Cold-labile hemolysin produced by limited proteolysis of theta-toxin from Clostridium perfringens - PubMed (original) (raw)
Cold-labile hemolysin produced by limited proteolysis of theta-toxin from Clostridium perfringens
Y Ohno-Iwashita et al. Biochemistry. 1986.
Abstract
A nicked toxin whose hemolytic activity is temperature dependent was obtained by limited proteolysis of theta-toxin (Mr 54,000) with subtilisin. The nicked toxin (C theta) is a complex of two fragments: the N-terminal fragment (Mr 15,000) with basic isoelectric point and the C-terminal fragment (Mr 39,000) with the single cysteinyl residue of the toxin whose reduced form is essential for the hemolytic activity. C theta hemolyzes erythrocytes only at temperatures above 25 degrees C, whereas the native toxin hemolyzes them even at 10 degrees C. At temperatures below 25 degrees C, C theta does not hemolyze them although it does bind to membrane cholesterol and although no distinct difference was observed between the secondary structure of C theta and that of native toxin. It was found that C theta binds to the cells only in a reversible manner at low temperature, while the native one binds irreversibly to the cells within 10 min, which explains the cold lability of C theta on hemolysis. The structural basis of the cold lability was discussed through comparison of C theta with another nicked derivative of theta-toxin that was also obtained.
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