A method for purification of listeriolysin O from a hypersecretor strain of Listeria monocytogenes

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Walton, CM [1 ]
Wu, CH [1 ]
Wu, GY [1 ]
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[1] Univ Connecticut, Ctr Hlth, Dept Med, Div Gastroenterol Hepatol, Farmington, CT 06030 USA
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10.1006/prep.1998.1022
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Q5 [生物化学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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A simple and convenient method for the purification of the hemolytic toxin listeriolysin O (LLO) from Listeria monocytogenes is described. Supernatants from bacteria cultures were purified by application to a CH2 spiral cartridge concentrator (Amicon) and ion exchange chromatography. A critical step is removal of contaminating RNA. The purified proteins had characteristics described for bacterial thiol-activated hemolysins: activation by a reducing agent (DTT) and inactivation by cholesterol. In addition, the molecular weight of 58,000 and pH-dependent hemolytic activity of this purified protein are consistent with the previously published characteristics of LLO. (C) 1999 Academic Press.
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