黄原胶降解菌的筛选及其降解酶性质的研究

从野外采集并筛选到一株能降解黄原胶的菌株,并对菌种进行了对照鉴定。此外,对菌株的发酵参数、黄原胶降解酶的性质(最适反应温度、pH值,金属离子的影响、底物专一性、动力学研究等)作了初步的研究。结果显示,该酶的最适催化反应温度和pH分别为30℃～40℃和5．0～7．0;能够专一性降解黄原胶;测试大多数金属离子对酶活力没有明显影响,但Ca^2 能很大程度地缓解EDTA对酶活的抑制作用。     

重组定点突变巴曲酶酶学性质研究

目的对重组定点突变巴曲酶的酶学性质进行研究,为开发成临床用药奠定基础。方法测定不同的温度、pH缓冲液和金属离子等条件对重组定点突变巴曲酶活性的影响。结果重组定点突变巴曲酶的最适pH值在6．5～7．5之间。该酶在50℃以下活力保持90％以上,但当温度超过60℃时,该酶已完全失活。Ca^2＋和Na^＋离子对酶的稳定性无明显影响,而Mg^2＋、K^＋、Mn^2＋离子则表现为激活作用,Zn^2、＋Cu^2＋、Fe^2＋、Co^＋离子则表现为明显的抑制作用。结论重组定点突变巴曲酶在中性条件下比较稳定,它不耐高温,金属离子对其活性有一定的影响。     

菜青虫不同虫态及虫龄的多酚氧化酶性质比较

初步比较了菜青虫Pieris rapae (L.)不同虫态及虫龄的多酚氧化酶(polyphenol oxidase)的性质。结果表明,不同虫态及虫龄的多酚氧化酶活力有很大的不同,其中以5龄幼虫酶活力最高,蛹酶活力最低。酶活力大小依次为： 5龄幼虫> 预蛹>4龄幼虫>3龄幼虫>蛹。以邻苯二酚为底物,研究了pH对多酚氧化酶活力的影响,结果表明酶催化底物氧化均有一个最适pH区域,不同虫态及虫龄的多酚氧化酶最适pH基本相同,其值为7.0±0.2 。不同虫态及虫龄的多酚氧化酶催化底物氧化的最适温度有很大的差异。3龄、4龄、5龄幼虫、预蛹和蛹的多酚氧化酶活力的最适温度分别为36.0±0.5℃、38.5±1.0℃、43.0±1.0℃、45.5±1.0℃和50.0±1.5℃,说明蛹期的多酚氧化酶活力的最适温度较高。进一步比较催化底物氧化反应的活化能,测得3龄、4龄、5龄幼虫、预蛹和蛹的多酚氧化酶活化能分别为：4 3.10±0.28、36.50±0.27、25.79±0.32、30.10±0.21和58.88±0.39 kJ/mol 。通过测定不同虫态及虫龄的多酚氧化酶催化邻苯二酚和L-多巴氧化反应的动力学特征参数,比较了不同虫期的酶对底物的亲和力。     

体外模拟猪胃条件下木聚糖酶活力稳定性研究

木聚糖酶是饲用复合酶制剂的主要酶系之一,本实验对某木聚糖酶在体外模拟猪胃条件下酶活力的稳定性进行了研究.结果表明:实验所用酶最适温度为50℃左右,最适pH为5.5左右;酶的耐热性能比较好,pH稳定性范围为5～8,体外模拟猪胃条件下木聚糖酶稳定性实验表明,酶活损失较大,经不同方法处理木聚糖酶,酶活损失百分率大小顺序为:胃蛋白酶<新鲜猪胃液<胃蛋白酶+金属离子.     

真空冷冻干燥后藻蓝蛋白提取工艺及稳定性的研究

为拓宽极大螺旋藻藻蓝蛋白的应用范围,研究了温度、时间、pH值、固液比对其提取工艺及金属离子、食品添加剂等因素对其稳定性的影响。结果表明：藻蓝蛋白的最佳提取工艺为温度30℃、反应时间15h、Na2HPO4-柠檬酸缓冲液pH值70,固液比1∶60,在此条件下藻蓝蛋白的提取率达最大值。藻蓝蛋白在pH值50~70,温度30℃,室内可见光或暗光条件下较稳定;淀粉、蔗糖、明胶、苯甲酸钠等食品添加剂与低浓度条件下的氧化剂和还原剂对其稳定性影响不显著;金属离子Na+、K+、Mg2+和低浓度的Ca2+、Zn2+、Al3+、Fe3+、Cu2+对其稳定性无影响。因此,藻蓝蛋白在弱酸性环境、低金属离子浓度及常用食品添加剂等条件下较稳定,可将其作为天然色素广泛应用于食品工业中。     

