构象电子系统的集体激发,跃迁过程和合作现象

本文给出了一套对分子生物学问题进行理论分析的方法并列举简单应用的实例.以分子构象和前沿电子为变数,引入了构家电子场,给出了研究其集体激发的Green函数途径,指出生物凝聚态中存在新型局域激发.导出了构象电子跃迁哈密顿量,特别研究了光致构家电子跃迁,指出低阶跃迁为非Franck—Condon型的.研究了链式分子的合作现象,阐明了振动激发对于实现合作转变的重要性及转变中可能存在反常温度依赖.     

去镁叶绿素置换细菌去镁叶绿素对紫细菌反应中心皮秒荧光的影响

选择597 nm作为激发波长,探测范围为600～900 nm的荧光特性,分析了天然反应中心和两种去镁叶绿素置换的紫细菌反应中心的荧光发射光谱.借助细菌叶绿素、细菌去镁叶绿素和植物去镁叶绿素的荧光光谱,对相关组分进行了归类.实验结果表明选择性地置换细菌去镁叶绿素影响了荧光光谱的组成.在天然反应中心、BpheB置换的反应中心和BpheA,B置换的反应中心中可分别解析到4、3和2个荧光发射组分.研究肯定荧光发射组分与去镁叶绿素的结合存在对应关系.实验还分别在686.4、674.1和681.1 nm处测定了不同反应中心内的原初电子供体P的激发态通过荧光衰减的过程,观测到衰减动力学上的差异.说明去镁叶绿素置换影响了细菌反应中心内激发光能传递和原初光化学反应过程.     

关于激光育种的物理机理探讨

以无限深势阱为模型,采用电子-构像相互作用理论研究激光育种的物理机制。并与实验结果相吻合。结果表明激光场有利于激发酶活性,促进大豆的酶促反应过程,显著提高大豆产量,取得了良好的经济效益。     

在供给氮源和光暗条件下满江红鱼腥藻(Anabaena azollae)的荧光光谱特性

生长在氮培养介质的满江红鱼腥藻藻丝表现藻蓝素638nm荧光发射峰;而生长在无氮培养介质的藻丝主要表现藻蓝素642nm荧光发射峰。生长在无氮培养介质的藻丝藻胆色素所吸收的光激发荧光强度对叶绿素a 678nm所吸收的光激发荧光强度的比值较生长在有氮培养介质的藻丝为高,表明生长在无氮培养介质的藻丝有更高的激发能传递效率。生长在有氮和无氮培养介质的藻丝移置暗处40小时,藻胆色素所吸收的光激发荧光强度对678nm叶绿素a所吸收的光激发荧光强度的比值增大;随着暗处理时间增长,比值逐趋增大,表明暗处理降低叶绿素a的激发能传递。暗处理的藻丝再移置光下,藻丝的光系统Ⅰ和光系统Ⅱ叶绿素a的荧光发射强度增强;藻胆色素所吸收的光激发荧光强度对678nm叶绿素a所吸收的光激发荧光强度的比值显著地下降,表明暗处理后的藻丝在光下迅速恢复叶绿素a激发能传递的活跃状态。可能表明蓝绿藻色素间激发能传递的调节是适应变化着环境的一种有效方式。     

假根羽藻外周天线色素分子间能量传递

假根羽藻外周天线捕光色素蛋白复合物(L ight-harvesting Comp lex II,LHC II)在不同聚集态的情况下,它所包含色素分子间的能量传递是不同的。采用荧光发射光谱和激发光谱技术对不同聚集态(单体、三聚体和寡聚体)的LHC II进行研究,发现三聚体中色素分子间的能量传递效率比较高,单体要小一些。520 nm激发下,类胡萝卜素分子向叶绿素a分子的能量传递效率:三聚体约为64%、单体约为56%;650 nm激发下,叶绿素b分子向叶绿素a分子的能量传递效率:三聚体约为89%、单体约为78%。寡聚体的能量传递要复杂些,从光谱分析出它包含两种不同吸收光谱特性的叶绿素b分子,吸收峰分别为480 nm和468 nm,其中蓝区吸收峰为480 nm的叶绿素b分子向发射685 nm荧光的叶绿素a分子的能量传递效率要小于75%。     

