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| タイトル | Structural Analysis of Botulinum Neurotoxins Type B and E by Cryo-EM. |
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| ジャーナル・号・ページ | Toxins (Basel), Vol. 14, Issue 1, Year 2021 |
| 掲載日 | 2021年12月23日 |
著者 | Sara Košenina / Markel Martínez-Carranza / Jonathan R Davies / Geoffrey Masuyer / Pål Stenmark / ![]() |
| PubMed 要旨 | Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) are the causative agents of a potentially lethal paralytic disease targeting cholinergic nerve terminals. Multiple BoNT serotypes exist, with types A, B and E being the ...Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) are the causative agents of a potentially lethal paralytic disease targeting cholinergic nerve terminals. Multiple BoNT serotypes exist, with types A, B and E being the main cause of human botulism. Their extreme toxicity has been exploited for cosmetic and therapeutic uses to treat a wide range of neuromuscular disorders. Although naturally occurring BoNT types share a common end effect, their activity varies significantly based on the neuronal cell-surface receptors and intracellular SNARE substrates they target. These properties are the result of structural variations that have traditionally been studied using biophysical methods such as X-ray crystallography. Here, we determined the first structures of botulinum neurotoxins using single-particle cryogenic electron microscopy. The maps obtained at 3.6 and 3.7 Å for BoNT/B and /E, respectively, highlight the subtle structural dynamism between domains, and of the binding domain in particular. This study demonstrates how the recent advances made in the field of single-particle electron microscopy can be applied to bacterial toxins of clinical relevance and the botulinum neurotoxin family in particular. |
リンク | Toxins (Basel) / PubMed:35050991 / PubMed Central |
| 手法 | EM (単粒子) |
| 解像度 | 3.6 - 3.7 Å |
| 構造データ | EMDB-13946, PDB-7qfp: EMDB-13947, PDB-7qfq: |
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キーワード | TOXIN / clostridium botulinum / neurotoxin |
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