酵母N-糖基化工程研究进展

酵母表达系统可用来生产具生物活性的重组糖蛋白,但其在N-糖基化过程中会生成高甘露糖型糖链。通过引入相关的甘露糖苷酶和糖基转移酶基因、切断酵母自身的高甘露糖链形成通道能够改变酵母宿主N-糖基化的类型。本对酵母N-糖基化工程的研究状况、最新进展及存在问题作简要阐述。     

脱氧核酶研究进展

使用体外分子进化技术,从一个人工合成的随机多核苷酸单链DNA库中筛选出具有酶活性的DNA分子,称为脱氧核酶. 目前已经筛选出具有RNA切割作用、DNA切割作用、金属螯合作用和过氧化物酶活性、DNA激酶活性以及DNA连接酶活性等多种催化功能的脱氧核酶. 特别是脱氧核酶10～23,无论在体外应用于RNA限制性内切酶,还是在生物系统内作为RNA水平上的基因失活剂,都具有很好的应用前景.     

基于线粒体细胞色素b基因序列的虹雉属鸟类的系统发育关系

通过雉科虹雉属(Lophophorus)、角雉属(Tragopan)、勺鸡属(Pucrasia)和血雉属(Ithaginis)7种鸟类的细胞色素b(cyt b)基因序列比较,构建的虹雉属及其近缘属的分子系统树表明：①3种虹雉构成一个单系群(monophyletic group),虹雉属与角雉属、勺鸡属构成一个单系群;②虹雉属内分为白尾梢虹雉,以及棕尾虹雉和绿尾虹雉两个演化枝。综合分子系统学、地理分布格局和形态学的证据,推测虹雉属鸟类起源于中国的横断山脉,其中繁衍生活在原地的一枝演化为白尾梢虹雉;另一枝则分别进入喜马拉雅山区(西)和中国西南部(东),向西的演化为棕尾虹雉,向东的则为绿尾虹雉。     

北风菌中的甾体和甾体苷类化合物

摘要：从口蘑科真菌北风菌(Pleurotus ostreatus(Jacq．：Fr．)Kummer)的乙酸乙酯部分分离鉴定了12个甾体类化合物,其中包括8个麦角甾醇类甾体及4个甾体苷。利用现代波谱技术及化学方法,鉴定了一个新化合物3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-22E, 24R-ergosta-7, 22-diene-5a, 613, 9α-triolo 其余11个已知化合物分别为22E,24R-ergosta-7, 22-di-ene-3β, 5a, 6β3, 9α-tetraol, 3-O-β-D-glueopyranosyl-22E, 24R-ergosta-7, 22-diene-5α, 6β-diol、22E, 24R-ergosta-7, 22-di-ene-3β, 5α, 6β-triol, 22E, 24R-ergosta-5, 7, 22-tfien-3β-ol 3-O-β-D-glueopyranoside, ergosterol, 22E, 24R-ergosta-7, 22-dien-3β-ol 3-O-β -D-glueopyranoside, 22E, 24R-ergosta-7, 22-diene-3β-ol、 22E, 24R-ergosta-4, 6, 8, 22-tetraen-3-one、22E, 24R-ergosta-7, 22-diene-313, 5ct, 6a-tfiol, ergosterol peroxide 和 22E, 24R-ergosta-7, 22-diene-3β, 5α-diol-6-oneo     

一种新的肝细胞生成素（HPO）转录本及其生物学活性

利用 5′RACE技术从人胎肝组织中分离一种新形式的肝细胞生成素 (HPO 2 0 5 )cDNA ,其编码蛋白质氨基酸序列的N端较已报道的人肝细胞生成素HPO(hepatopoietin)多 80个氨基酸 ,推测其蛋白质分子量为 2 3kD。RT PCR检测HPOmRNA在多种肝癌细胞中表达 ,Western印迹可检测到 2 3kDHPO 2 0 5表达 ,表明此种形式HPO在自然状态下存在。将构建的HPO 2 0 5真核表达载体转染入COS 7细胞 ,其表达蛋白质能够刺激HepG2肝癌细胞DNA合成 ;将HPO 2 0 5、HPO和荷空表达载体分别转染入低水平表达HPO的Bel 740 2肝癌细胞株 ,发现HPO 2 0 5比HPO具有较强的激活MAPK磷酸化的活性。细胞周期分析稳定转染HPO 2 0 5 ,HPO细胞的增殖周期也支持这一结论。这些结果表明HPO 2 0 5具有刺激肝源性细胞增殖的活性 ,并提示HPO 2 0 5可能较HPO有更强的生物学活性     

