Síntese, caracterização e estudos de interação de um análogo da antitoxina CcdA empregando fluorescência no estado estacionário Synthesis, characterization and interaction studies of an analog of CcdA antitoxin by steady state fluorescence

<abstract language="eng">Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems contribute to plasmid stability by a mechanism called post-segregational killing. The ccd was the first TA system to be discovered with CcdB being the toxin and CcdA the antitoxin. CcdA, an 8.3 kDa protein, interacts with CcdB (11...

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Main Authors: Camila Aparecida Cotrim, Saulo Santesso Garrido, Eliane Trovatti, Reinaldo Marchetto
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Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2010-01-01
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author Camila Aparecida Cotrim
Saulo Santesso Garrido
Eliane Trovatti
Reinaldo Marchetto
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Saulo Santesso Garrido
Eliane Trovatti
Reinaldo Marchetto
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description <abstract language="eng">Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems contribute to plasmid stability by a mechanism called post-segregational killing. The ccd was the first TA system to be discovered with CcdB being the toxin and CcdA the antitoxin. CcdA, an 8.3 kDa protein, interacts with CcdB (11.7 kDa), preventing the cytotoxic activity of CcdB on the DNA gyrase. As an approach to understanding this interaction, CcdA41, a polypeptide derived from CcdA, was synthesized by solid-phase methodology and its interaction with CcdB was analyzed by steady state fluorescence. CcdA41 formed a stable complex with CcdBET2, a peptide based on CcdB, the more recently described bacterial topoisomerase inhibitor.
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spelling doaj.art-19b95a89b652417d83dcc9177a41e6de2022-12-22T00:48:14ZengSociedade Brasileira de QuímicaQuímica Nova0100-40421678-70642010-01-0133484184510.1590/S0100-40422010000400014Síntese, caracterização e estudos de interação de um análogo da antitoxina CcdA empregando fluorescência no estado estacionário Synthesis, characterization and interaction studies of an analog of CcdA antitoxin by steady state fluorescenceCamila Aparecida CotrimSaulo Santesso GarridoEliane TrovattiReinaldo Marchetto<abstract language="eng">Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems contribute to plasmid stability by a mechanism called post-segregational killing. The ccd was the first TA system to be discovered with CcdB being the toxin and CcdA the antitoxin. CcdA, an 8.3 kDa protein, interacts with CcdB (11.7 kDa), preventing the cytotoxic activity of CcdB on the DNA gyrase. As an approach to understanding this interaction, CcdA41, a polypeptide derived from CcdA, was synthesized by solid-phase methodology and its interaction with CcdB was analyzed by steady state fluorescence. CcdA41 formed a stable complex with CcdBET2, a peptide based on CcdB, the more recently described bacterial topoisomerase inhibitor.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422010000400014bacterial toxinpeptidesfluorescence
spellingShingle Camila Aparecida Cotrim
Saulo Santesso Garrido
Eliane Trovatti
Reinaldo Marchetto
Síntese, caracterização e estudos de interação de um análogo da antitoxina CcdA empregando fluorescência no estado estacionário Synthesis, characterization and interaction studies of an analog of CcdA antitoxin by steady state fluorescence
Química Nova
bacterial toxin
peptides
fluorescence
title Síntese, caracterização e estudos de interação de um análogo da antitoxina CcdA empregando fluorescência no estado estacionário Synthesis, characterization and interaction studies of an analog of CcdA antitoxin by steady state fluorescence
title_full Síntese, caracterização e estudos de interação de um análogo da antitoxina CcdA empregando fluorescência no estado estacionário Synthesis, characterization and interaction studies of an analog of CcdA antitoxin by steady state fluorescence
title_fullStr Síntese, caracterização e estudos de interação de um análogo da antitoxina CcdA empregando fluorescência no estado estacionário Synthesis, characterization and interaction studies of an analog of CcdA antitoxin by steady state fluorescence
title_full_unstemmed Síntese, caracterização e estudos de interação de um análogo da antitoxina CcdA empregando fluorescência no estado estacionário Synthesis, characterization and interaction studies of an analog of CcdA antitoxin by steady state fluorescence
title_short Síntese, caracterização e estudos de interação de um análogo da antitoxina CcdA empregando fluorescência no estado estacionário Synthesis, characterization and interaction studies of an analog of CcdA antitoxin by steady state fluorescence
title_sort sintese caracterizacao e estudos de interacao de um analogo da antitoxina ccda empregando fluorescencia no estado estacionario synthesis characterization and interaction studies of an analog of ccda antitoxin by steady state fluorescence
topic bacterial toxin
peptides
fluorescence
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422010000400014
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