Structure of the receptor binding fragment HC of tetanus neurotoxin

Nat Struct Biol. 1997 Oct;4(10):788-92. doi: 10.1038/nsb1097-788.

Abstract

The 2.7 A structure of the tetanus neurotoxin receptor binding fragment Hc reveals a jelly-roll domain and a beta-trefoil domain. Hc retains the unique transport properties of the holotoxin and is capable of eliciting a protective immunological response against the full length holotoxin.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Letter
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Binding Sites
  • Computer Simulation
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Membrane Proteins / chemistry*
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism
  • Models, Molecular
  • Models, Structural
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Neurons / metabolism
  • Peptide Fragments / chemistry
  • Peptide Fragments / immunology
  • Protein Structure, Secondary*
  • Sequence Deletion
  • Software
  • Tetanus Toxin / chemistry*
  • Tetanus Toxin / immunology

Substances

  • Membrane Proteins
  • Peptide Fragments
  • Tetanus Toxin
  • tetanus toxin receptor