绿脓杆菌外膜蛋白对感染的保护作用

目的 寻找一种防治绿脓杆菌感染的有效方法。方法 用绿脓杆菌外膜蛋白免疫的兔抗血清对4种不同血清型的菌株和1株临床绿脓杆菌进行体内外交叉保护性试验。结果 家兔免疫1周后即产生抗体,并逐渐升高,至第6周抗体滴度达到1:163 840,并维持高水平;抗血清能与4种不同血清型菌株和1株临床菌株产生直接凝集反应。第8周的血清(1:8以上)与其外胰蛋白的ELISA抗体效价相近,小鼠的半保护剂量均在0.05～0.11ml之间。结论 外膜蛋白疫苗具有较强的抗原性,而且具有良好的交叉保护作用。     

Increasing productivity and protein content using early-maturing rices and efficient nitrogen management

Germplasm with shorter duration than that of the currently grown varieties is being generated to maximize productivity of irrigated rice. However, short-duration varieties often produce yields lower than the medium- and long-duration varieties. Experiments were conducted during the 1980–82 dry and wet seasons to increase productivity through the use of very early-maturing rices and the improved management of nitrogen (N) fertilizers.Results over three years showed that IR58 and IR9729-67-3 (growth duration 100 ± 5 days) yield as well as or higher than IR36 although earlier maturing. They generally had a higher productivity (kg ha^–1 day^–1) than IR36 (110 ± 5 days).Three years' data suggest that the improved timing of broadcast applications of urea in split doses increased grain yield comparable with the basal incorporation of slow-release sulfur-coated urea (SCU) or deep point-placement of urea supergranules (USG).Results on elite breeding lines showed that the early-maturing IR9729-67-3 produced higher protein yield ha^–1 than longer duration varieties such as IR8 and IR42 in the dry season. Furthermore, contrary to earlier results, single basal incorporation of slow-release SCU increased the protein yield of rice by 53 kg ha^–1 and deep point-placement of USG by 43 kg ha^–1 over split application of prilled urea.     

低蛋白天然胶乳的研究现状

简述了低蛋白天然胶乳的发展、制备方法、热降解性能和应用，并对低蛋白胶乳中蛋白质含量的检测方法和低蛋白硫化胶乳胶膜的力学性能作了简要的阐述。     

Preparation and protein adsorption of hydrogel polysucrose microspheres

A series of novel hydrogel polysucrose microspheres with the mean size ranging from 200 to 500 μm were prepared via two‐step method. First, soluble polysucrose was synthesized by solution polymerization between sucrose and epichlorohydrin; second, a reversed phase suspension crosslinking reaction was performed to prepare polysucrose microspheres. The SEM images indicated that these spherical beads had smooth surface and hydrogel interior structure. FTIR was used to characterize the chemical structure of the beads. The hydrated and dry densities, equilibrium water content, and hydroxyl content of polysucrose microspheres were also investigated. The characteristic of high hydroxyl content (15.48–19.04 mmol/g) make these microspheres suitable for protein adsorption. Meanwhile, bovine serum albumin was used to examine the adsorption capacity of the microspheres. These microspheres had a capacity as high as 49.28 mg/g. The adsorption kinetics and recycling of the beads were also investigated. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 102: 5934–5940, 2006     

A second-generation system for unbiased reading frame selection

Reading frame selection of nucleic acids has important implications for protein engineering and genomics. Current methods are limited because selection of the gene of interest inevitably depends on the solubility of its translated product. Here we report the construction of the pInSALect vector, which provides strict reading frame selection without concomitant selection for protein solubility or folding. This plasmid incorporates the cis-splicing VMA intein sequence from Saccharomyces cerevisiae to facilitate the post-translational self-excision of the protein of interest, thereby eliminating potential aggregation problems. Results from two libraries of chimeric glycinamide ribonucleotide formyltransferases confirm the superior performance of pInSALect over existing reading frame selection systems.     

