N2和NH4^＋培养下粪产碱菌固氮酶钼铁蛋白的合成及其特性

应用柱层析和制备电泳分别将N_2和 NH_4~ 培养的粪产碱菌固氮酶钼铁蛋白(Af 1和Af 1)分离并纯化,两者理化性质十分相似。分子量分别为226 kD和 222 kD;α亚基和β亚基分子量分别为57 kD和60 kD;氨基酸种类相同,总残基数分别为1790和1750;每分子Af 1和Af 1均含有2个原子Mo和32个原子 Fe;金属原子簇的氧化还原当量数为6。Af 1的比活性为 1477 nmolC_2H_4 mg~(-1)protein min~(-1),Af 1无活性;分子结构两者有差异。     

番茄果实中焦磷酸:D-果糖-6-磷酸 1-磷酸转移酶的两种酶型的分离纯化及其特性

用快速蛋白液相层析仪(FPLC)Mono Q柱(HR5/5)分离纯化成熟绿番茄果实中PFP的两种分子酶型及其特性。一种酶型为Q_1,是含两个β-亚基(60kD)的二聚体,比活为5μmol min~(-1) mg~(-1);另一种为Q_2,由四个α-亚基(66kD)和四个β-亚基(60kD)组成八聚体,比活为70.5μmol/min~(-1)·mg~(-1)。Q_1的分子量是120kD,Q_2的分子量介于500kD和530kD之间。用纯化的Q_2制备的抗血清专一地与Q_2起沉淀反应。PFP酶液贮存后,其Q_1/Q_2蛋白量比值增加明显,表明部分Q_2转化为Q_1。Q_1具有催化活力表明PFP的活性中心位于β-亚基。α-亚基可能借增强PFP酶对F2,6P_2的亲和力以提高酶的比活而起调节功能,但是Q_1的活力依赖于F2,6P_2的激活,表明β-亚基处也可能存在F_2,_6P_2的调节位点。Q_2含紧密结合的F2,6P_2分子,并表现出对F2,6P2_的不敏感性,基于此种现象,有必要重新认识PFP对F2,6P_2敏感性的内在实质。     

狗肝铜锌超氧化物歧化酶的纯化

本文采用加热、硫酸铵分级沉淀和柱层析的方法,从狗肝中提纯了铜锌超氧化物歧化酶(Cu·Zn-SOD),并对其理化性质进行了鉴定。结果表明酶的纯度均一。与文献报道的不同来源的同类酶相同,狗肝Cu·Zn-SOD系由两个相同亚基组成的二聚体,每分子晦蛋白合有两个铜和两个锌原子。分子量33.6kD,N-末端氨基酸为丙氨酸。     

白地霉甘油脱氢酶的分离纯化及特性

从15株白地霉菌株中筛选出一株甘油脱氢酶活性和产量最高的菌株.利用Blue-Sepharose CL-4B和DEAE-Sepharose CL-6B两个柱子纯化后甘油脱氢酶达到电泳纯.该酶分子量约为94kD,亚基分子量约为31kD.纯化倍数和回收率分别为14倍和29%.该酶对2位羟基的直链低分子一元醇,二元醇或三元醇都表现出高的氧化活性,对"R型"的2-丁醇、2-戊醇和"S型"的二元醇、β-羟基酯类表现出显著的立体选择性;对2位羰基的直链低分子物质表现出明显的还原活性.     

小麦低分子量麦谷蛋白亚基与面团流变学特性关系的研究

采用十二烷基硫酸钠-聚丙稀酰胺凝胶电泳(SDS-PAGE)分离方法,以牛血清蛋白(67kD)和卵清蛋白(43kD)为分子量标记,对甘肃河西灌区近几年选育的17个小麦品系以及大面积栽培的2个春小麦品种的低分子量麦谷蛋白亚基组成以及不同亚基对面团流变学特性(面团韧性P、延伸性L、面团筋力W)的影响进行分析。19个试验材料中共标记出从35．2～60．5kD的LMW-GS共32条谱带;通过单因素方差分析(ANOVA)和逐步回归分析确定出对面团流变学特性P、L、W值影响显著的7个LMW-GS,分子量由高到低为：52．7kD、52kD、49．3kD、46．7kD、44．8kD、44．2kD、35．2kD。其中35．2kD和46．7kD亚基能显著地增加面团P值,44．8kD亚基能显著地降低面团P值;44．2kD和49．3kD亚基显著增加面团L值,52．7kD亚基降低面团L值;44．8kD、52．7kD亚基能显著降低面团的W值,52．0kD和46．7kD亚基能显著提高面团W值。     

