CHYMOTRYPSIN TREATMENT INCREASES THE ACTIVITY OF CLOSTRIDIUM-PERFRINGENS ENTEROTOXIN

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作者
GRANUM, PE [1 ]
RICHARDSON, M [1 ]
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[1] UNIV DURHAM,DEPT BIOL SCI,DURHAM DH1 3HP,ENGLAND
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10.1016/0041-0101(91)90227-I
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R9 [药学];
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1007 ;
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Chymotrypsin treatment of the enterotoxin from Clostridium perfringens results in the loss of 36 amino acids from the N-terminus and 3 amino acids from the C-terminus. This processing results in a 3.2 fold increase in activity on Vero cells, which is close to what had been found for trypsin treatment following the loss of 25 amino acids from the N-terminus.
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