1.Tandem expression and activity determination of antibacterial peptide Spinosan-C from Paa spinosa.
Yue LIU ; Zhonggen ZHAN ; Bing ZHU ; Rongquan ZHENG ; Hongyi CHENG ; Zuoming NIE
Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2018;34(1):132-139
Antibacterial peptide can be easily degraded by protease and has the lethal effect on the host Escherichia coli. In order to solve these problems and further improve the expression ability of the Escherichia coli system, the antimicrobial peptide Spinosan-C of Paa spinosa was studied. First, the codon of Spinosan-C was optimized according to E. coli codon usage frequency. Then, the 8 multimeric Spinosan-C gene (8×Spinosan-C) was synthesized and cloned into prokaryotic expression vector pET-28a. The fusion antimicrobial peptide 8×Spinosan-C was further highly expressed in Escherichia coli strain Rosetta. The recombinant 8×Spinosan-C protein was then purified and cleaved specially by formic acid to generate the Spinosan-C monomer. Antibacterial test in vitro suggested that the cleaved Spinosan-C monomer had antibacterial bioactivity against the test bacteria. This study provides a technical reference for the largescale preparation of frog antimicrobial peptides.
2. Current status of professional identity among undergraduates majoring in public affairs management and the related influencing factors
Shiwen XU ; Jingjing LIU ; Xiyu ZHANG ; Yaru ZHU ; Limin WANG ; Yuchun TAO ; Zuoming ZHANG ; Lixin NA ; Yizhen NIE ; Hui YIN
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2019;18(10):1058-1064
Objective:
To investigate the current status of professional identity among the undergraduates majoring in public affairs management and the related influence factors.
Methods:
A stratified cluster sampling method was used to conduct a questionnaire survey among the 115 undergraduates majoring in public affairs management in a medical university in Harbin, China, and the contents of the questionnaires included general status and professional identity. The t-test, one-way analysis of variance, and multiple linear regression analysis were used to analyze the influencing factors of professional identity. In-depth interviews were conducted for some students to explore the profound influencing factors for professional identity among the students majoring in public affairs management.
Results:
The overall level of professional identity was low among the undergraduates majoring in public affairs management in the medical university in Harbin, and the score of professional identity was 3.25±0.56. The scores of cognitive dimension, emotional dimension, behavioral dimension, and applicable dimension were 3.41±0.69, 3.21±0.78, 3.24±0.71, and 3.13±0.72, respectively. The multivariate analysis showed that grade, academic performance, major selection, and children number in family had significant influence on their professional identity. The students who were at grade four, who had high academic record (