Limits and Sites of Lysinoalanine Formation in Lysozyme, α-Lactalbumin and αs1- and β-Caseins by Alkali Treatment

Lysinoalanine was determined by gas chromatography. Lysinoalanine formation in lysozyme depended on alkali concentration, pH, temperature and exposure time. The upper limits of lysinoalanine formation in lysozyme and α-lactalbumin were related to the number of lysine residues with a cystine disulfide bond in the adjacent position rather than the individual contents of these residues. In cases of α_sl- and β-caseins, the upper limits were related to the number of phosphoserine residues, regardless of their sequential relationship to lysine residues. Gel electrophoresis suggested that intermolecular cross-linking took place in the α-lactalbumin and caseins.     

采用SCGE和SCE分析法研究姬松茸菌体多糖(Ab-Mp)对DNA损伤的抑制作用

热水浸提法提取姬松茸菌丝体多糖,每天以10mg/(kg bw)和20mg/(kg bw)两种剂量对小鼠进行灌胃,连续15d.腹腔注射环磷酰胺(CP),运用单细胞凝胶电泳(SCGE)法和姐妹染色体交换(SCE)分析法,研究Ab-Mp对染色体损伤的保护作用.结果表明,Ab-Mp降低了CP损伤后彗星细胞的比例,缩短了彗星尾长;降低了CP损伤的姐妹染色单体交换率.Ab-Mp对环磷酰胺诱发的DNA损伤具有拮抗作用.     

Nucleocytoplasmic plant lectins

During the last decade it was unambiguously shown that plants synthesize minute amounts of carbohydrate-binding proteins upon exposure to stress situations like drought, high salt, hormone treatment, pathogen attack or insect herbivory. In contrast to the ‘classical’ plant lectins, which are typically found in storage vacuoles or in the extracellular compartment this new class of lectins is located in the cytoplasm and the nucleus. Based on these observations the concept was developed that lectin-mediated protein–carbohydrate interactions in the cytoplasm and the nucleus play an important role in the stress physiology of the plant cell. Hitherto, six families of nucleocytoplasmic lectins have been identified. This review gives an overview of our current knowledge on the occurrence of nucleocytoplasmic plant lectins. The carbohydrate-binding properties of these lectins and potential ligands in the nucleocytoplasmic compartment are discussed in view of the physiological role of the lectins in the plant cell.     

双孢蘑菇‘双孢106’的选育报告

‘双孢106’是‘A20’通过单孢选育的品种。子实体散生,少量丛生,近半球形。菌盖白色,表面光洁,直径3.5-5.0cm,厚2.0-3.0cm,质地致密;菌柄白色,粗短,近圆柱形,基部略膨大,长2.0-2.8cm。发菌适温22-25℃,子实体生长发育温度10-24℃,最适温度16-18℃。鲜菇粗纤维含量1.00%,蛋白质含量3.54%,氨基酸总量2.84%。该品种出菇早,子实体圆整、结实,产量高,商品化等级高。适宜双孢蘑菇工厂化设施栽培。     

絮缘蘑菇生物学特性及驯化栽培

对采自祁连山地区的一株野生食用菌进行分离,通过形态学及其ITS序列的分子系统发育分析鉴定为絮缘蘑菇Agaricus subfloccosus。以分离纯化获得的菌株作为实验材料,对该种的生物学特性和驯化栽培进行研究。检测了不同碳源、氮源、温度、pH、无机盐、维生素在固体培养条件下对絮缘蘑菇菌丝生长的影响,对以上6个因素进行单因素试验,从中挑选出3个较优因素的最优水平进行正交试验。结果表明：实验范围内,絮缘蘑菇菌丝生长最佳碳源为蔗糖,最佳氮源为硝酸钾,最佳无机盐为硫酸镁,最佳维生素为VB₁₂,最佳温度为16℃,最佳pH为6。影响较大的3个因素为碳源、无机盐和pH,絮缘蘑菇最适的营养因子最佳组合配方为：蔗糖25g/L,硝酸钾2g/L,硫酸镁2g/L,pH为5.0。驯化栽培过程中,栽培配方为：木屑79%、高粱籽5%、玉米面5%、石膏1%、麸皮10%。温度16℃使絮缘蘑菇菌丝在90d左右满袋,覆土可培育出子实体。     

Diversity,host associations,and phylogeography of temperate aurofusarin-producing Hypomyces/Cladobotryum including causal agents of cobweb disease of cultivated mushrooms

