糖基化反应条件对乳清蛋白——麦芽糖复合物抗原性的影响

研究了将麦芽糖通过糖基化引入到乳清蛋白制备乳清蛋白-麦芽糖,用间接竞争ELISA法测定不同反应时间不同质量比的乳清蛋白-麦芽糖中α-乳白蛋白和β-乳球蛋白的抗原性的变化。结果表明,糖基化能有效降低α-乳白蛋白和β-乳球蛋白的抗原性,α-乳白蛋白的抗原性可以从26.2 mg/L降低到14.4 mg/L,β-乳球蛋白的抗原性可以从95.1 mg/L降低到22.4 mg/L。反应时间对不同质量比的乳清蛋白-麦芽糖中α-乳白蛋白和β-乳球蛋白的抗原性有较大影响。蛋白与糖的质量比为1～8时,反应相同时间的乳清蛋白-麦芽糖中α-乳白蛋白和β-乳球蛋白的抗原性随蛋白与糖的质量比的下降而下降。     

高压复合pH偏移预处理对大豆蛋白糖基化复合物结构及乳化性质影响

本研究运用超高压处理、碱性pH偏移处理对大豆分离蛋白（soy protein isolate, SPI）进行单独和复合处理后,将其与麦芽糊精进行糖基化反应,并测定不同预处理条件对复合物结构及乳化性质影响。结果表明,与单一超高压处理或pH偏移处理相比,高压协同碱性pH偏移处理对糖基化反应的促进效果更明显。复合处理使糖基化复合物的接枝度与褐变程度增大,二级结构由有序向无序的转变程度增大,蛋白质内部疏水基团暴露量增多,蛋白分子三级结构趋于松散。其中400 MPa高压处理协同碱性pH偏移处理对糖基化改性的促进效果最为显著,所得糖基化样品的乳化活性（31.38 m2/g）和乳化稳定性值（36.88 min）最大,分别为对照组的1.89倍和1.60倍。     

喷射蒸煮水热处理提升大豆分离蛋白乳化性的研究

该文使用喷射蒸煮水热反应器进行大豆蛋白糖基化反应,在高温、高压的水热条件下,蛋白质与小分子单糖及双糖进行Mailard反应,生成共价复合物.结果显示生成的复合物比大豆蛋白乳化活性有所提升,其在高温、高盐的条件下乳化活性的变化较小.     

牛免疫球蛋白G的体外人源唾液酸化及Fc片段的制备

建立将牛免疫球蛋白G (bovine immunoglobulin G,bIgG)糖链末端N-羟乙酰神经氨酸酶切并连接人源N-乙酰神经氨酸(N-acetylneuraminic acid,Neu5Ac)的方法,在实现bIgG转化为人源IgG (human IgG,hIgG)的基础上,研究hIgG可结晶(Fc)片段的制备...     

Glycosyltransferase B4GALNT2 as a Predictor of Good Prognosis in Colon Cancer: Lessons from Databases

Background: glycosyltransferase B4GALNT2 and its cognate carbohydrate antigen Sd^a are highly expressed in normal colon but strongly downregulated in colorectal carcinoma (CRC). We previously showed that CRC patients expressing higher B4GALNT2 mRNA levels displayed longer survival. Forced B4GALNT2 expression reduced the malignancy and stemness of colon cancer cells. Methods: Kaplan–Meier survival curves were determined in “The Cancer Genome Atlas” (TCGA) COAD cohort for several glycosyltransferases, oncogenes, and tumor suppressor genes. Whole expression data of coding genes as well as miRNA and methylation data for B4GALNT2 were downloaded from TCGA. Results: the prognostic potential of B4GALNT2 was the best among the glycosyltransferases tested and better than that of many oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes; high B4GALNT2 expression was associated with a lower malignancy gene expression profile; differential methylation of an intronic B4GALNT2 gene position and miR-204-5p expression play major roles in B4GALNT2 regulation. Conclusions: high B4GALNT2 expression is a strong predictor of good prognosis in CRC as a part of a wider molecular signature that includes ZG16, ITLN1, BEST2, and GUCA2B. Differential DNA methylation and miRNA expression contribute to regulating B4GALNT2 expression during colorectal carcinogenesis.     

Generation of novel landomycins M and O through targeted gene disruption

Two genes from Streptomyces cyanogenous S136 that encode the reductase LanZ4 and the hydroxylase LanZ5, which are involved in landomycin A biosynthesis, were characterized by targeted gene inactivation. Analyses of the corresponding mutants as well as complementation experiments have allowed us to show that LanZ4 and LanZ5 are responsible for the unique C-11-hydroxylation that occurs during landomycin biosynthesis. Compounds accumulated by the lanZ4/Z5 mutants are the previously described landomycin F and the new landomycins M and O.