高纯度藻蓝蛋白分离纯化及光谱特性研究

藻蓝蛋白(PC)具有特征性吸收光谱和荧光光谱,是一种新颖的荧光分子探针.为了获取高纯度PC,经过反复探索研究建立了SephadexG-200、DEAE-SephadexA-25、HA、SephadexG-200的分离纯化程序。此法效果理想：PAGE显示为单条电泳带;纯度值(A₆₁₅／A₂₈₀)高达14,突破了国内外报告的最高值.     

尖吻蝮蛇毒NAD糖苷水解酶荧光光谱和荧光猝灭研究

70年代就有报道从蛇毒中提纯NAD糖苷水解酶(NADase,E.C.3.2.2.5)和一些生物性质方面的研究.Huang等[1]从皖南尖吻蝮蛇毒中分离得到的NADase是由两个相同亚基组成,含糖33%,等电点为7.6.刘清亮等[2]研究了NADase的ESR谱,推知Cu2+离子至少与三个氮原子配位.本文主要研究多种?..     

突变体大麦Mb1832C的叶绿素蛋白复合体

用低浓度ＳＤＳ对突变体大麦Ｍｂ１８３２Ｃ的类囊体膜进行增溶,再经不连续的ＳＤＳ－聚丙烯酰胺凝胺电泳后,按电泳迁移率的增加顺序,分离出ＣＰＩ,ＣＰａｌ,ＣＰａ２和ＦＣ４条蓝绿色的带。ＣＰＩ在红区和蓝区的吸收峰分别位于６６７ｎｍ和４３８ｎｍ处。低温荧光发射光谱表明ＣＰＩ为含有少量光系统Ⅱ的光系统Ⅰ反应中心复合体。     

Effect of Na+ and K+ Ions on the Initial Crystallization Process of Lysozyme in the Presence of D2O and H2O

In the initial stage of the crystallization of egg-white lysozyme, monomeric lysozyme aggregated rapidly to form a nucleus in the presence of high salt concentrations. In the present studies, we examined the initial aggregation process of lysozyme (initial crystallization process of lysozyme) in D₂O/H₂O with sodium ions or potassium ions, and investigated the relationship between the surface hydrophobicity and the aggregation rate of lysozyme. The effect of sodium ions or potassium ions on the initial aggregation process of lysozyme in D₂O was clearly different from H₂O. The initial aggregation rate of lysozyme in H₂O was slower than in D₂O. In the case of H₂O, the initial aggregation rate was about the same in both ions. But in the case of D₂O, the initial aggregation rate was affected by the ion species and the value was lower in potassium ions than in sodium ions. These results suggest that the interaction between lysozyme molecules is stronger in D₂O than in H₂O. Furthermore, sodium ions have a stronger effect on the interaction than potassium ions in the case of D₂O. There was a good correlation among the initial aggregation rate, surface hydrophobicity, and -potential of lysozyme. The hydrophobic interaction may be an important active force in the initial aggregation process of lysozyme.     

Conformation, stability, and active-site cysteine titrations of Escherichia coli D26A thioredoxin probed by Raman spectroscopy.

The active-site cysteines (Cys 32 and Cys 35) of Escherichia coli thioredoxin are oxidized to a disulfide bridge when the protein mediates substrate reduction. In reduced thioredoxin, Cys 32 and Cys 35 are characterized by abnormally low pKa values. A conserved side chain, Asp 26, which is sterically accessible to the active site, is also essential to oxidoreductase activity. pKa values governing cysteine thiol-thiolate equilibria in the mutant thioredoxin, D26A, have been determined by direct Raman spectrophotometric measurement of sulfhydryl ionizations. The results indicate that, in D26A thioredoxin, both sulfhydryls titrate with apparent pKa values of 7.5+/-0.2, close to values measured previously for wild-type thioredoxin. Sulfhydryl Raman markers of D26A and wild-type thioredoxin also exhibit similar band shapes, consistent with minimal differences in respective cysteine side-chain conformations and sulfhydryl interactions. The results imply that neither the Cys 32 nor Cys 35 SH donor is hydrogen bonded directly to Asp 26 in the wild-type protein. Additionally, the thioredoxin main-chain conformation is largely conserved with D26A mutation. Conversely, the mutation perturbs Raman bands diagnostic of tryptophan (Trp 28 and Trp 31) orientations and leads to differences in their pH dependencies, implying local conformational differences near the active site. We conclude that, although the carboxyl side chain of Asp 26 neither interacts directly with active-site cysteines nor is responsible for their abnormally low pKa values, the aspartate side chain may play a role in determining the conformation of the enzyme active site.     

蓝藻叶绿素蛋白复合体的分离研究

蓝藻类囊体膜用声波超时处理,然后在4℃下用低浓度的LDS增溶,并经改进的SDS-聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳后被分离成15条绿色的带. 其中CPa1～CPa6有着相似的吸收光谱. 这6个组分的低温荧光光谱也很相似,其荧光发射光谱的发射峰都位于685 nm处,表明它们都属于光系统Ⅱ叶绿素a蛋白复合体. 该系统对光系统Ⅱ的分离能力是传统电泳的3倍.     

Chemotaxonomic significance of the xanthomonadins,novel brominated aryl-polyene pigments produced by bacteria of the genus Xanthomonas

The cell pigments produced by strains of Xanthomonas spp. (including representatives of all five presently recognized taxospecies of these phytopathogenic bacteria) have been isolated as isobutyl esters, purified, and characterized in terms of electronic absorption, chromatographic and co-chromatographic, and mass spectrometric properties. This comparative examination reveals that these bacteria produce brominated aryl-polyene pigments which are given the trivial name xanthomonadins. The several xanthomonadins usually occur as mixtures which have been resolved by chromatography and sorted into several Pigment Groups, thus enabling a more rational approach in our on-going systematic study of their exact chemical structures and biosynthesis. From what is presently known, some of the xanthomonadins might differ from xanthomonadin I, the exact structure of which has previously been determined in material from Xanthomonas juglandis ICPB XJ103, by their being monobrominated (rather than dibrominated, as is xanthomonadin I), by their having the equivalent of one methyl group less than does xanthomonadin I, and/or in other ways. The pigments of Xanthomonas ampelina (a little known and possibly questionable member of this genus) seem somewhat different from the pigments of the other Xanthomonas spp. The ability to form these distinctive xanthomonadin pigments is a useful chemotaxonomic marker for the genus Xanthomonas, since such pigments are not known to be formed by taxonomically or ecologically adjacent bacteria. Sufficient characterization of this assemblage of xanthomonadin pigments is presented so that they can be isolated and identified routinely on the basis of the aforementioned properties.     

Diosgenin saponins from Dioscorea floribunda

Five spirostanol glycosides and two furostanol glycosides were isolated from Dioscorea floribunda. In addition to the IR spectra of the free glycosides and the MS of the peracetates and permethyl ethers, the most effective method for structural determination proved to be the NMR spectra of the free saponins in pyridine-d₅.     

Mass spectrometry of trimethylsilyl derivatives of gibberellin glucosides and glucosyl esters

The mass spectra of trimethylsilyl ethers of six gibberellin-β-d-glucopyranosyl ethers and five gibberellin-β-d-glucopyranosyl esters are discussed. The fragmentation patterns are shown to be affected by the structural variations of the aglycones.