Pseudomonas acidophila can grow with CO2 as a sole carbon source by the possession of a recombinant plasmid that clones genes that confer chemolithoautotrophic growth ability derived from the H2-oxidizing bacteriumAlcaligenes hydrogenophilus. H2-oxidizing bacteria produce poly(3-hydroxybutyric acid) (PHB) from CO2, but recombinant P.acidophila can produce the more useful biopolymer poly(3-hydroxyalkanoic acid) (PHA). In this study, thepha genes ofP. acidophila were cloned and a sequence analysis was carried out. A gene library was constructed using the cosmid vector pVK102. A recombinant cosmid carrying thepha genes was selected by the complementation of a PHB-negative mutant ofAlcaligenes eutrophus H16. The resulting recombinant cosmid pIK7 contained a 14.8-kb DNA insert. Subcloning was done, and the recombinant plasmid pEH74 was selected by hybridization with theA. eutrophus H16pha genes.Escherichia coli possessing pEH74 produced PHB, indicating that pEH74 contained thepha genes ofP. acidophila. The nucleotide sequences of the PHA-synthesis genesphaA (3-ketothiolase),phaB (acetoacetyl-CoA reductase), andphaC (PHA synthase) in pEH74 were determined. The homologies ofphaA, phaB, andphaC betweenP. acidophila andA. eutrophus H16 were 64.7, 76.1, and 56.6%, respectively.
A marine green alga,Chlamydomonas sp. strain MGA161 was cultivated under illumination of red and white lights. The growth rate under red light illumination
was almost the same as that in the basic conditions under white light illumination, but red light-grown cells accumulated
almost twice as much starch as white light-grown cells. Although there was a slight decrease in carbonic anhydrase activity,
red light-illuminated cells had almost 2.3 times the fructose-l,6-diphos-phatase activity of white light-illuminated cells.
Red light might stimulate starch accumulation by increasing the amounts of enzymes related to carbon fixation through the
phytochrome system. Cells grown under red light degraded 1.6 times as much starch and produced 1.7 times as much hydrogen
and 1.6 times as much ethanol compared with cells grown under white light during 12 h of dark anaerobic fermentation. 相似文献
In order to investigate the interactions of poly(2-diethylaminoethyl methacrylate) (PDEAEMA) with methyl orange and its homologs in solution, temperature dependence of the complex formation has been examined in detail by the measurements of transmittance and specific conductance for the systems. Furthermore, the binding course of dyes to PDEAEMA has been studied on the basis of thermodynamic parameters obtained from equilibrium dialysis experiments at different temperatures. It was observed that the flocculation process shifted to lower dye concentrations in accordance with increasing hydrophobicity of the dyes in the order, methyl orange < ethyl orange < butyl orange, and the process of complex formation was characterized by three separate regions according to the slope of specific conductivity-mixing ratio curve for mixtures of PDEAEMA and dye. The temperature dependences of F,H and S suggest that, for dyes-PDEAEMA complex formation, the hydrophobic interaction is predominant at a low temperature but the electrostatic interaction becomes important as the temperature increases. 相似文献
The photoinitiated reaction of 1,1′-bis(methoxycarbonyl)divinylamine with various maleates and fumarates afforded novel 7-azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-1,2,3,4-tetracarboxylates. The spectral investigation of the products showed that the reaction proceeded stereoselectively, retaining the original configuration of the reagents. 相似文献
Hinged di- and trisaccharides incorporating 2,4-diamino-beta-D-xylopyranoside as a hinge unit (Hin) were synthesized. Bridging of the diamino group of Hin by carbonylation or chelation to a metal ion results in a conformational change from (4)C1 to (1)C4, which in turn causes a bending of the oligosaccharides. In this study, the bending abilities of the hinged oligosaccharides were compared, in terms of the reactivities toward carbonylation and chelation. Di- or trisaccharides containing a 6-O-glycosylated mannopyranoside or galactopyranoside at their reducing ends had bending abilities similar to that of the Hin monosaccharide, probably because there were neither attractive nor repulsive interactions between the reducing and nonreducing ends. However, when Hin was attached at O2 of methyl mannopyranoside (Man alphaMe), the bending ability was dependent on the nonreducing sugar and the reaction conditions. Typically, a disaccharide--Hin beta(1,2)Man alphaMe--was difficult to bend under all the tested reaction conditions, and the bent population in the presence of Zn(II) was only 4%. On the other hand, a trisaccharide--Man alpha(1,3)Hin beta(1,2)Man alphaMe--was bent immediately after the addition of Zn(II) or Hg(II), and the bent population reached 75%, much larger than those of all the other hinged trisaccharides ever tested (<40%). This excellent bending ability suggests an attractive interaction between the reducing and nonreducing ends. The extended conformation was recovered by the addition of triethylenetetramine, a metal ion chelator. Reversible, quick, and efficient bending of the hinged trisaccharide was thus achieved. 相似文献
It is proposed that asymmetric syntheses be divided into enantioselective and diastereoselective syntheses. The enantioselective hydrogenations discussed in the present progress report were catalyzed by Raney nickel that had previously been treated with solutions of optically active compounds. Relationships exist between the enantioselectivity of the catalyst and the structure of the chiral compound used to modify it. 相似文献
Four possible diastereomers of pentenocin B were synthesized in a stereocontrolled manner, and the first total synthesis of a natural enantiomer of (+)-pentenocin B unequivocally established the absolute stereochemistry to be 4S,5R,6R. 相似文献
Mass transfer which affects the rate of propylene polymerization with titanium trichloride–triethylaluminum, has been evaluated by use of a new method developed for this heterogeneous reaction. The polymerization was carried out with the usual flask reactor equipped with a paddle stirrer; the rate of gas absorption into the polymerization slurry was proportional to stirring speed and the reciprocal of the total amount of polymers produced. It has been confirmed that the polymerization rate separated from the absorption rate is purely kinetic (propagation), and an effective physical process, such as monomer transfer through a polymer film covering the catalyst surface, no longer exists. 相似文献
Zinc chloride-catalyzed rearrangement of 1-N-allylindoline and 1-N-(2-methylallyl)indoline proceeds readily in refluxing xylene to give 7-allylindoline and 7-(2-methylallyl)indoline in 73% and 86% yields, respectively. The reaction of 1-N-2-butenylindoline and zinc chloride give rise to the mixture of 7-(1-methylallyl)indoline, 7-(cis- and trans-1-methyl-1-propenyl)indoline, and 7-(trans-2-butenyl)indoline. On the other hand, the similar reaction of 1-N-(3-methyl-2-butenyl)indoline with zinc chloride led to the formation of a mixture of 1,2,5,6-tetrahydro-4,4-dimethyl-4H-pyrrolo[3,2,1-ij]quinoline and 7-(3-methyl-2-butenyl)indoline. 相似文献