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. 1976 Sep;127(3):1543–1549. doi: 10.1128/jb.127.3.1543-1549.1976

Isolation and characterization of the rodlet layer of Trichophyton mentagrophytes microconidial wall.

T Hashimoto, C D Wu-Yuan, H J Blumenthal
PMCID: PMC232951  PMID: 956129

Abstract

The rodlet layer of the microconidial wall of Trichophyton mentagrophytes was isolated and partially characterized. The purified microconidial walls were first extracted with urea (8M), mercaptoethanol (1%), and sodium dodecyl sulfate (1%) followed by enzymatic digestion with glusulase (snail intestinal enzymes) and purified (1 leads to 3)-beta-D-glucanase and chitinase. The purified rodlet layer was 15 to 30 nm thick and accounted for approximately 10% of the original wall weight. The pattern of rodlet patches, as revealed by electron microscopy of freeze-etched preparations of the isolated layer, was essentially the same as that observed on the intact microconidial wall. The rodlet layer was found to be resistant to most of the common organic solvents, cell wall lytic enzymes, mild acid treatments, and surface-active agents, but was solubilized in boiling 1 N NaOH with concomitant disorientation of the rodlet patterns. A melanin or melanin-like pigment appeared to be intimately associated with this rodlet layer and was solubilized during a hot-alkali treatment. Protein (80 to 85%) and glucomannan (7 to 10%) were the major components of the rodlet layer. The rodlet layer did not contain any appreciable amounts of lipid or phosphorus.

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