Nature Communications (Sep 2018)

14-3-3 proteins activate Pseudomonas exotoxins-S and -T by chaperoning a hydrophobic surface

  • Tobias Karlberg,
  • Peter Hornyak,
  • Ana Filipa Pinto,
  • Stefina Milanova,
  • Mahsa Ebrahimi,
  • Mikael Lindberg,
  • Nikolai Püllen,
  • Axel Nordström,
  • Elinor Löverli,
  • Rémi Caraballo,
  • Emily V. Wong,
  • Katja Näreoja,
  • Ann-Gerd Thorsell,
  • Mikael Elofsson,
  • Enrique M. De La Cruz,
  • Camilla Björkegren,
  • Herwig Schüler

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06194-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The cellular toxicity of Pseudomonas exotoxin-S and -T depends on their activation by 14-3-3 but the underlying molecular mechanism is not fully understood. Here, the authors show that a previously unrecognized 14-3-3:exotoxin binding interface is sufficient for complex formation and toxin activation.