化学修饰木瓜蛋白酶的酶学性质研究

采用邻苯二甲酸酐(PA)对木瓜蛋白酶进行了化学修饰,通过三硝基苯磺酸法、紫外光谱、荧光光谱及FT-IR光谱对修饰效果进行了初步表征,采用动力学方法考察了pH和温度对修饰酶水解活性和稳定性的影响,并计算了一系列动力学和热力学参数.实验结果表明:PA对木瓜蛋白酶的平均氨基修饰度为43%,未对酶的活性基团-SH发生修饰,修饰酶较原酶的紫外吸收峰和最大荧光发射峰均发生蓝移,紫外吸收强度降低、荧光强度增大;PA修饰未改变木瓜蛋白酶的最适反应温度,但将其最适反应pH由7.0提高到8.5,且酶活力也提高了约20%;PA修饰有效提高了酶的催化水解效率和酶与底物的亲和力,如40℃、最适pH条件下修饰酶的转化数kcat(3.03 s-1)和亲和力kcat/Km(1.70 s.L.g-1)均较原酶的(2.28 s-1、1.15 s.L.g-1)高,修饰酶催化水解反应的活化能Ea(25.4 kJ.mol-1)较原酶的(29.3 kJ.mol-1)低;PA修饰还明显提高了酶的pH稳定性和热稳定性,半衰期t1/2延长,酶分子的热变性活化能Ea,d由77.0 kJ.mol-1提高到94.5 kJ.mol-1.可见PA化学修饰法是一种有效改善木瓜蛋白酶的催化性质和稳定性的方法.     

三聚磷酸二氢铝吸附Cd~(2+)的动力学研究

采用动态吸附法研究三聚磷酸二氢铝吸附镉离子的动力学行为并进行吸附活化状态热力学参数分析。结果表明,当三聚磷酸二氢铝粒径小于150μm、搅拌器转速大于200r/min、Cd2+的初始浓度为500mg/L时,三聚磷酸二氢铝对镉离子的化学吸附符合二级反应动力学方程,吸附速率常数k与温度T之间的关系符合Arrhenius方程式,吸附的活化能为Ea=27.93kJ/mol,吸附的频率因子A=65.33L/mg·min,ln(k/T)与1/T之间的关系符合Eyring公式,其活化焓ΔH=25.44kJ/mol,活化熵ΔS=-218.54J/mol·K。     

琥珀酸酐均相催化加氢生成γ-丁内酯的反应动力学研究

以RuCl3 /PPh3 为催化剂体系研究了琥珀酸酐均相催化加氢反应动力学 .结果表明当催化剂浓度小于1.0× 10 -2 mol /L ,n(PPh3 ) /n(Ru) =7,SA浓度小于 2 .2 5mol /L和反应氢压PH2 小于 2 .2 5MPa时 ,反应速率方程为R =k1[Ru][SA]PH2 ;当反应氢压PH2 大于 2 .77MPa时 ,反应速率方程为R =k2 [Ru][SA].琥珀酸酐加氢生成γ -丁内酯的活化能Ea为 85 .2kJ/mol,活化焓△H≠ 为 81.8kJ /mol     

琥珀酸酐均相催经加氢生成γ—丁内酯的反应动力学研究

以RuCl3 /PPh3 为催化剂体系研究了琥珀酸酐均相催化加氢反应动力学 .结果表明当催化剂浓度小于1.0× 10 -2 mol /L ,n(PPh3 ) /n(Ru) =7,SA浓度小于 2 .2 5mol /L和反应氢压PH2 小于 2 .2 5MPa时 ,反应速率方程为R =k1[Ru][SA]PH2 ;当反应氢压PH2 大于 2 .77MPa时 ,反应速率方程为R =k2 [Ru][SA].琥珀酸酐加氢生成γ -丁内酯的活化能Ea为 85 .2kJ/mol,活化焓△H≠ 为 81.8kJ /mol     