鲢鱼骨骼肌肌球蛋白重链基因的cDNA克隆与表达

肌球蛋白分子含有2个约200kD的重链亚基和4个约20kD的轻链亚基,重链亚基由球状的头部(S1)和α-双螺旋的杆部(Rod)组成1。在鱼类肌肉蛋白质的组成中,肌球蛋白约占肌原纤维蛋白的50%以上,并且其基因在生物进化过程中的变异性很大,以致肌原纤维蛋白性质的变化主要是由肌球蛋白的变化引起的2。       

施氏鲟卵黄蛋白原及其相关蛋白的研究

采用凝胶柱层析、聚丙烯凝胶电泳、免疫印迹（Western blotting）和免疫扩散等方法对施氏鲟卵黄蛋白原（Vi-tellogenin,Vg）及其相关蛋白（Yolk protein,YP）进行了研究。结果表明,施氏鲟血清Vg是一种糖脂磷蛋白,其相对分子量为410kD,由分子量为205kD的两个同源亚基组成。Vg的3种相关蛋白YP1、YP2和YP3。其中YP1相对分子量为370kD,是一种糖脂磷蛋白,由相对分子量为97kD和33kD的两个亚基构成。YP2是一种相对分子量为144kD的磷脂蛋白,由相对分子量为94kD和45kD的2个亚基构成。YP3为相对分子量为66kD的磷蛋白,由相对分子量为30kD的同源亚基构成。     

牛脑Ca~(2+)/CaM依赖性蛋白激酶Ⅱ的纯化和鉴定

通过一系列层析法,首次从牛脑纯化得到胶凝电泳匀一的Ca~(2+)/CaM PKⅡ。凝胶过滤法测定全酶分子量为550kD,SDS-PAGE法测定亚基分子量为55kD,推测牛脑Ca~(2+)/CaM PK Ⅱ由十个相同的亚基组成。该酶活性绝对依赖于Ca~(2+)和CaM,以63kD PDE同工酶为底物,其AC_(50)分别为0.85μmol/L和0.18μmol/L;以酪蛋白为底物,其AC_(50)分别为0.22μmol/L和0.06μmol/L。牛脑Ca~(2+)/CaM PK Ⅱ旣能催化63kD PDE同工酶等多种蛋白或酶磷酸化,又能进行自身磷酸化。该酶催化63kD PDE同工酶最大磷酸参入量为1mol/mol亚基。磷酸化型63kD PDE同工酶的Ca~(2+)的AC_(50)高于非磷酸化型。     

β-甘露聚糖酶AuMan5A/Af酶学性质的改善与其Asp320的相关性分析

【目的】为改善宇佐美曲霉5家族β-甘露聚糖酶(AuMan5A)的酶学性质,本实验室前期将AuMan5A底物结合凹槽内一个7肽(~(316)KSPDGGN~(322))组成的loop替换为烟曲霉5家族β-甘露聚糖酶对应的氨基酸片段(PSPNDHF),得到loop替换突变酶AuMan5A/Af。为揭示AuMan5A/Af酶学性质显著改善与其Asp~(320)的相关性,定点突变构建突变体AuMan5A/Af~(D320G)。【方法】采用大引物PCR技术将AuMan5A/Af基因(Auman5A/Af)中编码Asp~(320)的密码子GAC突变为Gly~(320)的GGT,构建出突变体基因Auman5A/Af~(D320G),并在毕赤酵母GS115中进行表达,分析表达产物AuMan5A/Af~(D320G)的酶学性质。【结果】AuMan5A/Af~(D320G)的最适温度T_(opt)为70.0℃,变性温度T_m为71.5℃,介于AuMan5A(T_(opt)=65.0℃,T_m=64.5℃)和AuMan5A/Af(T_(opt)=75.0℃,T_m=76.6℃)之间;在70.0℃的半衰期为40 min,高于AuMan5A的10 min,但较AuMan5A/Af的480 min显著缩短;比活性分别是AuMan5A和AuMan5A/Af的2.7和0.3倍;催化效率(k_(cat)/K_m)分别是AuMan5A和AuMan5A/Af的3.9和0.3倍。【结论】将Asp~(320)突变为Gly~(320)显著影响了AuMan5A/Af的酶学性质,证明了Asp~(320)对AuMan5A/Af温度特性改善、比活性和催化效率显著提高的重要作用。     

