Crystal structure of heat-labile enterotoxin from Escherichia coli with increased thermostability introduced by an engineered disulfide bond in the A subunit.
Protein Sci
; 6(12): 2644-9, 1997 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
Cholera toxin (CT) produced by Vibrio cholerae and heat-labile enterotoxin (LT-I), produced by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, are AB5 heterohexamers with an ADP-ribosylating A subunit and a GM1 receptor binding B pentamer. These toxins are among the most potent mucosal adjuvants known and, hence, are of interest both for the development of anti-diarrheal vaccines against cholera or enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli diarrhea and also for vaccines in general. However, the A subunits of CT and LT-I are known to be relatively temperature sensitive. To improve the thermostability of LT-I an additional disulfide bond was introduced in the A1 subunit by means of the double mutation N40C and G166C. The crystal structure of this double mutant of LT-I has been determined to 2.0 A resolution. The protein structure of the N40C/G166C double mutant is very similar to the native structure except for a few local shifts near the new disulfide bond. The introduction of this additional disulfide bond increases the thermal stability of the A subunit of LT-I by 6 degrees C. The enhancement in thermostability could make this disulfide bond variant of LT-I of considerable interest for the design of enterotoxin-based vaccines.
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Toxinas Bacterianas
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Ingeniería de Proteínas
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Proteínas de Escherichia coli
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Disulfuros
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Enterotoxinas
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Escherichia coli
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Protein Sci
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BIOQUIMICA
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1997
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Estados Unidos