protein toxin

  • 11toxin — (tok sin) A microbial product or component that can injure another cell or organism at low concentrations. Often the term refers to a poisonous protein, but toxins may be lipids and other substances …

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  • 12cholera toxin — A multimeric protein toxin from Cholera vibrio. The toxic A subunit (27 kD) activates adenyl cyclase irreversibly by ADP ribosylation of a Gs protein. The B subunit (57 kD) has 5 identical monomers, binds to GM1 ganglioside and facilitates… …

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  • 13pertussis toxin — Protein complex (ca 117 kD). An AB toxin, the active subunit is a single polypeptide (28 kD), the binding subunit a pentamer (two heterodimers, 23 + 11.7 kD, 11.7 + 22 kD, and a monomer (9.3 kD) that binds the heterodimers). The active subunit… …

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  • 14erythrogenic toxin — Toxin produced by strains of Streptococcus pyogenes responsible for scarlet fever. Three antigenic variants of the toxin are known. It is a small protein that is complexed with hyaluronic acid and can intensify the effects of other toxins such as …

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  • 15Anthrax toxin — refers to three proteins secreted by virulent strains of the bacterium Bacillus anthracis . These three proteins act together in a synergistic way in which they are endocytosed and translocated into the cytoplasm of a macrophage, where it… …

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  • 16Diphtheria toxin — Diphtheria toxin, C domain complex of diphtheria toxin and heparin binding epidermal growth factor Identifiers Symbol Diphtheria C Pfam …

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  • 17Cholera toxin — (sometimes abbreviated to CTX, Ctx, or CT) is a protein complex secreted by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.[1][2] CTX is responsible for the massive, watery diarrhea characteristic of cholera infection. Contents 1 Structure …

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  • 18Botulinum toxin — Clinical data Pregnancy cat.  ? Legal status  ? (US) Rout …

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  • 19Clostridium perfringens alpha toxin — Crystal structure of Clostridium perfringens alpha toxin Identifiers Symbol  ? …

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  • 20Shiga-like toxin — is a AB5 type Shiga toxin produced by the bacteria Escherichia coli and also known as verotoxin. In 1977, researchers in Ottawa, Ontario rediscovered the Shiga toxin produced by Shigella dysenteriae in E. coli . [cite journal |author=Konowalchuk… …

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