氧化酶及烷烃氧化

记述了氧化酶在生物催化中的应用. 较之传统的化学反应, 氧化还原生物催化反应有较好的选择性、可控性和经济性, 人们正在积极地寻找这类催化剂. 自然界中被高度还原的烃类品种丰富, 因此催化烷烃末端或近末端氧合反应的酶也相对容易找到. 很多这一类的酶生化特性已作了详细的描述, 烷烃加氧酶催化高附加值反应的潜力已得到了广泛地认可.     

X-ray crystallographic structure and physical properties of the pentacoordinated [TPAFeCl] complex

A new pentacoordinated ferrous compound [TPAFeCl]⁺ (TPA = tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine) was synthesized from the reaction between H₃TPA(ClO₄)₃ and Fe(PⁿPr₃)₂Cl₂ in MeCN. The unique trigonal bipyramidal [TPAFeCl]⁺ complex was characterized as a S = 2 high spin complex based on the crystallographic structure, magnetic susceptibility, ¹H NMR spectrum and semi-empirical ZINDO/S calculations. Crystal of [TPAFeCl]₂(FeCl₄)(MeCN)₂ was monoclinic with a = 12.019(2) Å, b = 27.550(5) Å, c = 14.138(2) Å, β = 94.168(3)°, V = 4668.9(13) Å³, space group C/c, and the unit cell contained a racemic mixture of Δ and Λ isomers with ferrous tetrachloride anion.     

Combined Delivery of a Lipopolysaccharide‐Binding Peptide and the Heme Oxygenase‐1 Gene Using Deoxycholic Acid‐Conjugated Polyethylenimine for the Treatment of Acute Lung Injury

A ternary complex comprising plasmid DNA, lipopolysaccharide‐binding peptide (LBP), and deoxycholic acid‐conjugated polyethylenimine (PEI‐DA) is prepared for combinational therapy of acute lung injury (ALI). The LBP is designed as an anti‐inflammatory peptide based on the lipopolysaccharide (LPS)‐binding domain of HMGB‐1. In vitro cytokine assays show that LBP reduces levels of proinflammatory cytokines by inhibiting LPS. PEI‐DA is synthesized as the gene carrier by conjugation of deoxycholic acid to low‐molecular weight polyethylenimine (2 kDa, PEI2k). PEI‐DA has higher transfection efficiency than high‐molecular weight polyethylenimine (25 kDa, PEI25k). The ternary complex of an HO‐1 plasmid (pHO‐1), PEI‐DA, and LBP is prepared as a combinational system to deliver the therapeutic gene and peptide. The transfection efficiency of the ternary complex is higher than that of the pHO‐1/PEI‐DA binary complex. The ternary complex also reduces TNF‐α secretion in LPS‐activated Raw264.7 macrophage cells. Administration of the ternary complex into the lungs of an animal ALI model by intratracheal injection induces HO‐1 expression and reduces levels of proinflammatory cytokines more efficiently than the pHO‐1/PEI‐DA binary complex or LBP alone. In addition, the ternary complex reduces inflammation in the lungs. Therefore, the pHO‐1/PEI‐DA/LBP ternary complex may be an effective treatment for ALI.

     

Automated flow-based anion-exchange method for high-throughput isolation and real-time monitoring of RuBisCO in plant extracts

In this work, a miniaturized, completely enclosed multisyringe-flow system is proposed for high-throughput purification of RuBisCO from Triticum aestivum extracts. The automated method capitalizes on the uptake of the target protein at 4 °C onto Q-Sepharose Fast Flow strong anion-exchanger packed in a cylindrical microcolumn (105 × 4 mm) followed by a stepwise ionic-strength gradient elution (0-0.8 mol/L NaCl) to eliminate concomitant extract components and retrieve highly purified RuBisCO. The manifold is furnished downstream with a flow-through diode-array UV/vis spectrophotometer for real-time monitoring of the column effluent at the protein-specific wavelength of 280 nm to detect the elution of RuBisCO. Quantitation of RuBisCO and total soluble proteins in the eluate fractions were undertaken using polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) and the spectrophotometric Bradford assay, respectively. A comprehensive investigation of the effect of distinct concentration gradients on the isolation of RuBisCO and experimental conditions (namely, type of resin, column dimensions and mobile-phase flow rate) upon column capacity and analyte breakthrough was effected. The assembled set-up was aimed to critically ascertain the efficiency of preliminary batchwise pre-treatments of crude plant extracts (viz., polyethylenglycol (PEG) precipitation, ammonium sulphate precipitation and sucrose gradient centrifugation) in terms of RuBisCO purification and absolute recovery prior to automated anion-exchange column separation. Under the optimum physical and chemical conditions, the flow-through column system is able to admit crude plant extracts and gives rise to RuBisCO purification yields better than 75%, which might be increased up to 96 ± 9% with a prior PEG fractionation followed by sucrose gradient step.     

DISSOCIATION AND RECONSTITUTION OF IMMOBILIZED RIBULOSE-1, 5-BISPHOS PHATE CARBOXYLASE//OXYGENASE FROM TOBACCO

Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase from tobacco covalently coupled to CNBr-activated Sepharose 4B was treated with urea. Analysis by electrophoresis showed that the small subunit was dissociated at 2—2.5 mol/L urea, while the large subunit was still bound to matrix. The large subunit core, L_8, was further dissociated into monomer at 3 mol/L urea. It is suggested that RuBPCase is coupled to Sepharose by virtue of ε-NH_2 on a large subunit. The activity of the immobilized enzyme was inversely proportional to the amount of small subunit dissociated by urea. The dissociated small subunits were almost completely bound back to the S-depleted immobilized RuBPCase, if the urea concentration was diluted to 0.5 mol/L. The enzyme activity could be recovered nearly to 100％. The activity of the S-depleted enzyme was linearly correlated on the concentration of small subunits in solution. These results indicate that the small subunit plays an important role in the maintenance of RuBPCase activity.     

Enzyme Sensor for the Detection of Herbicides Inhibiting Acetolactate Synthase

Abstract

An enzyme sensor for the detection of sulfonylurea herbicides inhibiting acetolactate synthase II (ALS) was developed using an oxygen electrode. ALS, which has an oxygen consumption side reaction, was entrapped in the matrix of PVA-SbQ polymer, and the enzyme membrane was attached to the electrode. The inhibition of side oxygen reaction of ALS II is measured as decreased consumption of O₂ monitored by an oxygen electrode. Preliminary results show that 10^?6 M herbicide concentration can be determined by this method.     

The metabolism of aromatic compounds by thermophilicBacilli

A range of thermophilicBacilli were screened for the ability to grow on aromatic compounds. Five out of ten of those studied were able to utilize aromatic acids as a sole carbon source. OtherBacilli were purified after enrichment on aromatic compounds. One of these isolates, a strain ofBacillus stearothermophilus, degraded both phenol and benzoic acid. Phenol degradation proceeded via catechol, and thereafter by oxidative and nonoxidativemeta-cleavage routes. The catalytic properties of cell-free extracts displaying the activities of the initial oxygenases have been described.