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[[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/EATX_STRPY EATX_STRPY]] Antitoxin component of a toxin-antitoxin (TA) module. Neutralizes the toxic effect of cognate zeta toxin. Part of a postsegregational killing (PSK) system involved in the killing of plasmid-free cells. Continuous synthesis of the epsilon antitoxin is required to counteract the zeta toxin.[REFERENCE:7] [[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/ZTOX_STRPY ZTOX_STRPY]] Toxic component of a toxin-antitoxin (TA) module. Phosphorylates UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (UNAG) on the 3'-hydroxyl group of the N-acetyl-D-glucosamine moiety, yielding UNAG-3P. UNAG-3P inhibits MurA, the first committed step in cell wall synthesis, which is then blocked. Phosphorylation is inhibited by cognate epsilon antitoxin. Part of a postsegregational killing (PSK) system involved in the killing of plasmid-free cells. The zeta toxin induces programmed cell death.[REFERENCE:7]

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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==

Programmed cell death in prokaryotes is frequently found as postsegregational killing. It relies on antitoxin/toxin systems that secure stable inheritance of low and medium copy number plasmids during cell division and kill cells that have lost the plasmid. The broad-host-range, low-copy-number plasmid pSM19035 from Streptococcus pyogenes carries the genes encoding the antitoxin/toxin system epsilon/zeta and antibiotic resistance proteins, among others. The crystal structure of the biologically nontoxic epsilon(2)zeta(2) protein complex at a 1.95-A resolution and site-directed mutagenesis showed that free zeta acts as phosphotransferase by using ATPGTP. In epsilon(2)zeta(2), the toxin zeta is inactivated because the N-terminal helix of the antitoxin epsilon blocks the ATPGTP-binding site. To our knowledge, this is the first prokaryotic postsegregational killing system that has been entirely structurally characterized.

Crystal structure of the plasmid maintenance system epsilon/zeta: functional mechanism of toxin zeta and inactivation by epsilon 2 zeta 2 complex formation.,Meinhart A, Alonso JC, Strater N, Saenger W Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Feb 18;100(4):1661-6. Epub 2003 Feb 5. PMID:12571357<ref>PMID:12571357</ref>

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

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== References ==

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[[Category: Alonso, J C]]

[[Category: Meinhart, A]]

[[Category: Saenger, W]]

[[Category: Straeter, N]]

[[Category: Postsegregational killing system]]