硬脂酸修饰辣根过氧化物酶的制备及其主要特性研究

一种修饰ＨＲＰ的方法。用硬脂酸修饰的ＨＲＰ对温度、ｐＨ、蛋白质变性剂及蛋白酶水解的稳定性比天然的ＨＲＰ有不同程度的增强     

化学修饰单克隆抗体模拟谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶

化学修饰具有底物谷胱甘肽（ＧＳＨ）结合部位的单克隆抗体（４Ａ４）使其结合部位上的丝氨酸（Ｓｅｒ）转变成谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶（ＧＰＸ）的催化基因硒代半胱氨酸（ＳｅＣｙｓ）因而产生高活力的含硒抗体酶（Ｓｅ－ａｂｚｙｍｅ）突变的４Ａ４（ｍ４Ａ４）的ＧＰＸ活力达到了天然酶活力的１９％并对ｍ４Ａ４的酶学性质和动力学性质进行了研究;硒代谷胱甘肽（ＧＳｅＨ）连到４Ａ４结合部位,其ＧＰＸ活力由３．８６Ｕ／μｍｏｌ提     

PEG修饰牛血红蛋白的计算机模拟研究

对αβ二聚牛血红蛋白晶体结构的分析和氨基酸钱基溶剂可及表面积的计算表明,牛血红蛋白表面Ｌｙｓ上的氨基适合进行聚乙二醇（ＰＥＧ）修饰,对其修饰不会影响携氧能力,在此基础上设计了连接物连接ＰＥＧ和牛血红蛋白。分子模拟研究结果显示ＰＥＧ修饰牛血红蛋白产物是无免疫原性的。     

新型蛋白质修饰剂的合成及修饰牛血红蛋白的初步研究

以L-谷氨酸和己二酸为原料合成了一种新型的四官能团蛋白质修饰剂,并用核磁共振和红外光谱对其结构进行了表征。然后以其为修饰剂,对牛血红蛋白的化学修饰进行了初步的研究,并通过高效液相色谱、聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳和血氧分析仪对交联牛血红蛋白的分子量和携氧性能进行了表征。结果表明,该修饰剂可以使牛血红蛋白同时在分子内和分子间发生化学交联,并较好地保持携氧能力（P50:21.7mmHg,Hill系数:2.01）,因此在众多用于开发人工血液代用品的化学修饰剂中该修饰剂具有良好的应用前景。     

黑斑蛙过氧化物酶活性测定条件的研究

本文报道了测定黑斑蛙过氧化物酶活力的两套方法.应用细胞组织化学的方法,对黑斑蛙的肝组织过氧化物酶的原位染色,以显示过氧化物酶在细胞中的分布.此外,还探讨了一种新的过氧化物酶活性检测方法,以联苯胺为底物,利用分光光度法测定反应液的吸光度,以吸光度的变化速率来表征过氧化物酶的活力.通过试验确定了该方法适宜的工作条件,包括酶浓度、温度、pH值等,得到酶活性变化的相关数据.     

辣根过氧化物酶的结构与作用机制

辣根过氧化物酶是一种重要的酶制剂,它已经有一个多世纪的研究历史了。近几年,有关它的结构、催化中间体、催化机制以及特殊氨基酸残基功能等又有了新的发现。     

对过氧化物酶鉴定实验的改进

过氧化物酶是生物氧化中末端氧化酶,是引导学生证明酶促反应中间产物存在的理想酶。本文对来自白菜或鲜笋壳压榨汁液直接用HAC调节pH至5.5,静置后过滤或离心、取上清液、丙酮分级沉淀,获得RZ为2．5的纯酶,颜色明亮。然后对过氧化物酶的活性进行定性和定量测定,使学生实验课的效果更为直观。     

动物血红素过氧化物酶参与细菌氧化Mn(Ⅱ)的研究进展

锰氧化物是自然环境中一种重要的高活性矿物,在多种元素的生物地球化学循环中起着重要作用。细菌对锰氧化物的形成具有推动作用。截至目前,研究者已从环境中分离出多株锰氧化细菌,并在氧化机理的研究上取得了一定的进展。目前细菌中已知的锰氧化酶包括多铜氧化酶和动物血红素过氧化物酶。与多铜氧化酶相比,动物血红素过氧化物酶在蛋白结构与氧化方式上都具有自己的特点。本文结合国内外最新研究结果,在氧化菌株、氧化酶和基因、氧化方式及影响因素等方面对动物血红素过氧化物酶参与细菌氧化Mn(Ⅱ)的研究进行了总结,对未来研究方向进行了展望。     

