Receptor-Binding and Uptake of Binary Actin-ADP-Ribosylating Toxins

Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2017:406:119-133. doi: 10.1007/82_2016_46.

Abstract

Binary actin-ADP-ribosylating toxins (e.g., Clostridium botulinum C2 toxin or Clostridium perfringens iota toxin ) consist of two separate proteins: An ADP-ribosyltransferase, which modifies actin thereby inhibiting actin polymerization, and a binding component that forms heptamers after proteolytic activation. While C2 toxin interacts with carbohydrate structures on host cells, the group of iota-like toxins binds to lipolysis-stimulated lipoprotein receptor (LSR). Here, we review LSR and discuss the role and function of LSR in interaction of iota-like toxins with host cells.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • ADP Ribose Transferases / metabolism*
  • Actins / metabolism*
  • Adenosine Diphosphate / metabolism
  • Bacterial Toxins / metabolism*
  • Botulinum Toxins / metabolism
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Transport

Substances

  • Actins
  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Adenosine Diphosphate
  • ADP Ribose Transferases
  • Botulinum Toxins