title: Processing of Clostridium difficile toxins.
abstract: The pathogenicity of Clostridium difficile depends on the large clostridial glucosylating toxins A and B (TcdA and TcdB). The proteins accomplish their own uptake by a modular structure comprising a catalytic and a binding/translocation domain. Based on a proteolytic processing step solely the catalytic domain reaches the cytosol. Within the cells, the glucosyltransferases inactivate small GTPases by mono-O-glucosylation. Here, a short overview is given regarding latest insights into the intramolecular processing, which is mediated by an intrinsic protease activity.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Universität Freiburg, Albertstrasse 25, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Torsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Giesemann
authors.affiliation: Institut für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Universität Freiburg, Albertstrasse 25, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Egerer
authors.affiliation: Institut für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Universität Freiburg, Albertstrasse 25, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jank
authors.affiliation: Institut für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Universität Freiburg, Albertstrasse 25, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aktories
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004768:Enterotoxins; C041348:tcdA protein, Clostridium difficile; C031815:toxB protein, Clostridium difficile