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Dependence of ricin toxicity on translocation of the toxin A-chain from the endoplasmic reticulum to the cytosol.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 26 Nov 1999
Wesche J, Rapak A, Olsnes S
Abstract excerpt
Ricin acts by translocating to the cytosol the enzymatically active toxin A-chain, which inactivates ribosomes. Retrograde intracellular transport and translocation of ricin was studied under conditions that alter the sensitivity of cells to the toxin. For this purpose tyrosine sulfation of mutant A-chain in the Golgi apparatus, glycosylation in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and appearance of A-chain in the...
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