三种双季铵化合物对乙酰胆碱酯酶梭曼膦酰化和老化的影响

本文研究了六甲溴铵(C_6)、十甲溴铵(C_(10))和百草枯(paraquat或PQ)对电鳐电器官乙酰胆碱酯酶的作用。C_6是酶的完全竞争性抑制剂,它对梭曼膦酰化酶的老化反应有明显的延缓作用;C_(10)对酶的抑制分为两相,A相为完全竞争性抑制,B相为混合型抑制,它对老化只有轻微的延缓作用;PQ为酶的激活剂,而它对老化几乎无影响。概据这些结果可以设想,酶的活性区域的阴离子部位在梭曼膦酰化乙酰胆碱酯酶的老化中起重要作用。     

植物磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶的研究——Ⅳ精氨酸残基在高粱叶片PEP羧化酶催化和调节功能中的作用

应用化学修饰的方法观察精氨酸残基在PEP羧化酶的催化和调节功能中的作用。用丁二酮在硼酸盐缓冲液存在下处理PEP羧化酶使酶活性迅速丧失。其失活速度表现为拟一级反应动力学特性。 低温处理(15℃),或者PEP、G6P、甘氨酸,苹果酸,G6P加甘氨酸和PEP加甘氨酸等酶的底物和效应剂的存在对酶的丁二酮失活均具不同程度的保护作用。PEP和G6P的P_(0.5)值各为4mM和1.5mM。 丁二酮对酶的修饰表现为可逆失活。在Tris-H_2SO_4缓冲液中透析可使被丁二酮修饰而丧失的酶活性恢复。 丁二酮处理还使酶失去对G6P的敏感性,但不影响甘氨酸对酶的调节作用。低温(15℃)下丁二酮修饰酶的G6P脱敏速度比常温下(30℃)底物保护的修饰酶的G6P脱敏速度慢。比较脱敏速度常数(k_(dG6P))前者是0.0116(分~(-1)),后者是0.0562(分~(-1))。甘氨酸的加入不影响底物保护的修饰酶的G6P脱敏速度而明显降低酶的丁二酮失活速度。 这些结果表明精氨酸残基不仅存在于酶的催化部位并为酶的催化所必需,同时还存在于酶的G6P结合部位而参与G6P对酶的调节功能。     

定点诱变G6PD基因的表达及突变酶的生物学功能研究

首次将9种人工定点诱变的G6PD基因转化至G6PD缺陷的大肠杆菌HB351(DE3)中表达,并对突变酶的生物学功能进行研究。初步证实G6PD基因m1376 G to T(Arg 459keu),1388 G to A(Arg 463 His)突变可降低酶活性并引起酶动力学改变。这可能与取代氨基酸的化学结构、所带电荷的性质及极性有关。这两个部位的精氨酸在酶与NADP~ 的结合过程中亦起到重要作用。赖氨酸取代精氨酸对酶与NADP~ 的结合影响不大。引入无义突变,证实G6PD第459位以后的氨基酸对酶活性有重要影响。     

马齿苋叶片磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶活性及调节特性的光/暗变化

在光照条件下C_4植物马齿黄金苋叶片PEPC的提取活性高于在黑暗中的。PEPC的光/暗活性比率与测定系统的pH及底物PEP浓度有关。pH升高及PEP浓度增加均可使光/暗活性比值下降。日间提取的PEPC与夜间提取的PEPC对于激活剂G6P及抑制剂Mal的敏感性有明显差异。日型PEPC的敏感性低于夜型PEPC的。G6P对PEPC的激活作用表现为增加酶对底物PEP的亲和性,Mal的抑制作用表现为既降低酶对底物PEP的亲和性,又降低酶促反应的最大速度。G6P、Mal对于日型和夜型PEPC的动力学参数的影响是不同的。     

