Proteins washed from 220 mg of spores were freeze-dried, then dissolved in 500 μL of 50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.4, containing 150 mM NaCl, 1 mM EDTA, 1% v/v Triton X-100, 0.1 M PMSF, and a protease inhibitor cocktail tablet (Roche Diagnostics). Intracellular proteins were isolated from 220 mg of washed spores by grinding in liquid nitrogen. The tissue powder was dissolved in 500 μL of the same buffer as the extracellular proteins. The lysate was clarified by centrifugation (16,900 ×
g, 4°C, 20 min), and the supernatant was collected. Protein concentration was determined using the Bradford protein assay.
Esterase from porcine liver (Sigma) was used as a positive control of hydrolysis.
Proteins were separated using a
Novex Tris-Glycine gel (Thermo Fisher Scientific) and
Tris-Glycine Native Sample Buffer (Thermo Fisher Scientific). Preparations containing 1.0, 0.1, or 0.05 μg proteins were loaded onto the gel.
SeeBlue Pre-stained Protein Standard (Thermo Fisher Scientific) was used as the molecular weight marker. Electrophoresis was conducted at constant 125 V for 3 h at 4°C in 1×
Tris-glycine native running buffer (Thermo Fisher Scientific). The gel was then washed twice for 10 min each in 100 mM Tris-HCI, pH 8.0. Esterase activity was detected using the indoxyl acetate assay as described [50 (
link)].
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