磷酰化与非磷酰化蛋氨酸水溶液的脉冲辐解研究

蛋氨酸能快速清除导致辐射损伤的·OH自由基，在放射生物学上是一类很重要的辐射保护剂，因此，引起了人们的广泛关注［l一到．生物大分子的磷酸化作用亦越来越受到重视，特别是近年来基因调控研究发现，许多蛋白质和生物酶只有被磷酸化氧化才具有生理活性，文献［4－6］报导蛋     

磷酸化血管紧张素Ⅱ的合成及性质

蛋白质磷酸化和去磷酸化几乎调节着生命活动的所有过程，包括细胞的增殖发育和分化、神经活动、肌肉收缩、新陈代谢和肿瘤发生等［1]，而磷肽则是体现其母体蛋白磷酸化过程结构变化的最好模型［2]．磷肽合成的常用方法是将合成好的未被磷酸化的多肽与ATP在磷酸激酶的作用下进行酶法磷酸化，但是该法对于不能被磷酸激酶磷酸化的多肽并不适用．迄今为止，磷肽及其类似物的化学合成仍非轻而易举之事［3，4]     

Toehold开关调控的大肠杆菌基因表达体系

设计了一种核糖体调节器—“立足点开关”（toehold switch）。与传统核糖体调节器设计不同的是，该核糖体调节器的起始密码子（AUG）和核糖体结合位点位于核糖体调节器中发夹结构RNA的环（loop）上，而“茎”（stem）结构是完全互补配对的RNA双链。通过RNA链替换反应，引发链（trigger）RNA能够打开发夹结构RNA，从而激活下游绿色荧光蛋白的表达，导致荧光信号的增长，最终实现对大肠杆菌基因表达的调控。系统研究了“茎”的长度对绿色荧光蛋白表达的调控作用。实验结果表明，当“茎”的长度大于8个碱基时，发夹结构RNA就能有效地抑制绿色荧光蛋白的表达。进一步的共表达实验结果表明，引发链RNA能够打开发夹RNA，从而调控大肠杆菌基因表达。Toehold开关调控的大肠杆菌基因表达系统具有可拓展性，可应用于多基因表达调控，对基因疾病诊疗具有潜在应用价值。     

基于质谱技术的磷酸化蛋白/多肽分离富集、鉴定及组学研究

正蛋白质的磷酸化是生物体内一种广泛的、重要的翻译后修饰形式,调控着细胞信号传导、基因表达、分子识别、新陈代谢等细胞过程。在生物体液或组织中,许多低丰度的磷酸化蛋白/多肽是具有高度特异性的生物临床标志物,这些生物分子可能为许多疾病的诊断和病理研究提供重要信息,因此对其进行分析具有重要意义。近些年该研究热点备受广大分析工作者的青睐[1,2]。本文基于2016年1～2月主流期刊最新录用和在线发表的基于质谱技术的     

较低反应温度下Hβ沸石上积炭的性质

沸石催化剂在许多反应过程中常常因积炭而失活［１，２］．通常认为，较低温度（低于２００℃）下的积炭主要是吸附较弱、不易挥发的物质，而较高温度（高于４００℃）下的积炭主要为碳／氢比较高、易挥发的多核芳烃［１，３，４］．刘中民等［５］研究了甲醇转化过程中的...     

量热法研究Cr3+水解聚合作用的热力学性质

水合多价金属离子在水溶液中发生水解聚合是一种普遍现象，铬（Ⅲ）离子就是这样的金属离子，具有水解聚合特征，铬（Ⅲ）的许多应用常与其水解特性有关［1］，虽然早在1907年Bjerrum［2］已经指出，但迄今为止，有关它的水解聚合的研究报道仍然较少［3］，而用微量热法研究Cr3十水解聚合作用的热力学还未见报道．Cr3＋水解聚合状态与其浓度有关，在低浓度和较高浓度下发现水解聚合产物不同．在较高浓度下形成单羟联的聚合质点，此观点曾相继由Hall［4］、戴安邦［5］等人提出并得到了验证．之后，戴安邦等人对Cr3＋的水解聚合作用进行了…     

淀粉／聚乙烯共混物的降解

淀粉和聚乙烯二者极性差别很大，如何提高淀粉／聚乙烯共混物降解塑料中两相的相容性是此项研究的技术关键．采用添加增容剂［１］，或进行淀粉疏水改性［２］，或对聚乙烯进行亲水改性［３］的办法均取得了一定的进展．本文在提高相容性研究的基础上，又添加油酸和有机铁...     

纳米SnO2的制备

ＳｎＯ２在陶瓷、气敏半导体材料及催化剂等方面被广泛应用［１］．纳米级的ＳｎＯ２因具有明显的表面效应而受到关注，其制备方法也受到重视［２］．纳米ＳｎＯ２的制备方法较多，有沉淀法［２］、水热法［３，４］、溶胶－凝胶法［５］、火焰合成法［６］等．然而要制备...     

