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Crystalline bacterial cell surface layers 总被引:17,自引:2,他引:15
Crystalline arrays of proteinaceous subunits forming surface layers (S-layers) are one of the most commonly observed prokaryotic cell envelope structures. They are ubiquitous amongst Gram-positive and Gram-negative archaeobacteria and eubacteria and, if present, account for the major protein species produced by the cells. S-layers can provide organisms with a selection advantage by providing various functions including protective coats, molecular sieves, ion traps and structures involved in cell surface interactions. S-layers were identified as contributing to virulence when present as a structural component of pathogens. In Gram-negative archaeobacteria they are involved in determining cell shape and cell division. The crystalline arrays reveal a broad-application potential in biotechnology, vaccine development and molecular nanotechnology. 相似文献
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R. P. Novick 《The Biochemical journal》1962,83(2):236-240
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Thermostability of Bacillus cereus penicillinase 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Williams, Daniel H., III (Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa.), A. Bondi, A. G. Moat, and F. Ahmad. Thermostability of Bacillus cereus penicillinase. J. Bacteriol. 91:257-261. 1966.-The extracellular penicillinase of Bacillus cereus, strain 13-10, exhibited an unusual thermostability. Whereas it was completely and irreversibly inactivated by heating at 70 C, it retained considerable activity when heated at 100 C for 30 min. The active enzyme remaining was completely stable to further heating at temperatures from 40 to 100 C for as long as 1 hr. Preparations of the enzyme heated to 100 C possessed pH (7.0) and temperature (37 C) optima identical with the unheated enzyme. Furthermore, both enzyme preparations exhibited identical combining capacity for the substrate (penicillin G), suggesting that the two preparations had similar hydrolytic properties. Our findings suggest that heating of penicillinase at 100 C results in the formation of a protein complex which is resistant to further denaturation by heat and other agents. Addition of certain metal ions to the enzyme solution before heat treatment increased the stability to heat at 100 C by virtue of their ability to induce complex formation. Pectin was shown to decrease thermostability, presumably by preventing aggregation of proteins present in the enzyme preparations. The well-known stabilizing effect of gelatin may be attributed to its role in enhancing complex formation. 相似文献
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The regulation of penicillinase synthesis 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
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Rapid fixed-time assay for penicillinase 总被引:33,自引:15,他引:18
M G Sargent 《Journal of bacteriology》1968,95(4):1493-1494
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K. G. H. Dyke 《The Biochemical journal》1967,103(3):641-646
1. The rate of hydrolysis of methicillin, cloxacillin and quinacillin by staphylococcal extracellular penicillinase decreases progressively with time. 2. The inactivation is prevented but not reversed by benzylpenicillin. 3. The rate of inactivation produced by quinacillin is minimal when the rate of hydrolysis is at a maximum. 4. Under certain conditions, partially inactivated enzyme can be reactivated. 5. Combination of the enzyme with antiserum, while permitting hydrolysis, prevents inactivation. 6. No evidence for a stable enzyme-substrate complex has been found. 相似文献
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An introspective view of penicillinase 总被引:7,自引:0,他引:7
A K Saz 《Journal of cellular physiology》1970,76(3):397-403
Based both on a review of the literature dealing with penicillinase induction as well as published data from this laboratory, the thesis is presented that penicillinase serves an important metabolic function in producing cells, far more significant than the ability to hydrolyze certain penicillins. An attempt is made to implicate the enzyme in the sporulation process in sporeforming cells and in cell wall metabolism in non-spore-forming organisms. 相似文献
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Constitutive penicillinase formation in Staphylococcus aureus owing to a mutation unlinked to the penicillinase plasmid 总被引:8,自引:5,他引:8 下载免费PDF全文
Previously described penicillinase-constitutive mutations in Staphylococcus aureus are caused by genetic lesions in a regulator gene (or genes) on the penicillinase plasmid in close linkage to the structural gene. This report describes a new class (R2(-)) of penicillinase-constitutive mutants of S. aureus unlinked to the plasmid. By transductional analysis, the penicillinase plasmids in these mutants were wild type. Wild-type plasmids transduced into penicillinase-negative (plasmid loss) derivatives of R2(-) mutants produced penicillinase constitutively in amounts comparable to a fully induced culture of the wild-type strain. Penicillinase production in R2(-) mutants was maximal at 30 to 32 C and was much reduced at 40 C. 相似文献