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Karakterisasi Protein VirB4 Brucella abortus Isolat Lokal dengan Teknik Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis

Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease cause by pathogenic bacteria of the genus Brucella. The disease infects livestock mammals such as cows, goats, pigs, and including humans. Brucella abortus has several potential virulence factors, i.e. Proteins VirB. Type IV secretion system (T4SS) which is a combination of 12 proteins from VirB1-VirB11 and VirD4. Brucella can survive for long periods in the environment despite the limitations of nutrients and oxygen. This study aims to characterize the protein VirB4 of local isolate of B. abortus using SDS PAGE (Sodium Dodecly sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis). The results showed that the protein contained 10 protein bands with a molecular weight of 158.93; 110.89; 99.931; 70.60; 64.61; 59.25; 45.32; 42.35; 23.63; and 16.70 kDa, respectively. Protein VirB4 of the local isolate of B. abortus have a molecular weight of 59.25 kDa.