The biochemistry of bacterial toxins. 4. The lecithinase activity of Clostridium haemolyticum toxin
- 1 September 1950
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 47 (3), 267-270
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj0470267
Abstract
C. haemolyticum toxin contains a lecithinase decomposing lecithin into phosphorylcholine and a neutral fat. The toxin also decomposes sphingomyelin, but does not attack the cephalin types of phospholipin. The enzyme is inhibited by C. haemolyticum and C. oedematiens type B antitoxic sera, but not by C. welchii or C. oedematiens type A antitoxic sera, and is apparently identical antigenically with C. oedematiens beta-toxin.Keywords
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