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1.
Crude extracts or supernatants of broken cells of Clostridium formicoaceticum reduce unbranched, branched, saturated and unsaturated carboxylates at the expense of carbon monoxide to the corresponding alcohols. The presence of viologens with redox potentials varying from E
0=-295 to-650 mV decreased the rate of propionate reduction. The more the propionate reduction was diminished the more formate was formed from carbon monoxide. The lowest propionate reduction and highest formate formation was observed with methylviologen. The carbon-carbon double bond of E-2-methyl-butenoate was only hydrogenated when a viologen was present. Formate as electron donor led only in the presence of viologens to the formation of propanol from propionate. The reduction of propionate at the expense of a reduced viologen can be followed in cuvettes. With respect to propionate Michaelis Menten behavior was observed. Experiments are described which lead to the assumption that the carboxylates are reduced in a non-activated form. That would be new type of biological reduction.Non-standard abbreviations glc
Gas liquid chromatography
- HPLC
high performance liquid chromatography
- RP
reverse phase; Mediators (the figures in parenthesis of the mediators are redox potentials E
0 in mV)
- CAV2+
carbamoylmethylviologen, 1,1-carbamoyl-4,4-dipyridinium dication (E
0=-296 mV)
- BV2+
benzylviologen, 1,1-dibenzyl-4,4-dipyridinium dication (E
0=-360 mV)
- MV
methylviologen, 1,1-dimethyl-4,4-dipyridinium-dication (E
0=-444 mV)
- DMDQ2+
dimethyldiquat, 4,4-dimethyl-2,2-dipyridino-1,1-ethylendication (E
0=-514 mV)
- TMV2+
tetramethylviologen, 1,1,4,4-tetramethyl-4,4-dipyridinium dication (E
0=-550 mV)
- PDQ2+
propyldiquat, 2,2-dipyridino-1,1-propenyl dication (E
0=-550 mV)
- DMPDQ2+
dimethylpropyldiquat, 4,4-dimethyl-2,2-dipyridino-1,1-propenyl dication (E
0=-656 mV)
- PN
productivity number=mmol product (obtained by the uptake of one pair of electrons) x (biocatalyst (dry weight) kg)-1×h-1 相似文献
2.
Lyophilized aqueous extract of Maytenus ilicifolia leaves (LAEMIL) is commonly used in Brazilian folk medicine in the treatment of dyspepsia as well as gastric ulcers. We have investigated the effect and the possible mechanism of action of the LAEMIL on acid secretion in isolated frog gastric mucosa incubated in an Ussing chamber. It was observed that LAEMIL (7–28 mg%) as well as cimetidine (125–4,000 M), a well-known histamine H2 receptor antagonist, decreased basal acid secretion in a concentration-dependent manner. Similarly to cimetidine (190 M), LAEMIL (21 mg%) also inhibited gastric acid secretion induced by increasing concentrations of histamine (50–800 M). The EC50 values for histamine alone and histamine in the presence of LAEMIL or cimetidine were 94.6 M (71.1–125.9 M), 244.9 M (209.4–286.4 M) and 142.2 M (23.6–855.0 M), respectively. LAEMIL, histamine and cimetidine were effective on acid secretion only when added to the serosal surface of the mucosa. Furthermore, simultaneous addition of LAEMIL and cimetidine at concentrations, per se, ineffective, caused a 16% reduction in the basal acid secretion [from 8.3±0.3 to 6.9±0.2 Eq g–1 (15 min)–1, n=4]. Although effects such as inhibition of histamine biosynthesis and/or histamine release can not be ruled out, our data suggest that LAEMIL, like cimetidine, reduces acid secretion in the isolated frog gastric mucosa by antagonising histamine H2 receptors.Abbreviations LAEMIL Lyophilized aqueous extract of Maytenus ilicifolia leaves - Hist Histamine - Cim Cimetidine 相似文献
3.
