乙酰胆碱酯酶的结构与功能研究进展

乙酰胆碱酯酶是多分子型复杂蛋白质,广泛分布于各种组织,其主要功能是催化水解神经递质乙酰胆碱,近年来发现其有非胆碱能活性。同一组织不同分子型乙酰胆碱酯酶其催化机制及K_m具有相似性,但其一级结构不同。乙酰胆碱酯酶催化效率很高,其催化机制包括靠近、定向、一般酸碱催化及电荷接力系统等过程。乙酰胆碱酯酶在粗面内质网内合成,其代谢过程受某些因素的调节,在某些病理状态下酶活性发生改变。     

乙酰胆碱酯酶分子研究进展

乙酰胆碱酯酶是生物体内胆碱能神经传导中的一种关键酶,它能够快速水解神经递质乙酰胆碱,保证神经信号在生物体内正常传递。乙酰胆碱酯酶结构和催化功能研究一直是生命科学的重要课题,可为研制有针对性的新药和杀虫剂提供重要理论依据。我们简要介绍了乙酰胆碱酯酶的三维晶体结构、活性位点、高效催化机制及其应用。     

紫杉醇构效关系研究进展

紫杉醇是近40年从红豆杉属植物中发现的最著名的天然抗肿瘤药物,在过去30年多年间紫杉醇因其独特的结构、新颖的作用机制和显著的抗癌活性成为化学家、药理学家和生物学家的研究热点.本文对紫杉醇构效关系的研究进行了总结,提供参考文献85篇.     

昆虫乙酰胆碱酯酶基因研究进展

对昆虫乙酰胆碱酯酶（acetylcholinesterase, AChE,EC 3.1.1.7）的基因结构和表达等方面的研究进展进行了综述。分析了昆虫乙酰胆碱酯酶基因的结构,包括10个外显子的特征。对已经报道的昆虫AChE基因进行了系统归纳,并基于已知全序列的昆虫AChE基因,进行了昆虫AChE基因的分子进化分析。对昆虫AChE基因的结构特点及其功能,以及昆虫AChE基因的活性位点、AChE的变构与昆虫抗药性的关系进行了探讨。最后对昆虫AChE基因研究中存在的问题和前景进行了分析和展望。     

多糖构效关系研究进展

随着化学和生物技术的飞速发展,多糖已经成为生命科学研究的热点领域之一,其结构和生物活性的关系对于新药的研发显得尤其重要.本文从多糖结构与其三大活性抗肿瘤、抗病毒、抗凝血的角度,具体阐述多糖的结构如主链结构、取代基修饰、分子量、聚合度等对生物功能的影响,为定向合成设计糖类药物和先导化合物的改造提供参考.     

乙酰胆碱酯酶参与细胞凋亡的研究进展

乙酰胆碱酯酶(Acetylcholinesterase,AChE)是主要存在于神经系统的一种水解酶,其经典功能是水解神经递质乙酞胆碱从而终止神经冲动的传递。但是近年来,研究者发现许多证据表明它具有许多“非经典”的新功能,引起了人们的广泛关注。     

石蒜碱药理活性及构效关系研究进展

石蒜碱是药用石蒜科植物的有效成分之一,是重要的异喹啉类生物碱.石蒜碱拥有刚性的环系骨架、连续的手性中心、三级胺等独特的化学结构特征.同时其药理活性丰富多样,近年来,针对其抗癌、抗病毒、抗炎、抗寄生虫、抑制乙酰胆碱酯酶活性的研究越来越多,尤其在抗癌、抗病毒方面石蒜碱表现出较大潜力,特别是新型冠状病毒SARS-CoV-2研...     

