作物细胞耐旱保护酶系统对外磁场的反应

作物细胞的耐旱保护酶由过氧化物酶（ＰＯＤ） 、过氧化氢酶（ＣＡＴ） 和超氧化物歧化酶（ＳＯＤ） 组成。对小麦种子施加０．１Ｔ 的磁场处理使其萌发时细胞中ＰＯＤ 活性提高,幼苗根系和叶片细胞中的ＰＯＤ 活性也发生了变化,叶片的ＰＯＤ 同工酶谱中多出了两个酶带。使用蛋白质合成抑制剂和转录抑制剂发现,ＰＯＤ 活性提高的原因是磁场处理促进了ＰＯＤ 合成的翻译过程。干旱胁迫下,经磁场处理的幼苗叶片细胞中的ＰＯＤ、ＣＡＴ 和ＳＯＤ 活性均比对照高,膜脂过氧化产物丙二醛（ ＭＤＡ） 含量比对照低,表明保护酶系统的功能有所增强。     

蚯蚓体内一种纤溶酶原激活剂(e-PA)对ATEE的降解

赤子爱胜蚓（Ｅｉｓｅｎｉａｆｅｔｉｄａ）体内的一种纤溶酶原激活剂（ｅ－ＰＡ）能够降解人工合成底物Ｎ－乙酰－Ｌ－酪氨酸乙酯（ＡＴＥＥ）,该降解反应的最适ｐＨ为８．５,而且在０．２ｍｏｌ／ＬＮａ２ＨＰＯ４中的活性要强于在０．０５ｍｏｌ／ＬＴｒｉｓ－ＨＣｌ（ｐＨ８．５）中．分别测定了ｅ－ＰＡ的大小亚基及全酶在０．２ｍｏｌ／ＬＮａ２ＨＰＯ４与０．０５ｍｏｌ／ＬＴｒｉｓ－ＨＣｌ（ｐＨ８．５）两种体系中的Ｋｍ和Ｋｃａｔ．结果表明,在０．２ｍｏｌ／ＬＮａ２ＨＰＯ４中,全酶的ＡＴＥＥ活性远远高于大小亚基单独的ＡＴＥＥ活性,而在０．０５ｍｏｌ／ＬＴｒｉｓ－ＨＣｌ（ｐＨ８．５）中则没有这种现象．从蛋白质结构的角度对这一结果作了解释．用不同抑制剂和ｅ－ＰＡ作用,结果表明,ｐｅｐｓｔａｔｉｎ,Ｅ－６４和ＥＤＴＡ对ｅ－ＰＡ的ＡＴＥＥ活性都有不同程度的抑制,这一点与ｅ－ＰＡ的ＢＡＥＥ活性不同．     

人Pescadillo能够诱导大规模染色质伸展

人Pescadillo基因编码的蛋白分子中含有一个BRCT结构域,Pescadillo在DNA合成、细胞增殖和转化中发挥重要作用.考虑到BRCT结构域能够诱导大规模染色质伸展,对Pescadillo在大规模染色质伸展中的作用进行了研究.首先从人乳腺MCF10A细胞中得到了Pescadillo编码区的cDNA,其序列在第580～582位氨基酸发生缺失,将该cDNA片段与lac阻遏物在AO3-1细胞中融合表达,通过lac阻遏物结合细胞基因组中含有lac操纵基因的区域将Pescadillo靶向至染色质周围,发现Pescadillo能够诱导大规模染色质伸展,并将诱导大规模染色质伸展活性的结构域定位至其BRCT结构域,这为深入理解Pescadillo的重要作用提供了新的线索.     

