Solubility of sickle hemoglobin measured by a kinetic micromethod.

We have developed a photolytic method to determine the concentration of reactive hemes in a solution in the presence of a trace amount of CO. By measurement of the bimolecular rate of CO binding, and by calibration of the rate constant under equivalent conditions, the concentration of the reactive hemes can be determined. In a solution of sickle hemoglobin, the molecules in the gel contribute negligibly to the recombination rate, allowing the concentration of the molecules in the solution phase to be determined. To optimize signal to noise, modulated excitation methods were employed, although the method could also be used with pulse techniques and suitable signal averaging. Because the optical method employs a microspectrophotometer, only a few microliters of concentrated Hb solution is required to reproduce the entire temperature dependence of the solubility previously determined by centrifugation using milliliter quantities of solutions of the same concentration. This should be especially useful for studies of site-directed mutants, and we present results obtained on one such HbS in which Leu 88 beta has been replaced by Ala. The free energy difference in the polymerization of the Leu 88 beta double mutant is consistent with known differences in the amino acid hydrophobicities. The calibration required for these experiments also provides an excellent determination of the activation energy for binding the first CO to deoxy Hb.     

杉木,火力楠纯林及混交林细根周转的研究

系统研究了杉木、火力楠纯林及混交林细根生物量、生产力及年周转率。结果表明,杉木、火力楠纯林及混交林活细根生物量分别为８８０、３０３５和１５６０ｋｇ．ｈａ＾－１;死细根生物量为２３５、３９８和５６５ｋｇ．ｈａ＾－１;细根年周转率为１．２９、１．４２和１．４０;年生产量为１１３７、４３１８和２１７９ｋｇ．ｈａ＾－１;年死亡量为４９７．５９５和１１４９ｋｇ．ｈａ＾－１,分别相当于林分枯枝落叶年凋落量为３     

Control of gluconeogenic growth by pps and pck in Escherichia coli.

It is well-known that Escherichia coli grows more slowly on gluconeogenic carbon sources than on glucose. This phenomenon has been attributed to either energy or monomer limitation. To investigate this problem further, we varied the expression levels of pck, encoding phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (Pck), and pps, encoding phosphoenolpyruvate synthase (Pps). We found that the growth rates of E. coli in minimal medium supplemented with succinate and with pyruvate are limited by the levels of Pck and Pps, respectively. Optimal overexpression of pck or pps increases the unrestricted growth rates on succinate and on pyruvate, respectively, to the same level attained by the wild-type growth rate on glycerol. Since Pps is needed to supply precursors for biosyntheses, we conclude that E. coli growing on pyruvate is limited by monomer supply. However, because pck is required both for biosyntheses and catabolism for cells growing on succinate, it is possible that growth on succinate is limited by both monomer and energy supplies. The growth yield with respect to oxygen remains approximately constant, even though the overproduction of these enzymes enhances gluconeogenic growth. It appears that the constant yield for oxygen is characteristic of efficient growth on a particular substrate and that the yield is already optimal for wild-type strains. Further increases in either Pck or Pps above the optimal levels become growth inhibitory, and the growth yield for oxygen is reduced, indicating less efficient growth.     

复合四倍体异育银鲫个体间遗传异质性的研究

用聚丙烯酰胺梯度凝胶电泳,分析比较了４个不同的银鲫雌核发育系,红鲤和复合四倍体异育银鲫鳍的５种不同的同工酶及蛋白表型的差异,表明复合四倍体异育银鲫表型上的差异主要是来自银鲫种内的遗传差异（不同的雌核发育系）。来源于同一个银鲫雌核发育系的复合四倍体异育银鲫,个体间的ＥＳＴ同工酶出现差异,并与父体红鲤的ＥＳＴ同工酶的多态性相关,因此,复合四倍体异育银鲫个体间的异质性也包含了来自父本的遗传影响。在所检测     

