Enzymatic properties of glucose 6-phosphate isomerase from Actinomyces viscosus RF-7.

Identification of Actinomyces viscosus from canine infections.

Actinomyces viscosus is a gram-positive, non-acid-fact, facultative, catalase-positive, filamentous, or diphtheroidal microorganism. It was isolated from six canine infections during a period of 1.5 years. The organism was cultured from exudate and flaky granules aspirated from infectious granulomas and empyemas. All cultures grew well aerobically and anaerobically with the addition of 10% carb...

Characterization of Human Glucose - 6 - Phosphate Isomerase of Different Sizes

Catalytic reactions of phosphoglucose isomerase with cyclic forms of glucose 6-phosphate and fructose 6-phosphate.

Yeast phosphoglucose isomerase is shown to use and produce both the u and the fi anomeric forms of fructofuranose 6-phosphate. Rapid quench techniques show a Z&fold preference in the utilization of the a! anomer over the /3 anomeric form. The previous report that the (Y anomer of glucopyranose-6-P is the preferred substrate form is confirmed. However the /3 anomer is also shown to react at a sl...

Mannose-contaminating agglutinin for Actinomyces viscosus and Actinomyces naeslundii.

Rapid agglutination of Actinomyces viscosus and Actinomyces naeslundii cells by D-mannose solutions was observed during studies of their attachment to mammalian cells in vitro. The specificity of the agglutination reaction was studied by slide agglutination tests and by measuring the rate of decrease in optical density of bacterial phosphate buffer suspensions caused by the setting of bacterial...

Surface fibrils (fimbriae) of Actinomyces viscosus T14V.

Surface antigens of Actinomyces viscosus T14V were released from cell walls by digestion with lysozyme. These were separated by ion-exchange and gel filtration chromatography into fractions rich in carbohydrate or protein. The former contained a polysaccharide high in 6-deoxytalose, along with a peptide fragment from the cell wall. In the protein-rich fractions, material of high molecular weigh...