脂肪酶固定化及其稳定性研究

目的:研究脂肪酶的固定化工艺及其稳定性。方法:以四甲氧基硅烷(TMOS)和甲基三甲氧基硅烷(MTMS)为前驱体的溶胶-凝胶法(sol-gel)固定化黑曲霉属脂肪酶。结果:最优固定化条件是:TMOS 0.5mmol、MTMS 2.5mmol,水与硅烷前驱体摩尔比(R)12,PEG400 120μL,给酶量120mg。酶的固定化效率为93.7%,比活力为游离酶的2.2倍。固定化酶和游离酶在60℃处理2h,其残余酶活分别为91.8%和0;在pH 11的缓冲液中处理2h,其残余酶活分别为95.2%和82%。结论:酶经固定化后其活力、热稳定性和pH稳定性均有提高。     

硅藻土固定中性脂肪酶的制备及其性质

以硅藻土为载体,采用吸附法,对脂肪酶进行固定化,研究了固定化条件对固定化脂肪酶的催化活性的影响,得到最佳的固定化条件：给酶量为33374U/g,固定化温度为35℃,pH值为7.5,时间为4h,此时固定化酶的活力约为5833U/g载体。固定化酶的热稳定性较游离酶有了很大的提高,其在80℃以下能保持80%以上的酶活,而游离酶60℃残余酶活仅为5%。最适反应温度和最适pH值也分别由游离酶的40℃上升至50℃和由7上升到7.5。对固定化中的中性脂肪酶在生物柴油合成中的应用也进行了初步研究。     

d-阿洛酮糖3-差向异构酶重组枯草芽孢杆菌构建及固定化应用

d-阿洛酮糖3-差向异构酶 (d-allulose-3-epimerase) 是异构化d-果糖生成d-阿洛酮糖 (d-allulose) 的关键酶。为提高d-阿洛酮糖3-差向异构酶的热稳定性并获得可重复使用的d-阿洛酮糖3-差向异构酶重组枯草芽孢杆菌固定化细胞,N端融合双亲短肽,通过聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳 (SDS-PAGE) 分析,异源d-阿洛酮糖3-差向异构酶在枯草芽孢杆菌中正确折叠,蛋白大小为33 kDa。40 ℃孵育48 h,SAP1-DSDPEase残余酶活仍保持在58%。固定化细胞最优条件为海藻酸钠浓度2%、二氧化钛添加量1︰4 (二氧化钛︰海藻酸钠)、氯化钙溶液浓度2%、戊二醛0.02%作为交联剂。该条件下固定化细胞酶活回收率高达82%,固定化细胞与游离细胞相比,最适反应温度不变均为80 ℃,热稳定性提高,连续10次操作使用,酶活回收率仍保留58%,机械强度仍保持100%,转化率仍保持在28.8%,残余酶活保持在70.5%。在海藻酸钠溶液中加入二氧化钛可减少固定化细胞的细胞泄露,增大了机械强度。     

月桂酸生物印迹对脂肪酶酯化活力的影响

生物印迹是改良酶学特性,扩大脂肪酶工业应用领域的新兴技术。本研究结合溶胶-凝胶脂肪酶固定化工艺,以甲基三甲氧基硅烷（MTMS）和四甲氧基硅烷（TMOS）为前驱体,月桂酸为印迹分子,考察了月桂酸生物印迹对脂肪酶PS酯化活力的影响。脂肪酶酯化活力测定及扫描电镜观察表明生物印迹能显著提高脂肪酶的活性及稳定性。印迹体系经正交试验优化获得的最优条件为：水和硅烷摩尔比（R）为12,聚乙二醇（PEG）加入量为120μl,月桂酸加入量为0.15mmol。在最优反应条件下,印迹酶相对于游离酶比活力提高了44.3倍,相对于未印迹固定化酶提高了2.4倍;印迹酶具有较好的热稳定性,在80℃下处理0.5h后,残余酶活分别为58%,而游离酶未检测到活性。     

聚乙二醇二缩水甘油醚交联氨基载体LX-1000EA固定化脂肪酶 *

聚乙二醇二缩水甘油醚(PEGDGE)作为双功能环氧试剂,在实验中被用于交联氨基载体LX-1000EA共价固定化海洋脂肪酶,经过处理后的载体共价固定化脂肪酶具有良好的效果。实验经过单因素初筛和正交试验,得到最佳的交联及固定化条件为0.75%交联剂浓度、交联温度35℃、交联时间3h、载体量1.25g、pH9.0、固定化温度55℃、固定化时间1h。对LX-1000EA-PEGDGE固定化酶与游离酶、戊二醛(GA)交联LX-1000HA-GA的固定化酶进行酶学性质的比较,发现LX-1000EA- PEGDGE固定化酶较游离酶最适反应温度未改变,与LX-1000HA-GA相同的是最适反应pH都由7.0提高为8.0。在最适条件中所测LX-1000EA-PEGDGE酶活达到78.84U/g,固定化改变了游离酶的酸碱耐受性,热稳定性和操作稳定性较游离酶和LX-1000HA-GA固定化酶均有提高。LX-1000EA-PEGDGE的热稳定表现优异,在60℃孵育3h后保留90%酶活;使用5次后仍能残余50%酶活;保存30天酶活仍保留60%。首次使用新型双环氧交联剂PEGDGE交联有机氨基载体共价结合固定化脂肪酶,为更有效的固定化方法提供了技术支持,同时也发现交联剂对固定化酶的性质存在较大影响。     

