Thermal Inactivation of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B in Veronal Buffer
AUTOR(ES)
Read, R. B.
RESUMO
The times and temperatures required to inactivate staphylococcal enterotoxin B were studied by use of the double-gel-diffusion technique to assay enterotoxin. Enterotoxin B (99 +% pure) was suspended in 0.04 M Veronal buffer, dispensed into borosilicate vials, and the vials were sealed and heated in an oil bath. An amount of 30 μg/ml of this toxin was reduced to less than 0.7 μg/ml in 103.0, 87.1, 70.5, 57.2, 39.1, 27.6, 16.4, and 12.0 min, respectively, at temperatures of 96, 99, 101.7, 104.4, 110, 115.6, 121, and 126.7 C. The end point for enterotoxin inactivation by gel diffusion was identical to that by intravenous injection of cats. Limited studies with crude enterotoxin B showed that the crude preparation was slightly more thermostable. The respective D values of crude and purified enterotoxin B were 64.5 and 52.3, 40.5 and 34.4, 29.7 and 23.5, 18.8 and 16.6, and 11.4 and 9.9 min at temperatures of 99, 104.4, 110, 115.6, and 121 C. The z value for purified enterotoxin B was 32.4 C. The experimental activation energy was 20,700 cal/g mole, standard enthalpy of activation at 120 C was 19,900 cal/g mole, standard entropy of activation at 120 C was -21.4 cal/g mole K, and the standard free energy of activation at 120 C was 28,200 cal/g mole.
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