不同光质对烟草叶片组织结构及Rubisco羧化酶活性和rbc、rca基因表达的影响

通过对烟草植株覆盖白、红、黄、蓝、紫色滤膜获得不同光质,研究了烟草叶片在7～70d的生长发育期内,不同光质处理对烟叶组织结构特征、核酮糖1,5-二磷酸羧化酶/加氧酶（Rubisco）羧化酶活性、Rubisco基因（rbc）表达及其活化酶（Rca）基因（rca）表达的影响。结果表明,与黄膜处理下生长的烟叶相比,红、蓝、紫膜处理下生长的烟叶有较高的叶片厚度、栅栏组织厚度、海绵组织厚度、栅栏细胞密度和较小的组织空隙率。此外,红、蓝、紫膜处理的叶片有较高的Rubis-co羧化酶活性和净光合速率及较强的rbc和rca基因表达。实验结果表明不同光质对烟草叶片的组织结构特征有显著影响,光质可能通过影响Rubisco羧化酶活性进而影响叶片光合效率,而光质、叶片组织结构和光合效率之间存在某种程度的相互联系。     

金环蛇神经毒素与乙酰胆碱受体结合的特点

进一步纯化了前一工作中从广西省产金环蛇(Bungarus fasciatus)蛇毒分离的突触后毒素Ⅰ和Ⅱ。以超饱和剂量的毒素Ⅰ或Ⅱ先与从电鳐(Narcine maculata)电器官得到的乙酰胆碱受体(AChR)保温10min 或 lh,再加入~(125)Ⅰ-标记α-银环蛇毒素或~(125)Ⅰ-标记眼镜蛇毒素,继续保温10min 或 lh,由测定与 AChR 结合的放射性强度得知,如以未经毒素Ⅰ或Ⅱ预饱和的放射性强度为100%,则经与其一预饱和者的约为30%,即毒素Ⅰ或Ⅱ只竞争地阻遏了α-银环蛇毒素或眼镜蛇毒素与 AChR 结合能力的2/3左右。文中讨论了存在两种类型 AChR 的可能性。     

Mutations in algal and cyanobacterial Photosystem I that independently affect the yield of initial charge separation in the two electron transfer cofactor branches

In Photosystem I, light-induced electron transfer can occur in either of two symmetry-related branches of cofactors, each of which is composed of a pair of chlorophylls (ec2_A/ec3_A or ec2_B/ec3_B) and a phylloquinone (PhQ_A or PhQ_B). The axial ligand to the central Mg^2 + of the ec2_A and ec2_B chlorophylls is a water molecule that is also H-bonded to a nearby Asn residue. Here, we investigate the importance of this interaction for charge separation by converting each of the Asn residues to a Leu in the green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, and the cyanobacterium, Synechocystis sp. PCC6803, and studying the energy and electron transfer using time-resolved optical and EPR spectroscopy. Nanosecond transient absorbance measurements of the PhQ to F_X electron transfer show that in both species, the PsaA-N604L mutation (near ec2_B) results in a ~ 50% reduction in the amount of electron transfer in the B-branch, while the PsaB-N591L mutation (near ec2_A) results in a ~ 70% reduction in the amount of electron transfer in the A-branch. A diminished quantum yield of P₇₀₀⁺ PhQ^? is also observed in ultrafast optical experiments, but the lower yield does not appear to be a consequence of charge recombination in the nanosecond or microsecond timescales. The most significant finding is that the yield of electron transfer in the unaffected branch did not increase to compensate for the lower yield in the affected branch. Hence, each branch of the reaction center appears to operate independently of the other in carrying out light-induced charge separation.     

