Characterization of V3 Loop-Pseudomonas Exotoxin Chimeras

Purification and characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin.

A trypsin-sensitive, heat-labile exotoxin of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain P-A-103 has been purified by a procedure that includes membrane ultrafiltration, hydroxylapatite chromatography, ion-exchange cellulose chromatography, and gel filtration chromatography. The procedure resulted in the recovery of 48% of the exotoxin with a 40-fold increase in specific activity (micrograms of protein per m...

CD4-Pseudomonas Exotoxin Conjugates Delay

The CD4 molecule is a high affinity receptor for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) envelope glycoprotein (gpl60 or gpl20). This glycoprotein is expressed on the surface membrane of cells infected with HIV. It has, therefore, been suggested that a soluble form ofCD4 might be used as a targeting agent to deliver toxins selectively to cells infected with HIV. We demonstrate that CD4-Pseudomon...

Molecular studies of Pseudomonas exotoxin A gene.

A 2.7-kilobase DNA fragment carrying the entire exotoxin A (ETA) structural gene was divided into three nonoverlapping probes. Two probes covering the ETA structural gene were used in colony hybridization experiments to determine whether sequences homologous to the ETA gene could be detected in genera other than Pseudomonas or in Pseudomonas species other than Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The majori...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin: effect on cell cultures.

Covariability of V3 loop amino acids.

We reanalyzed for covariability a set of 308 human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) V3 loop amino acid sequences from the B envelope sequence subtype previously analyzed by Korber et al.,1 as well as a new set of 440 sequences that also included substantial numbers of sequences from subtypes A, D, and E. We used the measure employed by Korber et al., essentially the likelihood ratio statis...