木本植物阳生和阴生叶片叶绿体O2和NO2-光还原作用

在有PCR和PCO环活性抑制剂甘油醛和光合磷酸化解偶联剂NH4Cl存在下,比较了生长于3种光环境的乔木黧蒴和灌木九节幼苗阳生和阴生叶片叶绿体的O2和NO2－光还原速率,全自动光下两种植物阳生叶片的叶绿体O2的光还原速率最高,占总光合电子传递活性的66％－68％,NO2－光还原速率也有类似趋势,占总电子传递的11％－15％左右。36％和16％自然光下阴生叶片O2和NO2－光还原速率及O2光还原电子传递的比较显著降低,但NO2－光还原电子传递的比例不受影响,与NO2－光还原相关的叶片NiR和NR活性及NiR/NR活性比也因叶片接受光强度大小而异,随光强减弱,黧蒴的NiR活性降低,九节的NR活性增高,但黧蒴的NR活性和九节的NiR活性变化未达差异显著性。     

Ca2+对叶绿体光还原活性的影响及与钙调素的关系

外加Ｃａ＾２＋能有效地提高杂交水稻汕优６３离体叶绿体的光还原活性,Ｃａ＾２＋专一性螯合剂乙二醇双乙胺醚四乙酸（ＥＧＴＡ）抑制其活性,钙调素（ＣａＭ）抑制剂三氟拉嗪（ＴＦＰ）,Ｃａ＾２＋通道阻断剂Ｃｏ＾２＋,以及Ｚｎ＾２＋抑制离体叶素体的光还原活性,外加Ｃａ＾２＋可以部分地减少ＴＦＰ,Ｃｏ＾２＋和Ｚｎ＾２＋抑制作用,叶绿体的光还原活性与Ｃａ＾２＋和ＣａＭ密切相关。     

UV-B辐射对蚕豆叶片气孔运动的间接效应与NO和H2O2有关

0.2 W.m-2的UV-B辐射不仅能诱导整体蚕豆叶片气孔导度和开度的显著降低,而且能明显降低蚕豆叶肉光合活性,但该强度的UV-B辐射却不能明显影响离体表皮条的气孔开度.说明0.2W.m-2的UV-B主要通过间接途径调控了蚕豆叶片气孔运动.借助药理学试验和激光扫描共聚焦显微镜技术,进一步对该间接效应过程中是否有NO和H2O2的参与进行了探讨.结果显示:NO专一性清除剂cPT IO和一氧化氮合酶(NO S)抑制剂L-NAM E均能有效地抑制UV-B辐射诱导的叶片气孔关闭和保卫细胞内源NO水平的升高;H2O2清除剂抗坏血酸(A SC)和过氧化氢酶(CAT)也能有效地逆转UV-B辐射诱导的气孔关闭和保卫细胞内源H2O2含量的升高.另外,外源NO或H2O2处理也能有效地诱导叶片气孔关闭.结果说明0.2W.m-2的UV-B辐射对蚕豆叶片气孔关闭的间接诱导与NO和H2O2有关.     

Pi和PGA对玉米叶片PFK-2/FBPase-2的作用

Fructose-6-phosphate 2-kinase and fructose 2,6-bisphosphatase have been partially purified from maize leaves by PEG fractionadon and by chromatography on TSK-DEAE ion exchanger and Blue-Sepharose 4B. Fructose-6-phosphate 2-kinase was activated by phosphate and inhibited by 3-pnosphoglycerate. Furctose 2,6-bisphosphatase was inhibited by inorganic phosphate and fructose-6-phosphate.The observed pattern of reguladon suggests that systhesis and degradation of Fru-2,6-P_2 respond to changes in the concentration of effectors. An increase in the level of glycerate-3-phosphate or dihydroxyacetonephosphate will result in a decrease in the level of Fru-2,6-P_2. Conversely a rise in Fru-6-P concentration will lead to an increase in the Fru-2, 6-P_2 concentration.     