PEG修饰的辣根过氧化物酶及其在非水介质中的性质

酶的化学修饰可以明显提高酶在有机相中的活力。通过氧化过氧化物酶（ＨＲＰ）的糖链后引入氨基再连接甲氧基聚乙醇（ＰＥＧ）５０００和在酶的肽链上连接ＰＥＧ５０００,发现ＨＲＰ多肽链上修饰后的酶在水相中的活力几乎没有变化,但通过氧化糖链连接ＰＥＧ的酶在水相中的活力下降近２倍。在甲苯及二氧六环含量较高的体系中,修和均呈上升趋势。特别在甲苯体系中两种修饰酶活力都比未经修饰的酶提高了近２倍。稳定性研究表明,不论     

受害马尾松木质素含量及其过氧化物酶活性

木质素是植物防御植食性昆虫危害的重要物质。对林间马尾松针叶进行接虫咬食处理后,测定了不同时间内木质素含量、过氧化物酶活性及其同功酶谱带的变化。结果表明:与对照相比,虫害针叶1h木质素含量就略有升高,而系统针叶木质素含量10h才开始升高,24h两种处理的木质素含量及过氧化物酶活性均显著提高;受害后所取时间点内,其差异逐渐加大,这种差异在于表达量不同。F检验的结果显示,虫害及系统针叶木质素含量、过氧化物酶活性及同工酶谱带变化一致,均在24h达到显著差异(P(0.05)。     

Activity, stability, and unfolding of reconstituted horseradish peroxidase with modified heme

Heme-propionates of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) were esterified by p-nitrophenol, phenol and p-methylphenol to change its electron character and to increase its hydrophobicity. These synthetic hemes were inserted apo-HRP to give a novel HRP, respectively. Of the three reconstituted HRPs, reconstituted HRP with p-nitrophenol-modified heme derivative had a larger initial rate, affinity, catalytic efficiency and substrate-binding efficiency than native HRP in aqueous buffer and some solvents. The reconstituted HRPs showed higher thermostability and tolerance of DMF because of the increase of the hydrophobicity of the active site. Changing the electron character of the aromatic moieties linked at each terminal of the two heme-propionates can control activity and stability of HRP. The initial rate, affinity, catalytic efficiency and substrate-binding efficiency increased with the increases of electron-withdrawing efficiency of substituents at 4-position of the phenolic used to synthesize the heme derivatives, contrariwise, the stability decreased. The modifications resulted in the increase in the temperature (T_m) at the midpoint of thermal denaturation and the decreases in both enthalpy and entropy change at T_m. The changes of catalytic properties and stabilities are related to the changes of the conformation of HRP. The modification changed the environment of heme and tryptophan, increased α-helix content of HRP. The present work demonstrates that enhancement of the hydrophobicity and the electron-withdrawing efficiency of heme improves the activity and stability of HRP.     

Enzymes in Organic Synthesis VII—Enzymatic Activity of Hrp After Chemical Modification of the Carbohydrate Moiety

The carbohydrate moiety of horseradish peroxidase was conjugated with hexadecylamine or octylamine in a micellar medium. Recovery and purification of these conjugates was facilitated by the short length of the added spacers. The modification increased the liposolubility of the enzyme without detracting from its catalytic activity. For the hexadecylamine conjugate, the optimum reaction temperature was increased by 10d`C. In addition, activity in organic solvents, such as toluene or chloroform, remained high, even at 70d`C.     

Covalent heme attachment in Synechocystis hemoglobin is required to prevent ferrous heme dissociation

Synechocystis hemoglobin contains an unprecedented covalent bond between a nonaxial histidine side chain (H117) and the heme 2-vinyl. This bond has been previously shown to stabilize the ferric protein against denaturation, and also to affect the kinetics of cyanide association. However, it is unclear why Synechocystis hemoglobin would require the additional degree of stabilization accompanying the His117-heme 2-vinyl bond because it also displays endogenous bis-histidyl axial heme coordination, which should greatly assist heme retention. Furthermore, the mechanism by which the His117-heme 2-vinyl bond affects ligand binding has not been reported, nor has any investigation of the role of this bond on the structure and function of the protein in the ferrous oxidation state. Here we report an investigation of the role of the Synechocystis hemoglobin His117-heme 2-vinyl bond on structure, heme coordination, exogenous ligand binding, and stability in both the ferrous and ferric oxidation states. Our results reveal that hexacoordinate Synechocystis hemoglobin lacking this bond is less stable in the ferrous oxidation state than the ferric, which is surprising in light of our understanding of pentacoordinate Hb stability, in which the ferric protein is always less stable. It is also demonstrated that removal of the His117-heme 2-vinyl bond increases the affinity constant for intramolecular histidine coordination in the ferric oxidation state, thus presenting greater competition for the ligand binding site and lowering the observed rate and affinity constants for exogenous ligands.     