Haploid plants were regenerated from cultured unfertilized ovaries of Hordeum vulgare L. (barley). Optimal response was obtained by the addition of 0.6 M 4-chloro-2-methylphenoxyacetic acid (MCPA), 2.8 M indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) and 4.4 M 6-benzyladenine (BA) in the N6 medium. Further increase in the rate of callus formation and the number of green plants produced was possible with the addition of 90 g/l sucrose and 100 g/l coconut water. The stage of development of the ovaries at the time of culture was critical; the largest number of plants being produced by ovaries from flowers at the trinucleate stage of pollen.Abbreviations (BA)
6-benzyladenine
- (MCPA)
4-chloro-2-methylphenoxyaceticacid
- (2,4-D)
2,4-dichlorophenoxyaceticacid
- (GA3)
gibberellic acid
- (IAA)
indole-3-acetic acid 相似文献
4.
Biodegradation of beta-cyfluthrin by <Emphasis Type="Italic">Pseudomonas stutzeri</Emphasis> strain S1 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
-Cyfluthrin [-cyano-4-fluoro-3-phenoxybenzyl-3(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropane carboxylate] pesticide has been in agricultural use in the recent years for controlling Lepidopteran pests affecting solanaceous crops. The extensive use of synthetic pyrethroids like -cyfluthrin has resulted in wide spread environmental contamination. The purpose of this study was to isolate bacteria from soil and to determine their ability to degrade -cyfluthrin and identify the intermediates in culture broth using spectroscopy. An aerobic bacterium capable of degrading -cyfluthrin was isolated by enrichment culture. The 16S ribosomal DNA sequence of the isolate (strain S1) had 100% identity to the sequence from Pseudomonas stutzeri. Finally products formed during degradation of -cyfluthrin have been identified as -cyano-4-fluoro-3-phenoxybenzyl-3(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropane carboxylate (M.W. 341); 4-fluoro-3-phenoxy--cyanobenzyl alcohol (M.W. 243) and 3(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-dimethyl cyclopropanecarboxylic acid (M.W. 208). 相似文献
5.
Summary The potential of-lactams as intermediates for the access to- and-amino acid-derived peptides is shortly reviewed, with major focus on the technologies developed in our group. The two general strategies lie, on one side, in the oxidative ring expansion of 3-hydroxy-lactams toN-carboxy-amino acid anhydrides or Leuch's anhydrides and subsequent coupling with-amino acid esters and, on the other side, in the nucleophilic ring opening ofN-Boc--lactams. Both approaches have been successfully applied to the synthesis of,-diamino acid,-amino--hydroxy acid, polyhydroxylated-amino acid,,-disubstituted-amino acid,-amino acid,-amino--hydroxy acid and,-disubstituted-amino acid derived peptides. Because of the mild reaction conditions needed for the above transformations and the highly stereoselective procedures employed for the construction of the starting-lactam ring, the whole process allows the production of optically pure final products. 相似文献
6.
Minimal photosynthetic catalytic F1() core complexes, containing equimolar ratios of the and subunits, were isolated from membrane-bound spinach chloroplast CF1 and Rhodospirillum rubrum chromatophore RrF1. A CF1-33 hexamer and RrF1-11 dimer, which were purified from the respective F1() complexes, exhibit lower rates and different properties from their parent F1-ATPases. Most interesting is their complete resistance to inhibition by the general F1 inhibitor azide and the specific CF1 inhibitor tentoxin. These inhibitors were earlier reported to inhibit multisite, but not unisite, catalysis in all sensitive F1-ATPases and were therefore suggested to block catalytic site cooperativity. The absence of this typical property of all F1-ATPases in the 11 dimer is consistant with the view that the dimer contains only a single catalytic site. The 33 hexamer contains however all F1 catalytic sites. Therefore the observation that CF1-33 can bind tentoxin and is stimulated by it suggests that the F1 subunit, which is required for obtaining inhibition by tentoxin as well as azide, plays an important role in the cooperative interactions between the F1-catalytic sites.Abbreviations CF0F1
chloroplast F0F1
- CF1
chloroplast F1
- CF1
chloroplast F1 subunit
- CF1
chloroplast F1 subunit
- CF1()
a complex containing equal amounts of the CF1 and subunits
- MF1
mitochondrial F1
- RrF0F1
Rhodospirillum rubrum F0F1
- RrF1
R. rubrum F1
- RrF1
R. rubrum F1 subunit
- RrF1
R. rubrum F1 subunit
- RrF1()
a complex containing equal amounts of the RrF1 and subunits
- Rubisco
Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase
- TF1
thermophilic bacterium PS3 F1 相似文献
7.
