单分子荧光共振能量转移用于生物大分子构象动态变化过程研究进展

生物大分子参与生命活动的各个过程,在单分子水平上实时观测和分析生物大分子自身的结构动态以及生物大分子相互作用的动态过程,对于深入理解生物大分子的作用机制具有重要意义。自提出以来,单分子荧光共振能量转移技术逐渐展现出其在研究生物大分子构象变化和相互作用过程等方面的巨大潜力,一系列新的作用机理陆续被提出。本文对单分子荧光共振能量转移技术在蛋白质与核酸分子构象动态变化、蛋白质-蛋白质相互作用以及蛋白质-核酸相互作用等方面取得的研究进展进行了综述。     

应用前沿亲和色谱研究分子之间相互作用及其应用

分子间的相互作用是一切生物或化学变化的基础。前沿亲和色谱作为通用性的研究分子间相互作用力的工具,利用它可得到分子之间相应的解吸常数K_d,并可对各种配体的亲和力大小进行排序。本文介绍了前沿亲和色谱的工作原理、前沿亲和色谱柱的构建,以及在药物筛选,生物相关领域的应用。与其他研究分子间相互作用的技术作了相应的比较。     

3,4,5-三羟基苯甲酸二聚体氢键结构性质

分子间相互作用在生物和材料等科学中发挥着关键作用,研究分子间相互作用的本质意义重大。氢键是分子间相互作用的一种主要形式,在确定分子构象和晶体结构以及生物分子尤其是核酸和蛋白质的结构功能中起着重要作用[1-3]。苯甲酸衍生物广泛存在于生物大分子内,与生物活性离子通过氢键作用等改变生物活性分子的活性功能,研究苯甲酸衍生物分子间氢键相互作用对于了解生物体内的化学现象具有重要意义。研究表明菱角的抗肿瘤作用明显,实验上已经从菱角中成功提取了活性单体化合物:3,4,5-三羟基苯甲酸二聚体[4],理论研究标题化合物的氢键结构与氢…     

应用前沿亲和色谱研究分子间相互作用及其应用

分子间的相互作用是一切生物或化学变化的基础。前沿亲和色谱作为通用性的研究分子间相互作用力的工具,利用它可得到分子之间相应的解离常数Kd,并可对各种配体的亲和力大小进行排序。本文介绍了前沿亲和色谱的工作原理、前沿亲和色谱柱的构建,以及在药物筛选、生物相关领域的应用。与其他研究分子间相互作用的技术做了相应的比较。     

配位化学中的C-H…π非键弱相互作用

随着超分子化学研究的深入和发展,C-H…π非键弱相互作用越来越多地在晶体工程学、分子识别、主客体化学、自组装超分子体系以及生物大分子与配体相互作用等领域中被关注。本文综述了在配位化学中的C-H…π非键弱相互作用,它不仅存在于配合物分子内,亦可在配合物分子间观察到,并对利用配合物体系进行C-H…π非键弱相互作用体系研究提出一些设想。     

阳离子-π作用的研究进展

阳离子-π作用是一种存在于阳离子和芳香性体系之间的相互作用,与一些经典的作用(如氢键、静电和疏水相互作用)相比,被认为是一种新型分子间作用,普遍存在于生物体系中,对分子识别、蛋白质和核酸的结构与功能起着十分重要的作用.本文结合我们课题组的研究工作,对生物体内存在的典型的阳离子-π作用,以及有关阳离子-π作用的实验与理论计算研究进行综述.     

阳离子-π作用的研究进展

摘要阳离子-π作用是一种存在于阳离子和芳香性体系之间的相互作用,与一些经典的作用（如氢键、静电和疏水相互作用）相比,被认为是一种新型分子间作用,普遍存在于生物体系中,对分子识别、蛋白质和核酸的结构与功能起着十分重要的作用．本文结合我们课题组的研究工作,对生物体内存在的典型的阳离子-π作用,以及有关阳离子-π作用的实验与理论计算研究进行综述．     

基于杯芳烃主体的分子自组装研究进展

分子自组装是超分子化学最重要的研究内容之一. 杯芳烃作为继冠醚、环糊精之后的第三代人工合成受体分子已在分子自组装研究方面取得了重要进展并显示了广泛的应用前景. 主要综述杯芳烃衍生物通过氢键、金属诱导配位、π-π作用、疏水作用等非共价键弱相互作用力在溶液状态、固态和界面的分子自组装方面的研究进展.     

