Molecular and biochemical characterization of a heat-labile cytotonic enterotoxin from Aeromonas hydrophila

Microbial Pathogenesis
A K ChopraC W Houston

Abstract

We report herein the DNA sequence analysis of the heat-labile cytotonic enterotoxin gene (alt) from Aeromonas hydrophila and the biological function of the purified hyperproduced toxin (Alt). One large open-reading frame (ORF), comprised of 1104 bp, was detected at positions 804 to 1907 bp on a 4.0-kb Sa/l DNA fragment from Aeromonas. This ORF encodes for a protein having 368 amino acids (aa) with a computed molecular weight of 38 kDa. The aa sequence of the first 15 NH2-terminal residues of the mature native Alt from A. hydrophila matched with the DNA-derived aa sequence of the alt gene expressed in E. coli starting at position 19, which was leucine. The first 18aa residues of the Alt represented a putative signal sequence with alanine at its carboxy terminus. A BLAST search of the entire database showed 45-51% identity of the Alt, starting at position 158 with the carboxy half of the phospholipase C (PLC) and lipase from A. hydrophila; however, the purified Alt had no lipase/PLC activity. The alt gene was hyperexpressed using gene fusion expression vector systems, and the recombinant Alt exhibited a size of 35-40 kDa. The pure recombinant Alt elongated Chinese hamster ovary cells and elicited fluid secretion in rats ligated i...Continue Reading

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