Function of DnaJ and DnaK as chaperones in origin-specific DNA binding by RepA

Heat-shock proteins are normal constituents of cells whose synthesis is increased on exposure to various forms of stress. They are interesting because of their ubiquity and high conservation during evolution. Two families of heat-shock proteins, hsp60s and hsp70s, have been implicated in accelerating protein folding and oligomerization and also in maintaining proteins in an unfolded state, thus facilitating membrane transport. The Escherichia coli hsp70 analogue, DnaK, and two other heat-shock proteins, DnaJ and GrpE, are required for cell viability at high temperatures and are involved in DNA replication of phage lambda and plasmids P1 and F. These three proteins are involved in replication in vitro of P1 DNA along with many host replication proteins and the P1 RepA initiator protein. RepA exists in a stable protein complex with DnaJ containing a dimer each of RepA and DnaJ. We report here that DnaK and DnaJ mediate an alteration in the P1 initiator protein, rendering it much more active for oriP1 DNA binding.     

层流液柱吸收法测定气体在液相中的扩散系数

采用射流吸收的简捷方法，通过测定由Ｓｈｏｕｔｈｗｅｌｌ型孔板所产生的截面速度均匀的层流喷射液柱所吸收的气体量，由渗透理论所导出的模型，可计算出一定温度、压力下的微溶气体在液相中的分子扩散系数Ｄ。在温度为３０～４５℃的范围，测试结果与文献值吻合良好．     

Lactate dehydrogenase specificity and subunit assembly in neural tissues of the teleostPhallichthys amates

Summary The tissue specificity of lactate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.27) in brain and eye of the teleostPhallichthys amates was examined by acrylamide gel electrophoresis. It is suggested that subunit association is a function of gene product accessibility superimposed upon genetic restriction of assembly.     

Host cell reactivation of ozone-treated T3 bacteriophage by different strains ofEscherichia coli

Summary Host cell reactivation capacity for ozone T3 phage was determined for differentE. coli strains deficient in one or more of the DNA repair mechanisms. The results indicate that DNA polymerase I appears to play a key role in the repair of damage produced on the DNA by ozone while thelexA gene product seems to play a minor one.This research was sponsored by the National Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada. One of us (PLH) acknowledges a scholarship from the NSERCof Canada.     

Energetic landscape of alpha-lytic protease optimizes longevity through kinetic stability.

During the evolution of proteins the pressure to optimize biological activity is moderated by a need for efficient folding. For most proteins, this is accomplished through spontaneous folding to a thermodynamically stable and active native state. However, in the extracellular bacterial alpha-lytic protease (alphaLP) these two processes have become decoupled. The native state of alphaLP is thermodynamically unstable, and when denatured, requires millennia (t1/2 approximately 1,800 years) to refold. Folding is made possible by an attached folding catalyst, the pro-region, which is degraded on completion of folding, leaving alphaLP trapped in its native state by a large kinetic unfolding barrier (t1/2 approximately 1.2 years). alphaLP faces two very different folding landscapes: one in the presence of the pro-region controlling folding, and one in its absence restricting unfolding. Here we demonstrate that this separation of folding and unfolding pathways has removed constraints placed on the folding of thermodynamically stable proteins, and allowed the evolution of a native state having markedly reduced dynamic fluctuations. This, in turn, has led to a significant extension of the functional lifetime of alphaLP by the optimal suppression of proteolytic sensitivity.     

Quantum Mechanics and Operational Probability Theory

We discuss a generalization of the standard notion of probability space and show that the emerging framework, to be called operational probability theory, can be considered as underlying quantal theories. The proposed framework makes special reference to the convex structure of states and to a family of observables which is wider than the familiar set of random variables: it appears as an alternative to the known algebraic approach to quantum probability.     

氯化铝工业生产中几个工艺技术问题的探讨

本文详细论述了利用废铝生产氯化铝过程中,设备及各控制因此对产品质量和颗粒度的影响,(?)了适宜的控制条件和设计要求,为生产不同用户需求的合格产品提供了可靠的依据。     

四角场S=2离子ZFS高阶微扰公式的收敛性

本文以~５Ｂ＿２为基态，在强场图象下用微扰理论推导出了轴向零场分裂参量Ｄ的１到４阶微扰计算公式（~５Ｄ近似），并就公式的微扰收敛性进行了系统的讨论．通过计算和分析表明，当第一激发态靠近基态使得其能量与旋轨耦合常数ζ可比拟时．微扰公式是发散的．这时，微扰近似方法将不再有效。但在大多数情况下，公式保持有较好的收敛性．同时，给出了使微扰松式有效的晶场参量Ｄ＿９、δ和μ的近似取值范围，为~５Ｄ近似公式的应用提供了有价值的参考。     

Comparative study of the karyotypes of two Egyptian species of bats,Taphozous perforatus andTaphozous nudiventris (Chiroptera: Mammalia)

A detailed karyotypic analysis of two Egyptian species of bats,Taphozous perforatus andTaphozous nudiventris, was made on the basis of conventional data and G-band patterns. No detectable karyotypic difference was found between the two species (2n=42, F.N. 64). By comparison of G-band patterns, some differences between the two species were seen in the corresponding autosomal pairs. These results are reported for the first time in Egypt.     

农村移民职业教育培训与万州区实施城市化战略的思考

重庆市万州区城市化战略能否顺利实现,除了受制于人口管理,就业机会、土地制度、政府职能等因素外,很大程度上取决于广大农村移民人口的科学文化素质和文明程度.区政府要从提高移民的自身素质和职业能力出发,加强"三教"统筹,发挥城市教育资源的优势,完善农村移民职业教育培训体系,加大对农村移民劳动力转移培训的扶持力度,通过各种形式的培训,促进农村移民的城市化转变.