基于大环主体化合物的不对称超分子催化

超分子化学与催化的不断渗透融合催生了超分子催化这一挑战性的前沿研究热点。作为超分子化学的主要研究对象,大环化合物因具有可以和不同客体分子通过非共价相互作用可逆结合的识别位点,模拟酶催化中对底物分子的预组织过程,在超分子催化发展之初就备受关注,并在近二十年来取得了可喜的发展。本综述主要介绍了近十年来发展的基于冠醚、环糊精和杯芳烃等大环主体分子的代表性手性超分子催化剂,以及它们在不对称催化反应中的应用,重点阐述了主-客体等弱相互作用对催化剂活性和对映选择性的超分子调控作用,同时对这一研究领域目前存在的局限性和不足进行了总结,并展望了不对称超分子催化的发展前景。     

π-共轭体系超分子自组装

π-共轭体系因其分子结构的可设计性以及优异的光电性质得到了广泛的研究,其超分子自组装在制备结构复杂、规则的功能纳米材料方面表现出了显著的优势,且是调控材料宏观性质的一种有效的方法.因此,π-共轭体系超分子自组装已经成为近年来信息、材料、生物等前沿领域的研究热点.本文综述了π共轭体系超分子自组装的机理、外界环境的导向作用、自组装形态以及其在光电器件、生物传感等方面的应用研究,进一步提出了该领域尚待解决的问题并对其应用前景进行了展望.     

菁染料在荧光探针及光动力疗法中的应用

菁染料的研究及应用已有100多年的历史,近年来,它们在生物方面的应用研究已取得一定的成果.本文就近几年菁染料及其衍生物在生物医疗方面的研究及进展情况加以综述,特别阐述了这类染料用作荧光探针在生物大分子标识以及作为光敏剂在光动力疗法(PDT)中用于恶性肿瘤的诊断与治疗这两方面的研究进展.     

Optical and electrochemical detection techniques for cell-based microfluidic systems

The ability to fabricate microfluidic systems with complex structures and with compatible dimensions between the microfluidics and biological cells have attracted significant attention in the development of microchips for analyzing the biophysical and biochemical functions of cells. Just as cell-based microfluidics have become a versatile tool for biosensing, diagnostics, drug screening and biological research, detector modules for cell-based microfluidics have also undergone major development over the past decade. This review focuses on detection methods commonly used in cell-based microfluidic systems, and provides a general survey and an in-depth look at recent developments in optical and electrochemical detection methods for microfluidic applications for biological systems, particularly cell analysis. Selected examples are used to illustrate applications of these detection systems and their advantages and weaknesses.     

Recent developments in the application of X-ray and neutron reflectivity to soft-matter systems

Many interesting physical, chemical and biological phenomena occur at interfaces between nanometre-scale layers of soft condensed matter. These often complex systems lend themselves to be studied by X-ray reflectivity (XRR) and neutron reflectivity (NR). The application of these techniques to such systems is extremely widespread and provides unique insights into their structure and dynamics. This review presents a snapshot of recent activity in this research area and identifies trends in the application of XRR and NR to novel, unusual or highly complex sample systems. Although the majority of research using these techniques is investigating variations on ‘traditional’ systems, supported by progress in instrumentation, advance sample environment and computational tools, NR and XRR have begun to produce singular insights into areas such as atmospheric science, real biological systems (cells and bacteria), oil–water interfaces or industrial problems (rheology, packaging or durability of nanomaterials).     

Application of enriched stable isotopes as tracers in biological systems: a critical review

The application of enriched stable isotopes of minerals and trace elements as tracers in biological systems is a rapidly growing research field that benefits from the many new developments in inorganic mass spectrometric instrumentation, primarily within inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) instrumentation, such as reaction/collision cell ICP-MS and multicollector ICP-MS with improved isotope ratio measurement and interference removal capabilities. Adaptation and refinement of radioisotope tracer experiment methodologies for enriched stable isotope experiments, and the development of new methodologies coupled with more advanced compartmental and mathematical models for the distribution of elements in living organisms has enabled a broader use of enriched stable isotope experiments in the biological sciences. This review discusses the current and future uses of enriched stable isotope experiments in biological systems.     