固定化青霉素G酰化酶水解头孢菌素G制备7—ADCA的研究

用聚丙烯腈纤维固定化青霉素酰化酶水解头孢菌素G制备7-ADCA,固定化酶对头孢菌素G的最适pH为9.0,最适温度50℃。在37℃、pH8.0固定化酶对头孢菌素G的表观米氏常数为1.67×10~(-2)mol/L。最大反应速度为3.01mmol·g~(-1)·min~(-1)。头孢菌素G溶液浓度在2％以上时,对固定化酶有明显的抑制作用。固定化酶水解头孢菌素G的最佳投料浓度为5％～6％,水解时用酶量以每克头孢菌素G投300U以上为好。按上述条件水解头孢菌素G,操作25批后固定化酶保留活力77.8％,7-ADCA平均收率92.68％。     

植物磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶的研究——Ⅱ.高粱叶片PEP羧化酶的代谢物调节特性和油酸抑制效应

本文报导高粱叶片的PEP羧化酶与一些代谢物相互作用的动力学特性。MgCl_2对不同PEP羧化酶同工酶表现程度不同的负协同性,Hill系数分别为0`86(PC Ⅰ)和0.47(PCⅡ)。PEP的饱和曲线呈S型。Hill系数为2.4,表现为正协同性。在不同浓度的G6P存在下,曲线的S型特性消失,Hill系数下降至1。而在不同浓度甘氨酸存在下负协同程度逐步增强,Hill系数为0.72。测定不同浓度G6P对酶活化程度的影响结果表明高浓度G6P(10 mM以上)活化程度反而下降,同时加入低浓度的甘氨酸(0.1～5 mM)能减缓高浓度G6P活化作用下降的程度。上述结果表明Mg~( )和PEP不仅作为底物或辅因子参与反应而且以同位协同的方式调节酶构象的变化,G6P和gly活化酶的作用类型是不同的。低浓度油酸(5～50 μM)对酶有强烈的抑制效应。高浓度Mg~( )不能解除其对酶的抑制。不同材料的酶对油酸反应不同。使高梁叶片PC Ⅰ活性完全抑制的油酸浓度(100 μM),对PCⅡ和小麦的PEP羧化酶活性几乎没有多大影响,表明油酸对高梁光合型PEP羧化酶的选择性抑制与Mg~( )的螯合作用无关。酶先后与Mg~( )或油酸预保温试验结果表明油酸可能作用于Mg~( )在酶蛋白上的调节位置。     

植物磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶的研究 V.PEP羧化酶的可逆冷失活

从高梁叶片中纯化的PEP羧化酶在低温下活性迅速丧失,失活是可逆的。将低温失活的酶重新加热至室温酶,活性可以得到恢复。酶的失活速度与介质温度有关。温度越低,失活速度越快。 底物PEP、效应剂G6P、甘氨酸均能防止酶的低温失活。在G6P和甘氨酸同时存在时对酶的保护更为有效。 酶的沉降特性表明在低温下酶由聚合状态(10.2S)解联成低聚状态(4.1S)。而在G6P和甘氨酸的共同保护下,酶在低温下仍保持具有催化活性的聚合状态(10.1S)。 尿索(3M)导致酶的失活,而在G6P和甘氨酸的存在下酶的失活程度大大下降(残存酶活性为53％),而在Mg~(++)同时存在下可使酶对尿素的稳定性大大提高(残存酶活性为79％)。 NaCl,KCl等也具有防止酶低温失活的作用。     

