| Exotoxin A | |||||||
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Exotoxin A dimer,Pseudomonas aeruginosa | |||||||
| Identifiers | |||||||
| Organism | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | ||||||
| Symbol | eta | ||||||
| UniProt | P11439 | ||||||
| Other data | |||||||
| EC number | 2.4.2.36 | ||||||
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ThePseudomonas exotoxin (orexotoxin A) is anexotoxin produced byPseudomonas aeruginosa.[1]Vibrio cholerae produces a similar protein called theCholix toxin (Q5EK40).[2]
It inhibitselongation factor-2. It does so byADP-ribosylation of EF2 usingNAD+. This then causes the elongation of polypeptides to cease. This mechanism is similar to that ofdiphtheria toxin.[3]
It has been investigated as a treatment forhepatitis B[4] and cancer.[5]