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Isolation and Chemical Characterization of Lipid A from Gram-negative Bacteria
Published on: September 16, 2013
[Isolation and characteristics of surface proteins from Streptococcus group A]
Abstract:
Cell wall surface proteins of group A Streptococcus type 29 were extracted with 1 M hydroxylamine pH 6.0. The purification procedure included fractionation with ammonium sulfate and gel filtration on Sephadex G-150. SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed a number of proteins (approximately 20) with molecular mass of 70 kD; the difference in Mr between the proteins was 5-10 kD. Isoelectrofocusing demonstrated that the proteins are either acid (pI = 3.7) or weakly alkaline (pI = 7.7). Possible reasons for the heterogeneity of Streptococcus cell wall surface proteins are discussed.
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