离子强度、温度及表面活性剂Triton X-100对紫膜质子泵效率的影响

用毫秒级闪光动力学光谱仪研究了离子强度、温度及表面活性剂Triton X-100对紫膜质子泵效率的影响。结果表明:紫膜溶液中适量离子的加入可使其质子泵效率(H~+/M_(412))显著提高(纯水中,H~+/M_(412)—0.56,而在150mM KCl中可达—1.3),高价离子的影响显然远大于低价离子;在5℃—50℃的较大温度范围内,紫膜的质子泵效率变化不大,但当温度升至60℃以上时,紫膜的质子泵效率迅速下降直至为零;非离子表面活性剂Triton X-100的加入对紫膜的质子泵效率影响不大,仅随Triton量的增加而略微下降。以上实验现象,直接或间接地说明了离子在紫膜质子泵功能中的重要作用。就此对离子及脂在紫膜质子泵中的作用机制进行了进一步的探讨。     

Absorption spectra of intermediates of bacteriorhodopsin measured by laser photolysis at room temperatures

Picosecond laser spectroscopic analysis was applied to determine how many intermediates existed in the primary photochemical process of trans-bacteriorhodopsin (light-adapted bacteriorhodopsin) at room temperature (18°C) and to calculate their absorption spectra. Irradiation of bacteriorhodopsin with a laser pulse (wavelength, 532 nm; pulse width, 25 ps) yielded the K intermediate (K) which was produced through a precursor, having an absorption maximum (λ_max) longer than that of K. K was stable during a picosecond time range (50–900 ps). The λ_max was located at 610 nm and the extinction coefficient (?_max) was 0.92-times that of bacteriorhodopsin. The same K intermediate was produced from bacteriorhodopsin even when it was excited with a high-energy pulse by which a saturation effect was induced. A transient difference spectrum measured at 150 ns after the excitation of bacteriorhodopsin was different in shape from that of the K intermediate, suggesting that an intermediate was formed by thermal decay of K. This intermediate, tentatively called the KL intermediate (KL), had a λ_max at 596 nm and an ?_max 0.80-times that of bacteriorhodopsin. KL decayed to the L intermediate (L) with a time constant of 2.2 μs. L has a λ_max at 543 nm and an ?_max 0.66-times that of bacteriorhodopsin.     

Simulations of frequency-dependent photoacoustic magnitude signals and their implications for bacteriorhodopsin photocycle energetics

The modulation frequency dependence of photoacoustic signals obtained from photoactive samples can provide information on the time-dependent enthalpy changes occurring during the light-induced process. The experimental requirements for this type of calorimetry, and the interpretation ot the results, are critically examined with reference to the light-driven proton pump bacteriorhodopsin. For a three-step unbranched model of the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle we derive an expression for the photoacoustic magnitude signal as a function of frequency. Simulations are performed for various values of the rate constants and energetic changes. It is shown that the net heat uptake during a low, final step postulated by some workers should be reflected in the photoacoustic magnitude frequency spectrum, giving rise to a characteristic maximum. However, this effect, which has been observed experimentally, may also be produced by a fast, strongly endothermic step occurring earlier. The precise chronology of an endothermic transition cannot be resolved unambiguously by magnitude measurements alone, although they are free from assumptions regarding difficult-to-measure phase relationships. Hence, the published photoacoustic observations showing the effect are consistent with a cyclic sequence of events in which the bacteriorhodopsin system first undergoes an increase of entropy, followed by a decrease on returning to the initial state, as well as the reverse. It is argued that the molecular disorder-order sequence is more probable.     

The CCK receptor on pancreatic plasma membranes: binding characteristics and covalent cross-linking

The cholecystokinin (CCK) receptor in purified plasma membranes prepared from mouse pancreatic acini had a binding affinity of 1.8 nM, an acid pH optimum between 6.0 and 6.5, and an analog specificity of CCK8 greater than CCK33 greater than desulphated CCK8 greater than CCK4. Binding of CCK to its receptor was abolished by pretreatment of plasma membranes with trypsin. When [125I]CCK was cross-linked to its receptors with disuccinimidyl suberate, and the preparation solubilized and subjected to gel electrophoresis and autoradiography, the hormone was associated with Mr 80 000 protein in both the presence and absence of the reducing agent dithiothreitol.     

