稳恒磁场对两种不同构象状态的离体牛肝过氧化氢酶的生物学效应研究

通过活力测定,紫外差光谱,多维荧光光谱及差示扫描量热分析,研究了0.23～0.61T稳恒磁场对两种不同构象状态的离体牛肝过氧化氢酶的生物学效应,被选择用于研究的酶的构象状态分别为4℃的钝化状态和25℃的活化状态,二者具有明显不同的构象,4℃时,酚分子处于钝化状态,经0.23～0.61T稳恒磁场处理不同的时间后,几乎不表现出任何磁生物学效应;25℃时,酶分子处于活化状态,经磁场处理后,表现出明显的磁生物学效应;酶活力增加,同时构象发生变化。构象变化导致λ210～310nm紫外差光谱的出现,荧光偏振度的增加,在λ330nm荧光发射峰发射强度的改变及差示扫描量热曲线的产生,研究结果表明：不同的初始构象状态可能是产生不同磁效应的根本原因。     

溴化+烷基三甲基铵滴定时氨基酰化酶的失活与构象变化的比较

研究了阳离子去污剂-溴化+烷基三甲基铵变性时氨基酰酶的失活与构象变化.当用溴化+烷基三甲基铵滴定氨基酰化酶时,随着去污剂浓度增大,酶的活力逐渐丧失,至50mmolL时酶完全失活.用荧光发射光谱(295nm激发)的方法监测了氨基酰化酶的构象变化.发现氨基酰化酶失活先于构象变化.从这一结果看来.金属酶的活性部位构象可能也是比整个分子的构象具有较大的柔性或运动性.     

溴化+烷基三甲基铵滴定时氨基酰化酶的失活与构象变化的比较

研究了阳离子去污剂-溴化+烷基三甲基铵变性时氨基酰酶的失活与构象变化.当用溴化+烷基三甲基铵滴定氨基酰化酶时,随着去污剂浓度增大,酶的活力逐渐丧失,至50mmolL时酶完全失活.用荧光发射光谱(295nm激发)的方法监测了氨基酰化酶的构象变化.发现氨基酰化酶失活先于构象变化.从这一结果看来.金属酶的活性部位构象可能也是比整个分子的构象具有较大的柔性或运动性.     

脲对果菠萝蛋白酶活力与构象的影响

本文用荧光光谱,紫外差示光谱和CD谱研究果菠萝蛋白酶在不同浓度的脲溶液中的构象及酶活力的变化情况。酶的荧光强度随脲浓度增大而明显增加,8mol/L脲使荧光强度增强65％,发射峰出现红移。差示谱表明在232nm和288nm出现二个正峰,它们均随脲浓度增大而加剧,前者与主链构象变化有关,而后者与生色基团(Trp、Tyr)的微环境变化相关。CD谱表明:天然酶在208nm和225nm处有二个负峰,脲变性后,225nm的负峰基本上不随脲浓度增大而变化,但208nm峰则明显发生变化并逐渐出现红移,6mol/L以上此峰则完全消失。     

菓菠萝蛋白酶的分子构象与活力变化的研究

发现CBZ-Lys·pNP能有效地被菓菠萝蛋白酶(Fruit Bromelain E.C.3.4.22.5)作用,测得Km为4.167×10~(-4)mol/L,k_(cat)为742min~(-1)。以荧光和紫外差示光谱为监测手段,对酶分子构象变化进行研究。酶的荧光强度随胍浓度增大而逐渐下降,4mol/L胍变性时,发射峰自332nm红移到353nm,并在310nm处出现新的发射峰。酶的荧光强度都因SDS存在而下降,SDS浓度大于3.47mmol/L有所回升,并出现红移,同时在315nm处出现新的发射肩;紫外差示光谱显示在236nm有一个较显著的员峰,此峰与β-螺旋结构变化有关,278、286和295nm出现三个负峰,260nm有较小正峰,说明酶分子中Tyr、Trp和Phe的微环境发生了明显的变化。测定酶在不同浓度胍和SDS中的变性和失活速度常数,对酶构象变化及催化活力的关系作了比较研究,酶的失活速度均大于变性速度。     

