淀粉合酶的酶学与分子生物学研究进展

淀粉合酶作为淀粉合成的关键酶之一,一直是淀粉研究的重要内容。这些研究多集中在对其同工型的研究,淀粉合酶的两类主要同工型分别为淀粉粒结合的淀粉合酶和可溶性淀粉合酶,这两类同工型的作用极为复杂。本文介绍了淀粉合酶同工型的酶学和分子生物学近年来的研究进展,同时也讨论了这些同工型的分类、相互关系及其在淀粉合成过程中的生理功能等内容。     

淀粉合酶的酶学与分子生物学研究进展

淀粉合酶作为淀粉合成的关键酶之一,一直是淀粉研究的重要内容,这些研究多集中在对其同工型的研究,淀粉合酶的两类主要同工型分别为淀粉粒结合的淀粉合酶和可溶性淀粉合酶,这两类同工型的作用极为复杂,本文介绍了淀粉合酶同工型的酶学和分子生物学近年来的研究进展,同时也讨论了这些同工型的分类,相互关系及其在淀粉合成过程中的生理功能等内容。     

Acid β-Glucosidase: Enzymology and Molecular Biology of Gaucher Diseas

Abstract

Human lysosomal β-glucosidase (D-glucosyl-acylsphingo-sine glucohydrolase, EC 3.2.1.45) is a membrane-associated enzyme that cleaves the β-glucosidic linkage of glucosylcer-amide (glucocerebroside), its natural substrate, as well as synthetic β-glumsides. Experiments with cultured cells suggest that in vivo this glycoprotein requires interaction with negatively charged lipids and a small acidic protein, SAP-2, for optimal glucosylceramide hydrolytic rates. In vitro, detergents (Triton? X-100 or bile acids) or negatively charged gangliosides or phos-pholipids and one of several “activator proteins” increase hydrolytic rate of lipid and water-soluble substrates. Using such in vitro assay systems and active site-directed covalent inhibitors, kinetic and structural properties of the active site have been elucidated. The defective activity of this enzyme leads to the variants of Gaucher disease, the most prevalent lysosomal storage disease. The nonneuronopathic (type 1) and neuronopathic (types 2 and 3) variants of this inherited (autosomal recessive) disease but panethnic, but type 1 is most prevalent in the Ashkenazi Jewish population. Several missense mutations, identified in the structural gene for lysosomal β-glucosidase from Gaucher disease patients, are presumably casual to the specifically altered post-translational oligosaccharide processing or stability of the enzyme as well as the alterecA in vitro kinetic properties of the residual enzyme from patient tissues.     

Biotechnology of Microbial Xylanases: Enzymology,Molecular Biology,and Application

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Xylanases are hydrolases depolymerizing the plant cell wall component xylan, the second most abundant polysaccharide. The molecular structure and hydrolytic pattern of xylanases have been reported extensively and the mechanism of hydrolysis has also been proposed. There are several models for the gene regulation of which this article could add to the wealth of knowledge. Future work on the application of these enzymes in the paper and pulp, food industry, in environmental science, that is, bio-fueling, effluent treatment, and agro-waste treatment, etc. require a complete understanding of the functional and genetic significance of the xylanases. However, the thrust area has been identified as the paper and pulp industry. The major problem in the field of paper bleaching is the removal of lignin and its derivatives, which are linked to cellulose and xylan. Xylanases are more suitable in the paper and pulp industry than lignin-degrading systems.     

番茄蔗糖代谢关键基因的分子生物学研究

蔗糖代谢相关的酶类主要有转化酶、蔗糖合成酶和蔗糖磷酸合成酶。该文着重对番茄中这些酶的编码基因表达与转基因方面的近期研究进行分析评述。     

Molecular Enzymology of Phage T4 Dam DNA Methyltransferase

This review summarizes the results of a study of the molecular mechanisms of phage T4 DNA adenine methyltransferase (T4Dam) action. T4Dam [EC 2.1.1.72] catalyzes the transfer of a methyl group from S-adenosyl-L-methionine (AdoMet) to N⁶ of the adenine located in the palindromic recognition site GATC. The subunit structure of T4Dam, substrate-binding properties, and kinetic parameters of methylation of a variety of native and modified oligonucleotide duplexes are considered. A kinetic scheme of the reaction was proposed, assuming that T4Dam is isomerized into a catalytically active form. The mechanisms of DNA-induced dimerization of T4Dam, flipping of the target base, reorientation of T4Dam on an asymmetrically methylated recognition site, the effector action of substrates, and processive methylation of extended DNA containing more than one specific site are discussed. The results obtained for T4Dam may provide a better understanding of the action mechanisms of other homologous enzymes including, first and foremost, those of the vast Dam family.     

Plant Molecular Biology

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Plant Molecular Biology     

衰老分子生物化学中的羰基应激

羰基应激(如：蛋白交联、醛一氨反应)是自由基和美拉德反应的共同结果,也是衰老的重要过程．尽管生物体本身有羰基降解酶和其它羰基解毒系统,然而,即使在健康组织中也还是有大量的有毒羰基化合物存在,特别是不饱和醛酮,如：马龙二醛、4．羟基壬烯醛等．这些不饱和醛酮在生理pH条件下就能与几乎所有的重要生物分子(如：蛋白质、核苷酸等)自发反应,导致一系列与衰老相关的变异．体内的不饱和醛酮还是谷胱甘肽下降、细胞膜损坏、酶功能抑制、免疫混乱、遗传变异、细胞复制受阻等病理变化的主要测定指标和重要原因;同时也是糖基化终产物、老年色素、眼球晶体白内障及胶原组织交联等老化现象的前体物质．因此,不饱和醛酮的毒害可能是机体衰老的核心过程．     

扩展蛋白生理与分子生物学

扩展蛋白(expansins)是植物细胞壁中特有的一类蛋白质,对细胞壁具有独特的松弛功能.该文介绍扩展蛋白的结构、作用机制、生理功能、基因家族以及分子生物学研究进展情况.     

木聚糖酶的分子生物学及其应用

木聚糖是一种多聚五碳糖,是植物细胞中的主要半纤维素成分,木聚糖酶是可将木聚糖降解成低聚木糖和木糖的复合酶系,综述了木聚糖酶分子生物学上的研究进展及其在饲料,造纸,食品,能源工业上的应用。