高氮含能配合物M（ATZ）（bpy）m·nH2O液相生成反应的热动力学

合成了6种固态高氮含能配合物M（ATZ）（bpy）m·nH2O（（1）M=Mn,m=2,n=3;（2）M=Co,m=2,n=7;（3）M=Ni,m=2,n=0;（4）M=Cu,m=1,n=0;（5）M=Pb,m=1,n=3;（6）M=Zn,m=1,n=1;ATZ=5,5′-偶氮四唑,bpy=2,2′-联吡啶）。对它们的结构和性能进行了表征。用RD496-CK2000微热量计测定了298.15 K下各配合物的液相生成反应焓变分别为：ΔrHm^θ（1）=241.245±0.060 kJ/mol,ΔrHm^θ（2）=-256.875±0.050 kJ/mol,ΔrHm^θ（3）=-265.172±0.038 kJ/mol,ΔrHm^θ（4）=-236.538±0.038 kJ/mol,ΔrH^θm（5）=-249.698±0.038 kJ/mol,ΔrHm^θ（6）=-185.072±0.048 kJ/mol。通过试验测定得到的所有液相反应的ΔrHm^θ均为负值,有利于目标物生成;并改变反应温度,研究了它们的液相生成反应的热动力学。改变温度研究了液相生成反应的热动力学,利用反应热化学数据和动力学方程结合热动力学实验数据计算了活化焓（ΔH≠^θ）、活化熵（ΔS≠^θ）、活化自由能（ΔG≠^θ）、表观反应速率常数（k）、表观活化能（E）、指前常数（A）和反应级数（n）。     

阳离子表面活性剂胶团催化的活化热力学参数

测定了在9种阳离子表面活性剂胶团溶液中2,4—二硝基氯苯(DNCB)碱性水解 的速率常数,计算了这些过程的活化热力学参数。结果是：(1)DNCB在阳离子表面 活性剂胶团溶液中碱性水解反应的活化自由能△G^≠均比在纯水中降低。(2)活化 焓△A^≠和活化熵△S^≠显著降低。（3)活化熵△S^≠均为负值,活化熵的降低对 △G^≠的减小不利。(4)胶团催化反应速率常数的变化主要是由△G^≠决定,△G^ ≠是△H^≠和△S^≠大小的综合结果。     

双核铕-苯甲酸-邻菲咯啉三元络合物非等温热分解动力学研究

采用TG-DTG和DTA技术研究了Eu2(BA)6(PHEN)2 (BA苯甲酸根离子;PHEN1,10-邻菲咯啉)在静态空气中的热分解过程,根据TG曲线确定了热分解过程中的中间产物及最终产物,运用Acher法、Madhusudanan-Krishnan-Ninan (MKN)法和Flynn-Wall-Ozawa法对非等温动力学数据进行分析,推断出第一步热分解反应的动力学方程为dα/dt=Aexp(-E/RT)(1-α)2, 第一步热分解反应的活化能为135 kJ/mol, 活化自由能ΔG为149 kJ/mol, 活化焓ΔH为129 kJ/mol, 活化熵ΔS为-33 J/(mol·k), 同时用等温TG法得到失重10%为寿终指标的寿命方程为lnτ=-22.66+1.646×104/T.     

