The RTX family of bacterial toxins are a group of cytolysins and cytotoxins that have RTX (Repeat in ToXin repeats) Pfam:PF00353. This is a hydrophobic pore-forming domain found at the N-terminal of these proteins [2]. [1]. 9628576. Complete nucleotide sequences of 93-kb and 3.3-kb plasmids of an enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 derived from Sakai outbreak. Makino K, Ishii K, Yasunaga T, Hattori M, Yokoyama K, Yutsudo CH, Kubota Y, Yamaichi Y, Iida T, Yamamoto K, Honda T, Han CG, Ohtsubo E, Kasamatsu M, Hayashi T, Kuhara S, Shinagawa H;. DNA Res 1998;5:1-9. [2]. 30405113. Cytotoxic activity of Kingella kingae RtxA toxin depends on post-translational acylation of lysine residues and cholesterol binding. Osickova A, Balashova N, Masin J, Sulc M, Roderova J, Wald T, Brown AC, Koufos E, Chang EH, Giannakakis A, Lally ET, Osicka R;. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2018;7:178. (from Pfam)
GO Terms:- Molecular Function:
- calcium ion binding (GO:0005509)
- Cellular Component:
- extracellular region (GO:0005576)
- Molecular Function:
- channel activity (GO:0015267)
- Date:
- 2024-10-16