Recovery from ethyl methanesulphonate-induced genetical damage in barley. Independence of sodium azide treatment

Barley seeds were treated for 3 h at 25°C with 240 mM ethyl methanesulphonate (EMS), washed for 18 h, treated with various concentrations of unbuffered sodium azide (pH 6.7–7.3) for 3 h at 25°C, re-dried to 30% water content and either sown immediately or stored at 25°C for 12 days and then sown. The synergistic action of sodium azide post-treatment has been demonstrated only for the EMS-induced M₁ germination reduction, while the EMS-induced M₁ sterility and the yield of M₂ chlorophyll mutants were unaffected. The ?storage” recovery from EMS-induced mutagenic effects was insensitive to sodium azide post-treatment. The 12 day-seed storage at 25°C brought about an improvement of M₁ germination, M₁ survival, M₁ fertility and a decrease in the amount of M₂ mutants, regardless of whether sodium azide post-treatment was applied or not.     

Properties of spinach chloroplast fructose-1,6-diphosphatase

Photosynthetic fructose-1,6-diphosphatase (FDPase) fractions I and II, earlier purified from spinach leaves, show a similar amino acid composition, with the exception of a higher glutamic acid content in the latter. In both fractions glutamic and aspartic acids are the main amino acids. pH activity profiles of fractions I and II are similar, with optima at 8·65–8·70, both showing a high specificity for fructose- 1,6-diphosphate. These two fractions are Mg²⁺-dependent for activity, with an Optimum Mg²⁺ concentration of 10 mM in standard conditions, which shifts to 5 mM when the MG²⁺/EDTA ratio is increased to 10; Mn²⁺ and Co²⁺ are slightly active. EDTA enhances FDPase activity slightly, with an optimum at 0·4–0·8 mM. Cysteine has no activating effect, and acts as an inhibitor above 10 mM. Both I and II have an optimum substrate concentration of 4 mM, and the substrate inhibits at concns above this value. Kinetic velocity curves are sigmoidal, with the concave zone located in the range of physiological substrate concns. (Hill coefficient 1·75 for both). This suggests a strong regulatory role of fructose-1,6-diphosphate. K_m values are 1·4 × 10⁻³ M (fraction I) and 1·1 × 10⁻³ M (fraction II). The highest activity rate occurs at 60°, in accordance with the high thermostability of both fractions; the activation energies are 14·3 kcal/mol (fraction I) and 13·0 kcal/mol (fraction II).     

The control by respiration of the uptake of α-methyl glucoside in Escherichia coli K12

The uptake of methyl α-d-glucopyranoside (α-MG) by Escherichia coli K12 was decreased by the addition of substrates which stimulated the rate of oxygen consumption by the cells. The inhibition, which occurred only at non-saturating concentrations of α-MG, was not the result of a stimulation of the rate of exit of intracellular α-MG, and was abolished by the presence of carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone or sodium azide. Since those drugs inhibit energy conservation at the respiratory chain and did not alter significantly the rate of oxygen consumption under the conditions for the assay of α-MG uptake, it appears that the inhibition of the transport system by respirable substrates is mediated by some form of energy derived from respiration.     

A contribution to the phenotype distribution of phosphoglucomutase in Czechoslovakia (the district of České Budějovice)

Summary A population sample of 416 unrelated donors from eské Budjovice (southorn Bohemia) was investigated for the phenotypes of phosphoglucomutase (PGM). The calculated frequencies of the allelles PGM ₁ ¹ and PGM ₁ ² , 0.770 and 0.230, respectively, correspond to the expected frequencies of the phenotypes PGM 1=0.593, PGM 2-1=0.354, and PGM 2=0.0529. No rare phonotype was detected.     

Galium procurrens,a new diploid relic species of theG. sylvaticum-group from the Balkan Peninsula

Galium procurrens is described as a new diploid relic species from Montenegro/N. Albania and SW. Bulgaria. It is related to the tetraploidG. laevigatum and other diploid and polyploid taxa of theG. sylvaticum-group inhabiting European deciduous forests.     

