衣藻的藻种保存`扩大培养和观察

衣藻属(Chlamydomonas)是常见的淡水绿藻。在生长季节里,衣藻常在营养特别是氮、磷较丰富的坑塘中有时长成纯群,但在池水或缓流中则常与其他藻类等混生,不易采集。在非生长季很难找到它们。这给教学和科研带来许多困难。几年来,我们对衣藻的藻种保存、扩大培养进行观察试验,总结出一些经验,现介绍如下:     

衣藻培养及其硝酸还原酶活力的测定

本文通过提高培养基的pH和磷酸盐浓度解决了衣藻在硝酸盐培养基上生长不良的问题用完全合成培养基代替土壤提取液培养基。用钼酸钠和氯化钙代替钼酸铵和硝酸钙,消除了培养基中影响硝酸还原酶(NR)诱导的因素。用单藻落繁殖的保种方法保持了NR的诱导特性。在酶反应后用乙酸锌和甲硫吩嗪处理,去除了反应过剩的NADH和衣藻粗提取液中的某些物质对亚硝酸显色反应的抑制,建立了满意的NR活力测定技术。     

团藻目新资料

本文报道湖北省武汉市团藻目7个属的5个新种,2个新变种,2个中国新记录。     

衣藻(Chlamydomonas sp)中间纤维及核纤层存在的证实(简报)

衣藻(Chlamydomonas sp)是属于绿藻门的最低等单细胞植物,为典型的真核生物。迄今以衣藻为材料所作的有关细胞骨架方面的研究多集中在微管蛋白(tubulin)。C.J.Miller等曾以衣藻(Chlamydomonas reinhardtii)全蛋白与几种中间纤维抗体进行免疫印迹实验有阳性反应,但是衣藻中是否存在中间纤维与核纤层是不清楚的问题。衣藻中间纤维与核纤层的形态研究更未见报道。目前认为中间纤维-核纤     

Protein Disulfide Isomerase 2 of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Is Involved in Circadian Rhythm Regulation

Protein disulfide isomerases （PDIs） are known to play important roles in the folding of nascent proteins and in the formation of disulfide bonds. Recently, we identified a PDI from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii （CrPDI2） by a mass spectrometry approach that is specifically enriched by heparin affinity chromatography in samples taken during the night phase. Here, we show that the recombinant CrPDI2 is a redox-active protein. It is reduced by thioredoxin reductase and catalyzes itself the reduction of insulin chains and the oxidative refolding of scrambled RNase A. By immunoblots, we confirm a high-amplitude change in abundance of the heparin-bound CrPDI2 during subjective night. Interestingly, we find that CrPDI2 is present in protein complexes of different sizes at both day and night. Among three identified interac- tion partners, one （a 2-cys peroxiredoxin） is present only during the night phase. To study a potential function of CrPDI2 within the circadian system, we have overexpressed its gene. Two transgenic lines were used to measure the rhythm of phototaxis~ In the transgenic strains, a change in the acrophase was observed. This indicates that CrPDI2 is involved in the circadian signaling pathway and, together with the night phase-specific interaction of CrPDI2 and a peroxiredoxin, these findings suggest a close coupling of redox processes and the circadian clock in C. reinhardtii.     

利用叶绿素荧光监测微藻的生长及生理状态

衣藻与扁藻是生产生物柴油的优势藻种,监测其生长和生理状况是利用它们生产生物柴油的关键环节。本研究通过叶绿素荧光对这两种微藻的细胞密度进行监测并利用多激发波长调制叶绿素荧光仪(MultiColor-PAM)检测其在不同生长条件下的生理状况,获得本研究中两种藻的适宜的培养温度/光照强度:衣藻为28℃/80μmol/m~2·s~(-1),扁藻为28℃/100μmol/m2·s~(-1),利用叶绿素荧光可以便捷准确的监测微藻的生长及生理状态,为微藻培养及其代谢产物积累的研究提供切实可行的无损伤的检测方法。     

极地雪衣藻的研究进展

综述了富含类胡萝卜素(虾青素)的极地雪衣藻(Chlamydomonas nivalis)研究的最新进展,并对其研究前景作了分析。     

莱茵藻胞外碳酸酐酶分子定位与活性诱导

胞外碳酸酐酶是藻类CCM机制和光合作用的一个重要组分 ,藻类从高CO2 转入低CO2 浓度培养时可诱导出胞外碳酸酐酶。应用金标免疫分子定位和pH调节对胞外碳酸酐酶分子定位和CO2 诱导机制进行研究 ,结果表明 :胞外碳酸酐酶主要分布于胞壁空间 (细胞质膜与细胞壁之间 ) ,且细胞壁上也有较多分布 ,细胞壁外分布较少。说明胞外碳酸酐酶能从胞壁空间穿过细胞壁。通过CO2 诱导和pH调节(升高 ) ,均可提高碳酸酐酶活性 ,且pH提高幅度越大 ,胞外碳酸酐酶活性也越大 ,说明胞外碳酸酐酶的CO2 诱导与pH调节有一定关系