Cloning and characterization of the gene for the metalloprotease enterotoxin of Bacteroides fragilis.

Abstract:

:The Bacteroides fragilis enterotoxin is an extracellular zinc metalloprotease that has been implicated in diarrheal disease of humans and animals. This toxin causes fluid accumulation in intestinal loops and is cytotoxic for HT-29 cells, an intestinal carcinoma cell line. Here we report the cloning and sequencing of the toxin gene (bftP). bftP is 1191 nucleotides coding for a 397 amino acid protein of 44.4 kDa. The toxin has a signal peptide of 18 amino acids that is typical of many lipoproteins followed by a 379 amino acid protoxin. The portion of the protoxin found in culture filtrates and stools begins at amino acid 212. An additional open reading frame located immediately upstream shows some sequence identity with cobra cytotoxins. If expressed, the ORF protein product could also play a role in the virulence of B. fragilis.

journal_name

FEMS Microbiol Lett

authors

Kling JJ,Wright RL,Moncrief JS,Wilkins TD

doi

10.1016/s0378-1097(96)00488-0

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1997-01-15 00:00:00

pages

279-84

issue

2

eissn

0378-1097

issn

1574-6968

pii

S0378-1097(96)00488-0

journal_volume

146

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