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Shiga toxin 1 is more dependent on the P proteins of the ribosomal stalk for depurination activity than Shiga toxin 2.
The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology - 1 Dec 2011
Chiou Jia-Chi, Li Xiao-Ping, Remacha Miguel, Ballesta Juan P G, Tumer Nilgun E
Abstract excerpt
Shiga toxins produced by Escherichia coli O157:H7 are responsible for food poisoning and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). The A subunits of Shiga toxins (Stx1A and Stx2A) inhibit translation by depurinating a specific adenine in the large rRNA. To determine if Stx1A and Stx2A require the ribosomal stalk for depurination, their activity and cytotoxicity were examined in the yeast P protein deletion mutants. Stx1A...
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