人Pescadillo诱导大规模染色质伸展

人Pescadillo基因编码的蛋白分子中含有一个BRCT结构域, Pescadillo在DNA合成、细胞增殖和转化中发挥重要作用. 考虑到BRCT结构域能够诱导大规模染色质伸展, 对Pescadillo在大规模染色质伸展中的作用进行了研究. 首先从人乳腺MCF10A细胞中得到了Pescadillo编码区的cDNA, 其序列在第580~582位氨基酸发生缺失, 将该cDNA 片段与lac阻遏物在AO3-1细胞中融合表达, 通过lac阻遏物结合细胞基因组中含有lac操纵基因的区域将Pescadillo靶向至染色质周围, 发现Pescadillo能够诱导大规模染色质伸展, 并将诱导大规模染色质伸展活性的结构域定位至其BRCT结构域, 这为深入理解Pescadillo的重要作用提供了新的线索.     

导入外源DNA对小麦基因表达的影响

用（ＳＤＳ）ＰＡＧＥ对外源豌豆ＤＮＡ导入小麦体的不良变异后代种子蛋白质和酯酶同工酶（ＥＳＴ）、超氧化物歧化酶（ＳＯＤ）、过氧化同工酶（ＰＯＤ）进行分析,发现变异小麦的种子蛋白质消减４个组分带,ＥＳＴ和ＰＯＤ消减２条酶谱带,ＳＯＤ的活性明显降低,并且变异小麦植株的发育生长表型呈现出脆弱,早衰迹象,表明导入外源ＤＮＡ抑制了某些基因的表达,同时分析导致这种负作用的原因。     

表油菜素内酯对黄瓜子叶过氧化物酶活性和可溶性蛋白含量的影响

０．５ｍｇ／Ｌ的表油菜素内酯（ｅｐｉ－ＢＲ）能显著地促进黄瓜子叶叶绿素ａ、叶绿素ｂ的含量和叶绿素ａ／叶绿素ｂ比值的下降,表明ｅｎｉ－ＢＲ能促进子叶的衰老。从过氧化物酶（ＰＯＤ）的活性测定及同工酶谱发现ｅｐｉ－ＢＲ可提高其活性,暗示它可能通过提高子叶ＰＯＤ的活性而加速子叶叶绿素的降解。另一方面,ｅｐｉ－ＢＲ促进子时可溶性蛋白含量的下降,其中主要是ＲｕＢＰ羧化酶含量的下降,同时,ｅｐｉ－ＢＲ引起子叶游离氨基酸的累积。     

水杨酸对黄瓜叶片抗氧化剂酶系的调节作用

分析了水杨酸（ＳＡ）对黄瓜（ＣｕｃｕｍｉｓｓａｔｉｖｕｓＬ．）叶片抗氧化剂酶系活性及活性氧水平的调节作用。不同浓度的ＳＡ（０．５ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ、１ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ、２．５ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ、５ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ）均能显著地提高被处理叶片超氧化物歧化酶（ＳＯＤ）和过氧化物酶（ＰＯＤ）活性,而且还能诱导同株的非处理叶片中ＳＯＤ和ＰＯＤ活性增加。用１ｍｍｏｌ／ＬＳＡ处理第一片真叶,在处理后６～７２ｈ,ＰＯＤ活性增加了２２％～６７％,同株非处理的第二片真叶ＰＯＤ活性增加了１４％～８６％,但是,在ＳＡ处理后３ｈ之前以及处理９６ｈ之后,ＰＯＤ活性没有变化。ＳＡ能够显著降低超氧物阴离子含量和提高过氧化氢水平,但它对过氧化氢酶（ＣＡＴ）活性的抑制作用很弱,表明ＳＡ提高体内过氧化氢含量的原因主要是通过提高ＳＯＤ活性而不是抑制ＣＡＴ活性。同工酶分析表明,ＳＡ不能诱导新的ＳＯＤ同工酶,但可以诱导新的ＰＯＤ同工酶。     

