示这可以作为酶快速固定的一个简易方法应用到实际生产中.     

日本根霉IFO5318胞外β—葡萄糖苷酶的纯化及部分特性

采用硫酸铵沉淀及柱层析等步骤纯化了日本根霉IFO5318的β—葡萄糖苷酶,回收率为22％。该酶分子量约为4.0×10~5,由四个相同大小的亚基组成;最适反应温度55℃,最适反应pH5.5;对热较敏感,但能在较大的pH范围内保持稳定。用对硝基苯基—β-D-吡喃葡糖苷为底物,测得的K_m和V_(max)值分别为0.825mg·ml~(-1)和135.4μmol·min~(-1)·mg~(-1)。该酶对纤维二糖的水解能力最强,SDS、Fe~(3 )、Hg~2 )等对酶活力有抑制作用。     

绿色木霉MJ1产内切β-葡聚糖苷酶的分离纯化及酶学性质

利用KTAUPC-900快速蛋白液相色谱系统(FPLC)从绿色木霉MJ1固体发酵产物中分离纯化出内切β-葡聚糖苷酶。分离纯化后酶的比活力提高了28·6倍,回收率为19·7%。SDS-PAGE后经BIO-RAD凝胶成像系统分析该内切酶的分子量为64·7kD。酶学试验研究表明:该酶的最适反应温度53℃,最适pH为4·2,Lineweaver-Burk法求得动力学参数,Km和Vmax分别为1·230×10-2g/mL、2·396×10-2mg/(mL·min)。并确定了FPLC层析缓冲液的离子强度为2·2mmol/L时分离效果达到最佳。     

生淀粉糖化酶产生菌Cellulosimicrobium sp.SDE的分离鉴定及酶学性质研究

从淀粉制品厂周围土壤中分离到一株高产生淀粉糖化酶的菌株SDE,经形态、生理生化及16S rDNA序列分析将其鉴定为Cellulosimicrobium sp..SDE菌株的最适产酶条件为pH7.0,培养温度为30℃.培养42h粗酶液的酶活达175.3U/mL.该酶以生玉米淀粉为底物时,最适作用pH6.0,最适作用温度40℃,pH6.0-7.0范围内酶活力稳定.在Ca2 存在下,酶的热稳定性很高,80℃保温1 h后,酶活力仍保持50%.Ba2 、Cu2 对酶活有强烈的抑制作用,Ca2 、Zn2 有很强的激活作用.     

深海放线菌生淀粉酶基因的克隆表达及酶学特性研究

从深海放线菌Streptomyces sp.SCSIO03032基因组中扩增到1条含淀粉结合域的水解糖苷13家族基因amy032,该基因编码氨基酸与已知蛋白一致性最高为67%。将amy032插入表达载体pET32a启动子下游,构建重组载体pET-amy。重组质粒导入大肠杆菌Rosseta(DE3)菌株中,SDS-PAGE分析结果显示目的基因成功实现异源表达。Ni-NTA对重组酶进行纯化,并对其酶学性质进行表征。结果表明:重组淀粉酶AMY032的最适作用温度为50℃,最适pH为8.0,以可溶性淀粉为底物时的比酶活为(276±57)U/mg,Km为0.02g/L,Vmax为70mg/(L·min)。Ca2+能提高该酶的催化活性,Ni2+、Cu2+、Zn2+和Mn2+对该酶有抑制作用。AMY032对生玉米淀粉和生大米淀粉具有水解活性,其比酶活分别为(49±12)U/mg和(39±11)U/mg;扫描电镜结果显示AMY032使生玉米淀粉的表面产生明显凹陷。     

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.