New Temperature Integral Approximate Formula for Non-isothermal Kinetic Analysis

A new approximate formula for temperature integral is proposed. The linear dependence of the new fomula on x has been established. Combining this linear dependence and integration-by-parts, new equation for the evaluation of kinetic parameters has been obtained from the above dependence. The validity of this equation has been tested with data from numerical calculating. And its deviation from the values calculated by Simpson's numerical integrating was discussed. Compared with several published approximate formulae, this new one is much superior to all other approximations and is the most suitable solution for the evaluation of kinetic parameters from TG experiments. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Approximate formulae for calculation of the integral òT0Tmexp(-E/RT)dT

Summary In this paper two approximate formulae have been developed for calculation of the integral ò^T₀T^mexp(-E/RT)dT by using integration-by-parts approaches. They are in the following forms: I(m,T) = (RT^m+2)/(E+(m+2)RT)exp(-E/RT) I(m,T) = (RT^m+2)/(E+(m+2)(0.00099441E+0.93695599RT)exp(-E/RT) The validity of the two formulae has been confirmed and their accuracies have been tested with data from numerical calculating. In contrast to existing other integral methods, both the present approaches are simply used, accurate, and can be used for arbitrary values of m.     

Enthalpy change and mechanism of oxidation of o-phenylenediamine by hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by horseradish peroxidase

The hydrogen peroxide-oxidation of o-phenylenediamine (OPD) catalyzed by horseradish peroxidase (HRP) at 37 °C in 50 mM phosphate buffer (pH 7.0) was studied by calorimetry. The apparent molar reaction enthalpy with respect to OPD and hydrogen peroxide were −447 ± 8 kJ mol⁻¹ and −298 ± 9 kJ mol⁻¹, respectively. Oxidation of OPD by H₂O₂ catalyzed by HRP (1.25 nM) at pH 7.0 and 37 °C follows a ping-pong mechanism. The maximum rate V_max (0.91 ± 0.05 μM s⁻¹), Michaelis constant for OPD K_m,S (51 ± 3 μM), Michaelis constant for hydrogen peroxide Km,H₂O₂ (136 ± 8 μM), the catalytic constant k_cat (364 ± 18 s⁻¹) and the second-order rate constants k₊₁ = (2.7 ± 0.3) × 10⁶ M⁻¹ s⁻¹ and k₊₅ = (7.1 ± 0.8) × 10⁶ M⁻¹ s⁻¹ were obtained by the initial rate method.     

CaClH2PO4·H2O的合成及其性质的研究

本文介绍了CaClH_2PO_4·H_2O的合成和纯化的方法。用精密量热计系统测定了CaClH_2PO_4·H_2O的标准生成焓在298.15K时为-2282.34kJ mol~(-1)。评述和讨论了热分解反应的化学动力学性质,测定了分解反应的级数和表现活化能。     

Identification of functionally key residues in maltose transporter with an elastic network model-based thermodynamic method

Periplasmic binding protein-dependent maltose transport system (MBP-MalFGK₂) of Escherichia coli, an important member of the Adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette transporter superfamily, is in charge of the transportation of maltoses across cellular membrane. Studies have shown that this transport processes are activated by the binding of maltose and are accompanied by large-scale cooperative movements between different domains which are mediated by a network of important residues related to signal transduction and allosteric regulation. In this paper, the functionally crucial residues and long-range allosteric pathway of the regulation of the system by substrate were identified by utilising a coarse-grained thermodynamic method proposed by our group. The residues whose perturbations markedly change the binding free energy between maltoses and MBP-MalFGK₂ were considered to be key residues. In result, the key residues in 62 clusters distributed in different subdomains were identified successfully, and the results from our calculation are highly consistent with experimental and theoretical observations. Furthermore, we explored the long-range cooperation within the transporter. These studies will help us better understand the physical mechanism of the effects of the maltose on MBP-MalFGK₂ by long-range allosteric modulation.     

