产褐藻胶裂解酶芽胞杆菌的筛选、鉴定及其降解效果评价

褐藻胶是广泛存在于褐藻中的一类多糖,降解为褐藻寡糖后能表现出更多的生物活性。从海洋样品中筛选出产褐藻胶裂解酶芽胞细菌16株,基于形态、生理生化特征和16S r DNA系统发育分析初步鉴定菌株HB12274为解淀粉芽胞杆菌植物亚种(Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subsp. plantarum)。TLC结果显示,海藻酸钠经粗酶液降解形成2～7聚合度的褐藻寡糖和单糖,菌株与马尾藻叶片共培养时能明显降解叶状体结构。为褐藻胶裂解酶的生产和工业应用提供了新的菌株来源。     

海洋微生物多糖降解酶的研究进展

多糖降解酶是一类能够催化多糖分子内糖苷键断裂,使聚合度不断降低,最终产生寡糖的水解酶。地球上微生物数量庞大,其产多糖降解酶种类丰富,尤其是海洋微生物多糖降解酶因其特异性的催化活性,在工业生产中具有重要的应用前景。随着海洋生物技术的快速发展,海洋微生物多糖降解酶的开发和利用已逐渐引起研究者的关注。综述了海洋微生物多糖降解酶的主要类型及研究现状,并讨论了未来应用及发展趋势,以期为海洋微生物多糖降解酶的研究与开发提供参考。     

海藻工具酶——褐藻胶裂解酶研究进展

从海洋生物中筛选提取有价值的酶类,开发海洋多糖降解产物,已成为海洋生物资源开发的一个重要方面。因此,近年来对于海藻工具酶之一的褐藻胶裂解酶及其降解产物——褐藻寡糖的研究日益受到人们的普遍关注。从褐藻胶裂解酶的来源、分类、底物专一性、作用方式及结构与机理研究、酶活力测定和酶学性质等方面,结合本课题组的研究工作综述近十年来有关褐藻胶裂解酶的研究进展。     

生物质多糖的高效降解与降解酶（系）的精确定制

自然界中多糖类生物质资源十分丰富,然而其复杂的抗降解屏障限制了生物转化的进程.近年来,随着生物质多糖结构的快速解析以及大量多糖降解酶的鉴定研究,针对不同底物结构或产物需求,仿制高效微生物多糖代谢途径,精确定制多糖降解酶系,促进生物质高效转化已成为可能.本文分析中性多糖(纤维素和木聚糖)、碱性多糖(几丁质和壳聚糖)以及酸性多糖(褐藻胶)的精细结构组成与基团性质,总结3类多糖主要降解酶的活性架构特征及其底物精确结合模式.文章还阐述蛋白质工程设计与定制策略,针对酶分子不同功能区的分析,可为酶分子的功能快速设计与改造提供靶点,以获得适宜于工业应用的高效酶分子,此外,根据微生物胞外降解酶系的降解次序与协同关系,可基于应用需求精确定制复杂多糖降解酶系,实现生物质的高效与高值降解转化.     

海藻多糖降解酶的性质和作用机理

海藻主要由蓝藻、绿藻、红藻和褐藻四大类组成。世界海洋中估计生长有 80 0 0多种海藻。海藻的生产与它的利用价值有密切关系 ,就褐藻、红藻和绿藻这三大门类来说 ,褐藻和红藻以其种类多、产量丰富和含有用途广泛的褐藻胶、琼胶和卡拉胶等 ,由自然生产逐步为人工养殖所代替。全世界每年约生产5万吨海藻胶 (其中 ,褐藻胶 2 5万吨 ,卡拉胶 1 45万吨、琼胶 0 7万吨 )创值近 4亿美元。这些海藻胶是海藻细胞壁内的主要填充物质 ,约占细胞干重的 2 0 %～ 3 0 % [1] 。近年来 ,各国的科学家大力开展从海洋开发新药物的研究计划。因此 ,对海藻、…     

