Water Vapor Permeability of Whey Protein Emulsion Films as Affected by pH

The water vapor permeability (WVP) of whey protein isolate-beeswax emulsion films was investigated as related to pH. Lower WVP was observed for films cast from solutions at pH 7.0. When pH of the film-forming solution was lowered, resulting film WVP increased. At the isoelectric point, WVP was the highest. As pH of the emulsion approached pI, a sharp change in viscosity occurred due to an increase in protein aggregation. This increase in viscosity probably lowered lipid mobility and reduced interconnectivity among lipid droplets, resulting in the higher WVP. For minimum WVP, such films should be applied at pH different from pI.     

大豆蛋白的吸水和持水性能

对大豆蛋白的吸水和持水性能及其影响因素进行了论述,大豆蛋白制品吸水能力的差别很小,一般为 ４０ ｇ 水／１００ ｇ 蛋白～６０ ｇ 水／１００ ｇ 蛋白。大豆蛋白制品的持水能力差别很大,约为１３０ ｇ 水／１００ ｇ 蛋白～６２５ ｇ 水／１００ ｇ 蛋白,持水性能在本质上是蛋白分子物理截留水的能力,其影响因素包括蛋白分子大小、形状、空间、构象等。高分子物理方法是一种新的研究方法,对这个方法在大豆蛋白吸水及持水性能方面的应用进行了讨论。     

Inkjet Printing of Self‐Assembled 2D Titanium Carbide and Protein Electrodes for Stimuli‐Responsive Electromagnetic Shielding

2D titanium carbides (MXene) possess significant characteristics including high conductivity and electromagnetic interference shielding efficiency (EMI SE) that are important for applications in printed and flexible electronics. However, MXene‐based ink formulations are yet to be demonstrated for proper inkjet printing of MXene patterns. Here, tandem repeat synthetic proteins based on squid ring teeth (SRT) are employed as templates of molecular self‐assembly to engineer MXene inks that can be printed as stimuli‐responsive electrodes on various substrates including cellulose paper, glass, and flexible polyethylene terephthalate (PET). MXene electrodes printed on PET substrates are able to display electrical conductivity values as high as 1080 ± 175 S cm^?1, which significantly exceeds electrical conductivity values of state‐of‐the‐art inkjet‐printed electrodes composed of other 2D materials including graphene (250 S cm^?1) and reduced graphene oxide (340 S cm^?1). Furthermore, this high electrical conductivity is sustained under excessive bending deformation. These flexible electrodes also exhibit effective EMI SE values reaching 50 dB at films with thicknesses of 1.35 µm, which mainly originate from their high electrical conductivity and layered structure.     

BAY41-4109对乙肝病毒衣壳组装的影响

乙肝病毒衣壳蛋白成功组装成衣壳二十面体的过程是病毒前基因组RNA逆转录形成成熟DNA的必要步骤。衣壳结构的轻微改变或破坏能对病毒子代传播产生巨大影响。应用透射电子显微镜研究发现小分子抗病毒化合物（heteroaryldihvdropyrimidine,HAP）BAY41．4109在与衣壳蛋白二聚体摩尔浓度比达到1：2时,能干扰乙肝病毒衣壳蛋白组装成衣壳二十面体。在BAY41—4109的作用下,衣壳蛋白发生错误组装,形成不规则球体、平面片状结构和管状结构。应用图像处理技术对管状结构进行分析,发现它是衣壳蛋白重新装配形成的具有螺旋对称性的规则组装体,衣壳蛋白按六角晶格方式排列,其最小组成单位是衣壳蛋白的二聚体。     

基于负染－电镜的Aβ体外聚集表征测试要点分析

本文应用电镜负染色技术,对阿尔茨海默病（ Alzheimer′s disease, AD）中所涉及的β淀粉样肽（β?amyloid peptide,Aβ）的聚集规律进行了分析。通过对样品的浓度、pH值、温度和时间等设置系列梯度,以及调整负染试剂的种类、浓度和染色时间,优化了Aβ寡聚体样品制备以及电镜观察的最佳条件,获得了清晰的Aβ纤维图像并用以估算纤维长度。实验结果表明：经过六氟异丙醇给予单体化处理,并溶于无水二甲基亚砜（ DMSO）的Aβ（100μmol·L－1）,在pH7?2的PBS中4℃孵育24 h,Aβ寡聚体形态清晰,且Aβ42寡聚体比Aβ40寡聚体聚集趋势更明显。在pH 8?0的硼酸缓冲液中,Aβ42（40μmol·L－1）在37℃孵育72 h后,纤维形成明显;而Aβ纤维样品经过煮沸后再制备负染样品,所得电镜图像更为清晰,便于对纤维长度和结构进一步分析。因此电镜负染色技术,可作为一种快捷,直观的Aβ体外聚集形貌表征的质控方法。     

