Regulation of cellulose synthesis in Acetobacter xylinum by cyclic diguanylic acid

Cellulose is the most abundant renewable carbon resource on earth and is an indispensable raw material for the wood, paper, and textile industries. A model system to study the mechanism of cellulose biogenesis is the bacterium Acetobacter xylinum which produces pure cellulose as an extracellular product. It was from this organism that in vitro preparations which possessed high levels of cellulose synthase activity were first obtained in both membranous and soluble forms. We recently demonstrated that this activity is subject to a complex multi-component regulatory system, in which the synthase is directly affected by an unusual cyclic nucleotide activator enzymatically formed from GTP, and indirectly by a Ca (2+) -sensitive phosphodiesterase which degrades the activator. The cellulose synthase activator (CSA) has now been identified as bis-(3' 5')-cyclic diguanylic acid (5'G3'p5'G3'p) on the basis of mass spectroscopic data, nuclear magnetic resonance analysis and comparison with chemically synthesized material. We also report here on intermediary steps in the synthesis and degradation of this novel circular dinucleotide, which have been integrated into a model for the regulation of cellulose synthesis.     

灌区淋洗水量优化计算

在灌区水资源优化调度的基础上,考虑了土壤临界含盐量、土壤和地下水水盐动态等因素,提出了灌区淋洗水量优化计算方法,并给出了算例。     

嗜盐菌的研究新进展

嗜盐菌作为一种新型微生物资源,已经在很多方面得到应用.如：为微生物生理、分类,系统发育学和生命科学研究提供新的课题,因此,嗜盐菌已引起人们的广泛关注.文章主要讨论了嗜盐菌的嗜盐机理和应用方面的研究新进展.     

^210Pbex depth distribution in soil and calibration models for assessment of soil erosion rates from ^210Pbex measurements

Throughout the past decade, the potential for using nuclear weapon-produced 137Cs ( half-life 30.2 a) fallout to quantify soil erosion rates on both cultivated and uncul- tivated lands for medium-term timescales (≈ 40 a) has been successfully demonstrated in a wide range of envi- ronments in different regions of the world[1—6]. Because in difficulties of distinguishing Chernobyl-derived compo- nent from total 137Cs input in many parts of Europe, and in measuring low activity samples of…     

卷积积分的几种方法

卷积积分是信号与线性系统课程中的重要运算工具。本介绍卷积积分的图解法和性质法以外，又讨论了卷积积分的定义法和数值计算法。     

渭干河-库车河绿洲生态环境变化特征与防治对策

近50年来，渭干河-库车河三角洲绿洲地区在人类不合理活动的作用下，水与生态环境发生了一系列变化。因此,进行水资源统筹利用规划与管理，统筹兼顾各县的经济发展与生态环境建设对水的需求，以生态系统健康发展为原则，遵循生态规律来进行土地资源的开发利用，开展整个绿洲为单元的生态功能保护与建设是绿洲可持续发展能力的根本途径。     

浅谈肉用种鸡的强制换羽

为了延长纯种群、祖代群等价值高的品种的利用年限,缓合鸡苗的供求矛盾,降低鸡苗成本,提高种鸡场的经济效益,我场近几年适时对从以色列引进的隐性白祖代母鸡进行了强制换羽,取得了令人满意的效果.