掺杂SrTiO3体系上甲烷氧化偶联反应的研究—活性氧物种的作用

本文采用循环氧化还原法,脉冲反应及TPD等实验手段对钙钛矿型氧化物掺杂SrTiO_3体系上甲烷氧化偶联反应中的活性氧物种的作用进行了研究.结果表明,催化剂由于掺杂产生的未被充分还原的氧物种(O~(α-)(0<α<2)是活化甲烷并促使其发生偶联反应的主要的活性中心,而表面晶格氧(O_L~(2-))则主要使甲烷深度氧化;消耗掉的未被充分还原的氧或晶格氧可以在高温下氧气氛中氧化复原.对于掺杂的SrTiO_3样品,体相中的氧在惰性气氛或还原气氛中可以向表面扩散.吸附氧可能不直接与甲烷作用而主要通过催化剂表面活性氧物种(O~(α-)或O_L~(2-))而起作用.     

Characterization and complementation of a Pichia stipitis mutant unable to grow on d-xylose or l-arabinose

Pichia stipitis CBS 6054 will grow on d-xylose, d-arabinose, and l-arabinose. d-Xylose and l-arabinose are abundant in seed hulls of maize, and their utilization is important in processing grain residues. To elucidate the degradation pathway for l-arabinose, we obtained a mutant, FPL-MY30, that was unable to grow on d-xylose and l-arabinose but that could grow on d-arabinitol. Activity assays of oxidoreductase and pentulokinase enzymes involved in d-xylose, d-arabinose, and l-arabinose pathways indicated that FPL-MY30 is deficient in d-xylitol dehydrogenase (D-XDH), d- and l-arabinitol dehydrogenases, and d-ribitol dehydrogenase. Transforming FPL-MY30 with a gene for xylitol dehydrogenase (PsXYL2), which was cloned from CBS 6054 (Gen Bank AF127801), restored the D-XDH activity and the capacity for FPL-MY30 to grow on l-arabinose. This suggested that FPL-MY30 is critically deficient in XYL2 and that the d-xylose and l-arabinose metabolic pathways have xylitolas a common intermediate. The capacity for FPL-MY30 to grow on d-arabinitol could proceed through d-ribulose.     

Properties of cerium-zirconium mixed oxides partially substituted by neodymium: Comparison with Zr-Ce-Pr-O ternary oxides

CeO₂ doped with praseodymium, neodymium and/or zirconium atoms were prepared by coprecipitation and by the sol-gel method. Structural properties were investigated by in situ XRD and Raman spectroscopy while oxygen storage capacity (OSC) was measured by transient CO oxidation. All the compounds, except pure Nd₂O₃, have a fluorite-type structure as well as a Raman band at 560 cm⁻¹ characteristic of the oxygen vacancies involving non-stoichiometric oxides. The lattice parameter under hydrogen, being dependent on the temperature, revealed two reduction mechanisms: one at a low temperature at the surface and another at a high temperature in the bulk. Ce-Nd binary oxides show a strong tendency towards crystallite aggregation, which reduces accessibility to gases and OSC properties. Zirconium improves the thermal resistance to sintering of both Ce-Nd and Ce-Pr oxides. The Zr-Ce-Pr-O followed by Zr-Ce-Nd-O compounds displaying high oxygen mobility at a low temperature, appear to be very promising for practical applications such as OSC materials.     

What to Learn from a Comparative Genomic Sequence Analysis of <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis>-Carnitine Dehydrogenase

Summary. In contrast to eukaryotic cells certain eubacterial strains have acquired the ability to utilize L-carnitine (R-(–)-3-hydroxy-4-(trimethylamino)butyrate) as sole source of energy, carbon and nitrogen. The first step of the L-carnitine degradation to glycine betaine is catalysed by L-carnitine dehydrogenase (L-CDH, EC 1.1.1.108) and results in the formation of the dehydrocarnitine. During the oxidation of L-carnitine a simultaneous conversion of the cofactor NAD⁺ to NADH takes place. This catabolic reaction has always been of keen interest, because it can be exploited for spectroscopic L-carnitine determination in biological fluids – a quantification method, which is developed in our lab – as well as L-carnitine production.Based on a cloned L-CDH sequence an expedition through the currently available prokaryotic genomic sequence space began to mine relevant information about bacterial L-carnitine metabolism hidden in the enormous amount of data stored in public sequence databases. Thus by means of homology-based and context-based protein function prediction is revealed that L-CDH exists in certain eubacterial genomes either as a protein of approximately 35 kDa or as a homologous fusion protein of approximately 54 kDa with an additional putative domain, which is predicted to possess a thioesterase activity. These two variants of the enzyme are found on one hand in the genome sequence of bacterial species, which were previously reported to decompose L-carnitine, and on the other hand in gram-positive bacteria, which were not known to express L-CDH. Furthermore we could not only discover that L-CDH is located in a conserved genetic entity, which genes are very likely involved in this L-carnitine catabolic pathway, but also pinpoint the exact genomic sequence position of several other enzymes, which play an essential role in the bacterial metabolism of L-carnitine precursors.     