钙调神经磷酸酶在胍变性过程中活力及构象变化的比较

钙调神经磷酸酶（ＣａＮ）在盐酸胍溶液中的内源荧光、远紫外ＣＤ谱及剩余活力的变化提示：ＣａＮ的酶活力在胍浓度为０．５ｍｏｌ／Ｌ左右可完全丧失,同时伴有内源荧光强度的下降,３３３ｎｍ最大发射峰的红移（提示了色氨酸和酪氨酸残基的暴露）。比较不同胍浓度下牛脑ＣａＮ的失活与整体构象变化,表明酶的失活先于整体构象变化。在０．６ｍｏｌ／Ｌ胍溶液中,内源荧光变化的动力学过程只能测出一相,而酶失活的动力学过程为快、慢两相,快相动力学速度常数比整体构象变化速度常数大１－２个数量级,慢相失活速度常数与整体构象变化速度常数相近。提示低浓度胍可引起该酶的完全失活,活性部位的空间构象比整个酶分子的构象更易受到变性剂的扰乱。     

胍和脲溶液对氨基酰化酶活性和构象的影响

 本文研究了不同浓度盐酸胍和脲溶液对猪肾氨基酰化酶活性和构象的影响。研究结果表明,在低浓度的胍和脲溶液中(小于2mol/L),酶分子的整体构象变化的程度与活力变化的程度基本是平行的;而在高浓度的胍和脲溶液中(2mol/L以上),失活程度稍大于构象变化的程度。这些结果与分子量和亚基组成基本相同,但不含金属配基的肌酸激酶的结果,以及小分子量的胰凝乳蛋白酶和牛胰核糖核酸酶的结果相比较来看,可以认为配基锌离子的存在对酶分子的活性部位区域构象的稳定作用有一定的贡献,致使氨基酰化酶的活性部位的构象状态不象后三种酶那样脆弱。同时,我们还发现锌离子的存在对酶分子整体构象的稳定性上贡献很小。     

一些理化因子对α淀粉酶构象与活力的影响

用荧光光谱,紫外差示光谱和ＣＤ谱研究了一些理化因子对枯草芽孢杆菌８６３１５α淀粉酶的构象与活力的影响。实验表明,酸变性和碱变性所引起的酶构象变化是不同的;乙醇不降低α淀粉酶活力,但使其构象发生较大变化,α螺旋度从天然酶的２６．１％降到２１．８％,其构象变化不引起活性中心的改变;酶在７０℃处理１０ｍｉｎ后,由原来紧密构象变为松散构象,α螺旋度从２６．１％降到９．０％,酶活性完全丧失;而在０．０２ｍｐ     

色氨酸残基在内切葡聚糖酶分子中的作用

内切葡聚糖酶的化学修饰研究表明：色氨酸残基可能位于活性位点,与底物结合有关．荧光光谱测定指出该酶的荧光几乎都来自色氨酸残基,酶分子中色氨酸微环境对ｐＨ变化非常敏感,降低ｐＨ导致了酶分子构象发生了较大变化,配基结合使酶分子色氨酸微环境产生了改变,引发了与ｐＨ诱导不同的构象变化．     

大肠杆菌精氨酰－tRNA合成酶（ArgRS）及其变种的光谱学研究

本文用吸收光谱、溶剂微扰差光谱荧光光谱和ＣＤ光谱对天然酶ＡｒｇＲＳ及其变种酶ＡｒｇＲＳ３０６ＫＲ和ＡｒｇＲＳ３８１ＫＡ的构象进行了研究,结果表明Ｌｙｓ３０６的突变引起变种酶分子表面的生色氨基酸残基所处微环境与天然酶梢有不同,ＡｒｇＲＳ３０６ＫＡ比ＡｒｇＲＳ３０６ＫＲ有更大的构象变化。变种酶ＡｒｇＲＳ３８１ＫＡ与天然酶的构象差别不大。ＣＤ光谱的分析显示转角在变种酶分子中依活力的下降二级结构中所占百分比下降。可以得出结论ＡｒｇＲＳ的Ｌｙｓ３０６所带的正电荷对维系ＡｒｇＲＳ的构象绝对重要,这种酶的构象变化引起变种酶的活力丧失;而ＡｒｇＲＳ的Ｌｙｓ３８１的改变则似乎不能引起酶构象的可觉察的变化。     

Unfolding and inactivation during thermal denaturation of an enzyme that exhibits phytase and acid phosphatase activities

