细菌视紫红质的两种光电微分响应及其机制

利用MATLAB软件对细菌视紫红质 (BR)膜光电器件的脉冲响应实验数据进行拟合 ,得到器件的冲激响应函数。据此用SIMULINK模块构造出了反映BR光电器件特性的仿真系统。利用此系统对不同间断光入射BR光电器件时的输出响应信号进行了仿真计算。通过分析得出结论 :以前所描述的微分响应 (发生在毫秒到秒的时间量级 ,在光打开时产生一个正脉冲 ,在光关掉时产生一个负脉冲 )并非BR分子固有的特性 ,部分是由于测量电路引起的。BR分子本身特性引起的微分响应是发生在微秒时间量级 ,而且在光打开时产生一个负脉冲 ,在光关掉时产生一个正脉冲。对这两种微分响应产生的机制分别进行了探讨     

电极介导的菌紫质干膜微分光电流响应的整流性质

在长方形光脉冲光照下,菌紫质(bacteriorhodopsin,BR)干膜组装成夹层光电池具有微分光电流响应．在氧化铟锡(ITO)导电玻璃/BR膜/封口膜/不锈钢形成的干膜电池下可观察到整流特性,而在不锈钢/BR膜/封口膜/ITO导电玻璃形成的干膜电池下则观察不到整流特性,这说明是电极介导的整流．平衡电压测定表明：工作电极/BR膜表面与对电极/BR膜表面有不同的性质,电极的界面效应控制了BR的取向．酸与碱产生的瞬间电流极性也证实了电极整流行为的存在．这些结果将有助于了解BR膜的微分光电响应．     

细菌视紫红质的质子传输机理

细菌视紫红质（bR）是嗜盐菌紫膜中的唯一蛋白质成分, 具有质子泵、电荷分离和光致变色功能. bR分子中的发色团视黄醛通过质子化席夫碱以共价键与Lys216相连. bR分子受可见光照射后, 视黄醛发生从全-反到13-顺式构型的异构化, 导致席夫碱的去质子化,继之以可极化基团位置的改变. 力场的变化引起包括蛋白质三级结构在内的诸多变化, 这些变化促进并保证了质子从细胞质侧向细胞外侧的定向传输.     

水在菌紫质光循环和质子泵中的作用

用圆二色仪和闪光动力学先谱仪分别测量了空气干燥紫膜薄层的圆二色谱及紫膜LB膜的M_(412)的衰减过程.在于燥紫膜的圆二色谱上出现412nm的正峰,它是光循环中间体M_(412)的特征峰.在无水介质中,紫膜LB膜中的BR仍能进行先化学循环而检测到中间体M_(412),但M_(412)的衰减速度减慢,产生M_(412)的堆积,质子化过程受阻.在有水的介质中,只要有足够的H~+存在,紫膜LB膜中的BR的中间体M_(412)的衰减速度明显加快.说明水介质的H~+是完成正常光化学循和质子化过程必不可少的.     

细菌视紫红质对调制光的响应特性

细菌视紫红质在结构上与视紫红质的相似性使其具有某些视觉响应特性.用电泳法在不锈钢电极上沉积出定向紫膜薄膜,构成不锈钢/紫膜/凝胶/铜电极结构的光接收器.在调制光作用下,光接收器显示出对光强变化的微分响应特性.测量了光电压随调制频率和入射光功率的变化关系.比较和讨论了细菌视紫红质对调制光响应特性与视觉频闪及明暗感的相关性.     

紫膜BLM的光电位与非质子离子迁移

嵌入紫膜碎片的BLM系统在不同离子强度的介质中产生不同的光电位信号。本文通过在介质中加入离子载体或离子通道剂对紫膜的光电响应信号进行了系统的研究。结果表明:上述光电位信号的差异主要是由紫膜的非质子离子的迁移引起的。与紫膜的质子跨膜迁移相比,这种非质子离子迁移也是由光驱动的,随介质的离子强度的增强而显著增强,但它的迁移速率更快,且产生反向的光电位。用通常方法所获得的光电位信号主要是这两种迁移信号的迭加。三价阳离子(La~(3+))可使紫膜质子泵反向并能抑制质子的吸收,但它似乎并不参与紫膜的非质子离子迁移。     