人肝二氢蝶啶还原酶的三个活性组分

本文测定了人肝二氢蝶啶还原酶三个活性组分(Ⅰ,Ⅱ和Ⅲ)的动力学常数。对NADH来说,这三个组分几乎具有相同的Km值,对组分Ⅱ来说,二氢蝶啶还原酶对蝶啶的Km值顺序如下:醌型6,7一二甲基二氢蝶啶(qDMPH_2)>醌型6-甲基二氢蝶啶(q6MPH_2)>醌型生物喋呤(qBH_2)。以qDMPH_2为底物,组分Ⅰ和Ⅱ的Km值大约比组分Ⅲ的Km值高2.5倍。所有三个组分具有不同的Vmax值,因而催化效应也不相同。每一个组分的SDS凝胶电泳均为单一谱带,相当于分子量26kD亚基。这些结果告诉我们,不同组分的DHPR在结构上有某种联系但催化效应却有差别。     

Photorespiration in Air and High CO(2)-Grown Chlorella pyrenoidosa

Oxygen inhibition of photosynthesis and CO₂ evolution during photorespiration were compared in high CO₂-grown and air-grown Chlorella pyrenoidosa, using the artificial leaf technique at pH 5.0. High CO₂ cells, in contrast to air-grown cells, exhibited a marked inhibition of photosynthesis by O₂, which appeared to be competitive and similar in magnitude to that in higher C₃ plants. With increasing time after transfer to air, the photosynthetic rate in high CO₂ cells increased while the O₂ effect declined. Photorespiration, measured as the difference between ¹⁴CO₂ and ¹²CO₂ uptake, was much greater and sensitive to O₂ in high CO₂ cells. Some CO₂ evolution was also present in air-grown algae; however, it did not appear to be sensitive to O₂. True photosynthesis was not affected by O₂ in either case. The data indicate that the difference between high CO₂ and air-grown algae could be attributed to the magnitude of CO₂ evolution. This conclusion is discussed with reference to the oxygenase reaction and the control of photorespiration in algae.     

Selenium as Inducer of Glutathione Peroxidase in low-CO(2)-Grown Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Culture of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in the medium containing sodium selenite caused the activity of ascorbate peroxidase to disappear and the appearance of glutathione peroxidase. The induced maximum activity of glutathione peroxidase reached 350 micromole (milligram chlorophyll hour)⁻¹ under assay conditions used. The enzymic properties of the selenite-induced glutathione peroxidase closely resembled those of animal glutathione peroxidase that contains selenium.     

Glycolate Metabolism in Low and High CO(2)-Grown Chlorella pyrenoidosa and Pavlova lutheri as Determined by O-Labeling

Photorespiration in Chlorella pyrenoidosa Chick. was assayed by measuring ¹⁸O-labeled intermediates of the glycolate pathway. Glycolate, glycine, serine, and excreted glycolate were isolated and analyzed on a gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer to determine isotopic enrichment. Rates of glycolate synthesis were determined from ¹⁸O-labeling kinetics of the intermediates, pool sizes, derived rate equations, and nonlinear regression techniques. Glycolate synthesis was higher in high CO₂-grown cells than in air-grown cells when both were assayed under the same O₂ and CO₂ concentrations. Synthesis of glycolate, for both types of cells, was stimulated by high O₂ levels and inhibited by high CO₂ levels. Glycolate synthesis in 1.5% CO₂-grown Chlorella, when exposed to a 0.035% CO₂ atmosphere, increased from about 41 to 86 nanomoles per milligram chlorophyll per minute when the O₂ concentration was increased from 21% to 40%. Glycolate synthesis in air-grown cells increased from 2 to 6 nanomoles per milligram chlorophyll per minute under the same gas levels. Synthesis was undetectable when either the O₂ concentration was lowered to 2% or the CO₂ concentration was raised to 1.5%. Glycolate excretion was also sensitive to O₂ and CO₂ concentrations in 1.5% CO₂-grown cells and the glycolate that was excreted was ¹⁸O-labeled. Air-grown cells did not excrete glycolate under any experimental condition. Indirect evidence indicated that glycolate may be excreted as a lactone in Chlorella. Photorespiratory ¹⁸O-labeling kinetics were determined for Pavlova lutheri, which unlike Chlorella and higher plants did not directly synthesize glycine and serine from glycolate. This alga did excrete a significant proportion of newly synthesized glycolate into the media.     