氮磷添加对杉木林土壤碳氮矿化速率及酶动力学特征的影响

以江西杉木林红壤为研究对象,开展野外长期氮(N)、磷(P)添加控制试验,设置对照(CK)、N(50kg N hm~(-2)a~(-1))、P(50kg P hm~(-2)a~(-1))、NP(50kg N hm~(-2)a~(-1)+50kg P hm~(-2)a~(-1))处理,分析N、P添加对土壤碳矿化速率(C_(min))、氮矿化速率(N_(min))和相关的β-1,4-葡萄糖苷酶(βG)和β-1,4-N-乙酰葡糖氨糖苷酶(NAG)动力学参数的影响。结果表明:(1)N添加明显降低了C_(min)和N_(min),比CK分别减少了25%和18%;N添加减小了NAG的潜在最大酶活性(V_(max))、半饱和常数(K_m)、催化效率(V_(max)/K_m),但差异不显著(P0.05);N添加显著增加了βG的V_(max)、K_m,但对V_(max)/K_m有抑制作用。(2)P输入(P、NP)较CK使NAG的V_(max)、K_m减小26%—60%;NP同时添加明显提高βG和NAG的V_(max)/K_m(P0.05),但P输入(P、NP)对C_(min)和N_(min)影响不显著(P0.05)。(3)C_(min)与土壤溶解性有机碳正相关,N_(min)与pH显著正相关,与土壤NH_4~+-N、NO_3~--N显著负相关;βG和NAG的V_(max)/K_m均与NH_4~+-N、NO_3~--N负相关(P0.05),K_m均与NH_4~+-N、NO_3~--N正相关(P0.05)。βG的V_(max)与NH_4~+-N、NO_3~--N正相关(P0.05),NAG的V_(max)与有机碳、全氮、全磷、有效磷负相关(P0.05)。研究结果表明,在亚热带杉木人工林中,N添加降低土壤pH,增加土壤有效氮含量,抑制βG和NAG的V_(max)/K_m,对土壤C_(min)和N_(min)产生抑制作用;而NP添加增加土壤有效磷含量,增加土壤βG和NAG的V_(max)/K_m。     

生物膜的主动转运功能

主动转运是生物膜最重要的特性之一,它能逆浓度梯度将溶质转运,维持细胞内外溶质如Na~+、K~+等的浓度差。这种转运必须有能量供给。如果转运溶质不带电荷,则溶质由浓度C_Ⅰ向浓度C_Ⅱ转运时自由能(_△G)的变化为:_ △G=2.3RTlog C_Ⅱ/C_Ⅰ对于带电荷的转运溶质,则为:     

刺五加果水溶性多糖的研究——AS-2的分离纯化与结构探讨

从刺五加果中抽提出水溶性粗多糖。经酸性乙醇分级及反复冻融得到多糖AS-2。AS-2经Sepharose CL-4B柱层析为单一对称峰,经醋酸纤维素膜电泳为一条带,冻融后高速离心无沉淀可证明其为均一级分。G.C分析表明,AS-2由Ara、Xyl、Rha、Gal、Glc组成,其单糖摩尔比为1.6:1.2:1.8:1.0:3.6。AS-2的分子量约为78kD,比旋光度[α]_D~(25)=+17°,特性粘度[η]=0.068。红外光谱分析含β型糖苷键。部分酸水解、酶解、高碘酸酸化、Smith降解、完全甲基化、G.C,G.C-M.S的分析结果表明,以β(1→3)Glc及β(1→4)Glc构成分子的主链。Glc的C_3上带有分支,约每4个己糖残基带有1个侧链。侧链上,Rha多以1→4苷键相连,部分残基C_2上有分支。Gal存在(1→6)及(1→3)连接方式,多数Glc以(1→6)苷键连结,少数Glc出现在分子非还原末端。位于分子末端的还有Ara与Xyl。     

Isoforms of glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase in Deinococcus radiophilus

Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH, EC 1.1.1.49) in Deinococcus radiophilus, an extraordinarily UV-resistant bacterium, was investigated to gain insight into its resistance as it was shown to be involved in a scavenging system of superoxide (O2-1) and peroxide (O2-2) generated by UV and oxidative stresses. D. radiophilus possesses two G6PDH isoforms: G6PDH-1 and G6PDH-2, both showing dual coenzyme specificity for NAD and NADP. Both enzymes were detected throughout the growth phase; however, the substantial increase in G6PDH-1 observed at stationary phase or as the results of external oxidative stress indicates that this enzyme is inducible under stressful environmental conditions. The G6PDH-1 and G6PDH-2 were purified 122- and 44-fold (using NADP as cofactor), respectively. The purified G6PDH-1 and G6PDH-2 had the specific activity of 2,890 and 1,033 U/mg protein (using NADP as cofactor) and 3,078 and 1,076 U/mg protein (using NAD as cofactor), respectively. The isoforms also evidenced distinct structures; G6PDH-1 was a tetramer of 35 kDa subunits, whereas G6PDH-2 was a dimer of 60 kDa subunits. The pIs of G6PDH-1 and G6PDH-2 were 6.4 and 5.7, respectively. Both G6PDH-1 and G6PDH-2 were inhibited by both ATP and oleic acid, but G6PDH-1 was found to be more susceptible to oleic acid than G6PDH-2. The profound inhibition of both enzymes by beta-naphthoquinone-4-sulfonic acid suggests the involvement of lysine at their active sites. Cu2+ was a potent inhibitor to G6PDH-2, but a lesser degree to G6PDH-1. Both G6PDH-1 and G6PDH-2 showed an optimum activity at pH 8.0 and 30 degrees .     

