4om9

Publication Abstract from PubMed

Autotransporters (ATs) represent a superfamily of proteins produced by a variety of pathogenic bacteria, which include the pathogenic groups of Escherichia coli (E. coli) associated with gastrointestinal and urinary tract infections. We present the first X-ray structure of the passenger domain from the Plasmid-encoded toxin (Pet) a 100kDa protein at 2.3A resolution which is a cause of acute diarrhea in both developing and industrialized countries. Pet is a cytoskeleton-altering toxin that induces loss of actin stress fibers. While Pet (pdb code: 4OM9) shows only a sequence identity of 50% compared to the closest related protein sequence, extracellular serine protease plasmid (EspP) the structural features of both proteins are conserved. A closer structural look reveals that Pet contains a beta-pleaded sheet at the sequence region of residues 181-190, the corresponding structural domain in EspP consists of a coiled loop. Secondary, the Pet passenger domain features a more pronounced beta sheet between residues 135 and 143 compared to the structure of EspP.

X-ray crystal structure of the passenger domain of plasmid encoded toxin(Pet), an autotransporter enterotoxin from enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC).,Domingo Meza-Aguilar J, Fromme P, Torres-Larios A, Mendoza-Hernandez G, Hernandez-Chinas U, Arreguin-Espinosa de Los Monteros RA, Eslava Campos CA, Fromme R Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2014 Feb 12. pii: S0006-291X(14)00268-X. doi:, 10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.02.016. PMID:24530907^[5]

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