Sandbox Reserved 818: Difference between revisions
From Proteopedia
Jump to navigationJump to search
Lea Clusan (talk | contribs) |
Paul Giroud (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
| Line 16: | Line 16: | ||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
Pertussis Toxin (PTX) is a toxin produced and secreted by the bacteria ''Bordetella pertussis'', also known as the whooping cough agent. | |||
It is a complex soluble bacterial [[:wiktionary:holotoxin|Holotoxin]], composed of 5 subuntits (named S1 to S5 according to their decreasing molecular weights), arranged in an A-B structure. The A part contains the enzymatically active S1 subunit, which catalyzes ADP-ribosylation of α subunit of [[:wikipedia:G protein|trimeric G proteins]] | |||
Adding an introduction <br /> | Adding an introduction <br /> | ||
3-7 sentences about what the protein or topic is and why it is important <br /> | 3-7 sentences about what the protein or topic is and why it is important <br /> | ||
