Photoresponsive peptide and polypeptide systems: part II. Photochromism of poly(l-ornithine) containing various azo-contents in side chains

Poly(L-ornithine)s having various azo-contents in the side chains were synthesized by the water-soluble carbodiimide procedure. The photochemical properties of the polypeptides poly[N^δ-p-(phenylazo)benzoyl-L-ornithine] (PPABLO) containing 3–77 mol% azobenzene were investigated by absorption and circular dichroism spectroscopy in hexafluoro-2-propanol (HFIP) or water, and in HFIP-water or methanol-water solvent mixtures. The photochromism of the dichroic bands of the PPABLOs containing 20–77 mol% azobenzene in the visible and ultraviolet wavelength regions was found to be mostly reversible as a function of irradiation time at different wavelengths due to the photostationary state (above 80% trans-cis photoisomerization) of the azo aromatic moieties. The PPABLO containing 3.2 mol% azobenzene in water exhibited conformational changes from random coil to helix by the addition of methanol or sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS). The photo-induced conformational change was observed in HFIP-water-SDS solvent mixtures, while no conformational change was seen in water and HFIP-water solvent mixtures.     

PACAP-38 in Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Humans and Pigs: A Translational Study

Acute myocardial infarction (MI) is one of the most common causes of death worldwide. Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP) is a cardioprotective neuropeptide expressing its receptors in the cardiovascular system. The aim of our study was to examine tissue PACAP-38 in a translational porcine MI model and plasma PACAP-38 levels in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Significantly lower PACAP-38 levels were detected in the non-ischemic region of the left ventricle (LV) in MI heart compared to the ischemic region of MI-LV and also to the Sham-operated LV in porcine MI model. In STEMI patients, plasma PACAP-38 level was significantly higher before percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) compared to controls, and decreased after PCI. Significant negative correlation was found between plasma PACAP-38 and troponin levels. Furthermore, a significant effect was revealed between plasma PACAP-38, hypertension and HbA1c levels. This was the first study showing significant changes in cardiac tissue PACAP levels in a porcine MI model and plasma PACAP levels in STEMI patients. These results suggest that PACAP, due to its cardioprotective effects, may play a regulatory role in MI and could be a potential biomarker or drug target in MI.     

毛细管SDS无胶筛分电泳测定小分子多肽相对分子质量

目的建立快速毛细管SDS无胶筛分电泳法(SDS-NGS),测定小分子多肽相对分子质量。方法涂层毛细管(管长30cm,内径100μm);分离电压为9kV(300V/cm),分离温度为20℃;检测波长为214nm,检测时间为18min;所用SDS-多肽相对分子质量标准范围为2 512~16 949;以橙G(OG)为内标参照物。结果在相对分子质量2512~16949范围内,多肽相对分子质量的对数与其相对迁移率具有良好的线性关系(r=0.996);应用该方法测定了重组人奈西立肽、重组人表皮生长因子、虎纹镇痛肽、重组人心钠肽4种重组小分子多肽的相对分子质量,所测结果变异系数CV均小于3%。结论毛细管SDS无胶筛分电泳方便快速,灵敏度高,重现性好,结果准确,可作为小分子多肽相对分子质量的检测方法。     

酱渣多肽及其美拉德热反应产物的抗氧化性

测定不同水解度（DH）时酱渣多肽及其美拉德反应产物（MRPS）的抗氧化性,结果表明：随反应物浓度增加,两者抗氧化性增强;两者的DPPH.清除率与DH并非呈线性关系;DH〈14.2%时,两者的.OH清除率随DH的升高而降低;两者的还原力变化趋势不同,DH〉12.2%时,酱渣多肽还原力随DH增大逐渐减少,DH〉8.2%时,MRPS的还原力随DH提高逐渐增大.与某些多肽类物质和MRPS相比,酱渣多肽及其MRPS具有较高的抗氧化性和很好的应用价值.     

