KT和Ca2+对绿豆下胚轴原生质体的体积和CaM含量的影响

以黄化绿豆幼苗下胚轴原生质体为材料,探讨钙信使系统在KT诱导原生质体体积变化中的作用。lμmol/L KT可诱导含钙培养液中绿豆下胚轴原生质体膨大,处理后30min达到最大体积。Ca2 通道阻断剂Verapamil、Ca2 通道竞争性抑制剂LaCl3和钙调素拮抗剂TFP、CPZ可明显抑制KT诱导的原生质体膨大。另一方面,无论是KT处理还是对照(CaCl2单独处理),原生质体内CaM含量均在处理后30min时达到峰值,前者是后者的5倍．在KT CaCl2处理液中加入5μmol/L．Verapamil、50μmol/L LaCl3、5μmol/L,TFP或CPZ后原生质体内CaM含量都大大降低。以上结果表明,CaM可能与Ca2 共同参与KT的信号传递。     

Probing nanostructures of bacterial extracellular polymeric substances versus culture time by Raman microspectroscopy and atomic force microscopy

The structure of a bacterial cell wall may alter during bacterial reproduction. Moreover, these cell wall variations, on a nanoscale resolution, have not yet fully been elucidated. In this work, Raman spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy (AFM) technique are applied to evaluate the culture time‐dependent cell wall structure variations of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 at a quorum and single cell level. The Raman spectra indicate that the appearance of DNA/RNA, protein, lipid, and carbohydrates occurs till 6 h of cultivation time under our experimental conditions. AFM characterization reveals the changes of the cellular surface ultrastructures over the culture time period, which is a gradual increase in surface roughness during the time between the first two and eight hours cultivation time. This work demonstrates the feasibility of utilizing a combined Raman spectroscopy and AFM technique to investigate the cultivation time dependence of bacterial cellular surface biopolymers at single cell level. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Biopolymers 93: 171–177, 2010. This article was originally published online as an accepted preprint. The “Published Online” date corresponds to the preprint version. You can request a copy of the preprint by emailing the Biopolymers editorial office at biopolymers@wiley.com     

l-threonine transport in the obligate methylotroph Methylobacillus flagellatum KT

Abstract The accumulation of l -threonine by the methylotrophic bacterium Methylobacillus flagellatum KT occurs via a specific system that is capable of transporting l -threonine against a 100-fold concentration gradient. This transport system demonstrates the following kinetic parameters: K _m= 0.2 mM and V _max= 2.5 nmol/min/mg of cells (dry weight). The activity of the system is inhibited by oxidative phosphorylation uncouplers and valinomycin. Cytoplasmic l -threonine does not leak from the cell, but bacteria are capable of exchanging exogenous l -threonine for its intracellular counterpart.