重金属离子镉对高等植物叶绿体光系统Ⅱ的影响的研究

本文研究了重金属离子Cd++、Pb++、Cu++、Zn++对高等植物（菠菜）离体叶绿体两个光系统光合电子传递功能的影响，以Cd++为代表重点研究了它对光系统II（PSII）的影响，首重讨论了Cd++在PSII的作用部位及作用方式。 Cd++、Pb++、Cu++、Zn++对高等植物叶绿体光合电子传递具有抑制作用，其中对PSII电子传递的抑制作用更为显著。PSII制剂的放氧活性比叶绿体的放氧活性对Cd++的毒害作用更加敏感。不同浓度的Cd++处理后，叶绿体全电子链的电子传递活性比放氧活性的降低速率快。这暗示着PSII氧化侧不是Cd++唯一的作用部位，在PSII电子传递链上还存在一个对Cd~(++)敏感的部位。 Cd++使叶绿体和PSII制剂的DCIP光还原活性降低;可变光受到抑制。加入PSII人工电子供体DPC仅使被抑制的DCIP光还原活性稍有恢复;而加入NH2OH对被抑制的可变荧光无影响。因此我们认为Ca++除了作用于PSII氧化侧外，还直接作用于PSII反应中心。这与Bazzaz和Govindje等提出的Cd++仅作用于PSII氧化侧的观点不同。我们认为可能是Cd++改变了叶绿体或PSII制剂类囊体膜的构型或内环境，使较多的PSII反应中心不易被光活化或使其钝化的缘故。 低温（-196℃）荧光发射光谱表明，Cd++使叶绿体的F686/F736及 F696/F736比值降低。另外，Cd++还可使叶绿体和PSII制剂的低温（-196℃）荧光激发光谱的F480/F436比值下降，使叶绿体表观吸收光谱变平。 温和的SDS-PAGE分析表明，Cd++处理后，叶绿体类囊体膜与PSII制剂类囊体膜中色素蛋白复合物LHC-II的部分寡聚体解聚成单聚体，叶绿体中LHC-II总量减少。进一步用梯度胶分析叶绿体类囊体膜的多肽组成。发现Cd++使属于LHC-II的多肽减少。表明Cd++引起了LHC-II的重新分配或它本身的解离。通过比较Cd++与Mg++对PSII活性的不同影响，我们认为Cd++使激发能不利于向PSII分配，从而破坏了两个光系统的协调合作。这或许是导致PSII电子传递活性显著降低的因素之一。

大蹼铃蟾缓激肽及其制备方法和其基因

本发明涉及大蹼铃蟾缓激肽及其制备方法和其基因，属于生物医学领域。其缓激肽为从中国两栖类动物大蹼铃蟾(Bombina maxima)皮肤分泌物中分离得到的由19个氨基酸组成的一种单链多肽，分子量2180，等电点11.7，多肽氨基酸全序列一级结构为：DLPKINRKGPRPPGFSPFR。制备方法是收集大蹼铃蟾皮肤分泌物，离心去除沉淀、冷冻干燥后，经凝胶过滤、高压液相反相柱层析分离纯化后即得到。编码大蹼铃蟾缓激肽基因核苷酸序列由cDNA由829个核苷酸组成，编码成熟大蹼铃蟾缓激肽为第140-196，224-280，308-364，392-448，476-532，560-616位6个核苷酸重复单元片断，从两栖类动物皮肤中得到的缓激肽基因作为基因工程制备缓激肽的应用。

Extraction, PCR amplification, and sequencing of mitochondrial DNA from scent mark and feces in the giant panda

To expand the feasibility of applying simple, efficient, non-invasive DNA preparation methods using samples that can be obtained from giant pandas living in the wild, we investigated the use of scent markings and fecal samples. Giant panda-specific oligonucleotide primers were used to amplify a portion of the mitochondrial DNA control region as well as a portion of the mitochondrial DNA cytochrome b gene and tRNA(Thr) gene region. A 196 base pair (bp) fragment in the control region and a 449 bp fragment in the cytochrome b gene and tRNA(Thr) gene were successfully amplified. Sequencing of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products demonstrated that the two fragments are giant panda sequences. Furthermore, under simulated field conditions we found that DNA can be extracted from fecal samples aged as long as 3 months. Our results suggest that the scent mark and fecal samples are simple, efficient, and easily prepared DNA sources. (C) 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

云南蚜茧蜂科四新种(膜翅目)

报道云南蚜茧蜂科四新种: 莲全脉蚜茧蜂Ephedrus nelumbus、柏蚜茧蜂Aphidius cupressi、滇蚜茧蜂A. dianensis和江川平突蚜茧蜂Lysiphlebia jiangchuanensis。模式标本存中科院昆明动物所。

Mitochondrial genomes of two luminous beetles, Rhagophthalmus lufengensis and R-ohbai (Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera)

We determined the mitochondrial MA (mtDNA) sequences of two luminous beetles (Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera), Rhagophthalmus lufengensis from Yunnan, China and Rhagophthalmus ohbai from Yaeyama Island, Japan. We identified all the 37 mtDNA genes of R. l

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Given its relative ease, screening the entire mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) for heteroplasmic or novel homoplasmic mutations has become part of the routine diagnostic workup for the molecular geneticist confronted with a disease case exhibiting clinical and b

NATURAL FOODS AND THEIR ECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR MACACA-THIBETANA AT MOUNT EMEI, CHINA

Natural food plants of partly provisioned groups of Macaca thibetana included about 196 species belonging to 135 genera and 72 families. The macaques consumed mainly bamboo shoots and fruits for about 2 months in autumn, whereas they relied on active or passive provisions from visitors, a variety of structural parts of plants and a small amount of invertebrates in late spring and summer and ate mainly mature leaves and bark for the rest of the year. About half of the species eaten came from the dense herb and shrub layers. This forest-dwelling species shows a distinctive feeding and foraging pattern in comparison with other macaques, explaining why M. thibetana has the largest body weight of all macaques.