胰蛋白酶水解全酪蛋白反应过程中的分析

将高效凝胶排阻 (HPSEC)技术与水解度 (DH)概念相结合 ,对酪蛋白 胰蛋白酶水解体系的酶解反应过程进行分析 ,得到定量表征复杂酶解反应进程和不同DH值时多样性酶解产物相对分子质量分布的二维图线 ;依据蛋白质结构信息 ,结合HPSEC实验谱图 ,对胰蛋白酶作用于酪蛋白时的酶解断裂位点进行剖析 ,初步推断反应历程 ,并得到理论酶解肽段的相对分子质量分布图及酶解物中活性多肽酪蛋白磷酸肽 (CPPs)肽谱。     

A validated solid-liquid extraction method for the HPLC determination of polyphenols in apple tissues Comparison with pressurised liquid extraction

A solid-liquid extraction procedure followed by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) coupled with a photodiode array detector (DAD) for the determination of polyphenols in freeze-dried apple peel and pulp is reported. The extraction step consists in sonicating 0.5 g of freeze-dried apple tissue with 30 mL of methanol-water-acetic acid (30:69:1, v/v/v) containing 2 g of ascorbic acid/L, for 10 min in an ultrasonic bath. The whole method was validated, concluding that it is a robust method that presents high extraction efficiencies (peel: >91%, pulp: >95%) and appropriate precisions (within day: R.S.D. (n = 5) <5%, and between days: R.S.D. (n = 5) <7%) at the different concentration levels of polyphenols that can be found in apple samples. The method was compared with one previously published, consisting in a pressurized liquid extraction (PLE) followed by RP-HPLC-DAD determination. The advantages and disadvantages of both methods are discussed.     

The degree of charge transfer in ground and charge-separated states revealed by ultrafast visible pump/mid-IR probe spectroscopy

We demonstrate a new femtosecond visible pump/mid-IR probe spectroscopic approach to assess directly the ground- and excited-state degrees of charge transfer (CT) in donor-spacer-acceptor (D-Sp-A) structures. Two classes of (porphinato)zinc(II) (PZn)-based D-Sp-A compounds with either quinonyl (Q) or N-(N'-octyl)pyromellitic diimide (PI) electron acceptors were interrogated. Carbonyl antisymmetric stretching mode frequency domain transient-IR spectra of these species were recorded and analyzed for the Q/PI moieties. These data show that the acceptor mode frequency shift, DeltanuA, determined by this method provides a more accurate measure of the degree of CT in ground and charge-separated states relative to other techniques which rely on the ground-state frequency shift alone. This approach enables determination of new experimental benchmarks to test the power of complimentary computational methods and provides a means to probe the degree of CT in transitions that either overlap strongly with other bands or possess low oscillator strength.     

Determination of ciprofloxacin with a room-temperature phosphorescence flow-through sensor based on lanthanide-sensitized luminescence

Direct measurement of the sensitized luminescence of the europium-ciprofloxacin chelate immobilized on a cationic exchanger was used to develop a flow-through room-temperature phosphorescence optosensor for determination of ciprofloxacin. The phosphorescent chelate is formed on-line at room temperature in a flow-injection system and is immobilized on a weakly acidic cation-exchange resin packed in a flow cell. Optimum experimental conditions and analytical performance are discussed in detail. The sensor response for ciprofloxacin was linear, from 1.5 x 10(-6) to 2.0 x 10(-5)M with a relative standard deviation of 2.5% (n = 10) and a detection limit of 1.1 x 10(-7)M. The effect of possible interferences on sensor response was studied. The sensor was successfully tested for the determination of ciprofloxacin in pharmaceutical formulations.     

