Structure of the cross-beta spine of amyloid-like fibrils

Numerous soluble proteins convert to insoluble amyloid-like fibrils that have common properties. Amyloid fibrils are associated with fatal diseases such as Alzheimer's, and amyloid-like fibrils can be formed in vitro. For the yeast protein Sup35, conversion to amyloid-like fibrils is associated with a transmissible infection akin to that caused by mammalian prions. A seven-residue peptide segment from Sup35 forms amyloid-like fibrils and closely related microcrystals, from which we have determined the atomic structure of the cross-beta spine. It is a double beta-sheet, with each sheet formed from parallel segments stacked in register. Side chains protruding from the two sheets form a dry, tightly self-complementing steric zipper, bonding the sheets. Within each sheet, every segment is bound to its two neighbouring segments through stacks of both backbone and side-chain hydrogen bonds. The structure illuminates the stability of amyloid fibrils, their self-seeding characteristic and their tendency to form polymorphic structures.     

化学发光自显影免疫印迹法（Western Blotting）检测绒山羊皮肤组织中催乳素受体蛋白

采集不同季节绒山羊皮肤组织样品,提取总蛋白,经聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳,将电泳结果转移到醋酸纤维薄膜,然后与催乳素抗体结合、辣根过氧化物酶标记二抗结合,后者作用于化学发光底物,暗室中置X-光胶片上自显影数分钟,经显影、定影,得到黑色曝光斑,根据胶片上曝光斑的位置确定出催乳素受体的分子量为87kD。根据不同时期样品黑斑的大小得出各时期催乳素受体表达量与绒毛生长趋势是一致的。