宇佐美曲霉L336酸性蛋白酶的动力学性质*

L336酸性蛋白酶的分子量为54000,等电点为3．8±0．2。在pH2．5,40℃条件下,酶对酪蛋白、牛血清白蛋白和牛血红蛋白的Km值分别为0．263g／L、0．278g／L和0．415g／L,Vmax分别为2075、1550和2793μgTyr／min、mL,酪蛋白为最适底物。在pH2．0～5．0、40℃以下时酶的稳定性最好。此外,还研究了金属离子对酶活性的影响。     

宇佐美曲霉L336酸性蛋白酶的动力学性质

L336酸性蛋白酶的分子量为54000,等电点为3．8±0．2。在pH2．5,40℃条件下,酶对酪蛋白、牛血清白蛋白和牛血红蛋白的Km值分别为0．263g／L、0．278g／L和0．415g／L,Vmax分别为2075、1550和2793μgTyr／min、mL,酪蛋白为最适底物。在pH2．0～5．0、40℃以下时酶的稳定性最好。此外,还研究了金属离子对酶活性的影响。     

枯草芽胞杆菌甲壳素脱乙酰酶的筛选及酶学性质*

从海洋泥土中分离出产甲壳素脱乙酰酶菌株,确定该菌株为产碱属芽孢杆菌,其产酶适宜培养条件为：pH4．0,添加金属离子Ca^2 ,培养时间为80h,温度为350℃。所得甲壳素脱乙酰酶作用的最适温度为40℃～50℃,最适pH为4．5-5．0之间。     

温度、相对湿度和pH对蜜蜂球囊菌孢子萌发的影响

研究了温度、相对湿度和pH对蜜蜂球囊菌(Ascosphaeraapis)孢子萌发3个阶段(活化、膨大、产生萌发管)的影响．结果表明,孢子活化和膨大在15～40和(25～40)±0．5℃范围内受温度的影响不明显(P＞0．05);萌发管仅发生在25～37±0．5℃,最适温度位于(31～35)±0．5℃．相对湿度越大,越有利于孢子萌发,而相对湿度低于80％对孢子萌发极为不利．孢子萌发的3个阶段在pH为5～7．8时几乎不受pH变化的影响,而在pH值较低影响很大．可见,A．apis是一种高度专一的蜜蜂幼虫病原体．     

新型α-半乳糖苷酶的稳定性研究

目的：观察脆弱类杆菌来源的α-半乳糖苷酶（GAL）在不同pH缓冲液、不同温度下的稳定性,以及不同离子及还原剂对酶活性的影响。方法：以GAL对单糖底物对硝基-苯基-α-D-吡喃半乳糖苷（PNPG）的活性为主要检测指标,观察不同离子及还原剂等对酶活性的影响;观察GAL在不同pH缓冲液中和不同温度下的稳定性。结果：钙离子、锌离子、钴离子和高浓度的锰离子增强酶的活性,DTT抑制酶的活性,螯合剂EDTA的加入提高了酶活性。GAL在pH4.6～7.5时保存1 h后稳定性很好,能保持最高活性的90％以上;在4℃～45℃下保存的稳定性最好,45℃开始活性下降。结论：GAL具有很好的温度稳定性和pH稳定性,使其适用于血型转变和异种移植。     

齿孔酸对高尿酸血症黄嘌呤氧化酶活性的影响

采用紫外分光光度法检测齿孔酸在体外对黄嘌呤氧化酶的作用,并进行动力学研究探讨其作用机制;采用酵母联合氧嗪酸钾诱导高尿酸血症小鼠模型,观察齿孔酸对高尿酸血症小鼠血清尿酸水平、血清黄嘌呤氧化酶活性、肝脏黄嘌呤氧化酶活性及血糖血脂的影响。研究发现,齿孔酸体在外能抑制黄嘌呤氧化酶活性,降低高尿酸血症小鼠血清尿酸水平、血清黄嘌呤氧化酶活性、肝脏黄嘌呤氧化酶活性,同时明显降低空腹血糖、总胆固醇、甘油三酯、低密度脂蛋白胆固醇水平,升高高密度脂蛋白胆固醇水平,提高口服糖耐受量。结果表明,齿孔酸是黄嘌呤氧化酶竞争性抑制剂,还能缓解高尿酸血症小鼠糖脂代谢紊乱,对高尿酸血症及痛风的防治具有潜在意义。     

