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Entry Detail
PDB ID:
1UYJ
Keywords:
TOXIN
Title:
Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin shows structural similarity with the pore forming toxin aerolysin
Biological Source:
Source Organism:
CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS
PDB Version:
Deposition Date:
2004-03-02
Release Date:
2004-08-05
Method Details:
Experimental Method:
X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Resolution:
2.60 Å
R-Value Free:
0.29
R-Value Work:
0.23
R-Value Observed:
0.23
Space Group:
P 63
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Macromolecular Entities
Protein Blast
Polymer Type:polypeptide(L)
Description:EPSILON-TOXIN
Chain IDs:A, B, C
Chain Length:296
Number of Molecules:3
Biological Source:CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS
UniProt ID:Q57398 Pfam ID:PF03318
Ligand Molecules
U1
Primary Citation
Clostridium Perfringens Epsilon-Toxin Shows Structural Similarity to the Pore-Forming Toxin Aerolysin
Nat.Struct.Mol.Biol. 11 797 ? (2004)
PMID: 15258571 DOI: 10.1038/NSMB804

Abstact

Epsilon-toxin from Clostridium perfringens is a lethal toxin. Recent studies suggest that the toxin acts via an unusually potent pore-forming mechanism. Here we report the crystal structure of epsilon-toxin, which reveals structural similarity to aerolysin from Aeromonas hydrophila. Pore-forming toxins can change conformation between soluble and transmembrane states. By comparing the two toxins, we have identified regions important for this transformation.

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