磁场诱导小麦幼苗POD活性的变化及其在脱水条件下的响应

经磁场处理的小麦种子萌发后种胚中的过氧化物酶少在性较对照高,ＰＯＤ同工酶谱中多出两条带,根芽分化以后,处理组的幼苗根系及叶和ＰＯＤ活性仍高于对照,叶和的ＰＯＤ同工酶也有差异,显示出磁场诱导ＰＯＤ同工酶基因表达的后效应。在幼苗脱水条件下,受磁场诱导的ＰＯＤ活性增加的优势在根系在叶片中仍然存在,ＳＯＤ活性的变化与ＰＯＤ活性的变化相似,表明磁场处理小麦种子使幼苗抗旱保护酶的功能有所增强。     

青草鲢鳙四种鱼同工酶的比较研究

采用聚丙烯酰氨垂直板状连续电泳方法,对青草鲢鳙６种组织、１０种同工酶和蛋白质进行了电泳研究,并结合作者以前做的工作,对所研究的共２１种同工酶和蛋白质在４种鱼中的组织分布,位点表达及活性作了分析和总结。结果表明：４种鱼同工酶的种内组织分布差异大于种间差异;ＡＤＨ、ＡＭＹ、ＣＡＴ、ＥＳＴ、ＭＥ、ＰＯＸ、ＳＤＨ存在不同程度的种间差异,可作为种类的遗传标记;４种鱼ＭＤＨ、ＧＯＴ、ＡＬＰ、ＡＯ、ＳＯＤ同工酶谱非常相似,只在活性上略有差异;ＬＤＨ、Ｇ６ＰＤＨ和ＣＯＸ的酶谱特征可作为青草和鲢鳙两个亚科的鉴别标记。     

大白菜病毒的圆二色性

曾从大白菜中纯化了烟草花叶病毒新株——大白菜病毒(CCV)。本文研究了它的圆二色性。它的近紫外圆二色(CD)谱在273nm显示一个大正峰,在273～300nm间有3个肩膀。近紫外CD谱形和TMV-HR株的相似。远紫外CD谱在221nm呈负峰,在208～209nm处有一个较弱的肩膀,197nm处有一强正峰。在pH5～10.8的范围里,CCV呈相同的CD谱。溶液中不同的盐浓度对CCV的CD谱没有明显影响。游离的CCV外壳蛋白质的CD谱呈双负峰,游离核酸的CD谱与一般RNA的CD谱相似。这些结果说明,CCV远紫外CD谱几乎完全由蛋白质组分贡献,近紫外CD谱可能说明病毒颗粒内RNA和蛋白质间有很强的相互作用。     

Flexibility of the DNA-binding domains of trp repressor

An orthorhombic crystal form of trp repressor (aporepressor plus L-tryptophan ligand) was solved by molecular replacement, refined to 1.65 A resolution, and compared to the structure of the repressor in trigonal crystals. Even though these two crystal forms of repressor were grown under identical conditions, the refined structures have distinctly different conformations of the DNA-binding domains. Unlike the repressor/aporepressor structural transition, the conformational shift is not caused by the binding or loss of the L-tryptophan ligand. We conclude that while L-tryptophan binding is essential for forming a specific complex with trp operator DNA, the corepressor ligand does not lock the repressor into a single conformation that is complementary to the operator. This flexibility may be required by the various binding modes proposed for trp repressor in its search for and adherence to its three different operator sites.     

Experimental confinement of the transient receptor potential to the peripheral retinula cells in the trp mutant Drosophila: What it tells us about the mutation and visual function

By the use of appropriate light intensities the expression of the transient nature of the receptor potential observed in the trp mutant of Drosophila melanogaster can be confined to the peripheral retinula cells in which the visual pigment can also be manipulated predictably, affording an experimental means to probe in these receptors the relationship of the visual pigment to the “electrogenic membrane”. Repeated blue light exposures cause w;trp flies to respond in a manner like cn;bw flies in which the dark-adapted rhodopsin fraction is reduced to 0.5% of the normal level by vitamin A deprivation: this comparable response behaviour, since the amount of visual pigment in w;trp flies is normal, implies that only some subfraction of the photoequilibrium value of rhodopsin may be available. Recovery of the peripheral receptors' sensitivity in ambient light conditions which would render them insensitive by expression of the phenotype is paradoxical and allows a “wavelength effectivity” curve to be constructed which identifies the involvement of the rhodopsin. Resolution of the paradox is discussed.     

