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Structural highlights

Function

DTX_CORBE Diphtheria toxin, produced by a phage infecting Corynebacterium diphtheriae, is a proenzyme that, after activation, catalyzes the covalent attachment of the ADP ribose moiety of NAD to eukaryotic elongation factor 2 (eEF-2). Fragment A is the catalytic portion responsible for enzymatic ADP-ribosylation of elongation factor 2, while fragment B is responsible for binding of toxin to cell receptors and entry of fragment A.^{[1] [2]}

See Also

• Diphtheria toxin

References

1. ↑ Jorgensen R, Purdy AE, Fieldhouse RJ, Kimber MS, Bartlett DH, Rod Merrill A. Cholix toxin, a novel ADP-ribosylating factor from vibrio cholerae. J Biol Chem. 2008 Feb 25;. PMID:18276581 doi:M710008200
2. ↑ Turgeon Z, White D, Jorgensen R, Visschedyk D, Fieldhouse RJ, Mangroo D, Merrill AR. Yeast as a tool for characterizing mono-ADP-ribosyltransferase toxins. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2009 Nov;300(1):97-106. Epub 2009 Aug 31. PMID:19793133 doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01777.x