Structure of astacin and implications for activation of astacins and zinc-ligation of collagenases.

Astacin, a digestive zinc-endopeptidase from the crayfish Astacus astacus L., is the prototype for the 'astacin family', which includes mammalian metallo-endopeptidases and developmentally regulated proteins of man, fruitfly, frog and sea urchin. Here we report the X-ray crystal structure of astacin, which reveals a deep active-site cleft, with the zinc at its bottom ligated by three histidines, a water molecule and a more remote tyrosine. The third histidine (His 102) forms part of a consensus sequence, shared not only by the members of the astacin family, but also by otherwise sequentially unrelated proteinases, such as vertebrate collagenases. It may therefore represent the elusive 'third' zinc ligand in these enzymes. The amino terminus of astacin is buried forming an internal salt-bridge with Glu 103, adjacent to His 102. Astacin pro-forms extended at the N terminus, as observed for some 'latent' mammalian astacin homologues, did not exhibit this 'active' conformation, indicating an activation mechanism reminiscent of trypsin-like serine proteinases.     

合作学习在体育教学中的运用

在体育教学中通过对合作学习的定义、内涵、基本要素等的探索，使合作学习和新课程标准所提出的理念能够较为完善地结合，把合作学习运用到体育教学中去，推动体育教学多角度全方位的发展，目的是促进学生的身心健康和丰富体育教学的内涵。     

构建层次化教学体系,培养学生创新能力--我院物理实验教学改革的实际与成效

结合我院近一两年物理实验教学改革的实际，阐述了在普通高校中如何根据自身的特点开展物理实验教学改革，以及我们在改革中所取得的初步成果。     

Development and function of T cells in mice rendered interleukin-2 deficient by gene targeting.

Interleukin-2 (IL-2) is a lymphocytotropic hormone which is thought to have a key role in the immune response of mammalian cells. It is produced by a subpopulation of activated T-lymphocytes and acts in vitro as the principal auto- and paracrine T-cell growth factor (for reviews see refs 1-3). IL-2 is, however, not the sole T-cell growth factor, nor does it act exclusively on T cells, also promoting growth of NK cells and differentiation of B cells. A role for IL-2 in T-cell development has been postulated but remains controversial. Here we test the requirement for IL-2 in vivo using IL-2-deficient mice generated by targeted recombination. We find that mice homozygous for the IL-2 gene mutation are normal with regard to thymocyte and peripheral T-cell subset composition, but that a dysregulation of the immune system is manifested by reduced polyclonal in vitro T-cell responses and by dramatic changes in the isotype levels of serum immunoglobulins.     

A small GTP-binding protein dissociates from synaptic vesicles during exocytosis.

Low-molecular-weight GTP-binding proteins are strong candidates for regulators of membrane traffic. In yeast, mutations in the sec4 or ypt1 genes encoding small GTP-binding proteins inhibit constitutive membrane flow at the plasma membrane or Golgi complex, respectively. It has been suggested that membrane fusion-fission events are regulated by cycling of small GTP-binding proteins between a membrane-bound and free state, but although most of these small proteins are found in both soluble and tightly membrane-bound forms, there is no direct evidence to support such cycling. In rat brain a small GTP-binding protein, rab3A, is exclusively associated with synaptic vesicles, the secretory organelles of nerve terminals. Here we use isolated nerve terminals to study the fate of rab3A during synaptic vesicle exocytosis. We find that rab3A dissociates quantitatively from the vesicle membrane after Ca2(+)-dependent exocytosis and that this dissociation is partially reversible during recovery after stimulation. These results are direct evidence for an association-dissociation cycle of a small GTP-binding protein during traffic of its host membrane.     

太阳活动11年周期的形成原因新探

太阳活动11年周期的形成原因，是天文学中的一个古老课题，至今没有一个完全令人满意的解释。本文的研究使 “行星引潮力说”再次复活。     

营口地区公路抗盐碱栽植新技术的研究

以辽宁省营口地区作为研究实例,通过土壤全盐量的测定,对营口地区抗盐碱栽植新技术进行了分析,并对结果进行了评价。     

耦合拟不动点定理

根据耦合拟不动点和上半连续算子的定义，讨论了在一定连续条件下集值混合单调算子的耦合拟不动点存在性问题，证明了，若A是非空弱闭值上半连续增算子，则A存在不动点以及若A是非空弱闭值上半连续混合单调算子，则A存在偶合拟不动点等结论．