Discovery of Five New Ethylene-Forming Enzymes for Clean Production of Ethylene in E. coli

Ethylene is an essential platform chemical with a conjugated double bond, which can produce many secondary chemical products through copolymerisation. At present, ethylene production is mainly from petroleum fractionation and cracking, which are unsustainable in the long term, and harmful to our environment. Therefore, a hot research field is seeking a cleaner method for ethylene production. Based on the model ethylene-forming enzyme (Efe) {"type":"entrez-protein","attrs":{"text":"AAD16440.1","term_id":"4323597","term_text":"AAD16440.1"}}AAD16440.1 (6vp4.1.A) from Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicol, we evaluated five putative Efe protein sequences using the data derived from phylogenetic analyses and the conservation of their catalytic structures. Then, pBAD expression frameworks were constructed, and relevant enzymes were expressed in E. coli BL21. Finally, enzymatic activity in vitro and in vivo was detected to demonstrate their catalytic activity. Our results show that the activity in vitro measured by the conversion of α-ketoglutarate was from 0.21–0.72 μmol ethylene/mg/min, which varied across the temperatures. In cells, the activity of the new Efes was 12.28–147.43 μmol/gDCW/h (DCW, dry cellular weight). Both results prove that all the five putative Efes could produce ethylene.     

PEG/增塑剂共混物相容性的分子动力学模拟和介观模拟

为解决含能钝感增塑剂应用于硝酸酯增塑聚醚(NEPE)推进剂的问题,研究了增塑剂三羟甲基乙烷三硝酸酯(TMETN)、硝化甘油(NG)、1,2,4-丁三醇三硝酸酯(BTTN)与粘合剂预聚物聚乙二醇(PEG)的相容性。采用分子动力学模拟计算了PEG、TMETN、NG、BTTN四种纯物质的溶度参数及分子内和分子间径向分布函数,得到相容性优劣顺序为:TMETN/PEGBTTN/PEGNG/PEG。BTTN分子中的亚甲基和TMETN的结构削弱了自身分子间作用、降低了与PEG溶度参数的差值;分析了共混物的结合能及分子间径向分布函数,认为增塑剂与PEG相容的本质为"分子间以非键作用相结合,范德华作用占主要比重"。此外,增塑剂与PEG分子的极性越相近、范德华作用的占比越大;通过介观模拟得到体系的介观形态演变过程,发现NG/PEG及BTTN/PEG易发生相分离、TMETN/PEG仅发生轻微的同相归并。最终得出:含能钝感增塑剂TMETN与PEG的相容性优于BTTN及NG,可以考虑将其代替或部分代替NG、降低NEPE推进剂的感度,为低易损战术武器的发展提供依据。     

Magnetic Memory Effect of Nanocomposites

The magnetic memory effect (MME) is the ability of magneto‐sensitive materials to remember the magnetic field strength (H_def), at which they were deformed recently. They respond close to H_def either by recovering their initial shape at a switching magnetic field strength H_sw under stress‐free conditions or by building up stress with a peak maximum at H_σ,max under constant strain conditions. This paper explores whether such a MME can be created for polymer‐based nanocomposites. The concept is based on temperature‐memory polymers (TMP) as matrix, in which silica coated iron(III)oxide nanoparticles (mNP) are dispersed. The MME was explored in a cyclic magneto‐mechanical test, in which the nanocomposite sample was elongated to ?_m while being exposed to an alternating magnetic field at H_def. The magnetic memory was read out by determining H_σ,max or H_sw. A linear correlation between H_σ,max (or H_sw) and H_def in a range from 15 to 23 kA m^?1 at a fixed frequency of f = 258 kHz is observed and demonstrates the excellent magnetic memory properties of the investigated nanocomposites containing either crystallizable or amorphous, vitrifiable domains as controlling units. The deformation ?m at H_def can be fixed with an accuracy of more than 72% and the initial shape can be recovered almost completely by more than 86%. The MME allows the design of magnetically programmable devices such as switches or mechanical manipulators.     

无机盐与硫化氢对天然气三甘醇脱水的影响

目的 探究无机盐与硫化氢(H₂S)对天然气三甘醇脱水的影响规律。方法 综述了无机盐与硫化氢在三甘醇脱水性、再生性、流变性、发泡消泡性能以及腐蚀性等方面对天然气三甘醇脱水的影响。结果 随着三甘醇溶液中无机盐和硫化氢的富集,三甘醇溶液流变性下降,易发泡且消泡困难,还会与三甘醇发生反应,引起三甘醇变质,脱水效果明显下降。含硫化氢的三甘醇溶液具有腐蚀性,腐蚀管道和设备后产生铁离子,进一步影响三甘醇的性能。结论 由于三甘醇自身的化学结构易受破坏以及外界高温环境,使得三甘醇易发生变质。在天然气采用MDEA进行脱硫时,需要控制MDEA的添加量。建议：(1)深入研究三甘醇变质机理;(2)建立各无机盐离子与硫化氢对三甘醇溶液脱水性能影响的模型;(3)建立统一的三甘醇溶液废弃标准。     

