The influence of animals on phosphorus cycling in lake ecosystems

Aquatic animals directly influence the cycling of phosphorus in lakes through feeding and excretion. Traditionally, animals (zooplankton, benthic invertebrates and fish) have been assigned only minor roles in the process of freshwater phosphorus cycling. They were regarded as consumers without much regulating influence. Today there is growing evidence that animals, predators and herbivores, directly or indirectly can control biomass of primary producers and internal cycling of phosphorus.This paper summarizes different mechanisms of transformation and translocation of phosphorus via different groups of organisms.     

The rotation of the alpha subunit of F1 relative to minor subunits is not involved in ATP synthesis. Evidence given by using an anti-alpha subunit monoclonal antibody

To test whether ATP synthesis could occur via a mechanism of rotational catalysis in which the alpha and beta subunits of F1 would rotate with respect to the minor subunits, we have measured the rate of ATp synthesis after binding various masses of antibodies to F1. If the rotation was an essential feature of the mechanism, the rate of ATP synthesis should be inhibited either completely or proportionately to the load carried by F1. Bivalent immunoglobulins (IgG) or monovalent Fab fragments of an anti-alpha monoclonal antibody (7B3) were bound to F1 present in electron-transport particles in a ratio of 2 Fab or 2 IgG per F1. This binding similarly inhibited the rate of ATP synthesis by a maximum of about 50%. When anti-mouse immunoglobulins were added to the F1-7B3 (IgG) complex, no significant change in the rate of inhibition was observed. In conclusion, the rate of ATP synthesis was the same when F1 was loaded with 100 kDa (2 Fab), 300 kDa (2 IgG, 7B3) or 900 kDa (2 IgG + 4 ant-mouse IgG). It is concluded that the rotation of the alpha subunits is extremely unlikely to play an essential role in the mechanism of ATP synthesis.     

Ca~(++)促进大麦根K~+吸收的过程分析

吸收溶液中CaCl_2促进了大麦根K~+净吸收,Ca~(++)本身对H~+分泌无影响,Cl~-减少了H~+净分泌量。 含有~(86)Rb的大麦根在1m mol/L KCl溶液中发生~(86)Rb外流,在H_2O、1m mol/L NaCl或0.5 m mol/L CaCl_2中没有明显外流。VO_4~(3-)、NaN_3和4℃低温均可以减少根段在1m mol/L KCl溶液中的~(86)Rb外流量。Ca~(++)抑制K~+(~(86)Rb~+)的外流,EDTA加剧外流,Ca~(++)可以逆转EDTA的效应。 Ca~(++)抑制K~+(~(86)Rb)外流和促进K~+净吸收的趋势相吻合。K~+吸收的通量分析结果表明,Ca~(++)抑制K~+通过质膜的外流,促进K~+由细胞质向液泡中转运,而不影响K~+通过质膜的内流速率。     

明适应条件下鲤属鱼L-型外水平细胞反应的给光-瞬变成分

在明适应条件下鲤属鱼 L-型外水平细胞的反应显示明显的给光-瞬变成分(on-transient)、它与刺激波长有关——对蓝、绿光的反应比对红光的反应有更明显的瞬变成分,其光谱特性提示它与绿敏锥细胞的输入信号有关。与已报道的其它动物 L 型水平细胞的给光-瞬变成分不同,它的出现在一定范围内与网膜受照射的面积无关。绿色(502nm)和红色(706nm)闪光同时照射所引起反应的给光-瞬变成分比各自单独刺激时要显著得多,提示它也与绿敏锥细胞和红敏锥细胞输入的相互作用有关。     

白纹伊蚊实验种群动态的研究

在实验室条件下观察白纹伊蚊种群发育、存活和繁殖的动态,得出年龄特征存活率、繁殖率等数据,编制成生命表,计算出有关种群各项参数,包括内禀增长能力(r_m=0.1333),净增殖率(R₀=45.3017),增殖有限速率(λ=1.1426),平均世代周期长(T=33.3299天),瞬时出生率和死亡率(b=0.5562,d=0.4229),稳定年龄组配,成虫前期占90.66%,成虫期占9.34%。该蚊种群大约每隔5.2天增加一倍。根据结果对该蚊种群传播登革热的关系和防制加以讨论。     

The fibrin-binding site of human plasminogen. Arginines 32 and 34 are essential for fibrin affinity of the kringle 1 domain

Kringle 1 (Tyr 79/Leu 80-His 167 and Tyr 79/Leu 80-Tyr 173), a chymotryptic fragment of human plasminogen that has high affinity for fibrin and omega-aminocarboxylic acids, has been subjected to modification with 1,2-cyclohexanedione to identify arginine residues essential for ligand binding. Reaction of 1,2-cyclohexanedione with kringle 1 was found to rapidly abolish the fibrin-Sepharose affinity of the fragment, whereas the affinity for lysine-Sepharose was lost at a significantly slower rate. Successive affinity chromatography of modified kringle 1 on fibrin- and lysine-Sepharose was used to separate kringle 1 that lost affinity for fibrin-, but retained affinity for lysine-Sepharose from kringle 1 that lost affinity for both affinants. The modified proteins were subjected to structural studies in order to locate the labeled arginine residues in kringle 1. These studies have revealed that modification of Arg 34 leads to the loss of both the fibrin- and lysine-Sepharose affinities of kringle 1, whereas reaction of Arg 32 abolishes fibrin affinity but leaves lysine-Sepharose affinity unaltered. The results suggest that Arg 32 and Arg 34 are both involved in fibrin binding and that Arg 34 is also involved in binding omega-aminocarboxylic acids. Previous NMR studies on kringles have indeed shown that the segment containing residue 34 is in the proximity of and interacts with the omega-aminocarboxylic acid-binding site. This interaction may explain the influence of omega-aminocarboxylic acids on fibrin binding by kringle 1.     

杂交水稻干种子内存在α-淀粉酶

水稻种子萌发过程中的α-淀粉酶由盾片上皮细胞合成而运入胚乳(Okamoto等1979,1980),或由种胚分泌的赤霉素(GA_3)的触发作用在糊粉层中诱导形成(Murakami 1966,Ogawa 1966,Tangka等1970)。但迄今尚未见谷类作物干胚乳中预存有α-淀粉酶的报道(Daussant等1983,Tanaka等     

表面活性剂和Ca~(++)对大麦根质膜透性的作用

阳离子型表面活性剂(CTMA)以低于CMC的浓度、非离子型表面活性剂(Triton-X-100)以高于CMC的浓度引起大麦离体根K~+及可溶性糖的外流,并有浓度效应。5℃时表面活性剂引起溶质外流,CTMA预处理10 min后,Ca~(++)无抑制作用。Ca~(++)与 Triton-X-100同时处理大麦根促进溶质外流。Mg~(++)、Mn~(++)对CTMA及Triton-X-100引起溶质外流的效应与Ca~(++)的相类似,但不如Ca~(++)有效。     

同工酶研究在嗜热脂肪芽孢杆菌分类中的应用

嗜热脂肪芽孢杆菌是一个尚未被严格定义的种,它几乎包括芽孢杆菌属内所有能在65℃以上生长的细菌。用聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳的方法对151株嗜热脂肪芽孢杆菌的9种酶(G6PDH、LDH、MDH、IDH、AlaDH、LeuDH、过氧化氢酶、过氧化物酶、酯酶)的酶谱进行测定分析。根据其酶谱的差异,可将151株菌株分成两个类型。两型之间8个酶的13或14个基因产物的相异度约为91.8％,两型间的标准遗传距离是2.55。因此这两种类型的细菌也许可以被看作为两个不同的种。