白及小分子热激蛋白BsHsp17.3基因的克隆与表达分析

为了探索人工栽培白及的适宜条件,该研究以湖北省十堰市野生白及为对象,采用同源克隆和3'RACE技术,从白及(Bletilla striata)中获得与热激蛋白合成有关的BsHsp17.3基因,并分析BsHsp17.3基因对不同胁迫的响应。结果表明:BsHsp17.3基因开放阅读框长度为453 bp,编码150个氨基酸;蛋白的分子量为17.42 kD,等电点为6.33。进化树分析表明BsHSP17.3蛋白与同为兰科的铁皮石斛进化关系较近,同在一分支上。半定量RT-PCR分析显示BsHsp17.3基因在白及根、叶、鳞茎及花组织中的表达具有特异性,且BsHsp17.3基因在叶中的表达量较高,在鳞茎及花中不表达。实时荧光定量PCR检测显示BsHsp17.3对非生物胁迫高温、低温具有明显应答反应,20%PEG模拟干旱胁迫不诱导该基因表达,推测该基因在白及防止倒苗过程中可能发挥一定作用。     

Evolution of photosynthetic reaction centers: insights from the structure of the heliobacterial reaction center

The proliferation of phototrophy within early-branching prokaryotes represented a significant step forward in metabolic evolution. All available evidence supports the hypothesis that the photosynthetic reaction center (RC)—the pigment-protein complex in which electromagnetic energy (i.e., photons of visible or near-infrared light) is converted to chemical energy usable by an organism—arose once in Earth’s history. This event took place over 3 billion years ago and the basic architecture of the RC has diversified into the distinct versions that now exist. Using our recent 2.2-Å X-ray crystal structure of the homodimeric photosynthetic RC from heliobacteria, we have performed a robust comparison of all known RC types with available structural data. These comparisons have allowed us to generate hypotheses about structural and functional aspects of the common ancestors of extant RCs and to expand upon existing evolutionary schemes. Since the heliobacterial RC is homodimeric and loosely binds (and reduces) quinones, we support the view that it retains more ancestral features than its homologs from other groups. In the evolutionary scenario we propose, the ancestral RC predating the division between Type I and Type II RCs was homodimeric, loosely bound two mobile quinones, and performed an inefficient disproportionation reaction to reduce quinone to quinol. The changes leading to the diversification into Type I and Type II RCs were separate responses to the need to optimize this reaction: the Type I lineage added a [4Fe–4S] cluster to facilitate double reduction of a quinone, while the Type II lineage heterodimerized and specialized the two cofactor branches, fixing the quinone in the Q_A site. After the Type I/II split, an ancestor to photosystem I fixed its quinone sites and then heterodimerized to bind PsaC as a new subunit, as responses to rising O₂ after the appearance of the oxygen-evolving complex in an ancestor of photosystem II. These pivotal events thus gave rise to the diversity that we observe today.     

Low temperature induces oocytes p34^cdc2 synthesis and accumulation—the acquisition of competence to resume meiosis in toad oocytes

Full grown oocytes derived from Bufo Bufo gargarizans rearing at high temperature environment (24℃), never underwent GVBD after progesterone treatment.No p34^cdc2 Hl kinase activity was detected in the oocytes after progesterone stimulation or OA microinjection;Western blotting analysis showed that the level of p34^cdc2 and p33 in the oocytes are significantly lower than those in the oocytes derived from the hibernating toads (below 10℃).^35S-Met incorporation analysis showed that when the oocytes were incubated at 6℃,synthesis of about thirty defferent polypeptides was promoted or induced,including p34^cdc2 and some other p13^suc1-binding proteins.All these results indicated that a low temperature environment is essential for the oocytes of Bufo Bufo gargarizans to express and stord some cell cycle drivers and its regulators,and to gain the maturation competence.These results will also provide a nwe clue for explaining the molecular mechanisms why gametogenesis of some organisms depends on a relative low temperature and how to maintain the geographical distribution of some animals.     

毛蚊科九新种记述：双翅目：长角亚目

本文记述了双翅目毛蚊科3属9新种,其中棘毛蚊属3种:长喙棘毛蚊 Ditophus macrosiphonius sp.nov.,吉林棘毛蚊 D.jilinensis sp.nov.和膜棘毛蚊 D.membranaceus sp.nov.;叉毛蚊属2种:异角叉毛蚊 Penthetria aberrans sp.nov.和甘肃叉毛蚊 P.gansuensis sp.nov.;襀毛蚊属4种:裂襀毛蚁 Plecia dilacerabilis sp.nov.,峨眉襀毛蚊 P.emeiensis sp.nov.,钳襀毛蚊 P.forcipiformis sp.nov.和长叶襀毛蚊 P.longifolia sp.nov.。所有模式标本均保存在北京农业大学昆虫标本室。