1acc

<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[1acc]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacillus_anthracis Bacillus anthracis]. The April 2002 RCSB PDB [http://pdb.rcsb.org/pdb/static.do?p=education_discussion/molecule_of_the_month/index.html Molecule of the Month] feature on ''Anthrax Toxin'' by David S. Goodsell is [http://dx.doi.org/10.2210/rcsb_pdb/mom_2002_4 10.2210/rcsb_pdb/mom_2002_4]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1ACC OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1ACC FirstGlance]. <br>

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<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1acc FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1acc OCA], [http://pdbe.org/1acc PDBe], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1acc RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1acc PDBsum], [http://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=1acc ProSAT]</span></td></tr>

[[http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/PAG_BACAN PAG_BACAN]] One of the three proteins composing the anthrax toxin, the agent which infects many mammalian species and that may cause death. PA binds to a receptor (ATR) in sensitive eukaryotic cells, thereby facilitating the translocation of the enzymatic toxin components, edema factor and lethal factor, across the target cell membrane. PA associated with LF causes death when injected, PA associated with EF produces edema. PA induces immunity to infection with anthrax.

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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==

Protective antigen (PA) is the central component of the three-part protein toxin secreted by Bacillus anthracis, the organism responsible for anthrax. After proteolytic activation on the host cell surface, PA forms a membrane-inserting heptamer that translocates the toxic enzymes, oedema factor and lethal factor, into the cytosol. PA, which has a relative molecular mass of 83,000 (M(r) 83K), can also translocate heterologous proteins, and is being evaluated for use as a general protein delivery system. Here we report the crystal structure of monomeric PA at 2.1 A resolution and the water-soluble heptamer at 4.5 A resolution. The monomer is organized mainly into antiparallel beta-sheets and has four domains: an amino-terminal domain (domain 1) containing two calcium ions and the cleavage site for activating proteases; a heptamerization domain (domain 2) containing a large flexible loop implicated in membrane insertion; a small domain of unknown function (domain 3); and a carboxy-terminal receptor-binding domain (domain 4). Removal of a 20K amino-terminal fragment from domain 1 allows the assembly of the heptamer, a ring-shaped structure with a negatively charged lumen, and exposes a large hydrophobic surface for binding the toxic enzymes. We propose a model of pH-dependent membrane insertion involving the formation of a porin-like, membrane-spanning beta-barrel.

Crystal structure of the anthrax toxin protective antigen.,Petosa C, Collier RJ, Klimpel KR, Leppla SH, Liddington RC Nature. 1997 Feb 27;385(6619):833-8. PMID:9039918<ref>PMID:9039918</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>

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*[[Anthrax protective antigen 3D structures|Anthrax protective antigen 3D structures]]

== References ==

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[[Category: Liddington, R C]]

[[Category: Petosa, C]]

[[Category: Toxin]]