Immobilization,characterization, and laboratory-scale application of bovine liver arginase

Arginase isolated from beef liver was covalently attached to a polyacrylamide bead support bearing carboxylic groups activated by a water-soluble carbodiimide. The most favorable carbodiimide wasN-cyclohexyl-Nt’-(methyl-2-p-nitrophenyl-2-oxoethyl) aminopropyl carbodiimide methyl bromide, but for practical purposes,N-cyclohexyl-Nt’-morpholinoethyl carbodiimide methyl tosylate was used. The optimal conditions for the coupling procedure were determined. The catalytic activity of the immobilized arginase was 290–340 U/g solid or 2.9–3.4 U/mL wet gel. The pH optimum for the catalytic activity was pH 9.5, the apparent temperature maximum was at 60°C and K_mapp was calculated to be 0.37M L-arginine. Immobilization markedly improved the conformational stability of arginase. At 60°C, the pH for maximal stability was found to be 8.0. The immobilized arginase was used for the production of L-ornithine and D-arginine.     

关于Aa-Bb型缩聚物网络结构的研究——溶胶凝胶分配理论

溶胶凝胶分配理论是在分子水平上表征交联网络结构的有效工具。由Flory等建立和发展起来的这一理论,由于引用了溶胶相无分子内环化反应的假定,特别是在理论推导中将分子内交联反应与分子间的链增长反应对两相分配的贡献未能加以区别,致使理论与实验不符。本文充分考虑了经典理论的这些缺欠,建立了更为符合客观实际的理论模型。同时,用十分简便的方法推导了反应溶胶分数,溶胶反应程度,分子内和分子间总反应程度等量宏观联系的参数方程组。以聚酯为模型化合物的实验研究与本文所得理论结果基本相符。     

Interactions of water and methanol with a mixture of copper and zinc metals: a theoretical <Emphasis Type="Italic">ab initio</Emphasis> study

Ab initio cluster quantum chemical calculations at the Hartree–Fock and second-order Møller–Plesset perturbation theory levels were carried out to mimic the interactions of water and methanol with a mixture of Cu and Zn metals. It was shown that both molecular and dissociative adsorption of methanol on a mixture of Cu and Zn metal catalyst are preferred over the corresponding adsorptions of water. Estimated transition-state structures for dissociation of methanol into CH·₃ and OH· lie about 9.0 and 22.0 kcal/mol higher compared to the dissociated (forward reaction) and molecular adsorption (reverse reaction) complexes, respectively. Based on distinct radicals' bond energies with the active sites of the catalyst considered, it is suggested that hydrogen molecules could be formed through a chain of homogeneous reactions of methyl radicals released into the gas phase with the water and/or methanol molecules.     

A new diarylheptanoid and a new diarylheptanoid glycoside isolated from the roots of Juglans mandshurica and their anti-inflammatory activities

A new diarylheptanoid, (2S,3S,5S)-2,3,5-trihydroxy-1,7-bis(4-hydroxy- 3-methoxyphenyl)heptane (1), and a new diarylheptanoid glycoside, (2S,3S,5S)-2,3-dihydroxy-5-O-β-d-xylopyranosyl-7-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)heptane (2), together with three known compounds, rhoiptelol C (3), rhoiptelol B (4) and 3′,4″-epoxy-2-O-β-d-glucopyanosyl-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)- 7-(3-methoxyphenyl)heptan-3-one (5) were isolated from the roots of Juglans mandshurica (Juglandaceae). The structures of compounds 1 and 2 were identified based on HR-ESI-MS, 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopic methods. Compounds 1–5 were assayed for their inhibitory effects on the production of NO, TNF-α and IL-6 in LPS-stimulated RAW264.7 cells.     

Production of α-keto acids Part I. Immobilized cells ofTrigonopsis variabilis containing D-amino acid oxidase

Whole cells ofTrigonopsis variabilis were immobilized by entrapment in Ca²⁺-alginate and used for the production of α-keto acids from the corresponding D-amino acids. The D-amino acid oxidase within the immobilized cells has a broad substrate specificity. Hydrogen peroxide formed in the enzymatic reaction was efficiently hydrolyzed by manganese oxide co-immobilized with the cells. The amino acid oxidase activity was assayed with a new method based on reversed-phase HPLC. Oxygen requirements, bead size, concentration of cells in the beads, flow rate, and other factors were investigated in a “ trickle-bed ” reactor.     

