Structural highlights
Function[SPEA_STRPY] Causative agent of the symptoms associated with scarlet fever, have been associated with streptococcal toxic shock-like disease and may play a role in the early events of rheumatic fever. Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMedStreptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin A (SpeA1) is a bacterial superantigen associated with scarlet fever and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS). SpeA1 is found in both monomeric and dimeric forms, and previous work suggested that the dimer results from an intermolecular disulfide bond between the cysteines at positions 90 of each monomer. Here, we present the crystal structure of the dimeric form of SpeA1. The toxin crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group P212121, with two dimers in the crystallographic asymmetric unit. The final structure has a crystallographic R-factor of 21.52% for 7248 protein atoms, 136 water molecules, and 4 zinc atoms (one zinc atom per molecule). The implications of SpeA1 dimer on MHC class II and T-cell receptor recognition are discussed. Crystal structure of a dimeric form of streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin A (SpeA1).,Baker MD, Gendlina I, Collins CM, Acharya KR Protein Sci. 2004 Sep;13(9):2285-90. Epub 2004 Aug 4. PMID:15295110[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See AlsoReferences
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