Yamamoto M, Ferretti J J
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City 73190, USA.
FEMS Microbiol Lett. 1995 Oct 15;132(3):209-13. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1995.tb07835.x.
The speA gene encoding streptococcal erythrogenic toxin A (SPE A) from Streptococcus pyogenes bacteriophage T12 was overexpressed in Escherichia coli under the control of the T7 promoter. Since most of the expressed protein was found in the periplasmic space, an osmotic shock extraction with 0.5 M sucrose resulted in a highly enriched preparation of SPE A. An additional two-step purification employing high pressure liquid chromatography resulted in a purified SPE A protein.