Yamamoto T, Yokota T
J Bacteriol. 1982 Jun;150(3):1482-4. doi: 10.1128/jb.150.3.1482-1484.1982.
Most of the heat-labile enterotoxin (LT) synthesized by Escherichia coli is cell associated; however, a small portion of LT (approximately 10%) is released by bacterial cells into the culture supernatant. The LT subunit B (LT-B) produced by a cloned LT-B gene (tox B) was released in amounts equal to the parent LT release. In contrast, no release of LT subunit A (LT-A) or its smaller derivatives was observed in strains containing cloned toxA genes. The data suggest that LT-B is necessary for the release of LT-A across the bacterial membrane.
大肠杆菌合成的大多数热不稳定肠毒素(LT)与细胞相关;然而,一小部分LT(约10%)由细菌细胞释放到培养上清液中。由克隆的LT-B基因(tox B)产生的LT亚基B(LT-B)的释放量与亲本LT的释放量相等。相比之下,在含有克隆toxA基因的菌株中未观察到LT亚基A(LT-A)或其较小衍生物的释放。数据表明,LT-B是LT-A跨细菌膜释放所必需的。