Ectopic expression of a soybean phytase in developing seeds of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Glycine max</Emphasis> to improve phosphorus availability 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
A transgenic approach was used to alter soybean seed phytate content by expressing a soybean phytase gene (GmPhy) during seed development to degrade accumulating phytic acid (IP6). An expression vector containing the soybean phytase cDNA controlled by the seed-specific -conglycinin promoter (-subunit) was used to transform embryogenic soybean cultures. Plants from four independent transgenic lines were analyzed for transgene integration and seed IP6 levels. The reduction in IP6 levels in transgenic seeds compared to control Jack soybeans ranged from 12.6 to 24.8 as determined by HPLC. A low copy transformant was propagated to the T4 generation and examined in more detail for phytase expression and enzyme activity during seed development. Expression of phytase mRNA and phytase activity increased during seed development, consistent with the use of an embryo-specific promoter. Ectopic phytase expression during seed development offers potential as an effective strategy for reducing phytate content in soybean seed. 相似文献
8.
Pēteris Zikmanis Ramona Krūće Lilija Auziņa Vasily Bankovsky 《Archives of microbiology》1992,158(3):203-207
The plant growth substance N6-(2-isopentenyl) adenine (i6Ade) significantly inhibits the rates of ethanol oxidation and acetaldehyde reduction in vitro by cell-free extracts of Zymomonas mobilis and of an Escherichia coli recombinant strain, containing the Z. mobilis adhB gene. The two-substrate kinetics of ethanol oxidation (forward) is affected by increasing values of dissociation constants for coenzyme and coenzyme —enzyme complexes in the presence of i6Ade, whereas the reaction maximum velocity (V
m) remains unchanged and reflects the competitive type of inhibition. Changes of the kinetic constants of acetaldehyde reduction (back) are similar, except the increasing value of V
m and correspond to the CIS (competitive inhibition and stimulation) type of inhibition. The estimated values of inhibition constants of the forward and back reactions are 0.39 ± 0.05 mM and 0.19 ± 0.06 mM, respectively. 相似文献
9.
Summary The fermentation of an equimolar mixture of glucose and fructose into ethanol and sorbitol by a fructose negative mutant of Zymomonas mobilis is analysed using a recently described methodology (Ait-Abdelkader and Baratti, Biotechnol. Tech. 1993,329–334) based on polynomial fitting and calculation of instantaneous and overall parameters. These parameters are utilized to describe this mixed-substrate mixed-product fermentation.Nomenclature X
biomass concentration, g/l
- S
total sugar concentration, g/l
- Glu
glucose concentration, g/l
- Fru
fructose concentration, g/l
- Sor
sorbitol concentration, g/l
- P
ethanol concentration, g/l
- t
fermentation time, h
-
specific growth rate, h-1
- qs
specific sugar uptake rate, g/g.h
- qg
specific glucose uptake rate, g/g.h
- qF
specific fructose uptake rate, g/g.h
- qP
specific ethanol productivity, g/g.h
- qSor
specific sorbitol productivity, g/g.h
- YX/S
biomass yield on total sugar, g/g
- YP/S
ethanol yield on total sugar, g/g
- YSor/S
sorbitol yield on total sugar, g/g
- YSor/F
sorbitol yield on fructose, (g/g)
- YP/G
ethanol yield on glucose, (g/g) 相似文献
10.
