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. 1983 Aug;155(2):878–885. doi: 10.1128/jb.155.2.878-885.1983

Characteristics of major outer membrane proteins of Haemophilus influenzae.

L van Alphen, T Riemens, J Poolman, H C Zanen
PMCID: PMC217763  PMID: 6603458

Abstract

Several properties of Haemophilus influenzae outer membrane proteins were analyzed to define related proteins in various isolates. H. influenzae type b 760705 had six major outer membrane proteins with the following characteristics. Protein a (Mr, 47,000) demonstrated heat modifiability in sodium dodecyl sulfate; its apparent molecular weight was 34,000 at temperatures below 60 degrees C. This protein was extracted from cell envelopes by using Triton X-100-10 mM MgCl2; in cell envelope preparations, the protein was degraded by trypsin. Proteins b (Mr, 41,000) and c (Mr, 40,000) were insensitive to trypsin degradation, were not heat modifiable in sodium dodecyl sulfate, and were peptidoglycan associated in 0.5% Triton X-100-0.2% sodium dodecyl sulfate. The amount of protein b was reduced in ultrasonically obtained cell envelopes. Protein d (Mr, 37,000) was heat modifiable in sodium dodecyl sulfate with an Mr of 28,000 at temperatures below 100 degrees C and was degraded by trypsin, leaving a membrane-bound fragment of Mr, 27,000. Both the intact and degraded proteins were immunologically cross-reactive with the heat-modifiable OmpA protein of Escherichia coli K-12. Protein d was absent in LiCl-EDTA extracts of cells. Protein e (Mr, 30,000), invariably present in all H. influenzae strains tested, was insensitive to trypsin and absent in LiCl-EDTA extracts of cells. Protein k (Mr, 58,000) was extracted from cell envelopes with 2% Triton X-100-10 mM MgCl2 and, in cell envelopes, appeared to be sensitive to trypsin degradation. Proteins with similar properties to those of proteins a to k were found in 10 other H. influenzae b strains, reference strains with serotype a, c, d, e, and f capsules, and 18 of 20 nonencapsulated strains. Their relative molecular weights, however, varied.

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