基于分子模拟的离子液体修饰Porcine Pancreas脂肪酶催化性能和稳定性的相关研究

采用分子模拟手段研究了功能性离子液体[HOOCBMIm]Cl修饰Porcine Pancreas脂肪酶(PPL)结构稳定性与催化性能增强的机理. 在335和300 K下比较研究两种脂肪酶的一系列相互作用特点与结构性质, 包括静电势(electrostatic potential, ESP)、均方根偏差(Root Mean Square Deviation, RMSD)、能量变化、溶剂化面积等等. 分析结果表明: 在335 K下, 修饰后的脂肪酶(Engineered PPL)的RMSD值(0.537 Å)小于未修饰的脂肪酶(Wild-type PPL)的RMSD值(0.68 Å), 同时Engineered PPL的自由能也低于Wild-type PPL的自由能, 说明Engineered PPL的构象更加稳定. 修饰剂的引入使得Engineered PPL的疏水性面积和溶剂可及性面积(Solvent Accessible Surface Area, SASA)增大, 增强了Engineered PPL的稳定性和水解活力. 修饰剂的正电性与修饰位点附近的负电势氨基酸形成静电吸引作用, 优化了蛋白表面电荷的相互作用, 进一步提高了蛋白稳定性; 同时也稳定了蛋白盖子结构的打开状态, 有利于底物进入蛋白空腔催化位点, 实现催化活性提升. 本文从分子水平展示了离子液体修饰脂肪酶并提供了一种解析化学修饰改变酶学性质的方法.     

两个4,4′-二甲基-2,2′-联吡啶锰(Ⅱ)配合物切割DNA的动力学研究

对2个4,4′-二甲基-2,2′-联吡啶锰（Ⅱ）配合物在生理条件及H2O2的存在下对DNA切割的动力学进行了研究。结果表明,这2个配合物分别存在下的DNA切割反应具有相似的动力学反应特征。其中对超螺旋DNA切割成缺口DNA步骤,均表现为三级反应,即反应速率分别与底物DNA的浓度、配合物的浓度和H2O2的浓度的一次方成正比;同时得到了2个反应的速率常数、活化能（Ea）、活化焓（ΔH^≠）和活化熵（ΔS^≠）等动力学参数,并根据这些结果提出了一个可能的氧化切割反应机理。     

乙烯对脂肪酶活力的直接作用及机理初探

研究了乙烯对脂肪酶活力的直接作用及其机理. 结果表明: 低浓度乙烯能使脂肪酶催化三油酸甘油酯的水解活力提高; 当乙烯浓度为0.9834 mmol•L^－1时, 酶活力提高13.0%. 高浓度乙烯降低脂肪酶活力; 当乙烯浓度为7.9669 mmol•L^－1时, 酶活力下降24.5%. 加入乙烯的酶最适温度向高温偏移10～15 ℃, 而酶的最适pH值不变. 在pH＝7.9时, 乙烯使酶活力升高较大, pH为4.5～7.5, 8.5, 9.5～11时酶的活力降低. 加入乙烯的酶与对照相比, 其紫外吸收和荧光发射强度均有较大幅度增加, 荧光偏振度、比旋光度和粘度显著下降. DSC分析表明: 在低温范围内酶的可逆吸热峰值温度明显高于对照, 而热焓变低于对照; 在高温范围内酶的不可逆吸热峰值温度和热焓变都低于对照. 这些结果证实了乙烯可以直接影响酶的微环境和构象. 乙烯对脂肪酶的直接作用机制可能是通过改变酶的微环境以及渗入到酶分子内部改变酶构象而引起酶活力的改变.     

Regioselectivity of olefin oxidation by iodosobenzene catalyzed by metalloporphyrins : control by the catalyst

The regioselectivity of the oxidation of three monosubstituted olefins, 6-phenoxyhex-1-ene, hex-1-ene and styrene, by iodosobenzene in the presence of various Fe-, Mn- or Cr-tetraaryl-porphyrins, was studied. It was found that, besides epoxides, known products from such systems, allylic alcohols and aldehydes were formed, the latter not being derived from the corresponding epoxides. The relative importance of these reactions greatly depends upon both the metal and porphyrin constituents of the catalyst. More particularly, the competition between epoxidation and allylic hydroxylation can be efficiently controlled by non-bonded interactions between the olefin and porphyrin substituents. No hydroxylation of the aromatic rings and no oxidative dealkylation of the ether function was detected.     