Protoplasts from Chlamydomonas smithii prepared by the action of C. reinhardii gamete autolysine have been studied with respect to cell wall regeneration. Natural protoplasts within sporangia were also investigated for purposes of comparison. In both cases a new cell wall is completed within 2–3 h of the onset of regeneration. The first visible stages of wall regeneration are to be seen after 40–60 min as a fine fringe outside of the plasmalemma. The development of the typical central triplet follows within the next 1 h. Cell wall regeneration is reversibly inhibited by cycloheximide (10g ml-1) and reversibly disturbed by concanavalin A (50 g ml-1). Actinomycin D at concentration over 100g ml-1 also inhibit but the inhibition is irreversible and peculiar membrane effects are observed. Chelators (ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid; ethyleneglycol-bis-aminoethyl ether) and 2-deoxyglucose slightly retard or have no effect on cell wall regeneration.Abbreviations EDTA
ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid
- EGTA
ethyleneglycol-bis(aminoethyl ether)
- N,N
tetraacetic acid 相似文献
11.
We examined the effects of mutations at amino acid residues S264 and F255 in the D1 protein on the binding affinity of the stimulatory anion bicarbonate and inhibitory anion formate in Photosystem II (PS II) in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942. Measurements on the rates of oxygen evolution in the wild type and mutant cells in the presence of different concentrations of formate with a fixed bicarbonate concentration and vice versa, analyzed in terms of an equilibrium activator-inhibitor model, led to the conclusion that the equilibrium dissociation constant for bicarbonate is increased in the mutants, while that of the formate remains unchanged (11±0.5 mM). The hierarchy of the equilibrium dissociation constant for bicarbonate (highest to lowest, ±2 M) was: D1-F255L/S264A (46 M)>D1-F255Y/ S264A (31 M)D1-S264A (34 M)D1-F255Y (33 M)>wild type (25 M). The data suggest the importance of D1-S264 and D1-F255 in the bicarbonate binding niche. A possible involvement of bicarbonate and these two residues in the protonation of QB
-, the reduced secondary plastoquinone of PS II, in the D1 protein is discussed.Abbreviations Chl a
chlorophyll a
- DBMIB
2,5-dibromo-3-methyl-6-isopropyl-p-benzoquinone
- DCMU
3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea
- DMQ
2,5-dimethyl-p-benzoquinone
- HEPES
N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N'-2-ethanesulfonic acid
- MES
2-[N-morpholino]ethanesulfonic acid
- PSI
Photosystem I
- PS II
Photosystem II
- QA
bound plastoquinone, a one-electron acceptor in Photosystem II
- QB
another bound plastoquinone, a two-electron acceptor in Photosystem II
This paper is dedicated to the memory of my dear friend Robin Hill-Govindjee. 相似文献
12.
A comparative study was conducted on the effect of NH4Cl on growth, vesicle formation and formation of nitrogenase of Frankia strains Cc1.17 and Cp1.2, derived from root nodules of Colletia cruciata and Comptonia peregrina, respectively. On a medium without combined nitrogen (P-N), both strains formed spherical cells, called vesicles, like many other Frankia strains. Data are presented on the number of vesicles per mg protein, after cultivation in media with sodium propionate as C-source without combined nitrogen (P-N) or with 0.2 g NH4Cl/l (P+N). Strain Cp1.2 as may other Frankia strains, showed on P+N medium a very strong reduction of vesicle formation of 99% relative to the number of vesicles formed on P-N medium, after 11 days growth. However, in strain Cc11.17 this reduction was only 70%. The occurence of relatively large numbers of vesicles in P+N media has not yet been reported for other Frankia strains. No acetylene reduction activity was found in NH
4
+
-grown cells. The regulation of induction of nitrogenase in Frankia by NH4Cl was tested by immuno-gelectrophoresis using antisera against nitrogenase of Rhizobium leguminosarum PRE. The component I of the enzyme showed crossreactivity while the component II had only a weak crossreaction. The experiments indicated that no nitrogenase was detectable in the NH
4
+
-grown cells. For the localization of nitrogenase, relative amounts of the enzyme were compared in whole cells and vesicle-enriched fractions. Western blots showed a significant enrichment of nitrogenase in the vesicle fractions, which indicated that most of the nitrogenase was localized in the vesicle. 相似文献
13.