紫色土Zn、Cd复合污染生态效应研究

通过盆栽生物试验结合野外典型污染调查,研究紫色土Zn、Cd复合污染对莴笋、蕃茄、甘兰、小麦等的作物效应.结果表明,Zn、Cd复合污染对Zn表现为加和作用,低浓度Cd促进Zn吸收,加重Zn对养分吸收的抑制,加剧Zn的毒害作用;复合效应对Cd表现为竞争作用,高浓度Zn抑制Cd吸收,减轻Cd对养分吸收的抑制,缓解Cd毒性,向土壤添加Zn 500mg·kg^-1为供试盆栽条件下拮抗效应的临界值.     

紫色土Zn,Cd复合污染生态效应研究

通过盆栽生物试验结合野外典型污染调查 ,研究紫色土Zn、Cd复合污染对莴笋、蕃茄、甘兰、小麦等的作物效应 .结果表明 ,Zn、Cd复合污染对Zn表现为加和作用 ,低浓度Cd促进Zn吸收 ,加重Zn对养分吸收的抑制 ,加剧Zn的毒害作用 ;复合效应对Cd表现为竞争作用 ,高浓度Zn抑制Cd吸收 ,减轻Cd对养分吸收的抑制 ,缓解Cd毒性 ,向土壤添加Zn 50 0mg·kg- 1 为供试盆栽条件下拮抗效应的临界值 .     

紫心甘薯花青苷的提取和纯化及其组分分析

本文叙述了紫心甘薯花青苷提取、分离和纯化方法。并采用高效液相色谱(HPLC)技术测定了花青苷的组分。结果鉴定出甘薯花青苷12个组分,其中以P1组分为主,P4、P5和P9次之,这4个组分占总花青苷含量的80％以上。     

Horizontal transfer of genes coding for the photosynthetic reaction centers of purple bacteria

Phylogenetic trees were drawn and analyzed based on the nucleotide sequences of the 1.5-kb gene fragment coding for the L and M subunits of the photochemical reaction center of various purple photosynthetic bacteria. These trees are mostly consistent with phylogenetic trees based on 16S rRNA and soluble cytochrome c, but differ in some significant details. This inconsistency implies horizontal transfer of the genes that code for the photosynthetic apparatus in purple bacteria. Possibilities of similar transfers of photosynthesis genes during the evolution of photosynthesis are discussed especially for the establishment of oxygenic photosynthesis. Received: 8 July 1996 / Accepted: 12 March 1997     

酰化对紫膜结构的影响

在很宽波长和ＰＨ范围内用紫外及可见区光吸收、圆二色及共振拉曼测定了酰化诱导的紫膜溶液的光谱变化。结构表明：酰化引起的表面电位的改变诱导了蛋白局部构象的改变。这种改变在很大程度上离域到整个蛋白分子中而影响了视黄醛结合位点的性质及生色团的结构,从而导致可观察的光谱变化。与未酰化紫膜比较,紫膜对ＰＨ的稳定性减小了。     

Orientation of membrane fragments by electric field

Purple membrane fragments from Halobacterium halobium were oriented by a static electric field in a water suspension. It was found that an electric field of approx. 20 V/cm is sufficient to achieve practically complete orientation; the purple membranes have a permanent electric dipole moment of (6 ±1)· 10^?23 C · m, the orientation of the retinal transition moment relative to the direction of the electric dipole moment, θ, is (59 ± 1)⁰, and the purple membrane rotational diffusion constant D_rot = 0.65 s^?1. It was found that because of the electrophoretic movement of the particles a hydrodynamic velocity gradient builds up which also orients the purple membranes.