Kale V P, Bhat A V, Bapat C V
Indian J Lepr. 1984 Jan-Mar;56(1):58-62.
Presence of O-phenoloxidase is regarded as M. leprae specific character. This enzyme activity was found to be present in ICRC bacilli, Strain C-44. Though this strain is cultivable 'in vitro', the expression of DOPA-Oxidase activity strongly suggests that it carries M. leprae genome. The ICRC bacilli, therefore, may thus from a group of M. leprae culture isolates, distinct from other known cultivable mycobacteria which do not possess this enzyme activity.
邻苯二酚氧化酶的存在被视为麻风分枝杆菌的特异性特征。已发现这种酶活性存在于印度中央麻风病研究所(ICRC)菌株C-44的杆菌中。尽管该菌株可在“体外”培养,但多巴氧化酶活性的表达强烈表明它携带麻风分枝杆菌基因组。因此,ICRC杆菌可能构成一组麻风分枝杆菌培养分离株,与其他已知的不具有这种酶活性的可培养分枝杆菌不同。