CHARACTERIZATION OF HU-LIKE PROTEIN FROM BIFIDOBACTERIUM-LONGUM

被引:6
作者
GOSHIMA, N [1 ]
KANO, Y [1 ]
IMAMOTO, F [1 ]
机构
[1] KYOTO PHARMACEUT UNIV,INST MOLEC & CELLULAR BIOL PHARMACEUT SCI,DEPT MOLEC GENET,KYOTO 607,JAPAN
关键词
Bifidobacterium longum; crosslinking; DNA-binding protein; HBl; HU-like protein;
D O I
10.1016/0300-9084(90)90074-Q
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A HU-like protein (HBI) of Bifidobacterium longum was purified and characterized. HBI is heat-stable and acid-resistant, and has a molecular weight of about 9.1 kDa as estimated by its mobility on electrophoresis. HBI is intermediate in basicity (pI 9.8) between the HU-1 and HU-2 proteins of Escherichia coli, and is dissociated from a calf thymus DNA-cellulose column at 300-400 mM NaCl. Its amino acid composition shows many similarities with that of E coli HU. The NH2-terminal amino acid sequence of HBl also shows significant similarities to the consensus sequence deduced from the sequences of eleven HU-like proteins from prokaryotic sources. Chemical crosslinking analysis indicated that the HBI protein predominantly forms a homotypic dimer. © 1990.
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页码:207 / 212
页数:6
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