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Deletion and purification studies to elucidate the structure of the Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans cytolethal distending toxin.
Journal of biochemistry - 1 Sept 2004
Saiki Keitarou, Gomi Tomoharu, Konishi Kiyoshi
Abstract excerpt
Cytolethal distending toxin (CDT) is one of the exotoxins produced by Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, an agent of localized aggressive periodontitis. We constructed N-terminal deletion mutants of CdtA using an Escherichia coli expression system and found that ADelta19-47, with a deletion from Asn-19 to Pro-47, showed comparable CDT activity but no apparent heterogeneity of CdtA. The wild-type CDT (wtCDT)...
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