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J Bacteriol. 1972 January; 109(1): 12-20
Copyright © 1972 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Purification and Characterization of Colicin D

^a Department of Bacteriology, University of Bristol, England

ABSTRACT

Colicin D-CA23, obtained by sonic treatment of mitomycin C-induced cells of Escherichia coli K-12 W1485 (colD), was purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation, gel filtration on Sephadex G200, ion-exchange chromatography on diethylaminoethyl cellulose, and isoelectrofocusing. Polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis, sedimentation velocity analysis, and antigenic analysis indicated that the preparation was homogeneous. Colicin D is composed entirely of amino acids and hence is a simple protein uncomplexed with lipid or lipopolysaccharide. It contains six residues of cysteine per molecule. The molecular weight of colicin D is approximately 92,000, as determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis and gel filtration on Sephadex G200. Its sedimentation coefficient is 4.41S. The behavior of colicin D in solutions of sodium dodecyl sulfate and 2-mercaptoethanol indicates that it does not consist of subunits and exists as a single polypeptide chain. Its high molecular weight and presence of six cysteine residues per molecule distinguish colicin D from all colicins previously described. Although colicins D and E3 have similar modes of action, their gross molecular properties are entirely different.

¹ Present address: Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Institut für Biologie der Mikroorganismen, 463 Bochum-Querenburg, W. Germany.

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