聚乙二醇二缩水甘油醚交联氨基载体LX-1000EA固定化脂肪酶

聚乙二醇二缩水甘油醚(PEGDGE)作为双功能环氧试剂,在实验中被用于交联氨基载体LX-1000EA共价固定化海洋脂肪酶,经过处理后的载体共价固定化脂肪酶具有良好的效果。实验经过单因素初筛和正交试验,得到最佳的交联及固定化条件为0. 75%交联剂浓度、交联温度35℃、交联时间3h、载体量1. 25g、pH9. 0、固定化温度55℃、固定化时间1h。对LX-1000EAPEGDGE固定化酶与游离酶、戊二醛(GA)交联LX-1000HA-GA的固定化酶进行酶学性质的比较,发现LX-1000EA-PEGDGE固定化酶较游离酶最适反应温度未改变,与LX-1000HA-GA相同的是最适反应pH都由7. 0提高为8. 0。在最适条件中所测LX-1000EA-PEGDGE酶活达到78. 84U/g,固定化改变了游离酶的酸碱耐受性,热稳定性和操作稳定性较游离酶和LX-1000HA-GA固定化酶均有提高。LX-1000EA-PEGDGE的热稳定表现优异,在60℃孵育3h后保留90%酶活;使用5次后仍能残余50%酶活;保存30天酶活仍保留60%。首次使用新型双环氧交联剂PEGDGE交联有机氨基载体共价结合固定化脂肪酶,为更有效的固定化方法提供了技术支持,同时也发现交联剂对固定化酶的性质存在较大影响。     

金属框架结构材料MOF-199对漆酶的固定化及其性质

以金属框架结构材料MOF-199为载体对漆酶进行固定化,并对固定化酶的性质进行初步研究。首先,以3-氨基丙基三乙氧基硅烷对载体MOF-199进行表面氨基化修饰,再用戊二醛对载体进行活化,最后对漆酶进行固定化。固定化条件优化结果表明:在漆酶质量浓度0.3 g/L,戊二醛用量1%(体积分数),pH 4.8下固定7 h,制得固定化酶活性最高。对固定化酶的研究发现:最适反应温度为40℃,最适pH为5.2,在连续操作7次后,固定化酶的活力仍能保持在51%。固定化漆酶热稳定性,pH耐受性,贮存稳定性均明显高于游离漆酶。     

聚乙烯亚胺/戊二醛交联法固定化重组酯酶大肠杆菌细胞

利用聚乙烯亚胺/戊二醛交联法对重组酯酶大肠杆菌E.coli BL21细胞进行固定化研究,并对交联工艺条件进行优化。结果表明:在大肠杆菌细胞质量浓度200 g/L、硅藻土质量浓度2 g/L、聚乙烯亚胺(PEI)体积分数3%、交联时间1.5 h、戊二醛(GA)体积分数0.5%以及交联时间0.5 h时,固定化细胞的酯酶活力最高。固定化细胞的最适反应温度和pH分别为45℃和8.0,且温度稳定性和pH稳定性均高于游离细胞。当底物浓度为300mmol/L时,固定化细胞重复使用15批次后,其相对酶活仍能保留在80%以上。因此,该固定化细胞具有良好的操作稳定性。     

二氧化硅纳米材料固定中性脂肪酶的条件优化及其特性

以二氧化硅纳米材料为载体,采用吸附法对脂肪酶进行固定化,研究了不同条件对固定化脂肪酶的催化活性的影响,得到最佳的固定化条件:给酶量为28300U/g,固定化温度为45oC,pH值为7.5,时间为10h,此时固定化酶的活力约为3867U/g载体。固定化酶的最适反应温度为45oC,比游离酶的反应温度高5oC,最适pH下降到5.5,低于游离酶的反应pH(pH7)。固定化酶的热稳定性和pH稳定性较游离酶有了很大的提高,其在70oC以下能保持70%以上的酶活力,而游离酶在50oC下残余酶活力仅为30%。在pH5～8的范围内,固定化酶的酶活力能保持50%以上,而游离酶只能保持20%左右。用固定化的中性脂肪酶催化不同的油品,即大豆油、菜籽油及泔水油生产生物柴油,菜籽油的酯化率最高。     

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。     

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.