Determination of the amino acid change responsible for the nontoxic, cross-reactive exotoxin A protein (CRM 66) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO-PR1. |
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| Authors: | M J Wick and B H Iglewski |
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| Institution: | Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, New York 14642. |
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| Abstract: | Analysis of purified exotoxin A from parental Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 and mutant strain PAO-PR1, which produces enzymatically inactive exotoxin A (CRM 66), revealed that CRM 66 lost 90% of parental enzymatic activity. Nucleotide sequence analysis of cloned exotoxin A genes showed a single amino acid substitution in CRM 66. Position 426 in the mature protein of parental (PAO1) exotoxin A is histidine, whereas in CRM 66, it is tyrosine. |
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