Jan B L Damm Johannis P Kamerling Gijs W K van Dedem Johannes F G Vliegenthart 《Glycoconjugate journal》1987,4(2):129-144
For the structural analysis of the carbohydrate chains ofN-,O-glycoproteins a straightforward strategy was developed based on the cleavage of theN-linked chains with immobilized peptide-N
4-(N-acetyl--glucosaminyl) asparagine amidase-F (PN-Gase-F) fromFlavobacterium meningosepticum, followed by alkaline borohydride treatment of the remainingO-glycoprotein material. This methodology was applied to the isolation of the Asn- and Ser-linked carbohydrate chains of human chorionic gonadotrophin. The structures of the isolated oligosaccharides were verified by 500-MHz1H-NMR spectroscopy. The Asn-linked sugar chains were shown to be: NeuAc2-3Gal1-4GlcNAc1-2Man1-6[NeuAc2-3Gal1-4GlcNAc1-2Man1-3]Man 1-4GlcNAc1-4[Fuc1-6]0-1GlcNAc and Man1-6[NeuAc2-3Gal1-4GlcNAc1-2Man 1-3]Man1-4GlcNAc1-4GlcNAc. Also some minor constituents occurred. The structures of the Ser-linked oligosaccharides were established in the form of their oligosaccharide-alditols as: NeuAc2-3Gal1-3[NeuAc2-6]GalNAc, NeuAc2-3Gal 1-3GalNAc and NeuAc2-3Gal1-3[NeuAc2-3Gal1-4GlcNAc1-6]GalNAc.Abbreviations hCG
human chorionic gonadotrophin
- hCG-
-subunit
- hCG-
-subunit
- ElA
enzyme immunoassay
- PNGase-F
peptide-N
4-(N-acetyl--glucosaminyl)asparagine amidase-F (EC 3.5.1.52)
- SDS
sodium dodecyl sulphate
- GalNAc
N-acetylgalactosamine
- GlcNAc
N-acetylglucosamine
- NeuAc
N-acetylneuraminic acid
- Man
mannose
- Gal
galactose
- Fuc
fucose 相似文献
14.
Phytotoxicity and inhibitory effects of the fusarial toxins fumonisin B1 (FB1) [m.p. 103–105 °C], fusaric acid [m.p. 106–107 °C], butenolide (4-acetamido-4-hydroxy-2-butenoic acid lactone) [116–117 °C], 9, 10-dihydroxyfusaric acid [m.p. 150–155 ° C], and moniliformin on chlorophyll synthesis in the aquatic macrophyte Lemna minor (duckweed) were examined. FB1 proved to be most active, reducing the growth of L. minor fronds and their ability to synthesize chlorophyll by 53% and 59%, respectively, at 0.7 g/ml. The growth rate of L. minor was reduced 59% by 6.7 g/ml fusaric acid, 62% by 66.7 g/ml butenolide, and 22% by 66.7 g/ml 9,10-dihydroxyfusaric acid. Moniliformin was the least phytotoxic to L. minor, with only a 16% suppression of growth rate and a 54% reduction in chlorophyll at 66.7 g/ml.The mention of firm names or trade products does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by the US Department of Agriculture over other firms or similar products not mentioned. 相似文献
15.
