Structural elucidation of some orange juice carotenoids

The structure of some carotenoids of Valencia orange juice were elucidated by chemical tests and MS of the free pigments and their derivatives. A new apocarotenal was shown to be 3-hydroxy-5,8-epoxy-5,8-dihydro-8′-apo-β-caroten-8′-al. Two UV-fluorescent apocarotenols found recently in avocado were also present. For the pigments previously designated trollixanthin and trollichrome, the new structures 5,6-dihydro-β,β-carotene-3-3′,5,6-tetrol and 5,8-epoxy-5,8,5′,6′-tetrahydro-β,β-carotene-3,3′,5′,6′-tetrol are assigned, both containing a trihydroxylated ring as in heteroxanthin.     

The Effect of Soil Type on Movement and Infection Rate of Larvae of Tylenchulus semipenetrans

Most of the Tylenchulus semipenetrans larvae applied on the surface of four soils in pots 14.5-cm deep moved no further downward than 6.5 crn, and remained in the upper half of the pot. The percentage of second-stage larvae that developed into adult females on ''Homosassa'' sweet orange in the soils were: sandy loam, 6.8% in the same soil with inoculation holes, 8.6%; loamy sand, 5.4%; coarse sand, 0.2%; and in sand-peat (2:1, v/v)mixture 0.04%. Low percentage infection in coarse sand and sand-peat mixture may have been caused by restriction of larval migration in the coarse sand, and by low pH or toxic organic acids in the sand-peat mixture. Good root development occurred throughout all soils.     

Complex formation of acridine orange with single-stranded polyriboadenylic acid and 5′-AMP: Cooperative binding and intercalation between bases

The binding of acridine orange to single-stranded polyribonucleic acid at low polymer to dye ratios exhibits cooperative behavior of the kind observed with other simple polyanions. It is thus attributed to electrostatic interaction between polymer and stacked dye molecules. At higher polymer to dye ratios, however, distinct deviations from the predictions of the basic theory occur. These are interpreted by additional non-cooperative binding of acridine orange to the bases of the polymer subunits owing to dye-base stacking. This effect is studied also with 5-AMP monomers where it likewise leads to complex formation. Both systems are investigated experimentally by means of the changes produced in the dye spectrum. Based on quantitative analyses the equilibrium constants of both systems are evaluated and discussed. They indicate a sandwich-type of intercalation of dye between two bases of the single-stranded polymer.     

奥奈达希瓦氏菌CctA介导周质甲基橙还原的电子传递机理

电活性微生物奥奈达希瓦氏菌的胞外电子传递（extracellular electron transfer,EET）在污染物降解、环境修复、生物电化学传感、能源利用等方面具有广泛的应用潜力;四血红素细胞色素CctA （small tetraheme cytochrome）是希瓦氏菌周质空间中最丰富的蛋白质之一,能够参与多种氧化还原过程,但目前对CctA在EET中的行为和机理认识仍然有限。【目的】研究阐明CctA蛋白在希瓦氏菌模式菌株MR-1周质空间以偶氮染料作为电子受体的EET中的作用,补充和拓展希瓦氏菌的厌氧呼吸产能机制。【方法】以周质还原型偶氮染料甲基橙（methyl orange,MO）作为电子受体,在mteal reduction （Mtr）蛋白缺失菌株Δmtr中研究MO的周质还原特点,并通过基因敲除和回补表达研究CctA蛋白在周质电子传递中的作用。【结果】在缺失Mtr通道的情况下,细胞色素CctA可以介导周质空间的电子传递而还原MO。重组表达CctA在低水平时,MO在周质空间中的还原速率与其表达水平呈正相关,更高水平的CctA表达无助于进一步提高MO的还原速率。蛋白膜伏安结果展示了CctA与周质空间内其他高电位氧化还原蛋白的显著区别,可能参与构成一条低电位的MO还原通道。【结论】从分子动力学层面揭示了CctA在周质MO还原中的独特电子传递行为,为进一步推进对细菌周质电子传递机制的理解,以及通过合成生物学设计或改造胞外氧化还原系统、强化生物电化学在污染物降解中的应用提供了重要信息。     

