title: Substitution of foreign protein sequences into a chimeric toxin composed of transforming growth factor alpha and Pseudomonas exotoxin.
abstract: TGF alpha-PE40 is a chimeric toxin made by replacing domain Ia of Pseudomonas exotoxin (PE) with transforming growth factor alpha (TGF alpha). We have now replaced a portion of domain Ib of PE with different polypeptides or an extra domain III of PE in transforming growth factor alpha-PE40 and maintained cell killing. Thus, TGF alpha-PE40 can be used to transport foreign protein sequences into the cytosol of cells.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Debinski
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Siegall
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pastan
mesh_terms: D036002:ADP Ribose Transferases; D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D015153:Blotting, Western; D005098:Exotoxins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity*; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000235:genetics; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D016211:Transforming Growth Factor alpha / Q000235:genetics*; D037521:Virulence Factors; D000097668:Pseudomonas aeruginosa Exotoxin A
chemical_list: D036002:ADP Ribose Transferases; D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D005098:Exotoxins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D013004:Somatostatin; D016211:Transforming Growth Factor alpha; D037521:Virulence Factors; D000097668:Pseudomonas aeruginosa Exotoxin A