Evidence That an Internal Carbonic Anhydrase Is Present in 5% CO(2)-Grown and Air-Grown Chlamydomonas

Inorganic carbon (C_i) uptake was measured in wild-type cells of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, and in cia-3, a mutant strain of C. reinhardtii that cannot grow with air levels of CO₂. Both air-grown cells, that have a CO₂ concentrating system, and 5% CO₂-grown cells that do not have this system, were used. When the external pH was 5.1 or 7.3, air-grown, wild-type cells accumulated inorganic carbon (C_i) and this accumulation was enhanced when the permeant carbonic anhydrase inhibitor, ethoxyzolamide, was added. When the external pH was 5.1, 5% CO₂-grown cells also accumulated some C_i, although not as much as air-grown cells and this accumulation was stimulated by the addition of ethoxyzolamide. At the same time, ethoxyzolamide inhibited CO₂ fixation by high CO₂-grown, wild-type cells at both pH 5.1 and 7.3. These observations imply that 5% CO₂-grown, wild-type cells, have a physiologically important internal carbonic anhydrase, although the major carbonic anhydrase located in the periplasmic space is only present in air-grown cells. Inorganic carbon uptake by cia-3 cells supported this conclusion. This mutant strain, which is thought to lack an internal carbonic anhydrase, was unaffected by ethoxyzolamide at pH 5.1. Other physiological characteristics of cia-3 resemble those of wild-type cells that have been treated with ethoxyzolamide. It is concluded that an internal carbonic anhydrase is under different regulatory control than the periplasmic carbonic anhydrase.     

Leaf Photosynthesis and Respiration of High CO(2)-Grown Tobacco Plants Selected for Survival under CO(2) Compensation Point Conditions

Four self-pollinated, doubled-haploid tobacco, (Nicotiana tabacum L.) lines (SP422, SP432, SP435, and SP451), selected as haploids by survival in a low CO₂ atmosphere, and the parental cv Wisconsin-38 were grown from seed in a growth room kept at high CO₂ levels (600-700 parts per million). The selected plants were much larger (especially SP422, SP432, and SP451) than Wisconsin-38 nine weeks after planting. The specific leaf dry weight and the carbon (but not nitrogen and sulfur) content per unit area were also higher in the selected plants. However, the chlorophyll, carotenoid, and alkaloid contents and the chlorophyll a/b ratio varied little. The net CO₂ assimilation rate per unit area measured in the growth room at high CO₂ was not higher in the selected plants. The CO₂ assimilation rate versus intercellular CO₂ curve and the CO₂ compensation point showed no substantial differences among the different lines, even though these plants were selected for survival under CO₂ compensation point conditions. Adult leaf respiration rates were similar when expressed per unit area but were lower in the selected lines when expressed per unit dry weight. Leaf respiration rates were negatively correlated with specific leaf dry weight and with the carbon content per unit area and were positively correlated with nitrogen and sulfur content of the dry matter. The alternative pathway was not involved in respiration in the dark in these leaves. The better carbon economy of tobacco lines selected for low CO₂ survival was not apparently related to an improvement of photosynthesis rate but could be related, at least partially, to a significantly reduced respiration (mainly cytochrome pathway) rate per unit carbon.     

壳聚糖酶的克隆表达与壳寡糖的制备分析

目的:克隆壳聚糖酶基因于大肠杆菌中实现高表达,制备壳寡糖。方法:以枯草芽孢杆菌总DNA为模板扩增壳聚糖酶基因(CSN),克隆至载体pET23a(+)上,转化菌株BL21(DE3)。重组子经0.5 mmol/L IPTG诱导后,SDS-PAGE和质谱检测与鉴定重组酶。酶纯化后水解壳聚糖,薄层色谱分析其水解产物。结果:质谱证明壳聚糖酶(31.5kDa)成功表达,表达量占菌体总蛋白的45%左右。纯化后重组酶浓度为900 mg/L,纯度95%、回收率85%,酶活力为10 000 U/mg。壳聚糖降解产物为壳二糖至壳四糖。结论:原核表达载体pET23a(+)-CSN构建正确,壳聚糖酶表达量与活性高,适用于水解壳聚糖制备壳寡糖。     

国内外蝗害治理技术现状与展望

本文首先概述了国内外蝗虫发生与为害的态势,总结了现阶段我国蝗虫发生与为害的主要特点:即农田飞蝗暴发频繁而且严重,草原土蝗的发生时常造成严重的经济损失,而且侵入城市干扰市民生活,我国与周边国家之间蝗虫过境迁移频繁,使用化学农药污染环境和农产品;分析了国内外蝗虫防治对策与技术的发展现状,重点介绍了应急防治和可持续治理对策、...     

