Abstract
A survey has been made of the activity of a wide variety of standard strains of streptococci against bovine submaxillary mucin. Strain 6646 (group K) and strain D 168A “X” (group M) completely broke down and strain H 60R (group F) incompletely broke down bound sialic acid of bovine submaxillary mucin added to the growth medium. Among these strains, strain 6646 (group K) produced sialidase in the cell and in the culture fluid. An appropriate amount of glucose in the culture medium stimulated growth and the production of enzyme, but an excess of glucose in the culture medium caused abundant growth without production of the enzyme. The streptococcal sialidase was precipitated from the culture fluid by ammonium sulfate at 50% saturation, and further purification was achieved by diethylaminoethyl cellulose chromatography. Ca++ and Co++ stimulated the sialidase activity, and Mn++, Zn++, and ethylenediaminetetraacetate inhibited it. With acetate buffer, the optimal pH lay between 5 and 6. Sialic acid was detected in the reaction product of the streptococcal sialidase and bovine submaxillary mucin.
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