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and some other pathogenic species, when grown in a medium containing a protein as a sole source of nitrogen, secrete an acid proteinase. Culture supernatants were assayed for proteinase activity, and were also analysed by Western blotting with antibodies raised and affinity-purified against proteinase of Proteinases secreted by and were antigenically related to that of , but had different molecular masses. The proteinases secreted by and were not antigenically related. The kinetics of proteinase secretion by were monitored by activity and by Western blotting. With BSA as the nitrogen source, proteinase secretion increased exponentially until about 16 h. Culture supernatants of BSA-grown cultures accumulated proteinase to about a 1000-fold higher level than those of ammonium-sulphate-grown cultures. labelling experiments showed that proteinase was not detectably accumulated in the cells, but was secreted immediately after synthesis. Immunoprecipitation of translated poly(A)-containing RNA identified a putative pre-protein of about 54 kDa. As well as BSA, other proteins (haemoglobin, ovalbumin, histone), peptone and tryptone, when used as nitrogen sources, could induce proteinase, but to different levels. When Casamino acids or an amino acid mixture (equivalent to the composition of BSA) was used as nitrogen source, no induction was observed. Ammonium sulphate, or any other ammonium salt, repressed secretion of proteinase.

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