Resolution of the fluorescence equilibrium unfolding profile of trp aporepressor using single tryptophan mutants.

Single tryptophan mutants of the trp aporepressor, tryptophan 19-->phenylalanine (W19F) and tryptophan 99-->phenylalanine (W99F), were used in this study to resolve the individual steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence urea unfolding profiles of the two tryptophan residues in this highly intertwined, dimeric protein. The wild-type protein exhibits a large increase in fluorescence intensity and lifetime, as well as a large red shift in the steady-state fluorescence emission spectrum, upon unfolding by urea (Lane, A.N. & Jardetsky, O., 1987, Eur. J. Biochem. 164, 389-396; Gittelman, M.S. & Matthews, C.R., 1990, Biochemistry 29, 7011-7020; Fernando, T. & Royer, C.A., 1992, Biochemistry 31, 6683-6691). Unfolding of the W19F mutant demonstrated that Trp 99 undergoes a large increase in intensity and a red shift upon exposure to solvent. Lifetime studies revealed that the contribution of the dominant 0.5-ns component of this tryptophan tends toward zero with increasing urea, whereas the longer lifetime components increase in importance. This lifting of the quenching of Trp 99 may be due to disruption of the interaction between the two subunits upon denaturation, which abolishes the interaction of Trp 99 on one subunit with the amide quenching group of Asn 32 on the other subunit (Royer, C.A., 1992, Biophys. J. 63, 741-750). On the other hand, Trp 19 is quenched in response to unfolding in the W99F mutant. Exposure to solvent of Trp 19, which is buried at the hydrophobic dimer interface in the native protein, results in a large red shift of the average steady-state emission.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

产甘油假丝酵母TRP1基因的克隆与功能分析

产甘油假丝酵母(Candida glycerinogenes) WL2002-5 是我国发酵甘油生产菌种, 具有高产甘油和耐高渗透压的优良性能。本文采用遗传互补的方法从产甘油假丝酵母基因文库中克隆了TRP1基因(CgTRP1)。序列分析显示, 该基因编码区全长735 bp, 编码的磷酸核糖氨基苯甲酸同分异构酶(CgPRAI)氨基酸序列与其他酵母来源的PRAI蛋白同源性在32.9%~49.2%之间。功能互补实验显示, CgTRP1基因在高拷贝情况下可以互补酿酒酵母trp1基因功能但在低拷贝情况下只能部分互补酿酒酵母trp1基因功能, 是一条功能明确、结构完整的酵母新基因。在CgTRP1 基因下游发现另一蛋白编码基因, 编码的氨基酸序列与酵母无机焦磷酸酶有很高的相似性。     

TRPM7 provides an ion channel mechanism for cellular entry of trace metal ions

Trace metal ions such as Zn(2+), Fe(2+), Cu(2+), Mn(2+), and Co(2+) are required cofactors for many essential cellular enzymes, yet little is known about the mechanisms through which they enter into cells. We have shown previously that the widely expressed ion channel TRPM7 (LTRPC7, ChaK1, TRP-PLIK) functions as a Ca(2+)- and Mg(2+)-permeable cation channel, whose activity is regulated by intracellular Mg(2+) and Mg(2+).ATP and have designated native TRPM7-mediated currents as magnesium-nucleotide-regulated metal ion currents (MagNuM). Here we report that heterologously overexpressed TRPM7 in HEK-293 cells conducts a range of essential and toxic divalent metal ions with strong preference for Zn(2+) and Ni(2+), which both permeate TRPM7 up to four times better than Ca(2+). Similarly, native MagNuM currents are also able to support Zn(2+) entry. Furthermore, TRPM7 allows other essential metals such as Mn(2+) and Co(2+) to permeate, and permits significant entry of nonphysiologic or toxic metals such as Cd(2+), Ba(2+), and Sr(2+). Equimolar replacement studies substituting 10 mM Ca(2+) with the respective divalent ions reveal a unique permeation profile for TRPM7 with a permeability sequence of Zn(2+) approximately Ni(2+) > Ba(2+) > Co(2+) > Mg(2+) >/= Mn(2+) >/= Sr(2+) >/= Cd(2+) >/= Ca(2+), while trivalent ions such as La(3+) and Gd(3+) are not measurably permeable. With the exception of Mg(2+), which exerts strong negative feedback from the intracellular side of the pore, this sequence is faithfully maintained when isotonic solutions of these divalent cations are used. Fura-2 quenching experiments with Mn(2+), Co(2+), or Ni(2+) suggest that these can be transported by TRPM7 in the presence of physiological levels of Ca(2+) and Mg(2+), suggesting that TRPM7 represents a novel ion-channel mechanism for cellular metal ion entry into vertebrate cells.     

