scholarly journals The Streptococcus gordonii Platelet BindingProtein GspB Undergoes Glycosylation Independently ofExport

2004 ◽  
Vol 186 (3) ◽  
pp. 638-645 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara A. Bensing ◽  
Bradford W. Gibson ◽  
Paul M. Sullam
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Transport System ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Periodate Oxidation ◽  
Anion Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Streptococcus Gordonii ◽  
Amino Terminal ◽  
Mutant Strains

ABSTRACT The binding of bacteria and platelets may play a central role in the pathogenesis of infective endocarditis. Platelet binding by Streptococcus gordonii strain M99 is predominantly mediated by the 286-kDa cell wall-anchored protein GspB. This unusually large protein lacks a typical amino-terminal signal peptide and is translocated from the cytoplasm via a dedicated transport system. A 14-kb segment just downstream of gspB encodes SecA2 and SecY2, two components of the GspB-specific transport system. The downstream segment also encodes several putative glycosyl transferases that may be responsible for the posttranslational modification of GspB. In this study, we compared the abilities of M99 and two GspB− mutant strains to bind various lectins. GspB was found to have affinity for lectins that bind N-acetylglucosamine. We also examined variant forms of GspB that lack a carboxy-terminal cell wall-anchoring domain and thus are free of covalent linkage to cell wall peptidoglycan. Like native GspB, these truncated proteins appear to be heavily glycosylated, as evidenced by migration during sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis with an apparent molecular mass >100 kDa in excess of the predicted mass, negligible staining with conventional protein stains, and reactivity with hydrazide following periodate oxidation. Furthermore, analysis of the carbohydrate associated with the GspB variants by high-pH anion-exchange chromatography revealed the presence of ∼70 to 100 monosaccharide residues per GspB polypeptide (primarily N-acetylglucosamine and glucose). Analysis of GspB in protoplasts of secA2 or secY2 mutant strains, which do not export GspB, indicates that GspB is glycosylated in the cytoplasm of these strains. The combined data suggest that the native GspB is a glycoprotein and that it may be glycosylated prior to export.

Purification, properties, and partial amino acid sequence of chitinase from a marine Alteromonas sp. strain O-7

1992 ◽  
Vol 38 (9) ◽  
pp. 891-897 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Tsujibo ◽  
Yukio Yoshida ◽  
Katsushiro Miyamoto ◽  
Chiaki Imada ◽  
Yoshiro Okami ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Marine Bacterium ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Molecular Size ◽  
Anion Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Amino Acid Residues ◽  
Amino Terminal

Chitinase (EC 3.2.1.14) was isolated from the culture supernatant of a marine bacterium, Alteromonas sp. strain O-7. The enzyme (Chi-A) was purified by anion-exchange chromatography (DEAE-Toyopearl 650 M) and gel filtration (Sephadex G-100). The purified enzyme showed a single band on sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The molecular size and pI of Chi-A were 70 kDa and 3.9, respectively. The optimum pH and temperature of Chi-A were 8.0 and 50 °C, respectively. Chi-A was stable in the range of pH 5–10 up to 40 °C. Among the main cations, such as Na+, K+, Mg2+, and Ca2+, contained in seawater, Mg2+ stimulated Chi-A activity. N-Bromosuccinimide and 2-hydroxy-5-nitrobenzyl bromide inhibited Chi-A activity. The amino-terminal 27 amino acid residues of Chi-A were sequenced. This enzyme showed sequence homology with chitinases from terrestrial bacteria such as Serratia marcescens QMB1466 and Bacillus circulons WL-12. Key words: marine bacterium, Alteromonas sp., chitinase.

scholarly journals Purification and Characterization of a Feruloyl Esterase from the Intestinal Bacterium Lactobacillus acidophilus

2004 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 2367-2372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaokun Wang ◽  
Xin Geng ◽  
Yukari Egashira ◽  
Hiroo Sanada
Keyword(s):  
Lactobacillus Acidophilus ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Hydrophobic Interaction Chromatography ◽  
Anion Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Feruloyl Esterase ◽  
Intestinal Bacterium ◽  
Optimum Ph ◽  
Optimum Ph And Temperature

