乙烯调控灵芝酸生物合成关键基因的筛选

灵芝是我国著名的药用真菌,灵芝酸是其主要活性成分,具有多种药理活性。乙烯可以促进灵芝酸的生物合成,但其调控机理尚不明确。本实验利用非靶向代谢组研究发现Top 20差异代谢物中含有6种灵芝的活性成分(灵芝酸η、赤芝酸F、赤芝酸N、丹芝酸A、灵芝酸V1和灵芝酸δ),其中有4种灵芝酸(灵芝酸η、赤芝酸F、赤芝酸N和灵芝酸V1)为上调积累,2种灵芝酸(灵芝酸δ和丹芝酸A)为下调积累。通过非靶向代谢组与转录组的关联分析发现基因GL23307、GL25546和GL29595同时与3种灵芝酸积累显著相关,并通过启动子顺式元件预测,发现分别编码泛素蛋白和抑肽酶基因GL25546、GL23307的启动子区域含有响应乙烯信号的顺式作用元件GCC-box,因此,推测这两个基因在乙烯调控灵芝酸生物合成中发挥重要作用。     

Crystal structure of Streptomyces diastaticus No. 7 strain M1033 xylose isomerase

The crystal structures of Streptomyces diastaticus No. 7 strain M1033 xylose isomerase (SDXyI) have been analysed and refined at 0.19nm. The crystal space group is I222, with unit cell dimensions of a=9.884 ran, b=9.393nm and c=8.798nm. Based on the coordinates of the Streptomyces rubiginosus xylose isomerase (SRXyI), the initial model of SDXyl was built up by the dose packing analysing and R-factor searching and refined by PROLSQ to a final R-factor of 0.177 with the rms deviations of bond lengths and bond angles of 0.001 9nm and 2.1°, respectively. No significant global conformation change existed between SRXyI and SDXyI except the local conformation in the active site.     

脓青素对光抑制条件下菠菜叶绿体的保护作用

在有氧条件下,脓青素可以缓解强光对菠菜叶绿体电子传递的抑制作用。加入解联剂尼日利亚菌素消除跨膜质子梯度会加剧叶绿体的光抑制,但脓青素的保护作用并不消失。脓青素对光系统Ⅰ与光系统Ⅱ均表现出保护作用,但对ＰＳⅡ的保护在光抑制初期较明显;在厌氧条件下,脓青素加剧叶绿体的光抑制,引起ＤＣＩＰ光还原与水到ｐ－ＢＱ电子传递活力的降低。推测脓青素可能通过促进细胞色素ｂ５５９介导的ＰＳⅡ循环电子传递,减轻了叶绿体的光抑制。     

细胞松弛素B对蚕豆气孔运动的影响

以蚕豆叶片下表皮条为材料,研究了微丝在气孔运动中的作用。利用肌动蛋白纤丝专一性抑制剂──细胞松弛素Ｂ（ＣＢ）预处理后,再用诱导气孔运动的因子处理表皮条,在显微镜下观测气孔孔径的变化。结果显示,用ＣＢ处理开放或关闭状态气孔,其开度均不发生变化;ＣＢ处理使微丝解聚,气孔运动被抑制;且ＣＢ处理后气孔的运动是可以恢复的。实验进一步表明,开放气孔经１０ｍｇ／Ｌ的ＣＢ预处理后,ＡＢＡ、Ｃａ２＋及暗诱导气孔关闭的作用均不同程度地受到抑制,推测微丝可能参与ＡＢＡ、Ｃａ２＋及暗诱导的气孔关闭过程;关闭气孔经１０ｍｇ／Ｌ的ＣＢ预处理后,Ｋ＋和（或）光诱导气孔开放的作用受到抑制,推测微丝可能参与光及Ｋ＋诱导的气孔开放过程。     

海甘蓝种子成熟过程中脂肪酸含量以及脱落酸和山梨醇的效应

海甘蓝种子在成熟过程中,棕榈酸、硬脂酸和亚麻酸的含量不断下降,而二十碳烯酸和芥酸的含量呈上升趋势。选用开花后２５～２７ｄ的海甘蓝幼胚分别在含不同浓度的ＡＢＡ或高渗透剂的培养基中培养１～３ｄ,发现其各种脂肪酸的变化趋势和种子自然成熟过程中脂肪酸的变化相似,说明ＡＢＡ或高渗透剂可能是种子成熟过程中各种脂肪酸合成和相互转化所需的条件。     