Temperate species of Hypomyces and Cladobotryum that produce the red pigment aurofusarin are common on agaricoid and polyporoid basidiomata of species from five orders of Agaricomycetes. Several cause cobweb disease of commercially cultivated mushrooms resulting in serious losses. We sequenced rpb1, rpb2, tef1, and FG1093 regions in 90 wild strains and 30 strains from mushroom farms, isolated from Europe, North America, Africa, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. Multigene analyses support the distinctness of five species but reveal Hypomyces rosellus to be paraphyletic, comprising several cryptic lineages. Hypomyces rosellus s. str. is characterised by wide dispersal and gene flow across Eurasia but does not occur in North America. Instead, the lineages from the West and the East Coast appear distinct, having given rise to species inhabiting the Southern Hemisphere. Our results reveal wide misuse of the name H. rosellus, especially for cobweb isolates. The majority of these belong to Hypomyces odoratus, including a weakly supported group of fungicide-resistant strains from Europe and North America sharing identical sequence data. New collections are presented for Cladobotryum rubrobrunnescens and Cladobotryum tenue as well as Cladobotryum multiseptatum and Hypomyces dactylarioides, all previously known only from their type material. The former species pair occurs in Europe and the latter in Australia and New Zealand. Separate lineages appear to be maintained by geographic isolation in North America and temperate Australasia but by host specialisation in the species occurring sympatrically in Europe and Asia. Both specialist and generalist host use strategies have evolved in the group. Although teleomorphs are known in most of the species and unnamed lineages, analyses of the five-gene regions suggest the prevalence of clonal reproduction in H. odoratus. This can be the reason for its success in mushroom farms, also facilitating the spread of fungicide resistance. While tef1 and rpb2 can be recommended for species delimitation, low variation, not exceeding 1 % in the whole ingroup, impeaches the use of ITS as a barcoding gene region in this group of fungi.     

Loosening of globular structure under alkaline pH affects accessibility of β-lactoglobulin to tyrosinase-induced oxidation and subsequent cross-linking

Globular proteins such as β-lactoglobulin (BLG) are poorly accessible to enzymes. We have studied susceptibility of BLG to oxidation by Trichoderma reesei (TrTyr) and Agaricus bisporus (AbTyr) tyrosinases and subsequent intermolecular cross-linking with respect to pH-induced structural changes. We evaluated pH-induced structural changes in BLG using circular dichroism, tryptophan fluorescence and small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) measurements, where after these results were correlated with the analysis of cross-linking by sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Oxygen consumption measurement and changes in radii of gyration determined by SAXS during the enzyme-induced oxidation at the respective reaction conditions were also followed. Intermolecular cross-linking of BLG by TrTyr was found at pH 9 but not at pH 7.5. AbTyr was unable to catalyze cross-linking at pH 7.5 or pH 9. Increased accessibility and cross-linking by TrTyr was addressed to loosening of the three dimensional structure of the protein, increased flexibility of the backbone as well as partial hydrolysis. In addition to basic research of the effect of protein folding on enzymatic cross-linking the research results have significance on the exploitation of TrTyr at alkaline conditions.     

热胁迫对双孢蘑菇抗氧化酶及热激蛋白基因的差异表达的影响

抗氧化酶和热激蛋白是双孢蘑菇Agaricus bisporus抵御逆境胁迫的重要蛋白,高温胁迫下菌丝会通过二者基因的差异表达来减少对自身的损伤。通过对双孢蘑菇菌丝进行40℃热胁迫处理0-120min后发现,随着热胁迫时间延长,菌丝生长速度降低、气生菌丝增多和菌丝分叉明显。转录组分析抗氧化酶和热激蛋白基因差异表达发现,在热胁迫30-60min时抗氧化酶基因gpx、ppo3和cat3与热激蛋白基因hsp、hsp70-1和hsp70-17上调表达明显,而在90-120min时抗氧化酶基因ppo1、ppo2和cat2与热激蛋白基因hsp16、hsp70-14、hsp70-3和hsp70-16上调表达明显。跟踪抗氧化酶活性发现,热胁迫能激活过氧化氢酶（CAT）和过氧化物酶（POD）,使酶活性提高2-3倍;同时热胁迫降低了超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）酶活性,而对多酚氧化酶（PPO）影响不明显。此外,研究还发现热胁迫能使双孢蘑菇积累更多的超氧阴离子氧化自由基（O ^2-）,从而对菌丝造成损伤。因此,双孢蘑菇在热胁迫过程中可以通过启动不同的抗氧化酶和热激蛋白基因表达来抵御高温胁迫对菌丝造成的损伤,其中CAT和POD可能起到主要清除氧化自由基的作用,对双孢蘑菇耐高温基因的初步研究为选育耐高温品种奠定基础。     

Several pseudomonads,associated with the cultivated mushrooms Agaricus bisporus or Pleurotus sp., are hemolytic

Pseudomonas tolaasii, causing brown blotch disease on cultivated mushrooms, and yielding a white line precipitate towards P. “reactans”, has been shown to induce lysis of erythrocytes. Some Finnish strains isolated from diseased mushroom fruit bodies, although harboring the typical features of P. tolaasii, proved to be distinct, and have been allocated to a nov. sp. P. costantinii. We examined in these study whether all brown blotch causing agents were hemolytic. The induction of erythrocytes lysis seemed to be a rather common feature of mushroom associated-pseudomonads, especially for strains involved in the production of a white-line-in agar.