Structural and functional characterisation of two proteolytic fragments of the bacterial protein toxin, pneumolysin

P J Morgan; G Harrison; P P Freestone; D Crane; A J Rowe; T J Mitchell; P W Andrew; R J Gilbert

Structural and functional characterisation of two proteolytic fragments of the bacterial protein toxin, pneumolysin

P J Morgan, G Harrison, P P Freestone, D Crane, A J Rowe, T J Mitchell, P W Andrew, R J Gilbert

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Abstract

Proteolytic cleavage of the bacterial protein toxin pneumolysin with protease K creates two fragments of 37 and 15 kDa. This paper describes the purification of these two fragments and their subsequent physical and biological characterisation. The larger fragment is directly involved in the cytolytic mechanism of this pore-forming protein, via membrane binding and self-association. The smaller fragment lacks ordered structure or discernible activity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	563-7
Number of pages	5
Journal	FEBS Letters
Volume	412
Issue number	3
Publication status	Published - 4 Aug 1997

Keywords

Bacterial Proteins
Circular Dichroism
Endopeptidase K
Hemolysis
Hydrolysis
Liposomes
Peptide Fragments
Protein Binding
Spectrometry, Fluorescence
Streptolysins
Structure-Activity Relationship

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Structural and functional characterisation of two proteolytic fragments of the bacterial protein toxin, pneumolysin

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