Shiga toxin 1 acting on DNA in vitro is a heat-stable enzyme not requiring proteolytic activation

Biochimie

Volumn 86, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 305-309

  Brigotti, Maurizio ^a   Carnicelli, Domenica ^a   González Vara, Antonio ^b  

^a Dipartimento di Patologia Sperimentale   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AP sites; apurinic sites; DNA; DNA glycosylase activity; Gb3; Gb4; globotetraosylceramide; globotriaosylceramide; PBS; phosphate buffered saline; ribosome inactivating proteins; Ribosome inactivating proteins; RIPs; shiga toxin; Shiga toxin 1; shiga toxins; Stx; Stxs

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; DITHIOTHREITOL; DNA; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; RIBOSOME RNA; SHIGA TOXIN; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; VEROTOXIN 1;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEAT TREATMENT; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RIBOSOME;

ADENINE; BINDING SITES; DITHIOTHREITOL; DNA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME STABILITY; HEAT; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I; TRYPSIN; UREA;

EID: 2942668193     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2004.03.009     Document Type: Article

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