Comparison of the Vibrio cholerae hemagglutinin/protease and the Pseudomonas aeruginosa elastase

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The soluble hemagglutinin/protease (HA/protease) produced by Vibrio cholerae and the elastase of Pseudomonas aeruginosa are both zinc/calcium-dependent proteases. In the present study the two enzymes are compared immunologically and functionally. The N-terminal amino acid sequences of the proteins had 65% identity within the first 20 amino acids. Polyclonal antisera against each purified protein recognized the enzyme of the other species in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, checkerboard immunoblot, and Western blot analyses and inhibited the protease activity of both enzymes in milk and elastin agars. Like the HA/protease, the elastase hemagglutinated 'responder' but not 'nonresponder' chicken erythrocytes, degraded ovomucin, lactoferrin, and fibronectin, and nicked the A subunit of the cholera toxin-related heat-labile enterotoxin from Escherichia coli. Whereas none of the three proteases tested (elastase, HA/protease, or pronase E) had any obvious effect in ileal loop tests in rabbits at doses up to 50 μg, all three produced some detectable skin reactions at a dose of 0.1 μg and necrosis at a higher dose (i.e., 5 μg). We conclude that the V. cholerae HA/protease and the P. aeruginosa elastase are structurally, functionally, and immunologically related.

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Hase, C. C., & Finkelstein, R. A. (1990). Comparison of the Vibrio cholerae hemagglutinin/protease and the Pseudomonas aeruginosa elastase. Infection and Immunity, 58(12), 4011–4015. https://doi.org/10.1128/iai.58.12.4011-4015.1990

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