蚕豆萎蔫病毒2号分离物侵染对蚕豆叶片光合活性和叶绿体超微结构的影响

研究了受蚕豆萎蔫病毒2号（Broad bean wilt virus 2,BBWV2）中国分离物B935和欧洲分离物PV131侵染的蚕豆（Vicica faba）叶片光合特性、叶绿素荧光诱导动力学参数和叶绿体超微结构变化。感病蚕豆叶绿素含量减少,叶绿素a／b比逐步降低;光合气体交换参数Pn值和Gs值降低,Ci值升高;叶绿素荧光诱导动力学参数Fv/Fm、FV＇/Fm＇、ΦPSII、qP值均有不同程度降低,NPQ值升高;光合器结构遭到不同程度的破坏,B935侵染后叶绿体发育不良,片层结构疏松,PVl31侵染后叶绿体肿胀变圆,片层结构疏松瓦解。与B935相比,PV131侵染对以上各参数的变化有更大影响,且对叶绿体的破坏更为严重。实验结果表明BBWV2不同分离物对光系统II（PSII）的抑制作用与光合器受损程度相关。     

NO和H_2O_2在介导热激诱发金丝桃细胞合成金丝桃素中的信号互作

热激处理(40℃,10min)可以诱发金丝桃细胞中金丝桃素的生物合成并诱导细胞产生一氧化氮(NO)和过氧化氢(H2O2).过氧化氢酶(CAT)和NO专一性淬灭剂(cPTIO)不仅可以分别抑制由热激诱发的H2O2积累和NO合成,而且还可以阻断热激处理对金丝桃素生物合成的促进作用.H2O2单独处理虽然不能提高细胞的金丝桃素产量,但是H2O2和NO共同处理对金丝桃素产量的促进作用显著高于NO单独处理,表明NO和H2O2对金丝桃素的生物合成具有协同诱导效应.NO处理可以提高细胞的H2O2水平,而外源H2O2对金丝桃细胞的NO合成积累也具有促进作用,说明NO和H2O2对彼此的合成反应具有促进作用.CAT在抑制热激诱发H2O2合成的同时还能够部分抑制热激细胞中NO的合成,而cPITO也可以同时降低热激细胞的H2O2水平.上述实验结果提示,在热激处理下金丝桃细胞中的NO和H2O2可能通过互作反应提高各自的信号水平.质膜NAD(P)H氧化酶抑制剂DPI和NO合酶抑制剂PBITU可以抑制NO和H2O2之间的互作反应,并且解除NO和H2O2对金丝桃素合成的协同诱导作用,说明NO和H2O2对金丝桃素合成积累的协同效应依赖于两种信号分子之间的互作反应.本文实验结果不仅证实了NO和H2O2是参与热激诱发金丝桃细胞中金丝桃素合成所必需的两种信号分子,而且揭示了NO和H2O2在介导热激诱发金丝桃素生物合成过程中特殊的信号互作现象.     

Na2CO3胁迫对芦荟幼苗叶片叶绿体保护酶和渗透调节物质的影响

以盆栽耐盐碱芦荟'不夜城'幼苗为材料,采用不同浓度Na2CO3溶液(不同渗透势)处理芦荟幼苗7 d后,测定其叶片叶绿体保护酶超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)、抗坏血酸氧化酶(APX)、谷胱甘肽转移酶(GST)活性以及叶绿素、丙二醛(MDA)、渗透调节物质含量和电解质外渗率等的变化,以探讨芦荟抵抗盐碱胁迫伤害的机制.结果显示:当溶液渗透势较高时(大于-7.19×105 Pa),Na2CO3胁迫下的芦荟幼苗叶片叶绿体保护酶活性都呈显著上升趋势,而叶绿素含量、可溶性蛋白、MDA含量以及电解质外渗率却无明显变化;在溶液渗透势较低时(小于-7.19×105 Pa),Na2CO3胁迫下芦荟幼苗的渗透调节物质含量显著增高,叶绿体保护酶活性特别是叶绿素含量显著下降,而MDA含量和电解质外渗率却呈上升的趋势.研究表明:一定浓度的Na2CO3胁迫下,芦荟幼苗可以通过提高自身叶绿体保护酶的活性来降低活性氧的积累量,同时提高渗透调节能力来增强其抗逆性;但在过高浓度的盐碱胁迫下,过高的Na+浓度和pH也会对芦荟幼苗叶片造成一定的氧化伤害.     