不同波长光下生长的柱孢鱼腥藻和满江红鱼腥藻的荧光光谱特性

在日光灯下生长的满江红鱼腥藻(Anabaena azollae),其叶绿素a所吸收光的激发能在两个系统间的分配相近于柱孢鱼腥藻(A.cylindrica)。两个光系统发射荧光强度与藻蓝素发射荧光强度的比值分别较柱孢鱼腥藻高,但两个光系统荧光发射强度的比值较低。满江红鱼腥藻藻蓝素吸收光的激发能有效地传递给两个光系统,并以较大的比例分配至光系统Ⅰ。在520 nm光下的满江红鱼腥藻,其叶绿素a所吸收光的激发能,与柱孢鱼腥藻相比,以较大的比例分配给光系统Ⅱ;而在600 nm光下的藻丝,其叶绿素a所吸收光的激发能在两个光系统间的分配与柱孢鱼腥藻相近似。600 nm光提高了满江红鱼腥藻别藻蓝素所吸收光的激发能对光系统Ⅱ荧光发射的贡献。生长在600 nm光下的藻丝较生长在520 nm光下的藻丝有更高的叶绿素a所吸收光的激发能传递效率。藻丝生长在不同波长光下有着不同的叶绿素a和藻蓝素所吸收光的激发能传递和激发能在两个光系统间的分配。     

镁离子对柱孢鱼腥藻(Anabaena cylindrica)类囊体膜吸收光谱和荧光光谱的影响

研究了不同浓度(5和10mM)的镁离子对柱孢鱼腥藻类囊体膜吸收光谱和荧光光谱的影响。5mM镁离子浓度降低柱孢鱼腥藻类囊体膜的叶绿素α在红区和蓝区的吸收峰,表现相似于镁离子对叶绿体的叶绿素α吸收峰的变平效应。在室温下,加入5mM镁离子浓度使膜的光系统Ⅱ684nm发射荧光强度降低。在液氮低温下,镁离子降低膜的光系统Ⅱ684nm和光系统Ⅰ728nm发射荧光强度的比值。可能表明镁离子促进光系统问激发能的传递。同时,镁离子增大叶绿素α所吸收光的激发能对光系统Ⅰ发射荧光的贡献,促进叶绿素α至光系统Ⅰ的激发能传递。     

假根羽藻主要捕光叶绿素a/b-蛋白复合体的特性(英文)

应用阴离子交换和凝胶过滤层析技术,从假根羽藻(Bryopsis corticulans Setch. )类囊体膜中直接分离、纯化获得了主要叶绿素a/b-蛋白复合体(LHCⅡ)。经蔗糖密度梯度超速离心获得了该色素蛋白复合体的单体和三聚体。反相液相色谱的色素分析结果显示,假根羽藻LHCⅡ的色素组成含有叶绿素a、叶绿素b、新黄质、紫黄质和管藻素等。其单体的电子跃迁能谱与三聚体的相似。园二色光谱分析显示,在LHCⅡ脱辅基蛋白质上分别存在着很强的叶绿素a偶极子之间和叶绿素b偶极子之间的分子内相互作用,然而这些偶极子之间的分子间的相互作用在三聚体中得到明显增强。在能量传递方面,LHCⅡ单体有着与三聚体相似的从叶绿素b到叶绿素a以及从管藻素到叶绿素a的高效传能能力。实验结果表明,假根羽藻中LHCⅡ单体具有像三聚体那样可以高效发挥吸能和传能生理功能的色素组成形式。因此,这些单体可能是假根羽藻类囊体膜上具有功能作用的LHCⅡ的结构形式。     

PSⅡ核心复合物能量传递的飞秒时间分辨荧光光谱学研究

运用稳态、瞬态荧光光谱技术对光系统Ⅱ核心复合物的能量传递动力学进行研究.分别用436 nm光脉冲激发叶绿素a分子、45l nm光激发叶绿素a和β-胡萝卜素分子、473和481 nm光激发β-胡萝卜素分子,得到5组反应能量传递、电荷重组等过程的寿命组分:8～40 ps为核心天线中β-胡萝卜素分子通过相邻β-胡萝卜素分子或中间叶绿素a向叶绿素a分子传递能量的时间;85～152 ps为核心天线色素分子激发能传递时间;201～925 ps反映部分电荷重组过程;1.03l～1.2l ns为参与能量传递的色素分子从激发态衰退回到基态的时间;6.17～18.13 ns的长寿命时间组分归因于P680+Pheo-的重组过程.将荧光发射谱进行高斯解析,发现在核心复合物中还至少存在Chla 685 683、Chla 682 680、Chla679 673,677三种特征叶绿素a分子.     