白腐真菌对酸性橙7的脱色降解

偶氮染料广泛应用于纺织、造纸和包装等行业,因其具有三致性、结构稳定且难降解,已成为染料废水处理的研究热点之一。本研究以白腐真菌作为脱色菌株,考察了不同白腐真菌对偶氮类染料酸性橙7(acid orange 7,AO7)的脱色降解,探讨了AO7染料的浓度、pH、温度以及脱色时间对染料脱色率的影响,同时应用紫外-可见光谱吸收法、红外光谱吸收法、高效液相色谱法和气相色谱-质谱法对AO7的降解产物进行分析,并对其产物进行植物毒性实验,以推断AO7可能的降解途径及其降解产物的毒性。结果表明:在pH 4.5、28℃条件下,刺芹侧耳(Pleurotus eryngii)和杂色云芝(Trametes versicolor)的混合菌丝脱色降解100 mg/L AO7,24 h脱色率可达93.46%。推测AO7可能的生物降解途径:AO7偶氮键断裂生成对氨基苯磺酸和1-氨基-2-萘酚;接着对氨基苯磺酸脱去磺酸基,生成对苯二酚;同时1-氨基-2-萘酚开环生成邻苯二甲酸和对羟基苯甲醛,之后进一步降解生成苯甲酸;最后对苯二酚和苯甲酸继续氧化成其他小分子中间体、H2O和CO_(2)。植物毒性实验表明,P.eryngii和T.versicolor混合菌丝对AO7脱毒效果较好。以上研究为探究白腐真菌在工业废水中降解偶氮类染料的应用奠定基础。     

植物激素对锦橙留树保鲜及贮藏效果的影响

锦橙果实于采前9月中、下旬果面色泽由浓绿转为淡绿时,用15～30ppm GA 50ppm 2,4—D喷布果面,每月喷一次,共喷2～3次,能延缓果实的成熟,留树保鲜2～3个月,稳果率达93％,果实色泽鲜艳,可溶性固形物含量高,果肉细嫩,风味浓甜。本处理可使锦橙贮藏采收期由11月中旬延迟到12月底,贮藏到次年4月下旬,效果良好,腐烂、干疤率均低。     

Characterization of MgATP-Driven H+ uptake in to a microsomal vesicle franction from rat pancreatic acinar cells

Summary In microsomal vesicles, as isolated from exocrine pancreas cells, MgATP-driven H⁺ transport was evaluated by measuring H⁺-dependent accumulation of acridine orange (AO). Active H⁺ uptake showed an absolute requirement for ATP with simple Michaelis-Menten kinetics (K _m for ATP 0.43 mmol/liter) with a Hill coefficient of 0.99. H⁺ transport was maximal at an external pH of 6.7, generating an intravesicular pH of 4.8. MgATP-dependent H⁺ accumulatioin was abolished by protonophores. such as nigericin (10^–6 mol/liter) or CCCP (10^–5 mol/liter), and by inhibitors of nonmitochondria H⁺ ATPase, such as NEM or NBD-Cl, at a concentration of 10^–5 mol/liter. Inhibitors of both mitochondrial and nonmitochondrial H⁺ pumps, such as DCCD (10^–5 mol/liter) or Dio 9 (0.25 mg/ml), reduced microsomal H⁺ transport by about 90%. Vanadate (2×10^–3 mol/liter). a blocker of those ATPases, which form a phosphorylated intermediate, did not inhibit H⁺ transport. The stilbene derivative DIDS (10^–4 mol/liter), which inhibits anion transport systems, abolished H⁺ transport completely. MgATP-dependent H⁺ transport was found to be anion dependernt in the sequence Cl^–>Br^–>gluconate^–; in the presence of SO ₄ ^–2 . CH₃COO^– or No ₃ ^– , no H⁺ transport was observed. MgATP-dependent H⁺ accumulation was also cation dependent in the sequence K⁺>Li⁺>Na⁺=choline⁺, As shown by dissipation experiments in the presence of different ion gradients and ionophores, both a Cl^– and a K⁺ conductance, as well as a small H⁺ conductance. were found in the microsomal membranes. When membranes containing the H⁺ pump wer further purified by Percoll gradient centrifugatin (ninefold enrichment comparad to homogenate), no correlation with markers for endoplasmic reticulum., mitochondria, plasma membranes, zymogen graules or Golgi membranes was found.The present data indicate that the H⁺ pump located in microsomes from rat exocrine pancreas is a vacuolar-or V-type H⁺ ATPase and has most similarities to that described in endoplasmic reticulum. Golgi apparatus or endosomes.     

撕裂蜡孔菌在开放体系中对甲基橙染料的静态脱色研究

为了评价撕裂蜡孔菌处理偶氮染料的应用潜力,用性能稳定的甲基橙染料为材料,采用批次试验在开放性体系中研究了染料初始浓度、菌丝生物量、温度、pH等因素对该菌脱色能力的影响,运用菌丝体反接、染液光谱扫描、菌丝体显微观察等方法探讨了菌丝体脱色的可能机制,利用植物萌发试验进行了染料和脱色后溶液的毒性测试。结果表明,撕裂蜡孔菌在开放的静止体系中能够对甲基橙高效脱色,其最适脱色温度为35℃,最佳脱色pH值在6左右。菌丝对甲基橙的脱色表现在吸附和产酶降解两个方面,脱色过程中染料对菌丝体本身的影响较少。植物毒性分析显示撕裂蜡孔菌脱色48h后的产物对植物的毒性比甲基橙本身更强,若要彻底降解可能需要较长时间。本研究可为染料脱色工艺提供新的菌种。