Abstract
The molecular composition of the purified progenitor toxin produced by a Clostridium botulinum type C strain 6813 (C-6813) was analyzed. The strain produced two types of progenitor toxins (M and L). Purified L toxin is formed by conjugation of the M toxin (composed of a neurotoxin and a non-toxic nonhemagglutinin) with additional hemagglutinin (HA) components. The dual cleavage sites at loop region of the dichain structure neurotoxin were identified between Arg444-Ser445 and Lys449-Thr450 by the analyses of C-terminal of the light chain and N-terminal of the heavy chain. Analysis of partial amino acid sequences of fragments generated by limited proteolysis of the neurotoxin has shown to that the neurotoxin protein produced by C-6813 was a hybrid molecule composed of type C and D neurotoxins as previously reported. HA components consist of a mixture of several subcomponents with molecular weights of 70-, 55-, 33-, 26~21- and 17-kDa. The N-terminal amino acid sequences of 70-, 55-, and 26~21-kDa proteins indicated that the 70-kDa protein was intact HA-70 gene product, and other 55- and 26~21-kDa proteins were derived from the 70-kDa protein by modification with proteolysis after translation of HA-70 gene. Furthermore, several amino acid differences were exhibited in the amino acid sequence as compared with the deduced sequence from the nucleotide sequence of the HA-70 gene which was common among type C (strains C-St and C-468) and D progenitor toxins (strains D-CB16 and D-1873).
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Watanabe, T., Sagane, Y., Kouguchi, H. et al. Molecular Composition of Progenitor Toxin Produced by Clostridium botulinum Type C Strain 6813. J Protein Chem 18, 753–760 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020677417356
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