菌紫质人工膜的光电压与离子强度的非线性关系

本文研究了Ｋ＋、Ｍｇ２＋和Ｌａ３＋离子强度对菌紫质人工膜的光电压的影响。研究结果表明,在实验所测定的离子强度范围内菌紫质人工沉淀膜的光电压与上述离子的离子强度间具有非线性关系,并随离子价数的提高其响应峰值的位置向低浓度发展。本文研究结果将对菌紫质光化学反应循环、质子迁移机制的研究,以及菌紫质光电池的设计、和以菌紫质为基础的视觉功能模拟和人工视觉研究提供有价值的数据 。     

菌紫质人工膜的光电压与离子强度的非线性关系

本文研究了Ｋ＾＋,Ｍｇ＾２＋和Ｌａ＾３＋离子强度对菌紫质人工膜的光电压的影响。研究结果表明,在实验所测定的离子强度范围的内菌紫质人工沉淀膜的光电压与上述离子的离子强度间具有非线性关系,并随离子价数的提高其响应峰值的位置向低浓度发展。本文研究结果将对菌紫紫质光化学反应循环,质子迁移机制的研究,以及菌紫质光电池的设计,和以菌紫质为基础的视觉功能模拟和人工视觉研究提供有价值的数据。     

细菌视紫红质光学图像存储的灰阶特性研究

细菌视紫红质（Bacteriorhodopsin,BR）是一种具有优良光致变色特性的光敏蛋白分子,具有极好的抗疲劳性和高的光转换量子效率,可用于光学图像信息的获取和存储.文章讨论了BR分子膜在受到随空间位置变化的光强调制下,BR分子膜光吸收变化量的空间分布及其与存储图像灰度分布之间的关系;建立了BR灰度图像存储特性实验系统,并对BR-D96N薄膜存储的光学图像灰阶特性进行了实验研究,实验表明BR薄膜图像存储具有出色的灰度表现能力.     

菌紫质膜光电响应系统的功能模块研究

引进Hong的化学电容概念,将菌紫质膜光电响应系统（SPRBM）抽象为Ｃ-电容、Ｎ-电容、质子泵通道和质子返回通道等模块,构筑了功能模块框图模型.用该模型导出了SPRBM的冲击响应电流、“铁/紫膜/胶/铜”光电池的电势分布表达式及等效电路模型.     

Photosynthetic responses to short-term and long-term light variation in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Pinus sylvestris</Emphasis> and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Salix dasyclados</Emphasis>

Pinus sylvestris and Salix dasyclados, which differ in leaf longevity, were compared with respect to four aspects of photosynthetic light use and response: high light acclimation, photoinhibition resistance and recovery, lightfleck exposure and use and chloroplast acclimation across leaves. The first two aspects were examined using seedlings under controlled conditions and the other two were tested using trees in the field. When exposed to high light, shade leaves of Pinus acclimated completely, achieving the same photosynthetic capacities as sun leaves, whereas shade leaves of Salix did not reach sun leaf capacities although the absolute magnitude of their acclimation was larger. Shade leaves of Pinus were also more resistant to photoinhibition than those of Salix. Much of the direct light supplied within the canopy was in the form of rapid fluctuations, lightflecks, for Pinus and Salix alike. They exploited short lightflecks with similar efficiency. The greater proportion of diffuse light in the canopy for Pinus than Salix seems to lead to a lesser degree of differential intra-leaf acclimation of chloroplasts, in turn leading to lower efficiency of photosynthesis under unilateral light as reflected by a lower convexity, rate of bending, of the light–response curve. The differences in light use and responses are discussed in relation to possible differences in characteristics of the long and short-lived leaf.     

Characteristics and mechanisms of the two types of photoelectric differential response of bacteriorhodopsin-based photocell

Bacteriorhodopsin (BR)-based photocells have been assigned possessing differential photoelectric response. But recently we found that the differential response described before, which occurred in milliseconds to seconds, outputting a positive pulse when light was on and a negative pulse when light was off, was not the intrinsic property of the BR molecule. It was partially caused by the measuring circuit. By measuring the photoelectric response signal of the BR film photocell to a short laser pulse, the impulse response function of the BR film photocell was obtained by data fitting with MATLAB software. A simulation system was accordingly developed. The output response signals of the BR film photocell under different stepping incident light were calculated. By simulation and analysis, it was concluded that the differential response caused by the intrinsic property of the BR molecule happened in microseconds time scale, and it produced a negative pulse when light was on and a positive pulse when light was off. It was much faster but much weaker than that described before.     

