Isolation and Characterization of Two Novel Gene Encoded Alkaline Esterases from an Alkaline Soil Metagenomic Library

<正>The development of industrial biotechnology has created an increasing demand for alkaline lipolytic enzymes with functional diversity.In this study,an alkaline soil metagenomic library was constructed to search for new lipolytic enzymes.Two novel gene encoded alkaline esterases(designated as estA and estB) were isolated by functional screening from the library.The estA gene consisted of 834 bp and coded for 277 amino acids with a molecular mass of 29998.Amino acid sequence homology analysis indicates that EstA belongs toα/βhydrolase fold family 4.4(abH4.4),with EstA being the smallest member of that family yet reported.The estB gene consisted of 1185 bp and encoded 394 amino acids with a theoretical molecular mass of 40090.Its conserved domain analysis shows that EstB belongs to the GDSL hydrolase superfamily.Both EstA and EstB exhibit only moderate identity(38%) in amino acid sequence to the known lipolytic enzyme genes in the database.The two genes were respectively expressed in Escherichia coli and the protein products were purified for functional characterization.While the expressed EstA did not exhibit the functional properties that were superior to those of other esterases previously reported,the EstB was stable at temperature up to 45℃and its maximum activity was measured to be 53.6 U/mg at pH=10.Both the enzymes have further enriched the diversity of the lipolytic enzymes database and also appear to be promising biocatalysts for potential biotechnological application.     

Aroma WaterLOGSY: a fast and sensitive screening tool for drug discovery

One-dimensional NMR spectroscopy has proven to be a powerful technique for screening compound libraries in drug discovery. We report a novel water ligand-observed gradient spectroscopy (WaterLOGSY) pulse sequence, named Aroma WaterLOGSY, that selectively detects aromatic WaterLOGSY signals from compounds or ligands. In the Aroma WaterLOGSY, water magnetization is untouched after water excitation and utilizes the whole period of the remaining pulse sequence to relax back to the +z direction. Due to the phase cycling design, the water magnetization is allowed to relax for the period of two full scans before it gets inverted again. Therefore, the recycle delay can be significantly shortened. Within similar experimental time, Aroma WaterLOGSY shows approximately two times higher sensitivity than the standard scheme. This method also allows the use of non-deuterated reagents, thereby accelerating experimental set-up time for ligand-binding studies.     

Graphene as a reversible spin manipulator of molecular magnets

One of the primary objectives in molecular nanospintronics is to manipulate the spin states of organic molecules with a d-electron center, by suitable external means. In this Letter, we demonstrate by first principles density functional calculations, as well as second order perturbation theory, that a strain induced change of the spin state, from S=1→S=2, takes place for an iron porphyrin (FeP) molecule deposited at a divacancy site in a graphene lattice. The process is reversible in the sense that the application of tensile or compressive strains in the graphene lattice can stabilize FeP in different spin states, each with a unique saturation moment and easy axis orientation. The effect is brought about by a change in Fe-N bond length in FeP, which influences the molecular level diagram as well as the interaction between the C atoms of the graphene layer and the molecular orbitals of FeP.     

γ-Mn at the border between weak and strong correlations

We investigate the role of magnetic fluctuations in the spectral properties of paramagnetic γ-Mn. Two methods are employed. The Local Density Approximation plus Dynamical Mean-Field Theory together with the numerically exact quantum Monte-Carlo solver is used as a reference for the spectral properties. Then the same scheme is used with the computationally less demanding perturbative spin-polarized fluctuation-exchange solver in combination with the Disordered Local Moment approach, and photoemission spectra are calculated within the one-step model. It is shown that the formation of local magnetic moments in γ-Mn is very sensitive to the value of Hund’s exchange parameter. Comparison with the experimental photoemission spectra demonstrates that γ-Mn is a strongly correlated system, with the Hubbard band formation, which cannot be described by the perturbative approach. However, minor change of parameters would transform it into a weakly correlated system.     

基于静电吸引的自组装树状超分子复合物

树状分子合成和基于静电作用组装研究是目前十分活跃的研究领域［1－3]．树状分子的大小、形状、拓扑形态、柔曲性、内部空腔分布和表面化学可以在分子水平上得到严格的控制，因而其具有独特的性质，被用作“纳米构筑单元”来组装特殊的超分子结构和微环境[3~5]．大环共轭卟啉分子在生物体系内的电子转移过程中起着重要作用，以卟啉为核的树状分子可作为人工模拟酶的模型[6]．本文首次报道以阴离子卟啉作为树状分子的核，树状阳离子为外层，基于卟啉阴离子与树状阳离子之间静电作用力来组装树状超分子复合物．合成与组装过程如下：1实验部分…     

Integrated optical components on atom chips

We report on the integration of small-scale optical components into silicon wafers for use in atom chips. We present an on-chip fibre-optic atom detection scheme that can probe clouds with small atom numbers. The fibres can also be used to generate microscopic dipole traps. We describe our most recent results with optical microcavities and show that a sufficiently high finesse can be achieved to enable single-atom detection on an atom chip. The key components have been fabricated by etching directly into the atom chip silicon substrate.     

爱因斯坦方程的一组严格的双孤立波解

由一个对角型的度规出发,给出了一组严格的引力双孤立波解。这组解是处处正则和稳定的,它们描写两个分别沿正z方向和负z方向的光速传播的孤立波,而且在彼此碰撞后不会改变自己形状并继续传播,文章最后还讨论了这组解相应的时空奇异性和能量正定性问题。 关键词：     

芴基张力半导体结构和光电性质的理论研究

[4]Cyclo-9, 9-dimethyl-2, 7-fluorenylene ([4]CF) was used as a model compound to explore the steric strain effect on the structures and photoelectrical properties of materials. A series of strained cyclic polyfluorene materials, [n]CFs (n=3-8), was designed. It was found that the strain energy decreased and the energy gap increased as the number of n and ring diameter increased. The ionization potential and electronic affinity tended to increase and decrease as the strain energy decreased at the same number of [n]CFs, respectively. With a balance between hole and electron reorganization energies in the system, these compounds demonstrated great potential as ambipolar materials. It was also found that [n]CFs showed an obvious blue shift in their emission spectra wavelengths (λ_em2) as the strain energy decreased. Steric strain provides a powerful tool for the design of multifunctional semiconductors in organic optoelectronics.     

MilCAN总线同步及调度配置方法

MilCAN作为一种以陆军地面武器平台应用为目标的CAN高层协议,核心是通过时序控制保证总线通信的实时性和确定性;为了增强MilCAN总线通信时序控制,提出一种新的MilCAN总线同步和调度配置方法;采用STM32微控制器对MilCAN总线主控节点进行设计,将总线同步和总线调度配置任务集成至专用的主控节点进行,同时开展了总线通信测试;测试结果表明：以该方法设计的MilCAN总线主控节点可有效完成同步和总线调度配置任务,同步精度较高,性能稳定可靠。