title: Purification and characterization of membrane protein (90 kDa) from Mycoplasma salivarium, which binds immunoglobulin (Ig) G Fc fragment.
abstract: A 90 kDa protein of Mycoplasma salivarium was released from cell membranes of the organism with Triton X-100 and purified by ion-exchange chromatography and chromatofocusing. The protein was eluted at pH 5.5 by chromatofocusing. The protein was shown to react with the Fc fragments of IgG from human and nine different animal species and did not distinguish between IgG from different species, while protein A, tested for comparative purposes, displayed a strong specificity for human and swine IgG. Furthermore, the protein reacted with antigen specific goat IgG (specific for gamma chains of human IgG), sheep red blood cells (SRBC) sensitized with rabbit antiserum to SRBC, that is, the Fc part of rabbit IgG, and concanavalin A as well. These findings may suggest that the protein is a lectin which binds the carbohydrate moiety of the Fc part of IgG.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Bacteriology, Hokkaido University School of Dentistry, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Noda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D000939:Epitopes; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007141:Immunoglobulin Fc Fragments / Q000378:metabolism*; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000378:metabolism*; D007525:Isoelectric Focusing; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D000939:Epitopes; D007141:Immunoglobulin Fc Fragments; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D008565:Membrane Proteins