半胱氨酸合成酶与β-氰基丙氨酸合成酶活性检测

植物半胱氨酸合成酶(Cysteine synthase,CSase)和β-氰基丙氨酸合成酶(β-cyanoalanine synthase,β-CAS)分别催化合成半胱氨酸(Cysteine,Cys)和β-氰基丙氨酸(β-Cyanoalanine,β-CA),它们在功能上冗余。本研究以山黧豆、苜蓿和玉米为主要材料,结合电泳对8种常见植物CSase和β-CAS粗酶活性进行了分析。结果表明,检测CSase活性时,8种植物两类粗酶的最适反应时间均为10min,最适pH均为8.0,底物O-乙酰-丝氨酸和Na2S最适浓度分别是10和5 mmol·L-1。检测β-CAS活性时,8种植物两类粗酶的最适反应时间均为30min,最适pH均在9~10范围内,底物Cys最适浓度均为3mmol·L-1,而底物KCN最适浓度前者为80mmol·L-1,后者为3mmol·L-1。8种植物中,CSase活性在种、种内组织间差别不是很大,但β-CAS活性则相反,尤其在茎叶和根中差别较大。     

不同钙浓度对葛仙米三种酶活性的影响

本文对培养20天后葛仙米不同氯化钙浓度下的三种酶活性进行对比发现,超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性随着钙离子浓度的升高而降低,多酚氧化酶(PPO)活性随着钙离子浓度的升高而降低。苯丙氨酸转氨酶(PAL)在较低钙浓度下表现出较高的活性,而在较高的钙浓度下活性较低。     

水杨酸对水稻防卫反应酶系的系统诱导（简报）

经 10 .0 μg·ml-1水杨酸 (SA)喷雾处理后稻苗叶片中苯丙氨酸解氨酶 (PAL)、过氧化物酶 (PO)和多酚氧化酶 (PPO)活性都迅速增强 ,处理后 12～ 2 4h达到高峰。未经SA处理的叶片中PAL、PO和PPO酶活性则在处理后 4 8h达到高峰 ,且活性增加明显低于SA处理的叶片。处理和未处理叶片中木质素含量都迅速增加。这些生理指标的时序变化与SA诱导稻苗抗白叶枯病的表现基本吻合。     

NaCl胁迫对姜黄组培苗生理特性的影响

以姜黄组培苗为试验材料,在继代培养基中分别添加0、25、50、75、100、125、150mmol·L-1NaCl进行盐胁迫处理,研究NaCl胁迫下姜黄幼苗生长和生理特性的变化。结果表明:NaCl胁迫下,姜黄组培苗的脯氨酸和丙二醛含量逐渐上升,而叶绿素和类胡萝卜素含量、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)和过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性逐渐下降。25 mmol·L-1NaCl时姜黄幼苗的基径、株高和鲜重与对照差异不显著,50 mmol·L-1NaCl时则显著下降;表明姜黄组培苗的生长可以耐受25~50 mmol·L-1NaCl胁迫。随着NaCl浓度增加,姜黄幼苗的可溶性糖和蛋白质含量、过氧化物酶(POD)活性先升高后降低,75 mmol·L-1NaCl时均达到最大值。50~100 mmol·L-1NaCl胁迫下姜黄叶片的苯丙氨酸解氨酶(PAL)活性和姜黄素含量得到显著提高,表明50~100 mmol·L-1NaCl胁迫对姜黄素的合成有促进作用。可见,25~50 mmol·L-1NaCl能够促进姜黄植株的生长,而75 mmol·L-1NaCl显著提高次生代谢产物姜黄素的含量。     

核黄素和接种番茄黄化曲叶病毒对番茄叶片防御酶活性的影响

以番茄品种‘1479’为材料,研究了喷施核黄素(Riboflavin)和接种番茄黄化曲叶病毒(TYLCV)对幼苗叶片中过氧化物酶(POD)、多酚氧化酶(PPO)、苯丙氨酸解氨酶(PAL)3种防御酶活性的影响。结果显示:(1)核黄素能显著降低番茄植株的番茄黄化曲叶病毒病的病情指数,并以2 mmol/L时诱导效果最佳,诱抗效果最高可达41.91%。(2)2mmol/L核黄素处理后96h内,番茄叶片的POD、PPO和PAL活性显著高于对照。(3)接种TYLCV后,核黄素处理和接种TYLCV处理均可诱导番茄叶片中防御酶活性显著增强。研究表明,核黄素处理可诱导POD、PPO和PAL活性的系统增强与番茄对TYLCV的诱导抗性密切相关。     