卡介苗对枯否细胞生物特性影响的免疫细胞化学研究

卡介苗(BCG)是增强肝枯否细胞(KC)抗肝癌细胞作用的最佳免疫制剂之一。本实验是给大鼠BCG后,应用溶菌酶免疫细胞化学法显示KC,以图象分析系统测定KC的数量、分布和面积,以细胞分光光度计测定KC溶菌酶活性;分离KC体外受BCG作用后,用ELISA法测定RC的Fc受体表达。结果显示:BCG使KC数量增多一倍,尤以肝小叶周边带为显著;KC体积明显增大,细胞面积增大55.71％,周边带KC面积增大一倍上;细胞溶菌酶光密度增大64.35％;Fc受体表达增强64.82％。上述结果是BCG增强KC抗肝癌细胞作用有关细胞学机制。     

山美水库两种入侵罗非鱼繁殖生物学比较

为比较山美水库两种入侵齐氏罗非鱼(Coptodon zillii)和伽利略罗非鱼(Sarotherodon galilaeus)种群的繁殖生物学特征,于2021年3—10月份在山美水库逐月采样,分析了繁殖时间、性比、绝对繁殖力、相对繁殖力和成熟卵径等特征。结果表明,两种罗非鱼均于4月份开始繁殖,齐氏罗非鱼繁殖高峰为7月, 10月结束繁殖;伽利略罗非鱼繁殖高峰为6月, 9月结束繁殖。齐氏罗非鱼平均绝对繁殖力为(4009.85±1305.69)粒、平均体重相对繁殖力为(67.32±15.63)粒/g、平均体长相对繁殖力为(31.31±5.03)粒/mm;伽利略罗非鱼平均绝对繁殖力为(1701.85±591.29)粒、平均体重相对繁殖力为(6.46±0.87)粒/g、平均体长相对繁殖力为(8.22±2.33)粒/mm;齐氏罗非鱼的绝对繁殖力、体重相对繁殖力和体长相对繁殖力均显著高于伽利略罗非鱼,平均成熟卵径则显著小于伽利略罗非鱼。齐氏罗非鱼和伽利略罗非鱼繁殖群体的雌雄性比分别为1.59和1.83,两个种群的雌雄性比无显著差异,但均显著偏离1﹕1。研究表明两种共同入侵的罗非鱼种群具有不同的繁殖...     

青海湖裸鲤寄生舌状绦虫的空间格局研究

舌状绦虫裂头蚴只寄生在体长小于２２０ｍｍ的青海湖裸鲤中,其种群在宿主种群中呈聚集分布。其聚集分布的强度随寄生虫种群平均密度的增加而降低。由于舌状绦虫在宿主体腔生长,产生明显的空间拥挤效应,可能导致宿主死亡或被食鱼鸟类捕食而转移到终末宿主中。在体长小于１２０ｍｍ的宿主中,密度依赖的死亡过程可能是使聚集强度降低的原因;而体长１４０－２００ｍｍ的鱼中,则是非密度依赖的全死过程使聚集强度增加．     

检测香蕉花叶心腐病病原CMV的PAS—ELISA方法的改进

作为一种快速、敏感的免疫学方法,ELISA已被广泛地用于植物病毒的研究与应用性检测方面。在实验室中用PAS-ELISA检测香蕉花叶心腐病病原CMV已被证明是一种获得无CMV组培苗的有效手段。在香蕉无病毒组培苗工厂化大批量生产中,我们应用此法作为质量控制的手段之一,剔除病苗,保证产品不带CMV,获得一定成效。但同时我们也发现,香蕉组织中含有引起非特异性吸附反应的物     

三尖杉的组织培养－紫杉醇来源的新途径

从三尖杉当年生幼茎和未成熟假种皮诱导出了愈伤组织,对愈伤组织进行了培养研究,ＨＰＬＣ分析表明其紫杉醇和１０－ｄＡＢⅢ分别为细胞干重的０．００２０９％和０．０１２２％。三尖杉可望成为紫杉醇来源的新途径。