Inhibition of mammalian xanthine oxidase by folate compounds and amethopterin

We have examined the effects of folate compounds and the folate analog amethopterin (methotrexate) as inhibitors of mammalian xanthine oxidase and have found that they offer potent inhibition of the enzyme. We have compared the inhibitory potency of folic acid and its coenzyme derivative tetrahydrofolic acid to that of allopurinol, a known inhibitor of xanthine oxidase, and have demonstrated that folic acid and tetrahydrofolic acid are severalfold more potent than allopurinol as inhibitors of xanthine oxidase. Comparative inhibition constants calculated were 5.0 X 10(-7) M for folic acid. 1.25 X 10(-6) M for tetrahydrofolic acid, and 4.88 X 10(-6) M for allopurinol. Incubation of xanthine oxidase with folic acid at a concentration of 10(-6) M abolished 94% of the enzymic activity within 1 min of incubation with the enzyme. At the same concentration, allopurinol was almost ineffective as an inhibitor of xanthine oxidase. The substrate xanthine protected the enzyme against total inhibition by folic acid. Reversibility of the enzymic inhibition by folic acid was demonstrated. Folic acid-inactivated enzyme was totally regenerated either by filtration through Sephadex G-200 or by precipitation with ammonium sulfate. 2-Amino-4-hydroxypteridine was a poor substrate for the enzyme but a potent inhibitor for the oxidation of xanthine by the enzyme. The inhibition constant calculated was 1.50 X 10(-6) M. In the presence of an excess of xanthine oxidase, neither folic acid nor tetrahydrofolic acid and allopurinol exhibited any change in intensity of their absorbance or in the wavelength of their maximal absorbance that might have been suggestive of substrate utility. The folate analog amethopterin was also determined a potent inhibitor of mammalian xanthine oxidase. The inhibition constant calculated was 3.0 X 10(-5) M.     

齿孔酸对高尿酸血症黄嘌呤氧化酶活性的影响

采用紫外分光光度法检测齿孔酸在体外对黄嘌呤氧化酶的作用,并进行动力学研究探讨其作用机制;采用酵母联合氧嗪酸钾诱导高尿酸血症小鼠模型,观察齿孔酸对高尿酸血症小鼠血清尿酸水平、血清黄嘌呤氧化酶活性、肝脏黄嘌呤氧化酶活性及血糖血脂的影响。研究发现,齿孔酸体在外能抑制黄嘌呤氧化酶活性,降低高尿酸血症小鼠血清尿酸水平、血清黄嘌呤氧化酶活性、肝脏黄嘌呤氧化酶活性,同时明显降低空腹血糖、总胆固醇、甘油三酯、低密度脂蛋白胆固醇水平,升高高密度脂蛋白胆固醇水平,提高口服糖耐受量。结果表明,齿孔酸是黄嘌呤氧化酶竞争性抑制剂,还能缓解高尿酸血症小鼠糖脂代谢紊乱,对高尿酸血症及痛风的防治具有潜在意义。     

Reactive oxygen species (ROS)-generating oxidases in the normal rabbit cornea and their involvement in the corneal damage evoked by UVB rays

The corneas of albino rabbits were irradiated (5 min exposure once a day) with UVB rays (312 nm) for 4 days (shorter procedure) or 8 days (longer procedure). The eyes were examined microbiologically and only the corneas of sterile eyes or eyes with non-pathogenic microbes were employed. Histochemically, the activities of reactive oxygen species (ROS)-generating oxidases (xanthine oxidase, D-amino acid oxidase and alpha-hydroxy acid oxidase) were examined in cryostat sections of the whole corneas. Biochemically, the activity of xanthine oxidoreductase/xanthine oxidase was investigated in the scraped corneal epithelium. UVB rays significantly changed enzyme activities in the corneas. In comparison to the normal cornea, where of ROS-generating oxidases only xanthine oxidase showed significant activity in the corneal epithelium and endothelium, D-amino acid oxidase was very low and alpha-hydroxy acid oxidase could not be detected at all, in the cornea repeatedly irradiated with UVB rays, increased activities of xanthine oxidase and D-amino acid oxidase were observed in all corneal layers. Only after the longer procedure the xanthine oxidase and D-amino acid oxidase activities were decreased in the thinned epithelium in parallel with its morphological disturbances. Further results show that the xanthine oxidase/xanthine oxidoreductase ratio increased in the epithelium together with the repeated irradiation with UVB rays. This might suggest that xanthine dehydrogenase is converted to xanthine oxidase. However, in comparison to the normal corneal epithelium, the total amount of xanthine oxidoredutase was decreased in the irradiated epithelium. It is presumed that xanthine oxidoreductase might be released extracellularly (into tears) or the enzyme molecules were denatured due to UVB rays (particulary after the longer procedure). Comparative histochemical and biochemical findings suggest that reactive oxygen species-generating oxidases (xanthine oxidase, D-amino acid oxidase) contribute to the corneal damage evoked by UVB rays.     