香蒲对不同浓度Pb~(2+)胁迫的生理应答及其细胞超微结构变化

通过室内水培试验,研究了不同浓度Pb2+(0、0.25、0.50、1.00和2.00mmol·L-1)胁迫对东方香蒲根和叶中Pb含量、叶绿素含量、丙二醛(MDA)含量、抗氧化酶(SOD、CAT和POD)活性以及亚细胞结构的影响。结果显示:(1)随着外源Pb2+浓度的增加,Pb在香蒲根和叶中的积累量均显著高于对照,且Pb在根中的含量明显高于叶中,并与外源Pb2+浓度呈显著正相关关系。(2)香蒲叶片中的叶绿素a和叶绿素b含量随着外源Pb2+浓度的增加呈先升后降趋势,均在处理浓度为0.50mmol·L-1时达到峰值。(3)胁迫处理叶片的MDA含量与对照相比变化不显著,但根中MDA含量呈显著下降趋势。(4)叶片中SOD活性在1.00mmol·L-1 Pb2+处理时达到峰值,然后下降,但始终高于对照,CAT和POD活性则均低于对照组;根中SOD活性除1.00mmol·L-1 Pb2+处理组外均显著低于对照组,CAT和POD活性分别在0.25和0.50mmol·L-1 Pb2+处理时达到峰值,然后随处理Pb2+浓度升高而下降。(5)电镜观察发现,Pb2+胁迫使香蒲叶细胞中叶绿体被膜破裂,类囊体膨胀、破损;根和叶细胞中的线粒体被膜均破裂、内腔空泡化,细胞核核膜破损、核仁消失、染色质凝集。研究表明,Pb2+胁迫致使东方香蒲根、叶生理代谢失衡,亚细胞结构出现不可逆的损伤,这为从分子水平研究Pb2+作用的具体机理以及香蒲在重金属污染修复中的应用提供了依据。     

氨基茚磷酸(AIP)和氨基氧乙酸(AOA)对茉莉酸甲酯诱导的烟草一些酶活性的影响

用茉莉酸甲酯(MJ,1mg ml^-1)处理培养在含0．1mmol／L AIP(水杨酸合成抑制剂)和／或1mmol／L AOA(乙烯合成抑制剂)的MS培养基上的烟草愈伤组织,测定某些酶的活性。结果表明：MJ明显提高过氧化物酶(POD)、β1,3-葡聚糖苷酶和几丁质外切酶的活性,略微促进苯丙氨酸解氨酶(PAL)、多酚氧化酶(PPO)的活性,抑制几丁内切酶的活性,而AOA和AIP则明显抑制MJ对POD和β1,3-葡聚糖苷酶活性的诱导作用,但对MJ诱导的PAL和PPO的活性影响很小,AOA和AIP可能作为逆境因子促进PAL的活性。AOA能部分解除MJ对几丁内切酶的抑制作用,但对MJ诱导的几丁外切酶的影响较小,而AIP抑制几丁内切酶的活性,也抑制MJ对此酶的诱导作用。因此我们认为：MJ对POD、PPO和几丁内切酶的影响可能是通过乙烯途径,对β1,3-葡聚糖苷酶和几丁外切酶的影响可能是通过水杨酸(SA)途径,而对PAL的影响可能是通过其它途径。     

