摩擦化学反应活化能对CMP的影响

根据质量作用定律,测定了铜膜在静态腐蚀和化学机械抛光（Chemical Mechanical Polishing,CMP）两种反应条件下的化学反应速率常数;通过Arrhenius方程,测定了铜膜在两种反应条件下的化学反应活化能.结果表明：当抛光液温度为298.15 K,工作压力为13 780 Pa时,静态腐蚀条件下体系化学反应速率常数是114.80 s^-1,而CMP条件下体系的化学反应速率常数是412.11 s^-1,同时,CMP条件下的反应活化能为4 849.80 J,静态腐蚀条件下的反应活化能为31 870.30 J,由此得出,反应活化能的降低是CMP过程中的机械摩擦作用所致.因此,根据CMP过程中铜膜和抛光垫各自克服滑动摩擦力所作的系统功,推导出CMP过程中活化能降低值的系统功表达式,并通过改变工作压力和转速来验证该表达式的适用性.     

球形GaAs-Ga1-xAlxAs量子点中激子束缚能的变分法计算

用无限深势阱和有限深势阱2种模型,计算了激子束缚能与球形量子点半径的关系.计算结果表明：对于无限深势阱模型,量子点中激子束缚能随着量子点的半径增加而减小;对于有限深势阱模型,当量子点半径较小时,束缚能随着量子点的半径增加而增加;当量子点半径增加到一定值时,它的束缚能达到最大值,继续增加量子点半径,束缚能反而减少.这些计算结果对深入理解半导体量子点中激子的物理本质具有一定学术意义.     

磁悬浮反作用飞轮系统模态分析及试验研究

介绍了一种角动量为50Nms工作转速在±5000rpm的磁悬浮反作用飞轮系统,利用有限元分析软件ANSYS对其定、转子及系统进行了模态分析,利用COMBINE14单元模拟磁轴承使模型更加接近实际,最后通过模态测试试验测出了转子的一阶弹性固有模态,与理论计算结果相近,误差仅为0.66%,验证了理论模型的正确性。模态分析及测试的结果对磁悬浮反作用飞轮系统的振动特性研究,控制方案设计及总体优化设计有着重要意义。     

N-acetylmuramic acid 6-phosphate lyases (MurNAc etherases): role in cell wall metabolism, distribution, structure, and mechanism

MurNAc etherases cleave the uniqued-lactyl ether bond of the bacterial cell wall sugar N-acetylmuramic acid (MurNAc). Members of this newly discovered family of enzymes are widely distributed among bacteria and are required to utilize peptidoglycan fragments obtained either from the environment or from the endogenous cell wall (i.e., recycling). MurNAc etherases are strictly dependent on the substrate MurNAc possessing a free reducing end and a phosphoryl group at C6. They carry a single conserved sugar phosphate isomerase/sugar phosphate- binding (SIS) domain to which MurNAc 6-phosphate is bound. Two subunits form an enzymatically active homodimer that structurally resembles the isomerase module of the double-SIS domain protein GlmS, the glucosamine 6-phosphate synthase. Structural comparison provides insights into the two-step lyase-type reaction mechanism of MurNAc etherases: β-elimination of the D-lactic acid substituent proceeds through a 2,3-unsaturated sugar intermediate to which water is subsequently added. Received 31 August 2007; received after revision 12 October 2007; accepted 1 November 2007     

The cytotoxicity of eosinophil cationic protein/ribonuclease 3 on eukaryotic cell lines takes place through its aggregation on the cell membrane

Human eosinophil cationic protein (ECP)/ ribonuclease 3 (RNase 3) is a protein secreted from the secondary granules of activated eosinophils. Specific properties of ECP contribute to its cytotoxic activities associated with defense mechanisms. In this work the ECP cytotoxic activity on eukaryotic cell lines is analyzed. The ECP effects begin with its binding and aggregation to the cell surface, altering the cell membrane permeability and modifying the cell ionic equilibrium. No internalization of the protein is observed. These signals induce cell-specific morphological and biochemical changes such as chromatin condensation, reversion of membrane asymmetry, reactive oxygen species production and activation of caspase-3-like activity and, eventually, cell death. However, the ribonuclease activity component of ECP is not involved in this process as no RNA degradation is observed. In summary, the cytotoxic effect of ECP is attained through a mechanism different from that of other cytotoxic RNases and may be related with the ECP accumulation associated with the inflammatory processes, in which eosinophils are present. Received 26 October 2007; accepted 23 November 2007     

Cholera toxin structure, gene regulation and pathophysiological and immunological aspects

Many notions regarding the function, structure and regulation of cholera toxin expression have remained essentially unaltered in the last 15 years. At the same time, recent findings have generated additional perspectives. For example, the cholera toxin genes are now known to be carried by a non-lytic bacteriophage, a previously unsuspected condition. Understanding of how the expression of cholera toxin genes is controlled by the bacterium at the molecular level has advanced significantly and relationships with cell-density-associated (quorum-sensing) responses have recently been discovered. Regarding the cell intoxication process, the mode of entry and intracellular transport of cholera toxin are becoming clearer. In the immunological field, the strong oral immunogenicity of the non-toxic B subunit of cholera toxin (CTB) has been exploited in the development of a now widely licensed oral cholera vaccine. Additionally, CTB has been shown to induce tolerance against co-administered (linked) foreign antigens in some autoimmune and allergic diseases. Received 25 October 2007; accepted 12 December 2007     

Na+ binding to meizothrombin desF1

Meizothrombin is the physiologically active intermediate generated by a single cleavage of prothrombin at R320 to separate the A and B chains. Recent evidence has suggested that meizothrombin, like thrombin, is a Na(+)-activated enzyme. In this study we present the first X-ray crystal structure of human meizothrombin desF1 solved in the presence of the active site inhibitor PPACK at 2.1 A resolution. The structure reveals a Na(+) binding site whose architecture is practically identical to that of human thrombin. Stopped-flow measurements of Na(+) binding to meizothrombin desF1 document a slow phase of fluorescence change with a k(obs) decreasing hyperbolically with increasing [Na(+)], consistent with the existence of three conformations in equilibrium, E*, E and E:Na(+), as for human thrombin. Evidence that meizothrombin exists in multiple conformations provides valuable new information for studies of the mechanism of prothrombin activation.     

The Blowing-up of the Solutions for a Class of Nonlinear Reaction-Diffusion Equations

Wediscusstheblowing-upofthesolutionsforthenonlinearreaction-diffusionequationswiththegeneral(i.e.nonlinear)boundaryconditions:ut=∑ni,j=1xiaij(x)uxj ∑ni=1bi(x)uxi f(u)　(x,t)∈Ω×(0,T)βuγ δ(x)uΩ=g(u)u(x,0)=u0(x)(*)whereΩisaboundedregionofRn,ai...     

Family I.3 lipase: bacterial lipases secreted by the type I secretion system

Based on the classification of bacterial lipolytic enzymes, family I.3 lipase is a member of the large group of Gram-negative bacterial true lipases. This lipase family is distinguished from other families not only by the amino acid sequence, but also by the secretion mechanism. Lipases of family I.3 are secreted via the well-known type I secretion system. Like most of proteins secreted via this system, family I.3 lipases are composed of two domains with distinct yet related functions. Recent years have seen an increasing amount of research on this lipase family, in terms of isolation, secretion mechanism, as well as biochemical and biophysical studies. This review describes our current knowledge on the structure-function relationships of family I.3 lipase, with an emphasis on its secretion mechanism. Received 18 April 2006; received after revision 3 July 2006; accepted 24 August 2006