A Genomic Island of Vibrio cholerae Encodes a Three-Component Cytotoxin with Monomer and Protomer Forms Structurally Similar to Alpha-Pore-Forming Toxins

Author:

Herrera Alfa12,Kim Youngchang34,Chen Jiexi1,Jedrzejczak Robert34,Shukla Shantanu1,Maltseva Natalia34,Joachimiak Grazyna34,Welk Lukas34,Wiersum Grant1,Jaroszewski Lukasz56,Godzik Adam56,Joachimiak Andrzej347,Satchell Karla J. F.12ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA

2. Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA

3. Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases, Consortium for Advanced Science and Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

4. Structural Biology Center, X-Ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, USA

5. Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of California, Riverside School of Medicine, Riverside, California, USA

6. Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases, University of California, Riverside School of Medicine, Riverside, California, USA

7. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Abstract

The bacterium Vibrio cholerae causes gastrointestinal, wound, and skin infections. The motility-associated killing factor A (MakA) was recently shown to be cytotoxic against colon, prostate, and other cancer cells.

Funder

HHS | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences

HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Molecular Biology,Microbiology

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