辽宁海城小孤山遗址发掘简报

从小孤山晚更新世洞穴遗址出土了38种哺乳动物化石、上万件石制品以及一批制作精美的骨角制品和装饰品。石器工业在技术与类型上和华北旧石器关系密切。大致相同的骨针和穿孔兽牙于三十年代曾在周口店山顶洞遗址发现过,但是与欧洲马格德林鱼叉相似的角制鱼叉在中国旧石器文化中是头一次发现。     

柱孢鱼腥藻的铁蛋白与棕色固氮菌的钼铁蛋白的交叉互补作用

纯化的柱孢鱼腥藻铁蛋白能够与棕色固氮菌的钼铁蛋白有效地交叉反应,展现较高的活性。此异源交叉反应的乙炔还原比活及放氢比活,分别是蓝藻同源互补比活的83.8及66.7％。比较藻铁蛋白与菌钼铁蛋白异源交叉反应及藻固氮酶组分之间的同源反应的动力学特点时发现,铁蛋白对钼铁蛋白的最佳克分子比数前者(异源交叉反应)较后者(藻同源反应)为高,前者为5,后者为1;但反应的时间进程两者差别不大。     

DNA启动子的计算机识别

本文介绍了两种预测DNA顺序上的启动子位置的计算机识别方法,方法1是基于启动子部位单核苷酸的分布不均一性,方法2是基于启动子部位二核苷酸的分布不均一性。分别用这两种方法推测了质粒pBR322DNA上启动子的位置,从而验证了化学实验的结果。     

一次密度梯度超速离心分离人血清四种主要脂蛋白的某些理化性质的研究

 本文对一次密度梯度超速离心获得的四种脂蛋白(VLDL、LDL、HDL_2、HDL_3)进行了理化性质的研究。超速离心分析LDL、HDL_2,HDL_3均呈现一个单一尖锐的上浮峰,上浮速率分别为S_1 6.9和F~0_(1.21) 5.7及2.6。等电点聚焦电泳显示,VLDL主要含载脂蛋白C族,E族和少量A-I,B。HDL_2、HDL_3二者载脂蛋白的种类很相似,但量上略有差异,均以载脂蛋白A-Ⅰ,A-Ⅱ为主,Apoc’s,E次之。VLDL、LDL、HDL_2和HDL_3的化学组分分析与文献报道相似。 作者用本法初步分析了不同性别的各脂蛋白分布图,获得有意义的结果。     

饲料硒和维生素E对大鼠机体抗氧化能力的影响

 用克山病病区粮配成基础低硒饲料,补充硒和/或维生素E组成四种不同水平的饲料,饲喂雄性断乳大鼠,观察其对机体抗氧化能力的影响。评价指标是用抗坏血酸诱发的红细胞溶血率、被O~-_2(超氧阴离子)氧化的血红蛋白量和组织中的TBA值。动物饲养13周后,自尾静脉取血,测定溶血率和血红蛋白被氧化的百分率,和全血SeGSHPx(含硒谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶)活力。15周后将动物断头杀死,立即取出心脏和肝脏测定SeGSHPx活力和TBA值。结果表明在克山病病区粮的饲料中补充硒或维生素E,或者二者同时补充均明显提高组织中的SeGSHPx活力和降低组织中的TBA值。不论在硒缺乏时或硒充足时,饲料中补充维生素E显著降低抗坏血酸诱发的红细胞溶血率,对O~-_2氧化血红蛋白无保护作用。在维生素E缺乏时,仅补充硒对溶血无作用。不论饲料中维生素E缺乏或者充足,补充硒对O~-_1氧化血红蛋白均有显著保护作用。     

Regio- and stereo-selective metabolism of 4-methylbenz[a]anthracene by the fungus Cunninghamella elegans.

Metabolism of 4-methylbenz[a]anthracene by the fungus Cunninghamella elegans was studied. C. elegans metabolized 4-methylbenz[a]anthracene primarily at the methyl group, this being followed by further metabolism at the 8,9- and 10,11-positions to form trans-8,9-dihydro-8,9-dihydroxy-4-hydroxymethylbenz[a]anthracene and trans-10,11-dihydro-10,11-dihydroxy-4-hydroxymethylbenz[a]anthracene. There was no detectable trans-dihydrodiol formed at the methyl-substituted double bond (3,4-positions) or at the 'K' region (5,6-positions). The metabolites were isolated by reversed-phase high-pressure liquid chromatography and characterized by the application of u.v.-visible-absorption-, 1H-n.m.r.- and mass-spectral techniques. The 4-hydroxymethylbenz[a]anthracene trans-8,9- and -10,11-dihydrodiols were optically active. Comparison of the c.d. spectra of the trans-dihydrodiols formed from 4-methylbenz[a]anthracene by C. elegans with those of the corresponding benz[a]anthracene trans-dihydrodiols formed by rat liver microsomal fraction indicated that the major enantiomers of the 4-hydroxymethylbenz[a]anthracene trans-8,9-dihydrodiol and trans- 10,11-dihydrodiol formed by C. elegans have S,S absolute stereochemistries, which are opposite to those of the predominantly 8R,9R- and 10R,11R-dihydrodiols formed by the microsomal fraction. Incubation of C. elegans with 4-methylbenz[a]anthracene under 18O2 and subsequent mass-spectral analysis of the metabolites indicated that hydroxylation of the methyl group and the formation of trans-dihydrodiols are catalysed by cytochrome P-450 mono-oxygenase and epoxide hydrolase enzyme systems. The results indicate that the fungal mono-oxygenase-epoxide hydrolase enzyme systems are highly stereo- and regio-selective in the metabolism of 4-methylbenz[a]anthracene.     

Conformational aspect of polypeptide structure. XLIV. Conformational transitions of poly(N-methyl-alanines) induced by trifluoroacetic acid

The synthesis of poly(N-methyl-L -alanine) and poly (N-methyl-DL -alanine) are described. The polymers were examined by 220 MHz high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (nmr) and circular dichroism (CD). The results demonstrate that poly(N-methyl-L -alanine) exists as an ordered helical structure with all the amide bonds in the trans configuration in appropriate solvents. As trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) is added to the solutions of the polymer in helix-supporting solvents, resonances corresponding to both trans and cis amide conformations of N-methyl, C-methyl, and α-CH are observed. The presence of both the trans and the cis peptide bonds in a polymer chain disrupts the ordered structures. Our conclusions from CD data are in agreement with the nmr results. Ultracentrifugation shows that degradation of the polymer chain does not occur during the TFA treatment.     

Enzymatic synthesis of 5-bromo-2’-deoxyuridine-2-14C and of 5-iodo-2’-deoxyuridine-2-14C and their incorporation into deoxyribonucleic acid (Allium cepa)

5-Bromo-2’-deoxyuridine-2-¹⁴C was prepared from 5-bromouracil-2-¹⁴C and 2’-de-oxyguanosine using trans-N-deoxyribosylase fromLactobacillus helveticus and incorporated into DNA ofAllium cepa roots. After isolating the DNA and hydrolyzing it enzymatically to deoxynucleoside-5’-phosphates a radioactive nucleotide was detected which yielded 5-bromo-2’-deoxyuridine-2-¹⁴C on enzymatic dephosphorylation. The incorporation of 5-iodo-2’-deoxy-uridine-2-¹⁴C was followed only by microautoradiography.