2bvm

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CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE CATALYTIC DOMAIN OF TOXIN B FROM CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE IN COMPLEX WITH UDP, GLC AND MANGANESE ION

Overview

Toxin B is a member of the family of large clostridial cytotoxins which are of great medical importance. Its catalytic fragment was crystallized in the presence of UDP-glucose and Mn2+. The structure was determined at 2.2 A resolution, showing that toxin B belongs to the glycosyltransferase type A family. However, toxin B contains as many as 309 residues in addition to the common chainfold, which most likely contribute to the target specificity. A superposition with other glycosyltransferases shows the expected positions of the acceptor oxygen atom during glucosyl transfer and indicates further that the reaction proceeds probably along a single-displacement pathway. The C1 donor carbon atom position is defined by the bound UDP and glucose. It assigns the surface area of toxin B that forms the interface to the target protein during the modifying reaction. A docking attempt brought the known acceptor atom, Thr37 O(gamma1) of the switch I region of the RhoA:GDP target structure, near the expected position. The relative orientation of the two proteins was consistent with both being attached to a membrane. Sequence comparisons between toxin B variants revealed that the highest exchange rate occurs around the active center at the putative docking interface, presumably due to a continuous hit-and-evasion struggle between Clostridia and their eukaryotic hosts.

About this Structure

2BVM is a Single protein structure of sequence from Clostridium difficile. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.

Reference

Structural basis for the function of Clostridium difficile toxin B., Reinert DJ, Jank T, Aktories K, Schulz GE, J Mol Biol. 2005 Sep 2;351(5):973-81. PMID:16054646

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