Photoelectric properties of a detector based on dried bacteriorhodopsin film

The photoelectric response of a detector using dried bacteriorhodopsin (bR) film as the light sensing material is mathematically modeled and experimentally verified in this paper. The photocycle and proton transfer kinetics of dried bR film differ dramatically from the more commonly studied aqueous bR material because of the dehydration process. The photoelectric response of the dried film is generated by charge displacement and recombination instead of transferring a proton from the cytoplasmic side to the extracellular side of the cell membrane. In this work, the wild-type bR samples are electrophoretically deposited onto an indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode to construct a simple multiple layered photo-detector with high sensitivity to small changes in incident illumination. The light absorption characteristics of the thin bR film are mathematically represented using the kinetics of the bR photocycle and the charge displacement theorem. An electrically equivalent RC circuit is used to describe the intrinsic photoelectric properties of the film and external measurement circuitry to analyze the detector's response characteristics. Simulated studies and experimental results show that the resistance of the dried bR film is in the order of 10(11) Omega. When the input impedance of the measurement circuitry is one order of magnitude smaller than the dried film, the detector exhibits a strong differential response to the original time-varying light signal. An analytical solution of the equivalent circuit also reveals that the resistance and capacitance values exhibited by the dried bR film, in the absence of incident light, are almost twice as large as the values obtained while the material is under direct illumination. Experimental observations and a predictive model both support the notion that dried bR film can be used in simple highly sensitive photo-detector designs.     

Plasticity in leaf-area density within the crown of Aucuba japonica growing under different light levels

We assessed leaf-area density (LAD; m² m⁻³) within the crown of Aucuba japonica (Cornaceae) growing under different light regimes and analyzed the components of crown architecture that most influenced variation in LAD. At a whole-crown level, extension-unit (EU) density (EUs/m³) had the greatest impact on LAD. The number of leaves per unit EU length and EU length had a wide range of impacts depending on the degree of crowding of foliage on the EU. Leaf size had a lesser impact on LAD. LAD was higher in the uppermost crown and declined towards the base. The non-uniformity of LAD among crown layers was much greater under high irradiance. Individuals under high irradiance achieved greater LAD by increased branching, well-marked EU dimorphism and a larger number of leaves per unit EU length; the reverse was true for the individuals under low irradiance. We identified two distinct modes of growth response to light regime. Under high irradiance, individuals responded by differential growth between the layers of crowns with the lower crown suppressed and growth in the upper crown increased. Conversely, shaded individuals did not respond by differential growth between crown layers.     

Acclimation of the photosynthetic response of Chromatium vinosum to light-limiting conditions

The photosynthetic response of the purple sulfur bacterium Chromatium vinosum DSM 185 to different degrees of illumination was analyzed. The microorganism was grown in continuous culture, and samples were taken from the effluent of the culture and incubated at different irradiances to determine the specific rate of sulfur oxidation as a measure of the photosynthetic activity of the organism. The activities obtained were plotted as a function of the specific rate of light uptake, and for each set of data a photosynthesis equation was fitted, which allowed the estimation of P_max (photosynthetic capacity), q_k (the threshold irradiance for light limitation), and m (maintenance coefficient). The results indicated that cells grown under light limitation are able to achieve higher photosynthetic activities than cells grown under light saturation. The photosynthetic capacity (P_max) remained constant under all the conditions of illumination tested, while the maintenance expenses (m) were higher under light limitation. The parameter q_k, on the contrary, decreased considerably at limiting irradiances. Received: 16 January 1998 / Accepted: 7 September 1998     

Photoresponses in Rhodobacter sphaeroides: role of photosynthetic electron transport.

Rhodobacter sphaeroides responds to a decrease in light intensity by a transient stop followed by adaptation. There is no measurable response to increases in light intensity. We confirmed that photosynthetic electron transport is essential for a photoresponse, as (i) inhibitors of photosynthetic electron transport inhibit photoresponses, (ii) electron transport to oxidases in the presence of oxygen reduces the photoresponse, and (iii) the magnitude of the response is dependent on the photopigment content of the cells. The photoresponses of cells grown in high light, which have lower concentrations of light-harvesting photopigment and reaction centers, saturated at much higher light intensities than the photoresponses of cells grown in low light, which have high concentrations of light-harvesting pigments and reaction centers. We examined whether the primary sensory signal from the photosynthetic electron transport chain was a change in the electrochemical proton gradient or a change in the rate of electron transport itself (probably reflecting redox sensing). R. sphaeroides showed no response to the addition of the proton ionophore carbonyl cyanide 4-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone, which decreased the electrochemical proton gradient, although a behavioral response was seen to a reduction in light intensity that caused an equivalent reduction in proton gradient. These results strongly suggest that (i) the photosynthetic apparatus is the primary photoreceptor, (ii) the primary signal is generated by a change in the rate of electron transport, (iii) the change in the electrochemical proton gradient is not the primary photosensory signal, and (iv) stimuli affecting electron transport rates integrate via the electron transport chain.     

