RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Baine, William B.YR 1988 T1 A Phospholipase C from the Dallas 1E Strain of Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 5: Purification and Characterization of Conditions for Optimal Activity with an Artificial Substrate JF Microbiology, VO 134 IS 2 SP 489 OP 498 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-134-2-489 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1465-2080, AB Phospholipase C from the Dallas 1E strain of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 5 was purified from buffered yeast extract culture supernate by ion-exchange chromatography followed by fractionation by manganous chloride and ammonium sulphate precipitation steps. Enzyme activity was assayed by hydrolysis of p-nitrophenylphosphorylcholine and confirmed by release of radioactivity from tritiated L-α-dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine labelled in the methyl groups of choline. After SDS-PAGE, the purified preparation yielded a single band upon Coomassie-blue staining. This protein migrated with an apparent M r of 50000–54000. Phospholipase C activity was maximal at pH ≥ 8.4 and was enhanced in the presence of sorbitol and of several nonionic detergents but was eliminated by SDS. EDTA, Cu2+, Fe2+ and Zn2+ inhibited enzyme activity, whereas Ba2+, Ca2+, Co2+, Mg2+ and Mn2+ restored activity to EDTA-treated material. No haemolytic activity was demonstrated with the purified enzyme., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-134-2-489