ABSTRACT Dietary ferulic acid (FA), a significant antioxidant substance, is currently the subject of extensive research. FA in cereals exists mainly as feruloylated sugar ester. To release FA from food matrices, it is necessary to cleave ester cross-linking by feruloyl esterase (FAE) (hydroxycinnamoyl esterase; EC 3.1.1.73). In the present study, the FAE from a human typical intestinal bacterium, Lactobacillus acidophilus, was isolated, purified, and characterized for the first time. The enzyme was purified in successive steps including hydrophobic interaction chromatography and anion-exchange chromatography. The purified FAE appeared as a single band in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, with an apparent molecular mass of 36 kDa. It has optimum pH and temperature characteristics (5.6 and 37°C, respectively). The metal ions Cu2+ and Fe3+ (at a concentration of 5 mmol liter−1) inhibited FAE activity by 97.25 and 94.80%, respectively. Under optimum pH and temperature with 5-O-feruloyl-l-arabinofuranose (FAA) as a substrate, the enzyme exhibited a K m of 0.0953 mmol liter−1 and a V max of 86.27 mmol liter−1 min−1 mg−1 of protein. Furthermore, the N-terminal amino acid sequence of the purified FAE was found to be A R V E K P R K V I L V G D G A V G S T. The FAE released FA from O-(5-O-feruloyl-α-l-arabinofuranosyl)-(1→3)-O-β-d-xylopyranosyl-(1→4)-d-xylopyranose (FAXX) and FAA obtained from refined corn bran. Moreover, it released two times more FA from FAXX in the presence of added xylanase.

scholarly journals Purification and Biochemical Characterization of the VIM-1 Metallo-β-Lactamase

2000 ◽  
Vol 44 (11) ◽  
pp. 3003-3007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Franceschini ◽  
Berardo Caravelli ◽  
Jean-Denis Docquier ◽  
Moreno Galleni ◽  
Jean-Marie Frère ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Kinetic Parameters ◽  
Biochemical Characterization ◽  
Metal Removal ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Gel Permeation Chromatography ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Amino Terminal ◽  
Chromatography Step

ABSTRACT VIM-1 is a new group 3 metallo-β-lactamase recently detected in carbapenem-resistant nosocomial isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from the Mediterranean area. In this work, VIM-1 was purified from an Escherichia coli strain carrying the cloned bla VIM-1 gene by means of an anion-exchange chromatography step followed by a gel permeation chromatography step. The purified enzyme exhibited a molecular mass of 26 kDa in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and an acidic pI of 5.1 in analytical isoelectric focusing. Amino-terminal sequencing showed that mature VIM-1 results from the removal of a 26-amino-acid signal peptide from the precursor. VIM-1 hydrolyzes a broad array of β-lactam compounds, including penicillins, narrow- to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins, carbapenems, and mechanism-based serine-β-lactamase inactivators. Only monobactams escape hydrolysis. The highest catalytic constant/Km ratios (>106M−1 · s−1) were observed with carbenicillin, azlocillin, some cephalosporins (cephaloridine, cephalothin, cefuroxime, cefepime, and cefpirome), imipenem, and biapenem. Kinetic parameters showed remarkable variability with different β-lactams and also within the various penam, cephem, and carbapenem compounds, resulting in no clear preference of the enzyme for any of these β-lactam subfamilies. Significant differences were observed with some substrates between the kinetic parameters of VIM-1 and those of other metallo-β-lactamases. Inactivation assays carried out with various chelating agents (EDTA, 1,10-o-phenanthroline, and pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid) indicated that formation of a ternary enzyme-metal-chelator complex precedes metal removal from the zinc center of the protein and revealed notable differences in the inactivation parameters of VIM-1 with different agents.

scholarly journals Cadmium-binding proteins of rat testes. Characterization of a low-molecular-mass protein that lacks identity with metallothionein