Thermozymes and their applications

Enzymes from thermophilic microorganisms, thermozymes, have unique characteristics such as temperature, chemical, and pH stability. They can be used in several industrial processes, in which they replace mesophilic enzymes or chemicals. Thermozymes are often used when the enzymatic process is compatible with existing (high-temperature) process conditions. The main advantages of performing processes at higher temperatures are reduced risk of microbial contamination, lower viscosity, improved transfer rates, and improved solubility of substrates. However, cofactors, substrates, or products might be unstable or other side reactions may occur. Recent developments show that thermophiles are a good source of novel catalysts that are of great industrial interest. Thermostable polymer-degrading enzymes such as amylases, pullulanases, xylanases, proteases, and cellulases are expected to play an important role in food, chemical, pharmaceutical, paper, pulp, and waste-treatment industries. Considerable research efforts have been made to better understand the stability of thermozymes. There are no major conformational differences with mesophilic enzymes, and a small number of extra salt bridges, hydrophobic interactions, or hydrogen bounds seem to confer the extra degree of stabilization. Currently, overexpression of thermozymes in standard Escherichia coli allows the production of much larger quantities of enzymes, which are easy to purify by heat treatment. With wider availability and lower cost, thermophilic enzymes will see more application in industry.     

人食管癌细胞与正常食管上皮细胞内微管的免疫荧光细胞化学研究

本文利用抗微管蛋白抗体间接免疫荧光细胞化学技术,观察到人食管癌ECa109细胞的微管分布与正常食管上皮细胞有明显差别。原代培养的人正常食管上皮细胞胞质内有间期的纤细的微管结构(CMTC)和分裂期的纺锤体微管。食管癌ECa109细胞在间期的胞质内缺乏微管,但分裂期的纺锤体微管与正常细胞相同。本文对癌细胞间期胞质缺乏微管的现象进行了讨论,认为可能涉及微管组装机制的缺陷。     

Electrocatalytic O2 reduction at glassy carbon electrodes modified with dendrimer-encapsulated Pt nanoparticles

Platinum dendrimer-encapsulated nanoparticles (DENs) were prepared within fourth-generation, hydroxyl-terminated, poly(amidoamine) dendrimers and immobilized on glassy carbon electrodes using an electrochemical coupling strategy. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, electron microscopy, and electrochemical experiments confirmed that the Pt DENs were about 1.4 nm in diameter and that they remained within the dendrimer following surface immobilization. The resulting Pt DEN films were electrocatalytically active for the oxygen reduction reaction. The films were also robust, surviving up to 50 consecutive cyclic voltammograms and sonication.     

汽油芳构化降烯烃ZSM-5型催化剂的研究

通过催化剂表征和小型固定床反应发现，减小沸石晶粒度和提高沸石表面L酸B酸比值，或者适当采用高氢油比，可以提高ZSM-5沸石在汽油芳构化降烯烃反应中的活性稳定性．而适当提高反应温度及减小汽油进料空速则可以提高汽油中烯烃的芳构化程度．连续300h的小试运转表明，FCC和DCC汽油中的烯烃在一种晶粒度为20～50纳米的改性纳米ZSM-5沸石上可有效地转化为芳烃，降烯烃幅度达20个体积百分点以上，改质后汽油的辛烷值、组成和沸程等指标均满足新国标要求．     

Mechanism, selectivity promotion, and new ultraselective pathways in Ag-catalyzed heterogeneous epoxidation

The selective oxidation of styrene on clean and modified Ag(100) surfaces has been studied by synchrotron fast XPS and temperature-programmed reaction spectroscopy. By following the time dependence of surface species, it is unequivocally demonstrated that the necessary and sufficient conditions for epoxide formation are oxygen adatoms and pi-adsorbed alkene molecules. Increased oxygen coverage and coadsorbed Cs have pronounced and opposite effects on epoxidation selectivity, consistent with the view that the valence charge density on O(a) is pivotal in determining this property. Submonolayer quantities of Cs nitrate generated in situ open a new, low-temperature ultraselective, epoxidation pathway thought to involve direct oxygen transfer from the oxyanion to the alkene.     

Escherichia coli quinolinate synthetase does indeed harbor a [4Fe-4S] cluster

Quinolinic acid is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of nicotinamide-containing redox cofactors. The ultimate step in the formation of quinolinic acid in prokaryotes is the condensation of iminosuccinate and dihydroxyacetone phosphate, which is catalyzed by the product of the nadA gene in Escherichia coli. A combination of UV-vis, M?ssbauer, and EPR spectroscopies, along with analytical methods for the determination of iron and sulfide, demonstrates for the first time that anaerobically purified quinolinate synthetase (NadA) from E. coli contains one [4Fe-4S] cluster per polypeptide. The protein is active, catalyzing the formation of quinolinic acid with a Vmax [ET]-1 of 0.01 s-1.