1diw
THE HC FRAGMENT OF TETANUS TOXIN COMPLEXED WITH GALACTOSE
OverviewOverview
The entry of tetanus neurotoxin into neuronal cells proceeds through the initial binding of the toxin to gangliosides on the cell surface. The carboxyl-terminal fragment of the heavy chain of tetanus neurotoxin contains the ganglioside-binding site, which has not yet been fully characterized. The crystal structures of native H(C) and of H(C) soaked with carbohydrates reveal a number of binding sites and provide insight into the possible mode of ganglioside binding.
About this StructureAbout this Structure
1DIW is a Single protein structure of sequence from Clostridium tetani. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
ReferenceReference
The structures of the H(C) fragment of tetanus toxin with carbohydrate subunit complexes provide insight into ganglioside binding., Emsley P, Fotinou C, Black I, Fairweather NF, Charles IG, Watts C, Hewitt E, Isaacs NW, J Biol Chem. 2000 Mar 24;275(12):8889-94. PMID:10722735 Page seeded by OCA on Fri May 2 13:53:50 2008