1984 ◽  
Vol 220 (3) ◽  
pp. 811-818 ◽  
Author(s):  
M P Waalkes ◽  
S B Chernoff ◽  
C D Klaassen
Keyword(s):  
Metal Binding ◽  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Binding Proteins ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Anion Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel ◽  
Or Groups

Cadmium-binding proteins in the cytosol of testes from untreated rats were separated by Sephadex G-75 gel filtration. Three major testicular metal-binding proteins (TMBP), or groups of proteins, with relative elution volumes of approx. 1.0 (TMBP-1), 1.7 (TMBP-2) and 2.4 (TMBP-3) were separated. Elution of Zn-binding proteins exhibited a similar pattern. TMBP-3 has previously been thought to be metallothionein (MT), and hence this protein was further characterized and compared with hepatic MT isolated from Cd-treated rats. Estimation of Mr by gel filtration indicated a slight difference between MT (Mr 10000) and TMBP-3 (Mr 8000). Two major forms of MT (MT-I and MT-II) and TMBP-3 (TMBP-3 form I and TMBP-3 form II) were obtained after DEAE-Sephadex A-25 anion-exchange chromatography, with the corresponding subfractions being eluted at similar conductances. Non-denaturing polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis on 7% acrylamide gels indicated that the subfractions of TMBP-3 had similar mobilities to those of the corresponding subfractions of MT. However, SDS (sodium dodecyl sulphate)/12% (w/v)-polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis resulted in marked differences in migration of the two corresponding forms of MT and TMBP-3. Co-electrophoresis of MT-II and TMBP-3 form II by SDS/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis revealed two distinct proteins. Amino acid analysis indicated much lower content of cysteine in the testicular than in the hepatic proteins. TMBP-3 also contained significant amounts of tyrosine, phenylalanine and histidine, whereas MT did not. U.v.-spectral analysis of TMBP-3 showed a much lower A250/A280 ratio than for MT. Thus this major metal-binding protein in testes, which has been assumed to be MT is, in fact, a quite different protein.

Purification and some properties of the extracellular α-amylase from Aspergillus awamori

1985 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Resham S. Bhella ◽  
Illimar Altosaar
Keyword(s):  
Enzyme Activity ◽  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Culture Medium ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Anion Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Aspergillus Awamori ◽  
Original Activity

Alpha-amylase was purified from the extracellular culture medium of Aspergillus awamori by means of ethanol precipitation. Sephacryl-200 gel filtration and anion-exchange chromatography on Dowex (AG1-X4) resin. The enzyme preparation was found to be homogeneous by means of sodium dodecyl sulfate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The purified enzyme had a molecular weight of 54 000 ± 2 500 and its isoelectric point was pH 4.2. The enzyme was found to be most active between pH 4.8 and 5.0 and was stable between pH 3.5 and 6.5. The optimal temperature for the enzyme activity was around 50 °C and the enzyme was stable for at least 1 h up to 45 °C retaining more than 80% of its original activity. The Km (37 °C, pH 5.3) for starch hydrolysis was 1.0 g∙L−1 and maltose inhibited the enzyme activity uncompetitively with a K1 value of 20.05 g∙L−1

scholarly journals Sulfation of tyrosine residues in coagulation factor V

Blood ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 76 (5) ◽  
pp. 946-952 ◽  
Author(s):  
GL Hortin
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Proteins ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Coagulation Factor ◽  
Anion Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Factor V ◽  
Factor Va ◽  
Alkaline Hydrolysate ◽  
Coagulation Factor V

