Molecular evidence for increased hematopoietic proliferation in the spleen of the b/b laboratory rat

The splenomegaly and the appearance of a significant number of CFU-E (erythroid colony-forming units) and BFU-E¹ (erythroid burst-forming units) in the Belgrade laboratory rat (b/b) spleen prompted us to analyse further the molecular evidence for increased hematopoietic proliferation in the b/b spleen. Messenger RNAs (mRNAs) specific for globins, proteins for iron transport and deposition and the band 3 protein were used in rat erythropoietic tissues as markers for proliferation and erythroid differentiation. In the b/b spleen, all mRNAs analysed display an erythroid-specific pattern of expression. This analysis also revealed an enhanced level of mRNA for ferritin in the +/b spleen, whereas erythrocyte-specific mRNA production was normal.     

Studies of a key protein in the mechanism of the excitation-contraction coupling process of frog skeletal muscle,using phenylglyoxal

The excitation-contraction (E-C) coupling process in single twitch fibres from frog toe muscle was inhibited selectively by phenylglyoxal (PGO), a specific guanidyl modifying reagent. A new protein (31.5 kDa), which has PGO-binding ability and seems to play a key role in the E-C coupling process, was solubilized from transverse tubule membrane-junctional sarcoplasmic reticulum complexes (TTM-JSR) of frog skeletal muscles, using¹⁴C-PGO. The monoclonal antibody against this protein applied extracellularly inhibited the E-C coupling process of the single fibres. This protein appears to constitute the very first step of input for E-C coupling. It is considered to behave as an indispensable part of an electrometer to measure membrane potentials. Therefore, the name electrometrin is suggested for the new protein.     

SARS冠状病毒N蛋白的表达及二级结构预测分析

通过RT-PCR获得SARS冠状病毒N蛋白基因，分别克隆到原核表达载体pET21a，pET32a和pGEX-4T-1中，将3种重组质粒pET2la-N，pET32a-N和pGEX-4T-1-N分别转化大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)，经IPTG诱导，细菌中分别表达出约46kD的重组N蛋白、约60kD的6xHis-N融合蛋白和约70kD的GST-N融合蛋白，表达量分别达总蛋白的45％、40％和30％．进一步的分析表明：6xHis-N融合蛋白在大肠杆菌中为可溶性表达，该可溶性组分占细菌裂解液的70％左右，且能被6xHis抗体所识别．用蛋白分析软件对N蛋白进行了序列分析和二级结构预测．SARS冠状病毒N蛋白在大肠杆菌中的高效可溶性表达，有助于进一步结晶后进行X射线晶体衍射分析其结构与功能．     

一个在梅山猪×大白猪杂交组合的背最长肌中差异表达的新基因的分离、cDNA 序列分析及组织表达谱

为了揭示猪杂种优势的分子机理,用mRNA差异显示技术从梅山猪×大白猪杂交组合的背最长肌中分离到一个差异表达的基因,并用半定量RT-PCR进行鉴定,随后通过cDNA末端快速扩增法(RACE)得到该基因的cDNA全长.经与GenBank进行Blast比较,这个基因与猪的已知的基因没有明显的同源性.基因预测显示这个基因编码一个由188个氨基酸组成的蛋白质,且该蛋白质具有保守的PRA1 family protein的结构域,同时该蛋白质和人、大鼠、小鼠的PRA1 family protein 3分别具有88%,88%,87%的同源性,因此将这个基因命名为猪的PRA1 family protein 3基因.进化树分析表明猪的PRA1family protein 3和人的PRA1family protein 3具有比大鼠、小鼠的PRA1family protein 3更近的亲缘关系.组织表达谱分析显示这个基因在肌肉与脂肪组织中表达丰富,在脾中中等表达,在心、肾、卵巢、肺中少量表达,在肝与小肠中几乎不表达.同时对这个基因的功能及与猪的杂种优势的关系进行了讨论.     

蛋白质二级结构中同义密码子与氨基酸上下文关联的偏好型

通过对人(Homo sapiens)的117个蛋白质和大肠杆菌(E．coli)的87个蛋白质的统计分析，发现mRNA序列中的同义密码子与氨基酸的上下文关联是和蛋白质二级结构有关的，并给出了各二级结构中有意义的上下文关联型．讨论了该结果对蛋白质结构预测的改进意义及其在基因工程领域可能的应用。     

Inhibitory effect of the adenovirus type 5 E1A protein expressed in the yeast system

The human adenovirus type 5 E1A, a tumor- suppressor gene[1], codes for two major related proteins of 243 amino acids (12S) and 289 amino acids (13S) by al-ternative splicing in two exons[2]. Studies have been shown that E1A can regulate expression of many genes and cell cycle[3]. Both in vitro and in vivo experiments indicated that E1A could induce tumor cells differentia-tion, convert tumor cells into an epithelial phenotype, in-hibit tumor cell growth and metastasis and strongly en-ha…     

N-terminal of L protein of vesicular stomatitis virus contains a new signal sequence

The L protein (241kD) of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) is the most important snbnnit of the replication complex. The existence of specific localization signal in the L protein was investigated by making recombinant constructs expressing truncated mutants of the L protein fused to green fluorescent protein (GFP) in transient transfection assays. The chimeric genes encoding varied N-terminal of L and GFP gene were put under the control of T7 promoter or CMV promoter. The fusion proteins were transiently expressed in BHK-21, COS-7, CHO or Hep G2 cells. When more than 120 residues were deleted or only 96 residues were kept on the N-terminal, the fusion proteins were shown to be distributed throughout the cells, cytoplasm and nucleus under the confocal microscope. However, other chimeric proteins with 120 or more amino acids were dotted and distributed in the perinuclear regions. And the fusion protein with 96—120 aa has the similar distribution. A thirteen-residue peptide QGYSFLHEVDKEA (108—120) was identified as localization signal, whose function would be absolutely distributed with the deficiency of D or V. Our results show that there is an independent localizing signal in N-terminal domain of L protein of VSV and this functional signal is conserved in different cell lines.     

新疆北鲵肌肉蛋白质、氨基酸、无机元素及食物组成分析

本报道了新疆北鲵肌肉蛋白质含量为19．08％，氨基酸17种，无机元素有Ca等6种，成幼体食物组成中以石蚕及腺状介虫为主．     

酶法水解棉籽蛋白的制备与应用

以脱酚后的棉籽粉为原料 ,研究了酶解法制备可溶性棉籽水解蛋白的生产工艺。对其影响因素和产品的实际应用作了探讨。结果表明 ,利用中性蛋白酶AS1.398水解棉籽粉 ,产品得率可达 28.8%,蛋白质量分数为63.28%。棉籽水解蛋白可作为菌体发酵氮源。