Degradation of native human hemoglobin following hemolysis by Prevotella loescheii.
Prevotella loescheii PK1295 can grow on native hemoglobin as a source of heme. Supernatants of P. loescheii cultures hemolysed human erythrocytes and degraded native hemoglobin. These combined activities may provide heme (or iron) for the growth of P. loescheii and other dental plaque bacteria.
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Lady Davis Chair of Biochemistry, Sackler Institute of Molecular Medicine, Sackler Medical School, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D006418:Heme / Q000494:pharmacology; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D006461:Hemolysis; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques
D006454:Hemoglobins; D006418:Heme