Characterisation of the meningococcal transferrin binding protein complex by photon correlation spectroscopy

FEBS Letters - Tập 414 - Trang 409-413 - 1997
I.C. Boulton1,2,3, A.R. Gorringe3, R.J.G. Carr3,4, B. Gorinsky3, Christopher L. Joannou1, R.W. Evans3
1Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Salisbury, SP4 OJG, UK
2Department of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK
3Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Guys and St. Thomas' Hospital, St. Thomas Street, London, SE1 9RT, UK
4Macranal Ltd. 8 Centre One, Old Sarum Park, Salisbury, SP4 6BU, UK

Tóm tắt

Photon correlation spectroscopy demonstrated for the first time that co‐purified meningococcal TbpA+B form a complex in solution. This structure bound hTf and the resultant species underwent partial dissociation after exposure to additional hTf or following prolonged incubation. Purified TbpA and TbpB had similar apparent sizes but showed distinctive size profiles suggesting that TbpA forms a largely homogeneous population while TbpB may produce more variable particle sizes under these conditions.


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