Use of synthetic peptides and site-specific antibodies to localize a diphtheria toxin sequence associated with ADP-ribosyltransferase activity.

AUTOR(ES)

Olson, J C

RESUMO

Diphtheria toxin (DT) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A have the same molecular mechanism of toxicity; both toxins ADP-ribosylate a modified histidine residue in elongation factor 2. To help identify amino acids involved in this reaction, sequences in DT that share homology with P. aeruginosa exotoxin A were synthesized and examined for a role in the ADP-ribosyltransferase reaction. By using this approach, residues 32 to 54 of DT were found to define an epitope associated with antibody-mediated inhibition of DT enzyme activity. This lends further support to the notion that residues in this region of DT are involved in the enzymatic reaction.

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