盐酸胍诱导的α淀粉酶去折叠与再折叠

利用蛋白质内源荧光和酶活性两种信号以及荧光偏振,HPLC和停流等方法研究了盐酸胍诱导的α淀粉酶去折叠与重折叠的平衡转变和动力学。实验结果表明α淀粉酶去折叠与重折叠是两个不同的过程;变性与复性过程中可能伴有聚集体生成;去折叠与重折叠均为双相过程,重折叠大约始于2秒之后。     

黄花棘豆的喹诺里西定生物碱

豆科棘豆属有毒植物含多种有毒生物碱,有关棘豆属中生物碱成分的研究,早在1929年Couch由兰伯氏棘豆(Oxytropis lambertii DC.)中分离到一种多羟基化的含氮有机化合物,这是最早报道由棘豆属植物中分离出的生物碱成分,由于当时条件限制未能确定其结构。1982年美国农业部西部研究中心的植物化学家Molyneux从绢毛棘豆(Oxytropis sericea)中分离到苦马豆碱(swainsonine)等吲哚里西定生物碱(indolizidinealkaloids);1989年沈阳药学院于荣敏等由小花棘豆(Oxytropis glabra DC.)中分离出多种喹诺里西定生物碱。喹诺里西定生物碱具有多种生理活性,对试验动物中枢神经系统产生抑制,呼吸抑制或兴奋,致幻、流产和致畸等作用。本文报道由黄花棘豆(Oxytropis ochrocephala Bunge)中测得4种喹诺里西定生物碱。     

鼎湖山自然林豆科固氮植物资源的调查研究

本文在调查鼎湖山自然林木本豆科植物结瘤固氮的基础上,参阅了国内外有关豆科植物结瘤固氮的主要文献,研究了鼎湖山自然林木本豆科植物的固氮资源。结果得出鼎湖山自然林中常见的木本豆科植物共有41种,其中乔木15种,灌木6种,木质藤本20种;有结瘤固氮特性的26种,其中乔木11种,灌木5种,木质藤本10种;经初步调查未见根瘤的6种,其中乔木2种,灌木1种,木质藤本3种;未调查的9种,其中乔木2种,木质藤本7种。本研究结果为鼎湖山木本豆科固氮植物资源的保护、管理和开发利用提供了科学论据,在理论和应用方面均有重要意义。     

一株C3形态多重耐药大肠杆菌噬菌体生物学特性和基因组分析

【目的】多重耐药菌的出现对公共卫生安全构成严重威胁,本研究分离多重耐药大肠杆菌噬菌体,研究其生物学特性和基因组特征,为耐药菌的噬菌体疗法提供理论依据。【方法】使用双层平板法从污水样本中分离纯化大肠杆菌噬菌体;磷钨酸染色后通过透射电镜观察形态;测定其宿主范围,测定温度和pH稳定性、一步生长曲线和体外抑菌效果等生物学特性;体内抑菌试验评估噬菌体对多重耐药大肠杆菌N1203-1Af感染的大蜡螟幼虫的保护作用;基于全基因组测序对其基因组特点进行分析。【结果】本研究分离共得到5株大肠杆菌噬菌体,分别命名为pEC-S163-2.1、pEC-S163-2.2、pEC-M1167-5Ar.1、pEC-m1291-2Dr.1和pEC-N1203-2Af.1;电镜结果显示噬菌体pEC-N1203-2Af.1属于短尾噬菌体中罕见的C3形态型,头部较长,长是宽的2–3倍;pEC-N1203-2Af.1可裂解受试15株大肠杆菌中的3株;感染10 min后进入指数增长期,–20-50℃、pH值为4.0–10.0的环境下均能够保持稳定活性;大蜡螟幼虫感染大肠杆菌N1203-2Af后噬菌体pEC-N1203-2Af....     