The determination of the enzymatic activity of the yeasts has been applied to the identification of species, specially that ofCandida albicans. In order to know its usefulness in species of clinical interest, we have tested the commercial system API ZYM (Bio Mérieux) on 500 isolated strains of different organic samples, belonging to eight genera and twenty species. All the strains showed positivity to Phosphatase alcaline, Esterase (C4), Esterase lipase (C8), Leucine arylamidase and Phosphatase acid, and negativity to Lipase (C14), Trypsin, Chymotrypsin, -galactosidase, -glucoronidase, -manosidase and -fucosidase. Fourteen enzymatic activity patterns were obtained considering the substrates with variable results for the whole of the strains: Valine arylamidase, Cystine arylamidase, Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase, -galactosidase, -glucosidase, -glucosidase and N-acetyl--glucosaminidase. In the majority of the species, the enzymatic profile did not have very specific results since it is usually shared by more than one species.C. albicans is that which presents the greatest number of enzymatic variations, some of these are similar to those of other common clinical species, such asCandida krusei, Candida parapsilosis andCandida tropicalis. This system is proposed as a rapid method for identification and as an epidemiological marker of medically important yeasts.Abbreviations AGL
-glucosidase
- BGA
-galactosidase
- BGL
-glucosidase
- CAA
Cystine arylamidase
- NAG
N.Acetyl--glucosaminidase
- PHO
Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase
- VAA
Valine arylamidase 相似文献
16.
2D NMR spectroscopy and J coupling constant analysis are applied to resolve the structure of two photoproducts of thymidylyl-(35)-thymidine. These products are cyclobutane type thymine dimers possessing the cis-syn (the predominant one) and trans-syn geometry. The cis-syn is formed in an ANTI-ANTI conformation about the N-glycosyl linkages and resembles the normal base-stacked configuration. The glycosidic conformation in solution of the 5 terminal fragment differs from the crystal in which the less common SYN conformation is observed. In this isomer only the sugar pucker of the 3 terminal fragment is changed substantially with respect to the dinucleotide. The trans-syn isomer is formed in a SYN-ANTI glycosidic conformation. In this isomer the sugar puckers of both deoxyribose rings are affected and a preference for a pure 2-endo conformation is observed.Abbreviations dTpdT
2-deoxythymidylyl-(35)-2-deoxythymidine
- dTp[]dT
cyclobutane type photodimers of dTpdT
- dTp- and dTp[]-
their 5' terminal fragments (fragment A)
- -pdT and-[]pdT
their 3 terminal fragments (fragment B)
- RP-HPLC
reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography
- COSY
two-dimensional correlated spectroscopy
- 2D NOE
two-dimensional nuclear Overhauser spectroscopy 相似文献
17.
Summary A protocol for obtaining regenerated fertile plants from mesophyll protoplasts of Arabidopsis thaliana is reported. Protoplasts were isolated from leaves of 21-to 28-day-old Arabidopsis plants grown in a controlled environment. Sustained divisions were achieved when protoplasts were embedded in beads formed by 1.4% sodium alginate in the presence of 50mM CaCl2 in 0.4 mannitol, which was then exchanged againts modified B5 medium. About 0.4%–0.6% of the protoplasts developed into colonies of which 80%–90% formed shoots and subsequently regenerated to fertile plants. Seeds harvested from more than 200 independently regenerated plants were sown and germination frequencies of more than 95% were obtained. Furthermore, the F1 plants did not show any evidence of somaclonal variation on visual inspection. This protocol was originally developed for Arabidopsis thaliana Columbia; however it was shown to be applicable also for the genotypes Wassilewskija, Landsberg erecta and Estland though with differing efficiencies.Abbreviations FDA
fluorescein diacetate
- CM
culture medium
- SRM
shoot regeneration medium
- SEM
shoot elongation medium
- RM
rooting medium
- PE
plating effciency
- NAA
-naphthaleneacetic acid
- 2,4-D
2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
- IAA
indole-3-acetic acid
- IBA
indole-3-butyric acid
- BAP
6-benzylaminopurine
- Kin
kinetin
- 2-iP
2-isopentenyladenine
- GA3
gibberetic acid 相似文献
18.