Abstract Sulfation of human coagulation factor V was investigated by biosynthetically labeling the products of HepG2 cells with [35S]sulfate. There was abundant incorporation of the sulfate label into a product identified as factor V by immunoprecipitation, lability to proteases, affinity for the lectin jacalin, and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Two or more sites in factor V incorporated sulfate as indicated by labeling of different peptide chains of factor Va. The 150-Kd activation fragment of factor Va incorporated the greatest amounts of sulfate. This fragment of factor Va was bound selectively by jacalin-agarose, reflecting its content of O-linked oligosaccharides. Analysis of an alkaline hydrolysate of sulfate-labeled factor Va by anion-exchange chromatography showed that the sulfate occurred partly in tyrosine sulfate residues and partly in alkaline-labile linkages. Sulfate groups are potentially important structural and functional elements in factor V, and labeling with [35S]sulfate provides a useful approach for examining the biosynthesis and processing of this protein. The hypothesis is advanced that sites of sulfation in factor V and several other plasma proteins contribute to the affinity and specificity of thrombin for these molecules, just as it does for the interaction of thrombin with the potent inhibitor hirudin from leeches.

scholarly journals Peptidoglycan O Acetylation and Autolysin Profile of Enterococcus faecalis in the Viable but Nonculturable State

2006 ◽  
Vol 188 (3) ◽  
pp. 902-908 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Pfeffer ◽  
Hendrik Strating ◽  
Joel T. Weadge ◽  
Anthony J. Clarke
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Anion Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Hydroxyl Group ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Concentration Dependent Manner ◽  
Viable But Nonculturable ◽  
Egg White Lysozyme

ABSTRACT The O acetylation of peptidoglycan occurs specifically at the C-6 hydroxyl group of muramoyl residues. Using a combination of high-performance liquid chromatography-based organic acid analysis and carbohydrate analysis by high-pH anion-exchange chromatography, we determined that strains of Entercoccus durans, E. faecalis, E. faecium, and E. hirae produce O-acetylated peptidoglycan. The levels of O acetylation ranged from 19% to 72% relative to the muramic acid content, and they were found to vary with the growth phase of the culture. Increases of 10 to 40% in O acetylation were observed with cultures entering the stationary phase. Cells of E. faecalis in the viable but nonculturable (VBNC) state had the highest levels of peptidoglycan O acetylation. The presence of this modification to peptidoglycan was shown to inhibit the action of hen egg white lysozyme in a concentration-dependent manner. Zymography using sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis gels containing either O-acetylated or chemically de-O-acetylated peptidoglycan was used to monitor the production of specific autolysins in E. faecalis. Differences in the expression of specific autolysins were observed with the age of the culture, and VBNC E. faecalis produced the highest levels of these enzymes. This technique also permitted classification of the enterococcal autolysins into enzymes that preferentially hydrolyze either O-acetylated or non-O-acetylated peptidoglycan and enzymes that show no apparent preference for either substrate type.

scholarly journals Production of an Endo-β-N-Acetylglucosaminidase Activity Mediates Growth ofEnterococcus faecalis on a High-Mannose-Type Glycoprotein

2000 ◽  
Vol 182 (4) ◽  
pp. 882-890 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gretta Roberts ◽  
Edward Tarelli ◽  
Karen A. Homer ◽  
John Philpott-Howard ◽  
David Beighton
Keyword(s):  
Bacterial Growth ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Anion Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Glycosylation Site ◽  
Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Maldi Tof ◽  
Rnase B ◽  
High Mannose

ABSTRACT Enterococcus faecalis is associated with a high proportion of nosocomial infections; however, little is known of the ability of this organism to proliferate in vivo. The ability of RNase B, a model glycoprotein with a single N-glycosylation site occupied by a family of high-mannose-type glycans (Man5- to Man9-GlcNAc2), to support growth of E. faecalis was investigated. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of RNase B demonstrated a reduction in the molecular mass of this glycoprotein during bacterial growth. Further analysis by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization–time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry revealed that this mass shift was due to the degradation of all high-mannose-type glycoforms to a single N-linked N-acetylglucosamine residue. High-pH anion-exchange chromatography analysis during exponential growth demonstrated the presence of RNase B-derived glycans in the culture supernatant, indicating the presence of an endoglycosidase activity. The free glycans were eluted with the same retention times as those generated by the action of Streptomyces plicatusendo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidase H on RNase B. The cleavage specificity was confirmed by MALDI-TOF analysis of the free glycans, which showed glycan species containing only oneN-acetylglucosamine residue. No free glycans were detectable after 5 h of bacterial growth, and we have subsequently demonstrated the presence of mannosidase activity in E. faecalis, which releases free mannose from RNase B-derived glycans. We propose that this deglycosylation of glycoproteins containing high-mannose-type glycans and the subsequent degradation of the released glycans by E. faecalis may play a role in the survival and persistence of this nosocomial pathogen in vivo.