乙酰胆碱酯酶基因工程技术研究进展

乙酰胆碱酯酶（AChE）是一种催化乙酰胆碱分解的水解酶。它与有机磷农药有特异反应。利用AchE基因工程技术进行有机磷农药的快速检测、人类疾病防治、生态环境保护和昆虫的抗药性等方面的研究具有非常重要的意义。该文综述了当前国内外有关AchE的基因克隆技术与表达系统的研究进展,并对AchE转基因技术的现状和问题进行了分析讨论。展望了AChE基因工程技术在农药快速检测、环境保护、人类疾病防治等领域中的应用前景。     

抗菌肽构效关系及其表达策略研究进展

抗菌肽(antim icrobial peptides)是一类具有抗菌活性短肽的总称,广泛分布于原核生物与包括人类在内的真核生物体内,是宿主免疫防御系统中的重要组成部分。研究表明,抗菌肽除具有抗病毒、抗细菌、抗真菌作用外,还具有抗肿瘤作用。现从抗菌肽的结构特点与抗菌机制出发,对其构效关系及表达策略进行综述。     

Structure-Function Relationship of the Bik1-Bim1 Complex

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Ultrahigh resolution structure of a class A beta-lactamase: on the mechanism and specificity of the extended-spectrum SHV-2 enzyme

Bacterial beta-lactamases hydrolyze beta-lactam antibiotics such as penicillins and cephalosporins. The TEM-type class A beta-lactamase SHV-2 is a natural variant that exhibits activity against third-generation cephalosporins normally resistant to hydrolysis by class A enzymes. SHV-2 contains a single Gly238Ser change relative to the wild-type enzyme SHV-1. Crystallographic refinement of a model including hydrogen atoms gave R and R(free) of 12.4% and 15.0% for data to 0.91 A resolution. The hydrogen atom on the O(gamma) atom of the reactive Ser70 is clearly seen for the first time, bridging to the water molecule activated by Glu166. Though hydrogen atoms on the nearby Lys73 are not seen, this observation of the Ser70 hydrogen atom and the hydrogen bonding pattern around Lys73 indicate that Lys73 is protonated. These findings support a role for the Glu166-water couple, rather than Lys73, as the general base in the deprotonation of Ser70 in the acylation process of class A beta-lactamases. Overlay of SHV-2 with SHV-1 shows a significant 1-3 A displacement in the 238-242 beta-strand-turn segment, making the beta-lactam binding site more open to newer cephalosporins with large C7 substituents and thereby expanding the substrate spectrum of the variant enzyme. The OH group of the buried Ser238 side-chain hydrogen bonds to the main-chain CO of Asn170 on the Omega loop, that is unaltered in position relative to SHV-1. This structural role for Ser238 in protein-protein binding makes less likely its hydrogen bonding to oximino cephalosporins such as cefotaxime or ceftazidime.     

纤维素酶分子结构和功能研究进展

概述了近10年来利用结构生物学和蛋白质工程技术在纤维素酶分子结构和功能方面研究的进展,包括：酶分子结构域的拆分、催化域和纤维素结合结构域的结构和功能的研究,纤维素酶的分子折叠.并展望了该领域的研究前景.     

桃种质资源亲缘关系的研究进展

种质资源是现代育种和生物技术研究的物质基础。桃种质资源亲缘关系的研究将为探讨桃的起源、进化、分类、育种和资源利用提供科学依据。本文从形态学、细胞学、孢粉学、生物化学及DNA分子标记等几个方面综述了桃种质资源亲缘关系的研究进展,探讨了桃种质资源亲缘关系的研究现状、前景及尚需解决的问题,并就进一步开展桃种质资源亲缘关系的研究进行了分析,提出桃种质野生种、近缘野生种厦不同栽培品种群间的分子系统学关系是今后研究的重点。     

Structural analysis of the zinc hydroxide–Thr-199–Glu-106 hydrogen-bond network in human carbonic anhydrase II

