新一代X射线激光器可用于观察分子构造

英国《新科学家》杂志日前刊载文章称，新一代X射线激光器能用于研究蛋白质和其他生物分子的构造和行为。新一代X射线激光器的能量将是现有设备的100亿倍，能使科学家观察到最微小最精妙的分子构造。利用这种技术可以破解复杂的蛋白质和完整的病毒结构，甚至可能获得DNA的三维图像。X射线激光器被称作自由电子激光器。与传统激光器不同，自由电子激光器并不是通过光照或电流刺激某种物质发射光子，而是使用粒子加速器让极小的电子云穿过磁铁组，这些磁铁把电子推来推去，直到电子释放出光脉冲。传统激光器的激光波长是由发射光子的物质本…     

Effect of Notoginsenoside-Rg1 on the Expression of Several Proteins in the Striatum of Rat Models with Parkinson＇s Disease

After establishing hemi-Parkinsonian rat models, the relationships between neuron death and the expression of several proteins, such as c-Fos, GFAP, GDNF, NF-κB and some cytokines were determined. Therapeutics experiments with notoginsenoside-Rg1 were carried out. The research results show that the expressions of GFAP, NF-Kκ and c-Fos will obviously increase in the lesion side of the striatum and the expression of GDNF will decrease, which implies that the signal transduction pathway may participate in the apoptosis in neurons. The levels of some cytokines such as TNF-α, IL-1β in the striatum of PD rat models increased compared to those of normal rats. The results of the therapeutics experiments show that notoginsenoside-Rg1 may repress the immune inflammation response and regulate the immune function through the neuro-immune molecular network. Therefore, notoginsenoside-Rg1 can be used as an effective drug for anti-oxidation and anti-inflammation, and can be used in the therapy of Parkinson＇s disease（PD）.     

酵母蛋白质网络的动力学性质

蛋白质-蛋白质、蛋白质-DNA相互作用网络决定了细胞中各种关键功能的执行．基于芽殖酵母(budding yeast saccharomyces cerevisiae)的蛋白质-蛋白质相互作用网络数据和相关的实验文献，我们建立了调控细胞周期和生命周期(cell cycle and life cycle)的蛋白质网络，并利用离散模型研究了该网络的动力学性质，研究表明：细胞周期网络的动力学性质具有很强的稳定性，约94％的蛋白质初态将演化到对应于生物学G1基态的稳定态，使其成为惟一的全局吸引点；同时，绝大多数的初态的演化路径都通过由G1激发态到G1基态的细胞周期演化路径，使细胞周期路径成为全局性的“吸引”路径。     

An Improved Synthesis of Retinoic Acid from β-Ionone

A convenient and large-scale preparation of retinoic acid 1 from β-ionone in five steps with 38% overall yield is described.The key steps are the epoxidization of 2 with a new methylated agent and the condensation 4 with tetraethyl methylenediphophonate in one-pot procedure to prepare 6.     

佩尔蒂埃（Pelletier，Pierre Joseph，1788-1842）法国化学家（Chemist，France）

佩尔蒂埃是巴黎药物学校教授。1820年佩尔蒂埃和化学家卡旺图一起分离了番木鳖碱、辛可宁、奎宁和马钱子碱等有机碱。它们在动物体内起着很大的作用。马让迪后来把其中的几种用到医药方面。这就标志着药物学从浸泡和萃取转到使用已知的纯化学物——首先是自然生成物，然后是人工合成品。早在1817年，佩尔蒂埃和卡旺图分离出了一种植物性物质，这种物质没有明显的药物价值，但对生命体系却有无限巨大的价值，这是一种绿色化合物，由于它，植物才呈现绿色。     

在三通道α-螺旋蛋白质中传递生物能量的孤子的特性

用庞小峰先生提出的生物能量传递的新理论和 Runge-Kutta数值模拟方法,研究了三通道α-螺旋蛋白质中激发的孤子的动力学特性,求出在0K和300K温度下该孤子稳定地沿蛋白质链传递.由此可见,它能担任在蛋白质分子中传递生物能量的功能.从而再次证实了新理论的可利用性.     

Penta-Coordinate Phosphorus Intermediates Analysis on Phospho-related Proteins

In this paper, based on known crystal structures of square pyramid （SP） and trigonal bipyramid （TBP） penta coordinated phosphorus compounds containing amino acid side chains, such as amino, carboxyl, hydroxyl or thiol, a software for survey the P（5）-structure of phosphorylated proteins was derived. By this software, it was found that 382 of 398 phosphorus related kinases （96%） from current PDB could go through the penta-coordinated phosphorus transition state or intermediate.     

固定化单宁对酒类营养成分的吸附性能研究

采用固定化单宁对酒中可能存在的营养成分蛋白质、氨基酸、糖类、有机酸、乙醇和铁离子等进行吸咐试验。结果表明：固定化单宁对不同营养成分的吸附率差别明显，它通过氢键和疏水作用对蛋白质有较大的吸附率，通过多个酚羟基与中心铁离子形成螯合物而对其有较大的吸附率，对氨基酸、糖、有机酸和乙醇等营养成分或风味物质吸附率不大，固定化单宁可以作为一种较为理想的酒类处理剂。     

环丙沙星在胶束体系中的荧光特性研究及应用

研究了环丙沙星在胶束体系中的荧光性质，发现十二烷基硫基酸对环丙沙星有较强的增敏作用。据此建立了胶束增敏荧光光谱法测定痕量环丙沙星的新方法，经样品测定，其线性范围为0．033－0．60μg.mL^-1，检出限为0．033μg.mL^-1，回收率为94．0％－98．1％相对标准偏差为1．5％－2．8％。     

Three New Diarylpropanes from Dioscorea composita

Three new diarylpropanes were isolated from the dried rhizomes of Dioscorea composita Hemsl., and their structures were determined as 1, 3-bis-(2-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl) propane (1), 1, 3-bis-(2, 4-dihydroxyphenyl)propane (2), 1-(2′-hydroxy-4′-O-β-D- glucopymnosy-phenyl)-3-(2“, 4“-dihydroxyphenyl)propane (3), by spectroscopic analysis, respectively.