2-Methoxybenzoyl phosphate: a new substrate for continuous fluorimetric and spectrophotometric acyl phosphatase assays

A new aromatic acyl phosphate, 2-methoxybenzoyl phosphate, has been synthesized. The compound shows an intrinsic fluorescence; it displays an intense emission band at 390 nm upon excitation in the near UV region. This band practically disappears after hydrolysis of the product. On the other hand, the product displays differences in the near UV absorption spectra measured before and after hydrolysis. The at 301 nm is 2720 M^–1 cm^–1, a value that is 4.3-fold higher than that of benzoyl phosphate (the usual substrate for acylphosphatase assay) at 283 nm. The main kinetic parameters of three different acylphosphatase molecular forms (the muscular isoenzyme and two subtypes of the organ common isoenzyme) were determined using both benzoyl phosphate and 2-methoxybenzoyl phosphate as substrates, and then compared. These kinetic data and the UV absorption and fluorescence properties of 2-methoxybenzoyl phosphate sugest that this compound has better substrate features than benzoyl phosphate, and can be used for both high sensitivity continuous fluorimetric and UV absorption spectrophotometric assays of acylphosphatase.     

Energy flow and community structure in freshwater ecosystems

The goal of this article is twofold: 1) It aims at providing an overview on some major results obtained from energy flow studies in individuals, populations, and communities, and 2) it will also focus on major mechanisms explaining community structures. The basis for any biological community to survive and establish a certain population density is on the one hand energy fixation by primary producers together with adequate nutrient supply and the transfer of energy between trophic levels (bottom-up effect). On the other hand, predator pressures may strongly control prey population densities one or more trophic levels below (top-down effect). Other interpopulation effects include competition, chemical interactions and evolutionary genetic processes, which further interact and result in the specific structuring of any community with respect to species composition and population sizes.     

Sex pheromone of the pine sawflyDiprion pini (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae): Chemical identification,synthesis and biological activity

The main component of the sex pheromone secretion of femaleDiprion pini L. (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae) from insects collected both in Finland and in France has been identified as athreo-3,7-dimethyl-2-tridecanol (8 ng per female) stereoisomer by GC-MS and synthesis. The secretion also contains lower and higher homologues in small amounts (1–4% of the main component). Combined gas chromatographic-electroantennographic detection showed activity in both natural and esterified extracts (acetates and propionates); the esters of the main component gave the largest responses. The acetates and propionates of the eight stereoisomers of 3,7-dimethyl-2-tridecanol were synthesized from enantiomerically highly enriched (>99% ee) building blocks. The stereochemistry of the main component was established to be (2S,3R,7R)-3,7-dimethyl-2-tridecanol by GC analysis of the natural material. It was purified by liquid chromatography prior to the GC analysis of both its pentafluorobenzoates and its isopropylcarbamates on a non-chiral polar column (ECD) and a chiral column (NPD), respectively. Field tests demonstrated that both the acetate and propionate of the main component (100 g of each applied on cotton roll dispensers) were active in attracting males, with or without the presence of several of the minor compounds. Experiments with smaller amounts of the acetate and the propionate (1 g in France and 50 g in Finland) demonstrated that the propionate was more active than the acetate, and that it also caught more males than a blend of the two compounds.     

Nα-quinaldyl-L-arginine·HCl,a new defensive alkaloid fromSubcoccinella-24-punctata (Coleoptera,Coccinellidae)

The isolation of N-quinaldyl-L-arginine·HCl (1) from the CoccinellidaeSubcoccinella-24-punctata is reported. The structure, first established on the basis of the analysis of the spectral properties of1, has been confirmed by synthesis. The alkaloid is of endogenous origin and markedly deterrent to ants.     

化学镀镍液中的各组分对次磷酸钠浓度测定的影响

本文主要探讨了化学镀镍液中影响次磷酸钠浓度测定准确度的因素，并相应地提出了行之有效的解决方法。     

用J2EE建立基于XML的Web服务

论述了Web服务中的一些关键技术,提出了用J2EE建立基于XML的Web服务的方法,并给出详细的实现方案。     

非线性拟双曲方程的特征变网格有限元方法和分析

对神经传播过程中的一类非线性拟双曲方程的初边值问题的三维情形应用常规变换，提出了特征变网格有限元格式，最后通过细致的分析和估计得到了最佳阶的L^2模误差估计结果。     

超声喷雾热分解法制备电极材料LiCoO2薄膜

以硝酸锂和乙酸钴为原料,玻璃为基片,通过超声喷雾热分解法制备了锂钴氧化物薄膜,并讨论了制备条件对形成薄膜如Li与Co摩尔比对薄膜晶型、不同溶剂对雾化效果、热分解温度对产物晶型和薄膜外观、反应时间对膜厚等的影响,经X-射线衍射分析和电镜测试,给出了制备较好晶型结构LiCoO2薄膜的条件.     

在心脏组织表达的一个人类新基因

KRAB／C2H2型锌指蛋白是一类具有重要功能的转录调节因子，初步克隆了一个新的人类KRAB／C2H2型锌指蛋白基因，经国际基因命名委员会批准命名为ZNF382，此基因长2824bp，含5个外显子，4个内含子，在基因组DNA上长约23kb，它编码548个氨基酸，在氮末端含一个KRAB框，碳末端含一个未成形的锌指(VZF)和9个锌指(ZF)，Northern杂交结果表明，ZNF382mRNA在早期胚胎时期(至少在妊娠34d之前)就开始表达，在不同时期人类胚胎组织中广泛表达，包括小脑、肾、大脑、肺、心脏、骨骼肌、舌和肾上腺，在成人组织其表达限制在心脏，其结构和表达特征预示着ZNF382在心脏发育和功能的发挥起着潜在的作用。