Xanthine Oxidase Catalyzes the Synthesis of Retinoic Acid

Milk xanthine oxidase (xanthine: oxygen oxidore-ductase; XO; EC 1.1.3.22) was found to catalyze the conversion of retinaldehyde to retinoic acid. The ability of XO to synthesize all trans-retinoic acid efficiently was assessed by its turnover number of 31.56 min^?1, determined at pH 7.0 with 1nM XO and all trans-retinaldehyde varying between 0.05 to 2μM. The determination of both retinoid and purine content in milk was also considered in order to correlate their concentrations with kinetic parameters of retinaldehyde oxidase activity. The velocity of the reaction was dependent on the isomeric form of the substrate, the all trans- and 9-cis-forms being the preferred substrates rather than 13-cis-retinaldehyde. The enzyme was able to oxidize retinaldehyde in the presence of oxygen with NAD or without NAD addition. In this latter condition the catalytic efficiency of the enzyme was higher. The synthesis of retinoic acid was inhibited 87% and 54% by 4μM and 2μM allopurinol respectively and inhibited 48% by 10 μM xanthine in enzyme assays performed at 2μM all trans-retinaldehyde. The K_i value determined for xanthine as an inhibitor of retinaldehyde oxidase activity was 4 μM.     

Immobilized xanthine oxidase: Kinetics, (in)stability,and stabilization by coimmobilization with superoxide dismutase and catalase

Milk xanthine oxidase was immobilized by covalent attachment to CNBr-activated Sepharose 4B and by adsorption to n-octylamine-substituted Sepharose 4B. The amounts of activity immobilized for the two preparations were 30 and 90%, respectively. The pH optima for free and adsorbed xanthine oxidase were at 8.6 and 8.2, respectively. Both free and immobilized xanthine oxidase show substrate inhibition. The apparent inhibition constant (K_i′) found for adsorbed xanthine oxidase with xanthine as substrate was higher than the K_i for the free enzyme, which was shown to be due to substrate diffusion limitation in the pores of the carrier beads (internal diffusion limitation). Higher substrate concentrations, as desirable for practical application in organic synthesis, can therefore be used with the immobilized enzyme without decreasing the rate. As a result of the internal diffusion limitation the apparent Michaelis constant (K_m′) for adsorbed xanthine oxidase was also higher than the K_m for the free enzyme. Immobilized xanthine oxidase was more stable than the free enzyme during storage at 4 and 30°C. Both forms rapidly lost activity during catalysis. The loss was proportional to the amount of substrate converted. Coimmobilization of xanthine oxidase with superoxide dismutase and catalase improved the operational stability, suggesting that O₂^? and H₂O₂ side-products of the enzymatic reaction were involved in the inactivation. Coimmobilization with albumin also had some stabilizing effect. Complete surrounding of xanthine oxidase by protein, however, by means of etrapment in a glutaraldehyde-crosslinked gelatin matrix, considerably enhanced the operational half-life. This system was less efficient than the Sepharose preparations either because much activity was lost during the immobilization procedure and/or because it had poor flow properties. Xanthine (15 mg)was converted by an adsorbed xanthine oxidase preparation and product (uric acid) was isolated in high yield (84%).     

Studies on the stability of immobilized xanthine oxidase and urate oxidase.

