Identification of Residue Involved in Nucleotidyltransferase Activity of LinA from Staphylococci by Site-directed Mutagenesis

The lincosamide class of antibacterials is widely used for the treatment of a broad spectrum of infections, and one prevalent route of resistance to lincosamides in pathogenic gram-positive cocco is antibiotic modification. Enzymes encoded by lin genes, belonging to nucleotidyltransferase superfamily, catalyze adenylylation to inactivate lincosamides. LinA can adenylylate lincosamides at either 3?-or 4?-OH of the methylthiolincosamide sugar. The crystal structure of LinA/lincomycin has confirmed its active site. However, the residue interacting with nucleotidyl donors remains elusive. Here, we modeled the complex structure of LinA/lincomycin/Mg~(2+)/AMPCPP to reveal a putative pocket for nucleotidyl donors and suggested the residue R45 in this pocket involved in the recognition of donor substrates NTP and catalysis. ITC and enzyme activity assays show that the mutation of residue R45 impairs LinA nucleotidyltransferase activity in vitro. This work provides insights into the molecular mechanism of the nucleotide binding and transferring activity of antibiotic NTases.     

A systematical study of the chiral magnetic effects at the RHIC and LHC energies

Considering the magnetic field response of the QGP medium,we perform a systematical study of the chiral magnetic effect(CME),and make a comparison with the experimental results for the background-subtracted correlator H at the energies of the RHIC Beam Energy Scan(BES)and the LHC energy.The CME signals from our computations show a centrality trend and beam energy dependence that are qualitatively consistent with the experimental measurements of the charge dependent correlations.The time evolution of the chiral electromagnetic current at the RHIC and LHC energies is systematically studied.The dependence of the time-integrated current signal on the beam energy√s with different centralities is investigated.Our phenomenological analysis shows that the time-integrated electromagnetic current is maximal near the collision energy√s≈39 GeV.The qualitative trend of the induced electromagnetic current is in agreement with the CME experimental results at the RHIC and LHC energies.     

相对论皮秒激光在低密度等离子体中直接加速的电子束的横向分布特征研究

相对论皮秒激光与低密度等离子体作用可以通过"激光直接加速"机制获得超有质动力定标率的高能电子,且电荷量可以达到百n C级,在伽马射线产生、正电子产生等方面具有重要应用.然而激光直接加速电子束相比激光尾场加速电子束具有更大的发散角,同时实验观测的横向束分布也不均匀,但是其中的物理机制研究较少.本文通过二维粒子模拟证明,相对论皮秒激光在低密度等离子体中驱动的激光直接加速中,高能电子束会在激光偏振方向分叉,而且电子能量越高这种现象越明显.文章通过细致的理论分析解释了这种高能电子横向分布产生"分叉"结构的内在原因.在激光直接加速的过程中,电子在纵向获得加速的时候,它在激光偏振方向(横向) betatron振荡的动能也会随之增加,当电子的能量足够高时,二者呈线性关系,因此高能电子的横向速度的振幅近似相等,这种相等的振幅最终导致了高能电子束在激光偏振方向的分叉.     

对使用主成分进行绩效指标值排名的讨论

对《基于数据的Goodgrant基金最优投资策略》一文使用主成分分析进行综合评价,对候选学校绩效指标值排名进行了探讨。首先,综合前人研究与本题实际,指出使用主成分分析进行综合评价存在的争议与不足;然后,分别建立TOPSIS模型和综合评价模型对候选学校的绩效指标值进行排名,并对不同方法得到的结果进行对比。结果表明,TOPSIS模型和综合评价模型得到的排名具有高度一致性,前50名重合率达98%,而与主成分分析综合评价的重合率仅有6%,说明使用TOPSIS等传统评价模型对候选学校绩效指标值进行排名更合适。     