The thermostability of an enzyme that exhibits phytase and acid phosphatase activities was studied. Kinetics of inactivation and unfolding during thermal denaturation of the enzyme were compared. The loss of phytase activity on thermal denaturation is most suggestive of a reversible process. As for acid phosphatase activities, an interesting phenomenon was observed; there are two phases in thermal inactivation: when the temperature was between 45 and 50 degrees C, the thermal inactivation could be characterized as an irreversible inactivation which had some residual activity and when the temperature was above 55 degrees C, the thermal inactivation could be characterized as an irreversible process which had no residual activity. The microscopic rate constants for the free enzyme and substrate-enzyme complex were determined by Tsou's method [Adv. Enzymol. Relat. Areas Mol. Biol. 61 (1988) 381]. Fluorescence analyses indicate that when the enzyme was treated at temperatures below 60 degrees C for 60 min, the conformation of the enzyme had no detectable change; when the temperatures were above 60 degrees C, some fluorescence red-shift could be observed with a decrease in emission intensity. The inactivation rates (k(+0)) of free enzymes were faster than those of conformational changes during thermal denaturation at the same temperature. The rapid inactivation and slow conformational changes of phytase during thermal denaturation suggest that inactivation occurs before significant conformational changes of the enzyme, and the active site of this enzyme is situated in a relatively fragile region which makes the active site more flexible than the molecule as a whole.     

磁处理水对光合细菌生长的影响

目的:观察不同强度(0.05T、0.08T、0.25T、0.1T)的磁处理水对光合细菌生长的影响。方法:采用分光光度法,半固体试管法。结果:磁场强度为0.05T、0.08T、0.25T的磁处理水对光合细菌的生长有明显的抑制作用(P<0.01);磁场强度为0.1T的磁处理水和对照组(未经磁处理的无菌水)对光合细菌的生长影响不大(P>0.05)。结论:磁处理水对光合细菌的生长有一定的影响,其生长情况与磁场强度有关。     

Temperature-activity relationships of cation activation and ouabain inhibition of (Na+ + K+)-ATPase.

The nonlinear temperature-activity relationship of membrane preparations of (Na⁺ + K⁺)-ATPase gives rise to discontinuities in Arrhenius plots of this enzyme. The different apparent energies of activation of (Na⁺ + K⁺) — ATPase which are observed above and below the critical temperature of the system have been considered to result from different conformational forms of the enzyme protein. Because both activation of (Na⁺ + K⁺)-ATPase by cations, and its specific inhibition by cardiac glycosides may be influenced by the conformational form of the enzyme protein, we have reexamined the effect of temperature upon the activation energy of the system under the different experimental conditions of cation activation and ouabain inhibition.Our results indicate that the activation of (Na⁺ + K⁺)-ATPase by cations, is less influenced by change in temperature than is inhibition of the enzyme by ouabain. In addition, mild lipolysis by phospholipase-A had a marked effect upon the ouabain-dependent response of the enzyme to temperature, but not upon the cation-dependent response. The effect of phospholipase-A can be overcome by reincubation of the treated preparation with phosphatidyl serine.We conclude that the ouabain-dependent temperature effects of (Na⁺ + K⁺)-ATPase are more dependent upon the integrity and nature of the membrane lipids than are the cation-dependent responses. It is possible that phosphatidyl serine plays a unique role in this regard.     

A Further Investigation of the Effects of Extremely Low Frequency Magnetic Fields on Alkaline Phosphatase and Acetylcholinesterase

Using a custom build spectrophotometer equipped with Helmholtz coils and designed to study the effects of magnetic fields on enzyme reactions in real-time we have investigated the influence of fields, from 100 μT to 10 mT and at a variety of field frequencies, on the membrane bound enzymes alkaline phosphatase and acetylcholinesterase. We have also employed other methods to apply a magnetic field, e.g. Biostim. In contrast to earlier reports we have been unable to detect any field effects on these enzymes under any field/frequency regime. We discuss possible reasons for the discrepancy between this and earlier work and note the particularly complex influence of small temperature changes that may confound analysis.     

