title: Uptake of binary actin ADP-ribosylating toxins.
abstract: The focus of this article is on the cellular uptake mechanism of the family of binary actin ADP-ribosylating toxins from clostridia. These toxins are special-type AB toxins, because they are composed of two nonlinked proteins, which have to assemble on the surface of eukaryotic cells to act cytotoxically. The enzymatically active component (A), ADP-ribosylates G-actin in the cytosol of target cells. This leads to a complete depolymerization of the actin filaments and, thereby, to rounding up of cultured cells. The second component of these toxins, the binding/translocation component (B), mediates the transport of the enzyme component into the cytosol.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Otto-Krayer-Haus, Albertstrasse 25, 79104, Freiburg, Germany. holger.barth@pharmakol.uni-freiburg.de
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Barth
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose / Q000378:metabolism*; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose