Toxins and how they work
Bacteria and plants make some of the most potent poisons known, and their structures reveal how they get into cells and what they attack. Many toxins have two parts: one that binds and enters the cell, and one that carries out the damage. Some, such as botulinum toxin, are also used as medicines.
10 structures
- Cholera toxin1XTC
- Cholera toxin B pentamer bound to the GM1 sugar2CHB
- E. coli heat-labile enterotoxin1LTS
- Diphtheria toxin dimer1DDT
- Pertussis (whooping cough) toxin1PRT
- Anthrax protective antigen1ACC
- Botulinum neurotoxin type A3BTA
- Staphylococcal alpha-hemolysin pore7AHL
- Proaerolysin1PRE
- Ricin2AAI
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