Effects of oral streptococci on electrophoretic properties of human salivary anionic proteins.
Incubation of saliva supernatant after three hours at 37 C revealed that salivary anionic proteins were susceptible to enzymatic attack by salivary enzymes not removable by centrifugation at 10,000 g. In the presence of washed suspensions of S mutans or S sanguis additional changes in electrophoretic behavior of anionic proteins occurred. Differences between organisms suggested a selectivity of attack on the anionic proteins.
D002498:Centrifugation; D005591:Chemical Fractionation; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006801:Humans; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D012463:Saliva / Q000378:metabolism*; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism*
D011506:Proteins