高效木聚糖降解酶系定制的新进展与挑战

木聚糖是植物细胞壁中含量最丰富的非纤维素多糖,大约占陆地生物质资源的20%-35%。不同物种来源的木聚糖结构因取代方式不同而具有广泛的异质性,这对生物质资源向生物燃料和其他高值产品高效转化提出了重大挑战。因此,需要开发由不同类型酶组成的最佳混合物以有效糖化木聚糖类底物。但是针对特定类型的底物设计高效降解酶系十分困难,应考虑底物的类型、底物的组成和物理性质、多糖的聚合度以及不同降解酶组分的生化性质等。本文从不同植物木聚糖的结构异质性与合成复杂性方面展示了其抗降解屏障,同时介绍了木聚糖主链降解酶系及侧链降解酶系的多样性以及协同降解作用,综述了复杂生境中微生物种群产生的混合酶系、降解菌株产生的高效酶系,以及基于特定木聚糖底物改造并定制简化高效的酶系统。随着不同种类木聚糖精细结构和木聚糖降解酶底物特异性的深入研究,针对特定底物类型进行绿色高效木聚糖酶系定制,加速木聚糖类底物的降解,从而实现木质纤维素资源的绿色高值化利用。     

几种绿藻、褐藻和红藻的吸收光谱的比较研究

1.用乳白玻璃法测定了我国黄海常见的属于绿藻门、褐藻门和红藻门的十种海藻的吸收光谱。讨论了这三门海藻的吸收光谱的特点。通过对吸收光谱及红藻、褐藻相对于绿藻的差异光谱的分析,讨论了各种色素在活体中的吸收峰和吸收带的位置。2.根据褐藻与绿藻的吸收光谱的差异及差异光谱的比较分析,认为绿藻吸收光谱中位于485(或480)毫微米的吸收峰是叶绿素 b 的蓝光吸收峰。叶绿素 b 的红光吸收峰位于655毫微米附近。岩藻黄素的吸收峰位于525毫微米附近。根据红藻吸收光谱及其同绿藻的差异光谱中的红光吸收峰和负峰的特点,初步认为红藻中的叶绿素 d 的红光吸收峰比叶绿素 a 的红光吸收峰位于较长波长处。3.对几种红藻的吸收光谱进行了比较。观察到原始红藻纲的条斑紫菜(Porphyra yezoen-sis)的藻胆素与真红藻纲的藻类有显著的差异。这种差异及条斑紫菜的藻胆素的含量和组成上的易变性值得进一步研究。     

植物性食材的酚类化合物及其对机体的抗氧化保护

抗氧化剂已经被广泛用作食品或医药添加剂,从而抑制食品的氧化降解或保护人体细胞免受自由基的攻击.酚类化舍物因具有强大的抗氧化活性和清除自由基的能力而备受瞩目.在寻找天然抗氧化剂以替代有致癌性的合成抗氧化剂,或研究对人体健康有益的功能性成分过程中,人们对食品酚类的兴趣逐渐浓厚.本文对来自于陆地(水果、蔬菜及其他)和海洋食材(红藻、褐藻和绿藻等)中之主要酚类化合物的种类、含量、清除自由基以及对机体的抗氧化保护等功效进行了综述.陆生植物主要包括水果、蔬菜和其他食材,海洋植物包括红藻、褐藻和绿藻等.另外,本文还对酚类化合物的抗氧化机理和在开发食品添加剂或功能性膳食成分中的应用前景进行了讨论.     

一株产褐藻胶裂解酶的需钠弧菌筛选及酶解产物分析

[背景]褐藻胶裂解酶种类丰富、降解机制多样,是高效环保降解褐藻胶、制备褐藻寡糖的工具酶,成为褐藻植物高值化开发利用的研究热点.[目的]从海泥中筛选获得褐藻胶裂解酶高效产酶菌株,确定菌株发酵产酶最优条件,鉴定和分析酶降解产物,进而解析该酶的降解特性.[方法]以褐藻胶为唯一碳源,从海带养殖场附近海泥中筛选菌株,通过形态学观...     

植物细胞壁多糖合成酶系及真菌降解酶系北大核心CSCD

秸秆类植物细胞壁多糖高效降解转化对我国农业经济的绿色可持续发展具有重要意义,然而植物细胞壁在长期进化过程中形成了复杂结构限制了工业化酶解转化的过程。一方面从植物细胞壁多糖合成酶系的多样性、细胞壁多糖成分的复杂性、超分子结构的异质性等方面综述了形成植物细胞壁抗降解屏障的原因;另一方面从真菌降解植物细胞壁酶系的多样性、不同菌株降解酶组成差异性等分析降解转化植物细胞壁时发挥的不同作用,从而为工业转化合理复配真菌降解酶系,提高秸秆生物质的利用效率提供理论支持。     

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.