The uptake of 1-14C-dl--aminoadipate in resting mycelium of Penicillium chrysogenum Wis 54-1255 and its metabolism during benzylpenicillin formation were studied. The pH optimum for uptake at 25°C was 6.4. Over a range of concentrations from 0.01–1.0 mM, approximately 45% of 1-14C-dl--aminoadipate was taken up by carbon-starved mycelium. 14CO2 was formed at a low rate, and the total formed amounted to only 1–3% of the 1-14C-dl--aminoadipate supplied. The intracellular pool of -aminoadipate appears to be expandable, depending on the concentration of -aminoadipate in the medium. The rate of penicillin synthesis depended on the intracellular concentration of -aminoadipate. Penicillin biosynthesis achieved half of the maximum rate at an intracellular concentration of 0.06 nmol -aminoadipate/mg dry cell weight. This low concentration, the result of adding 0.01 mM dl--aminoadipate to the medium, was sufficient to reverse the inhibition of penicillin biosynthesis caused by 10 mM extracellular l-lysine. Aminoadipate appears to be recycled during penicillin formation. Labeled -ketoadipate was formed from -aminoadipate to the extent of about 25%.Abbreviation DCW
dry cell weight 相似文献
19.
James B. Russell 《Archives of microbiology》1992,158(1):54-58
Non-growing cultures of Streptococcus bovis JB1 which were incubated in 2-[N-moropholino] ethane-sulfonic acid (MES)-phosphate buffer (pH 6.8) and glucose (2 g/l) produced heat at a rate of 0.17 mW/mg protein, and this rate was proportional to the enthalpy change of the homolactic fermentation. Since the growth-independent heat production could be eliminated by dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCCD), an inhibitor of F1F0 ATPases, it appeared that virtually all of the energy was being used to counteract proton flux through the cell membrane. When the pH was decreased from 6.8 to 5.8, heat production and glucose consumption increased, the electrical potential () declined, the chemical gradient of protons (ZpH) increased, and there was a small increase in total protonmotive force (p). Further decreases in pH (5.8 to 4.5) caused a marked decrease in heat production and glucose consumption even though there was only a small decline in membrane voltage. Based on the enthalpy of ATP (4 kcal or 16.8 kJ/mol), it appeared that 38% of the wattage was passing through the cell membrane. The relationship between membrane voltage and membrane wattage or glucose consumption was non-linear (non-ohmic), and it appeared that the resistance of the membrane to current flow was not constant. Based on the electrical formula, resistance = voltage2/wattage and resistance = voltage/amperage, there was a marked increase in membrane resistance when the pH was less than 6.0. The increase in membrane resistance at low pH allowed S. bovis to maintain its membrane potential and expend less energy when its ability to ferment glucose was impaired.Abbreviations DCCD
dicyclohexylcarbodiimide
- MES
2-[N-moropholino] ethanesulfonic acid 相似文献
20.
We report here the in vivo production of type 2 fucosylated-N-acetyllactosamine oligosaccharides in Escherichia coli. Lacto-N-neofucopentaose Gal1-4GlcNAc1-3Gal1-4(Fuc1-3)Glc, lacto-N-neodifucohexaose Gal1-4(Fuc1-3)Glc-NAc1-3Gal1-4(Fuc1-3)Glc, and lacto-N-neodifucooctaose Gal1-4GlcNAc1-3Gal1-4(Fuc1-3)GlcNAc1-3Gal1-4(Fuc1-3)Glc were produced from lactose added in the culture medium. Two of them carry the Lewis X human antigen. High cell density cultivation allowed obtaining several grams of fucosylated oligosaccharides per liter of culture. The fucosylation reaction was catalyzed by an -1,3 fucosyltransferase of Helicobacter pylori overexpressed in E. coli with the genes lgtAB of N. meningitidis. The strain was genetically engineered in order to provide GDP-fucose to the system, by genomic inactivation of gene wcaJ involved in colanic acid synthesis and overexpression of RcsA, positive regulator of the colanic acid operon.To prevent fucosylation at the glucosyl residue, lactulose Gal1-4Fru was assayed in replacement of lactose. Lactulose-derived oligosaccharides carrying fucose were synthesized and characterized. Fucosylation of the fructosyl residue was observed, indicating a poor acceptor specificity of the fucosyltransferase of H. pylori. 相似文献