| Literature DB >> 2138453 |
U Geipel1, I Just, K Aktories.
Abstract
Clostridium perfringens iota toxin belongs to a novel family of actin-ADP-ribosylating toxins. The effects of ADP-ribosylation of skeletal muscle actin by Clostridium perfringens iota toxin on cytochalasin D-stimulated actin ATPase activity was studied. Cytochalasin D stimulated actin-catalysed ATP hydrolysis maximally by about 30-fold. ADP-ribosylation of actin completely inhibited cytochalasin D-stimulated ATP hydrolysis. Inhibition of ATPase activity occurred at actin concentrations below the critical concentration (0.1 microM), at low concentrations of Mg2+ (50 microM) and even in the actin-DNAase I complex, indicating that ADP-ribosylation of actin blocks the ATPase activity of monomeric actin and that the inhibitory effect is not due to inhibition of the polymerization of actin.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2138453 PMCID: PMC1131136 DOI: 10.1042/bj2660335
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN: 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857