甜瓜幼苗叶片光合变化特性

为探讨甜瓜光响应变化特性与环境因子的关系,选择光响应曲线适宜测定的时段,以甜瓜幼苗为试材,将1 d分为3个时段:10:00-12:00、12:00-15:00和15:00-17:00,每个叶位叶片测定1 d,并采用直角双曲线修正模型拟合光响应曲线,研究不同时段下甜瓜叶片光响应曲线、光响应参数的变化趋势和不同叶位叶片光响应参数特性。结果表明:当环境中光合有效辐射增强,叶面温度(Tl)升高,空气相对湿度(RH)降低;当环境中光合有效辐射减弱,Tl降低,RH升高。10:00-12:00光响应曲线和12:00-15:00的第1-4叶光响应曲线呈双曲线,在强光下趋向饱和状况,12:00-15:00的第5叶光合速率和15:00-17:00光合速率在强光下出现明显的光抑制现象。1 d的不同时段均表现为10:00-12:00最大净光合速率(P_max)和光饱和点(LSP)最高,12:00-17:00降低;12:00-15:00光补偿点(LCP)和暗呼吸速率(R_d)较高,其它两个时段较低,10:00-17:00光补偿点量子效率(φ_c)、气孔导度(G_s)和胞间CO₂浓度(C_i)总体呈降低趋势,气孔限制值(L_s)升高。10:00-15:00相同时段测得的不同叶位叶片光响应参数,以第4-5叶光合性能较好,15:00-17:00以第3叶P_max最高,第5叶次之;10:00-17:00 G_s和C_i以第5叶较低,第1叶较高,L_s以第5叶较高,第1叶较低。RH为影响P_max的主要决策因子,测定时段、叶面饱和蒸汽压亏缺(Vpdl)和Tl为主要限制因子。10:00-12:00适宜进行光响应曲线测定,气孔限制为不同时段光合作用不同的主要因素,非气孔限制为影响不同叶位叶片光合作用的主要因素。     

不同水分条件下胡杨光响应曲线拟合模型比较

本研究通过测量不同水分条件下胡杨（Populus euphratica Oliv.）叶片的光响应曲线,并采用4种光响应模型对其光合特征参数拟合值与实测值进行比较,分析了不同水分条件下光响应曲线模型对胡杨适用性的影响机制。结果表明,当水分供应充足时,胡杨非直角双曲线模型对暗呼吸速率（R_d）的拟合效果最优,直角双曲线修正模型拟合光饱和点（LSP）、最大净光合速率（P_nmax）、光补偿点（LCP）的结果与实测值较接近;但当胡杨受到水分亏缺后,直角双曲线修正模型对P_nmax和光饱和点（LSP）的拟合效果最优,直角双曲线模型对R_d和LCP的拟合效果最佳。因此,水分条件有利时胡杨应用直角双曲线修正模型、非直角双曲线模型较好;水分亏缺条件下采用直角双曲线修正模型、直角双曲线模型更为适合。     

Photoperiodic regulation of receptacle induction in Sargassum horneri (Phaeophyceae) using clonal thalli

We developed a clonal culture of Sargassum horneri to investigate the effect of photoperiod on reproduction in this species. Regenerated vegetative thalli were obtained using lateral branches excised from a thallus grown from a single embryo under short‐day conditions (SD = 10:14 h light : dark cycle). Lateral branches excised from the SD‐regenerated thallus became vegetative thalli that remained in that phase as long as they were cultured under SD. When an excised lateral branch was cultured under long‐day conditions (LD = 14:10 h light : dark cycle), it began to enter the reproductive phase while still less than 50 mm long. Induction of the reproductive phase was accompanied by a distinctive morphological change – suppression of blade formation at the apical region of the branch; elongation of branches without blades was then followed by differentiation of receptacles bearing conceptacles on their surface. Apices of receptacles were able to interconvert between reproductive and vegetative phases, as blades resprouted upon transfer from LD to SD. The critical day length for induction of receptacle formation was between 13 and 14 h; receptacle formation was also induced under SD conditions with night breaks (NBs). These results strongly suggest that reproductive regulation of S. horneri is a photoperiodic long‐day response. NBs with blue and green light were effective for reproductive induction but not with red light. This suggests that blue‐ and/or green‐light photoreceptors are involved in the photoperiodic reproductive response of S. horneri.