Lipase from Carica papaya latex presents high enantioselectivity toward the resolution of prodrug (R,S)-2-bromophenylacetic acid octyl ester

Besides the well-known papain, lipolytic activity is another interesting enzymatic activity present in latex from Carica papaya. This lipolytic activity is strongly attached to the latex solid phase, resulting in a naturally immobilized biocatalyst. In this work we describe the kinetic resolution of (R,S)-2-bromophenylacetic acid octyl ester by Carica papaya crude latex and two partially purified latex fractions. Several parameters, such as substrate concentration and solvent effects were studied. The best results were obtained using decane as solvent with 50 mM of substrate and 50 mg/mL enzyme/reaction medium; under these conditions, a high enantioselectivity (E >200) was obtained with crude latex. A twofold increase of the initial rate maintaining E >200 was obtained using purified fractions without protease and without esterase. Lipase from Carica papaya latex is the most enantioselective wild-type enzyme ever described for the studied reaction.     

基于周期极化KTiOPO4晶体的高亮度纠缠源研制

量子纠缠是量子信息领域的核心资源,目前利用β型硼酸钡(BBO)晶体参量下转换制备的纠缠光子对的亮度较低,它直接制约了量子通信的最远距离,已无法满足星地实用化量子通信的发展需求.利用周期极化KTiOPO4晶体,采用准相位匹配技术设计产生了一种后选择的纠缠源,测得的符合计数达到了16×103s-1 mW-1,极化对比度达到27∶1,在亮度上比基于BBO的量子纠缠光源提高了一个数量级以上.这一高亮度的纠缠源可以广泛应用于量子密钥分发、量子隐形传态以及量子计算等新兴量子信息领域,为实现全球化量子通信提供了有力的保障.     

软化学法低温合成超细K2La2Ti3O10及其剥离性质

软化学法低温合成超细K2La2Ti3O10及其剥离性质;软化学法; K2La2Ti3O10 ; 酸交换; 剥离     

纳米铂直接修饰玻碳电极的制备及在半胱氨酸中的电化学行为

采用一步化学原位还原法将球形纳米铂颗粒直接修饰在玻碳电极上,用SEM、EDS和电化学方法对该电极进行表征并与铂片电极、裸玻碳电极进行了对比。结果表明,纳米铂修饰电极的峰电流与扫描速度呈线性关系,纳米铂在电极表面覆盖率为1.28×10-7mol/cm2。循环伏安法研究结果表明纳米铂修饰电极对半胱氨酸的催化氧化作用和铂片电极相比提高了数倍,且峰电位负移了0.3V。在纳米铂修饰的玻碳电极上,半胱氨酸的浓度在1.0×10-7mol/L到1.0×10-5mol/L范围内和催化电流呈线性关系。     

Coherence transfer delay optimisation in PSYCOSY experiments

PSYCOSY is an f1 broadband homonuclear decoupled version of the COSY nuclear magnetic resonance pulse sequence. Here, we investigate by a combination of experimental measurements, spatially distributed spin dynamics simulations, and analytical predictions the coherence evolution delay necessary in PSYCOSY experiments to ensure intensity discrimination in favour of the correlations typically arising from short range (ⁿJ, n ≤ 3) ¹H–¹H couplings and show that, in general, a coherence evolution delay of around 35 ms is optimum.     

An effective sequence characterized amplified region‐PCR method derived from restriction site‐amplified polymorphism for the identification of female Schistosoma japonicum of zoonotic significance

In the present study, restriction site‐amplified polymorphism (RSAP) markers were used to examine the genetic variability of Schistosoma japonicum isolates from different endemic provinces in mainland China. Of the 45 pairs of primers screened, 10 RSAP markers showed a clear banding pattern with good resolution; however, only six exhibited a polymorphism among different isolates. Among six RSAP markers, one pair of primers (R8+R10) was able to differentiate male and female parasites, and amplified one constant specific band for female S. japonicum isolates. The specific band was recovered, re‐amplified and sequenced, and a sequence of 162 bp was obtained. Based on this sequence, a pair of specific primers was designed and used to develop sequence characterized amplified region (SCAR)‐PCR assay for identification and differentiation of female S. japonicum isolates. The SCAR‐PCR assay allowed the specific identification of female S. japonicum, with no amplicons being amplified from male S. japonicum, Fasciola hepatica, Clonorchis sinensis, S. mansoni (male and female parasite). DNA sequencing confirmed the identity of the amplified products. The minimum amount of DNA detectable using SCAR‐PCR assay was 0.3 ng for female S. japonicum. The SCAR‐PCR was able to differentiate effectively the male and female S. japonicum worms collected from 12 geographical origins in eight endemic provinces, the gender of which was known based on the morphological and biological features. These results showed that SCAR‐PCR provides an effective tool for the sex differentiation studies of S. japonicum, identification of female S. japonicum, diagnosis and epidemiological survey of S. japonicum infections in animals and human.     

The Large-N Limit of Superconformal Field Theories and Supergravity

We show that the large-N limits of certainconformal field theories in various dimensions includein their Hilbert space a sector describing supergravityon the product of anti-de Sitter spacetimes, spheres, and other compact manifolds. This is shown bytaking some branes in the full M/string theory and thentaking a low-energy limit where the field theory on thebrane decouples from the bulk. We observe that, in this limit, we can still trust thenear-horizon geometry for large N. The enhancedsupersymmetries of the near-horizon geometry correspondto the extra supersymmetry generators present in thesuperconformal group (as opposed to just the super-Poincaregroup). The 't Hooft limit of 3 + 1 N = 4 super-Yang–Mills at the conformal pointis shown to contain strings: they are IIB strings. Weconjecture that compactifications of M/string theory on various anti-de Sitterspacetimes is dual to various conformal field theories.This leads to a new proposal for a definition ofM-theory which could be extended to include fivenoncompact dimensions.     

基于锥面衍射实现高效率双光栅光谱合成

分析了基于锥面衍射的双光栅光谱合成系统的可行性,设计了激光入射角为Littrow角附近的双多层介质膜（MLD）光栅光谱合成系统,开展了两路合成实验。当入射极角等于自准直入射角,入射方位角为6°时,光栅衍射效率近似等于光束自准直入射时的衍射效率。基于锥面衍射原理,对中心波长为1050.24 nm和1064.33 nm的两束光纤激光子束进行合成,入射极角为43.99°,测得合成效率为92.9%,较基于非锥面衍射的双光栅光谱合成系统的合成效率提高了8.8%;测得合成光斑光束质量M_x²＝1.204,M_y²＝1.467,与基于非锥面衍射的双光栅光谱合成系统输出光斑光束质量基本一致。     

A pyrazine bis‐adduct of a binuclear rhodium(II) carboxylate containing 3,4,5‐triethoxybenzoate as the ­equatorial ligand

The title compound, tetrakis(μ‐3,4,5‐triethoxy­benzoato‐κ²O:O′)­bis­[(pyrazine‐κN)­rhodium(II)](Rh—Rh), [Rh₂(C₁₃H₁₇O₅)₄(C₄H₄N₂)₂], crystallizes on an inversion centre in the triclinic space group . The equatorial carboxyl­ate ligands bridge the two Rh^II atoms, giving a binuclear lantern‐like structure. The pyrazine mol­ecules occupy the two axial coordination sites. The phenyl rings are tilted by ca 10° with respect to the attached carboxyl­ate groups. The pyrazine planes have a torsion angle of ca 19° around the Rh—N bond with respect to the plane of the nearer carboxyl­ate group and are not coplanar with the Rh—Rh bond.