Enantiomer separation by CEC——Enantiomer separation by packed-capillary electrochromatography

Three chiral compounds were successfully separated in a short time with two enantiomer separation models on packed-capillary electrochromatography (CEC). (i) 75 μm I.D. capillaries were packed with 5 μm β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) chiral stationary phase (CSP). Effects of voltage, pH and concentration of organic modifier on electroosmotic flow (EOF) and chiral separations were investigated systematically. Enantiomers of a neutral compound (benzoin) and a neutral drug (mephenytoin) were separated within a short time with high efficiency. Efficiency of 32 000 theoretical plates per meter and resolution (R_s) of 1.42 were achieved for enantiomers of benzoin using a βCD packed column with 6.2 cm packed length. Efficiency of 45 000 theoretical plates per meter and R_s of 3.40 were obtained for enantiomers of mephenytoin. Especially, the enantiomer separation of mephenytion was performed in just 3.4 min with R_s of 2.60. (ⅱ) 75 μm I.D. capillary was packed with octadecylsilica particles (ODS). Chiral separat     

Membrane solubilization by detergent: resistance conferred by thickness

The commonly held model for membrane dissolution by detergents/surfactants requires lipid transport from the inner to the outer bilayer leaflet ('flip-flop'). Although applicable to many systems, it fails in cases where cross-bilayer transport of membrane components is suppressed. In this paper we investigate the mechanism for surfactant-induced solubilization of polymeric bilayers. To that end, we examine the dissolution of a series of increasingly thick, polymer-based vesicles (polymersomes) by a nonionic surfactant, Triton X-100, using dynamic light scattering. We find that increasing the bilayer thickness imparts better resistance to dissolution, so that the concentration required for solubilization, after a fixed amount of time, increases nearly linearly with membrane thickness. Combining our experimental data with a theoretical model, we show that the dominant mechanism for the surfactant-induced dissolution of polymeric vesicles, where polymer flip-flop across the membrane is suppressed, is the surfactant transport through the bilayer. This mechanism is different both qualitatively and quantitatively from the mechanisms by which surfactants dissolve pure lipid vesicles.     

Antibiotic recognition by binuclear metallo-beta-lactamases revealed by X-ray crystallography

Metallo-beta-lactamases are zinc-dependent enzymes responsible for resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics in a variety of host bacteria, usually Gram-negative species that act as opportunist pathogens. They hydrolyze all classes of beta-lactam antibiotics, including carbapenems, and escape the action of available beta-lactamase inhibitors. Efforts to develop effective inhibitors have been hampered by the lack of structural information regarding how these enzymes recognize and turn over beta-lactam substrates. We report here the crystal structure of the Stenotrophomonas maltophilia L1 enzyme in complex with the hydrolysis product of the 7alpha-methoxyoxacephem, moxalactam. The on-enzyme complex is a 3'-exo-methylene species generated by elimination of the 1-methyltetrazolyl-5-thiolate anion from the 3'-methyl group. Moxalactam binding to L1 involves direct interaction of the two active site zinc ions with the beta-lactam amide and C4 carboxylate, groups that are common to all beta-lactam substrates. The 7beta-[(4-hydroxyphenyl)malonyl]-amino substituent makes limited hydrophobic and hydrogen bonding contacts with the active site groove. The mode of binding provides strong evidence that a water molecule situated between the two metal ions is the most likely nucleophile in the hydrolytic reaction. These data suggest a reaction mechanism for metallo-beta-lactamases in which both metal ions contribute to catalysis by activating the bridging water/hydroxide nucleophile, polarizing the substrate amide bond for attack and stabilizing anionic nitrogen intermediates. The structure illustrates how a binuclear zinc site confers upon metallo-beta-lactamases the ability both to recognize and efficiently hydrolyze a wide variety of beta-lactam substrates.     