磁场处理种子后番茄幼苗在低温胁迫下保护酶的变化

试验用场强为１０００ＧＳ、１４００ＧＳ、１８００ＧＳ的磁场处理番茄（ＬｙｃｏｐｅｒｓｉｃｏｎｅｓｃｕｌｅｎｔｕｍＭｉｌ）种子,于子叶期和真叶期进行低温胁迫,发现处理组超氧化物岐化酶（ＳＯＤ）比活性和过氧化氢酶（ＣＡＴ）活性均高于对照组。子叶期幼苗谷胱甘肽（ＧＳＨ）和可溶性蛋白含量与对照相比均有所升高。幼苗外观寒害症状也较轻。因此,可以认为磁场处理在一定程度上可提高番茄幼苗的抗寒性。     

胆碱脱氢酶的底物保护作用

胆碱脱氢酶（ＣＤＨ）是线粒体电子传递酶系的一个重要组成,它位于线粒体内膜。膜固有的ＣＤＨ与用去垢剂从线粒体上增溶下来的酶在性质上有一定差异,本文研究了温度、ＳＤＳ对增溶ＣＤＨ的失活作用,发现底物胆碱的存在有明显的保护作用,说明底物诱导ＣＤＨ产主构象变化．     

Magnetic aqueous two-phase separation: a new technique to increase rate of phase-separation, using dextran-ferrofluid or larger iron oxide particles

A new technique to speed up the phase separation of aqueous two-phase systems is described. The technique is based on the addition of magnetically susceptible additives (ferrofluids or iron oxide particles). In a magnetic field such additives will induce a faster phase separation. In one approach, dextran-stabilized ferrofluid was added to an aqueous two-phase system containing polyethylene glycol and dextran. The ferrofluid was totally partitioned to the dextran phase. After mixing of the two-phase system, it was possible to reduce the separation time by a factor of 35 by applying a magnetic field to the system. Another approach involved the use of 1-micron iron oxide particles instead of ferrofluid. In this case also, the phase-separation time was reduced, by a factor of about 70, when the system was placed in a magnetic field. The addition of ferrofluid and/or iron oxide particles was shown to have no influence on enzyme partitioning or on enzyme activity. The partitioning of chloroplasts, on the other hand, was influenced unless the ferrofluid used had been treated with epoxysilane. A column system comprising 15 magnetic separation stages was constructed and was used for semicontinuous separation of enzyme mixtures.     

Preparation and properties of immobilized papain and lipase.

Papain and lipase were immobilized on derivatized Sepharose 4-B. The activated agarose had a binding capacity of 1.2 micronmol amino groups/ml packed agarose or 17 mg proteins/g dry agarose. The immobilized enzyme preparations were tested for the effects of pH of assay, temperature of assay, and substrate concentrations. The effect of 6M urea on the activity of papain was also determined. Soluble forms of the enzymes were used for comparison. Immobilization of the enzymes resulted in slightly different pH and temperature optima for activities. For immobilized papain Km(app) was similar to the one observed with soluble papain. Immobilization of lipase, however, cause a decrease in Km values. The immobilized enzyme preparations were stable when stored at 4 degrees C and pH 7.5 for periods up to eight months. The soluble enzymes lost their activity within 96 hr under similar storage conditions. Immobilized papain did not lose any activity after treatment with 6M urea for 270 min, whereas soluble papain lost 81% of its activity after the urea treatment, indicating that the immobilization of papain imparted structural and conformational stability to this enzyme.     

Studies on the effect of temperature on the activity and stability of cyanobacterial ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase

The effect of temperature on the activity and stability of ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase from Anabaena PCC 7120 was studied. Experimental optima temperatures were found around 37-40 degrees C or 42-45 degrees C, depending on the absence or the presence of allosteric effectors in the assay medium, respectively. In the range of temperature where the enzyme is stable, curved Arrhenius plots were obtained, indicating a transition temperature between 9 and 12 degrees C. Since these results were observed for both the forward and reverse reaction, with two different sets of substrates and two entirely different assay procedures, it seems unlikely that the effect can be on any component of the system other than the enzyme itself. Results suggest that cyanobacterial ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase undergoes conformational changes at different temperatures, rendering structures with different catalytic efficiencies. The different structures of the enzyme were visualized by emission fluorescence. ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase was irreversibly inactivated when exposed to temperatures above 40 degrees C. Inactivation was dependent on temperature and followed first order kinetics. The substrate, ATP, and the allosteric effectors, 3PGA and Pi, effectively protected the enzyme against thermal inactivation. Protection afforded by ATP was affected by MgCl2. These results suggest that the binding of the effectors to the enzyme resulted in conformational changes of the protein, rendering structures more stable to temperature treatments. Similar structures could be adopted by the enzyme in different environments, since the higher stability was observed in media containing either high ionic strength or high hydrophobicity.