多粘类芽孢杆菌SC2 xynD和gluB的克隆及序列分析

β-1,4-木聚糖酶和β-1,3-1,4-葡聚糖酶活性检测结果表明,多粘类芽孢杆菌(Paenibacillus polymyxa)SC2能同时产生β-1,4-木聚糖酶和β-1,3-1,4-葡聚糖酶.以菌株SC2的基因组DNA为模板,通过TAIL-PCK方法克隆到4 807bp的DNA片段.DNAMAN软件分析,该DNA片段包含2个开放阅读框(ORF),ORF1长度为1 908 bp,编码含635个氨基酸、分子量为67.8kD的蛋白;ORF2长度为714 bp,编码含237个氨基酸、分子量为26.8kD的蛋白.BLAST分析结果表明,ORFI与已报道的P.polymyxa ATCC 842的xynD基因相似性为94%.ORF2与P.polymyxaWY110的gluB基因相似性为99%.基因序列的系统发育分析进一步说明.ORFI和ORF2分别为β-1,4-木聚糖酶基因xynD和β-1,3-1,4-葡聚糖酶基因gluB.     

纤维素酶在生物质转化中的应用研究进展

纤维素酶是木质纤维素转化的重要酶系,主要是由内切β-1,4-葡聚糖酶、外切β-1,4-葡聚糖酶和β-葡萄糖苷酶组成,水解不同位置的糖苷键从而形成葡萄糖。本文总结了纤维素酶近几年来的研究开发与应用研究进展,包含产酶菌和菌种选育、辅助蛋白,介绍了纤维素酶来源和组成、纤维素酶工业化生产的最新研究进展以及纤维素酶在生物质转化方面的应用,纤维素酶在1.5代、2代纤维素燃料乙醇及生物质制气中都有重要的应用。     

木霉内切葡聚糖酶的研究现状及应用

木霉因其能有效地生产纤维素酶,并且具有很高的降解纤维素能力而备受关注。其中木霉纤维素酶由内切β-1,4-葡聚糖酶(EC.3.2.1.4)、外切β-1,4-葡聚糖酶(EC.3.2.1.91)和β-葡萄糖苷酶(EC.3.2.1.21)三种酶组成,而内切葡聚糖酶能够随机作用于纤维素长链内部,将纤维素降解成小分子多糖,是纤维素酶系中重要的组成部分。近几年,主要木霉内切葡聚糖基因被克隆与分析,同时通过有效的方法进行异源表达,使其能够得到高效利用。本文综述了内切葡聚糖酶的结构、特性和催化机制,内切葡聚糖酶基因的生物信息学特点,基因在不同宿主体内表达和改造,以及内切葡聚糖酶在工业中应用的最新研究进展,并且提出了一些尚需深入研究的问题,为以后的研究提供参考。     

纤维素酶滤纸酶活测定方法的改进

微生物的纤维素酶是多组分的酶系。用粘度法测CX酶活(内切β-1,4-葡聚糖酶)和以水杨苷等为底物测定β-葡萄糖苷酶活都能不受其它组分的影响而准确测得～纤酶系中这两个组分的活力。在菌种选育和酶的生产中,主要需了解一纤酶系作用于纤维性材料时产生还原糖的能力,这是C1酶(外切β-1,4-葡聚糖纤维二糖水解酶)与上述     

家蝇β-葡萄糖苷酶基因的克隆及重组表达

克隆家蝇内源性β-葡萄糖苷酶(beta-glucosidase,BG)基因并建立原核表达体系,检测其表达产物的活性,了解家蝇内源性BG酶特点,为进一步解释家蝇极强环境适应能力和发现新的种群控制措施提供分子生物学基础。以草地贪夜蛾等结构信息相对完整且研究较为透彻的6种代表性昆虫的BG酶基因序列为参照对象,利用同源克隆结合RACE-PCR的方法,从家蝇cDNA中克隆得到BG酶基因的全长cDNA序列并对其进行生物信息学分析。分别采用原核表达载体pET-28a(+)构建原核表达体系并在大肠杆菌E.coli BL21(DE3)中诱导表达BG酶基因的融合蛋白。采用七叶苷平板显色法和DNS法检测表达体系融合蛋白的酶活性,并对其性质进行初步的分析。家蝇体内克隆得到了长度为1933 bp的家蝇BG酶基因全长cDNA序列,推导其为562个氨基酸残基组成的蛋白多肽。重组原核质粒经诱导表达后,在65 kDa附近均出现特异性蛋白条带,证实重组质粒成功表达。重组表达的家蝇BG酶兼具内切β-1,4-葡聚糖酶、外切β-1,4-葡聚糖酶和BG的酶活性。家蝇BG酶是一种新的多功能纤维素酶,是昆虫纤维素酶研究的重要补充。     

