Abstract
The serum and urine proteins responsible for enhanced pigment production in Streptococcus agalactiae in culture media were purified by chromatography and were identified as amylases by comparison of their amino acid composition with that calculated for proteins with known sequences. Similar pigment-enhancing activity was displayed by other amylases of nonanimal origin and by maltooligosaccharides.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Amylases / analysis*
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Amylases / drug effects
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Blood Proteins / pharmacology*
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Chromatography
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Humans
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Pigments, Biological / analysis*
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Pigments, Biological / biosynthesis*
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Proteinuria / enzymology*
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Proteinuria / microbiology
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Streptococcus agalactiae / drug effects
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Streptococcus agalactiae / enzymology*
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Urine / chemistry*
Substances
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Blood Proteins
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Pigments, Biological
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Amylases