Studien über dieJungermannioideae (Hepaticae) 8.Jungermannia subg.Plectocolea und subg.Solenostoma in Australien,Neuseeland und Ozeanien

Die achte Studie über die SubfamilieJungermannioideae (Jungermanniaceae, Hepaticae) ist dén Arten der GattungJungermannia L. emend.Dum., die in Australien, Neuseeland und Ozeanien vorkommen, gewidmet. Die meist endemischen Arten, die auf Hawaii vorkommen, werden als eine selbständige (neunte) Studie bearbeitet. Im genannten Gebiet wurden 13 Arten der GattungJungermannia L. emend.Dum. festgestellt.J. (P.) hasskarliana (Nees) Steph.,J. (P.) obliquifolia (Schiffn.) Váňa,J. (P.) tetragona Lindenb.,J. (P.) hirticalyx Steph.,J. (P.) minutiverrucosa Amak.,J. (P.) wattsiana Steph.,J. (S.) ariadne Tayl.,J. (S.) totipapillosa Hodgs.,J. (S.) inundata Hook. fil. etTayl. emend.Mitt. undJ. (S.) orbiculata (Col.) Grolle sind eingehend taxonomisch bearbeitet,J. (P.) micrantha (Mitt.) Steph. wird in die nächste Studie eingereiht.J. (P.) boninensis (Horik.) Inoue wurde vonInoue (Inoue etIwatsuki 1969) eingehend beschrieben und abgebildet,Haplozia comptonii Pears. wurde schon im 2. Teil diskutiert. Die anderen aus dem Gebiet bekannten Arten sind mit den obenerwähnten Arten synonymisiert oder zu anderen Gattungen gestellt.     

中华蜂体内放线菌的分离、多样性及抗菌活性研究

【目的】探索药用昆虫中华蜂(Apis cerana cerana Fabricius)体内可培养放线菌的分离方法,研究其物种多样性及抗菌活性,挖掘更多微生物资源。【方法】选用7种分离培养基对中华蜂样品体内放线菌进行分离;通过采用16S rRNA PCR-RFLP和16S rRNA基因序列分析方法研究其多样性;选用4种致病菌对菌株进行抗菌活性初探。【结果】共分离得到180株放线菌,根据菌落的形态和细胞特征观察结果,从中选取84株作为代表菌株,其分属于3个目、4个科中的4个属,其中6株为潜在新种;最适的表面消毒方法:浓度为0.2%的Cl O2(二氧化氯)作为消毒剂,作用60 s;拮抗实验显示,31.0%、48.8%、27.4%、16.7%的代表菌株分别对大肠杆菌、枯草芽孢杆菌、玉米弯孢病菌、西瓜枯萎病菌有不同程度的抗菌活性,71.4%的代表菌株对至少一种病原菌有拮抗作用。【结论】分离方法的选择对昆虫体内放线菌的分离效果影响较大;中华蜂体内放线菌具有丰富的多样性,展现出很好的抗菌活性,表明其在发现新型生物活性物质中具有很大的潜力。     

海鲍分离微生物Acinetobacter sp.酯酶基因的表达和酶学性质

【目的】克隆源于海鲍内脏中一株不动杆菌Acinetobacter sp.的酯酶基因estA,并对其进行重组表达和性质研究。【方法】利用分子生物学技术克隆出酯酶基因estA并构建pPICZα-C-estA重组表达载体,并通过电转化方法将重组质粒转入毕赤酵母X33中;通过甲醇诱导培养重组菌获得重组酯酶,并对重组酯酶进行生化表征。【结果】克隆得到的estA基因序列全长912 bp,编码304个氨基酸;重组X33发酵上清液中酯酶酶活力达到1 200 U/L,重组酯酶的分子量约为33.7 kD;酶学性质研究表明重组酯酶催化底物对硝基苯乙酸乙酯水解反应的最适pH和温度为8.0和40?C,在pH 8.0-10.0温度及小于60?C时具有较好的稳定性。【结论】成功克隆了海洋来源的不动杆菌酯酶基因并在Pichia pastoris中实现了高效表达。