混合表面活性剂的表面活性及加溶能力

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氧化锌-银复合纳米粒子的制备：吸收光谱和荧光光谱

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Enzymatically modified peptide surfaces: towards general electrochemical sensor platform for protein kinase catalyzed phosphorylations

We hereby present an electrochemical approach for monitoring the three protein kinases sarcoma-related kinase (Src), extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1 (Erk1), and cyclin A-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2/cyclin A). The electrochemical sensor is based on the ability of kinases to transfer a redox-labeled phosphoryl group to surface-bound peptides that are highly specific substrates for the particular protein kinase (EGIYDVP, EPLTPSG, and HHASPRK, respectively). The detection method relies on the use of 5'-γ-ferrocenoyl-ATP (Fc-ATP) as a co-substrate for peptide phosphorylation. The peptides themselves are attached to a Au substrate, which acts as the working electrode. In this process a Fc-phosphoryl group is transferred to the peptide and the presence of the redox active Fc group is detected electrochemically. All peptide films were fully characterized by cyclic voltammetry (CV), square wave voltammetry (SWV), and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). Particular attention was given to the electron transfer rates, k(ET), in peptide films after Fc-phosphorylation which were found to be on the order of seconds. The slow ET kinetics is presumably a result of the negative charge on the phosphoryl group. Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) experiments based on the peptide modified Au surfaces reveal significant ferrocene and phosphate group content introduced using the kinase-catalyzed phosphorylation reaction.     

The influence of dipole moments on the mechanism of electron transfer through helical peptides

The life time of aromatic radical cations is limited by reactions like β-elimination, dimerization, and addition to the solvent. Here we show that the attachment of such a radical cation to the C-terminal end of an α-/3(10)-helical peptide further reduces its life time by two orders of magnitude. For PPII-helical peptides, such an effect is only observed if the peptide contains an adjacent electron donor like tyrosine, which enables electron transfer (ET) through the peptide. In order to explain the special role of α-/3(10)-helical peptides, it is assumed that the aromatic radical cation injects a positive charge into an adjacent amide group. This is in accord with quantum chemical calculations and electrochemical experiments in the literature showing a decrease in the amide redox potentials caused by the dipole moments of long α-/3(10)-helical peptides. Rate measurements are in accord with a mechanism for a multi-step ET through α-/3(10)-helical peptides that uses the amide groups or H-bonds as stepping stones.     

Activity difference between alpha-COOH and beta-COOH in N-phosphorylaspartic acids

N-phosphorylamino acids are chemically active species that have many biomimic activities. alpha-COOH in amino acids and peptides behaviors rather differently than beta-COOH in many biochemical processes and takes a more important role in the origin of life. Activity differences between alpha-COOH and beta-COOH in the peptide formation of phosphoryl amino acids are studied by 1D, 2D NMR techniques and by ab initio and density functional theory (DFT) calculations in this paper. Phosphoryl dipeptide is formed directly from phosphoryl aspartic acids without any coupling reagents. Only the alpha-dipeptide ester is observed by 1D (1)H, (13)C, and (31)P NMR and 2D NMR. In the ab initio and DFT calculations, the pentacoordinate phosphorane intermediates containing five-membered rings are predicted to be more favored than those with six-membered rings. Both the experimental results and the theoretical calculations suggest that only the alpha-COOH group is activated by N-phosphorylation in N-phosphorylaspartic acid under mild conditions.     

Electron transfer in phosphorylated peptide--Study of laser photolysis on N-dipp-TrpH-TyrOH peptide

The laser photolysis of N-diisopropyl phosphoryl tryptophyl tyrosine dipeptide methyl ester (N-DiPP-TrpH-TyrOH) has been carried out utilizing a KrF(248 nm) laser . The direct intramolecular ET between TrpH+ residue and TyrOH residue was detected first and the ET between Trp and TyrOH became slow. It was suggested that phosphoryl group stabilize neighbour radical of aromatic ring by hyperconjugation. In combination with computer modeling we obtained the kinetic parameters of the ET and proved that phosphoryl groups took part in the process of ET. The results should be significant for biological system since every biological process involves the phosphorylation or nonphosphorylation.     

Novel phosphoryl derivatization method for peptide sequencing by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

A one-step phosphoryl derivatization method has been used in a peptide sequencing procedure for electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS). The sodiated derivatized peptides exhibit very simple dissociation patterns, in which two kinds of fragment ions, [b(n) + OH + Na]+ and [a(n) + Na]+, are formed. Since the amino acid residues are lost sequentially from the C-terminus, peptide sequences can be identified easily. The fragmentation efficiency of peptides increased as a result of the phosphorylation, and also provided peaks of useful intensity at lower m/z. A peptide with lysine at the C-terminus was derivatized and analyzed by ESI-MS/MS. Similar mass spectra, from which the sequence could be read out, were obtained. This is a novel derivatization method yielding neutral derivatives that should be suitable for peptide sequencing by LC/ESI-MS/MS.     