DNA damage by sulfite autoxidation catalyzed by cobalt complexes

DNA damage was investigated in the presence of sulfite, dissolved oxygen and cobalt(II) complexes with glycylglycylhistidine, glycylhistidyllysine, glycylglycyltyrosylarginine and tetraglycine. These studies indicated that only Co(II) complexed with glycylglycylhistidine (GGH) induced DNA strand breaks at low sulfite concentrations (1-80 microM) via strong oxidants formed in the reaction. In the presence of the other complexes, some damage occurred only in the presence of high sulfite concentrations (0.1-2.0 mM) after incubation for 4 h. In the presence of GGH, Co(II) and dissolved O2, DNA damage must involve a reactive high-valent cobalt complex. The damaging effect was increased by adding S(IV), due to the oxysulfur radicals formed as intermediates in S(IV) autoxidation catalyzed by the complex. SO3 -, HO and H radicals were detected by EPR-spin trapping experiments with DMPO (5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline N-oxide). The results indicate that Co(II) binds O2 in the presence of GGH, and leads to the formation of a DMPO-HO adduct without first forming free superoxide or hydroxyl radical, supporting the participation of a reactive high-valent cobalt complex.     

Substitution of 2-phosphaindolizines by bromine and by chlorophosphines

Bromine does not add to phosphorus in a 2-phosphaindolizine 1 but substitutes its 1-position. The 1-bromo derivatives 2 are best prepared with Br₂/NEt₃ or N-bromosuccinimide. Their hydrolysis is remarkable; it involves a debromination of C-1, an oxidation of P and a selective opening of the P/C-3 bond. PCl₃ also causes a substitution of the 1-position. The resulting 1-dichlorophosphino derivatives 5 easily undergo a substituent exchange at the exocyclic phosphorus. More 1-phosphino derivatives are formed in the reaction of 1 with phenyl and diazaphospholyl dichlorophosphine.     

Multitargeting by curcumin as revealed by molecular interaction studies

Curcumin (diferuloylmethane), the active ingredient in turmeric (Curcuma longa), is a highly pleiotropic molecule with anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, chemopreventive, chemosensitization, and radiosensitization activities. The pleiotropic activities attributed to curcumin come from its complex molecular structure and chemistry, as well as its ability to influence multiple signaling molecules. Curcumin has been shown to bind by multiple forces directly to numerous signaling molecules, such as inflammatory molecules, cell survival proteins, protein kinases, protein reductases, histone acetyltransferase, histone deacetylase, glyoxalase I, xanthine oxidase, proteasome, HIV1 integrase, HIV1 protease, sarco (endo) plasmic reticulum Ca(2+) ATPase, DNA methyltransferases 1, FtsZ protofilaments, carrier proteins, and metal ions. Curcumin can also bind directly to DNA and RNA. Owing to its β-diketone moiety, curcumin undergoes keto-enol tautomerism that has been reported as a favorable state for direct binding. The functional groups on curcumin found suitable for interaction with other macromolecules include the α, β-unsaturated β-diketone moiety, carbonyl and enolic groups of the β-diketone moiety, methoxy and phenolic hydroxyl groups, and the phenyl rings. Various biophysical tools have been used to monitor direct interaction of curcumin with other proteins, including absorption, fluorescence, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy, surface plasmon resonance, competitive ligand binding, Forster type fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), radiolabeling, site-directed mutagenesis, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS), immunoprecipitation, phage display biopanning, electron microscopy, 1-anilino-8-naphthalene-sulfonate (ANS) displacement, and co-localization. Molecular docking, the most commonly employed computational tool for calculating binding affinities and predicting binding sites, has also been used to further characterize curcumin's binding sites. Furthermore, the ability of curcumin to bind directly to carrier proteins improves its solubility and bioavailability. In this review, we focus on how curcumin directly targets signaling molecules, as well as the different forces that bind the curcumin-protein complex and how this interaction affects the biological properties of proteins. We will also discuss various analogues of curcumin designed to bind selective targets with increased affinity.