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of HIV-1 Integrase Dimer Complexed with Viral DNA

The biological function of HIV‐1 integrase (IN) is to integrate viral DNA into the host cell chromosome, and the specific binding of IN with viral DNA is a precondition for IN to function correctly. Beforehand, the binding mode of IN dimer (IN₂) with the 27 bp segment of viral DNA before 3′ processing (3′‐P) was obtained via a molecular docking method. Based on the binding mode, the aim of this article was to explore the changes of motive mode and correlative motion for the IN₂ and DNA systems after their binding through dynamical cross‐correlation map (DCCM) and principal component analysis (PCA). Finally, solvent effect during the association was analyzed briefly. The results show that there is a significantly increased positive correlation in the interface region between IN₂ and viral DNA, and some obvious motive mode changes of the two systems (IN₂ and DNA) were also observed after their binding. It was found that water molecules played an important role in the recognition between IN₂ and viral DNA through analyzing the water‐mediated hydrogen bonds.     

用于真实蛋白质结构预测的一种新的优化方法

用“相对熵”作为优化函数 ,提出了一个有效快速的折叠预测优化算法 .使用了非格点模型 ,预测只关心蛋白质主链的走向 .其中只用到了蛋白质主链上的两两连续的Cα 原子间的距离信息以及 2 0种氨基酸的接触势的一个扩展形式 .对几个真实蛋白质做了算法测试 ,预测的初始结构都为比较大的去折叠态 ,预测构象相对于它们天然结构的均方根偏差 (RMSD)为 5～ 7 .从原理上讲 ,该方法是对能量优化的改进 .     

Microcalorimetric study of virus infection; The effects of hyperthermia and 1b recombinant homo interferon on the infection process of BHK-21 cells by foot and mouth disease virus

The metabolic process of BHK-21 cell line infected by foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV) was determined by using LKB-2277 Bioactivity Monitor. The aim of the present study is to investigate the metabolic thermal power of the virus infection process of BHK-21 cells, the effects of combinational treatments of hyperthermia and 1b recombinant homo interferon on this process. In contrast to the metabolic thermal power of uninfected BHK-21 cells, the thermogenetic curves show that the energy metabolism mechanisms of BHK-21 cells were significantly changed by the virus infection process. The maximum thermal power decreased and the time needed to reach the maximal thermal power increased with the increasing concentration of interferon. The results also show that the infection process was thermosensitive. But no apparent synergetic effect of the combinational treatments of hyperthermia and interferon was observed. The present microcalorimetric results are in accordance with the cytomorphology observations.     

微量热法研究过氧化氢酶底物抑制动力学

过氧化氢酶是需氧生物体内抗氧化酶系的重要组分。过氧化氢酶催化过氧化氢分解是一个两底物酶促反应,依照Chance提出的机理,反应速率方程具有一级反应方程的形式。此反应在高浓度底物存在的情况下,表现出明显的不可逆底物抑制。本研究用热动力学方法研究了这一反应,提出了一种不可逆底物抑制机理,并应用该机理求出了相关动力学参数。在310.15K,pH=7.0时k0=9.6×10^5L·mol^-1^·s^-1,k1/k2=2.9×10^6。实验结果证明此机理正确有效。     

用分子对接方法预测HIV-1整合酶与金精三羧酸抑制剂的相互作用

用分子对接方法(Docking)研究了HIV-1整合酶与其抑制剂金精三羧酸的结合过程.为弄清金属离子在结合中所起的作用,选择含有一个Mg+2或不含Mg+2的两种不同的整合酶受体分别与金精三羧酸对接.结果表明, Mg+2对稳定配体与受体的结合起了重要作用. 金精三羧酸配体与含有一个金属Mg+2的整合酶受体对接,最优结合自由能为-45.19 kJ/mol. 当Mg+2失去后,整合酶的活性中心构象将发生变化,使金精三羧酸抑制剂与整合酶的结合自由能(-24.35 kJ/mol)明显增加. 预测了未知的HIV-1整合酶与其抑制剂金精三羧酸的复合物结构, 并可对基于结构的抗HIV-1整合酶的药物设计提供重要信息.