Effects of Electron-Transfer Coupled with Collision-Induced Dissociation (ET/CID) on Doubly Charged Peptides and Phosphopeptides

Electron-transfer dissociation (ETD) is a useful peptide fragmentation technique that can be applied to investigate post-translational modifications (PTMs), the sequencing of highly hydrophilic peptides, and the identification of large peptides and even intact proteins. In contrast to traditional fragmentation methods, such as collision-induced dissociation (CID), ETD produces c- and z^·-type product ions by randomly cleaving the N–Cα bonds. The disappointing fragmentation efficiency of ETD for doubly charged peptides and phosphopeptide ions has been improved by ETcaD (supplemental activation). However, the ETD data derived from most database search algorithms yield low confidence scores due to the presence of unreacted precursors and charge-reduced ions within MS/MS spectra. In this work, we demonstrate that eight out of ten standard doubly charged peptides and phosphopeptides can be effortlessly identified by electron-transfer coupled with collision-induced dissociation (ET/CID) using the SEQUEST algorithm without further spectral processing. ET/CID was performed with the further dissociation of the charge-reduced ions isolated from ETD ion/ion reactions. ET/CID had high fragmentation efficiency, which elevated the confidence scores of doubly charged peptide and phosphospeptide sequencing. ET/CID was found to be an effective fragmentation strategy in “bottom-up” proteomic analysis.     

A phosphoarginine containing peptide as an artificial SH2 ligand

We have developed a synthesis of phosphoarginine containing peptides using a bis(2,2,2-trichloroethyl) protected phosphoarginine derivative as building block. Binding studies and computer modelling demonstrate the ability of the SH2 domain from Src kinase to recognize a phosphoarginine-containing peptide in a phosphoryl group-dependent manner.     

De novo design, synthesis, and function of semiartificial myoglobin conjugated with coiled-coil two-alpha-helix peptides

The introduction of a flavin chromophore on the myoglobin (Mb) surface and an effective electron-transfer (ET) reaction through the flavin were successfully achieved by utilizing the self-assembly of heterostranded coiled-coil peptides. We have prepared a semiartificial Mb, named Mb-1alphaK, in which an amphiphilic and cationic alpha-helix peptide is conjugated at the heme propionate (Heme-1alphaK). Heme-1alphaK has a covalently bound iron-protoporphyrin IX (heme) at the N terminus of a 1alphaK peptide sequence. This sequence was designed to form a heterostranded coiled-coil in the presence of a counterpart amphiphilic and anionic 1alphaE peptide sequence in a parallel orientation. Two peptides, Fla(1)-1alphaE and Fla(31)-1alphaE, both incorporating a 10-methylisoalloxazine moiety as an artificial flavin molecule, were also prepared (Fla=2-[7-(10-methyl)isoalloxazinyl]-2-oxoethyl). Heme-1alphaK was successfully inserted into apomyoglobin to give Mb-1alphaK. Mb-1alphaK recognized the flavin-modified peptides and a two-alpha-helix structure was formed. In addition, an efficient ET from reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide to the heme center through the flavin unit was observed. The ET rate was faster in the presence of Fla(1)-1alphaE than in the presence of Fla(31)-1alphaE or the equivalent molecule that has no peptide chain. These results demonstrate that the introduction of a functional chromophore on the Mb surface can be achieved by using specific peptide-peptide interactions. Moreover, the dependence of the ET rate on the position of the flavin indicated that the distance between the heme active site and the flavin chromophore was regulated by the three-dimensional structure of the designed polypeptide.     

LC-MS analysis of the formed peptides from N-(O,O-diiso-propyl)phosphoryl aspartic acid

LC-ESI-MS method was used to analyze the formed di-and tri-peptide hi the reaction system of N-(O,O-diisopropyl)phosphoryl aspartic acid and adenosine.Ouster ions of the peptides were given hi the ESI-MS.The structures of these small peptides were confirmed by LC-MS-MS analysis.Compared with the traditional HPLC-UV detection,this method showed good sensitivity and selectivity for peptide in the presence of compounds with strong UV absorption,such as nucle-oside and nucleotide.     

Formation of peptide radical ions through dissociative electron transfer in ternary metal-ligand-peptide complexes

The formation and fragmentation of odd-electron ions of peptides and proteins is of interest to applications in biological mass spectrometry. Gas-phase redox chemistry occurring during collision-induced dissociation of ternary metal-ligand-peptide complexes enables the formation of a variety of peptide radicals, including the canonical radical cations, M(+?), radical dications, [M+H](2+?), radical anions, [M-2H](-?) and phosphorylated radical cations. In addition, odd-electron peptide ions with well-defined initial location of the radical site are produced through side-chain losses from the radical ions. Subsequent fragmentation of these species provides information regarding the role of charge and location of the radical site on the competition between radical-induced and proton-driven fragmentation of odd-electron peptide ions. This account summarizes current understanding of the factors that control the efficiency of the intramolecular electron transfer (ET) in ternary metal-ligand-peptide complexes resulting in formation of odd-electron peptide ions. Specifically, we discuss the effect of the metal center, the ligand and the peptide structure on the competition between the ET, proton transfer (PT) and loss of neutral peptide and neutral peptide fragments from the complex. Fundamental studies of the structures, stabilities and the energetics and dynamics of fragmentation of these complexes are also important for detailed molecular-level understanding of photosynthesis and respiration in biological systems.