茉莉酸对棉花单宁含量和抗虫相关酶活性的诱导效应

以植物生长调节物茉莉酸(Jasmonic acid,JA)为诱导子,以常规棉为研究对象,探讨了外源茉莉酸对棉花幼苗单宁和蛋白酶抑制素以及其它抗虫相关酶活性诱导的浓度依赖性和持久性,讨论了棉花抗虫相关物质的抗虫效果.结果表明,0.01、0.1和1.0 mmol/L茉莉酸都能在2周内诱导棉花单宁和胰蛋白酶抑制素(Proteinase inhibitors,PIs)含量增加,诱导多酚氧化酶(Polyphenol oxidase,PPO)、苯丙氨酸解氨酶(Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase,PAL)、过氧化物酶(Peroxidase,POD)和过氧化氢酶(Catalase,CAT)活性升高.对3种浓度茉莉酸的诱导效应进行分析表明,0.1 mmol/L茉莉酸对于诱导PIs、PPO、POD和CAT最有效,0.1和1.0 mmol/L茉莉酸对于诱导棉花单宁和苯丙氨酸解氨酶等效,二者的诱导效应均高于0.01 mmol/L.对茉莉酸诱导抗性的持久性进行分析表明,最佳诱导效应发生的时间各不相同:POD活性在JA处理后第1天最高,随后呈下降趋势,PIs和单宁含量分别在JA处理后第7天和第14天达最大值;JA处理后第1天和第7天的PPO活性无明显差异,但明显高于第14天;JA处理后第7天和第14天的PAL活性无明显差异,但明显高于第1天;JA处理后第1、7和14天棉花叶片的CAT活性均无明显差异.以上结果表明,茉莉酸可通过增加棉叶单宁和PIs含量、提高棉叶PAL、PPO、POD和CAT活性等增强棉花幼苗的抗虫性.     

石菖蒲醇提物对番茄幼苗防御酶影响

为了探讨石菖蒲醇提物作为一种中药杀菌剂对病菌寄主植物本身防御酶体系的影响,该研究以番茄欧粉贝幼苗和川产道地中药石菖蒲为材料,采用冷浸法制备石菖蒲醇提物,经不同浓度石菖蒲醇提物对番茄幼苗进行处理,用比色法测定多酚氧化酶(PPO)、苯丙氨酸解氨酶(PAL)和过氧化物酶(POD)的活性,并利用GC-MS联用技术,对石菖蒲醇提物的主要化学成分进行定性分析。结果表明:第1天,醇提物浓度在0.04~0.08 g·mL~(-1)时,PAL活性显著高于对照;随后PAL活性随浓度升高降低;当浓度在0.04~0.16 g·mL~(-1)时,POD活性与对照无显著差异;浓度为0.32 g·mL~(-1)时,POD活性显著高于对照;浓度为0.64 g·mL~(-1)时,POD活性显著低于对照;当浓度在0.04~0.32 g·mL~(-1)时,PPO活性显著高于对照;浓度为0.64 g·mL~(-1)时,PPO活性与对照无显著差异;随着时间的延长,三种酶各处理组之间的差异逐步减少。第4天时,各处理组之间PAI,的活性无显著差异;当浓度为0.04 g·mL~(-1)和0.64 g·mL~(-1)时,PPO活性与对照无显著差异,其余范围均显著高于对照;当浓度在0.08~0.32 g·mL~(-1)时,POD活性数值上均高于对照。以上表明在一定浓度范围内醇提物可以增强防御酶活性,未破坏植物的防御酶体系。因此,该醇提物作为一种新型的中药杀菌剂有巨大的开发和利用潜力。利用GC-MS联用技术,可从醇提物中鉴定出30种化学成分,这些物质中多为苯丙素类物质,如β-细辛醚、α-(细辛醚和顺式甲基异丁香油酚等,其中含量最高的物质为β-细辛醚(42.48%)。这提示在后续的研究中,可针对β-细辛醚等醇提物的主要化学成分进行。     

粘红酵母产L-苯丙氨酸解氨酶的条件和酶法合成苯丙氨酸的研究

研究了粘红酵母(Rhodotorula glutinis)中L-苯丙氨酸解氨酶(PAL)(EC4.3.1.5)的产酶条件及用此酶把反式肉桂酸转化成苯丙氨酸的条件.结果表明,在下列培养基(g/L)及培养条件下PAL的活力较高:酵母膏10.0,蛋白胨10.0,NaCl5.0,KH_2PO_4 0.5,苯内氨酸0.5,(NH_4)_2SO_41.0,葡萄糖5.0,pH6.0—6.5,培养温度为30℃.转化过程中,[NH_4~+]对初速度的影响符合米氏方程,其K_m和V_(max)分别为16.85mol/L和5.96 g·L~(-1)·h~(-1),最适pH为10.0.底物肉桂酸对反应初速度的影响,在低浓度时有激活作用,在高浓度下则有抑制作用.肉桂酸转化为苯丙氨酸的转化率在60.0%以上.     