Tryptophan deficiency affects organ growth by retarding cell expansion in Arabidopsis

Tryptophan (Trp) is an essential amino acid required not only for protein synthesis but also for the production of many plant metabolites, including the hormone auxin. Mutations that disrupt Trp biosynthesis result in various developmental defects in plant organs, but how Trp affects organ growth and development remains unclear. Here, we identify an Arabidopsis mutant, small organ1 ( smo1/trp2-301 ), which exhibits a reduction in the size of its aerial organs as a result of the retardation of growth by cell expansion, rather than by the retardation of growth by cell proliferation. smo1/trp2-301 contains a lesion in TSB1 that encodes a predominantly expressed Trp synthase β-subunit, and is allelic with trp2 mutants. Further analyses show that in trp2 leaf cells, the nuclear endoreduplication is impaired and chloroplast development is delayed. Furthermore, cell expansion and leaf growth in trp2 can be restored by the exogenous application of Trp, but not by auxin, and the general protein synthesis is not apparently affected in trp2 mutants. Our findings suggest that the deficiency in Trp or its derivatives is a growth-limiting factor for cell expansion during plant organogenesis.     

A simple genetically structured model of trp repressor-operator interactions

A genetically structured mathematical model of the trp operon based on known molecular interactions of aporepressor, corepressor, and inducer is proposed. The model simulates, both qualitatively and quantitatively, the influence of these regulatory species on the extent of repression and expression of cloned gene products. It shows that at low aporepressor concentration, full repression is not possible even with high tryptophan levels, resulting in leaky expression. Calculations based on the model enabled predictions of optimum levels of aporepressor and tryptophan for effective repression and, concurrently, the beta-indoleacrylic acid concentrations required for induction for both low and high plasmid copy number clones. Using the model we attempted to provide explanations for seemingly anomalous and sometimes contradictory observations by researchers when working with the trp promoter. (c) 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Computational design of a substrate specificity mutant of a protein

The wild-type trp repressor of E. coli bound 5-methoxytryptophan, a Trp analogue, less tightly than Trp. A mutant repressor (Val⁵⁸→Ala) that should bind 5-methoxytryptophan preferentially to Trp was computationally designed by free-energy calculations accompanied by free-energy decomposition. The designed mutant was demonstrated by experiments to bind 5-methoxytryptophan more tightly than Trp, consistent with the computational prediction. This success indicates the usefulness of free energy decomposition in protein design. Proteins 26:459–464 © 1996 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

Clustering of the trp genes in Burkholderia (formerly Pseudomonas) cepacia

Abstract Chromosomal location of trp genes of a strain Burkholderia cepacia (formerly Pseudomonas cepacia ) has been determined by transduction using a generalized transducing phage CP75 and by molecular analysis for a cosmid plasmid clone with trp genes isolated from the genomic gene library of the strain. The trp genes were classified into three linkage groups and they all were closely linked on a short chromosomal region probably in the order ( trpA, trpB, trpF)-(trpC, trpD)-trpE .