Crystallization of Two Cyanide-bridged Bimetallic Complexes [LN(DMSO)2(H2O)3Co(CN)6]·H2O (LN = Pr or Nd, DMSO = Dimethylsulfoxide)

1INTRODUCTIONRecently,therehasbeenconsiderableinterestinthelanthanide(III)hexacyanoferrates,theanalogoushexacyanocobaltateandhexacyanochromiumatecom-plexesbecauseoftheirpotentialapplicationsascata-lyticandsemi-conductivematerials.InitialstudiesofmetalhexacyanocobaltateswerecarriedoutbyJa-mesandWilland[1]whoreportedtheamountofhy-drationassociatedwithmicroscopiccrystalsofsever-allanthanidecomplexes.FurtherBonnetandParis[2]studiedtheLNCo(CN)6?nH2Oseries(n=4)byusinginfraredandX-raymethod…     

自组织神经树用于判别氟化物非晶态形成条件

1人工神经网络──自组织神经树模型人工神经网络（ANN）是八十年代中期迅速兴起的一门非线性科学．它力图模拟人脑的一些基本特性，如自适应性、自组织性、容错性等，已在模式识别、数据处理及自动化控制等领域得到了初步应用，取得了相当好的效果［1，2］．1993年，Tao－Li等提出了自组织神经树网络．它是一个多层树状网络（见图1），每个输入节点与所有神经树的节点（神经元）通过权W相联系，实现对输入信号的非线性降维映射．映射中保持拓扑不变性，即把拓扑意义下相似的输入（即在高维空间中距离较近的输入向量）映射到相同子树的节…     

二氯四(苯丙酮-1, 2, 4-三唑)合钴六水配合物晶体结构

0IntroductionRecently,thecompoundscontaining1H-1,2,4-tr-iazolegrouphaveattractedmuchinterestbecauseoftheirexhibitingsomefungicidalactivityandplantgrowthregulatingactivity犤1犦,andshowingantibacterialactivityagainstPucciniareconditeandrootsgrowthregulationforcucumber犤2犦.Also,suchcompoundsareincreasinglybeingstudiedbecauseofthecoordinationchemistryofazolesactingasligandsintransitionmetalcompounds.Asamatteroffact,thetriazolederivativeshavebeenextensivelyusedasterminalandbridgingligands,andthey…     

Glucose utilization by lysine-producing fluoroacetate-sensitive mutants ofCorynebacterium glutamicum

A fluoroacetate-sensitive mutant was isolated fromCorynebacterium glutamicum, ATCC 21513, following mutagenesis with NTG. Batch fermentations show that in terms of growth kinetics, glucose utilization, and lysine formation, there are significant differences between the mutant and the parent. The mutant’s specific growth rate (0.22/h) is lower than that for the parent (0.34/h). Also, the yield expressed as lysine/glucose consumed does not alter as a function of the glucose concentration for the mutant, and is about 0.22, whereas for the parent, this coefficient decreases with increasing glucose concentration. The maximum specific rate of lysine production for the mutant is 1.3 g/L/h that is about two-fold higher than that for the parent.     

The existence of sensitive optimal policies in two multi-dimensional queueing models

Recently Dekker and Hordijk [3,4] introduced conditions for the existence of deterministic Blackwell optimal policies in denumerable Markov decision chains with unbounded rewards. These conditions include- uniform geometric recurrence.The-uniform geometric recurrence property also implies the existence of average optimal policies, a solution to the average optimality equation with explicit formula's and convergence of the value iteration algorithm for average rewards. For this reason, the verification of-uniform geometric convergence is also useful in cases where average and-discounted rewards are considered.On the other hand,-uniform geometric recurrence is a heavy condition on the Markov decision chain structure for negative dynamic programming problems. The verification of-uniform geometric recurrence for the Markov chain induced by some deterministic policy together with results by Sennott [14] yields the existence of a deterministic policy that minimizes the expected average cost for non-negative immediate cost functions.In this paper-uniform geometric recurrence will be proved for two queueing models: theK competing queues and the two centre open Jackson network with control of the service rates.The research of the author is supported by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research N.W.O.