TPP1 is a homologue of ciliate TEBP-beta and interacts with POT1 to recruit telomerase

Telomere dysfunction may result in chromosomal abnormalities, DNA damage responses, and even cancer. Early studies in lower organisms have helped to establish the crucial role of telomerase and telomeric proteins in maintaining telomere length and protecting telomere ends. In Oxytricha nova, telomere G-overhangs are protected by the TEBP-alpha/beta heterodimer. Human telomeres contain duplex telomeric repeats with 3' single-stranded G-overhangs, and may fold into a t-loop structure that helps to shield them from being recognized as DNA breaks. Additionally, the TEBP-alpha homologue, POT1, which binds telomeric single-stranded DNA (ssDNA), associates with multiple telomeric proteins (for example, TPP1, TIN2, TRF1, TRF2 and RAP1) to form the six-protein telosome/shelterin and other subcomplexes. These telomeric protein complexes in turn interact with diverse pathways to form the telomere interactome for telomere maintenance. However, the mechanisms by which the POT1-containing telosome communicates with telomerase to regulate telomeres remain to be elucidated. Here we demonstrate that TPP1 is a putative mammalian homologue of TEBP-beta and contains a predicted amino-terminal oligonucleotide/oligosaccharide binding (OB) fold. TPP1-POT1 association enhanced POT1 affinity for telomeric ssDNA. In addition, the TPP1 OB fold, as well as POT1-TPP1 binding, seemed critical for POT1-mediated telomere-length control and telomere-end protection in human cells. Disruption of POT1-TPP1 interaction by dominant negative TPP1 expression or RNA interference (RNAi) resulted in telomere-length alteration and DNA damage responses. Furthermore, we offer evidence that TPP1 associates with the telomerase in a TPP1-OB-fold-dependent manner, providing a physical link between telomerase and the telosome/shelterin complex. Our findings highlight the critical role of TPP1 in telomere maintenance, and support a yin-yang model in which TPP1 and POT1 function as a unit to protect human telomeres, by both positively and negatively regulating telomerase access to telomere DNA.     

锂硫聚合物二次电池关键材料研究进展

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区带毛细管电泳法分析黑色签字 笔墨水字迹相对形成时间

讨论了优化电泳条件建立区带毛细管电泳法分析黑色签字笔字迹墨水的分析方法,采用２０mmol桙L四 硼酸钠,pH８畅５,未涂层熔融石英毛细管内径１００μm,有效柱长４０cm,１５kV分离电压,光二极管阵列检测器 （PDA）,检测波长１９０～６００nm的电泳分离条件,对不同种类黑色签字笔字迹墨水提取液进行了分析;利用毛细 管电泳PDA检测器在可见光波长下检测出的黑色签字墨水中不同染料相对含量的变化关系,研究了字迹相对形 成时间问题,得出较好的变化规律。     

喷涂角度对螺栓表面涂层厚度均匀性的影响

针对工程中采用铝涂料涂覆螺栓时螺栓表面铝涂层易出现的厚度不均匀问题,研究喷涂角度对螺栓表面涂层均匀性的影响规律。对喷涂系统的喷嘴和螺栓进行建模,通过计算流体动力学仿真软件Fluent建立了雾化流场的气液两相流物理模型,使用DPM模型分析了流场中气相和液相的相互作用,获得了在不同角度下的喷涂流场,预测了螺栓表面液膜沉积厚度。搭建了喷涂试验系统并与模拟结果进行了验证,模拟和试验研究均表明在喷涂角度为30°时螺栓表面涂层均匀性最佳。     

全光纤安防系统模式识别混合编程的实现

介绍了宽域全光纤监控预警系统及光纤扰动信号模式识别算法.利用小波包分解对信号进行分解与重构,并提取各频段内信号分量能量谱作为特征向量;应用综合考虑观测数据和确定性先验知识的BVC-RBF神经网络实现信号分类,提高了网络的泛化能力.利用Matlab引擎、动态链接库(DLL)、组件对象模型(COM)3种混合编程方法将Mat...     

Enhanced anti-sunward flow near local noon during a period of horizontal IMF and high solar wind velocity <Emphasis Type="Italic">V</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">Y</Emphasis></Subscript>

It is believed that a southward interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) is mainly responsible for the energy input from solar wind into the magnetosphere. This paper presents an unusual case of strong anti-sunward plasma flow (up to 2 km/s) in the polar cap ionosphere and large cross-polar cap potential (CPCP) during a period of horizontal IMF (|B _Z | < 2 nT) observed by both ACE (at the L1 point) and Geotail (on the dusk flank of the magnetosheath). The CPCP is even higher than that under preceding B _Z ≈ −23 nT. Furthermore, GOES8 observed that the magnetosheath field turns northward as the anti-sunward plasma flow and CPCP start to increase, which implies that the magnetosheath field interacting with the Earth’s magnetopause has significantly rotated and differs from the IMF observed by ACE and Geotail. In accordance with previous theoretical work, we suggest that the magnetic field line draping produces a southward magnetosheath field and enhances anti-sunward plasma flow and the CPCP.     

Angular dependent NEXAFS study of the molecular orientation of PTCDA multilayers on Au （111） surface

The molecular orientation of perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride (PTCDA) multilayers adsorbed on Au (111) surface has been investigated using angular dependent O K-edge near edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy. The significant angular dependence of important resonant structures (π* and σ*) reveals that PTCDA molecules adopt an ordered geometry on the substrate surface. The average tilt angle of the PTCDA molecular planes is 27°±10° from the Au (111) surface.     

温室气体稳定目标下部门减排责任分解方法

为了探讨气候变化背景下温室气体排放权分摊机制这一研究难点,综述了温室气体减排责任分解方法的研究现状,遵循"共同但有区别的责任"思想并利用WRE稳定性廓线和IEA/SMP交通模型,开发了SMP-WRE模型。应用该模型建立了一种产业部门具体减排责任的分解方法,并以中国轻型车部门为例,展示了该方法的实现过程。结果表明:全球轻型车的基准排放是目标排放的2~4倍,说明轻型车部门实现450×10-6和550×10-6的CO2稳定水平难度很大。目标分解后的地区排放变化率欧美国家较小、中国较大,原因是欧美汽车市场规模饱和,而中国汽车正爆发式增加,排放增加不可避免。     

灰土挤密桩在湿陷性黄土地基处理中的应用

文章介绍灰土挤密桩在湿陷性黄土处理中的应用原理、施工方法、质量控制与检测,为后续工程提供借鉴。     

关于指数型Radon变换的注记

讨论了实函数指数型Radon变换的一些性质,并将其推广到复函数的情形,最后给出了参数为纯虚数时指数型Radon变换的反演公式.