In this study,we prepared cross-linked enzyme crystals(CLECs)of papain to further broaden the application of the enzyme with high activity in extreme environments.Initially,papain crystals were successfully obtained b...In this study,we prepared cross-linked enzyme crystals(CLECs)of papain to further broaden the application of the enzyme with high activity in extreme environments.Initially,papain crystals were successfully obtained based on the micro-batch,batch,and expanded batch crystallization experiments.Specifically,ammonium sulfate and polyethylene glycol 6000(PEG6000)were synergistically used as the precipitants,while L-cysteine was applied to enhance the activity of papain.Furthermore,the interaction between L-cysteine and papain was modeled by molecular docking technique.It was found that L-cysteine could form a hydrogen bond with aspartic acid residue(Asp)at site 158,and the electrostatic attraction with lysine residue(Lys)at site 156 was also quite obvious.Then the enzyme crystals were cross-linked by glutaraldehyde at optimized conditions.The papain CLECs were identified by various methods,and it was found that the thermal stability and enzymatic activity both increased compared to the raw enzyme.More importantly,it could be applied at more rigorous conditions,for example,pH of 4.展开更多
Small fixed aggregates of a poly(ethylene oxide)-block-polybutadiene diblock copolymer(PEO-b-PB)in THFsolution were obtained by adding a selective solvent for PB blocks,followed by cross-linking the PB shells.Themorph...Small fixed aggregates of a poly(ethylene oxide)-block-polybutadiene diblock copolymer(PEO-b-PB)in THFsolution were obtained by adding a selective solvent for PB blocks,followed by cross-linking the PB shells.Themorphologies of the nanostructured particles with a cross-linked shell were investigated by atomic force microscopy andtransmission electron microscopy.The average behaviors of the PEO crystallization and melting confined within thenanostructured particles were studied by using differential scanning calorimetry experiments.For the deeply cross-linkedsample(SCL-1),the crystallization of the PEO blocks was fully confined.The individual nanoparticles only crystallized atvery low crystallization temperatures(T_cs),wherein the homogenous primary nucleation determined the overallcrystallization rate.For the lightly cross-linked sample(SCL-2),the confinement effect was T_c dependent.At T_c(?)42℃,thecrystallization and melting behaviors of SCL-2 were similar to those of the pure PEO-b-PB diblock copolymer.At T_c>42℃,SCL-2 could form PEO lamellae thicker than those of the pure PEO-b-PB crystallized at the same T_c.展开更多
Amyloids have traditionally been considered pathologic protein aggregates which contribute to neurodegeneration.New evidence however increasingly suggests that non-pathological amyloids are formed in animals during no...Amyloids have traditionally been considered pathologic protein aggregates which contribute to neurodegeneration.New evidence however increasingly suggests that non-pathological amyloids are formed in animals during normal development.Amyloid-like aggregate formation was originally thought to be a conserved feature of animal