Synthetic Biology—The Synthesis of Biology

Synthetic biology concerns the engineering of man-made living biomachines from standardized components that can perform predefined functions in a (self-)controlled manner. Different research strategies and interdisciplinary efforts are pursued to implement engineering principles to biology. The “top-down” strategy exploits nature's incredible diversity of existing, natural parts to construct synthetic compositions of genetic, metabolic, or signaling networks with predictable and controllable properties. This mainly application-driven approach results in living factories that produce drugs, biofuels, biomaterials, and fine chemicals, and results in living pills that are based on engineered cells with the capacity to autonomously detect and treat disease states in vivo. In contrast, the “bottom-up” strategy seeks to be independent of existing living systems by designing biological systems from scratch and synthesizing artificial biological entities not found in nature. This more knowledge-driven approach investigates the reconstruction of minimal biological systems that are capable of performing basic biological phenomena, such as self-organization, self-replication, and self-sustainability. Moreover, the syntheses of artificial biological units, such as synthetic nucleotides or amino acids, and their implementation into polymers inside living cells currently set the boundaries between natural and artificial biological systems. In particular, the in vitro design, synthesis, and transfer of complete genomes into host cells point to the future of synthetic biology: the creation of designer cells with tailored desirable properties for biomedicine and biotechnology.     

Advance in ATP-involved active self-assembled systems

Molecular assembly offers a promising strategy to construct active systems by using biomolecules as building blocks. Such assembled systems simulate or regulate important biological activities and show great promise in wide bioapplications. In this short review, we focus on the recent progress in ATP-involved active self-assembled systems. ATP-generated active systems are constructed with hierarchical structures via molecular assembly to produce ATP by using various external influences to generate proton gradient. Further, we highlight present active supermolecular systems driven by ATP as chemical fuel. Finally, we discuss the key challenges and perspectives in the future research.     

仿生超疏水性表面的研究进展*

仿生超疏水性表面的研究是化学模拟生物体系研究中的一个新领域。荷叶等植物叶面的超疏水现象为我们在不同基底上制备仿生超疏水性表面提供了实践基础。本文给出荷叶等三种植物叶面的超疏水性和微观结构，阐述了仿生超疏水性表面的研究进展。     

Chemical genetics

Chemical genetics can be defined as the study of biological systems using small molecule tools. Cell permeable and selective small molecules modulate gene product function rapidly, reversibly and can be administered conditionally in either a cellular or organismal context. The small molecule approach provides exacting temporal and quantitative control and is therefore an extremely powerful tool for dissecting biological processes. This tutorial review has been written to introduce the subject to a broad audience and highlights recent developments within the field in four key areas of biology: modulating protein-protein interactions, malaria research, hepatitis C virus research, and disrupting RNA interference pathways.     

The evolving field of imaging mass spectrometry and its impact on future biological research

Within the past decade, imaging mass spectrometry (IMS) has been increasingly recognized as an indispensable technique for studying biological systems. Its rapid evolution has resulted in an impressive array of instrument variations and sample applications, yet the tools and data are largely confined to specialists. It is therefore important that at this junction the IMS community begin to establish IMS as a permanent fixture in life science research thereby making the technology and/or the data approachable by non-mass spectrometrists, leading to further integration into biological and clinical research. In this perspective article, we provide insight into the evolution and current state of IMS and propose some of the directions that IMS could develop in order to stay on course to become one of the most promising new tools in life science research.     

The impact of plant-pathogen studies on medicinal drug discovery

The pharmaceutical industry is reliant on a constant supply of new chemical entities and molecular targets for disease intervention. In this tutorial review, we want to illustrate that basic research studies on the biological function of natural products involved in plant-pathogen interactions can serve as an inspiring source for the identification of new bioactive entities as well as of strategies on how to achieve small molecule manipulation of biological systems. An application of findings from plant-pathogen interaction studies might therefore display a significant impact on drug discovery.