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Template:STRUCTURE 1prt

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PERTUSSIS TOXINPERTUSSIS TOXIN

About this StructureAbout this Structure

1prt is a 12 chain structure with sequence from Bordetella pertussis. The September 2005 RCSB PDB Molecule of the Month feature on Cholera Toxin by David S. Goodsell is 10.2210/rcsb_pdb/mom_2005_9. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.

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Binding of pertussis toxin to its cellular targetsBinding of pertussis toxin to its cellular targets

After being secreted, pertussis toxin (PTX) can interact with almost all mammalian cells, which explains the variety of biological activities of the toxin.
No specific receptors for PTX have been identified but many cell surface sialoglycoproteins are involved in the binding of PTX, together with glycoproteins: sugar moieties allow the recognition of the toxin and the carbohydrate sequence NeuAcα(2,6)-Galβ4GlcNAc is particularly important but sugar sequence alone is not sufficient.

PTX binds its target cells through the B oligomer : S2 and S3 subunits contains at least two carbohydrate-binding sites. The N-terminal regions of these subunits are involved in receptor binding and the C-terminal domains of S2 and S3 adopt a fold found in other carbohydrate-binding proteins.

The B oligomer of PTX is involved in some biological activities of the toxin, independently of the enzyme activity. Thus Asn105 in S2 and Lys103 in S3 are important for the mitogenic activity of pertussis toxin on murine T lymphocytes, but not on human T cells.

Toxin entry and trafficking in target cellsToxin entry and trafficking in target cells

Mechanism of pertussis toxinMechanism of pertussis toxin

Pertussis toxin (PTX) acts on target cells through its A protomer which contains the enzymatically active S1 subunit.
This subunit catalyzes ADP-ribosylation of the α-subunit of trimeric G proteins, which disturbs functions of the target cells and therefore lead to various biological effects.

In facts, substrates of PTX are regulators of the membrane-bound adenylate cyclase. These G proteins bind GTP in order to transduce signals in the cell. When ADP-ribosylation by PTX occurs, the downregulation of the adenylate cyclase activity is inhibited. This inhibition leads to increase cAMP levels in cells, which explains the amount of biological activities of the toxin.

-> picture of the active site of the S1 subunit
labeled in green: key residues surrounding the NAD-binding cavity (Arg9, Trp26, Cys41)
labeled in blue: catalytic residues (His35, Glu129)

The ADP-ribosylation of trimeric G proteins occurs on a cysteine residue in the C-terminal part of the α-subunit.
For that, the donor substrate used by PTX is NAD⁺, which binds the toxin through Trp26, Arg9 and Cys41 located in the active site of S1.
Concerning the acceptor substrate, it binds to the toxin through residues 180-219 in the C-terminal region of S1. These residues show indeed a high affinity for the G protein and are involved in the catalysis of the ADP-ribosylation.
In the S1 subunit, the catalytic residues His35 and Glu129 have been identified: His35 is involved in the ionization of the nucleophilic thiol of the cysteine residue in the G protein via its ε-N and the carboxylate group of the Glu129 side chain is in contact with the 2'-ribo-hydroxyl of the NAD⁺.

Toxic effects of pertussis toxinToxic effects of pertussis toxin

Pertussis toxin (PTX) is especially toxic because of its ADP-ribosylation activity on trimeric G proteins but only the Gα subunits in the G_i/0 family are substrates for the toxin.
The ADP-ribosylation of this subunit leads to the loss of inhibition of adenylate cyclase activity, which drive to an increase of cAMP in target cells.
cAMP is primary in many biological processes that's why its accumulation leads to the disruption of cellular metabolism and pathological events, according to infected cells.
Thus biological activities of PTX are especially histamine sensitization, islet activation and lymphocytosis.

ReferenceReference

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↑ Stein PE, Boodhoo A, Armstrong GD, Cockle SA, Klein MH, Read RJ. The crystal structure of pertussis toxin. Structure. 1994 Jan 15;2(1):45-57. PMID:8075982