Site-directed mutagenesis of a calcium binding site modifies specifically the different biochemical properties of annexin I

All the functions of annexins in vitro as well as in vivo aremediated and probably regulated by calcium. We have used recombinantannexin I, synthesized by Escherichia coli, and we have performedsite-directed mutagenesis. We have mutated the endonexin foldof domain 2 that binds calcium. Mutations were performed inthis domain of the molecule because it perfectly matches thecalcium binding consensus sequence. The two glycines of thisfold were mutated into glutamic acid. The helix content andthe stability of the mutants are identical to those of the wild-type,suggesting that the mutations did not drastically affect thestructure of the protein. The two mutants showed modified calciumbinding affinities. However, the calcium binding affinity ofthe G131E mutant was far more altered than that of the G129Emutant. Furthermore, other biochemical properties of these mutantswere modified to different extents. The binding to phospholipidwas not seriously affected, whereas the selfassociation waslost by the G131E mutant. In the same way, liposome aggregationis conserved, but modified, while the calcium affinity measuredby equilibrium dialysis is dramatically altered.     

Evaluation of a palladinized Nafion™ for direct methanol fuel cell application

Palladinized Nafion™ was prepared via ion-exchange and chemical reduction method. Palladium precursors and solvent systems determined the efficiency of the incorporation and distribution of nanoparticles. The tortuous thin Pd film was formed on the surface of membrane when Na⁺-Nafion™ and water were used. Pd nanoparticles enhanced the water uptake of Nafion™ and reduced its methanol uptake. And dispersed Pd nanoparticles in Nafion™ disturbed the proton conduction and methanol permeation simultaneously in Nafion™ cluster. In order to reduce methanol permeation of Nafion™ and keep its high conductivity, it was more efficient for Pd nanoparticles to distribute near the surface of membrane. Palladinized Nafion™ improved the performance of DMFC single cell operation by reducing the methanol permeation.     

聚砜酰胺的分子量对其超滤膜性能的影响——Ⅲ.热性能

对不同分子量的PSA 材料和由其制成的超滤膜的TGA、DSC 及FTIR 研究表明,PSA 会以氢键的形式吸附水份,被吸附的水份主要以单分子形式存在,双聚或多聚的也有,但较少;并且在温度升到40℃左右将全部游离出来,在120℃左右则全部气化离开PSA。PSA 材料在400℃以上才开始分解,其耐热性能随分子量的增大而降低。凝胶浴不同对PSA 膜的晶态影响不大。     

CENTUM-CS1000在离子膜制碱工艺中的应用

介绍了DCS在离子膜制碱工艺中的应用及常用控制方案的实现和运行效果。     

蛋白质在超滤过程中的膜污染和膜清洗

本文选用四种不同的膜清洗剂对牛血清蛋白溶液超滤后污染的三种超滤膜进行研究，结果表明：在蛋白质的等电点取得在不同ＰＨ值下蛋白质对膜污染的最佳清洗效果，清洗效率与蛋白质的所荷电荷有关。采用适宜的清洗过程将会延长膜使用寿命和增强超滤膜性能。     

复合溶液膜吸收CO2的性能及其对膜孔润湿的影响

利用自行搭建的CO₂膜吸收实验台，采用聚丙烯（PP）膜组件，以质量分数10%的N-甲基二乙醇胺（MDEA）作为主体胺溶液，添加不同配比的哌嗪（PZ）、乙醇胺（MEA）、甘氨酸钾（PG），考察CO₂脱除效率和传质速率的变化，比较不同复配比的复合溶液表面张力以及对PP膜的浸润性，并以10%MDEA+10%PG混合溶液作为吸收液进行长时间实验。结果表明：添加少量的添加剂对MDEA溶液膜吸收CO₂均有显著的促进作用，当配比小于0.2时，促进作用大小为PZ>MEA>PG；当配比大于0.2时，促进作用大小为PZ>PG>MEA；PZ和MEA均随着添加配比的增加，溶液表面张力减小，而PG相反；表面张力小的溶液对膜浸润性较强，容易造成膜润湿；添加剂质量分数均为10%时，对膜溶胀性和疏水性以及膜孔结构影响大小为PZ>MEA>PG；在20天内，PG/MDEA混合溶液作用下的CO₂脱除效率从89.56%下降为83.09%，对PP的疏水性影响较小，膜组件可以稳定运行。吸收液表面张力对膜吸收法脱除CO₂性能的影响显著。所得结果可为膜吸收CO₂吸收剂复配提供依据，并可为揭示膜吸收CO₂过程中膜润湿导致膜失效的机理以及抑制膜润湿提供实验数据。     

Fingerprinting G-protein-coupled receptors

Recently we reported the design of a discriminating fingerprintfor rhodopsin-like G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Thefingerprint encodes the seven putative membrane-spanning motifsand was potently diagnostic of all GPCRs (52 in all) in version8.1 of the OWL composite sequence database, readily distinguishingthem from all other integral membrane proteins. With a 3-foldincrease in the size of OWL, the fingerprint has been updatedand now finds 332 receptors that match all the motifs. The situation,however, has grown in complexity: 61 sequences make imperfectmatches with the fingerprint, yielding a total of 393 ‘hits’.The bulk of the partial hits are olfactory receptors: theseappear to fall into discrete subfamilies in which one or moreof the transmembrane motifs are either poorly matched or arenot matched at all. These results are supported by preliminaryphylogenetic analyses, which show the olfactory and variousother partial matches clustering away from the main body oftrue hits. The approach has provided a powerful diagnostic toolfor identifying GPCRs, and results are consistent with previousobservations that the pheromone, cAMP and secretin-like receptorsbelong to separate families-these bear their own unique sequencefingerprints by which they may be distinguished from the rhodopsin-likesuperfamily     

甜菊糖甙超滤的应用研究

本文主要描述不同分子量的ＰＡＮ和ＣＡ膜净化甜菊糖甙，超滤后的甜菊糖甙较好地解决了生产中所出现的沉淀和起泡问题，并对新旧工艺进行对比和评价。     

国外过滤技术的最新发展与应用

本文综述了国外过滤技术的最新发展，重点介绍了动态过渡技术、膜分离技术及综合过滤技术的发展及其工业应用。