Combinatorial Control of Recruitment of a Variant PRC1.6 Complex in Embryonic Stem Cells

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Root microbiota shift in rice correlates with resident time in the field and developmental stage

Land plants in natural soil form intimate relationships with the diverse root bacterial microbiota. A growing body of evidence shows that these microbes are important for plant growth and health. Root microbiota composition has been widely studied in several model plants and crops; however, little is known about how root microbiota vary throughout the plant's life cycle under field conditions. We performed longitudinal dense sampling in field trials to track the time-series shift of the root microbiota from two representative rice cultivars in two separate locations in China. We found that the rice root microbiota varied dramatically during the vegetative stages and stabilized from the beginning of the reproductive stage, after which the root microbiota underwent relatively minor changes until rice ripening. Notably, both rice genotype and geographical location influenced the patterns of root microbiota shift that occurred during plant growth. The relative abundance of Deltaproteobacteria in roots significantly increased overtime throughout the entire life cycle of rice, while that of Betaproteobacteria, Firmicutes, and Gammaproteobacteria decreased. By a machine learning approach, we identified biomarker taxa and established a model to correlate root microbiota with rice resident time in the field(e.g., Nitrospira accumulated from 5 weeks/tillering in field-grown rice). Our work provides insights into the process of rice root microbiota establishment.     

Assembly and annotation of a draft genome sequence for Glycine latifolia,a perennial wild relative of soybean

Glycine latifolia (Benth.) Newell & Hymowitz (2n = 40), one of the 27 wild perennial relatives of soybean, possesses genetic diversity and agronomically favorable traits that are lacking in soybean. Here, we report the 939‐Mb draft genome assembly of G. latifolia (PI 559298) using exclusively linked‐reads sequenced from a single Chromium library. We organized scaffolds into 20 chromosome‐scale pseudomolecules utilizing two genetic maps and the Glycine max (L.) Merr. genome sequence. High copy numbers of putative 91‐bp centromere‐specific tandem repeats were observed in consecutive blocks within predicted pericentromeric regions on several pseudomolecules. No 92‐bp putative centromeric repeats, which are abundant in G. max, were detected in G. latifolia or Glycine tomentella. Annotation of the assembled genome and subsequent filtering yielded a high confidence gene set of 54 475 protein‐coding loci. In comparative analysis with five legume species, genes related to defense responses were significantly overrepresented in Glycine‐specific orthologous gene families. A total of 304 putative nucleotide‐binding site (NBS)‐leucine‐rich‐repeat (LRR) genes were identified in this genome assembly. Different from other legume species, we observed a scarcity of TIR‐NBS‐LRR genes in G. latifolia. The G. latifolia genome was also predicted to contain genes encoding 367 LRR‐receptor‐like kinases, a family of proteins involved in basal defense responses and responses to abiotic stress. The genome sequence and annotation of G. latifolia provides a valuable source of alternative alleles and novel genes to facilitate soybean improvement. This study also highlights the efficacy and cost‐effectiveness of the application of Chromium linked‐reads in diploid plant genome de novo assembly.     

Adsorption of Ni2+ and Cu2+ using Bio-Mineral: Adsorption Isotherms and Mechanisms

Heavy metal pollution has become one of the most serious environmental pollution problems. This study aimed to determine the adsorption and desorption characteristics of Ni²⁺ and Cu²⁺ by bio-mineral which was induced by Bacillus subtilis, and to explore the effect of pH on adsorption characteristics. The results showed that the Langmuir model gave a better fit to the experimental data than the Freundlich model, which demonstrated the adsorption was of a single-molecule layer form. The maximum adsorption capacities of the bio-mineral for Ni²⁺ and Cu²⁺ were determined as 67.114 mg/g and 69.930 mg/g, respectively. The desorption rates of Ni²⁺ and Cu²⁺ were very low, especially for Ni²⁺ which was almost 0. Besides, the bio-mineral maintained high adsorption capability for metals ions within a wide pH range (pH ≥ 3). It did not show any new phases after adsorption of Ni²⁺ and Cu²⁺ tested by FTIR, indicating that the bio-mineral and heavy metal ions might mainly physically be adsorbed. The bio-mineral has a larger internal and external specific surface area, pore volume and colloidal properties which are beneficial for the adsorption of metals ions, but shows limits in desorption. This study provides a theoretical basis for the utilization of bio-mineral and opens a new perspective for the remediation of heavy metals pollution.     