Phase transition and mixed oxide-proton conductivity in germanium oxy-apatites

La_9.75□_0.25(Ge₆O₂₄)O_2.62 oxy-apatite shows a phase transition from triclinic to hexagonal symmetry at approximately 1020 K that has been characterised by high-temperature synchrotron X-ray and neutron powder diffraction, and ionic conductivity measurements. The crystal structure at 1073 K has been determined from joint Rietveld refinements of synchrotron X-ray and neutron powder diffraction data. The study shows that hexagonal-La_9.75□_0.25(Ge₆O₂₄)O_2.62 contains interstitial oxygen at the position previously reported for other oxy-germanates. Changes in the oxide conductivity associated with this structural transition are discussed. The thermal analyses showed a weight loss on heating close to 600 K very likely due to water release. The synchrotron thermodiffractometric study shows an anomaly in the cell parameters evolution at that temperature, which indicates that this residual water is located into the apatite channels. The electrical characterisation under different atmospheres (dry and wet synthetic air) indicates that there is a significant proton contribution to the overall conductivity below 600 K, mainly under wet atmosphere.     

吉西他滨类似物的设计、合成及体外抗肿瘤活性

吉西他滨是临床一线治疗恶性肿瘤的药物,但其4-位氨基(N4)易与脱氧胞苷脱氨酶(CDA)作用而失活,导致代谢稳定性差,严重影响了临床治疗效果。以吉西他滨为起始原料,经3步反应合成了N4保护的脂溶性吉西他滨衍生物(3a和3b),其结构经1H NMR,13C NMR和HR-MS(ESI)表征。体外活性测试结果显示:化合物3a对多种肿瘤细胞的抗增殖作用均强于临床药物吉西他滨(P<0.05)。酶稳定性实验结果表明:3a几乎不受CDA影响,代谢稳定性显著高于原药吉西他滨。     

Overwhelming electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction of zinc-nitrogen-carbon from biomass resource chitosan via a facile carbon bath method

Developing high efficiency and low cost electrocatalysts is critical for the enhancement of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), which is the fundamental for the development and commercialization of renewable energy conversion technology. Herein, zinc-nitrogen-carbon (Zn-N-C) was prepared by using biomass resource chitosan via a facile carbon bath method. The obtained Zn-N-C delivered a high specific surface area (794.7 cm²/g) together with pore volume (0.49 cm³/g). During the electrochemical evaluation of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), Zn-N-C displayed high activity for ORR with an onset potential E₀ = 0.96 V_RHE and a half wave potential E_1/2 = 0.86 V_RHE, which were more positive than those of the commercial 20 wt% Pt/C benchmark catalyst (E₀ = 0.96 V_RHE and E_1/2 = 0.81 V_RHE). In addition, the Zn-N-C catalyst also had a better stability and methanol tolerance than those of the Pt/C catalyst.     

The Interference of Oxygen on Diaphorase from Clostridium kluveri in the Mediated Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Reduced Dihydronicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide

The effect of oxygen on the mediated electrocatalytic oxidation of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) by diaphorase from Clostridium kluveri (DI) was studied using cyclic voltammetry, UV‐vis spectrophotometry and NMR spectrometry. The enzyme was found to be able to use molecular oxygen as an electron acceptor. NADH could therefore be oxidized by two competitive electron acceptors: a redox mediator, for istance p‐methylamino‐phenolsulfate (MAP) or ferrocene monocarboxylic acid (FMCA) properly added to the solution, and molecular oxygen. Some considerations on the consequence of the use of diaphorase from Clostridium kluveri in amperometric biosensors were also reported.     

血红素LB膜的电化学行为

采用循环伏安法研究了血红素与脑磷脂混合Y型LB（Langmuir-Blodgett）膜在玻碳电极上的电化学行为，结果表明血红素LB膜有良好的电化学活性，在0．1mol/L KCl溶液中有一对氧化还原峰（－0．42V／－0．30V）；将血红素LB膜转移到玻碳电极表面得到的血红素LB膜修饰电极（heme LB-GC）对溶液中溶解氧的电化学还原有良好的催化作用，其催化还原过程具有不可逆电荷传递特性。