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J Bacteriol. 1992 October; 174(20): 6707-6710

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Evidence for a modular structure of the homologous repetitive C-terminal carbohydrate-binding sites of Clostridium difficile toxins and Streptococcus mutans glucosyltransferases.

C von Eichel-Streiber, M Sauerborn and H K Kuramitsu

Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany.

ABSTRACT

The homologous C-terminal repeats of Clostridium difficile toxins (ToxA and ToxB) and streptococcal glucosyltransferases appear to mediate protein-carbohydrate interactions at cellular binding sites with sugar moieties as substrates. A consensus sequence of 134 repeating units from gram-positive bacteria indicates that these repeats have a modular design with (i) a stretch of aromatic amino acids proposed to be involved in the primary carbohydrate-protein interaction, (ii) an amplification of this interaction by repetition of the respective sequences, and (iii) a second domain, not characterized, that is responsible for carbohydrate specificity.

J Bacteriol. 1992 October; 174(20): 6707-6710




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