Isolation and characterization of a low-molecular-weight immunoglobulin-binding protein from Yersinia pseudotuberculosis |
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Authors: | E V Sidorin N Yu Kim E V Leichenko S D Anastyuk P S Dmitrenok G A Naberezhnykh T F Solov’eva |
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Institution: | (1) Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far-Eastern Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. 100-letiya Vladivostoka 159, 690022 Vladivostok, Russia |
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Abstract: | A low-molecular-weight immunoglobulin-binding protein (IBP) bound with the cell envelope has been isolated from Yersinia pseudotuberculosis cells and partially characterized. This IBP is a hydrophilic protein with a high polarity index of 55.3%. The molecular weight of the protein has been determined by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry as 14.3 kD. CD spectroscopy showed that the IBP has high contents of the beta-structure and random coil structure. The IBP contains glycine as the N-terminal amino acid. The protein can be stored for a long time at acidic pH values but aggregates and loses activity at alkaline and neutral pH. The IBP binds rabbit IgG with optimum at pH of 6.0-7.5. The IBP interacts with IgG molecule in the Fc-fragment region. The protein retains activity after heating at 100 degrees C in the presence of SDS. |
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Keywords: | immunoglobulin G Fc-fragment of IgG immunoglobulin-binding protein |
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