gametogenesis.This hypothesis was based on findings which suggest that regulated amyloid formations govern yeast meiosis by way of meiosis-specific RNA binding proteins.Additional support came from studies which demonstrate that DAZL,a mammalian gametogenesis-specific RNA binding protein,also forms SDS-resistant aggregates in vivo.Here,we report evidence of aggregated BOULE formations,another DAZ family protein,during sperm development.Data suggest that in mouse testis,BOULE forms SDS-resistant amyloid-like aggregates.BOULE aggregate formation correlates with dynamic developmental expression during spermatogenesis but disappeared in Boule knockout testis.We also mapped essential small region in vitro BOULE aggregations,immediately downstream DAZ repeats,and found that aggregations positively correlated with temperature.We also performed enhanced UV cross-linking immunoprecipitation on BOULE aggregates from mouse testes and found that aggregates bind with a large number of spermatogenesis-related mRNAs.These findings provide insight into the amyloidogenic properties of gametogenesis-specific RNA binding proteins as a conserved feature in mammalian reproduction.Further investigation is warranted to understand the functional significance of BOULE amyloid-like formation during mouse spermatogenesis.展开更多
土壤氮库是生态系统氮素重要的源和汇。以三峡库区马尾松(Pinus massoniana)人工林为研究对象,从团聚体视角出发分析土壤养分和酶活性对氮添加的响应规律,以及相应的变化对氮矿化的影响,为预测该地区在大气氮沉降持续增加的背景下土壤...土壤氮库是生态系统氮素重要的源和汇。以三峡库区马尾松(Pinus massoniana)人工林为研究对象,从团聚体视角出发分析土壤养分和酶活性对氮添加的响应规律,以及相应的变化对氮矿化的影响,为预测该地区在大气氮沉降持续增加的背景下土壤氮动态提供参考。设置4种量的氮添加处理(N0:0 kg N hm^(-2)a^(-1);N30:30 kg N hm^(-2)a^(-1);N60:60 kg N hm^(-2)a^(-1);N_(90):_(90) kg N hm^(-2)a^(-1)),将土壤按粒径分为>2000μm(大团聚体)、250—2000μm(小团聚体)和<250μm(微团聚体)3个组分的团聚体,观察团聚体氮矿化特征。结果表明:(1)与对照相比,N30和N60处理提高了有机质(SOM)含量,但土壤SOM和全氮(TN)含量在N_(90)下开始出现下降;氮添加降低了土壤速效磷(aP)含量,在小团聚体中表现最为显著。除微团聚体中的POD和NAG以外,其余3种酶的活性均在N30和N60处理之下被提高。(2)土壤平均净硝化速率整体高于土壤平均净氨化速率;大团聚体和小团聚体中净氨化速率在氮添加处理后显著降低,大团聚体净硝化速率低于其他两个粒径;土壤净氮转化速率在N_(90)处理下最高。(3)土壤养分和无机氮含量与土壤酸性磷酸酶(AP)、N-乙酰-β-D-葡糖苷酶(NAG)、过氧化物酶(POD)、硝酸还原酶(NR)和脲酶(UE)的活性呈显著相关,酶活性变化是多因子综合作用的结果;RDA分析显示,UE与土壤净氨化速率存在显著正相关,NAG和POD是与净氮转化速率分别存在显著正相关和显著负相关的关键土壤酶。综上所述,硝化作用是土壤净氮转化的主要贡献者,微团聚体在土壤氮矿化中发挥主要作用,NAG和POD是改变土壤净氮转化的主要生物酶。此外,氮添加会引起土壤氮素的流失,引起土壤的磷限制,并对土壤养分循环产生显著影响。展开更多
氮沉降增加改变了森林土壤生态系统物质输入,影响土壤生物及酶活性,而土壤团聚体内相对稳定的微域生境可能减弱或延缓土壤生物和酶对氮沉降增加的响应强度。以广东省东莞大岭山森林公园荷木人工林为研究对象,用模拟N沉降方法,分析了2011...氮沉降增加改变了森林土壤生态系统物质输入,影响土壤生物及酶活性,而土壤团聚体内相对稳定的微域生境可能减弱或延缓土壤生物和酶对氮沉降增加的响应强度。以广东省东莞大岭山森林公园荷木人工林为研究对象,用模拟N沉降方法,分析了2011年12月到2012年11月一年内氮沉降增加条件下表层混合土壤和土壤团聚体内脲酶、蔗糖酶和酸性磷酸酶活性的变化及影响因素,旨在理解氮沉降增加条件下土壤团聚体对酶活性的影响。结果表明:氮沉降增加对表层混合土壤中脲酶和蔗糖酶的抑制作用不显著,而酸性磷酸酶受氮沉降显著影响,表现为低氮(50 kg N hm-2a-1)促进,高氮(300 kg N hm-2a-1)抑制的规律。表层土壤团聚体内脲酶活性随氮沉降增加而降低,N300处理显著低于对照;蔗糖酶和酸性磷酸酶活性随氮沉降增加先降低后增加,N100处理最低,分别比其他处理降低了6.46%—25.53%和42.33%—68.25%。试验区内各粒径土壤团聚体内酶活性高于混合土壤,且随团聚体粒径增加酶活性均为先增加后降低。不同粒径土壤团聚体的3种酶活性均以2—5 mm最高,但脲酶、酸性磷酸酶在各团聚体粒径间差异不显著,蔗糖酶活性2—5 mm显著高于5—8 mm。土壤酶相对活性指数和相对活性综合指数结果显示,超过85%的团聚体粒径内的相对酶活性指数大于1,而土壤酶相对活性综合指数均大于1。以上结果表明,氮沉降增加条件下土壤团聚体对其团聚体内的土壤酶活性有隔离保护作用,但其隔离保护效果与酶的种类和土壤团聚体粒径有关。展开更多
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province(grant Nos.B2020202015,B2020202066)National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant Nos.21878066,22008050).
