Lipooligosaccharide biosynthesis in Neiseria gonorrhoeae: cloning, identification and characterization of the α1,5 heptosyltransferase I gene (rfaC)

The Escherichia coli arginine repressor (ArgR) is an l -arginine-dependent DNA-binding protein that controls expression of the arginine biosynthetic genes and is required as an accessory protein in Xer site-specific recombination at cer and related recombination sites in plasmids. Site-directed mutagenesis was used to isolate two mutants of E. coli ArgR that were defective in arginine binding. Results from in vivo and in vitro experiments demonstrate that these mutants still act as repressors and bind their specific DNA sequences in an arginine-independent manner. Both mutants support Xer site-specific recombination at cer. One of the mutant proteins was purified and shown to bind to its DNA target sequences in vitro with different affinity and as a different molecular species to wild-type ArgR.     

Extractive fermentation of lactic acid by immobilizedLactobacillus casei using ion—exchange resin

Summary A novel method of lactic acid fermentation byLactobacillus casei immobilized in Ca—alginate gels is described, in which an ion—exchange resin packed column is attached to a fermentor for separation of lactic acid from fermentative broth. The technique successfully alleviated the restriction imposed by lactic acid on bacterial growth and product formation. As compared to the conventional batch fermentation, the new fermentation technique enhanced the lactic acid productivity and sugar conversion rate from 0.328g/L·h and 88. 2% to 0.482g/L·h and 98.6%, respectively.     

Association of the catalytic subunit of aspartate transcarbamoylase with a zinc-containing polypeptide fragment of the regulatory chain leads to increases in thermal stability.

The regulatory enzyme aspartate transcarbamoylase (ATCase), comprising 2 catalytic (C) trimers and 3 regulatory (R) dimers, owes its stability to the manifold interchain interactions among the 12 polypeptide chains. With the availability of a recombinant 70-amino acid zinc-containing polypeptide fragment of the regulatory chain of ATCase, it has become possible to analyze directly the interaction between catalytic and regulatory chains in a complex of simpler structure independent of other interactions such as those between the 2 C trimers, which also contribute to the stability of the holoenzyme. Also, the effect of the interaction between the polypeptide, termed the zinc domain, and the C trimer on the thermal stability and other properties can be measured directly. Differential scanning microcalorimetry experiments demonstrated that the binding of the zinc domain to the C trimer leads to a complex of markedly increased thermal stability. This was shown with a series of mutant forms of the C trimer, which themselves varied greatly in their temperature of denaturation due to single amino acid replacements. With some C trimers, for which tm varied over a range of 30 degrees C due to diverse amino acid substitutions, the elevation of tm resulting from the interaction with the zinc domain was as large as 18 degrees C. The values of tm for a variety of complexes of mutant C trimers and the wild-type zinc domain were similar to those observed when the holoenzymes containing the mutant C trimers were subjected to heat denaturation.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

仲彬草属5种植物的核型研究

本文对我国西部高原仲彬草属Ｋｅｎｇｙｉｌｉａ５种植物的核型进行了分析。它们的染色体数目均为２ｎ＝４２,六倍体。核型是：糙毛鹅观草Ｋ．ｈｉｒｓｕｔａ,２ｎ＝６ｘ＝４２＝３６６＋６ｓｍ;青海鹅观草Ｋ．ｋｏｋｏｎｏｒｉｃａ,２ｎ＝６ｘ＝４２＝３６ｍ＋６ｓｍ：黑药鹅观草Ｋ．ｍｅｌａｎｔｈｅｒａ,２ｎ＝６ｘ＝４２＝３８ｍ＋４ｓｍ;硬秆鹅观草Ｋ．ｒｉｇｉｄｕｌａ,２ｎ＝６ｘ＝４２＝３８ｍ＋４ｓｍ;窄颖鹅观草Ｋ．ｓｔｅｎａｃｈｙｒａ,２ｎ＝６ｘ＝４２＝３８ｍ＋４ｓｍ。它们的核型属于１Ｂ或２Ｂ型。染色体中均未发现随体。     

麦蛾的求偶行为与区分等级的方法

求偶行为是麦蛾的本能,主要由自身生理状态决定,雌蛾全是自发行为,雄蛾多是对异性信息刺激的反应。两性求偶行为都有固定发生程序,有明显的阶段性。本文按其阶段程序特点把两性求偶行为各分为3等9级。非求偶行为概作0等0级。等级数值大小反映了性兴奋强度,统计分析级别数值,就能确定个体或蛾群求偶行为的动态。     

不同性别黄鳝六种组织中LDH同工酶电泳谱的初步研究

本文报告了运用聚丙烯酰胺凝胶圆盘电泳研究不同性别黄鳝的血清、心肌、骨骼肌、肝、肾和生殖腺等六种组织器官中ＬＤＨ同工酶。结果表明六种不同组织中ＬＤＨ同工酶谱各不相同,具有明显的组织特异性。在不同性别中某些同一种组织的ＬＤＨ同工酶谱也发生变化,这说明决定黄鳝ＬＤＨ同工酶表达的因素在不同性别中有差异。     

热带林茎流收集及计算方法探索

热带林茎流收集及计算方法探索周光益,吴仲民,李意德,陈步峰（中国林科院热带林业研究所,广州５１０５２０）ＣｏｌｌｅｃｔｉｏｎａｎｄＣａｌｃｕｌａｔｉｏｎＭｅｔｈｏｄｓｆｏｒＳｔｅｍｆｌｏｗｉｎＴｒｏｐｉｃａｌＦｏｒｅｓｔ．￥ＺｈｏｕＧｕａｎｇｙｉ;Ｗ...     

Genetic transformation of Clostridium botulinum hall a by electroporation

Summary A method was developed for the introduction of plasmids into Clostridium botulinum by electroporation. A 4.4 kb plasmid vector, pGK12, which contains genes for resistance to erythromycin (Em^r) and chloramphenicol (Cm^r) was electroporated into C. botulinum type A (Hall A). The highest transformation efficiency was obtained using midlog phase cells, 10% PEG 8000 as the electroporation solution, and 2.5 kV field strength. The transformation efficiency was highest (10³ transformants/g of DNA) when 1 g of plasmid DNA and 4 × 10⁸ CFU/ml of recipient cells were used. Plasmid DNA recovered from the transformants was indistinguishable from that introduced on the basis of restriction enzyme digestion and agarose gel electrophoresis.