Purification, Properties, and Cytotoxic Effect of a Bacteriocin from Mycobacterium smegmatis
AUTOR(ES)
Saito, Hajime
RESUMO
The bacteriocin produced by Mycobacterium smegmatis ATCC 14468 was isolated, and a study was made of its chemical, physical, and biological properties. No appreciable bacteriocin activity was found in the culture supernatant fluids, but it was released in appreciable quantities after disruption of the cells. The material was purified 49-fold by means of chromatography on diethylaminoethyl-cellulose, ammonium sulfate fractionation, gel filtration on Sephadex G-200, and chromatography on diethylaminoethyl-Sephadex A-50. Its molecular weight was determined to be approximately 75,000 from the elution profile on Sephadex G-200 chromatography. The bacteriocin was resistant to deoxyribonuclease, ribonuclease, lipase, ultraviolet irradiation, and freeze-thawing, whereas it was relatively less thermostable and was sensitive to proteolytic enzymes. The lethal effect of the bacteriocin was demonstrated by the decrease in viable counts of the bacteriocin-sensitive indicator strain, M. diernhoferi ATCC 19340. The bacteriocin preparation inhibited the growth of HeLa-S3 cells.
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