多变鱼腥藻(Anabaena variabilis)藻胆体——类囊体膜光能传递的研究

多变鱼腥藻(Anabaena variabilis)藻胆体一类囊体膜的吸收峰位于678,624,490,438和418nm.当用580nm波长光激发藻胆体一类囊体膜中藻胆蛋白时,室温荧光峰位于662nm,在680nm附近有一肩;液氮温度荧光峰位于655,666,695和730nm.这说明藻胆蛋白捕获的光能能有效地传给叶绿素a.当用436nm波长光激发藻胆体一类囊性膜中叶绿素a时,室温荧光峰(?)于683nm;液氮温室荧光峰在730nm,另一小峰在695nm.表明叶绿素a捕获的光能不能传递给藻胆蛋白.藻胆体一类囊体膜放氧速率为245μmoleO_2/小时,毫克叶绿素,电境照片显示在类囊体膜上有大量藻胆体.用0.3M蔗糖,O.05M磷酸缓冲溶液洗藻胆体一类囊体膜,能使藻胆体与类囊体膜分开.对藻胆体与类囊体之间的光能传递进行了讨论.     

Macromolecular complexes of BSA with gelatin

This work studies the effect of the helix-coil transition in gelatin on the structure development in the complex forming water-gelatin-BSA system using dynamic light scattering, environment scanning electron microscopy, rheometry, differential scanning microcalorimetry, circular dichroism, fluorescence, and absorption measurements. It was established that the structure of the complexes formed and the mechanism of intermacromolecular interaction are different in the case of two conformation states of gelatin. Above the temperature of the conformational transition (40 °C) intermacromolecular interaction leads to collapse gelatin macromolecules and formation compact (30 nm in radius) BSA-gelatin complexes (～6:1, mole/mole), partial stabilization of the secondary structure (increase the mean helix content), and stabilization of BSA molecules against thermo aggregation. At the same time it does not leads to an appreciable change in the thermodynamic parameters of the thermal transitions for BSA and gelatin. Below the temperature of the conformation transition (at 18 °C) the interaction results in formation of the large (600-1000 nm in radius) complex particles due to trapping BSA molecules into the meshes of the gelatin network and, as consequence, a substantial increase in the storage and loss moduli of the system.     

The variable T model for gram-negative morphology

Gram-negative micro-organisms possess only a very thin murein sacculus to resist the stress caused by the internal hydrostatic pressure. The sacculus consists of at most one molecular layer of peptidoglycan in an extended conformation. It must grow by the insertion and cross-linking of new murein to the old before the selective cleavages of the stress-bearing murein are made which allow wall enlargement. Since insertion of new murein occurs all over the surface of Escherichia coli (even in completed poles), the internal pressure would tend to force the cells into a spherical shape and prevent both cylindrical elongation and cell division. Of course, Gram-negative bacteria do achieve a variety of shapes and do divide. Because prokaryote cells, unlike eukaryotic cells, do not have cytoskeletons and contractile proteins to transduce biochemical free energy into the mechanical work needed to achieve aspherical shapes and to divide, this paradox seems to be resolvable only by postulating that the details of the biochemical mechanism for wall growth vary in different regions of the surface, affecting the work required to enlarge the wall locally. Depending on the degree and rate of change in the biochemical energetics, it is possible to account for rod and the other more complex shapes of Gram-negative bacteria. Division occurs in Gram-negative organisms by the development of constrictions that progressively invade the cytoplasm. The work to cause these morphological processes must ultimately derive from the biochemical process of the stress-bearing wall formation. A biophysical basis for cell division in these prokaryotic organisms is proposed.     

High-pressure near-infrared Raman spectroscopy of bacteriorhodopsin light to dark adaptation.