Inhibition of nitrate reduction by light and oxygen in Rhodobacter sphaeroides forma sp. denitrificans

Light inhibited each step of the denitrification process in whole cells of Rhodobacter sphaeroides forma sp. denitrificans. This inhibition by light was prevented in the presence of exogenous electron donors like N,N,N,N-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine (TMPD) plus ascorbate or in the presence of an uncoupler (carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone). Addition of myxothiazol restored the inhibition by light in uncoupled cells. Measurements of light-induced absorbance changes under these conditions showed that this inhibition is due, for the steps of reduction of nitrite to dinitrogen, to the photooxidation of cytochromes c ₁ plus c ₂ and not due to the photoinduced membrane potential. Moreover, the presence of oxygen inhibited almost all of the reduction of nitrate and nitrous oxide but only 70% of the reduction of nitrite to nitrous oxide. These inhibitions were overcome in the presence of TMPD plus ascorbate. This implies that the inhibition in presence of oxygen was due to a diversion of the reducing power from the denitrifying chain to the respiratory chain. It was concluded from this series of experiments that the reduction of nitrate to nitrite is inhibited when the ubiquinone pool is partly oxidized and that nitrite and nitrous oxide reductions are inhibited when cytochromes c ₁ plus c ₂ are oxidized by photosynthesis or respiration.Abbreviations R Rhodobacter - TMPD N,N,N,N-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine - HOQNO 2-n-heptyl-4-hydroxyquinoline N-oxide - CCCP carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone - cytochrome c ₁ cytochrome c ₂ plus cytochrome c ₁     

Clostridium butyricum ammonifies nitrite, but not nitrate

Abstract Clostridium butyricum strains DSM 552 (ATCC 19398) and ATCC 8260 grow with nitrite and hydroxylamine, but not with nitrate as the sole nitrogen source. Nitrite is largely converted to extracellular ammonium. The nitrite reductases are neither repressed by NH₄⁺ nor induced by NO₂⁻, and are located in the cytoplasm. Methyl viologen and ferredoxin, but not NADH, serve as electron donors. No evidence for a nitrate reductase was found in either strain.     

Light-dependent inhibition of photosynthetic electron transport by zinc

The effects of zinc concentrations up to 400 μ M were examined on three photosynthetic electron transport reactions of thylakoids isolated from Pisum sativum L. cv. Meteor. Zinc (400 μ M ) had no effect on photosystem I mediated electron transport from reduced N,N,N',N'-tetramethyl- p -phenylenediamine to methyl viologen, but inhibited uncoupled electron flow from water to methyl viologen by ca 50% and to 2,6-dichlorophenol-indophenol (DCPIP) by ca 30% at saturating light levels. Zinc inhibition of DCPIP photoreduction was independent of the light intensity to which thylakoids were exposed. Decreasing the photon flux density below 400 μmol m⁻² s⁻¹ produced a logarithmic reduction in the zinc-induced inhibition of methyl viologen photoceduction; a stimulation of this reaction was observed below 80 μmol photons m⁻² s⁻¹. Increasing light intensity decreased the amount of zinc tightly bound to the thylakoid membranes, but increased the weakly associated zinc which could be removed by washing the membranes with buffer containing Mg². The results suggest that zinc acts on the photosynthetic electron transport system at two sites. Site 1 is on the oxidizing side of photosystem 2 and the inhibition by zinc is independent of the light intensity. Site 2 is between photosystems 1 and 2 and the electron flow can be positively or negatively affected by zinc depending on the light intensity.     