Glucose-6P dehydrogenase in Chlorella sorokiniana (211/8k): an enzyme with unusual characteristics

In Chlorella sorokiniana (211/8k), glucose-6 phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH—EC 1.1.1.49) activity is similar in both N-starved cells and nitrate-grown algae when expressed on a PCV basis. A single G6PDH isoform was purified from Chlorella cells grown under different nutrient conditions; the presence of a single G6PDH was confirmed by native gels stained for enzyme activity and by Western blots. The algal G6PDH is recognised only by antibodies raised against higher plants plastidic protein, but not by chloroplastic and cytosolic isoform-specific antisera. Purified G6PDH showed kinetic parameters similar to plastidic isoforms of higher plants, suggesting a different biochemical structure which would confer peculiar regulative properties to the algal G6PDH with respect to higher plants enzymes. The most remarkable property of algal G6PDH is represented by the response to NADPH inhibition. The algal enzyme is less sensitive to NADPH effects compared to higher plants G6PDH: Ki_NADPH is 103 μM for G6PDH from nitrogen-starved C. sorokiniana, similarly to root plastidic P2-G6PDH. In nitrate-grown C. sorokiniana the Ki_NADPH decreased to 48 μM, whereas other kinetic parameters remained unchanged. These results will allow further investigations in order to rule out possible modifications of the enzyme, and/or the expression of a different G6PDH isoform during nitrate assimilation.     

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase regulation during hypometabolism

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) from hepatopancreas of the land snail, Otala lactea, shows distinct changes in properties between active and estivating (dormant) states, providing the first evidence of pentose phosphate cycle regulation during hypometabolism. Compared with active snails, G6PDH Vmax increased by 50%, Km for glucose-6-phosphate decreased by 50%, Ka Mg x citrate decreased by 35%, and activation energy (from Arrhenius plots) decreased by 35% during estivation. DEAE-Sephadex chromatography separated two peaks of activity and in vitro incubations stimulating protein kinases or phosphatases showed that peak I (low phosphate) G6PDH was higher in active snails (57% of activity) whereas peak II (high phosphate) G6PDH dominated during estivation (71% of total). Kinetic properties of peaks I and II forms mirrored the enzyme from active and estivated states, respectively. Peak II G6PDH also showed reduced sensitivity to urea inhibition of activity and greater stability to thermolysin protease treatment. The interconversion of G6PDH between active and estivating forms was linked to protein kinase G and protein phosphatase 1. Estivation-induced phosphorylation of G6PDH may enhance relative carbon flow through the pentose phosphate cycle, compared with glycolysis, to help maintain NADPH production for use in antioxidant defense.     

甜杨6-磷酸葡萄糖脱氢酶在抗冻性低温诱导中的作用

对-20℃低温锻炼及脱锻炼过程中甜杨(Populus suaveolens)幼苗的G6PDH、SOD和POD活性、MDA含量和半致死温度(LT50)进行了测定和分析.结果发现,低温锻炼在一定程度上提高了幼苗6-磷酸葡萄糖脱氢酶(G6PDH)、SOD和POD活性,降低了MDA含量和幼苗半致死温度(LT50).另外,将幼苗放回常温(脱锻炼)2 d能引起幼苗的G6PDH、SOD和POD活性的显著下降,并使LT50和MDA含量的迅速回升.结果表明,低温锻炼中G6PDH活性的增加有助于SOD和POD活性的提高,进而对幼苗的LT50和MDA含量的降低有明显的促进作用,G6PDH可能参与了SOD和POD活性的调节和抗冻性的低温诱导.     

