Production of Extracellular Protein a from a Methicillin-Resistant Strain of Staphylococcus Aureus

Protein A was produced extra cellularly by methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus, strain A676. A competitive- ELISA technique based on a competitive pinding between unlabelled protein A and conjugated protein A was employed to measure the concentration of protein A. A study was also conduct...

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Main Author: Tahir, Sharifah
Format: Thesis
Language:English
English
Published: 1994
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Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8361/
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description Protein A was produced extra cellularly by methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus, strain A676. A competitive- ELISA technique based on a competitive pinding between unlabelled protein A and conjugated protein A was employed to measure the concentration of protein A. A study was also conducted to develop this technique. Rabbit IgG was first purified before it was used to coat a microtiterplate. IgG purified using ammonium sulphate precipitation in combination with DEAE-cellulose chromatography gave purer IgG than the caprylic acid method combined with saturated ammonium sulphate or single-step DEAE-cellulose ion exchange chromatography. The molecular weight of the purified IgG was 140,000 dalton based on SDS gelelectrophoresis. The minimum detectable amount of protein A was in the range of 0-20 ng/ml. The optimum concentration of IgG required for coating was 2pg/ml and the incubation time for the substrate was 20 minutes.
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spelling upm-83612012-06-29T08:56:09Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8361/ Production of Extracellular Protein a from a Methicillin-Resistant Strain of Staphylococcus Aureus Tahir, Sharifah Protein A was produced extra cellularly by methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus, strain A676. A competitive- ELISA technique based on a competitive pinding between unlabelled protein A and conjugated protein A was employed to measure the concentration of protein A. A study was also conducted to develop this technique. Rabbit IgG was first purified before it was used to coat a microtiterplate. IgG purified using ammonium sulphate precipitation in combination with DEAE-cellulose chromatography gave purer IgG than the caprylic acid method combined with saturated ammonium sulphate or single-step DEAE-cellulose ion exchange chromatography. The molecular weight of the purified IgG was 140,000 dalton based on SDS gelelectrophoresis. The minimum detectable amount of protein A was in the range of 0-20 ng/ml. The optimum concentration of IgG required for coating was 2pg/ml and the incubation time for the substrate was 20 minutes. 1994 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8361/1/FSMB_1994_2_A.pdf Tahir, Sharifah (1994) Production of Extracellular Protein a from a Methicillin-Resistant Strain of Staphylococcus Aureus. Masters thesis, Universiti Pertanian Malaysia. Staphylococcus aureus. Proteins. Methicillin Resistance. English
spellingShingle Staphylococcus aureus.
Proteins.
Methicillin Resistance.
Tahir, Sharifah
Production of Extracellular Protein a from a Methicillin-Resistant Strain of Staphylococcus Aureus
title Production of Extracellular Protein a from a Methicillin-Resistant Strain of Staphylococcus Aureus
title_full Production of Extracellular Protein a from a Methicillin-Resistant Strain of Staphylococcus Aureus
title_fullStr Production of Extracellular Protein a from a Methicillin-Resistant Strain of Staphylococcus Aureus
title_full_unstemmed Production of Extracellular Protein a from a Methicillin-Resistant Strain of Staphylococcus Aureus
title_short Production of Extracellular Protein a from a Methicillin-Resistant Strain of Staphylococcus Aureus
title_sort production of extracellular protein a from a methicillin-resistant strain of staphylococcus aureus
topic Staphylococcus aureus.
Proteins.
Methicillin Resistance.
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8361/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8361/1/FSMB_1994_2_A.pdf