Near-infrared (NIR) Raman spectroscopy is employed as an in situ probe of the chromophore conformation to study the light to dark-adaptation process in bacteriorhodopsin (bR) at variable pressure and temperature in the absence of undesired photoreactions. In dark-adapted bR deconvolution of the ethylenic mode into bands assigned to the all-trans (1526 cm-1) and 13-cis (1534 cm-1) isomers yields a 13-cis to all-trans ratio equal to 1 at ambient pressure (Schulte et al., 1995, Appl. Spectrosc. 49:80-83). Detailed spectroscopic evidence is presented that at high pressure the equilibrium is shifted toward the 13-cis isomers and that the light to dark adaptation kinetics is accelerated. The change in isomeric composition with temperature and pressure as well as the kinetics support a two-state model activation volumes of -16 ml/mol for the transition of 13-cis to all-trans and -22 ml/mol for the reverse process. These compare with a conformational volume difference of 6.6 ml/mol, which may be attributed to the ionization of one or two residues or the formation of three hydrogen bonds.     

Insights into the Structure of Invisible Conformations of Large Methyl Group Labeled Molecular Machines from High Pressure NMR

Most proteins are highly flexible and can adopt conformations that deviate from the energetically most favorable ground state. Structural information on these lowly populated, alternative conformations is often lacking, despite the functional importance of these states. Here, we study the pathway by which the Dcp1:Dcp2 mRNA decapping complex exchanges between an autoinhibited closed and an open conformation. We make use of methyl Carr–Purcell–Meiboom–Gill (CPMG) NMR relaxation dispersion (RD) experiments that report on the population of the sparsely populated open conformation as well as on the exchange rate between the two conformations. To obtain volumetric information on the open conformation as well as on the transition state structure we made use of RD measurements at elevated pressures. We found that the open Dcp1:Dcp2 conformation has a lower molecular volume than the closed conformation and that the transition state is close in volume to the closed state. In the presence of ATP the volume change upon opening of the complex increases and the volume of the transition state lies in-between the volumes of the closed and open state. These findings show that ATP has an effect on the volume changes that are associated with the opening-closing pathway of the complex. Our results highlight the strength of pressure dependent NMR methods to obtain insights into structural features of protein conformations that are not directly observable. As our work makes use of methyl groups as NMR probes we conclude that the applied methodology is also applicable to high molecular weight complexes.     

Do electromagnetic fields interact with electrons in the Na,K‐ATPase?

The effects of low frequency electric and magnetic fields on several biochemical systems, including the Na,K-ATPase, indicate that electromagnetic (EM) fields interact with electrons. The frequency optima for two enzymes in response to EM fields are very close to their turnover numbers, suggesting that these interactions directly affect reaction rates. Nevertheless, generally accepted ideas about Na,K-ATPase function and ion transport mechanisms do not consider interactions with electrons. To resolve the clash of paradigms, we hypothesize interaction with transient electrons and protons that arise from flickering of H-bonds in the hydrated protein. These transient charges in the enzyme could provide a trigger for the sequence of conformation changes that are part of the ion transport mechanism. If the distributions of transient electrons and protons in the membrane are affected by their concentration and the membrane potential, as expected from electric double layer theory, this can account for the different effects of low frequency electric and magnetic fields, as well as for the observation that membrane hyperpolarization reverses the ATPase reaction to generate ATP.     

Intramural multisite recording of transmembrane potential in the heart

Heart surface optical mapping of transmembrane potentials has been widely used in studies of normal and pathological heart rhythms and defibrillation. In these studies, three-dimensional spatio-temporal events can only be inferred from two-dimensional surface potential maps. We present a novel optical system that enables high fidelity transmural recording of transmembrane potentials. A probe constructed from optical fibers is used to deliver excitation light and collect fluorescence from seven positions, each 1 mm apart, through the left ventricle wall of the rabbit heart. Excitation is provided by the 488-nm line of a water-cooled argon-ion laser. The fluorescence of the voltage-sensitive dye di-4-ANEPPS from each tissue site is split at 600 nm and imaged onto separate photodiodes for later signal ratioing. The optics and electronics are easily expandable to accommodate multiple optical probes. The system is used to record the first simultaneous measurements of transmembrane potential at a number of sites through the intact heart wall.     

Conformational changes of nucleic acids and poly (d(A-T)-d(A-T)) caused by photoaddition of furocoumarins.