Induction of in vitro flowering in Dendrobium Madame Thong-In (Orchidaceae) seedlings is associated with increase in endogenous N(6)-(Delta (2)-isopentenyl)-adenine (iP) and N (6)-(Delta (2)-isopentenyl)-adenosine (iPA) levels

We analysed the endogenous cytokinin levels of Dendrobium Madame Thong-In seedlings grown in vitro during vegetative and flowering-inductive periods. HPLC was used to fractionate the extracts and radioimmunoassay (RIA) was used for assay of zeatin (Z), dihydrozeatin (DZ), N(6)-(Delta(2)-isopentenyl)-adenine (iP) and their derivatives. Coconut water used in experiments was found to contain high level (>136 pmol ml(-1)) of zeatin riboside (ZR). Protocorms and seedlings cultured in medium with coconut water were found to contain 0.5-3.9 pmol g(-1) FW of the cytokinins analysed. Seedlings (1.0-1.5 cm) cultured in flowering-inductive liquid medium containing 6-benzyladenine (BA, 4.4 muM) and coconut water (CW, 15%) contained up to 200 and 133 pmol g(-1) FW of iP and iPA, respectively. These levels were significantly higher than all other cytokinins analysed in seedlings of the same stage and were about 80- to 150-folds higher than seedlings cultured in non-inductive medium. During the transitional (vegetative to reproductive) stage, the endogenous levels of iP (178 pmol g(-1) FW) and iPA (63 pmol g(-1) FW) were also significantly higher than cytokinins in the zeatine (Z) and dihydrozeatin (DZ) families in the same seedlings. Seedlings that grew on inductive medium but remained vegetative contained lower levels of iPA. The importance of the profiles of iP and its derivatives in induction of in vitro flowering of D. Madame Thong-In is discussed.     

Tetrameres (Tetrameres) grusi (Shumakovich, 1946) (Nematoda: Tetrameridae) in Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) in central Iran

The proventriculi of 11 Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) from central Iran were examined for the existence of parasitic helminths. Preliminary reports suggested that the death of these birds was related to untimely cold weather. Nine proventriculi (82%) were heavily infected by the nematode Tetrameres grusi. Glandular structure of the infected proventriculi was replaced by epithelial atrophy but significant inflammatory reactions were not observed in any of the infected organs. In serious infections, the nematode produced vast structural and functional changes, causing organ dysfunction and glandular necrosis. The coincidence of heavy helminth infection at times of environmental stress may lead to debilitation, wasting, and perhaps mortality in migratory cranes.     

Linkage of plasminogen (PLG) and apolipoprotein(a) (LPA) in baboons.

Four allelic forms of serum plasminogen (PLG) were detected in baboons (Papio hamadryas Linneaus 1758) by isoelectric focusing and were determined to be inherited as autosomal codominant traits. Linkage analysis of data from 179 progeny and their parents revealed that PLG is tightly linked (lod score = 30.20) to the gene encoding apolipoprotein(a) (LPA), as in humans. No recombinant individuals were identified. This is the first linkage detected between PLG and LPA in any species other than humans and is the first genetic linkage identified in a nonhuman primate species by family studies.     

Chromosome numbers in antlions (Myrmeleontidae) and owlflies (Ascalaphidae) (Insecta,Neuroptera)

A short review of main cytogenetic features of insects belonging to the sister neuropteran families Myrmeleontidae (antlions) and Ascalaphidae (owlflies) is presented, with a particular focus on their chromosome numbers and sex chromosome systems. Diploid male chromosome numbers are listed for 37 species, 21 genera from 9 subfamilies of the antlions as well as for seven species and five genera of the owlfly subfamily Ascalaphinae. The list includes data on five species whose karyotypes were studied in the present work. It is shown here that antlions and owlflies share a simple sex chromosome system XY/XX; a similar range of chromosome numbers, 2n = 14-26 and 2n = 18-22 respectively; and a peculiar distant pairing of sex chromosomes in male meiosis. Usually the karyotype is particularly stable within a genus but there are some exceptions in both families (in the genera Palpares and Libelloides respectively). The Myrmeleontidae and Ascalaphidae differ in their modal chromosome numbers. Most antlions exhibit 2n = 14 and 16, and Palparinae are the only subfamily characterized by higher numbers, 2n = 22, 24, and 26. The higher numbers, 2n = 20 and 22, are also found in owlflies. Since the Palparinae represent a basal phylogenetic lineage of the Myrmeleontidae, it is hypothesized that higher chromosome numbers are ancestral for antlions and were inherited from the common ancestor of Myrmeleontidae + Ascalaphidae. They were preserved in the Palparinae (Myrmeleontidae), but changed via chromosomal fusions toward lower numbers in other subfamilies.     