葡萄幼苗高温锻炼过程中与水杨酸相关的信号转导的初步研究

对无性繁殖的‘京秀’葡萄（Vitis vinifera cv.Jingxiu）幼苗高温锻炼12 h或外施水杨酸（SA）后12 h发现,两种处理引起葡萄内源ABA含量的变化趋势相似,即在处理后1 h急剧升高,然后又迅速下降,并保持这种低水平到处理结束, 而脂氧合酶（LOX）活性并没有表现出和ABA相似的变化趋势。高温锻炼期间,葡萄叶片内自由态SA含量与ABA变化趋势相似,表现出一种典型的化学信号分子特征。而SA合成的限速酶苯丙氨酸解氨酶（PAL）也表现出和前两者相似的变化趋势。推测SA单独或通过ABA诱导葡萄抗热性。     

生物传感芯片质谱及其在蛋白质组研究中的应用

目前蛋白质组研究技术在已有的研究基础上取得了长足进展 ,包括固相 ｐＨ梯度双向凝胶电泳、生物质谱技术、蛋白质双向电泳图谱的数字化和各种分析技术、蛋白质间相互作用分析的方法如酵母双杂交系统、噬菌体展示、表面等离子共振等。但均各有其利弊。目前质谱是进行蛋白质组成分鉴定的支撑技术 ,但是它在蛋白质间相互作用分析及结构与功能的关系分析方面显得无能为力 ,而生物分子相互作用分析技术 (Ｂｉｏｍｏｌｅｃｕｌａｒｉｎｔｅｒａｃｔｉｏｎａｎａｌｙｓｉｓ ,ＢＩＡ)是进行蛋白质相互作用分析的较好技术 ,将两者结合起来在蛋白质组…     

构象耦合作用下驱动蛋白的定向运动

用电偶极子的转动来描述驱动蛋白的构象变化。把微管的构象简化为若干电偶极子的线性排列。驱动蛋白和微管之间的相互作用可看作偶极子－偶极子的耦合作用。计算结果表明：这种耦合作用能够产生沿微管的定向粒子流,并且粒子平均位移反映了驱动蛋白实验结果的主要特征。     

Abundances and host relationships of chigger mites in Yunnan Province,China

This paper reports on ectoparasitic chigger mites found on small mammals in Yunnan Province, southwest China. Data were accumulated from 19 investigation sites (counties) between 2001 and 2009. A total of 10 222 small mammal hosts were captured and identified; these represented 62 species, 34 genera and 11 families in five orders. From the body surfaces of these 10 222 hosts, a total of 92 990 chigger mites were collected and identified microscopically. These represented 224 species, 22 genera and three subfamilies in the family Trombiculidae (Trombidiformes). Small mammals were commonly found to be infested by chigger mites and most host species harboured several species of mite. The species diversity of chigger mites in Yunnan was much higher than diversities reported previously in other provinces of China and in other countries. A single species of rodent, Eothenomys miletus (Rodentia: Cricetidae), carried 111 species of chigger mite, thus demonstrating the highest species diversity and heaviest mite infestation of all recorded hosts. This diversity is exceptional compared with that of other ectoparasites. Of the total 224 mite species, 21 species accounted for 82.2% of all mites counted. Two species acting as major vectors for scrub typhus (tsutsugamushi disease), Leptotrombidium scutellare and Leptotrombidium deliense, were identified as the dominant mite species in this sample. In addition to these two major vectors, 12 potential or suspected vector species were found. Most species of chigger mite had a wide range of hosts and low host specificity. For example, L. scutellare parasitized 30 species of host. The low host specificity of chigger mites may increase their probability of encountering humans, as well as their transmission of scrub typhus among different hosts. Hierarchical clustering analysis showed that similarities between different chigger mite communities on the 18 main species of small mammal host did not accord with the taxonomic affinity of the hosts. This suggests that the distribution of chigger mites may be strongly influenced by the environment in which hosts live.     

Systemic induction of H2O2 in pea seedlings pretreated by wounding and exogenous jasmonic acid

Pea seedlings (Pisum sativum L.) were used as materials to test the timings and compartments of hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) triggered by wounding and exogenous jasmonic acid (JA). The results showed that H₂O₂ could be systemically induced by wounding and exogenous JA. H₂O₂ increased within 1 h and reached the peak 3–5 h after wounding in either the wounded leaves or the unwounded leaves adjacent to the wounded ones and the inferior leaves far from the wounded ones. After this, H₂O₂ decreased and recovered to the control level 12 h after wounding. The activities of antioxidant enzymes, however, were rapidly increased by wounding. Diphenylene iodonium (DPI), an inhibitor of NADPH oxidase, could significantly inhibit H₂O₂ burst that was mediated by wounding and exogenous JA. Assay of H₂O₂ subcellular location showed that H₂O₂ in response to wounding and exogenous JA was predominantly accumulated in plasma membrane, cell wall and apoplasmic space. Numerous JA (gold particles) was found via immunogold electron microscopy to be located in cell wall and phloem zones of mesophyll cell after wounding.