Structure of astacin and implications for activation of astacins and zinc-ligation of collagenases.

Astacin, a digestive zinc-endopeptidase from the crayfish Astacus astacus L., is the prototype for the 'astacin family', which includes mammalian metallo-endopeptidases and developmentally regulated proteins of man, fruitfly, frog and sea urchin. Here we report the X-ray crystal structure of astacin, which reveals a deep active-site cleft, with the zinc at its bottom ligated by three histidines, a water molecule and a more remote tyrosine. The third histidine (His 102) forms part of a consensus sequence, shared not only by the members of the astacin family, but also by otherwise sequentially unrelated proteinases, such as vertebrate collagenases. It may therefore represent the elusive 'third' zinc ligand in these enzymes. The amino terminus of astacin is buried forming an internal salt-bridge with Glu 103, adjacent to His 102. Astacin pro-forms extended at the N terminus, as observed for some 'latent' mammalian astacin homologues, did not exhibit this 'active' conformation, indicating an activation mechanism reminiscent of trypsin-like serine proteinases.     

Choroidal and iris angioarchitecture of the newt: A scanning electron-microscopic study of vascular corrosion casts

The corrosion cast technique provided for the first time an excellent three-dimensional visualization of the vascular pattern of the choroid and iris in the newt eye. The results show the presence of a single arterial afference to the choroidal and iris capillaries: the ophthalmic artery is the origin fo both ciliary arteries and the long posterior ciliary artery. Slightly behind the equatorial circumference of the eyeball the venous drainage consists of a single vessel on the dorsal side and two distinct vessels on the ventral one. It receives blood from both iris and choroid. The surface of the plastic endocasts shows some details of fine luminal structures of the endothelial cells. Shallow depressions may be regarded as imprints of endothelial cell nuclei, and they are distinctly different for arteries and capillaries. The angioarchitecture of the newt eye differs from that of brain in that hairpin-shaped capillary loops are not observed at all.     

环氧乙烷四氢呋喃共聚醚[P(E-CO-T)]的研制

研究了环氧乙烷与四氢呋喃的共聚.使用BF_3络合物为催化剂,1,4-丁二醇为共催化剂.找到了溶液聚合和本体聚合适宜的工艺条件.在此条件下,环齐聚物的生成量为8％左右.找到了方便易行的纯化方法,通过纯化可把聚醚的环齐聚物含量降到1％以下,有效地提高了产品的质量。     

低温热水地面辐射供暖设计问题探讨

针对低温热水地面辐射供暖设计中容易忽视或规范中无明确规定的问题提出相应的技术措施和解决方案。     

巧选样本空间解决古典概型问题

对于古典概型问题,一般通过排列组合方法计算,但有的时候计算过于复杂。本文通过几个例题来说明选取合适的样本空间可以简便的解决问题,同时还对这两种方法作比较。     

中美高校教师管理若干方面之比较

本文通过比较中美两国高校在教师职务 ,教师聘任 ,教师考核管理上的异同 ,分析其产成的原因及其对教育质量的影响 ,指出我国高校必须借鉴美国高校的管理经验 ,并结合我国的实际 ,建立有利于吸引人才、稳定人才、激励人才的教师管理制度。     

The harmonic decomposition reconstruction for the exponential radon transform

The exponential Radon transform, a generalization of the Radon transform, is defined and studied as a mapping of function spaces. It is represented in terms of Fourier transform of its domain and range, and this leads to the harmonic decomposition reconstruction. The results are similar results of Tretiak and Metz. Foundation item: Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 19971064), Key Project of Science and Technology of Hubei Province Education Committee. Biography: Wang Jin-ping (1963-), male, Ph.D. candidate, research direction: numberical solution of singular integral equation and integral transformation etc.