水稻蜡质基因5＇上游区缺失对基因表达的影响

为研究水稻蜡质基因（ｗａｘｙ）５＇上游调控区中存在的顺式作用元件,我们将水稻ｗａｘｙ基因翻译起始声、（ＡＴＧ）５＇上游３．４ｋｂ（－２１１８～＋１２９１ｂＰ）片段经外切核酸酶ＥｘｏⅢ部分酶解,得到一系列５＇端缺失的片段。将这些缺失片段分别与ｇｕｓ基因编码区连接,构建成融合质粒,经ＰＥＧ介导引入水稻原生质体,２６℃培养４８ｈ后,定量测定ＧＵＳ酶活力,并以同时导入的由３５Ｓ启动子指导的荧光素酶（ＬＵＣ）基因表达的酶活力作为内对照。结果表明,ＧＵＳ酶活性随５’上游调控区长度的减少而逐渐减弱。由─８６１ｂｐ缺失至─６４０ｂＰ时,ｇｕｓ基因表达水平有较明显的降低,推测在该区域中可能存在一个顺式作用元件区。     

从吸收光谱的变化看H2O2对豆血红蛋白的定位损伤

豆血红蛋白（Ｌｂ）是一种含铁的蛋白质,在大豆（Ｇｌｙｃｉｎｅｍａｘ）的根瘤中含量很。从新鲜根瘤中提取制备的氧合豆血红蛋白（ＬｂＯ２,含二价铁的蛋白质）是Ｌｂ的活性形式。ＬｂＯ２在可见光区５７７ｎｍ和５４０ｎｍ有吸收峰,这两个峰与ＬｂＯ２中血红素（铁卟啉）的结构密切相关;另外,ＬｂＯ２在紫外区２８０ｎｍ处还有一个吸收峰,此峰与珠蛋白（ＬｂＯ２的蛋白质部分）的构象有关．ＬｂＯ２在一定浓度的Ｈ２Ｏ２作用下,可见光的特异吸收变化迅速,而紫外吸收相对稳定,因而推测Ｈ２Ｏ２对ＬｂＯ２的损伤是有着固定的位点,这个位点是在含二价铁的卟啉环上,而不在珠蛋白中．     

Interaction of synthetic peptide corresponding to signal sequence of glucitol permease of Escherichia Coli and its analogue with liposomes

The N-terminal signal sequence of glucitol pcrmease of Escherichia Coli (Gut22) and its analogue (Gut22Ana) were synthesized. The analogue had a Pro residue substituting for the His at the 7th position of Gut22 and a Val residue substituting for the Glu at the 10th position. The intrinsic fluorescence emission spectra indicated that the binding of Gut22 with lipid bilayer was much stronger than that of Gut22Ana. The leakage experiments with calcein-loaded liposomes showed that Gut22 strongly perturbed lipid bilayers while Gut22Ana did not. The apparent partition constant of Gut22 for partitioning into phosphatidylserine/phosphatidylcholine bilayers was measured; the effect of membrane potential on the interaction of Gut22 with lipid bilayers was studied and the conformation changes of Gut22 and Gut22Ana upon interacting with liposomes were studied by the method of circular dichroism analysis.     

Structure and expression of a rice hsp70 gene

A genomic hsp70 gene was isolated from a rice IR36 genomic library and 4 794 bp of the gene have been sequenoed. The 5' flanking region of the gene contained a putative TATA box and a typical heat shock element sequence 5'-CTcgGAAccTTCgAG-3'. The amino acid sequence of the rice HSP70 deduced from the coding region shared 84%-92% homologies with those of HSP70s from other plant species. An intron 1939bp long was identified in the coding region at the codon specifying amino acid 72 (Asp), the similar position introns occurring in other intron-containing hsp70 genes. In addition, another intron of 57 bp was found in the 3'-untranslated region in the rice hsp70 gene. Southern blot hybridization showed that rice hsp70 gene family contained at least three members. Analysis of the RNA leveis with the gene-specific and non-specific probes revealed that the rice hsp70 gene expressed at normal temperature and the expression was enhanced by heat shock treatment.