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==Overview==

Staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) are superantigenic protein toxins, responsible for a number of life-threatening diseases. The X-ray structure, of a staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA) triple-mutant (L48R, D70R, and, Y92A) vaccine reveals a cascade of structural rearrangements located in, three loop regions essential for binding the alpha subunit of major, histocompatibility complex class II (MHC-II) molecules. A comparison of, hypothetical model complexes between SEA and the SEA triple mutant with, MHC-II HLA-DR1 clearly shows disruption of key ionic and hydrophobic, interactions necessary for forming the complex. Extensive dislocation of, the disulfide loop in particular interferes with MHC-IIalpha binding. The, triple-mutant structure provides new insights into the loss of, superantigenicity and toxicity of an engineered superantigen and provides, a basis for further design of enterotoxin vaccines.

Staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) are superantigenic protein toxins responsible for a number of life-threatening diseases. The X-ray structure of a staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA) triple-mutant (L48R, D70R, and Y92A) vaccine reveals a cascade of structural rearrangements located in three loop regions essential for binding the alpha subunit of major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC-II) molecules. A comparison of hypothetical model complexes between SEA and the SEA triple mutant with MHC-II HLA-DR1 clearly shows disruption of key ionic and hydrophobic interactions necessary for forming the complex. Extensive dislocation of the disulfide loop in particular interferes with MHC-IIalpha binding. The triple-mutant structure provides new insights into the loss of superantigenicity and toxicity of an engineered superantigen and provides a basis for further design of enterotoxin vaccines.

==About this Structure==

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[[Category: Single protein]]

[[Category: Staphylococcus aureus]]

[[Category: Krupka, H.I.]]

[[Category: Krupka, H I.]]

[[Category: Rupp, B.]]

[[Category: Segelke, B.W.]]

[[Category: Segelke, B W.]]

[[Category: SO4]]

[[Category: ZN]]

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[[Category: vaccine]]

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 ==Overview==
-Staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) are superantigenic protein toxins, responsible for a number of life-threatening diseases. The X-ray structure, of a staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA) triple-mutant (L48R, D70R, and, Y92A) vaccine reveals a cascade of structural rearrangements located in, three loop regions essential for binding the alpha subunit of major, histocompatibility complex class II (MHC-II) molecules. A comparison of, hypothetical model complexes between SEA and the SEA triple mutant with, MHC-II HLA-DR1 clearly shows disruption of key ionic and hydrophobic, interactions necessary for forming the complex. Extensive dislocation of, the disulfide loop in particular interferes with MHC-IIalpha binding. The, triple-mutant structure provides new insights into the loss of, superantigenicity and toxicity of an engineered superantigen and provides, a basis for further design of enterotoxin vaccines.
+Staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) are superantigenic protein toxins responsible for a number of life-threatening diseases. The X-ray structure of a staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA) triple-mutant (L48R, D70R, and Y92A) vaccine reveals a cascade of structural rearrangements located in three loop regions essential for binding the alpha subunit of major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC-II) molecules. A comparison of hypothetical model complexes between SEA and the SEA triple mutant with MHC-II HLA-DR1 clearly shows disruption of key ionic and hydrophobic interactions necessary for forming the complex. Extensive dislocation of the disulfide loop in particular interferes with MHC-IIalpha binding. The triple-mutant structure provides new insights into the loss of superantigenicity and toxicity of an engineered superantigen and provides a basis for further design of enterotoxin vaccines.
 ==About this Structure==
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 [[Category: Single protein]]
 [[Category: Staphylococcus aureus]]
-[[Category: Krupka, H.I.]]
+[[Category: Krupka, H I.]]
 [[Category: Rupp, B.]]
-[[Category: Segelke, B.W.]]
+[[Category: Segelke, B W.]]
 [[Category: SO4]]
 [[Category: ZN]]
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 [[Category: vaccine]]
-''Page seeded by [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca OCA ] on Sun Feb  3 09:36:03 2008''
+''Page seeded by [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca OCA ] on Thu Feb 21 12:21:55 2008''