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Infect Immun. 1992 September; 60(9): 3552-3555

Heterogeneity of phenol oxidases in Cryptococcus neoformans.

Research Service, McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia 23249.

ABSTRACT

Phenol oxidase enzymes, linked to virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans, were prepared from broken cells. More enzyme activity was found in the ultracentrifugation supernatant; less was found in the membrane fraction. Phenol oxidases were located in acrylamide gel electropherograms by activity staining with L-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA). Mobility differences between soluble and solubilized membrane-bound phenol oxidases were not found. Comparison of enzymes produced at 25 and 37 degrees C revealed that the enzyme had lower activity and lower mobility at 37 degrees C. The mobility of 25 degrees C phenol oxidases from strains of C. neoformans var. gattii was lower than that of those from C. neoformans var. neoformans. Half of the phenol oxidase produced at 25 degrees C was bound by concanavalin A, while that produced at 37 degrees C was not bound. However, glucose starvation of cultures at 25 degrees C overnight resulted in increased amounts of enzyme which did not bind to concanavalin A. A given strain of C. neoformans produces different species of phenol oxidase under different culture conditions.

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