The singnificance of the zinc hydroxide–Thr-199–Glu-106 hydrogen-bond network in the active site of human carbonic anhydrase II has been examined by X-ray crystallographic analyses of site-specific mutants. Mutants with Ala-199 and Ala-106 or Gln-106 have low catalytic activities, while a mutant with Asp-106 has almost full CO₂ hydration activity. The structures of these four mutants, as well as that of the bicarbonate complex of the mutant with Ala-199, have been determined at 1.7 to 2.2 Å resolution. Removal of the γ atoms of residue 199 leads to distorted tetrahedral geometry at the zine ion, and a catalytically important zinc-bound water molecule has moved towards Glu-106. In the bicarbonate complex of the mutant with Ala-199 one oxygen atom from bicarbonate binds to zinc without displacing this water molecule. Tetrahedral coordination geometries are retained in the mutants at position 106. The mutants with Ala-106 and Gln-106 have a zinc-bound sulfate ion, whereas this sulfate site is only partially occupied in the mutant with Asp-106. The hydrogen-bond network seems to be “reversed” in the mutants with Ala-106 and Gln-106. The network is preserved as in native enzyme in the mutant with Asp-106 but the side chain of Asp-106 is more extended than that of Glu-106 in the native enzyme. These results illustrate the importance of Glu-106 and Thr-199 for controlling the precise coordination geometry of the zinc ion and its ligand preferences with results in an optimal orientation of a zine-bound hydroxide ion for an attack on the CO₂ substrate. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

Advances in the Understanding of the Structure-Function Relationship in Cu,Zn Superoxide Dismutase

The structure-function relationship in Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase has been partially elucidated by the combined use of many spectroscopic techniques (electronic spectroscopy, circular dichroism. EPR and NMR) and site-directed mutagenesis techniques. The comparison of the spectroscopic and catalytic properties of various mutants, in which some active site residues have been substituted through site-directed mutagenesis, allowed us to establish that the activity is in general more sensitive to electrostatic effects rather than to steric effects or changes in the copper hydration or coordination geometry.     

工业应用导向的蛋白质结构与功能研究进展

在蛋白质工程、绿色生物制造以及合成生物学等研究领域中,对重要催化反应的重塑和合成路径的优化搭建,都依赖于对相关蛋白质结构与功能的深入了解。合成生物技术近年来的飞速发展对关键菌种及生物催化过程中的蛋白质的性能提出了更高要求,相关研究的关键是获得大批量、高纯度目的蛋白,并进行快速、准确的构效关系研究。中国科学院天津工业生物技术研究所建所10年来,在工业蛋白质领域进行了多年的积累,成功搭建成了蛋白质结构生物学平台;并在植物天然产物合成相关萜类合成酶、白色污染降解的聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯(polyethylene terephthalate, PET)塑料降解酶以及生物质转化利用相关酶等方面获得了一些进展,通过对这些蛋白进行结构和功能的研究,为许多研究工作提供了理论依据。蛋白质结构功能研究相关技术的不断发展,将加速合成生物学的学术和工业应用研究,推动我国生物制造领域的科技创新升级。     

Recognition of single-stranded DNA by nuclease P1: High resolution crystal structures of complexes with substrate analogs

The reaction mechanism of nuclease P1 from Penicillium citrinum has been investigated using single-stranded dithiophosphorylated di-, tetra-, and hexanucleotides as substrate analogs. The complexes crystallize in tetragonal and orthorhombic space groups and have been solved by molecular replacement. The high resolution structures give a clear picture of base recognition by P1 nuclease at its two nucleotide-binding sites, especially the 1.8 Å structure of a P1-tetranucleotide complex which can be considered a P1-product complex. The observed binding modes are in agreement with a catalytic mechanism where the two closely spaced zinc ions activate the attacking water while the third, more exposed zinc ion stabilizes the leaving 03' oxyanion. Stacking as well as hydrogen bonding interactions with the base 5' to the cleaved phosphodiester bond are important elements of substrate binding and recognition. Modelling of a productive P1-substrate complex based on the solved structures suggests steric hindrance as the likely reason for the resistance of Rp-phosphorothioates and phosphorodithioates. Differences with the highly homologous nuclease S1 from Aspargillus oryzae are discussed. Proteins 32:414–424, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.