甲醇制烯烃工艺及工业化进展

综述了目前国内外典型的甲醇制烯烃工艺,详细论述了各自的工艺特点及各自的工业化进程,总结了各自的最新项目进展及运行效果,结合甲醇制烯烃技术的现状,对其面临的主要问题和未来的发展方向做了阐述。     

油菜秸秆在碳酸乙烯酯中液化工艺的研究

利用碳酸乙烯酯(EC)为液化剂在常压条件下对油菜秸秆进行了液化试验。选择甲烷磺酸(MSA)作为最优催化剂,探讨了反应温度、反应时间、物料量、催化剂量4个因素对液化得率及黏度的影响。采用二次回归正交旋转组合设计对其液化工艺进行了优化。结果表明:最佳液化条件为反应温度165℃,反应时间70 min,物料量15.5%,催化剂量3.2%。在此条件下,液化得率可达到92.89%。     

煤制乙二醇技术进展

综述了目前乙二醇生产工艺技术的现状和发展动向,指出了石油乙烯路线是目前乙二醇工业生产的主要工艺。同时,着重介绍了中国科学院福建物质结构研究所与企业合作,率先在国内外实现工业化的煤制乙二醇的成套技术。该技术符合我国缺油、少气、煤炭资源相对丰富的资源特点,可利用煤炭资源生产乙二醇,代替目前的石油乙烯路线,将有效缓解我国乙二醇产品供需矛盾,逐步实现我国以煤代油生产乙二醇的战略目标,节省大量石油资源,对国家的能源和化工产业产生重要积极影响,代表了当今煤化工领域的前沿发展方向之一。     

受限式阵列射流过冷沸腾的可视化实验研究

以43%质量浓度的乙二醇水溶液为工质,针对5 mm×32 mm的加热面,采用孔径1 mm,孔间距和孔径比值为4(孔数为7),射距和孔径比值为5的一维阵列射流结构,对受限式射流过冷沸腾进行了可视化实验研究。结果发现,由于加热面朝下,沸腾气泡由于浮力紧贴壁面,而阵列射流引起的横流冲刷作用也不足以吹跑气泡,因此,在一定的热流密度下,当靠近加热表面的气液界面上的蒸发和受过冷液体冲击的气液界面上的凝结取得动态平衡时,将形成一定大小和分布规律的稳定气泡。随着热流密度的增加,气泡长大、合并,并最终形成覆盖整个壁面的"气垫",导致临界热流密度的发生。射流速度较小时,射流无法对加热面形成有效的直接冲击,气泡首先在整个加热面的中间形成;而在射流速度较大时,由于壁面射流的"对冲效应",气泡在两股射流的中间形成,因为那里的冷却最弱。     

镁铝水滑石纳米片可控制备及其吸附性能研究

在聚乙二醇(PEG)存在的条件下,通过一步水热法合成了晶相单一的六方片状镁铝水滑石层状双氢氧化物(LDH)。采用XRD、SEM、TEM、FT-IR、N2吸附、UV-Vis紫外-分光光度计和zeta电位仪等对产物进行了表征。考察了PEG活性剂对水滑石形貌及性能的影响。结果表明,添加活性剂改性后制备的六边形水滑石纳米片形貌规整均一,宽约几微米,厚度约为100~200 nm,纳米片间易形成交叉支撑结构,分散性好,比表面积为203.5 m2/g。在室温,焙烧后的Mg AlLDO对浓度为100 mg/L的刚果红30 min内去除率可达97%,饱和吸附量为243.5 mg/g。     

Effects of Various Viscosity Enhancers and pH on Separating Haem from Porcine Red Blood Cells

Haem derived from animal blood is a valuable source of organic iron which may be used as a supplement in foods. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (NaCMC), propylene glycol alginate (PGA) and sodium alginate (SA) as viscosity enhancers on the separation of haem from porcine red blood cells, and on the distribution of iron between the haem and non-haem fractions of the extracts. Iron determinations were carried out spectrophotometrically on the supernatants obtained by centrifuging the cell suspensions and on two successive washings of the cells. In the first washings the total extracted iron content using NaCMC was highest when a high-viscosity grade was used; there were no significant differences (P>0·05) between the results obtained with this material and those obtained using PGA or SA. There were also no significant differences (P>0·05) among the three treatments in terms of non-haem content. The absorbances at 540nm of the first washings were lower when the washing was carried out at pH 1·4 rather than at pH 1·0 or 2·0. There were no significant differences associated with changes in the viscosity enhancer in the absorbances of the second washings, but the absorbances at pH 1·4 were generally higher than those at pH 1·0 or 2·0. Enhancement of the absorbances on the addition of 1,10-o-phenanthroline indicated that the extracted iron was present in the ferrous form.