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ArticleThe protein journal2007

Comparative membrane channel size and activity of botulinum neurotoxins A and E.

Sweta Parikh, Bal Ram Singh

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Article in The protein journal, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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2 authors.

Sweta ParikhBotulinum Research Center, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA, 02747, USA.
Bal Ram Singh

Funding

Treatments for Nipah Virus InfectionU54AI057159 · NIAID · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI WHELAN, SEAN PJ · 2003 to 2013
$113.7M
NIAID NIH HHS AI057159-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In an effort to compare the molecular basis of differential toxic activity of botulinum neurotoxin A (BoNT/A) and BoNT/E, we have analyzed their membrane channel activity by measuring calcein release from liposomes. Both BoNT/A and /E showed a same level of membrane channel activity that was specifically blocked by IgG specific to the neurotoxins. With the use of fluorescein-labeled dextran, we determined that the size of the channel is at least 24.2 A which is appropriate for the translocation of a protein of 50 kDa (the light chain of BoNT). These findings would suggest that the difference in the toxicity level of the two BoNT serotypes might reflect differences in either endopeptidase activity or their binding to receptor(s).

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AnimalsAntibodies, BacterialBinding, CompetitiveBotulinum ToxinsBotulinum Toxins, Type ACell Membrane PermeabilityClostridium botulinumFluoresceinsHumansIon ChannelsLiposomesMolecular WeightProtein ConformationProtein SubunitsRabbitsAntibodies, BacterialBotulinum ToxinsBotulinum Toxins, Type Abotulinum toxin type EFluoresceinsfluorexonIon ChannelsLiposomesProtein Subunits

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