Abstract
Background: ToxB is a proteinaceous toxin but its homolog toxb has no toxic activity.
Results: Both adopt a β-sandwich fold stabilized by two disulfide bonds but differ in the dynamics of one sandwich half.
Conclusion: Toxicity is correlated with decreased compactness, increased flexibility, and polymorphism in an active site loop.
Significance: ToxB activity depends on interplay between internal dynamics and interactions with putative targets.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 25946-25956 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Journal of Biological Chemistry |
Volume | 289 |
Issue number | 37 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 12 2014 |
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