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  • Fratelli, F.; Abrahao-Neto, J.; Caricati, A.T.; Borges, M.M.; Guidolin, R.; Caricati, C.P.
    An alternative method for purifying and detoxifying diphtheria toxin (2011), Toxicon, 57, 1093-1100.
    View publication on PubMed

Molecular Weight [Da]

Molecular Weight [Da] Molecular Weight Maximum [Da] Comment Organism
22000
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1 * 40000 + 1 * 22000, chain B and chain A, SDS-PAGE Corynebacterium diphtheriae
40000
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1 * 40000 + 1 * 22000, chain B and chain A, SDS-PAGE Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae PW-8
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Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
Blue Sepharose column chromatography Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Subunits

Subunits Comment Organism
heterodimer 1 * 40000 + 1 * 22000, chain B and chain A, SDS-PAGE Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
diphtheria toxin
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae

General Information

General Information Comment Organism
physiological function Corynebacterium diphtheriae secretes the diphtheria toxin, a virulence factor that can be lethal to the human organism at doses below 0.0001 mg/kg of body weight. During infections, the toxin binds to the cell membrane and subunit A will enter the cytoplasm and catalyze the ADP-ribosylation and inactivation of elongation factor 2 thus killing the eukaryotic cell by inhibiting ribosomal translocation Corynebacterium diphtheriae