A folding variant of alpha-lactalbumin with bactericidal activity against Streptococcus pneumoniae
(2000) In Molecular Microbiology 35(3). p.589-600- Abstract
This study describes an alpha-lactalbumin folding variant from human milk with bactericidal activity against antibiotic-resistant and -susceptible strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae. The active complex precipitated with the casein fraction at pH 4.6 and was purified from casein by a combination of anion exchange and gel chromatography. Unlike other casein components, the active complex was retained on the ion-exchange matrix and eluted only with high salt. The eluted fraction showed N-terminal and mass spectrometric identity with human milk alpha-lactalbumin, but native alpha-lactalbumin had no bactericidal effect. Spectroscopic analysis demonstrated that the active form of the molecule was in a different folding state, with secondary... (More)
This study describes an alpha-lactalbumin folding variant from human milk with bactericidal activity against antibiotic-resistant and -susceptible strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae. The active complex precipitated with the casein fraction at pH 4.6 and was purified from casein by a combination of anion exchange and gel chromatography. Unlike other casein components, the active complex was retained on the ion-exchange matrix and eluted only with high salt. The eluted fraction showed N-terminal and mass spectrometric identity with human milk alpha-lactalbumin, but native alpha-lactalbumin had no bactericidal effect. Spectroscopic analysis demonstrated that the active form of the molecule was in a different folding state, with secondary structure identical to alpha-lactalbumin from human milk whey, but fluctuating tertiary structure. Native alpha-lactalbumin could be converted to the active bactericidal form by ion-exchange chromatography in the presence of a cofactor from human milk casein, characterized as a C18:1 fatty acid. Analysis of the antibacterial spectrum showed selectivity for streptococci; Gram-negative and other Gram-positive bacteria were resistant. The folding variant of alpha-lactalbumin is a new example of naturally occurring molecules with antimicrobial activity.
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- Håkansson, Anders P
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; Svensson, Malin LU ; Mossberg, A K LU ; Sabharwal, H ; Linse, S LU ; Lazou, I ; Lönnerdal, B and Svanborg, C LU
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- 2000-02
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- Anti-Bacterial Agents, Caseins, Chemical Fractionation, Chromatography, Ion Exchange, Drug Resistance, Microbial, Fatty Acids, Humans, Lactalbumin, Mass Spectrometry, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Milk, Human, Protein Folding, Sequence Analysis, Protein, Spectrum Analysis, Streptococcus pneumoniae
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- Molecular Microbiology
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- 35
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- 3
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- 12 pages
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- Wiley-Blackwell
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- pmid:10672181
- scopus:0033950960
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- 0950-382X
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- 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01728.x
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- English
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- c309d373-3073-42da-bf8b-56dc393bd192
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