A modified RNA polymerase transcribes a cloned gene under sporulation control in Bacillus subtilis.

A modified form of RNA polymerase from Bacillus subtilis selectively transcribes a cloned gene under early sporulation control. This RNA polymerase lacks sigma factor but contains a newly identified subunit of molecular weight 37,000, termed P37. P37 could be a regulatory protein that controls, at least in part, an early stage of spore development.     

A mutation affecting the sigma subunit of RNA polymerase changes transcriptional specificity.

The RNA polymerase mutation, alt-1, affects the sigma subunit and alters the in vitro selectivity of RNA polymerase to parallel the in vivo phenotype. We propose that the mutation changes the distribution of functionally distinct polymerase isomers.     

RNA polymerase II C-terminal repeat influences response to transcriptional enhancer signals

The large subunit of RNA polymerase II contains a highly conserved and essential heptapeptide repeat (Pro-Thr-Ser-Pro-Ser-Tyr-Ser) at its carboxy terminus. Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells are inviable if their RNA polymerase II large subunit genes encode fewer than 10 complete heptapeptide repeats; if they encode 10 to 12 complete repeats cells are temperature-sensitive and cold-sensitive, but 13 or more complete repeats will allow wild-type growth at all temperatures. Cells containing C-terminal domains (CTDs) of 10 to 12 complete repeats are also inositol auxotrophs. The phenotypes associated with these CTD mutations are not a consequence of an instability of the large subunit; rather, they seem to reflect a functional deficiency of the mutant enzyme. We show here that partial deletion mutations in RNA polymerase II CTD affect the ability of the enzyme to respond to signals from upstream activating sequences in a subset of promoters in yeast. The number of heptapeptide repeats required for maximal response to signals from these sequences differs from one upstream activating sequence to another. One of the upstream elements that is sensitive to truncations of the CTD is the 17-base-pair site bound by the GAL4 transactivating factor.     

枯草芽孢杆菌TY7210菌株的ERIC-PCR快速鉴别

以ER IC核心序列为引物,以2株枯草芽孢杆菌基因组DNA为模板,采用PCR对T aq DNA聚合酶用量、PCR退火温度及模板DNA浓度进行优化,建立了快速鉴别芽孢杆菌的ER IC-PCR方法,并对5株芽孢杆菌进行了分析.结果表明枯草芽孢杆菌TY 7210菌株与其他芽孢杆菌菌株具有不同的指纹图谱,尤其不同于枯草芽孢杆菌(ATCC 1.1849),为芽孢杆菌的快速鉴别奠定了基础.     

高含聚合物原油破乳剂Pel-01的研制及应用

针对河南油田破乳剂主要是以复配为主,油田使用的原油破乳剂BP-169和SP169对高含聚合物的破乳效果较差的情况,采用三组分复配法研制了水溶性低温高效破乳剂Pel-01.室内对比评价表明:Pel-01在脱水率、脱水速度、油水界面等指标上均明显优于BP-169和SP169.下二门联合站6d的现场试验结果表明,使用Pel-01破乳剂破乳效果明显提高,投入使用后平均每天可减少加药量20kg,而且指标均达到外输原油的要求.     

禽流感病毒H5N1亚型RNA聚合酶蛋白表达纯化及晶体生长

通过使用原核表达载体大量表达H5N1病毒RNA聚合酶亚基PA-C257,PB1_N25,再经过GST亲和层析和Sephadex G-200层析柱纯化,获得了高纯度的蛋白复合体.采用悬滴气相扩散法筛选蛋白晶体,在1～1.5mol/L乙酸钠和pH7.9条件下获得了理想的晶体,为解析禽流感病毒RNA聚合酶三维结构并进一步认识其生物功能奠定了基础.