微生物亚硝酸盐还原酶的研究进展

亚硝酸盐还原酶(Nitrite reductase,简称NiR,EC1.7.2.1)是催化亚硝酸盐(Nitrite,简称NIT)还原的一类酶,可降解NIT为NO或NH3,是自然界氮循环过程的关键酶。本文详细阐述亚硝酸盐还原酶的分类、结构特点、催化机制以及现阶段的应用领域,为深入研究亚硝酸还原酶提供参考。     

Regulation of synthesis of nitrite reductase in pea leaves: in-vivo and in-vitro studies

The cellular location of three peroxidase isoenzymes (PRX) in mature leaf tissue of Petunia and their affinity for Concanavalin A-Sepharose were investigated. The isoenzymes PRXa, PRXb and PRXc were identified by their positions in starch-gel zymograms. The fast-moving anodic and cathodic peroxidase bands, the isoenzymes PRXa and PRXc respectively, were the most active peroxidases in extracellular extracts. The molecular forms of PRXa showed a tissue-specific distribution between midrib and remaining leaf tissue. An intermediate-moving anodic peroxidase band, the isoenzyme PRXb, was the most active peroxidase released after extraction of isolated mesophyll protoplasts. Small amounts of the peroxidase isoenzymes were present in cell-wall-bound fractions. Incubation of a crude protein fraction with Concanavalin A-Sepharose showed that the isoenzyme PRXb bound more firmly to Concanavalin A-Sepharose than the isoenzymes PRXa and PRXc, of which only one molecular form bound partly. The results are discussed with respect to a possible function of one of the peroxidase isoenzymes, and a possible role of oligosaccharide chains in determining the cellular location of plant peroxidases is suggested.Abbreviations Con A Concanavalin A - PRX peroxidase (isoenzyme)     

Photosynthesis and respiration of a diatom biofilm cultured in a new gradient growth chamber

Abstract A diatom biofilm was grown in a chamber developed for culture of biofilms in chemical gradients. The diatoms grew on a polycarbonate membrane filter which separated a sterile reservoir, with added phosphate, from a reservoir without phosphate. Within 3 weeks of inoculation, a thick biofilm developed on the surface of the filter. The biofilms were homogeneous and therefore suitable for calculations of O₂ diffusion fluxes from concentration profiles of O₂. Profiles of O₂, pH, and gross photosynthesis at different light intensities and liquid medium concentrations of dissolved inorganic carbon and O₂ were measured with microelectrodes. Respiratory activity in a layer of the biofilm was determined as the difference between gross photosynthesis and outflux of O₂ from that layer. The photosynthetic activity in a well-developed biofilm grown at 360 μEinst m⁻² s⁻¹ and 2.4 mM HCO₃⁻ was limited by the supply of inorganic carbon. Exposure to light above 360 μEinst m⁻² s⁻¹ stimulated gross photosynthesis as well as respiratory processes without affecting net outflux of O₂. Higher concentrations of inorganic carbon, on the other hand, enhanced gross photosynthesis without concurrent increase in respiratory rate, resulting in an increased outflux of O₂. High concentrations of O₂ in the liquid medium decreased the net outflux of O₂ with little effect on the gross photosynthesis. The effects of inorganic carbon and O₂ on the metabolic activities of the biofilm were consistent with the presence of photorespiratory activity.     

The role of tryptophan in the ferredoxin-dependent nitrite reductase of spinach

A system has been developed for expressing a His-tagged form of the ferredoxin-dependent nitrite reductase of spinach in Escherichia coli. The catalytic and spectral properties of the His-tagged, recombinant enzyme are similar, but not identical, to those previously observed for nitrite reductase isolated directly from spinach leaf. A detailed comparison of the spectral, catalytic and fluorescence properties of nitrite reductase variants, in which each of the enzyme’s eight tryptophan residues has been replaced using site-directed mutagenesis by either aromatic or non-aromatic amino acids, has been used to examine possible roles for tryptophan residues in the reduction of nitrite to ammonia catalyzed by the enzyme.