Kinetics and thermodynamics of peroxidase- and laccase-catalyzed oxidation of N-substituted phenothiazines and phenoxazines

N -substituted phenothiazines (PTs) and phenoxazines (POs) catalyzed by fungal Coprinus cinereus peroxidase and Polyporus pinsitus laccase were investigated at pH 4–10. In the case of peroxidase, an apparent bimolecular rate constant (expressed as k _cat/K _m) varied from 1 ×10⁷M⁻¹s⁻¹to 2.6×10⁸M⁻¹s⁻¹ at pH 7.0. The constants for PO oxidation were higher in comparison to PT. pH dependence revealed two or three ionizable groups with pK _a values of 4.9–5.7 and 7.7–9.7 that significantly affected the activity of peroxidase. Single-turnover experiments showed that the limiting step of PT oxidation was reduction of compound II and second-order rate constants were obtained which were consistent with the constants at steady-state conditions. Laccase-catalyzed PT and PO oxidation rates were lower; apparent bimolecular rate constants varied from 1.8×10⁵M⁻¹s⁻¹ to 2.0×10⁷M⁻¹s⁻¹ at pH 5.3. PO constants were higher in comparison to PT, as was the case with peroxidase. The dependence of the apparent bimolecular constants of compound II or copper type 1 reduction, in the case of peroxidase or laccase, respectively, was analyzed in the framework of the Marcus outer-sphere electron-transfer theory. Peroxidase-catalyzed reactions with PT, as well as PO, fitted the same hyperbolic dependence with a maximal oxidation rate of 1.6×10⁸M⁻¹s⁻¹ and a reorganization energy of 0.30 eV. The respective parameters for laccase were 5.0×10⁷M⁻¹s⁻¹ and 0.29 eV. Received: 20 September 1999 / Accepted: 24 February 2000     

Coiled-coil nanomechanics and uncoiling and unfolding of the superhelix and alpha-helices of myosin

The nanomechanical properties of the coiled-coils of myosin are fundamentally important in understanding muscle assembly and contraction. Force spectra of single molecules of double-headed myosin, single-headed myosin, and coiled-coil tail fragments were acquired with an atomic force microscope and displayed characteristic triphasic force-distance responses to stretch: a rise phase (R) and a plateau phase (P) and an exponential phase (E). The R and P phases arise mainly from the stretching of the coiled-coils, with the hinge region being the main contributor to the rise phase at low force. Only the E phase was analyzable by the worm-like chain model of polymer elasticity. Restrained molecular mechanics simulations on an existing x-ray structure of scallop S2 yielded force spectra with either two or three phases, depending on the mode of stretch. It revealed that coiled-coil chains separate completely near the end of the P phase and the stretching of the unfolded chains gives rise to the E phase. Extensive conformational searching yielded a P phase force near 40 pN that agreed well with the experimental value. We suggest that the flexible and elastic S2 region, particularly the hinge region, may undergo force-induced unfolding and extend reversibly during actomyosin powerstroke.     

Synthesis of hapten and conjugates of coumestrol and development of immunoassay

3-O-Carboxymethylcoumestrol was prepared as the hapten for immunoassay by a partial alkylation of coumestrol with ethyl chloroacetate in acetone alkalized with potassium carbonate. 3-O-Ethoxycarbonylmethylcoumestrol was separated by column chromatography and finally was hydrolyzed with formic acid. 1H and 13C NMR data (APT, COSY, HMQC, and HMBC) revealed that the reaction was regioselective, as 3-O-ethoxycarboxymethylcoumestrol was the only monosubstituted derivative. The hapten was then conjugated to bovine serum albumin and used for immunization of rabbits. A radioimmunoassay (RIA) system was established based on the polyclonal antiserum and a 125I-labeled hapten-tyrosine methyl ester conjugate as the radioligand. Parameters of the RIA: sensitivity: 12 pg per tube, 50% intercept: 140 pg per tube, working range: 20-4000 pg per tube. The cross-reactivity of a panel isoflavonoid and lignan phytoestrogens was either negligible (e.g. formononetin 0.07%; biochanin A 0.06%) or not detectable at all. The major immunoreactive peak in HPLC fractions from an alfalfa extract had the same retention time as coumestrol standard and represented 94.8% of the signal. The remaining 5.2% of immunoreactivity was distributed between five minor peaks. We conclude that after the validation for particular matrices, the method will be a useful tool for analysis of coumestrol, especially in low volume and low concentration samples.