DNA's of various AT content, poly[d(A-T)-d(A-T)], and double-stranded RNA were irradiated with UV light at 365 nm in the presence of linear (xanthotoxin) or angular (angelicin) furocoumarins. The covalent photobinding is strongly dependent on the spatial arrangement of furocoumarin molecules at the polymer conformation. CD measurements demonstrate that the bifunctional photochemical binding of xanthotoxin with double-stranded DNA's and poly[d(A-T)-d(A-T)] is accompanied by conformational changes which involve probably decreasing helical twisting of the double helix. This effect is greatly enhanced with increasing AT content. The formation of A-like structures is very unlikely since the B leads to A transition induced by ethanol addition was found to be strongly suppressed in xanthotoxin photoreacted DNA. The B-type helix appears to be the most sensitive conformation with minor restriction to produce photochemically induced cross-links.     

交变应力作用下烟草细胞热力学相行为的研究

研究了交变应力对烟草愈伤组织细胞的影响, 采用本实验室研制的强声波发生装置来产生交变应力场, 并利用差式扫描量热仪（ＤＳＣ） 研究了不同强度和频率的交变应力作用后烟草细胞热力学相行为的变化。研究结果表明：交变应力的影响与应力的频率和强度密切相关,一定频率和强度范围内的交变应力能使得植物细胞的相变温度有明显的降低, 而过高频率的应力刺激则会使细胞相变温度升高。细胞热力学相变反映了细胞壁膜的流动性,相变温度变低表明细胞壁膜的流动性增强, 这必然为细胞的生长和分裂提供了便利的条件。 因此, 对于从细胞和分子水平研究交变应力对植物生长、发育的影响及其作用机理是一个很有意义的尝试     

Morphologies and conformation transition of lentinan in aqueous NaOH solution

Molecular morphologies and conformation transition of lentinan, a beta-(1-->3)-D-glucan from Lentinus edodes, were studied in aqueous NaOH solution by atomic force microscopy (AFM), viscometry, multiangle laser light scattering, and optical rotation measurements. The results revealed that lentinan exists as triple-helical chains and as single random-coil chains at NaOH concentration lower than 0.05M and higher than 0.08M, respectively. Moreover, the dramatic changes in weight-average molecular weight Mw, radius of gyration [s2](1/2), intrinsic viscosity [eta], as well as specific optical rotation at 589 nm [alpha]589 occurred in a narrow range of NaOH concentration between 0.05 and 0.08M NaOH, indicating that the helix-coil conformation transition of lentinan was carried out more easily than that of native schizophyllan and scleroglucan, and was irreversible. For the first time, we confirmed that the denatured lentinan molecule, which was dissolved in 0.15M NaOH to be disrupted into single coil chains, could be renatured as triple helical chain by dialyzing against abundant water in the regenerated cellulose tube at ambient temperature (15 degrees C). In view of the AFM image, lentinan in aqueous solution exhibited the linear, circular, and branched species of triple helix compared with native linear schizophyllan or scleroglucan.     

Next generation non-vacuum, maskless, low temperature nanoparticle ink laser digital direct metal patterning for a large area flexible electronics

Flexible electronics opened a new class of future electronics. The foldable, light and durable nature of flexible electronics allows vast flexibility in applications such as display, energy devices and mobile electronics. Even though conventional electronics fabrication methods are well developed for rigid substrates, direct application or slight modification of conventional processes for flexible electronics fabrication cannot work. The future flexible electronics fabrication requires totally new low-temperature process development optimized for flexible substrate and it should be based on new material too. Here we present a simple approach to developing a flexible electronics fabrication without using conventional vacuum deposition and photolithography. We found that direct metal patterning based on laser-induced local melting of metal nanoparticle ink is a promising low-temperature alternative to vacuum deposition- and photolithography-based conventional metal patterning processes. The "digital" nature of the proposed direct metal patterning process removes the need for expensive photomask and allows easy design modification and short turnaround time. This new process can be extremely useful for current small-volume, large-variety manufacturing paradigms. Besides, simple, scalable, fast and low-temperature processes can lead to cost-effective fabrication methods on a large-area polymer substrate. The developed process was successfully applied to demonstrate high-quality Ag patterning (2.1 μΩ·cm) and high-performance flexible organic field effect transistor arrays.