scholarly journals Identification and Cloning of a Cryptococcal Deacetylase That Produces Protective Immune Responses

2002 ◽  
Vol 70 (5) ◽  
pp. 2383-2391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmelo Biondo ◽  
Concetta Beninati ◽  
Demetrio Delfino ◽  
Marco Oggioni ◽  
Giuseppe Mancuso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Extracellular Polysaccharide ◽  
Anion Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Genome Project ◽  
Delayed Type Hypersensitivity ◽  
Cell Mediated Immunity ◽  
Search Data ◽  
Culture Supernatants

ABSTRACT Cell-mediated immunity plays a crucial role in host defenses against Cryptococcus (Filobasidiella) neoformans. Therefore, the identification of cryptococcal antigens capable of producing T-cell-mediated responses, such as delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) reactions, may be useful in the development of immune-based strategies to control cryptococcosis. In order to characterize DTH-producing antigens, culture supernatants from the unencapsulated Cap-67 strain were separated by anion-exchange chromatography. After further fractionation by preparative sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, a purified protein with an apparent molecular mass of 25 kDa was found to produce DTH, as evidenced by increased footpad swelling in mice immunized with culture supernatants, relative to unimmunized mice. The 20-amino-acid N-terminal sequence of the 25-kDa protein was used to search data of the C. neoformans Genome Project. Based on the genomic DNA sequence, a DNA probe was used to screen a λ cDNA library prepared from strain B3501. Clones were isolated containing the full-length gene (d25), which showed homology with a number of polysaccharide deacetylases from fungi and bacteria. The recombinant d25 protein expressed in Escherichia coli was similar to the natural one in DTH-producing activity. Moreover, immunization with either the natural or the recombinant protein prolonged survival and decreased fungal burden in mice challenged with the highly virulent C. neoformans strain H99. In conclusion, we have described the first cryptococcal gene whose product, a 25-kDa extracellular polysaccharide deacetylase, has been shown to induce protective immunity responses.

scholarly journals Sulfation of tyrosine residues in coagulation factor V

Blood ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 76 (5) ◽  
pp. 946-952 ◽  
Author(s):  
GL Hortin
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Proteins ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Coagulation Factor ◽  
Anion Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Factor V ◽  
Factor Va ◽  
Alkaline Hydrolysate ◽  
Coagulation Factor V

Sulfation of human coagulation factor V was investigated by biosynthetically labeling the products of HepG2 cells with [35S]sulfate. There was abundant incorporation of the sulfate label into a product identified as factor V by immunoprecipitation, lability to proteases, affinity for the lectin jacalin, and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Two or more sites in factor V incorporated sulfate as indicated by labeling of different peptide chains of factor Va. The 150-Kd activation fragment of factor Va incorporated the greatest amounts of sulfate. This fragment of factor Va was bound selectively by jacalin-agarose, reflecting its content of O-linked oligosaccharides. Analysis of an alkaline hydrolysate of sulfate-labeled factor Va by anion-exchange chromatography showed that the sulfate occurred partly in tyrosine sulfate residues and partly in alkaline-labile linkages. Sulfate groups are potentially important structural and functional elements in factor V, and labeling with [35S]sulfate provides a useful approach for examining the biosynthesis and processing of this protein. The hypothesis is advanced that sites of sulfation in factor V and several other plasma proteins contribute to the affinity and specificity of thrombin for these molecules, just as it does for the interaction of thrombin with the potent inhibitor hirudin from leeches.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document