超级微波消解-电感耦合等离子体发射光谱（ICP-OES）法测定土壤中18种元素

为提高土壤多元素同时检测的效率,采用超级微波消解-电感耦合等离子体发射光谱法测定土壤中钾、钠、钙、镁、铜、铁、锰、锌、磷、硫、硼、砷、镉、铬、铅、钴、镓、锂等18种元素含量。比较了超级微波消解、常规微波消解和电热板消解的处理效果,采用超级微波消解法对样品进行前处理,并优化了消解条件。在最优条件下,各元素的检出限在0.05~20 mg/kg,加标回收率在86.2%~107.5%,RSD在0.1%~3.0%,方法准确度及精密度可以满足多元素同时测定的需求,且该方法具有简单、快速、成本低、用酸量少、重现性好等特点。     

激光固体靶相互作用产生正电子的模拟研究

采用Monte Carlo程序Geant4对激光固体靶相互作用正电子产生进行了研究。研究了超热电子能量分布函数对正电子产生的影响,结果表明采用不同的分布函数,最多可致正电子产额约3倍的差异,分布函数的最大截止能量在30 MeV以上时正电子产额趋于饱和。研究了正电子产生与超热电子发散角的关联,结果表明发散角模型对正电子产额影响不大,而正电子角分布对超热电子发散角较为敏感,且靶背鞘场对正电子发散角的减小贡献巨大。模拟结果显示靶厚度的增加可导致正电子发散角的增大,而当靶厚度超过2mm时,发散角基本保持不变。此外,模拟了超热电子发散角、靶厚度及靶背鞘场对正电子电子份额比及正电子γ份额比角分布的影响。     

10m高分布式负载有界波电磁脉冲模拟器的模式分析

利用时域奇异值分解(SVD)技术对并行时域有限差分(FDTD)方法计算得到的分布式负载平行板有界波电磁脉冲(EMP)模拟器内的场进行模式分析,给出有、无效应物时模拟器内场的3个主要模式(即TEM,TM1和TM2模)奇异值的变化及该奇异值随效应物的位置及高度的变化规律。研究结果表明:电磁波在模拟器中传播时,其主模TEM模的高频分量在衰减;效应物越靠近源时测试点场的3个主要模式所对应的奇异值变化越大;且当效应物的高度与所在位置处两极板距离之比小于等于60%时,效应物附近位置处场的TEM模对应的奇异值会出现两个极大值点,两点的水平间距与效应物的水平尺寸相当。     

高功率微波照射下半空间上方天线罩耦合特性

利用两次傅里叶变换得到半空间界面的反射波后,将直接入射波和界面反射波两个时域脉冲源通过等效原理引入到包含目标的时域有限差分(FDTD)的计算域中。计算了高功率微波入射情形下,改变入射面、极化方式时天线罩内部观察点的能流密度的变化,并总结其规律。数值算例表明,对于贴近地面的目标来讲,半空间的反射波会给目标内部带来新的能量冲击。该方法可以用于计算目标内部耦合近场及功率密度。     

ANALYSIS OF THE LOCALIZATION OF DAMAGE AND THE COMPLETE STRESS-STRAIN RELATION FOR MESOSCOPIC HETEROGENEOUS ROCK UNDER UNIAXIAL TENSILE LOADING

The mechanical behavior of rock under uniaxial tensile loading is different from that of rock under compressive loads. A micromechanics-based model was proposed for mesoscopic heterogeneous brittle rock undergoing irreversible changes of their microscopic structures due to microcrack growth. The complete stress-strain relation including linear elasticity, nonlinear hardening, rapid stress drop and strain softening was obtained. The influence of all microcracks with different sizes and orientations were introduced into the constitutive relation by using the probability density function describing the distribution of orientations and the probability density function describing the distribution of sizes. The influence of Weibull distribution describing the distribution of orientations and Rayleigh function describing the distribution of sizes on the constitutive relation were researched. Theoretical predictions have shown to be consistent with the experimental results.     

一种脉冲强电流条件下导线电阻测量方法

在超强激光辐照电容线圈靶产生强磁场实验中,在约50 ps时,线圈电流达到20 kA以上。通过该实验结果与磁场产生理论模型对比,可得出该导线电阻值比常温直流电阻高出3个量级。对导线材料电阻率与趋肤效应的分析结果表明,该电阻值在量级上是合理的。获得超快脉冲强电流条件下的导线电阻值,有助于更深入理解线圈靶产生强磁场过程。