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.     

CFRP-钢管-CFRP复合钢管约束海砂混凝土短柱轴压试验

以钢管壁厚、钢管屈服强度、碳纤维增强聚合物(carbon fiber reinforced polymer, CFRP)层数和位置、混凝土强度等为研究参数,进行19根CFRP-钢管-CFRP复合钢管约束海砂混凝土短柱的轴压试验,分析试件破坏模式、荷载-应变曲线、结构承载力等,并讨论现有算法对承载力计算的适用性.研究结果表明：内外壁CFRP与钢管的组合对核心混凝土有良好的复合约束作用,可大幅提高结构承载力;钢管内外壁张贴CFRP后,其结构破坏模式由剪切破坏变为腰鼓破坏;钢管最先开始屈服,CFRP层数决定纤维布的断裂宽度和分布;荷载-应变曲线在强化阶段呈明显线性上升特性,二次刚度由CFRP层数决定;与外壁张贴CFRP试件相比,内壁张贴CFRP试件的结构承载力更大.     

三角矩阵余代数上的有限Gorenstein余表现余模

利用范畴的等价定理和范畴之间的正合函子,给出了三角矩阵余代数Γ=(T _TM_U0 U)上的有限Gorenstein余表现余模的具体形式,并且得到三角矩阵余代数Γ与余代数T及U之间的有限Gorenstein余表现维数的关系Max{G.cp.dimT,G.cp.dimU}≤G.cp.dimΓ≤G.cp.dimT+G.cp.dimU+1。     

缀板加强冷弯薄壁C形钢受压极限承载力研究

为研究缀板加强冷弯薄壁C形钢受压构件的受力性能,采用ANSYS软件建立其非线性有限元模型,并与试验破坏特征、极限承载力进行对比,验证建模方法的正确性. 研究缀板间距及偏心距对缀板加强冷弯薄壁C形钢在轴压及单向偏心受压作用下的极限承载力及屈曲模态的影响规律. 结果表明：随缀板间距减小,C形钢的屈曲变形由畸变屈曲逐步转为局部屈曲,轴心受压及偏心受压构件极限承载力逐渐增高;随偏心距增大,偏心受压构件的极限承载力逐渐降低;建议缀板加强冷弯薄壁C形钢轴压、偏压构件的缀板间距分别取λ/3、λ/4（λ为屈曲半波长度）. 基于缀板加强冷弯薄壁C形钢的受力特点及直接强度法,提出缀板加强冷弯薄壁C形钢构件轴压及偏压极限承载力的修正公式,并验证了公式的准确性.     

Self-labeling of human polymorphonuclear leucocyte myeloperoxidase with125iodine

In order to obtain a radioimmunoassay (RIA) technique for the measurement of human plasma myeloperoxidase (MPO), we purified the enzyme from polymorphonuclear granulocytes (neutrophils), and compared three methods of labeling it with¹²⁵Iodine: chloramine T, lactoperoxidase, and an original technique of self labeling based on the ability of the enzyme to oxidize and bind¹²⁵I in the presence of H₂O₂. The chloramine T technique produced a degraded protein, as well shown by a high non-specific binding of tracer to antibody. The lactoperoxidase technique did not succeed in labeling MPO with an adequate specific activity. In contrast, the self-labeling method gave a stable tracer with a specific activity of 23 Ci/gmg MPO (85 MBq), a satisfactory level of immunoreactivity, and a low-specific binding (3%). After labeling, purification of tracer was achieved by gel filtration chromatography in phosphate buffer (0.05 M; pH7) to which 0.1% poly-L-lysine was added. The labeled molecule remained stable for 40 days and could be used for RIA with a polyclonal antibody raised in rabbits.