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ArticleInfection and immunity2000

Identification of a novel gene cluster encoding staphylococcal exotoxin-like proteins: characterization of the prototypic gene and its protein product, SET1.

R J Williams, J M Ward, B Henderson, S Poole, B P O'Hara, M Wilson, S P Nair

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2000. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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43 citing papers in PubMed, 132 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Structural basis for inhibition of TLR2 by staphylococcal superantigen-like protein 3 (SSL3).Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2015
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

R J WilliamsCellular Microbiology Research Group, Division of Surgical Sciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
J M Ward
B Henderson
S Poole
B P O'Hara
M Wilson
S P Nair
Eastman Dental Hospital · GBNational Institute for Biological Standards and Control · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report the discovery of a novel genetic locus within Staphylococcus aureus that encodes a cluster of at least five exotoxin-like proteins. Designated the staphylococcal exotoxin-like genes 1 to 5 (set1 to set5), these open reading frames have between 38 and 53% homology to each other. All five proteins contain consensus sequences that are found in staphylococcal and streptococcal exotoxins and toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 (TSST-1). However, the SETs have only limited overall sequence homology to the enterotoxins and TSST-1 and thus represent a novel family of exotoxin-like proteins. The prototypic gene in this cluster, set1, has been cloned and expressed. Recombinant SET1 stimulated the production of interleukin-1beta, interleukin-6, and tumor necrosis factor alpha by human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. PCR analysis revealed that set1 was distributed among other strains of S. aureus but not in the other staphylococcal species examined. Sequence analysis of the set1 genes from different strains revealed at least three allelic variants. The protein products of these allelic variants displayed a 100-fold difference in their cytokine-inducing potency. The distribution of allelic variants of the set genes among strains of S. aureus may contribute to differences in the pathogenic potential of this bacterium.

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Genes, BacterialMultigene FamilyAmino Acid SequenceBacterial ToxinsCloning, MolecularHumansInterleukin-1Interleukin-6Leukocytes, MononuclearModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataPyrogensRNA, BacterialRNA, MessengerSequence Homology, Amino AcidSpecies SpecificityBacterial ToxinsInterleukin-1Interleukin-6PyrogensRNA, BacterialRNA, MessengerTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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PMID10899837
PMCPMC98335
OpenAlexW2159445722

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