人工光合作用反应中心的研究进展

本文对几种人工光合作用反应中心系统,做一个简单的综述,其中包括叶绿素和细菌叶绿素二聚体,卟啉二聚体,卟啉-苯醌共价键络合物以及其他合成中心。     

Application of ultrasound-assisted acid leaching procedures for major and trace elements determination in edible seaweed by inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry

A new method using diluted reagents (nitric and hydrochloric acids and oxygen peroxide) and ultrasound energy to assist metals acid leaching with from edible seaweed was optimized. The method uses a first sonication at high temperature with hydrochloric acid as a previous stage to an ultrasound-assisted acid leaching with 7 ml of an acid solution containing nitric acid, hydrochloric acid and hydrogen peroxide at concentrations of 3.7, 3.0 and 3.0 M, respectively. Optimum conditions for the first sonication step were ultrasound energy at 17 kHz, sonication temperature at 65 °C, an acid volume of 2 ml, an hydrochloric acid concentration of 6.0 M and a sonication time of 10 min. It has been found that the first sonication stage at high temperature with hydrochloric acid is necessary to obtain quantitative recoveries for As, Ba, Fe and V. Otherwise quantitative recoveries were reached for the other elements investigated (Ca, K, Na, Mg, Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn). The repeatability of the ultrasound-assisted acid leaching method was around 10% for all elements. Adequate limit of detection and limit of quantification were reached by using inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) for measurements. The method resulted accurate after analysing several seaweed certified reference materials (IAEA-140/TM, NIES-03 and NIES-09). The method was finally applied to the multi-element determination in edible seaweed samples.     

基于激光诱导叶绿素荧光寿命成像技术的植物荧光特性研究

针对植物荧光遥感探测中信号易受干扰的问题, 提出了一种用于评估植物生长状况及环境监测的荧光寿命成像技术. 采用凹透镜对355 nm波长的激光扩束, 再照射植物激发叶绿素荧光, 由增强型电荷耦合器件接收荧光信号. 采用时间分辨测量法, 连续用相同激光脉冲照射植物以激发相同的荧光信号, 同时不断改变激光脉冲触发探测器启动的延时时间, 从而能够得到完整的离散荧光信号分布图像. 对植物特定位置点产生的离散荧光信号进行拟合, 再运用一种改进型的迭代解卷积法可反演高精度的荧光寿命; 进而反演图像各点的荧光寿命以生成植物的荧光寿命分布图. 该方法所绘制的荧光寿命图比荧光强度图能更准确地反映植物内部的叶绿素含量, 并对活体植物叶绿素荧光寿命的物理特性进行了初步研究, 证明叶绿素荧光寿命与植物生理状态存在一定关联; 并且叶绿素荧光寿命与活体植物所处环境存在着复杂的关系. 未来将与生物物理学家们合作, 继续探寻叶绿素荧光寿命与植物生存环境的关系.     

可变增益放大器在脉冲振幅调制式藻类光合活性荧光测量中的应用

微弱信号探测中信号幅度很宽会导致幅度小的信号分辨率低,结合脉冲振幅调制叶绿素光合活性荧光仪中不同强度光源激发下光电倍增管光电流响应,采用多路选择开关D5201G芯片选择I/V转换电路中不同阻值的反馈电阻实现了对输入信号可变增益放大.0～118mV以下输入信号的理论增益值最高可达28.25 dB,同时输入信号的电压幅值最...     

Hydroxymethylated Phyllobilins: A Puzzling New Feature of the Dioxobilin Branch of Chlorophyll Breakdown

Colorless nonfluorescent chlorophyll (Chl) catabolites (NCCs) are formyloxobilin‐type phyllobilins, which are considered the typical products of Chl breakdown in senescent leaves. However, in degreened leaves of some plants, dioxobilin‐type Chl catabolites (DCCs) predominate, which lack the formyl group of the NCCs, and which arise from Chl catabolites by oxidative removal of the formyl group by a P450 enzyme. Here a structural investigation of the DCCs in the methylesterase16 mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana is reported. Eight new DCCs were identified and characterized structurally. Strikingly, three of these DCCs carry stereospecifically added hydroxymethyl groups, and represent bilin‐type linear tetrapyrroles with an unprecedented modification. Indeed, DCCs show a remarkable structural parallel, otherwise, to the bilins from heme breakdown.     

