Anthrax toxin component, Protective Antigen, protects insects from bacterial infections.
Alameh S, Bartolo G, O'Brien S, Henderson EA, Gonzalez LO, Hartmann S, Klimko CP, Shoe JL, Cote CK, Grill LK, Levitin A, Martchenko Shilman M.
Alameh S, et al.
PLoS Pathog. 2020 Aug 31;16(8):e1008836. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008836. eCollection 2020 Aug.
PLoS Pathog. 2020.
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In mammals, a secreted anthrax toxin component, 83 kDa Protective Antigen (PA83), binds to cell-surface receptors and is cleaved by furin into an evolutionary-conserved PA20 and a pore-forming PA63 subunits. We show that PA20 increases the resistance of Drosophila flies an …
In mammals, a secreted anthrax toxin component, 83 kDa Protective Antigen (PA83), binds to cell-surface receptors and is cleaved by furin in …