Inhibition of the glucosyltransferase activity of clostridial Rho/Ras-glucosylating toxins by castanospermine |
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Authors: | Jank Thomas Ziegler Mathias O P Schulz Georg E Aktories Klaus |
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Affiliation: | Institut für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universit?t, Albertstrasse 25, Freiburg, Germany. |
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Abstract: | Castanospermine was identified as an inhibitor of the Rho/Ras-glucosylating Clostridium sordellii lethal toxin and Clostridium difficile toxin B. Microinjection of castanospermine into embryonic bovine lung cells prevented the cytotoxic effects of toxins. The crystal structure of the glucosyltransferase domain of C. sordellii lethal toxin in complex with castanospermine, UDP and a calcium ion was solved at a resolution of 2.3A. The inhibitor binds in a conformation that brings its four hydroxyl groups and its N-atom almost exactly in the positions of the four hydroxyls and of the ring oxygen of the glucosyl moiety of UDP-glucose, respectively. |
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Keywords: | Glucosyltransferase Enzyme inhibitors Crystal structure Clostridium difficile toxin B Clostridium sordellii lethal toxin |
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