Current knowledge on the extraction,purification, identification,and validation of bioactive peptides from seaweed

Seaweed (macroalgae) is considered as a sustainable bioresource rich in high-quality nutrients such as protein. Seaweed protein can be used as an alternative to other protein sources. Furthermore, these proteins are natural reservoirs of bioactive peptides (BAPs) associated with various health benefits such as antioxidant, antihypertensive, and antidiabetic activities. However, seaweed-derived BAPs remain underexploited due to challenges that arise during protein extraction from algal biomass. Coupled with this, limited proteomic information exists regarding certain seaweed species. This review highlights the current state of the art of seaweed protein extraction techniques, e.g., liquid, ultrasound, microwave, pulsed electric field, and high hydrostatic pressure assisted extraction. The review also focuses on the enzymatic hydrolysis of seaweed proteins and characterization of the resultant hydrolysates/peptides using electrophoretic and chromatographic techniques. This includes reference to methods employed for separation, fractionation, and purification of seaweed BAPs, as well as the methodologies used for identification, e.g., analysis by mass spectrometry. Furthermore, a bioinformatics or in silico approach to aid discovery of seaweed BAPs is discussed herein. Based on the information available to date, it is suggested that further research is required in this area for the development of seaweed BAPs for nutraceutical applications.     

内陆水体叶绿素a含量定量检测的研究

以武汉东湖为实验基地,通过对其水体的多次检测,获得了从2006年6月到9月4个月的东湖水体透射光谱,并与蒸馏水透射光谱进行比较,对东湖水富营养化程度进行了定性分析.采用一种新的测量方法得到叶绿素a浓度与677 nm和703 nm处相对强度的差值和比值有很好的线性相关性,建立了东湖水体叶绿素a含量的准确定量检测模型,为实现对东湖水实时、快速、准确监测提供了基础,为高精度遥感水质分析提供了参考.     

Two-photon spectroscopic behaviors and photodynamic effect on the BEL-7402 cancer cells of the new chlorophyll photosensitizer

The spectroscopic properties of a new chlorophyll derivate photosensitizer(CDP) are studied under the excitation wavelengths at 800 and 400 nm using femtosecond pulses from a Ti:sapphire laser.The damaging effect of CDP on the BEL-7402 cancer cells is also investigated upon two-photon illumination at 800 nm.The normalized fluorescence spectra of CDP in tetrahydrofuran(THF) show that two-photon and one-photon spectra have the same distributions and the same emission bands(675 nm).The life-times of two-and one-photon induced fluorescence of this molecule are of the order of 5.0 ns.By comparing the data it is shown that there is some difference between the two lifetimes,but the differ-ence is less than one nanosecond.The two-photon absorption cross section of the molecule is also measured at 800 nm and estimated as about σ′2 ≈ 31.5×10-50 cm4·s·photon-1.The results of two-photon photodynamic therapy(TPPDT) tests show that CDP can kill all of the tested cancer cells according to the usual Eosine assessment.Our results indicate that the two-photon-induced photophysical,photo-chemical and photosensitizing processes of CDP may be basically similar to those of one-photon ex-citation.These behaviors of the sample suggest that one may find other possible methods to estimate some photosensitizers' effects in details such as their distribution in cells and the reactive targets of the sub-cellular parts of some tumor cells via two-photon excitation techniques.     

油莱中叶绿素的提取及稳定性

研究了浸提法提取油菜叶绿素的最佳工艺条件及稳定性。结果表明,浸提法的最佳提取工艺条件为：以无水乙醇为提取剂,料液比为1：10（g／mL）,在70℃下提取4h。叶绿素在近中性或偏碱性介质环境中性质基本稳定,随着氧化剂浓度的增加其分解程度不断加大,且其光稳定性降低。     

盐度对蛋白核小球藻生长、叶绿素荧光参数及代谢酶的影响

以蛋白核小球藻820为实验材料,研究了3种盐度(15、30、45)对其生长、叶绿素荧光参数和两种代谢酶活性的影响,以了解该小球藻对盐度的适应能力.结果表明,蛋白核小球藻820的生长随盐度增加而变慢;而油脂含量随盐度增加而升高.叶绿素荧光参数中的PSII最大光能转化效率(Fv/Fm)、PSII实际光能转化效率(ΦPSII)、光化学淬灭系数(qP)随盐度升高下降,而非光化学淬灭系数(NPQ)随盐度升高而上升.超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性变化大致趋势是低盐和高盐下活性较高,碳酸酐酶(CA)活性则随盐度升高而降低,第5 d时45盐度是30盐度培养的0.43倍.因此,认为高盐一定程度地抑制了蛋白核小球藻的生长、叶绿素荧光参数和CA活性,但是促进了总脂含量和抗氧化酶SOD活性的提高.