Leece, R. and Hirst, T.R. (1992) Expression of the B-Subunit of Escherichia-Coli Heat-Labile Enterotoxin in a Marine Vibrio and In a Mutant That Is Pleiotropically Defective In the Secretion of Extracellular Proteins. Journal of General Microbiology, 138 . pp. 719-724. ISSN 0022-1287.
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Abstract
A marine Vibrio (designated Vibrio sp. 60) that is related to Vibrio anguillarum was used as a host for a plasmid that encodes the non-toxic B subunit (EtxB) of Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin. Expression of EtxB in Vibrio sp. 60 resulted in the efficient and selective secretion of the B subunit into the extracellular growth medium. This indicated that Vibrio sp. 60, which does not normally produce cholera-like enterotoxins, nonetheless possesses a secretory machinery that permits these toxins to be translocated across its cytoplasmic and outer membranes. Expression of EtxB in a sec mutant of Vibrio sp. 60 (MVT1192), which had previously been shown to be defective in the secretion of several extracellular proteins, resulted in approximately 95% of the B subunit remaining entrapped within the periplasm of the bacterial cell envelope. This implies that the mutation in MVT1192 defines a locus that determines a common step in the secretion of extracellular proteins, including oligomeric toxins.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Q Science Q Science > QR Microbiology Q Science > QP Physiology (Living systems) > QP506 Molecular biology |
| Divisions: | Faculties > Science Technology and Medical Studies > School of Biosciences |
| Depositing User: | M. Nasiriavanaki |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Aug 2009 16:45 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Aug 2009 16:45 |
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