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ArticleCurrent microbiology2019

Study of the Structure and Biological Activity of the Amino-Terminus of the α-Toxin from Clostridium welchii Type A.

Chongli Xu, Yuhan She, Fengyang Fu, Yimin Lin, Chongbo Xu

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Article in Current microbiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Review of advances in molecular structure and biological function ofCanadian journal of veterinary research = Revue canadienne de recherche veterinaire · 2024
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Chongli XuCollege of Medical Technology, Chongqing Medical and Pharmaceutical College, 82 Daxuecheng Road, Chongqing, 401331, People's Republic of China.
Yuhan SheCollege of Medical Technology, Chongqing Medical and Pharmaceutical College, 82 Daxuecheng Road, Chongqing, 401331, People's Republic of China.
Fengyang FuCollege of Medical Technology, Chongqing Medical and Pharmaceutical College, 82 Daxuecheng Road, Chongqing, 401331, People's Republic of China.
Yimin LinClinical Laboratory, Chongqing Cancer Institute, Chongqing, 400030, People's Republic of China. 3300981700@qq.com.
Chongbo XuNorth Guangdong Collaborative Innovation and Development Center for Swine Farming and Disease Control, Yingdong College of Life Sciences, Shaoguan University, Shaoguan, 512005, People's Republic of China. xcb902@163.com.

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Institute of Climate Change and Public Policy (CN) 2019Secretaría de Ciencia y Tecnología, Gobierno de la Provincia de Córdoba (AR) 2018B0303110009
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To explore the biological activity of Clostridium welchii α-toxin (CPA), the Asp56 residue of CPA was mutated to glycine (CPA D56G) by site-directed mutagenesis, and the 250 amino acid amino-terminal phospholipase C (PLC)-containing domain of CPA (PLC1-250) was isolated. The secondary and three-dimensional (3D) structures of CPA D56G and PLC1-250 were predicted, and the results showed that the secondary structures of CPA D56G and PLC1-250 were composed of α-helices and random coils. The 3D structures of CPA D56G and PLC1-250 were similar to the 3D structures of CPA. The circular dichroism (CD) spectrum of CPA D56G differed from the CD spectrum of CPA, but the CD spectrum of PLC1-250 was similar to the CD spectrum of CPA. Biological activity assays showed that CPA D56G lost the PLC activity of CPA and that mice immunized with CPA D56G were protected against a challenge with 1 MLD C. welchii type A strain C57-1. In addition, PLC1-250 contained the PLC activity of CPA. This study laid a solid foundation for future studies on the relationship between the molecular structure and biological function of CPA and its molecular mechanism. Our study also provided CPA D56G as a candidate strain for engineering a CPA subunit vaccine for C. welchii type A.

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Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsAntigens, BacterialBacterial ToxinsCalcium-Binding ProteinsClostridium InfectionsClostridium perfringensImmunizationMiceMutationProtein ConformationStructure-Activity RelationshipType C Phospholipasesalpha toxin, Clostridium perfringensAntigens, BacterialBacterial ToxinsCalcium-Binding ProteinsType C Phospholipases

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