Structure of toxic shock syndrome toxin 1.

doi:10.1021/bi00213a001

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Structure of toxic shock syndrome toxin 1.

Biochemistry - 21 Dec 1993

Prasad G S, Earhart C A, Murray D L, Novick R P, Schlievert P M, Ohlendorf D H

Abstract excerpt

The three-dimensional structure of toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 (TSST-1) from Staphylococcus aureus has been determined and refined to an R value of 0.226 for data between 8- and 2.5-A resolution. Overall, the structure of TSST-1 is similar to that of another superantigen, staphylococcal enteroto...

Topics

Amino Acid Sequence
Antigens
Bacterial Toxins
Enterotoxins
Models, Molecular
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Protein Conformation
Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
Staphylococcus aureus
Superantigens

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