BP神经网络结合变量选择方法在牛奶蛋白质含量检测中的应用北大核心CSCD

牛奶中的蛋白质含量会影响牛奶的品质,利用高光谱图像的光谱特征信息研究对牛奶蛋白质含量预测的可行性。本文提出一种基于竞争性自适应重加权算法(competitive adaptive reweighted sampling, CARS)和连续投影算法(successive projections algorithm, SPA)结合多层前馈神经网络(back propagation, BP)的预测建模方法,实验以含有不同浓度蛋白质的牛奶为对象,利用可见光/近红外高光谱成像系统共采集到5种牛奶共计250组高光谱数据,通过实验对比选择采用标准化方法对获取到的吸收光谱预处理,然后采用CARS结合SPA筛选特征波长,得到18个特征波长,建立CARS-SPA-BP模型,经过试验,CARS-SPA-BP模型的训练集决定系数和测试集决定系数R;和R;分别达到0.971和0.968,训练集均方根误差(root mean square error of calibration,RMSEC)和测试集均方根误差(root mean square error of prediction,RMSEP)达到了0.033和0.034。研究发现,采用CARS结合SPA筛选的牛奶特征波长建立的多层前馈神经网络模型,其模型预测结果与全波长建模相比并没有明显降低,因此将CARS结合SPA用于波长筛选并且结合BP神经网络基本可以完成对牛奶蛋白质含量的预测。为验证CARS-SPA-BP模型的预测能力,在相同数据环境下,使用较为传统的偏最小二乘回归(partial least squares regression, PLSR)进行建模,实验结果表明,CARS-SPA-BP相较于PLSR,R;和RMSEP均有明显提升。研究表明,CARS-SPA-BP可充分利用牛奶光谱特征信息实现较高精度的牛奶蛋白质含量检测。     

不同制备条件对SpA分子印迹聚合微球聚合效果的影响

本文用金黄色葡萄球菌蛋白A(SpA)作为模板,以丙烯酰胺为功能单体,利用反相悬浮聚合法合成了SpA分子印迹聚合微球.通过扫描电镜观测不同条件下聚合微球的聚合效果,研究不同制备条件对SpA分子印迹聚合微球聚合效果的影响,从而筛选制备聚合微球最佳工艺;并检测了制备的分子印迹聚合物对SpA的吸附性能.结果表明,反相悬浮聚合法合成SpA分子印迹微球的最佳工艺条件为:分散剂乙基纤维素(EC)加入量0.20 g/100 mL(甲苯);甲苯与水的比例10:3;交联度10%;引发剂加入方式为缓慢滴加;反应温度50℃.反相悬浮聚合法制备的SpA分子印迹聚合微球对SpA的吸附量:6.956×10-3μmol/g.     

ORIGIN OF A DOMINANT BEER PROTEIN IMMUNOCHEMICAL IDENTITY WITH A β-AMYLASE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN FROM BARLEY

Two-dimensional immunoelectrophoretic techniques were used to elucidate the origin of a dominant beer antigen 1. Immunochemical identity was found between a protein Z associated with β-amylase in extracts of barley and one form of the beer antigen 1a. Immunochemical identity was also found between a papain-modified form of protein Z and the antigen form 1b from beer. The results indicate that protein Z is very resistant to degradation and denaturation during malting and brewing.     

A Protein-Adsorbent Hydrogel with Tunable Stiffness for Tissue Culture Demonstrates Matrix-Dependent Stiffness Responses

Although tissue culture plastic has been widely employed for cell culture, the rigidity of plastic is not physiologic. Softer hydrogels used to culture cells have not been widely adopted in part because coupling chemistries are required to covalently capture extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins and support cell adhesion. To create an in vitro system with tunable stiffnesses that readily adsorbs ECM proteins for cell culture, a novel hydrophobic hydrogel system is presented via chemically converting hydroxyl residues on the dextran backbone to methacrylate groups, thereby transforming non-protein adhesive, hydrophilic dextran to highly protein adsorbent substrates. Increasing methacrylate functionality increases the hydrophobicity in the resulting hydrogels and enhances ECM protein adsorption without additional chemical reactions. These hydrophobic hydrogels permit facile and tunable modulation of substrate stiffness independent of hydrophobicity or ECM coatings. Using this approach, it is shown that substrate stiffness and ECM adsorption work together to affect cell morphology and proliferation, but the strengths of these effects vary in different cell types. Furthermore, it is revealed that stiffness-mediated differentiation of dermal fibroblasts into myofibroblasts is modulated by the substrate ECM. The material system demonstrates remarkable simplicity and flexibility to tune ECM coatings and substrate stiffness and study their effects on cell function.     

细胞可溶性蛋白准弹性激光散射分析与SDS-PAGE法比较研究

分别采用SDS-PAGE和准弹性激光散射检测柠檬醛作用白血病K562前后细胞可溶性蛋白变化情况。实验结果表明：SDS-PAGE与准弹性激光散射均能检测出可溶性蛋白种类、大小、含量及其变化：但准弹性激光散射法所获取的参数信息反映了可溶性蛋白天然构象下的真实状态及其动态变化,与传统的SDS-PAGE方法相比较,它是研究外界因素（包括药物）对细胞可溶性蛋白尤其是对蛋白聚合体影响的更好表征方法。