Role of tfdC(I)D(I)E(I)F(I) and tfdD(II)C(II)E(II)F(II) gene modules in catabolism of 3-chlorobenzoate by Ralstonia eutropha JMP134(pJP4)

The enzymes chlorocatechol-1,2-dioxygenase, chloromuconate cycloisomerase, dienelactone hydrolase, and maleylacetate reductase allow Ralstonia eutropha JMP134(pJP4) to degrade chlorocatechols formed during growth in 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetate or 3-chlorobenzoate (3-CB). There are two gene modules located in plasmid pJP4, tfdC(I)D(I)E(I)F(I) (module I) and tfdD(II)C(II)E(II)F(II) (module II), putatively encoding these enzymes. To assess the role of both tfd modules in the degradation of chloroaromatics, each module was cloned into the medium-copy-number plasmid vector pBBR1MCS-2 under the control of the tfdR regulatory gene. These constructs were introduced into R. eutropha JMP222 (a JMP134 derivative lacking pJP4) and Pseudomonas putida KT2442, two strains able to transform 3-CB into chlorocatechols. Specific activities in cell extracts of chlorocatechol-1,2-dioxygenase (tfdC), chloromuconate cycloisomerase (tfdD), and dienelactone hydrolase (tfdE) were 2 to 50 times higher for microorganisms containing module I compared to those containing module II. In contrast, a significantly (50-fold) higher activity of maleylacetate reductase (tfdF) was observed in cell extracts of microorganisms containing module II compared to module I. The R. eutropha JMP222 derivative containing tfdR-tfdC(I)D(I)E(I)F(I) grew four times faster in liquid cultures with 3-CB as a sole carbon and energy source than in cultures containing tfdR-tfdD(II)C(II)E(II)F(II). In the case of P. putida KT2442, only the derivative containing module I was able to grow in liquid cultures of 3-CB. These results indicate that efficient degradation of 3-CB by R. eutropha JMP134(pJP4) requires the two tfd modules such that TfdCDE is likely supplied primarily by module I, while TfdF is likely supplied by module II.     

西藏嵩草属（莎草科）的修订

在标本观察和野外调查的基础上,对西藏的嵩草属Kobresia植物进行了分类学修订,共确认了36种和1亚种。更正了6个类群的学名,它们正确的名称是K. esenbeckii,K. fissiglumis,K. gammiei,K. littledalei,K. myosuroides ssp. bistaminata和K. vaginosa。有13个名称,即K. angusta,K. cercostachys var. capillacea,K. clarkeana,K. curticeps var. gyirongensis,K. deasyi,K. glaucifolia,K. hookeri,K. nudicarpa,K. prainii var. elliptica,K. seticulmis,K. stenocarpa,K. stenocarpa var. simplex和K. williamsii处理为异名,其中K. prainii var. elliptica,K. glaucifolia和K. stenocarpa var. simplex为新异名。发现了西藏分布的一个新记录种密穗嵩草K. handel-mazzettii。还收录了最近发表的假钩状嵩草K. pseuduncinoides和阔鳞嵩草K. woodii。此外,重新编制了西藏嵩草属分种和亚种检索表,并较为详细地登记了各类群在西藏的分布地点。     

Sound Production in Codoma ornata (Girard) (Cyprinidae)

Male Codoma ornata produce sounds associated with aggression and spawning activities during the breeding season. Females do not produce sounds. Males most often produced sounds associated with escalated displays of aggression, courtship and the spawning act. C. ornata spawn in crevices, but previously were reported to spawn as egg-clusterers in cavities. Structurally, sounds are low frequency, vary in duration according to context and are not harmonic. The mechanism of sound production is unknown.