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crystal structure of toxin from staphylococcus aureus Mu50
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Structural highlights
FunctionMAZF_STAAM Toxic component of a toxin-antitoxin (TA) module. Ribosome-independent, sequence-specific endoribonuclease that cleaves mRNA, thus inhibiting protein synthesis and inducing bacterial stasis. Cleavages occur preferentially in a U-rich region with a consensus sequence of 5'-[ACG]UU[ACG]-3' in single-stranded RNA (By similarity). Contents | ||||||||||||||||||
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