Importance of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity in cell death

The intracellular redox potential plays an important role incell survival. The principal intracellular reductant NADPH is mainlyproduced by the pentose phosphate pathway by glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH), the rate-limiting enzyme, and by6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase. Considering the importance of NADPH,we hypothesized that G6PDH plays a critical role in cell death. Ourresults show that 1) G6PDHinhibitors potentiatedH₂O₂-inducedcell death; 2) overexpression ofG6PDH increased resistance toH₂O₂-induced cell death; 3) serum deprivation, astimulator of cell death, was associated with decreased G6PDH activityand resulted in elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS);4) additions of substrates for G6PDHto serum-deprived cells almost completely abrogated the serumdeprivation-induced rise in ROS; 5)consequences of G6PDH inhibition included a significant increase inapoptosis, loss of protein thiols, and degradation of G6PDH; and6) G6PDH inhibition caused changesin mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphorylation that were similarto the changes seen withH₂O₂.We conclude that G6PDH plays a critical role in cell death by affectingthe redox potential.     

Cloning,expression, and characterization of the gsdA gene encoding thermophilic glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase from Aquifex aeolicus

The gsdA gene of the extreme thermophilic bacterium Aquifex aeolicus, encoding glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH), was cloned into a high-expression vector and overexpressed as a fusion protein in Escherichia coli. Here we report the characterization of this recombinant thermostable G6PDH. G6PDH was purified to homogeneity by heat precipitation followed by immobilized metal affinity chromatography on a nickel-chelate column. The data obtained indicate that the enzyme is a homodimer with a subunit molecular weight of 55 kDa. G6PDH followed Michaelis-Menten kinetics with a K(M) of 63 micro M for glucose-6-phosphate at 70 degrees C with NADP as the cofactor. The enzyme exhibited dual coenzyme specificity, although it showed a preference in terms of k(cat)/ K(M) of 20.4-fold for NADP over NAD at 40 degrees C and 5.7-fold at 70 degrees C. The enzyme showed optimum catalytic activity at 90 degrees C. Modeling of the dimer interface suggested the presence of cysteine residues that may form disulfide bonds between the two subunits, thereby preserving the oligomeric integrity of the enzyme. Interestingly, addition of dithiothreitol or mercaptoethanol did not affect the activity of the enzyme. With a half-life of 24 h at 90 degrees C and 12 h at 100 degrees C, this is the most thermostable G6PDH described.     

Structural and Functional Properties of Glycerol-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase from a Mammalian Hibernator

Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (G3PDH; E.C.1.1.1.8) was purified from liver and skeletal muscle of black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludivicianus), a hibernating species. Native and subunit molecular masses of the dimeric enzyme were 77 and 40 kD, respectively, and both tissues contained a single isozyme with a pI of 6.4. Kinetic parameters of purified G3PDH from prairie dog liver and muscle were characterized at 22 and 5 °C and compared with rabbit muscle G3PDH. Substrate affinities for hibernator muscle G3PDH were stable (NAD) or increased significantly (K_m G3P and DHAP decreased) at low temperature whereas K_m NAD and DHAP of rabbit G3PDH increased. Prairie dog G3PDH showed greater conservation of K_m G3P over a wide temperature range as well as greater thermal stability and resistance to chemical denaturation by guanidine hydrochloride than the rabbit enzyme. In addition, using the protein sequence of the hibernating thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus) and bioinformatics tools, the deduced protein structure of G3PDH was compared between heterothermic and homeothermic mammals. Structural and functional characteristics of G3PDH from the hibernating species would support enzyme function over a wide range of core body temperatures over cycles of torpor and arousal.     

