Abstract
A two-step purification of pneumococcal eclipse complex is described, which uses sucrose gradient sedimentation followed by agarose gel permeation chromatography. Purified complex contains, in addition to donor DNA single strands, macromolecular material that can be labeled with methionine or leucine during development of competence. This material co-chromatographed with eclipse complex DNA on hydroxylapatite, was dissociated from the DNA by sodium dodecyl sulfate, and was completely digested by Pronase. The sodium dodecyl sulfate-released material eluted as a single peak in sodium dodecyl sulfate chromatography. These properties were consistent with the noncovalent association with eclipse complex of a protein or class of proteins with a narrow range of polypeptide sizes. Evidence for the specific association of this protein with transforming DNA is eclipse was also obtained from parallel purification from 35S-labeled nontransformed cells; the amount of methionine label in the corresponding fractions in such cells was only 5% of that in transformed cells.
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