Thermodynamically Self‐Healing 1D–3D Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells

Thermal degradation in perovskite solar cells is still an unsettled issue that limits its further development. In this study, 2‐(1H‐pyrazol‐1‐yl)pyridine is introduced into lead halide 3D perovskites, which allows 1D–3D hybrid perovskite materials to be obtained. The heterostructural 1D–3D perovskites are proved to be capable of remarkably prolonging the photoluminescence decay lifetime and suppressing charge carrier recombination in comparison to conventional 3D perovskites. The intrinsic properties of thermodynamically stable yet kinetically labile 1D materials allow the system to alleviate the lattice mismatch and passivate the interface traps of heterojunction region of 1D–3D hybrid perovskites that may occur during the crystal growth process. Importantly, the as‐fabricated 1D–3D perovskite solar cells display a thermodynamic self‐healing ability, which is induced through blocking the ion‐migration channels of A‐site ions by the flexible 1D perovskite with less densely close‐packed structure. Particularly, the power conversion efficiency of as‐fabricated unencapsulated 1D–3D perovskite solar cells is demonstrated to be reversible under temperature cycling (25–85 °C) at 55% relative humidity, which largely outperforms the pure 3D perovskite solar cell. The present study provides a facile approach to fabricate 1D–3D perovskite solar cells with high efficiency and long‐term stability.     

Effects of some alcohols on the conformation of mitochondrial H+-ATPase complex and F1-ATPase from pig heart

The conformations of the H+-ATPase complex and F1-ATPase in low concentrations of methanol, ethanol, n-propanol, iso-propanol and t-butanol were studied by circular dichroism. For F1-ATPase, all but methanol first increased and then decreased the circular dichroism magnitude of helical bands as the alcohol concentration was increased. With ethanol, n-propanol, iso-propanol and t-butanol, the alpha-helix content reached a maximum at about 5% alcohol and began to decrease at 10%. The content of beta-sheet showed the opposite effect, reaching a minimum at 5% and increasing slightly at higher concentrations. None of the alcohols studied had a significant effect on the conformation of the H+-ATPase complex. This difference implies that the alcohols had a greater effect on free F1-ATPase than on the membrane-bound F1-ATPase. The hydrophobic protein F0 and the membrane lipids in the H+-ATPase complex may stabilize and protect F1 from the effects of the alcohols.     

日立835─50型氨基酸分析仪故障排除六例

给出日立８３５－５０型氨基酸分析仪使用过程中出现的六种故障现象及判断排除方法     

Determination of the structure of the DNA binding domain of gamma delta resolvase in solution.

The DNA binding domain (DBD) of gamma delta resolvase (residues 141-183) is responsible for the interaction of this site-specific DNA recombinase with consensus site DNA within the gamma delta transposable element in Escherichia coli. Based on chemical-shift comparisons, the proteolytically isolated DBD displays side-chain interactions within a hydrophobic core that are highly similar to those of this domain when part of the intact enzyme (Liu T, Liu DJ, DeRose EF, Mullen GP, 1993, J Biol Chem 268:16309-16315). The structure of the DBD in solution has been determined using restraints obtained from 2-dimensional proton NMR data and is represented by 17 conformers. Experimental restraints included 458 distances based on analysis of nuclear Overhauser effect connectivities, 17 phi and chi 1 torsion angles based on analysis of couplings, and 17 backbone hydrogen bonds determined from NH exchange data. With respect to the computed average structure, these conformers display an RMS deviation of 0.67 A for the heavy backbone atoms and 1.49 A for all heavy atoms within residues 149-180. The DBD consists of 3 alpha-helices comprising residues D149-Q157, S162-T167, and R172-N183. Helix-2 and helix-3 form a backbone fold, which is similar to the canonical helix-turn-helix motif. The conformation of the NH2-terminal residues, G141-R148, appears flexible in solution. A hydrophobic core is formed by side chains donated by essentially all hydrophobic residues within the helices and turns. Helix-1 and helix-3 cross with a right-handed folding topology. The structure is consistent with a mechanism of DNA binding in which contacts are made by the hydrophilic face of helix-3 in the major groove and the amino-terminal arm in the minor groove. This structure represents an important step toward analysis of the mechanism of DNA interaction by gamma delta resolvase and provides initial structure-function comparisons among the divergent DBDs of related resolvases and invertases.