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity and protein turnover in erythroblasts separated by velocity sedimentation at unit gravity and percoll gradient centrifugation

This work was undertaken to improve a separation method for preparation of large amounts of erythroid cells of different age with homogeneous and minimal contamination of myeloid cells. Our method was suitably employed in the study of the decay mechanism of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) during the erythroid cell maturation.Twenty fractions of erythroid cells at different advancing stages of maturation were prepared by fractionating, at unit gravity, bone marrow cells from anaemic rabbit. The specific activity of the G6PDH was assayed and plotted vs the fraction number and the typical sigmoid curve of the activity decay was drawn. The separated cells were then grouped in three sets of fractions following the three phases of the sigmoid curve and the fractions of each set were combined. From the cytochemical analysis of the three main fractions so obtained, we found a 25–30% myeloid cell contamination in the first fraction, while in the other two fractions the myeloid contamination was 10% or less. For this reason we performed a rapid separation of the first fraction on a discontinuous percoll gradient. By this method, the myeloid cell contamination of the first fraction was levelled down to the other two. The fractions, so obtained, (I, II and III in order of increasing cell maturation) showed a four fold decrease of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity expressed both per cell number and on protein base. On the contrary the concentration of the total soluble proteins did not change significantly in the three fractions.The three purified cellular populations were used to provide information on the protein turnover of the erythroid cells during their development. We measured, in intact cells, the rate of synthesis and degradation of total proteins and then, in cell lysates, we determined the rate of degradation of G6PDH, purified from rabbit RBC and radiolabeled by reductive methylation with C¹⁴-formaldehyde. The rates of proteolysis obtained with total proteins and methyl-G6PDH clearly indicate that the proteolytic machinery of the erythroblasts reduces its activity during the cell maturation.     

Purification and characterization of two isoforms of glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) from Chlorella vulgaris C-27

Two kinds of isoforms of glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) were purified from cells of a freezing-tolerant strain, Chlorella vulgaris C-27, by sequential steps of chromatography on five kinds of columns, including a HiTrap Blue column which showed excellent separation of the isoforms from each other. The two isoforms (G6PDH1 and G6PDH2) were purified up to 109-fold and 197-fold with specific activity of 14.4 and 26.0 U/mg-protein, respectively. G6PDH1 showed an apparent Mr of 200,000 with a subunit Mr of about 58,000, whereas G6PDH2 showed an apparent Mr of 450,000 with a subunit Mr of about 52,000. The kinetic parameters were measured and several enzymatic features of the isoforms, such as effects of metal ions on the enzyme activity, were clarified, which showed that the two isoforms were different from each other in many respects. Among the effective ions, Cd2+ showed marked stimulating effects on both isoforms. G6PDH1 and G6PDH2 seem to be a cytosolic and a chloroplastic type, respectively, as judged by their sensitivity to DTT, and also from the results of sequence similarity searches using their N-terminal and internal amino acid sequences.     

Glucose‐6‐phosphate dehydrogenase is posttranslationally regulated in the larvae of the freeze‐tolerant gall fly,Eurosta solidaginis,in response to freezing

The freeze‐tolerant larvae of the goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis) undergo substantial alterations to their molecular physiology during the winter including the production of elevated quantities of glycerol and sorbitol, which function as cryoprotectants to survive whole body freezing. Production of these cryoprotectants depends on cytosolic pools of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate H (NADPH), a major source being the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP). Glucose‐6‐phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) mediates the rate‐limiting and committed step of the PPP and therefore its molecular properties were explored in larvae sampled from control versus frozen states. G6PDH was purified from control (5°C) and frozen (?15°C) E. solidaginis larvae by a single‐step chromatography method utilizing 2′,5′‐ADP agarose and analyzed to determine its enzymatic parameters. Studies revealed a decrease in K_m for G6P in the frozen animals (to 50% of control values) suggesting an increased flux through the PPP. Immunoblotting of the purified enzyme showed differences in the relative extent of several posttranslational modifications, notably ubiquitination (95% decrease in frozen larvae), cysteine nitrosylation (61% decrease), threonine (4.1 fold increase), and serine phosphorylation (59% decrease). Together these data suggested that the increased flux through the PPP needed to generate NADPH for cryoprotectants synthesis is regulated, at least in part, through posttranslational alterations of G6PDH.