The stability of immobilized preparations of xanthine oxidase and urate oxidase was studied, and optimized, because of the potential joint use of both enzymes in clinical analysis. Xanthine oxidase was immobilized on cellulose, Sepharose, hornblende, Enzacryl-TIO, and porous glass. Thehalf-lives of these preparations at 30 degree C ranged from 40 min to 5.0 hr. In this respect immobilized enzyme resembled soluble enzyme in dilute solution (0.11 mg/ml), when the half-live was about 3.5 hr. More concentrated enzyme solution (1 mg/ml) had a half-life of 64 hr, and was, therefore, considerably more stable than the untreated immobilized xanthine oxidase preparations. Inclusion of albumen in storage and assay buffer increased the half-life of bound xanthine oxidase. So also did treatment with glutaraldehyde: in the case of xanthine oxidase bound to Enzarcyl-TIO such treatment increased the half-life at 30 degree C from 3 hr to about 100 hr. Immobilized xanthine dehydrogenase was more stable than immobilized xanthine oxidase: the dehydrogenase lost no activity during continuous assay for 5 hr at 30 degree C. The stability of immobilized urate oxidase depended on the quantity of enzyme used and on the time of stirring during immobilization: thus a preparation was made (by stirring urate oxidase (48 mg/g support) with Enzacryl-TIO for 24 hr) which lost no activity during 350 hr at 30 degree C.     

3,5,2',4'-Tetrahydroxychalcone, a new non-purine xanthine oxidase inhibitor

Xanthine oxidase is a key enzyme that catalyses hypoxanthine and xanthine to uric acid and the overproduction of uric acid will lead to hyperuricemia which is an important cause of gout. In the present study, three chalcone derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for inhibitory activity against xanthine oxidase in vitro. Of the compounds, only Compound 1, 3,5,2′,4′-tetrahydroxychalcone, exhibited a significant inhibitory activity on xanthine oxidase with an IC₅₀ value of 22.5 μM. Lineweaver–Burk transformation of the inhibition kinetics data demonstrated that it was a competitive inhibitor of xanthine oxidase and Ki value was 17.4 μM. In vivo, intragastric administration of Compound 1 was able to significantly reduce serum uric acid levels and inhibited hepatic xanthine oxidase activities of hyperuricemic mice in a dose-dependent manner. Acute toxicity study in mice showed that Compound 1 was very safe at a dose of up to 5 g/kg. These results suggest that Compound 1 is a novel competitive xanthine oxidase inhibitor and is worthy of further development.     

Kinetics and stability of immobilized chicken liver xanthine dehydrogenase.

Xanthine dehydrogenase (EC 1.2.1.37) was isolated from chicken livers and immobilized by adsorption to a Sepharose derivative, prepared by reaction of n-octylamine with CNBr-activated Sepharose 4B. Using a crude preparation of enzyme for immobilization it was observed that relatively more activity was adsorbed than protein, but the yield of immobilized activity increased as a purer enzyme preparation was used. As more activity and protein were bound, relatively less immobilized activity was recovered. This effect was probably due to blocking of active xanthine dehydrogenase by protein impurities. The kinetics of free and immobilized xanthine dehydrogenase were studied in the pH range 7.5-9.1. The Km and V values estimated for free xanthine dehydrogenase increase as the pH increase; the K'm and V values for the immobilized enzyme go through a minimum at pH 8.1. By varying the amount of enzyme activity bound per unit volume of gel, it was shown that K'm is larger than Km are result of substrate diffusion limitation in the pores of the support material. Both free and immobilized xanthine dehydrogenase showed substrate activation at low concentrations (up to 2 microM xanthine). Immobilized xanthine dehydrogenase was more stable than the free enzyme during storage in the temperature range of 4-50 degrees C. The operational stability of immobilized xanthine dehydrogenase at 30 degrees C was two orders of magnitude smaller than the storage stability, t 1/2 was 9 and 800 hr, respectively. The operational stability was, however, better than than of immobilized milk xanthine oxidase (t 1/2 = 1 hr). In addition, the amount of product formed per unit initial activity in one half-life, was higher for immobilized xanthine dehydrogenase than for immobilized xanthine oxidase. Unless immobilized milk xanthine oxidase can be considerable stabilized, immobilized chicken liver xanthine dehydrogenase is more promising for application in organic synthesis.     

Xanthine oxidase activity of arthrobacter x-4 cells immobilized in glutaraldehyde-crosslinked gelatin

Summary Cells of Arthrobacter X-4 were immobilized by entrapment in gelatin crosslinked with glutaraldehyde. The xanthine oxidase activity and stability were determined at various temperatures. In comparison with bovine milk xanthine oxidase the bacterial enzyme is more stable and has a different substrate specificity. 1-Methylxanthine was oxidized on a preparative scale.