文摘In this study,we prepared cross-linked enzyme crystals(CLECs)of papain to further broaden the application of the enzyme with high activity in extreme environments.Initially,papain crystals were successfully obtained based on the micro-batch,batch,and expanded batch crystallization experiments.Specifically,ammonium sulfate and polyethylene glycol 6000(PEG6000)were synergistically used as the precipitants,while L-cysteine was applied to enhance the activity of papain.Furthermore,the interaction between L-cysteine and papain was modeled by molecular docking technique.It was found that L-cysteine could form a hydrogen bond with aspartic acid residue(Asp)at site 158,and the electrostatic attraction with lysine residue(Lys)at site 156 was also quite obvious.Then the enzyme crystals were cross-linked by glutaraldehyde at optimized conditions.The papain CLECs were identified by various methods,and it was found that the thermal stability and enzymatic activity both increased compared to the raw enzyme.More importantly,it could be applied at more rigorous conditions,for example,pH of 4.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.2002541420374003).
文摘Small fixed aggregates of a poly(ethylene oxide)-block-polybutadiene diblock copolymer(PEO-b-PB)in THFsolution were obtained by adding a selective solvent for PB blocks,followed by cross-linking the PB shells.Themorphologies of the nanostructured particles with a cross-linked shell were investigated by atomic force microscopy andtransmission electron microscopy.The average behaviors of the PEO crystallization and melting confined within thenanostructured particles were studied by using differential scanning calorimetry experiments.For the deeply cross-linkedsample(SCL-1),the crystallization of the PEO blocks was fully confined.The individual nanoparticles only crystallized atvery low crystallization temperatures(T_cs),wherein the homogenous primary nucleation determined the overallcrystallization rate.For the lightly cross-linked sample(SCL-2),the confinement effect was T_c dependent.At T_c(?)42℃,thecrystallization and melting behaviors of SCL-2 were similar to those of the pure PEO-b-PB diblock copolymer.At T_c>42℃,SCL-2 could form PEO lamellae thicker than those of the pure PEO-b-PB crystallized at the same T_c.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.3197060323)SKLRM grant(SKLRM-2019B2)the Jiangsu ShuangChuang Talent Program,as well as the Jiangsu graduate student innovation fellowship to Y.S.
文摘Amyloids have traditionally been considered pathologic protein aggregates which contribute to neurodegeneration.New evidence however increasingly suggests that non-pathological amyloids are formed in animals during normal development.Amyloid-like aggregate formation was originally thought to be a conserved feature of animal gametogenesis.This hypothesis was based on findings which suggest that regulated amyloid formations govern yeast meiosis by way of meiosis-specific RNA binding proteins.Additional support came from studies which demonstrate that DAZL,a mammalian gametogenesis-specific RNA binding protein,also forms SDS-resistant aggregates in vivo.Here,we report evidence of aggregated BOULE formations,another DAZ family protein,during sperm development.Data suggest that in mouse testis,BOULE forms SDS-resistant amyloid-like aggregates.BOULE aggregate formation correlates with dynamic developmental expression during spermatogenesis but disappeared in Boule knockout testis.We also mapped essential small region in vitro BOULE aggregations,immediately downstream DAZ repeats,and found that aggregations positively correlated with temperature.We also performed enhanced UV cross-linking immunoprecipitation on BOULE aggregates from mouse testes and found that aggregates bind with a large number of spermatogenesis-related mRNAs.These findings provide insight into the amyloidogenic properties of gametogenesis-specific RNA binding proteins as a conserved feature in mammalian reproduction.Further investigation is warranted to understand the functional significance of BOULE amyloid-like formation during mouse spermatogenesis.