栅列藻蛋白质提取液促进人子宫颈癌细胞的生长研究

本文采用ＭＴＴ［３（４，５ｄｉｍｅｔｈｙｌｔｈｉａｚｏｌ－２ｙｌ）－２，５ｄｉｐｈｅｎｙｌｔｅｔｒａｚｏｌｉｕｍｂｒｏｍｉｄｅ］快速微量比色技术发现斜生栅列藻（Ｓｃｅｎｅｄｅｓｍｕｓｏｂｌｉｑｕｕｓ）蛋白质提取液可促进动物细胞的生长．在０．５％胎牛血清（ＦＢＳ）的ＲＰＭＩ１６４０培养液中，加入９５μｇ／ｍｌ栅列藻提取液可使人子宫颈癌细胞（ＨｅＬａｃｅｌ）比对照组细胞增殖３倍左右．这种刺激动物细胞生长的活性物质分子量在３５００－８０００道尔顿（ｄａｌｔｏｎｓ）之间，经胰蛋白酶处理或高温处理后均失去活性     

Well‐defined,environment‐friendly synthesis of polypeptides based on phosgene‐free transformation of amino acids into urethane derivatives and their applications

In this study, both naturally occurring and artificial amino acids were successfully transformed into the corresponding urethane derivatives using diphenyl carbonate. The urethanes thus prepared could be efficiently cyclized into amino acid N‐carboxyanhydrides (NCAs) without the requirement of phosgene. In addition, the presence of primary amines converted the urethane derivatives into NCAs and initiated the ring‐opening polymerization of the in situ formed NCAs, allowing for the well‐defined synthesis of polypeptides. These polypeptides contained initiating ends functionalized by an amine‐derived residue and propagating ends bearing the reactive amino group. By precise control of the structures of the polypeptides, various polypeptide conjugates such as block copolymers and graft copolymers were successfully synthesized as designed, and their applications in antifouling coatings against proteins, drug delivery systems and biosensors were demonstrated. © 2019 Society of Chemical Industry     

Efficient Incorporation of Clickable Unnatural Amino Acids Enables Rapid and Biocompatible Labeling of Proteins in Vitro and in Bacteria

Site-specific incorporation of unnatural amino acids (uAAs) bearing a bioorthogonal group has enabled the attachment – typically at a single site or at a few sites per protein – of chemical groups at precise locations for protein and biomaterial labeling, conjugation, and functionalization. Herein, we report the evolution of chromosomal Methanocaldococcus jannaschii tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase (aaRS) for the alkyne-bearing uAA, 4-propargyloxy-l -phenylalanine (pPR), with ∼30-fold increased production of green fluorescent protein containing three instances of pPR compared with a previously described M. jannaschii-derived aaRS for pPR, when expressed from a single chromosomal copy. We show that when expressed from multicopy plasmids, the evolved aaRSs enable the production – using a genomically recoded Escherichia coli and the non-recoded BL21 E. coli strain – of elastin-like polypeptides (ELPs) containing multiple pPR residues in high yields. We further show that the multisite incorporation of pPR in ELPs facilitates the rapid, robust, and nontoxic fluorescent labeling of these proteins in bacteria. The evolved variants described in this work can be used to produce a variety of protein and biomaterial conjugates and to create efficient minimal tags for protein labeling.     

Probing Protein Folding with Sequence-Reversed α-Helical Bundles

Recurrent protein folding motifs include various types of helical bundles formed by α-helices that supercoil around each other. While specific patterns of amino acid residues (heptad repeats) characterize the highly versatile folding motif of four-α-helical bundles, the significance of the polypeptide chain directionality is not sufficiently understood, although it determines sequence patterns, helical dipoles, and other parameters for the folding and oligomerization processes of bundles. To investigate directionality aspects in sequence-structure relationships, we reversed the amino acid sequences of two well-characterized, highly regular four-α-helical bundle proteins and studied the folding, oligomerization, and structural properties of the retro-proteins, using Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy (CD), Size Exclusion Chromatography combined with Multi-Angle Laser Light Scattering (SEC-MALS), and Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS). The comparison of the parent proteins with their retro-counterparts reveals that while the α-helical character of the parents is affected to varying degrees by sequence reversal, the folding states, oligomerization propensities, structural stabilities, and shapes of the new molecules strongly depend on the characteristics of the heptad repeat patterns. The highest similarities between parent and retro-proteins are associated with the presence of uninterrupted heptad patterns in helical bundles sequences.     

磷酸化处理对蚕蛹多肽结合钙能力的影响

为探索磷酸化处理对多肽结合钙能力的促进作用,以蚕蛹多肽为研究对象,采用不同种类和添加量的磷酸化试剂对其进行磷酸化改性,再与CaCl2反应制备蚕蛹多肽结合钙复合物,并对样品进行钙和磷含量测定、磷酸化位点检测、红外光谱分析和扫描电镜分析.研究结果表明:Na3 PO4、NaH2 PO4、(NaPO3)63种试剂可与蚕蛹多肽发...