利用酵母菌生产有机酸的研究进展

有机酸是含有一种或多种低分子量酸性基团(如羧基、磺酸基)的可生物合成的有机化合物,广泛应用于食品、农业、医药、生物基材料工业等领域。酵母菌具有生物安全、抗逆性强、底物谱广泛、方便遗传改造,以及大规模培养技术成熟等独特优点,因此利用酵母菌生产有机酸的研究日益受到国内外学者的关注。目前利用酵母生产有机酸还存在浓度低、副产物多,以及发酵效率低等缺陷。随着酵母菌代谢工程和合成生物学技术的发展,利用酵母菌生产有机酸取得了快速进展。本文总结了利用酵母合成11种有机酸的研究,包括内源和异源合成的大宗羧酸和高价值有机酸,并对该领域的未来研究方向进行了展望。     

Modulation of mechanosensitive calcium-selective cation channels by temperature

Gating of associations of mechanosensitive Ca²⁺-selective cation co-channels in the plasmalemma of onion epidermis has a strong and unusual temperature dependence. Tension-dependent activity rises steeply as temperature is lowered from 25°C to about 6°C, but drops to a low level at about 5°C. Under the conditions tested (with Mg²⁺ and K⁺ at the cytosolic face of outside-out membrane patches), promotion results both from more bursting at all observed linkage levels and from longer duration of bursts of co-channels linked as quadruplets and quintuplets. Co-channel conductance decreases linearly, but only modestly, with declining temperature. It is proposed that these and related mechanosensitive channels may participate in a variety of responses to temperature, including thermonasty, thermotropism, hydrotropism, and both cold damage and cold acclimation.     

Correlation between arrested secondary plasmodesmal development and onset of accelerated leaf senescence in yeast acid invertase transgenic tobacco plants

Mature leaves of a transgenic tobacco plant ( Nicotiana tabacum L var. Samsun, line A41-10) that constitutively express a yeast-derived acid invertase gene develop symptoms which are characterized by the presence of greenish-yellow and green sectors in the same leaf, and onset of early, leaf senescence. Previous studies indicated that invertase activity was two- to threefold higher in the greenish-yellow sectors than in the green sectors. Our structural analyses revealed that development of secondary plasmodesmata, via modification of existing primary plasmodesmata, between mesophyll cells was inhibited severely in the greenish-yellow sectors, but only marginally in the green sectors. In contrast, the structure and function of primary plasmodesmata in the same symptomatic sectors remained unaltered as determined by structural and dye coupling studies. It is hypothesized that secondary plasmodesmata differ from primary plasmodesmata in having special abilities to traffic information molecules to coordinate leaf development and physiological function(s). Arrest of secondary plasmodesmal development by high invertase activity in the transgenic tobacco leaf may have prevented this type of trafficking and hence resulted in early leaf senescence. The results also indicate that the yeast acid invertase-expressing tobacco may provide an effective experimental system for the molecular characterization of cellular mechanisms that regulate the development, function, and possible turnover of secondary plasmodesmata.     

番木瓜果糖-2,6-二磷酸酶CpF2KP基因克隆和蛋白表达纯化

番木瓜是岭南四大名果之一,在我国东南部地区广泛种植,因其具有食用和药用双重价值,因此深受人们的青睐。果糖-6-磷酸,2-激酶/果糖-2,6-二磷酸酯酶(fructose-6-phosphate,2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase,F2KP)是一个独特的双功能酶,具有激酶功能域和酯酶功能域,能催化生物体内糖代谢的重要调节物果糖-2,6-二磷酸(Fru-2,6-P_(2))的合成和降解。为了研究番木瓜中编码该酶的基因CpF2KP的功能,得到目的蛋白尤为重要。本研究从番木瓜基因组中提取到CpF2KP基因的编码序列(coding sequence,CDS)序列,该基因CDS全长2274 bp。将该基因CDS全长扩增之后选用pGEX-4T-1载体进行原核表达。对载体pGEX-4T-1用EcoRⅠ和BamHⅠ进行双酶切,利用基因重组的方式将扩增序列构建到原核表达载体上。经过诱导条件探索,SDS-PAGE结果显示GST-CpF2KP重组蛋白的大小约为110 kDa,诱导CpF2KP蛋白表达的最适条件为:异丙基β-D-硫代半乳糖苷(isopropyl beta-D-thiogalactopyranoside,IPTG)浓度为0.5 mmol/L,温度28℃。对诱导后的CpF2KP蛋白进行纯化,得到了纯化的单一目的蛋白。此外,检测了该基因的组织表达特性发现该基因在种子中表达量最高,在果肉中表达量最低。该研究为进一步深入揭示番木瓜CpF2KP蛋白的功能及研究该基因参与的生物学过程提供了重要基础。