无机钼酸在棕色固氮菌(Azotobacter vinelandii)体内的累积和转化

醋酸铵培养的棕色固氮菌(Azotobacter vinelandii),经超声击碎高速离心制备粗提取液、DEAE-纤维素柱层析表明,体内~(99)MoFe蛋白合成受到阻遏,在0.15 M NaGl洗脱分部中,除~(99)Mo储存蛋白峰外,还存在一个无机~(99)MoO_4~=组分。醋酸铵培养的棕色固氮菌经去阻遏后,在体内固氮活性出现的同时,可观察到原先菌体内累积的~(99)Mo储存蛋白峰降低,无机~(99)MoO_4~=的组分几乎消失以及~(99)MoFe蛋白合成。若去阻遏过程存在氯霉素,则菌体不显示固氮活性,(99)MoFe蛋白不再合成,储存蛋白和无机铝酸组分中~(99)Mo的转移停止。     

Geographical variability of alpha-1-antitrypsin alleles in China: A study on six Chinese populations

Summary Alpha-1-antitrypsin phenotypes of six Chinese Han populations (20°–45°N. latitude) were determined. The frequency of allele M2 increases from North to South China. The north-south change of M2 appears to be mainly at the expense of alleles M1 and M3. Geographical variability of other variants was also observed. In the northern populations, the most common variants are M4 and Etokyo; in the southern populations, Pweishi, a variant which can not be distinguished electrophoretically from Pyasugi. These results form a distribution pattern of alpha-1-antitrypsin alleles in China.     

克山病是一种“心肌线粒体病(Mitochondrial Cardiomyopathy)”

亚急克病人心肌线粒体内膜电子传递链的琥珀酸氧化酶系,琥珀酸脱氢酶和细胞色素氧化酶活性明显低于对照。H~ -ATP酶的活性及其对寡霉素的敏感性都明显下降。ATP能量化后线粒体膜电位的变化也比对照明显降低。膜脂流动性低于对照。亚急克病人心肌线粒体内观察到较多的电子致密无定形物质,经电镜X射线微区等方法分析,认为这些物质不是Ca_3(PO_4)_2,而可能是一种蛋白质凝聚物。此外,心肌线粒体的硒含量远低于对照,而Ca含量明显高于对照。上述结果都反映亚急克病人心肌线粒体明显损伤。根据克山病患者心肌细胞线粒体结构与功能方面呈现的如此广泛与明显的异常,可将克山病称为“心肌线粒体病(Mitochondrial Cardiomyopathy)”。     

牛胰多肽对急性胰腺炎大鼠胰组织中磷脂酶A和胰蛋白酶活性的影响

以0.25％牛磺胆酸钠-0.25％胰蛋白酶溶液注入大鼠胰导管制备急性(出血坏死性)胰腺炎模型。观察剂量为 3μg/kg的牛胰多肽(BPP)对胰腺炎大鼠胰组织磷脂酶 A(PA)活性、钙含量、胰蛋白酶活性以及血清α_1-抗胰蛋白酶抑制力(STIC)的影响。结果如下:1.在伴注BPP的胰腺炎组,PA 活性、钙含量、胰蛋白酶活性及STIC 分别降为胰腺炎组的51％(P<0.001),75％(P<0.001)、20％(P<0.001)以及24％(P<0.001);2.在伴注碳酰胆碱的胰腺炎组,上述四项指标的水平升高。但在伴注碳酰胆碱及BPP 两者的胰腺炎组却分别降至伴注碳酰胆碱的胰腺炎组的39％(P<0.005)、51％(P<0.001)、40％(P<0.001)以及 59％(P<0.001);3.在伴注Ca~(2 )的胰腺炎组,上述四项指标剧升,注射 BPP对其无影响。结果提示,BPP 能降低大鼠胰组织内磷脂酶A 和胰蛋白酶活性及胰内钙沉积量。机制可能与 BPP打断胰酶活化链有关,是否还影响腺泡细胞膜上M受体的功能,有待探讨。     

Primary structure of PDC-109, a major protein constituent of bovine seminal plasma

The two major protein components of bovine seminal plasma, PDC-109 and BSP I, have been purified by gel filtration, partition chromatography and reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography from an 86% ethanol precipitate of bovine seminal plasma ejaculate. The complete 109-residue amino acid sequence of PDC-109 has been established by automated Edman degradation of the intact peptide as well as its proteolytic digestion and cyanogen bromide cleavage fragments. The 12,774 dalton structure has two structurally similar domains of 38 and 41 amino acids, each containing two disulfide bonds.     

A Service for Human Chromosome Studies in Saskatchewan

A service has been developed in Saskatchewan to make available the results of studies of human chromosomes, the material being forwarded to the laboratory by local transport facilities. During the first year of this project chromosome studies were requested for five doubtful cases of trisomy-21 (two were found to be normal) and for 20 definite cases of trisomy-21 in young patients (two had translocations but the parents of both these children had normal karyotypes). Eleven confirmed cases of Turner''s syndrome, two of Klinefelter''s syndrome, and one each of the D and E syndromes were also studied. The largest group for which studies were requested comprised 36 patients with mental retardation; only two abnormal karyotypes were encountered in this group.     

水稻、小麦、油菜和烟草细胞质雄性不育系统中组分Ⅰ蛋白的比较分析

组分Ⅰ蛋白(RuBP羧化酶/加氧酶)的生物合成系由叶绿体基因和细胞核基因共同控制,所以,被作为研究细胞质遗传的标记。本实验用免疫化学和氨基酸成分分析等方法,对水稻(珍汕97)、小麦(繁7)、油菜(湘矮早)和烟草(G28)的细胞质雄性不育系及其保持系的组分Ⅰ蛋白作了比较,同时对不同作物的组分Ⅰ蛋白也作了免疫鉴定。结果表明,细胞质雄性不育系及其保持系的组分Ⅰ蛋白差异不大,但是,四种不同作物的组分Ⅰ蛋白之间有明显差异。     

Nucleotide sequence and expression of cheF, an essential gene for chemotaxis in Bacillus subtilis.

The cheF gene, which is involved in chemotaxis in Bacillus subtilis, has been cloned, expressed, and sequenced. This gene is contained in a 0.7-kilobase PstI DNA fragment that was isolated from a lambda Charon 4A B. subtilis chromosomal DNA library. This fragment was subcloned into the expression vector pSI-1 and shown to complement the cheF mutation both for chemotaxis and for methanol production in response to the addition of attractants. Plasmid-encoded DNA expression in B. subtilis maxicells indicated that a membrane-associated polypeptide of 20-kilodaltons was expressed from this 0.7-kilobase DNA. The nucleotide sequence of this DNA fragment was determined, and an open reading frame capable of encoding a putative 175-amino-acid protein (Mr 20,002) was identified. In an effort to understand the function of the cheF protein, the dosage of the cheF gene product was varied by altering the concentration of IPTG (isopropyl-beta-D-thiogalactopyranoside) during growth. In the presence of high concentrations of IPTG, chemotaxis was inhibited and methanol production was impaired.     

环状病毒M14 dSRNA基因组的进一步研究

M14病毒是1981年从北京郊区捕获的三带喙库蚊中分离获得。其生物学、形态学和理化特性均符合呼肠孤病毒科环状病毒的特点。聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳将其dsRNA基因组分离成11条区带。但最近的进一步研究发现,它是由12个片段的RNA组成。又用猴轮状病毒SA11株作为标准,测定了每个片段的分子量。 白纹伊蚊细胞C6/36纯系,由日本长畸大学热带医学研究A.Igarashi教授惠赠,并照他的方法培养传代。