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Shiga toxin
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| Shiga-like toxin beta subunit | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Identifiers | |||||||||
| Symbol | SLT_beta | ||||||||
| Pfam | PF02258 | ||||||||
| InterPro | IPR003189 | ||||||||
| SCOP2 | 2bos / SCOPe / SUPFAM | ||||||||
| TCDB | 1.C.54 | ||||||||
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| Shiga-like toxin subunit A | |
|---|---|
| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | Shiga-like_toxin_subunit_A |
| InterPro | IPR016331 |
| SCOP2 | 1r4q / SCOPe / SUPFAM |
Shiga toxins are a family of related toxins with two major groups, Stx1 and Stx2, expressed by genes considered to be part of the genome of lambdoid prophages.[1] The toxins are named after Kiyoshi Shiga, who first described the bacterial origin of dysentery caused by Shigella dysenteriae.[2] Shiga-like toxin (SLT) is a historical term for similar or identical toxins produced by Escherichia coli.[3] The most common sources for Shiga toxin are the bacteria S. dysenteriae and some serotypes of Escherichia coli (shigatoxigenic or STEC), which include serotypes O157:H7, and O104:H4.[4][5]
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- ^ Zhu Q; Li L; Guo Z; Yang R (June 2002). "Identification of Shiga-like toxin Escherichia coli isolated from children with diarrhea by polymerase chain reaction". Chin. Med. J. 115 (6): 815–8. PMID 12123543.
- ^ Beutin L (2006). "Emerging enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli, causes and effects of the rise of a human pathogen". Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B. 53 (7): 299–305. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0450.2006.00968.x. PMID 16930272.
- ^ Spears KJ, Roe AJ, Gally DL (2006). "A comparison of enteropathogenic and enterohaemorragic Escherichia coli pathogenesis". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 255 (2): 187–202. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00119.x. PMID 16448495.
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