Article
A mutational analysis of the globotriaosylceramide-binding sites of verotoxin VT1.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 15 Feb 2002
Soltyk Anna M, MacKenzie C Roger, Wolski Vince M, Hirama Tomoko, Kitov Pavel I, Bundle David R, Brunton James L
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli verotoxin, also known as Shiga-like toxin, binds to eukaryotic cell membranes via the glycolipid Gb(3) receptors which present the P(k) trisaccharide Galalpha(1-4)Galbeta(1-4)Glcbeta. Crystallographic studies have identified three P(k) trisaccharide (P(k)-glycoside) binding sites per verotoxin 1B subunit (VT1B) monomer while NMR studies have identified binding of P(k)-glycoside only at site 2. To...
Topics
- Animals
- Binding Sites
- Carbohydrate Sequence
- Cell Line
- Chlorocebus aethiops
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Escherichia coli
- Glycolipids
- Humans
- Kinetics
- Ligands
