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Production and secretion of collagen-binding proteins from Aeromonas veronii

Author

  • F Ascencio
  • T R Hirst
  • Torkel Wadström

Summary, in English

Collagen-binding protein (CNBP) synthesized by Aeromonas veronii is located conserved within the subcellular fraction. The results of this study show that 98% of the total CNBP produced by Aer. veronii is present in the extracellular medium, and that the remaining CNBP is distributed either on the cell surface, within the periplasm or anchored on the outer membrane. CNBP is specifically secreted from Aer. veronii into the culture medium, because all the -lactamase activity was located in the cells and could be released by polymixin B extraction of periplasmic proteins. CNBP was produced at growth temperatures from 12 °C to 42 °C, but not at 4 °C. The findings indicate that the level of CNBP in the medium increases during the exponential growth phase and reaches a maximum during the early stationary phase. There was less CNBP production in poor nutrient MMB medium than in the rich LB nutrient medium. CNBP secretion, in contrast to aerolysin secretion, was unaffected by the exeA mutation of Aer. hydrophila. It is concluded that CNBP secretion from Aer. veronii must be achieved by a mechanism different from that reported for aerolysin secretion.

Publishing year

2000

Language

English

Pages

607-616

Publication/Series

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volume

89

Issue

4

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Topic

  • Microbiology in the medical area

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1364-5072