文摘土壤氮库是生态系统氮素重要的源和汇。以三峡库区马尾松(Pinus massoniana)人工林为研究对象,从团聚体视角出发分析土壤养分和酶活性对氮添加的响应规律,以及相应的变化对氮矿化的影响,为预测该地区在大气氮沉降持续增加的背景下土壤氮动态提供参考。设置4种量的氮添加处理(N0:0 kg N hm^(-2)a^(-1);N30:30 kg N hm^(-2)a^(-1);N60:60 kg N hm^(-2)a^(-1);N_(90):_(90) kg N hm^(-2)a^(-1)),将土壤按粒径分为>2000μm(大团聚体)、250—2000μm(小团聚体)和<250μm(微团聚体)3个组分的团聚体,观察团聚体氮矿化特征。结果表明:(1)与对照相比,N30和N60处理提高了有机质(SOM)含量,但土壤SOM和全氮(TN)含量在N_(90)下开始出现下降;氮添加降低了土壤速效磷(aP)含量,在小团聚体中表现最为显著。除微团聚体中的POD和NAG以外,其余3种酶的活性均在N30和N60处理之下被提高。(2)土壤平均净硝化速率整体高于土壤平均净氨化速率;大团聚体和小团聚体中净氨化速率在氮添加处理后显著降低,大团聚体净硝化速率低于其他两个粒径;土壤净氮转化速率在N_(90)处理下最高。(3)土壤养分和无机氮含量与土壤酸性磷酸酶(AP)、N-乙酰-β-D-葡糖苷酶(NAG)、过氧化物酶(POD)、硝酸还原酶(NR)和脲酶(UE)的活性呈显著相关,酶活性变化是多因子综合作用的结果;RDA分析显示,UE与土壤净氨化速率存在显著正相关,NAG和POD是与净氮转化速率分别存在显著正相关和显著负相关的关键土壤酶。综上所述,硝化作用是土壤净氮转化的主要贡献者,微团聚体在土壤氮矿化中发挥主要作用,NAG和POD是改变土壤净氮转化的主要生物酶。此外,氮添加会引起土壤氮素的流失,引起土壤的磷限制,并对土壤养分循环产生显著影响。
文摘氮沉降增加改变了森林土壤生态系统物质输入,影响土壤生物及酶活性,而土壤团聚体内相对稳定的微域生境可能减弱或延缓土壤生物和酶对氮沉降增加的响应强度。以广东省东莞大岭山森林公园荷木人工林为研究对象,用模拟N沉降方法,分析了2011年12月到2012年11月一年内氮沉降增加条件下表层混合土壤和土壤团聚体内脲酶、蔗糖酶和酸性磷酸酶活性的变化及影响因素,旨在理解氮沉降增加条件下土壤团聚体对酶活性的影响。结果表明:氮沉降增加对表层混合土壤中脲酶和蔗糖酶的抑制作用不显著,而酸性磷酸酶受氮沉降显著影响,表现为低氮(50 kg N hm-2a-1)促进,高氮(300 kg N hm-2a-1)抑制的规律。表层土壤团聚体内脲酶活性随氮沉降增加而降低,N300处理显著低于对照;蔗糖酶和酸性磷酸酶活性随氮沉降增加先降低后增加,N100处理最低,分别比其他处理降低了6.46%—25.53%和42.33%—68.25%。试验区内各粒径土壤团聚体内酶活性高于混合土壤,且随团聚体粒径增加酶活性均为先增加后降低。不同粒径土壤团聚体的3种酶活性均以2—5 mm最高,但脲酶、酸性磷酸酶在各团聚体粒径间差异不显著,蔗糖酶活性2—5 mm显著高于5—8 mm。土壤酶相对活性指数和相对活性综合指数结果显示,超过85%的团聚体粒径内的相对酶活性指数大于1,而土壤酶相对活性综合指数均大于1。以上结果表明,氮沉降增加条件下土壤团聚体对其团聚体内的土壤酶活性有隔离保护作用,但其隔离保护效果与酶的种类和土壤团聚体粒径有关。