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3seb
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STAPHYLOCOCCAL ENTEROTOXIN B
Template:ABSTRACT PUBMED 9514739
Function
[ETXB_STAAU] Staphylococcal enterotoxins cause the intoxication staphylococcal food poisoning syndrome. The illness characterized by high fever, hypotension, diarrhea, shock, and in some cases death.
About this Structure
3seb is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Staphylococcus aureus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
- Papageorgiou AC, Tranter HS, Acharya KR. Crystal structure of microbial superantigen staphylococcal enterotoxin B at 1.5 A resolution: implications for superantigen recognition by MHC class II molecules and T-cell receptors. J Mol Biol. 1998 Mar 20;277(1):61-79. PMID:9514739 doi:10.1006/jmbi.1997.1577
- Bhattacharyya R, Samanta U, Chakrabarti P. Aromatic-aromatic interactions in and around alpha-helices. Protein Eng. 2002 Feb;15(2):91-100. PMID:11917145
