Geranylgeraniol formation in Croton stellatopilosus proceeds via successive monodephosphorylations of geranylgeranyl diphosphate

The process of catalytic dephosphorylation of geranylgeranyl diphosphate (GGPP) to give geranylgeraniol (GGOH) in Croton stellatopilosus leaves was examined by in vivo chloroplast feedings with [1-³H]GGPP and [1-³H]GGMP and in vitro enzyme-catalyzed reactions. The results strongly suggest that the formation of GGOH from GGPP proceeds in the chloroplasts via two successive monodephosphorylation reactions. Hence, we name the enzyme geranylgeranyl diphosphate phosphatase rather than geranylgeranyl diphosphatase based on its catalytic mechanism.     

响叶杨（杨属）叶绿体基因组测序与比较分析

本研究中,我们对响叶杨的叶绿体基因组进行测序和组装,并将其与杨属其他11个叶绿体基因组进行比较分析.结果表明,响叶杨叶绿体基因组全长158,591bp,其中两个反向重复序列区(IR)长度均为27,667bp,长单拷贝序列区(LSC)和短单拷贝序列区(SSC)长度分别为84,634和18,623bp.通过对杨属12个物种的叶绿体基因组进行比较,只发现了6个相对较大的插入缺失,因此整体而言,杨属的叶绿体基因组结构是高度保守的.系统发育分析结果显示,杨属中12个物种组成了3个具有高支持率的进化支,响叶杨与其他白杨组物种聚为一支,并且与银白杨的亲缘关系最近.本研究基于叶绿体基因组数据揭示了杨属的进化历史,将有助于进一步开展杨属植物基于叶绿体DNA序列数据的群体遗传学及其他分子生态学研究.     

Oral delivery of therapeutic proteins bioencapsulated in plant cells: Preclinical and clinical advances

Oral delivery of protein drugs (PDs) made in plant cells could revolutionize current approaches to their production and delivery. Expression of PDs reduces their production cost by elimination of prohibitively expensive fermentation, purification, cold transportation/storage, and sterile injections and increases their shelf life for several years. The ability of plant cell wall to protect PDs from digestive acids/enzymes, commensal bacteria to release PDs in gut lumen after lysis of plant cell wall, and the role of gut-associated lymphoid tissue in inducing tolerance facilitate prevention or treatment of allergic, autoimmune diseases or antidrug antibody responses. The delivery of functional proteins facilitates treatment of inherited or metabolic disorders. Recent advances in making PDs free of antibiotic resistance genes in edible plant cells, long-term storage at ambient temperature maintaining their efficacy, production in Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) facilities, Investigational New Drug (IND)-enabling studies for clinical advancement, and Food and Drug Administration approval of orally delivered PDs augur well for advancing this novel drug delivery platform technology.     

外源一氧化氮对镉胁迫下番茄幼苗叶绿体保护作用的光谱学分析

镉（Cd）是重要的重金属污染源，一氧化氮（NO）是近年来发现的一种普遍存在于生物界的信使分子，研究表明其参与了植物对Cd胁迫的应答反应调控。文章用硝普纳（SNP）作为NO供体，向番茄幼苗喷洒100mol·L^-1SNP1d后加入50mol·L^-1Cd处理7d，取完全展开叶片，提取叶绿体进行光谱学研究，分别测定了叶绿体室温吸收光谱、叶绿体低温荧光光谱和DCPIP电子传递效率等指标，研究外源NO缓解Cd对叶绿体毒性的影响。结果发现，CA对叶绿素a、叶绿素b和类胡萝b素含量都有不同程度的降低，NO处理缓解了CA的影响，使叶绿体室温吸收光谱的吸收率提高；CA导致686nm处峰（PSII）偏移4nrn，峰值降低33％，734nm处峰值降低23％，外源NO缓解了Cd对光合系统的影响，使得叶绿体低温荧光光谱在686和734nm的峰值分别仅下降17％和100o；以DCPIP为人工电子受体，Cd处理的叶绿体中DCPIP还原速率较慢，光合电子传递（H2O→DCPIP）速率降低1．5倍，外源NO处理显著缓解了Cd对电子传递链的抑制，使其光合电子传递速率恢复到对照的水平。该研究可为NO处理增强植物对Cd胁迫的抗性提供理论依据。     

小麦叶绿体DNA的提取与psbA基因的扩增

利用高离子强度，低ｐＨ值缓冲液匀浆细胞的方法，提取小麦叶绿体ＤＮＡ，并以此为模板，通过聚合酶链反应（ＰＣＲ）对小麦叶绿体ｐｓｂＡ基因进行了特异性扩增。     

光合膜的研究进展

介绍了真核光合生物的光合膜的结构、组成、功能的最新研究进展。     

叶绿体光诱导延迟荧光产生机理的光谱学研究

研究延迟荧光产生机理对延迟荧光的应用具有重要指导意义。从电荷复合理论出发,对叶绿体光诱导延迟荧光的产生机制进行了简化的理论模拟。得出： 延迟荧光的衰减动力学符合双指数形式;衰减中快相成分对应电子从Q-_A上电子回流与P680+的复合产生;慢相成分对电子从Q=_B回流与P680+的复合产生。实验结果支持上述理论推理,并证明延迟荧光的更长延时成分来源于PSⅠ中的电子回流到PSⅡ与P680+复合产生激发态的P680*退激发产生。     

硒对油菜苗期叶片色素的影响研究

应用土培与水培相结合的方式，研究不同硒浓度对油菜苗期叶片色素的质量分数的影响，试验表明：在0－24μg/ml的硒浓度范围内叶绿素的质量分数随硒浓度的升高而增加，胡萝卜素的质量分数与施硒浓度没有显著的相关性。     

The evidence of Tobacco rattle virus impact on host plant organelles ultrastructure

Tobraviruses, like other (+) stranded RNA viruses of plants, replicate their genome in cytoplasm and use such usual membranous structures like endoplasmic reticulum. Based on the ultrastructural examination of Tobacco rattle virus (TRV)-infected potato and tobacco leaf tissues, in this work we provide evidence of the participation of not only the membranous and vesicular ER structures but also other cell organelles during the viral infection cycle. Non-capsidated TRV PSG particles (potato isolate from the Netherlands) (long and short forms) were observed inside the nucleus while the presence of TRV capsid protein (CP) was detected in the nucleus caryolymph and within the nucleolus area. Both capsidated and non-capsidated viral particles were localized inside the strongly disorganized chloroplasts and mitochondria. The electron-dense TRV particles were connected with vesicular structures of mitochondria as well as with chloroplasts in both potato and tobacco tissues. At 15–30 days after infection, vesicles filled with TRV short particles were visible in mitochondria revealing the expanded cristae structures. Immunodetection analysis revealed the TRV PSG CP epitope inside chloroplast with disorganized thylakoids structure as well as in mitochondria of different tobacco and potato tissues. The ultrastructural analysis demonstrated high dynamics of the main cell organelles during the TRV PSG–Solanaceous plants interactions. Moreover, our results suggest a relationship between organelle changes and different stages of virus infection cycle and/or particle formation.