水溶液晶体的空间生长及其地基模拟实验

空间水溶液晶体生长是通过搭载人造卫星、宇宙飞船和空间站等飞行器,在微重力条件下从水溶液中进行晶体生长实验.许多透明单晶体,诸如:KDP(磷酸二氢钾,potassium dihydrogen phosphate)、ADP(磷酸二氢铵,ammonium dihydrogen phosphate)、TGS(硫酸三甘氨酸,triglycine sulfae)、沸石和α-碘酸锂(α-LiIO3)等无机非线性光学晶体,尿素等有机非线性光学晶体以及蛋白质等生物晶体,均可采用水溶液法生长.美国、前苏联、西欧和日本等国在从事空间材料科学研究的高科技发展计划中,均把水溶液晶体生长作为一项重要项目.由于水溶液晶体生长方法的研究在地面上已有丰富的基础,而且具有温度低,能耗小,可实现原位实时观察等优点,所以,它是探索空间晶体生长原理和方法、研究晶体生长微重力效应的重要材料制备技术.由于空间晶体生长受搭载条件限制,空间实验的次数与地面相比是十分稀少的,为了获得空间实验的高成功率,在地面上必须建立相应的实验基地,开展深入的地基研究工作.本文将分别从空间实验和地基研究两个方面作系列介绍,包括蛋白质晶体,沸石晶体,α-LiIO3晶体的空间生长以及TGS,NaClO3(sodium chlorate,氯酸钠),Sr(NO3)2(strontium nitrate,硝酸鍶)和Ba(NO3)2(barium nitrate,硝酸钡)等晶体生长过程的原位实时观察,并展望了空间晶体生长的发展前景.     

Analysis of the Insect OS-D-Like Gene Family

Insect OS-D-like proteins, also known as chemosensory (CSP) or sensory appendage proteins (SAP), are broadly expressed in various insect tissues, where they are thought to bind short to medium chain length fatty acids and their derivatives. Although their specific function remains uncertain, OS-D-like members have been isolated from sensory organs (including the sensillum lymph in some cases), and a role in olfaction similar to that of the insect odorant binding proteins (OBP) has been suggested for some. We have identified 15 new OS-D-like sequences: four from cDNA clones described herein and 11 from sequence databases. The os-d-like genes from the Anopheles gambiae, Apis mellifera, Drosophila melanogaster, and Drosophila pseudoobscura genomes typically have single, small introns with a conserved splice site. Together with all family members entered on GenBank, a total of 70 OS-D-like proteins, representing the insect orders Diptera, Dictyoptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Orthoptera, and Phasmatodea, were analyzed. A neighbor joining distance phenogram identified several protein similarity classes that were characterized by highly conserved sequence motifs, including (A) N-terminal YTTKYDN(V/I)(N/D)(L/V)DEIL, (B) central DGKELKXX(I/L)PDAL, and (C) C-terminal KYDP. In contrast, three similarity classes were characterized by their diversion from these conserved motifs. The functional importance of conserved amino acid residues is discussed in relation to the crystal and NMR structures of MbraCSPA6.     

Synthetic hydrogels: 3. Hydroxyalkyl acrylate and methacrylate copolymers: surface and mechanical properties

The surface and mechanical properties of copolymers of hydroxyalkyl acrylates and methacrylates have been examined by a variety of techniques. This work is complementary to earlier parts of this series which describe the effect of copolymer structure on water binding properties. Water structure has been demonstrated to exert a profound effect upon mechanical properties whether measured in compression or in tension. In particular, water that is characterized by differential scanning calorimetry as ‘freezing’ water is observed to have a marked plasticizing effect upon the gel, whereas ‘non-freezing’ water has little such effect. Similarly, the ‘freezing’ water produces a more marked effect on thermally induced transitions. Two distinct transition points are observed as a result of its presence. One corresponds to the freezing point of water and the other to a glass transition temperature, whose value depends upon the proportion of ‘freezing’ or ‘plasticizing’ water in the gel. Several predictive and direct measurement techniques have been used to study the surface properties of the copolymers in both hydrated and dehydrated states. Taken together they have established a sound understanding of the way in which polar and dispersive components of surface free energy vary as a function of copolymer composition and water content. Use of protein adsorption and fibroblast cell interaction techniques demonstrate that biological phenomena respond to changes at a molecular level which current macroscopic surface energy techniques are unable to discern.     

Thermoplastic extrusion—the mechanism of the formation of extrudate structure and properties

Systems processed by thermoplastic extrusion can be regarded as heterophase polymer melts of incompatible water-plasticized biopolymers. In the process of thermoplastic extrusion, proteins and polysaccharides are melted at high pressure and temperature below the temperature region of their thermal decomposition. Dispersed particles of these systems can be deformed in flow. The mixed-melt anisotropic structure, formed in flow, is fixed by rapid conversion of the melt jet that lets the extruder die from a viscous state to a rubber-like state and then to a glassy state caused by cooling and drying. Incompatibility of proteins and polysaccharides in their water-plasticized melt mixtures impacts on structure formation and texturization during thermoplastic extrusion. Presented at the 20th ISF World Congress and 83rd AOCS Annual Meeting and Expo, May 10–14, 1992, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.