绿色荧光蛋白及其应用

绿色荧光蛋白是在水母中发现的新型报告分子,能在多种生物体内表达并发出荧光。对GFP中一些特定氨基酸进行突变可以产生多种类型的突变体,有利于研究蛋白之间或细胞器之间的相互作用。目前,GFP已经用于基因表达的报告、细胞动态的研究、活细胞内蛋白的定位及westernbloting检测中。GFP美好的应用前景也促进了有关GFP的研究,特别是寻找新的突变体并将之运用到细胞生物学和分子生物学的各个领域。     

一种通过GFP结合蛋白强化三分子荧光互补方法的建立

[目的]将改造后的GFP(super-fold GFP,简写为sf GFP)作为三分子荧光互补技术的基础,通过应用多种GFP结合蛋白(GFP binding protein,GBP),筛选并验证可强化荧光互补作用的GFP结合蛋白。[方法]将sf GFP拆分为三部分(GFP1-9,GFP10和GFP11),建立GFP三分子荧光互补技术体系,利用多种GFP结合蛋白对GFP三分子荧光互补技术进行试验,通过观察荧光变化筛选可强化荧光互补作用的GFP结合蛋白。[结果]发现DARPin-GFP、GFP-enhancer和Nbsf GFP这三种GFP结合蛋白能够与GFP共定位并对GFP三分子重组装有增强效果,其中GFP-enhancer与Nbsf GFP增强效果约为原荧光强度4倍,DARPin-GFP约为2倍。[结论]GFP结合蛋白可作为一种新手段,使以GFP三分子荧光互补技术为基础的蛋白质-蛋白质相互作用研究的检测效率和灵敏度得到提高。     

基于GFP的FRET应用

绿色荧光蛋白（GFP）是一种活性荧光标记,已被用来研究基因表达、分子定位,蛋白质折叠和转运;荧光共振能量转移（FRET）是一种无损伤的光学检测方法,能检测到小于纳米的距离变化。将GFP的活性定位标记功能与FRET的高分辨率相结合。为活体研究生物分子的功能和命运开创了新的篇章。作者在介绍GFP和FRET原理的基础上,综述了基于GFP的FRET在蛋白酶活性,蛋白质间相互作用 构象改变研究中的应用。     

绿色荧光蛋白及其在GMOs 生态监测中的应用

绿色荧光蛋白 (green fluorescent protein, GFP)是在海洋无脊椎动物水母(Aequorea victoria)中获得的一种由238个氨基酸组成的多肽。该多肽通过翻译后加工形成生色基团, 产生稳定的荧光, 而且这种荧光很容易被检测。GFP作为动、植物以及微生物基因工程研究上的一种广泛的选择标记, 具有检测灵敏度高、操作简便、不需要添加任何底物或辅助因子等优点, 更重要的是利用GFP可对GMOs进行快速、原位、实时、活体监测。本文概括介绍了GFP的特性、改造及其检测, 并从生态学角度论述了GFP在GMOs生态监测研究中的应用及其发展前景。     

超电荷绿色荧光蛋白(+36GFP):一种新型生物大分子穿膜载体

超电荷绿色荧光蛋白(sc GFP)是一种表面带很高净电荷的新型功能蛋白质。ScGFP具有很强的水溶性和抗蛋白质聚集的能力,在生物技术、医药和材料科学方面有着广泛的应用前景。带正电荷的sc GFP能够穿透细胞膜,具有运载核酸和蛋白质等生物大分子进入哺乳动物细胞内的能力。与传统的转运载体相比,sc GFP有细胞毒性低、转运效率高和具广泛的细胞普适性等优点。带正电荷的sc GFP与带负电荷的核酸分子之间通过静电相互作用形成自组装的多离子复合物,这与生物体中的组蛋白和带负电荷的DNA之间自组装成染色质的行为非常相似。本文以带有36个正电荷的超电荷绿色荧光蛋白(+36GFP)为例,对超电荷蛋白的性质,细胞穿透能力以及其作为生物大分子穿透载体的应用等方面做一综述。     

单个活细胞中生物分子动态行为的FRET实时检测

分别采用两种不同绿色荧光蛋白(green fluorescent prote in,GFP)突变体作为荧光共振能量转移(fluo-rescence resonance energy transfer,FRET)对的供体和受体,并利用分子生物学技术将供体和受体分子分别与特定的生物分子融合,这种技术已经成为在单个活细胞中实时长时间检测蛋白质间的动态相互作用的主要技术。主要介绍了基于GFPs的FRET技术在单个活细胞中实时长时间研究生物分子动态行为的应用。     

绿色荧光蛋白在蛋白质研究中的应用

绿色荧光蛋白（green fluorescent protein,GFP）自发现以来,由于具有自发荧光等特性,在分子生物学和细胞生物学领域得到广泛应用。GFP作为一种报道分子,在研究蛋白质相互作用和构象变化、检测蛋白质表达、蛋白质和细胞荧光示踪中,起到了重要的作用。该文通过对绿色荧光蛋白特性的分析．介绍其作为荧光标记在蛋白质研究中的应用,并展望进一步的研究前景。     

绿色荧光蛋白及其在细胞生物研究中的应用

绿色荧光蛋白(green fluorescent protein,GFP)作为一种新型的标记蛋白,已被广泛的应用。它发出的荧光稳定,检测简单,结果真实可靠。GFP可对活细胞的生理过程进行监控,并且可以用于活细胞中蛋白质分子的定位及动力学研究。其特有的生物化学性质使其在细胞生物学和分子生物学领域有着广泛的应用前景。     

绿色荧光蛋白及其在细胞生物学研究中的应用

绿色荧光蛋白(green fluorescent protein,GFP)作为一种新型的标记蛋白,已被广泛的应用.它发出的荧光稳定,检测简单,结果真实可靠.GFP可对活细胞的生理过程进行监控,并且可以用于活细胞中蛋白质分子的定位及动力学研究.其特有的生物化学性质使其在细胞生物学和分子生物学领域有着广泛的应用前景.     

绿色荧光蛋白

来源于水母Aequorea victoria的绿色荧光蛋白(green fluorescent protein, GFP)现已成为在生物化学和细胞生物学中研究和开发应用得最广泛的蛋白质之一. 其内源荧光基团在受到紫外光或蓝光激发时（λ_max=395 nm, 小峰在479 nm）可高效发射清晰可见的绿光. GFP的高分辨率晶体结构为了解和研究蛋白质结构和光谱学功能关系提供了一个极好的机会. GFP已成为一个监测在完整细胞和组织内基因表达和蛋白质定位的理想标记. 通过突变和蛋白质工程构建的GFP嵌合蛋白在生理指示剂、生物传感器、光化学领域以及生产发光纤维等方面展示了广阔前景.     

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.