Abstract
Clostridium botulinum C and D strains produce two types of progenitor toxins, M and L. Previously we reported that a 130-kDa nontoxic-nonhemagglutinin (NTNHA) component of the M toxin produced by type D strain CB16 was nicked at a unique site, leading to a 15-kDa N-terminal fragment and a 115-kDa C-terminal fragment. In this study, we identified the amino acid sequences around the nicking sites in the NTNHAs of the M toxins produced by C. botulinum type C and D strains by analysis of their C-terminal and N-terminal sequences and mass spectrometry. The C-terminus of the 15-kDa fragments was identified as Lys127 from these strains, indicating that a bacterial trypsin-like protease is responsible for the nicking. The 115-kDa fragment had mixtures of three different N-terminal amino acid sequences beginning with Leu135, Val139, and Ser141, indicating that 7–13 amino acid residues were deleted from the nicking site. The sequence beginning with Leu135 would also suggest cleavage by a trypsin-like protease, while the other two N-terminal amino acid sequences beginning with Val139 and Ser141 would imply proteolysis by an unknown protease. The nicked NTNHA forms a binary complex of two fragments that could not be separated without sodium dodecyl sulfate.
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Sagane, Y., Watanabe, T., Kouguchi, H. et al. Characterization of Nicking of the Nontoxic-Nonhemagglutinin Components of Clostridium botulinum Types C and D Progenitor Toxin. J Protein Chem 19, 575–581 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007198202016
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