粗糙脉孢菌C2H2转录因子家族基因敲除突变体产纤维素酶筛选分析

丝状真菌的木质纤维素水解酶基因的表达很大程度上受到转录水平的调控,对纤维素酶系调控转录因子的研究对提高纤维素酶的产量具有重要意义。为了挖掘纤维素酶表达新调控基因,本研究对粗糙脉孢菌锌指转录因子C₂H₂家族的57株基因敲除突变株在以2%结晶纤维素为唯一碳源的培养条件下进行产纤维素酶水平分析筛选。通过测定发酵液的蛋白、内切β-1,4-葡聚糖酶酶活、外切纤维素酶酶活、β-葡萄糖苷酶酶活、木聚糖酶酶活及生物量,发现突变株L-38、L-85、L-40、L-64、L-99、L-07、L-86在蛋白水平及内切β-1,4-葡聚糖酶酶活水平均比野生型有25%-77%不等的显著提高,而突变株L-87、L-06在蛋白水平及内切β-1,4-葡聚糖酶酶活水平均比野生型有65%-80%不等的显著降低。这些纤维素酶新调控基因的获得为后续相关表达调控的研究提供了新素材。     

粗糙脉孢菌丝氨酸/苏氨酸激酶家族基因敲除库纤维素酶表达分泌研究

【目的】蛋白磷酸化在丝状真菌细胞对外界纤维素酶诱导信号感应以及信号胞内的传导过程中有着重要的作用,而蛋白磷酸化是由蛋白激酶来完成的。为了挖掘在丝状真菌纤维素酶表达过程中发挥重要作用的激酶基因,对粗糙脉孢菌丝氨酸/苏氨酸家族的61株蛋白激酶单基因突变体的纤维素酶表达分泌情况进行了分析测定。【方法】在以微晶纤维素为唯一碳源的条件下,7株单基因突变体胞外分泌蛋白产量有显著变化,随后,对这7株突变体胞外蛋白进行了详细的SDS-PAGE分析和内切-β-1,4-葡聚糖酶酶活、β-葡萄糖苷酶酶活、外切纤维素酶酶活以及木聚糖酶酶活的测定。【结果】突变株W14、W38、W87和W40胞外分泌蛋白含量提高了30%以上,除了突变株W14外,其它突变体的内切-β-1,4-葡聚糖酶酶活分别显著提高了62%、42%和42%。而突变株W85、W26和W46胞外分泌蛋白含量降低了50%以上,相对应的内切-β-1,4-葡聚糖酶酶活也分别下降了86%、75%和84%。【结论】这些关于粗糙脉孢菌丝氨酸/苏氨酸家族蛋白激酶基因的挖掘,为进一步深入研究蛋白激酶在纤维素酶诱导表达调控中的分子机理奠定了基础。     

真菌和细菌纤维素酶的差别及内、外切葡聚糖苷酶的底物专一性

通常认为纤维素的降解过程,首先是纤维素酶（纤酶）分子吸附到纤维素表面,然后,内切葡聚糖苷酶（内切酶）在葡聚糖链的随机位点水解底物,产生寡聚糖;外切葡聚糖苷酶（外切酶）,从葡聚糖链的非还原端进行水解,主要产物为纤维二糖,需要两类酶的"协同"才能完成对纤维素的降解。纤维素酶分子由催化结构域（ｃａｔａｌｙｔｉｃｄｏｍａｉｎ,ＣＤ）、纤维素结合结构域（ｃｅｌｌｕｌｏｓｅ－ｂｉｎｄｉｎｇｄｏｍａｉｎ,ＣＢＤ）和一个连接桥（ｌｉｎｋｅｒ）三部分组成。近年来,纤维素酶分子结构与功能的研究取得了实质性的进展。不同…     

枯草芽孢杆菌SC2-4-1葡聚糖酶基因gluB的克隆及序列分析

β-1,3-1,4-葡聚糖酶活性检测结果表明,从辣椒根际筛选的拮抗菌枯草芽孢杆菌(Bacillus subtilis)SC2-4-1能产生β-1,3-1,4-葡聚糖酶.以菌株SC2-4-1的基因组DNA为模板,用PCR方法克隆了该菌的葡聚糖酶基因gluB,其开放阅读框为711bp,编码237个氨基酸.Blast分析,该序列与已报道的多粘类芽孢杆菌(Paenibacillus polymyxa)ATCC 842的β-1,3-1,4-葡聚糖酶基因gluB相似性为85%.所得基因序列的系统发育分析显示,该基因属于β-1,3-1,4-葡聚糖酶基因.DNAMAN软件比对,所得葡聚糖酶氨基酸序列具有催化裂解β-1,3-和β-1,4-糖苷键的葡聚糖酶活性位点.     

拟康氏木霉eg1基因的克隆及在酿酒酵母中的分泌表达

从拟康氏木霉3.3002基因组中克隆了内切葡聚糖酶EGI基因,该基因全长1566 bp,由3个外显子2个内含子组成,编码461个氨基酸.编码蛋白EGI的N端为22aa组成的信号肽,其后依次为催化结构域、连接肽和结合结构域.采用重叠PCR法获得无内含子的内切葡聚糖酶基因eg1,并将其成熟肽编码序列插入酿酒酵母分泌型表达载...     

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.