Tissue-specificity of hemoglobin synthesis: Localization of heme synthesis in the subepidermal fat body of Chironomus thummi (Diptera)

Possible sites of heme synthesis in the fourth instar of Chironomus thummi were investigated by means of autoradiography of specific isotope incorporation. “Body wall” preparations, which include subepidermal and visceral fat body, oenocytes, muscle, epidermis, and cuticle, were cultured for 1 h in a medium containing tritiated-δ-aminolevulinic acid, a specific precursor to heme biosynthesis. Light-microscopic examination of autoradiographs of sections of the body walls indicates that the subepidermal fat body is the major site of incorporation of the precursor into heme. The visceral fat body shows few silver grains. Oenocytes, as well as muscle and epidermis, are characterized by absence of silver deposits. These findings indicate that the subepidermal fat body of Chironomus is the primary site of heme synthesis, and are discussed in relation to specific hemoglobin synthesis.     

Role of clathrin‐mediated endocytosis in the use of heme and hemoglobin by the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

Heme is a major source of iron for pathogens of humans, and its use is critical in determining the outcome of infection and disease. Cryptococcus neoformans is an encapsulated fungal pathogen that causes life‐threatening infections in immunocompromised individuals. C. neoformans effectively uses heme as an iron source, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly defined. Non‐iron metalloporphyrins (MPPs) are toxic analogues of heme and are thought to enter microbial cells via endogenous heme acquisition systems. We therefore carried out a mutant screen for susceptibility against manganese MPP (MnMPP) to identify new components for heme uptake in C. neoformans. We identified several genes involved in signalling, DNA repair, sugar metabolism, and trafficking that play important roles in susceptibility to MnMPP and in the use of heme as an iron source. We focused on investigating the role of clathrin‐mediated endocytosis (CME) and found that several components of CME including Chc1, Las17, Rvs161, and Rvs167 are required for growth on heme and hemoglobin and for endocytosis and intracellular trafficking of these molecules. We show that the hemoglobin uptake process in C. neoformans involves clathrin heavy chain, Chc1, which appears to colocalise with hemoglobin‐containing vesicles and to potentially assist in proper delivery of hemoglobin to the vacuole. Additionally, C. neoformans strains lacking Chc1, Las17, Rvs161, or Rvs167 were defective in the elaboration of several key virulence factors, and a las17 mutant was avirulent in a mouse model of cryptococcosis. Overall, this study unveils crucial functions of CME in the use of heme iron by C. neoformans and reveals a role for CME in fungal pathogenesis.     

Interaction of aromatic donor molecules with horseradish peroxidase: identification of the binding site and role of heme iron in the binding and activity

The interaction of aromatic substrates with horseradish peroxidase (HRP) was studied. Chemical modification of HRP was performed using diethylpyrocarbonate (DEPC) and for the first time the amino acid involved in binding with these substrates has been identified. The kinetic parameters for this interaction have been calculated and the role of heme iron in the oxidation of aromatic substrates by HRP has been discussed.     

Purification,characterization and catalytic activity of anionic zucchini peroxidase

The isolation and purification, by preparative electrofocusing, of the major anionic (ZPOA) and cationic (ZPOC) isoenzymes, collected from young zucchini squash, are reported. The M _r and sugar content are similar to those found previously for the major isoenzymes from the ripe fruits and in the range commonly observed for plant peroxidases. The amount of the two cationic enzymes was very low compared with that of anionic ZPOA. The anionic enzyme has been characterized by electronic, circular dichroism, proton NMR and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy. The spectra are qualitatively similar to those of the corresponding anionic horseradish peroxidase (HRPA) derivatives, with minor differences attributable to the particular protein environment around the heme. The kinetics of the enzymatic oxidation of a series of phenols by H₂O₂ have been studied. ZPOA shows a parallel behavior to HRPA, but it is systematically more active than HRPA, indicating that the zucchini enzymes have a marked tendency to carry out oxidation of this type of compounds.     

Inhibition of heme synthesis in bone marrow cells by succinylacetone: effect on globin synthesis

The effects of 4,6-dioxoheptanoic acid (succinylacetone, SA), an inhibitor of delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase, on total iron uptake, heme synthesis, and globin synthesis were studied in rat marrow cells in culture in order to examine the coordination of heme and globin synthesis. SA inhibited heme synthesis in both control and erythropoietin-stimulated cells in a dose-dependent fashion; at 10(-3) M, inhibition was complete, whereas at 10(-7) M, there was no significant effect. Inhibition of total iron uptake was also dose-dependent although, at 10(-3) M, it was not complete. The inhibition of heme synthesis by SA was partially overcome by addition of 10(-4) M porphobilinogen or protoporphyrin IX. SA caused an almost complete suppression of globin formation in both erythropoietin-stimulated and unstimulated cells as early as five hours after the addition of the inhibitor. When inhibition of heme synthesis was incomplete, globin synthesis was partially inhibited. These results indicate that heme synthesis is required for erythropoietin-mediated induction of globin synthesis in cultured bone marrow cells.